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]

Wej SC

Full name	Wej Sports Club
Nickname(s)	Fakhar Taif (Pride of Taif)
Founded	1976; 46 years ago (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

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 3 January 2019:

No Position Player Nation 1 GK Basem Almas  Saudi Arabia 2 DF Hadi Yahya  Saudi Arabia 3 DF Ibrahim Al-Jadaani  Saudi Arabia 4 DF Josue Mohy  Ivory Coast 6 MF Patrick Gbala  Ivory Coast 7 MF Shadi Al-Zahrani  Saudi Arabia 9 FW Thales Lima  Brazil 10 MF Bandar Qaisi  Saudi Arabia 11 FW Hazem Mbarek  Tunisia 12 GK Mohammed Abu Aseda (on loan from Al-Ittihad)  Saudi Arabia 15 MF Faisal Al-Yami  Saudi Arabia 23 MF Abdullah Al-Damak  Saudi Arabia 25 DF Ibrahim Assiri  Saudi Arabia 27 DF Abdulaziz Al-Boqami  Saudi Arabia 33 GK Hassan Moamenah  Saudi Arabia 50 MF Morad Al-Rashidi  Saudi Arabia 55 DF Ghassan Al-Qurashi  Saudi Arabia 70 FW Mazen Al-Johani  Saudi Arabia 72 GK Jaber Al-Jizani  Saudi Arabia 88 MF Mansour Asiri  Saudi Arabia 97 DF Muaid Moaafa  Saudi Arabia — MF Fawaz Al-Eisa  Saudi Arabia — MF Yasser Al-Mohammed  Saudi Arabia — MF Yahya Kharmi  Saudi Arabia — MF Ali Al-Sohaimi  Saudi Arabia — MF Abdulaziz Al-Mohammed  Saudi Arabia — FW Essam Abo Dawod  Saudi Arabia — FW Bassem Al-Harbi  Saudi Arabia

Honours

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

References

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