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Wej SC

Wej Sports Club 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.

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Wej SC
Full nameWej Sports Club
NicknameFakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded1976 (1976)
GroundKing Fahd Stadium
Capacity20,0001
PresidentHanan Al-Qurashi
ManagerYousri bin Kahla
LeagueSaudi Second Division
2024-25Saudi Second Division, 7th (Group B)
Websitehttps://www.wej-club.com/

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 1976.23

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 Nahar Al-Yami
3 DF  BRA Jamerson Neves
5 DF  KSA Ghassan Al-Qurashi
6 MF  KSA Nasser Al-Sabahi
7 MF  BRA Vicente
8 MF  KSA Majed Al-Deeni
9 FW  NGA Umar Abba
10 MF  KSA Ibrahim Al-Sahari
11 DF  KSA Saleh Al-Bishi
12 GK  KSA Mohammed Abu Asidah
13 MF  KSA Mohammed Ben Zain
14 DF  KSA Talal Hawsawi
15 MF  NGA Jamil Muhammad
16 MF  KSA Turki Al-Shammari
17 DF  KSA Ibrahim Asiri
18 DF  KSA Ammar Al-Johani
20 MF  GAM Saikou Conteh
24 MF  KSA Talal Al-Showaiqi
26 FW  NGA Anas Hassan
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF  KSA Samer Kaabi
46 DF  KSA Abdulelah Filimban
48 GK  KSA Abdulrahman S. Al-Ghamdi
49 FW  KSA Abdulrahman K. Al-Ghamdi
60 MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Shalwi
72 DF  KSA Ashraf Al-Shammari
77 DF  KSA Mohammed Al-Refaie
82 FW  KSA Abdullah Al-Ghorabi
88 MF  KSA Abdullah Al-Zahrani
90 DF  KSA Ali Al-Muwallad
— DF  KSA Hussain Al-Khulaif
— DF  YEM Nader Sahal
— DF  KSA Yousif Al Aqeel
— MF  KSA Mohammed Al-Safri
— MF  KSA Nasser Al-Abdeli
— MF  KSA Abdulaziz Al-Johani
— FW  ALG Amin Ghadban
— FW  KSA Mishari Al-Qahtani

Honours

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "الملاعب والمدن الرياضية" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. 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".