Al-Wehdat Sport Club ( ar, نادي الوحدات الرياضي}) is a

Jordan Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...

ian sport club founded in 1956. The club is based in and represents the

Amman New Camp Amman New Camp or ''Al-Wehdat'' camp, locally known as ''Al-Wihdat'' ( ar, مخيم الوحدات), which is located in the Hay Al Awdah neighbourhood, in southeast Amman, the capital city of Jordan occupies a , Of the ten recognized Palestinia ...

, a Palestinian refugee camp which is also known as Al-Wehdat. Al-Wehdat's home games are played at

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(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 AFC Cup 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 four Jordanian competitions ( Jordan League ,

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...

, Super Cup , FA Shield ) in a single season in the 2008–09, 2010–11 seasons. Al Wehdat is the first Jordanian team to play in the AFC Champions League (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 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 ::

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

: First round :: 2002–03: Preliminary round 2 :: 2015: 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 of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

: 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 s ...

: 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 coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

: Group stage ::

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: Group stage * AFC Cup: 11 Appearances :: 2006: Semi-finals :: 2007: 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: Group stage :: 2010: Group stage :: 2011: 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 gat ...

: Quarter-finals :: 2015: Round of 16 ::

: Round of 16 ::

: Zonal semi-finals ::

: Zonal semi-finals * AFC Cup Winners Cup: 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 Bicenten ...

: Preliminary round ::

: Group stage :: 1996: 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 ...

: 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 s ...

: 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 shoot ...

: Group stage :: 2003–04: Second round :: 2005–06: Semi-finals :: 2007–08: Round of 16 :: 2008–09: Quarter-finals *

Arab Cup Winners' Cup The Arab Cup Winners' Cup ( ar, الكأس العربية للأندية الفائزة بالكؤوس) was a football competition between the winning clubs of national cup competitions in Arab nations. It started in 1989 and merged with the Arab ...

:4 Appearances :: 1996: Group stage ::

: 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 S ...

: 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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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 Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

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

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

Kooora

SoccerwayOfficial website

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