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
ManagerKhalid Al-Koroni
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
4 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Fallatah
5 MF Algeria ALG Aziz Fegaâs
6 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Khaled Al-Saqan
8 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Fawaz Al-Eisa
9 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Faisal Al-Samrani
10 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ibrahim Al-Telhi
14 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Al-Harbi
15 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Al-Oufi
16 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Balghaith Al-Shehri
17 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mahmoud Muaaz
18 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Amjad Hawsawi
21 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Waleed Al-Wothainani
26 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Mohammed Al-Zahrani
27 FW Tunisia TUN Khalil Balbouz
33 DF Algeria ALG Ahmed Arbaoui
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 GK Saudi Arabia KSA Naif Al-Bedidi
35 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Yahya Kharmi
40 MF Canada CAN Alexander Zis
50 FW Saudi Arabia KSA Abdulrahman Al-Shanqeeti
70 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Rie
77 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ibrahim Al-Shehri
88 MF Saudi Arabia KSA Mansour Asiri
99 DF Saudi Arabia KSA Mohannad Al-Shehri
— GK Saudi Arabia KSA Hamza Jouhary
— DF Saudi Arabia KSA Ahmed Al-Jazairi
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Faisal Al-Yami
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Waddah Al-Otaibi
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
— MF Saudi Arabia KSA Ali Al-Ibrahim
— FW Canada CAN Omar Marzouk

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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