Wej SC

Saudi Arabian association football club

Football club

Wej SC

Full name

Wej Sports Club

Nickname(s)

Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)

Founded

1976; 48 years ago (1976)

Ground

King Fahd Stadium

Capacity

20,000^[1]

President

Hanan Al-Qurashi

Manager

Khalid Al-Koroni

League

Saudi Second Division

2022–23

Saudi Second Division, 9th (Group B)

Home colours

Away colours

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	KSA	Ahmed Fallatah
5	MF	ALG	Aziz Fegaâs
6	DF	KSA	Khaled Al-Saqan
8	MF	KSA	Fawaz Al-Eisa
9	FW	KSA	Faisal Al-Samrani
10	MF	KSA	Ibrahim Al-Telhi
14	DF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Harbi
15	MF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Oufi
16	DF	KSA	Balghaith Al-Shehri
17	DF	KSA	Mahmoud Muaaz
18	DF	KSA	Amjad Hawsawi
21	MF	KSA	Waleed Al-Wothainani
26	GK	KSA	Mohammed Al-Zahrani
27	FW	TUN	Khalil Balbouz
33	DF	ALG	Ahmed Arbaoui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	GK	KSA	Naif Al-Bedidi
35	MF	KSA	Yahya Kharmi
40	MF	CAN	Alexander Zis
50	FW	KSA	Abdulrahman Al-Shanqeeti
70	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Rie
77	MF	KSA	Ibrahim Al-Shehri
88	MF	KSA	Mansour Asiri
99	DF	KSA	Mohannad Al-Shehri
—	GK	KSA	Hamza Jouhary
—	DF	KSA	Ahmed Al-Jazairi
—	MF	KSA	Faisal Al-Yami
—	MF	KSA	Waddah Al-Otaibi
—	MF	KSA	Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim
—	MF	KSA	Ali Al-Ibrahim
—	FW	CAN	Omar Marzouk

Honours

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

References

^ "الملاعب والمدن الرياضية" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "فريق: وج" [Wajj team]. Kooora.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "وج" (in Arabic). Saudi Arabian Football Federation. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "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.
^ "تشكيلة وج".

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Seasons

1970s	1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25