Al-Wehdat Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوحدات الرياضي}) is a Jordanian sport club founded in 1956. The club is based in and represents the Amman New Camp, a

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camp which is also known as Al-Wehdat. Al-Wehdat's home games are played at King Abdullah II Stadium (cap. 13,265). There are other sports offered in the club, such as volleyball, basketball and table tennis.

History

The club was founded in 1956 under the name Al-Wehdat Youth Center. In 1974, they changed their name to Al-Wehdat Sport Club and have been called that since then (with the exception of 1986–1989 when it was named Al-Diffatain Sport Club.) Al-Wehdat has 51 local trophies from 1980 and appears in 11

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but did not achieve the title. Al-Wehdat won the second division in 1975 and were promoted to the first division for the first time ever, but were relegated in their first season. The next season, the club was promoted again. In the 15 years from 2005 to 2020 Al-Wehdat won the league 10 times . Since 2005, Al-Faisaly won the league 4 times which made Al-Wehdat the dominant team in Jordanian football in the last 15 years, Al-Wehdat is the only Jordanian team that has won the

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Jordanian competitions (

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, FA Cup ,

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, FA Shield ) in a single season in the 2008–09, 2010–11 seasons. Al Wehdat is the first Jordanian team to play in the

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(Group stage) .

Colours

The traditional and primary colors of Al-Wehdat are green and red. The kit has varied over the years. Currently the away kit is a full white. The home kit is a green top with white socks and red shorts.

Al Quwaysimah riot

After a 1–0 win in the

Derby of Jordan Derby of Jordan ( ar, ديربي الأردن) refers to the football derbies between the professional Jordanian clubs Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat from the capital Amman. Al-Faisaly and Al-Wehdat are the most successful clubs in the history of the ...

versus Al-Faisaly on 10 December 2010, rioting broke out following the game between rival Amman clubs. Some Al-Faisaly fans threw bottles at Al-Wehdat players and their fans. About 250 people were injured. 243 of them Al-Wehdat fans, according to senior officials from the hospitals.

Honours

Source: * * shared record

Performance in AFC and UAFA competitions

* Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League: 9 Appearances :: 1989–90: Qualifying stage ::

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: First round :: 2002–03: Preliminary round 2 ::

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: Preliminary round 2 ::

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: Play-off round ::

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: Play-off round ::

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: Preliminary round 1 ::

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

: Group stage ::

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: Group stage *

: 11 Appearances ::

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: Semi-finals ::

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

: Semi-finals ::

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Group stage ::

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: Group stage ::

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: Group stage ::

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: Semi-finals ::

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: Quarter-finals ::

: Round of 16 ::

: Zonal semi-finals ::

: Zonal semi-finals *

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: 2 Appearances :: 2000–01: Quarter-finals :: 2001–02: Second round * Arab Club Champions Cup / Arab Champions League: 10 Appearances ::

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

: Preliminary round ::

: Group stage ::

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

: Group stage ::

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

: Group stage ::

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

: Group stage ::

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

: Group stage :: 2003–04: Second round :: 2005–06: Semi-finals :: 2007–08: Round of 16 :: 2008–09: Quarter-finals * Arab Cup Winners' Cup :4 Appearances ::

: Group stage ::

: Preliminary round ::

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: Group stage

IFFHS rankings

Club world ranking

Footballdatabase
club's points 6 February 2022.

AFC club rankings

Footballdatabase
club's points 6 February 2022.

National club rankings

Footballdatabase
club's points 6 February 2022.

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Personnel

Technical staff

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Management

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Managerial history

Last update: 17 November 2022

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Hassan Farhan Hassan Farhan Hassoun ( ar, حسن فرحان حسون; born 29 June 1953) is an Iraqi retired footballer who played as a defender. Club career Farhan played his entire career for Al-Jaish, where he won the 1983–84 Iraqi National League. Int ...

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Issa Al-Turk Issa Mohammad Yaqoub Al-Turk ( ar, عيسى محمد يعقوب الترك; born 4 January 1960) is a Jordanian football coach and former player. As a player, Al-Turk played as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in assoc ...

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Akram Salman Akram Ahmed Salman ( ar, أكرم أحمد سلمان; born 15 July 1945) is an Iraqi football manager and former head coach of Al-Wehdat. Playing career Akram Ahmed Salman began his career in 1963 as a player for Esalet Al-Mae, and went on to ...

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Jamal Mahmoud Jamal Mahmoud (born 1 May 1973) is a Jordanian football manager of Palestinian origin, who was a midfielder for Al-Wehdat and Shabab Al-Ordon. He was the head coach of the Palestine national football team from 2011 to 2014. Coaching career Jamal ...

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Abdullah Abu Zema Abdullah Mohammad Ali Abu Zema ( ar, عبدالله محمد علي أبو زمع; born 4 April 1976) is a Jordanian professional association football, football coach and former player. Playing career Abu Zema officially announced his retirement ...

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Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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Supporters and rivalries

Fans

Al Wehdat has about 3 million Wehdati fans in Jordan. The fan's most popular chant is "Allah, Wehdat, Al Quds Arabiya" (God, Wehdat, Jerusalem is Arabian). Al-Wehdat has an ultras named Wehdaty Group (WG) that was founded on 13 September 2012. Their motto is "We support until death".

Derby of Jordan

is a football traditional game between Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly. These games receive great interest among the sports community on the Domestic and Arab level due to its intensity and a long history between the two teams. The Derby is as known for its intensity on the pitch as it is for the tensions off the pitch. The two clubs first met on 28 November 1976.

References

External links

National Football Teams

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