Wydad Casablanca

Wydad Casablanca
Full name Wydad Athletic Club of Casablanca
نادي الوداد الرياضي
Nickname(s) Les Rouges et Blancs,
Wydad Al Oumma وداد الأمة
Founded 8 May 1937
Ground Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
(Capacity: 67,000[1])
Chairman Abdelillah Akram
Head Coach Michel Decastel
League Botola
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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

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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, Charles Benchetrit, Bienvenu, Lucien Bilikrinieu, Pierre André, Boravel, and Croné Vivirel.

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, Wrestling, 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.

Honours

1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2006, 2010
Runner-up : 1958, 1959, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002
Coupe Ben Arafa (This Cup was organized by the French colonizer to celebrate a Moroccan Treator to the nation.
1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001
Runner-up : 1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 2003, 2004
1992
Runner-up : 2011
2002
Runner-up : 1992, 2002
1994
1989
Runner-up : 2008, 2009
1990
1979
1948, 1949, 1950
1949

Performance in CAF competitions

2007 – Second Round
2011 – Finalist
1987 – Second Round
1991 – Quarter-Finals
1992Champion
1993 – Second Round
1994 – Second Round
2004 – Intermediate Round
2007 – Intermediate Round
1999 – Finalist
2000 – Second Round
2001 – Quarter-Finals
1998 – Semi-Finals
2002 – Champion
2003 – Semi-Finals

Current squad

No. Name Nationality Position
Goalkeepers
1 Nadir Lamyaghri(captain) GK
37 Yassine Bounou GK
40 Rafik Maadoum GK
Defenders
3 Mourad Lemssen LB
6 Hicham El Amrani CB
13 Youssef Rabeh RB
14 Yassine Rami CB
15 Hicham Louissi CB
25 Abderahim Benkhajjan CB
29 Ayoub Khaliki RB
Midfielders
2 Ayoub Skouma CM
4 Youssef Kaddioui RW
5 Abderrahmane Mssassi CM
7 Ahmed Ajeddou LW
8 Yassine Lakhal RW
10 Mohammed Berrabeh CM
16 Houcine Zidoune RW
24 Youness Mankari CM
28 Said Fettah CM
Forwards
9 Abdelghani Mouaoui ST
17 Lys Mouithys ST
18 Mouhcine Iajour FW
20 Younes Houassi FW
21 Fabrice N'Guessi FW
23 Mustapha Allaoui FW
27 Jean Louis Pascal Angan FW
Mahmoud Belboudali FW

Presidents

  • Mohamed Benjelloun (1939-42)
  • Abdelkader Benjelloun (1943-44)
  • Abdellatif Alami (1944-45)
  • Mohamed Belahssan Benjelloun (1945-48)
  • Abderrahmane Slaoui (1948-49)
  • Abderrahmane El-Khatib (1949-56)
  • Azzedine Benjelloun (1956-62)
  • Nacer Laraki (1962-63)
  • Hassan El-Joundi (1963-65)

References

  1. ^ www.wydad.com
  2. ^ (French)Palmares
  3. ^ (French)Honours

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