Nenad Stavrić is a Serbian coach who joined Al-Wahda club in 2001. He started with two losses against
Al-Horriya and
Al-Karamah followed with draw with
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
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 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 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. ==Stadiums==