Wej SC

Wej SC

Full name	Wej Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded	1976; 48 years ago (1976)
Ground	King Fahd Stadium
Capacity	20,000[1]
President	Hanan Al-Qurashi
Manager	Yousri bin Kahla
League	Saudi Second Division
2022–23	Saudi Second Division, 9th (Group B)
Home colours Away colours

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  KSA Malek Tolah 3 DF  KSA Naif Saeed 4 DF  KSA Raed Al-Malki 5 DF  KSA Ghassan Al-Qurashi 6 MF  MAR Hicham Nouali 7 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Ghamdi 8 MF  KSA Fawaz Al-Eisa 9 FW  COD Glody Kilangalanga 11 FW  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Zahrani 12 DF  KSA Meshal Al Faraj 14 MF  KSA Waddah Al-Otaibi 15 FW  KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shanqeeti 17 MF  TUN Elyes Brini

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Maawi 19 FW  KSA Khalid Al-Muntashiri 20 DF  KSA Hatem Fallatah 21 MF  KSA Waleed Al-Wothainani 27 MF  KSA Fares Al-Khoraimi 29 MF  KSA Yahya Kharmi 31 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Nasser 33 GK  KSA Hamza Jouhary 34 GK  KSA Naif Al-Bedidi 37 DF  BRA Guilherme Andrade 88 DF  KSA Hussain Al-Khulaif 91 FW  KSA Adeeb Al-Haizan 92 DF  KSA Mujtaba Al-Khulaif

Honours

• Saudi Second Division
  • Third place (1): 2015–16
• Saudi Third Division
  • Third place (1): 2013–14

See also

• List of football clubs in Saudi Arabia

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".