Wydad Casablanca

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Wydad Casablanca

Full name

Wydad Athletic Club

Nickname(s)

Les Rouges (Reds)

Founded

1937

Ground

Stade Mohamed V,
Casablanca, Morocco
(Capacity 67,000)

Chairman

Abdelillah Akram

Manager

vacant

League

GNF 1





Home colours





Away colours

Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) (Arabic: نادي الوداد الرياضي‎) is a Moroccan athletics club based in Casablanca, Morocco, best known for its football team.

1 History
2 Honours
3 Performance in CAF competitions
4 Former notable players
5 Sport equipment
6 External links

[edit] History

The swimming section was the first section of the Wydad Athletic Club "WAC" to be created and this was on May 8, 1937 . The members of the first management committee of Wydad were Haj Mohamed Benjelloun (President), Maitre Mohamed Zarouk, Mohamed Ben Lahsan, Haj Mohamed Ben Mohamed Ben Lahsan Benjelloun, Ralph Botbol and Charles Benchetrit.

Other sections were created for the club as time went by, like the tennis in 1938 and football in 1939, section which Haj Tounsi alias Père Jégo created, to reach today 14 sections including Basketball, Handball, Boxing, Wresling, Cycling, Badminton, Track and field, Waterpolo, Hockey...

Several versions circulate according to the origin of the naming of the club. In Arabic, Wydad means Love. Each historian brings his explanation. But that brought back by Ahmed Lahrizi in his book on Wydad volume 1, is the most widespread and the most plausible. According to the book, during the frequent meetings which intervened before the creation of the club, one of the founder members arrived late, the reason was that he watched the latest film of the actress and Egyptian singer legend Oum Kaltoum, whose title is "Wydad". Thus came the idea to the founders to give the name to the club.

[edit] Honours

The first team in the history of Wydad Athletic Club in 1939

Pére Jégo, The first Manager of Wydad Athletic Club

Wydad Athletic Club in 1948

Phillip Stadium in The Center of Casablanca, the old stadium of the club.

Wydad Squad in 2008

Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca

The Wydad supporters.

Wydad de Casablanca historic kit.

Moroccan League (16)
- Champion : 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2006
- Runner-up : 1958, 1959, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002