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Al Wahda FC
نادي الوحـدة لكرة القدم

Full name	Al Wahda Football Club
Founded	June 3, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-06-03)
Ground	Al Nahyan Stadium
Capacity	15,894[1]
Owner	Diab Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Manager	Goran Tufegdžić
League	UAE Pro League
2022–23	UAE Pro League, 3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Al Wahda Football Club (Arabic: نادي الوحدة لكرة القدم, romanized: al-waḥda, lit. 'Union') is an Emirati professional football club based in Abu Dhabi, that competes in the UAE Pro League.^[2] The club was founded in 1974 and plays its home games at the Al Nahyan Stadium. The club's colours are maroon, navy blue and white.

History

Foundation

The first team created in Abu Dhabi was Al-Ahli in 1966, followed respectively by Al-Ittihad in 1968, Al-Falah and Al-Wahda in 1969. In 1974, a decision was made by the Minister of youth and sport to create Abu Dhabi SC by merging Al-Ittihad and Al-Wahda on 13 March 1974, and to create Al-Emirates SC by merging Al-Ahli and Al-Falah on 3 June 1974. In 1984, Abu Dhabi SC and Al-Emirates SC merged to create Al-Wahda FC.

Modern era

In 1999, Al Wahda won their maiden UAE League title with 8 points ahead of their rivals Al Ain. In 2018, Al Wahda changed its official logo as part of a new club redesign.

Honours

Leagues

UAE Pro League: 4

• Champions: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2004–05, 2009–10

UAE Division One: 2

• Champions: 1976–77, 1984–85

Cups

UAE President's Cup: 2

• Champions: 1999–2000, 2016–17

UAE Federation Cup: 3

• Champions: 1986, 1995, 2001

UAE League Cup: 3

• Champions: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2023–24

UAE Super Cup: 4

• Champions: 2002, 2011, 2017, 2018^[3]

Home stadium

The Al-Nahyan Stadium is the home of Al Wahda.^[4] It has 15,000 seats and located only three kilometers from the downtown at the heart of Abu Dhabi City.

Performance in AFC competitions

Al Wahda has been qualifying for Asian competitions regularly since the 1998–99 Asian Cup Winners' Cup, they've been qualifying for the AFC Champions League regularly by winning the President's Cup or consistently finishing near the top in the league.

Al Wahda's season-by-season record in international competitions
1 Group stage. Highest-ranked eliminated team in case of qualification, lowest-ranked qualified team in case of elimination.
Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League
Season	Preliminary stages										Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
2000												Al-Sadd
2002												Al-Zawraa	Nasaf Qarshi1
2004												Al-Sadd1	Pakhtakor
2006												Al-Karamah1
2007												Al-Zawraa1	Al-Hilal	Sepahan
2008												Al-Karamah1
2010									Al-Karamah	Churchill Brothers	Esteghlal1
2011											Bunyodkor1
2015										Al-Sadd
2017										Al-Wehdat	Persepolis1
2018											Zob Ahan1
2019											Lokomotiv Tashkent1	Al-Nassr
2021										Al-Zawraa	FC Goa1	Sharjah	Al-Nassr
Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Season	Preliminary stages										Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
1999												Kazma
2001												Esteghlal
Arab Club Champions Cup
Season	Preliminary stages										Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final
2017													Al Ahly1
2023										Bourj	ASFAR	CR Belouizdad1	Al Shabab
FIFA Club World Cup
Season	Preliminary stages													Semi-finals / Fifth match	Final / Third match
2010												Hekari United	Seongnam	Pachuca

• AFC Champions League: 12 appearances

2004: Quarter-finals

2006: Group stage

2007: Semi-finals

2008: Group stage

2010: Group stage

2011: Group stage

2015: Play-offs

2017: Group stage

2018: Group stage

2019: Round of 16

2020: Withdrew

2021: Quarter-finals

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances

1999–2000: First round

2001–02: Group stage (Top 8)

• Asian Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1998–99: First round

2000–01: First round

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  UAE Mohamed Al-Shamsi 2 DF  UAE Khalid Butti 3 DF  UAE Lucas Pimenta 5 DF  UAE Alaeddine Zouhir 6 DF  UAE Mahmoud Khamees 7 MF  IRN Ahmad Nourollahi 8 MF  UAE Tahnoon Al-Zaabi 10 MF  UAE Ismail Matar (captain) 12 MF  UAE Abdulla Hamad 13 MF  UAE Manea Aydh 14 MF  UAE Abdelaziz Al-Balushi 15 MF  UZB Khojimat Erkinov 16 MF  UAE Abdulla Ahmed U21 18 MF  UAE Hamdan Adel 19 DF  POR Rúben Canedo 20 FW  UAE Mansoor Saeed U21 21 DF  UAE Abdullah Al-Karbi 22 FW  KGZ Avtandil Duishoev U21 24 DF  UAE Sultan Al-Zaabi (on loan from Shabab Al-Ahli) 25 MF  BRA Allan

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  MAR Ahmed Jawar 27 FW  ARG Facundo Kruspzky 29 MF  UAE Suhail Al-Mansoori 30 MF  RUS Zelimkhan Bakayev (on loan from Zenit) 31 DF  UAE Abdurahman Saleh U21 35 GK  UAE Zayed Al-Hammadi 44 DF  UAE Fares Jumaa 46 FW  SEN Moussa Senghor U21 50 GK  UAE Rashed Ali 64 DF  UAE Rashed Issam U21 66 GK  UAE Hazaa Ammar 68 DF  UAE Mohamed Ali 70 FW  SYR Omar Khribin 75 FW  UAE Mubarak Salem U21 77 FW  UAE Awadh Al-Katheeri U21 78 DF  UAE Mansour Saleh U21 80 FW  YEM Salem Al-Somhi U21 83 FW  UAE Mohamed Al-Senaani U21 — DF  NGA Favour Inyeka Ogbu

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.