Al-Wahdat SC
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| Full name | Al-Wehdat Sports Club of Amman |
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Al-Mared Al-Akhdar (The Green Giant) |
| Short name | WEH |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Ground | King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman |
| Capacity | 13,000 |
| Chairman | Tareq Khouri |
| Manager | Adnan Hamad |
| League | Jordan League |
| 2015–16 | 1st |
| Website | Club home page |
Al-Wehdat Sports Club (Arabic: نادي الوحدات) is a Jordanian sports club founded in 1956. The club is based in and represents the Amman New Camp, a Palestinian refugee camp which is also known as Al-Wehdat. Al-Wehdat's home games are played at King Abdullah II stadium (cap. 13,000), also known as the Stade fire and victory. There are several other sports offered in the club, such as volleyball, basketball, and table tennis.
The club was founded in 1956 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 46 local trophies from 1975 and appears in 9 AFC Cup but did not achieve the title. Al-Wehdat won the league of second division in 1975 and promotion to the first division 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 2 times which made Al-Wehdat make there dominance in football by winning the league.
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. The home short have white stripes on the sides.
Derby Amman versus Al-Faisaly on 10 December 2010 after the match occurred unfortunate bloody attack from security of the stadium to the fans in a precedent did not happen before in Jordan.
The club holds 46 official titles.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Last update: 8 June 2016
Al Wehdat have 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). Al-Wehdat has an ultras named Wehdaty Group (WG) that was founded on 13 September 2012. Their motto is "We support to death".
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