Wej SC

Wej SC
Full nameWej Sports Club
Nickname(s)Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
GroundKing Fahd Stadium
Capacity20,000[1]
PresidentHanan Al-Qurashi
ManagerYousri bin Kahla
LeagueSaudi Second Division
2022–23Saudi Second Division, 9th (Group B)

Wej Sports Club (Arabic: نادي وج الرياضي) is a Saudi Arabian professional football club based in Al Hawiyah, Ta'if, that competes in the Saudi Second Division, third tier of the Saudi Arabian football league system, formed in 1976.[2][3]

On 26 February 2016, Wej promoted to the Saudi First Division for the first time in their history after beating Al-Badaya 1–0 on aggregate in the play-off of Saudi Second Division.[4] They, however, were subsequently relegated back to the third tier the following season.

Current squad

As of 27 January 2024:[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Malek Tolah
5 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ghassan Al-Qurashi
6 MF Morocco MAR Hicham Nouali
7 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdullah Al-Ghamdi
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fawaz Al-Eisa
9 FW Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Glody Kilangalanga
10 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Waleed Al-Wothainani
12 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Meshal Al Faraj
15 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shanqeeti
17 MF Tunisia TUN Elyes Brini
18 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Maawi
19 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Khalid Al-Muntashiri
20 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hatem Fallatah
No. Pos. Nation Player
29 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Yahya Kharmi
31 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Nasser
33 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Hamza Jouhary
34 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Naif Al-Bedidi
37 DF Brazil BRA Guilherme Andrade
88 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Hussain Al-Khulaif
91 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Adeeb Al-Haizan
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mujtaba Al-Khulaif
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Naif Saeed
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Raed Al-Malki
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Waddah Al-Otaibi
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fares Al-Khoraimi

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "الملاعب والمدن الرياضية" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  2. ^ "فريق: وج" [Wajj team]. Kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  3. ^ "وج" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. ^ "نادي وج يتأهل إلى مصاف أندية الدرجة الأولى" [Wej Club qualified to the First Division League] (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  5. ^ "تشكيلة وج".


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