History
The club was founded in 1956[2] under the name Al-Wehdat Youth Center, in 1974 it took the name Al-Wehdat Sports Club till now with the exception that it was named Al-Diffatain Sports Club from 1986 to 1988.
Al-Wehdat has 49 local trophies from 1975 and appears in 10 AFC Cup but did not achieve the title. Al-Wehdat won the league of second division in 1975 and promotion to the first division for the first time ever but they are relegation on that year, next season the team promotion again and did not relegation since then. Through these 10 years Al-Wehdat won the league 7 times and many other trophies, since 2004 Al-Faisaly won the league 3 times which made Al-Wehdat make there dominance in football by winning the league.
Colours
Ever since the club's foundation, 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 white top with white shorts and red socks. The home kit however is a green top with white socks and red shorts.
Al Quwaysimah incident
Derby Amman versus Al-Faisaly on 10 December 2010 the match ended with a result 1–0 for Al-Wehdat, rioting broke out following a 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. According to Al Jazeera, supporters of Al-Wehdat are generally of Palestinian origin, while Faisaly fans are of Jordanian origin. A similar riot occurred in 2009.[3]
Honours
Source:[4]
League
- First Division/Premier League
- Winners (16) : 1980, 1987, 1991–1992, 1994–1995, 1995–1996, 1996–1997, 1998, 2004–2005, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009, 2010–2011, 2013–2014, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2017–2018
- Second Division
Cups
- 1982, 1985, 1988–1989, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2013–2014
- 1982, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2017 (record)
- 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2018
Players
First-team squad
- As of the 2018–19 season.[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. |
|
Position |
Player |
— |
|
DF |
Yazan Al-Gharableh (at Al-Ahli until 30 June 2019) |
— |
|
MF |
Harby Ahmad (at Al-Ahli until 30 June 2019) |
|
|
|
Personnel
Technical staff
Source:[6]
Position |
Name |
Head coach |
Kais Yâakoubi |
Assistant coach |
Amer Deeb |
Goalkeeping coach |
Othman Barhoma |
Fitness coach |
Tariq Bin Nasr |
Massuer |
Mohammad Al-Dahrawy |
Physiotherapist |
Ma'mun Harb |
Doctor |
Zaid Abu Humaid |
Management
Position |
Name |
President |
Yousef Al-Sqour |
Vice-president |
Ali Khalifa |
Secretary of the Board |
Khader Sawan |
Director General |
Mehdi Abu Qasheh |
Director Financial |
Basam Shelbaieh |
Director of the Social Area |
Khaled Abu Quta |
Supplies Officer |
Amer Nejem |
|
Period |
Kit manufacturer |
Shirt sponsor |
1980–1982 |
Adidas |
None |
1982–1984 |
Puma |
1984–1986 |
Hattrick |
1986–1988 |
Adidas |
1988–1991 |
Diadora |
1991–1992 |
Umbro |
Pepsi |
1992–1993 |
Hattrick |
National Paints |
1993–1998 |
Diadora |
None |
1998–1999 |
Pepsi |
1999–2002 |
Adidas |
2002–2004 |
Mobilecom |
2004–2007 |
Fastlink |
2007–2010 |
Diadora |
Zain |
2010–2012 |
Adidas |
2012–2014 |
Uhlsport |
2014–2015 |
Errea |
2015–2017 |
Jako |
2017– |
Givova |
Umniah |
|
Supporters and rivalries
Fans
Al Wehdat has one of the largest number of fans in Jordan and the club has fans in almost every city in Jordan. There are about 3 million Al Wehdat fans in Jordan. The fan's most popular chant is "Allah, Wehdat, Al Quds Arabiya" (God, Wehdat, Jerusalem is Arabian).[8]
Al-Wehdat has an ultras named Wehdaty Group (WG) that was founded on 13 September 2012. Their motto is "We support until death".[9]
Derby Amman
Derby of Jordan is a football traditional game which combines clubs Al-Wehdat and Al-Faisaly and these games received great interest among the sports community on the Domestic and Arab level to afford the sensitivities and a long history between the two teams with meetings since 28 November 1976:[10]