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Al-Wehdat

Al-Wehdat SC
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Full name Al-Wehdat Sports Club of Amman
Nickname(s) المارد الأخضر
Al-Mared Al-Akhdar
(The Green Giant)
Founded 1956; 61 years ago (1956)
Ground King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman
Ground Capacity 13,000
Chairman Tareq Khouri
Manager Adnan Hamad
League Jordan League
2015–16 1st
Website Club home page
Current season

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 45 local trophies from 1980 and appears in 9 AFC Cup but did not achieve the title; 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

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).

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 1976:


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