Wej SC

Wej SC

Full name	Wej Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded	1976 (1976)
Ground	King Fahd Stadium
Capacity	20,000 [1]
President	Mbarak Al-Yami
Manager	Mahdi El Sifi
League	Saudi Second Division
2016–17	Saudi First Division, 16th (relegated)
Home colours Away colours

Wej Sports Club (Arabic: نادي وج الرياضي‎), is a Saudi Arabian football club based in Al Hawiyah, Ta'if, that plays in the Saudi First Division, the second 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]

Current squad

As of Saudi Second Division:

No Position Player Nation — Goalkeeper Abdulaziz Al-Qahtani  Saudi Arabia — Goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Malki  Saudi Arabia — Goalkeeper Salem Al-Marzouqi  Saudi Arabia — Goalkeeper Abdulaziz Arab  Saudi Arabia — Defender Nasser Al-Sawat  Saudi Arabia — Defender Abdulwahab Al-Zahrani  Saudi Arabia — Defender Waleed Al-Mosaabi  Saudi Arabia — Defender Naif Al-Harthi  Saudi Arabia — Defender Ibrahim Barnawi  Saudi Arabia — Defender Khaled Sufyani  Saudi Arabia — Defender Ahmed Al-Qurashi  Saudi Arabia — Defender Saoud Al-Harthi  Saudi Arabia — Defender Ibrahim Assiri  Saudi Arabia — Defender Saoud Al-Mowallad  Saudi Arabia — Defender Talha Hawsawi  Saudi Arabia — Defender Khaled Al-Harthi  Saudi Arabia — Defender Turki Al-Aryani  Saudi Arabia — Defender Saleh Al-Abdeli  Saudi Arabia — Defender Hussain Al-Refaei  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Bander Al-Qarni  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Naif Karami  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Abdulmajeed Al-Thobaiti  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Hossam Hassan  Egypt — Midfielder Ali Al Turki  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Awadh Al-Ziyadi  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Ibrahim Ali  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Rami Al-Mosaabi  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Mashari Al-Moaasher  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Badr Ba Eisa  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Mohammed Al-Qarni  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Khaled Al-Zaidi  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Wasl Al-Thowaibi  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Naqa Al-Boqami  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Muteb Al-Rooqi  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Abdullah Al-Otaibi  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Muhannad Al-Sibiyani  Saudi Arabia — Midfielder Abdualziz Al-Marhabi  Saudi Arabia — Forward Adel Ba Janhon  Saudi Arabia — Forward Amr El-Shahat  Egypt — Forward Ahmed Al-Malki  Saudi Arabia — Forward Hamad Al-Thowaibi  Saudi Arabia — Forward Mohammed Al-Nofeai  Saudi Arabia — Forward Mashari Al-Dossari  Saudi Arabia — Forward Abdullah Al-Ghoraibi  Saudi Arabia — Forward Saoud Salawati  Saudi Arabia

Honours

• Saudi Second Division
  • Third place (1): 2015–16
• Saudi Third Division
  • Third place (1): 2013–14

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