 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.