Al-Wahda SC (Syria)

{{about|the Syrian sports club||Al-Wahda (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox football club| clubname = Al-Wahda SC| image = Al-Wahda SC (Syria) logo.png| image_size = 175| fullname = Al-Wahda Sports Club Damascus| nickname = Damascene Orange <br />({{langx|ar|البرتقالة الدمشقية}})| founded = {{start date and age|1928}} (as ''Qasioun SC'')| ground = [[Al-Jalaa Stadium]]| capacity = 10,000| chairman = [[Ghias al Dbbas]]| manager = [[Nizar Mahrous]]| league = [[Syrian Premier League]]| season = [[2024–25 Syrian Premier League|2024–25]]| position = Syrian Premier League, 4th| current = 2023–24 Syrian Premier League| website={{URL|http://www.alwahdasport.sy}}| pattern_la1=|pattern_b1=|pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=000000|body1=FF5F00|rightarm1=000000|shorts1=FF5F00|socks1=000000| | pattern_sh2 = _nikewhite|pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=| leftarm2=FFFFFF|body2=FFFFFF|rightarm2=FFFFFF|shorts2=FFFFFF|socks2=FF5F00| }}

'''Al-Wahda Sports Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الوحدة الرياضي}}) is a [[Syria]]n multi-sports club based in [[Damascus]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goalzz.com/?team=1310|access-date=30 September 2022|title=Al Wahda profile|publisher=goalzz.com|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928103800/https://www.goalzz.com/?team=1310|url-status=live}}</ref> The club is mostly known for its [[association football|football]] and [[Al Wahda (men's basketball)|basketball]] teams.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Wahda-Damascus/2694?Page=0|title=Al Wahda Damascus|work=asia-basket|access-date=20 December 2021|archive-date=20 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220214245/https://basketball.asia-basket.com/team/Syria/Al-Wahda-Damascus/2694?Page=0|url-status=live}}</ref> The football team plays in Syria's top competition, the [[Syrian Premier League]]. Al-Wahda SC was founded in 1928 and its colours are orange and white. They play their home games at the [[Al-Jalaa Stadium]]. The club is nicknamed "The Damascene orange".

The club has one of Syria's most prominent football charts, as it has won the [[Syrian Premier League]] 2 times, the [[Syrian Cup]] 8 times and the [[Syrian Super Cup]] 3 times. Internationally, Al-Wahda biggest achievement is participation in the final of the [[2004 AFC Cup]].{{fact|date=December 2023}}

Al-Wahda SC have competed in the [[AFC Champions League]] group stage as first Syrian club in history and have reached the knockout rounds of the [[AFC Cup]] four times, as well as reaching the round of 32 at the [[Arab Club Champions Cup]] twice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp06.html|title=Arab Champions' League 2005/06|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=24 September 2022|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217001717/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp06.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp07.html|title=Arab Champions' League 2006/07|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=24 September 2022|archive-date=3 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003115428/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp07.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History== Founded in 1928, Al Wahda is one of the oldest clubs in the [[Arab world]]. Previous names for the club include Al Ghouta, and Qasioun (named after [[Mount Qasioun]] which overlooks the city of Damascus).<ref>[https://www.dp-news.com/pages/detail.aspx?articleid=87855 History of Al Wahda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503032626/https://www.dp-news.com/pages/detail.aspx?articleid=87855 |date=3 مايو 2020|access-date=2020-08-02|bot=JarBot}}</ref>

The club was officially opened in 1928 and hosted a series of sports, including football and weightlifting.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

==The "Golden Era"== [[Nenad Stavrić]] is a Serbian coach who joined Al-Wahda club in 2001. He started with two losses against [[Al-Hurriya SC|Al-Horriya]] and [[Al-Karamah SC|Al-Karamah]] followed with draw with [[Al-Jaish SC (Damascus)|Al-Jaish]], the team had to wait until the fifth week of the season to achieve their first win with the new coach. The team finished the league in the third place. In his second year the team had a big improvement In the level of performance especially with the new formation 4–4–2 which was the first time ever a Syrian team to use it, in the beginning the results was awful with the new formation especially the big defeat against the Saudi Arabia champion [[Ittihad FC|Al-Ittihad Jeddah]] seven to nothing in the Arabian club tournament, but after that the team keep improving to win the [[Syrian Cup]] in 2003 against [[Al-Ittihad SC Aleppo|Al-Ittihad Aleppo]] after a dramatic match 5–3. In the next season he made the dream true and Al-Wahda is the 2003–04 [[Syrian League]] champion for the first time in the club history, also the team reached the final of [[AFC Cup]] and lost against the other Syrian side [[Al-Jaish SC (Damascus)|Al-Jaish]] after losing the first game 2–3 and winning the second game 1–0. In 2004–05 the team was too close to win the title again but it lost it in the last few weeks with missing a key players along the season with major injury. The curse of injuries continued in the following season but even though the team was closer than the year before to clinch the title. The chairman of the club Khaled Hbobaty decided to replace him with Mansoor Haj Saied and the club entered the black tunnel for several years and remains so to this day.{{fact|date=December 2023}} ==Stadiums== ===Al-Jalaa Stadium=== {{main|Al-Jalaa Stadium}} [[File:Jalaa stad.jpg|thumb|The entrance of [[Al-Jalaa Stadium]] in 2010]]

[[Al-Jalaa Stadium]] is located in [[Mazzeh]] [[Municipalities of Damascus|municipality]] of [[Damascus]], Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the961.com/old-lebanon/discover-old-beirut-in-these-15-amazing-photos|title=Discover old Beirut in these 15 amazing photos|last=Kabboul|first=Tamarah|website=www.the961.com|date=8 February 2019|language=en-ca|access-date=23 February 2019|archive-date=24 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224062445/https://www.the961.com/old-lebanon/discover-old-beirut-in-these-15-amazing-photos|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Abbasiyyin Stadium=== {{main|Abbasiyyin Stadium}} [[File:Abbasiyyin stadium from a distance.jpg|250px|thumb|Abbasiyyin stadium in 2007]]

Al-Wahda formerly played their home games at their own ground, [[Abbasiyyin Stadium]], but maintenance deficiencies prevented the club from using the stadium. As a consequence, [[Al-Jalaa Stadium]] replaced it as the official home ground.

==Supporters and rivalries==

The biggest rival of the club is [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish SC]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sana.sy/en/?s=Basketball+&paged=2|title=Al-Wahda team qualifies to the final round of the Basketball League|publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency|date=6 July 2021|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref> with whom they play the Damascus city derby.

==Colours and kits== The club's home jersey is based on the orange color that, in addition to the Damascus sword monument located on [[Umayyad Square]] and Damascene [[Jasmine]], the club has had in its emblem since its foundation. Away jerseys are white with orange edges.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sana.sy/en/?p=4334|title=Al-Wahda defeats al-Wathba 1-0, tops Syrian league|publisher=[[Syrian Arab News Agency]]|date=25 June 2014|access-date=24 September 2022|archive-date=14 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314122027/https://sana.sy/en/?p=4334|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Shirt sponsor & kit manufacturer=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#FF5F00;"|Period ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#FF5F00;"|Kit manufacturer ! style="color:#FFFFFF; background:#FF5F00;"|Shirt sponsor |- | 2012–2016 | rowspan=1|[[Kappa (brand)|Kappa]] | rowspan=2| [[Cham Wings Airlines]] |- | 2016–2017 |[[Lotto Sport Italia|Lotto]] |- | 2017–2019 | [[Uhlsport]] | rowspan=2| None |- | 2019–2020 | [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] |- | 2020–2022 |[[Adidas]] | rowspan=2| [[Cham Wings Airlines]] |- | 2022– |[[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] |- |} {{clear}}

==Honours== ===Domestic=== *'''[[Syrian Premier League]]: 2''' **'''Winners:''' 2003–04, [[2014 Syrian Premier League|2013–2014]] *'''[[Syrian Cup]]: 8''' **'''Winners:''' 1993, 2003, [[2012 Syrian Cup|2012]], [[2013 Syrian Cup|2013]], [[2015 Syrian Cup|2015]], [[2016 Syrian Cup|2016]], [[2017 Syrian Cup|2017]], [[2019–20 Syrian Cup|2020]] *'''[[Syrian Super Cup]]: 3''' **'''Winners:''' 1993, 2016, 2020 *'''[[Syrian FA Shield]]: 1''' **'''Winners:''' 2024

===Continental=== *'''[[AFC Cup]]:''' **Runners-up: [[2004 AFC Cup|2004]]

===Regional=== *'''[[Arab Club Champions Cup]]:''' **Round of 32: [[2005–06 Arab Champions League|2006]], [[2006–07 Arab Champions League|2007]]

'''Notes''': *In 2016, Al-Wahda received<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-04-03|title=Young football ambassadors present Nine Values Cup to the Samba Boys|url=https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/03/brazil-football-team-awarded-nine-values-cup-by-young-international-ambassadors|access-date=2020-11-15|website=euronews|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204949/https://www.euronews.com/2019/04/03/brazil-football-team-awarded-nine-values-cup-by-young-international-ambassadors|url-status=live}}</ref> an extraordinary Nine Values Cup, an award of the international children's social programme [[Football for Friendship]].

==Performance in AFC competitions== {{See-also|Syrian football clubs in the AFC Cup}} *'''[[AFC Champions League]]: 1 appearance''' ::[[AFC Champions League 2005|2005]]: Group Stage *'''[[AFC Cup]]: 8 appearances''' ::[[AFC Cup 2004|2004]]: Finalists ::[[2013 AFC Cup|2013]]: Qualifying Round ::[[2014 AFC Cup|2014]]: Group Stage ::[[2015 AFC Cup|2015]]: Round of 16 ::[[2016 AFC Cup|2016]]: Round of 16 ::[[2017 AFC Cup|2017]]: Zonal finals ::[[2018 AFC Cup|2018]]: Group Stage ::[[2021 AFC Cup|2021]]: Group Stage

===Records=== ''Accurate as of 28 September 2022'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; |Competition ! style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; |Pld !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | W !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | D !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | L !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | GF !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | GA |- | [[AFC Champions League]] | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 16 |- | [[AFC Cup]] | style="text-align:center;"| 49 | style="text-align:center;"| 17 | style="text-align:center;"| 13 | style="text-align:center;"| 19 | style="text-align:center;"| 66 | style="text-align:center;"| 66 |- | '''TOTAL''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''55''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''17''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''13''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''25''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''71''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''82''' |- |}

{| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#BBF3BB;" |Match won | style="background:#ffd;"|Match drawn | style="background:#FFBBBB;"|Match lost | style="background:gold;"|Champions | style="background:silver;"|Runners-up |} {| class="wikitable" ! style="color:white; background: #FF5F00;| Season ! style="color:white; background: #FF5F00;| Competition ! style="color:white; background:#FF5F00;| Round ! style="color:white; background:#FF5F00;| Club ! style="color:white; background:#FF5F00;"| Home ! style="color:white; background:#FF5F00;"| Away ! style="color:white; background:#FF5F00;"| Agg |- |rowspan=5 |[[2004 AFC Cup|2003–04]] |rowspan=5 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=2 |Group stage |{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Dhofar Club|Dhofar]] | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #ffd;" |1–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | align="center" rowspan=2 style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 1st place |- |{{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahindra United FC|Mahindra]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 5–1 | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 0–0 |- |Quarterfinals |{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Nejmeh SC|Nejmeh]] | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 2–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 2–3 | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 4–4 {{Efn|Al-Wahda won on away goals rule.}} |- |Semifinals |{{flagicon|SIN}} [[Geylang International FC|Geylang]] | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 1–1 | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 1–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–1 |- | style="background: silver;" |Final |{{flagicon|SYR}} [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 2–3 | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 1–0 | align="center" colspan="1" style="background: #FFBBBB;" | 3–3 {{Efn|[[Al-Jaish (Syria)|Al-Jaish SC]] won on away goals rule.}} |- |rowspan=3 |[[2005 AFC Champions League|2004–05]] |rowspan=3 |[[AFC Champions League]] |rowspan=3 |Group stage |{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Al Ain FC|Al-Ain]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 2–3 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–3 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 4th place |- |{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Al Shabab FC (Riyadh)|Al Shabab]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–2 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–3 |- |{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–3 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–2 |- |rowspan=1 |[[2013 AFC Cup|2012–13]] |rowspan=1 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=1 |[[2013 AFC Cup qualifying play-off|Qualifying play-off]] |{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Al-Ahli Taizz SC|Ahli Taizz]] | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 3–5{{Efn|Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.}} |- |rowspan=3 |[[2014 AFC Cup|2013–14]] |rowspan=3 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=3 |[[2014 AFC Cup group stage|Group stage]] |{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Hidd SCC|Hidd]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–4{{Efn|Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.}} | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–3 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 4th place |- |{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–3 | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 0–0 |- |{{flagicon|KUW}} [[Qadsia SC|Qadsia]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"|1–3 | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 1–1 |- |rowspan=4 |[[2015 AFC Cup|2014–15]] |rowspan=4 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=3 |[[2015 AFC Cup group stage|Group stage]] |{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Al-Nahda Club (Oman)|Al Nahda]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–2{{Efn|Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.}} | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 0–0 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2nd place |- |{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Salam Zgharta FC|Salam Zgharta]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 3–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 2–0 |- |{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 1–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 1–0 |- |[[2015 AFC Cup knockout stage|Round of 16]] |{{flagicon|TJK}} [[FC Istiklol|Istiklol]] | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFBBBB;"|1–1 {{aet}} (2–4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|p]]) |- |rowspan=5 |[[2016 AFC Cup|2015–16]] |rowspan=5 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=1 |[[2016 AFC Cup qualifying play-off|Qualifying play-off]] |{{flagicon|TKM}} [[Balkan FK|Balkan]] | align="center" colspan=3 style="background: #BBF3BB;" | 2–0 |- |rowspan=3 |[[2016 AFC Cup group stage|Group stage]] |{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Al-Orouba SC|Al-Ourouba]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–1{{Efn|Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.}} | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–2 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2nd place |- |{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 5–2 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–1 |- |{{flagicon|PLE}} [[Shabab Al-Dhahiriya SC|Shabab Al-Dhahiriya]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–3{{efn|The Al-Wahda v Shabab Al-Dhahiriya match on matchday 2 (9 March 2016) was not played as scheduled. It was awarded 3–0 to Al-Wahda by the AFC Disciplinary Committee on 28 April 2016, as it found Shabab Al-Dhahiriya as the relevant party for causing the cancellation of the match.<ref name="Al-Wahda v Shabab Al-Dhahiriya">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/afc-disciplinary-committee-decision-regarding-al-wahda-v-al-dharia-match|title=AFC Disciplinary Committee decision regarding Al Wahda v Al Dharia match|publisher=AFC|date=29 April 2016|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920045120/http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/afc-disciplinary-committee-decision-regarding-al-wahda-v-al-dharia-match|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/list_of_afcdc_decisions_28042016.pdf|title=17th AFC Disciplinary Committee on 28 April 2016|publisher=AFC|format=PDF|date=28 April 2016|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830230252/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/list_of_afcdc_decisions_28042016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The decision was reversed and awarded 3–0 to Shabab Al-Dhahiriya by the AFC Appeal Committee on 24 June 2016, as it found Al-Wahda as the relevant party for causing the cancellation of the match.<ref name="Al-Wahda v Shabab Al-Dhahiriya appeal">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/afc-appeal-committee-decisions|title=AFC Appeal Committee decisions|publisher=AFC|date=24 June 2016|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010155012/http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/afc-appeal-committee-decisions|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/list_of_the_afcac_decisions_24062016.pdf|title=4th AFC Appeal Committee on 24 June 2016|publisher=AFC|format=PDF|date=24 June 2016|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830171817/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/list_of_the_afcac_decisions_24062016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>}} | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 3–0 {{efn|The Shabab Al-Dhahiriya v Al-Wahda match was required by the AFC to be played at a neutral venue due to restriction of Syrians entering Palestine.<ref name="palestine">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/afc-competitions-committee-decisions|title=AFC Competitions Committee decisions|publisher=AFC|date=12 April 2016|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=28 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228175228/http://www.the-afc.com/competitions-division/afc-competitions-committee-decisions|url-status=live}}</ref> However, Shabab Al-Dhahiriya were unable to secure a neutral venue and the match was forfeited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases-afc-cup-2016/afc-cup-2016-final-standings-in-groups-c-and-d-confirmed|title=AFC Cup 2016: Final standings in Groups C and D confirmed|publisher=AFC|date=13 May 2016|access-date=28 September 2022|archive-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010131948/http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases-afc-cup-2016/afc-cup-2016-final-standings-in-groups-c-and-d-confirmed|url-status=live}}</ref>}} |- |[[2016 AFC Cup knockout stage|Round of 16]] |{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Al Ahed FC|Al Ahed]] | align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–4 |- |rowspan=5 |[[2017 AFC Cup|2016–17]] |rowspan=5 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=3 |[[2017 AFC Cup group stage|Group stage]] |{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Hidd SCC|Hidd]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–2{{Efn|Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.}} | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 1–0 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2nd place |- |{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Safa SC|Safa]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–0 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 6–0 |- |{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 0–0 | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 1–1 |- |[[2017 AFC Cup knockout stage#Zonal semi-finals|Zonal semifinals]] |{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Wehdat SC|Al-Wehdat]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 4–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–1 | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 4–2 |- |[[2017 AFC Cup knockout stage#Zonal finals|Zonal finals]] |{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 2–2 ([[Away goals rule|a]]) |- |rowspan=3 |[[2018 AFC Cup|2017–18]] |rowspan=3 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=3 |[[2018 AFC Cup group stage|Group stage]] |{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Al-Faisaly SC|Al-Faisaly]] | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 1–2{{Efn|Teams from Syria were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.}} | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 2–2 | align="center" rowspan=3 style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 4th place |- |{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Al Ansar FC|Al Ansar]] | align="center" style="background: #BBF3BB;"| 2–1 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–1 |- |{{flagicon|OMN}} [[Dhofar Club|Dhofar]] | align="center" style="background: #ffd;"| 0–0 | align="center" style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 0–2 |- |rowspan=2 |[[2021 AFC Cup|2020–21]] |rowspan=2 |[[AFC Cup]] |rowspan=2 |[[2021 AFC Cup group stage|Group stage]] |{{flagicon|BHR}} [[Hidd SCC|Hidd]] | align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #ffd;"| 1–1 | align="center" rowspan=2 style="background: #FFBBBB;"| 2nd place |- |{{flagicon|LBN}} [[Al Ahed FC|Ahed]] | align="center" colspan="2" style="background: #ffd;"| 0–0 |}

==Performance in UAFA competitions== *'''[[Arab Club Champions Cup]]: 3 appearances''' ::[[2002 Arab Unified Club Championship|2002–03]]: Group Stage ::[[2005–06 Arab Champions League|2005–06]]: Round of 32 ::[[2006–07 Arab Champions League|2006–07]]: Round of 32

===Records=== ''Accurate as of 28 September 2022'' {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; |Competition ! style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; |Pld !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | W !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | D !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | L !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | GF !style="color:white; background: #FF5F00; | GA |- | [[Arab Club Champions Cup]] | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | style="text-align:center;"| 0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 5 | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 17 |- | '''TOTAL''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''6''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''0''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''1''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''5''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''3''' | style="text-align:center;"| '''17''' |- |}

==Players==

===First-team squad=== {{updated|30 May 2024}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=Syria|pos=GK|name=[[Hussain Rahal]]}} {{Fs player|no=2|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Abdullah Jniat}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Yasser Shahen]]}} {{Fs player|no=4|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Yousef Mohammad (footballer, born 1999)|Yousef Mohammad]]}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Milad Hamad}} {{Fs player|no=6|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Burhan Sahyouni]]}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Firas Kareem}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Maher Daaboul}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Anas Bota}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=GHA|pos=FW|name=[[Mohammed Anas]]}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Ahmed Al Sharif}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Louay Al Shareef}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Mohammad Othman}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Mohamad Ali Rammal|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Mohamad Sharif}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Abdul Kader Adi}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Qais Al-hassan}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Yahya Karak}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Mahmoud Al-khatib}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=Syria|pos=FW|name=Firas Kraym}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=[[Qusay Habib]]}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Anas Al-aji}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Zakaria Karak}} {{Fs player|no=70|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Farhad Khaled}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=[[Amro Jenyat]]}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=Senegal|pos=FW|name=[[Sekou Traore]]}} {{Fs player|no=90|nat=Syria|pos=DF|name=Ahmad Al Khaimi}} {{Fs player|no=92|nat=Syria|pos=GK|name=Ali Mariama}} {{Fs player|no=97|nat=Syria|pos=GK|name=Eyad Jomaa}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=Syria|pos=MF|name=Mohammed Harb}} {{Fs end}}

==Personnel== ===Current technical staff===

==Administration== ===Club presidents=== * Wahda presidents since 1974:

==Former managers== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ayman Hakeem]] (1993–1995) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Sameer Soukieh]] (1995–2001) *{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Nenad Stavrić]] (2001–06) *{{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Mansour Al Haj Saied]] (2006) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ayman Hakeem]] (2006–07) *{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Costică Ştefănescu]] (2007) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Muhammad Jomma]] (2007–08) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Nizar Mahrous]] (2008) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Assaf Khalifa]] (2009) *{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} [[Faruk Kulović]] (2009) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Nizar Mahrous]] (2009–11) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ayman Hakeem]] (2012) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Hussam Al Sayed]] (2012) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Mohannad Al Fakir]] (2013) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Rafat Muhammad]] (2013–2017, 2018, 2019) *{{flagicon|Syria}} Eyad Abdulkareem (2019–2020) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ghassan Maatouk]] (2020–2021) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ayman Hakeem]] (2021) *{{flagicon|Syria}} Maher Bahri (2021–2022) *{{flagicon|Cyprus}} [[Siniša Dobrašinović]] (2022) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Ammar Shamali]] (2022–2023) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Mohammad Istanbuli]] (2024) *{{flagicon|Syria}} [[Nizar Mahrous]] (2024–present) {{div col end}}

==Notable players== {{Further|Category:Al-Wahda SC (Syria) players}}

[[File:Fajr Ibrahim.jpg|[[Fajr Ibrahim]], four-time coach of the Syrian national team and winner of the 1993 Syrian Cup with Al-Wahda.|thumb|180px]]

[[File:Omar Kharbin (2).jpg|[[Omar Kharbin]], Al-Wahda prodigy, [[Asian Footballer of the Year]] 2017 and international|thumb|180px]]

==Player records== === League top scorer === {{See-also|List of Syrian Premier League top scorers}} * Al-Wahda SC players won the title of top scorer in the Syrian Premier League 7 times: {| class="wikitable" |- style="color:white;background:#FF5F00; text-align:center;" | style="width:20px;"| '''No.''' | style="width:70px;"| '''Season''' | style="width:150px;"| '''Name''' | style="width:70px;"| '''Nation''' | style="width:70px;"| '''Goals''' | style="width:160px;"| '''Notes''' |- | 1 | 1990–91 | [[Othman Bawarshi]] | {{flagicon|SYR}} Syria | align=center| 11 | |- | 2 | 1992–93 | [[Assaf Khalifa]] | {{flagicon|SYR}} Syria | align=center| 11 | With Mouhanad Boushi |- | 3 | [[2010–11 Syrian Premier League|2010–11]] | [[Ali Salah Hashim]] | {{flagicon|IRQ}} Iraq | align=center| 9 | Season suspended |- | 4 | [[2014 Syrian Premier League|2013–14]] | [[Majed al-Haj]] | {{flagicon|SYR}} Syria | align=center| 11 | |- | 5 | [[2015–16 Syrian Premier League|2015–16]] | [[Raja Rafe]] | {{flagicon|SYR}} Syria | align=center| 22 | |- | 6 | [[2016–17 Syrian Premier League|2016–17]] | [[Osama Omari]] | {{flagicon|SYR}} Syria | align=center| 17 | |- | 7 | [[2017–18 Syrian Premier League|2017–18]] | [[Basel Mustafa]] | {{flagicon|SYR}} Syria | align=center| 15 | |}

===Top scorers=== *List of top scorers for Al Wahda club in the league and cup historically: {| class="wikitable" |- style="color:white;background:#FF5F00; text-align:center;" | style="width:20px;"| '''No.''' | style="width:150px;"| '''Name''' | style="width:70px;"| '''Nation''' | style="width:70px;"| '''Goals''' | style="width:150px;"| '''Notes''' |- | 1 |[[Osama Omari]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 78 | |- | 2 |[[Maher Al-Sayed]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 76 | |- | 3 |[[Assaf Khalifa]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 59 | |- | 4 |[[Mahmoud Mahmalji]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 51 | |- | 5 |[[Raja Rafe]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 46 | |- | 6 |[[Nizar Mahrous]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 44 | |- | 7 |[[Majed al-Haj]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 38 | |- | =7 |[[Nabil Al-Shahma]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 38 | |- | 9 |[[Ismail Fatout]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 31 | |- | 10 |[[Maher Kharrat]] |{{flagicon|SYR}} Syria |align=center| 30 | |- |}

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20100108021104/http://www.wahdawia.net/}} {{in lang|ar}}

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