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Widad de Fès

Full name	Wydad Athletic de fès
Nickname(s)	Black and White
Founded	1948
Ground	Complexe Sportif de Fès
Ground Capacity	45,000
Chairman	Abderrazak Sebti
Manager	Fathi Jamal
League	Botola
2011-12	14th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Wydad de Fès is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the First division. The club was founded in 1948 and is located in the town of Fès.

Wydad Athletic Club de Fes (W.A.F) were promoted from the 2nd Division in 2008/09.

WAF

Wydad Fassi Sports Club is a football/sports club of the Moroccan city of Fez. This club was founded in 1948, and had for a while fallen on lean times, languishing in the shadows of Division 3 after having been one of the pillars of the national championship first division. They are the second Fez team, with the MAS Fes club having more success in recent time. They play in shirt of vertical black and white stripes.

Stadium

Their stadium 'Complexe Sportif de Fès' is located at the southern end of the road to Sefrou (Trek Sefrou), it is a typical Moroccan style. Presentation of use accompanied by technical data, the sports complex of Fez was able to open its doors after much debate on the financing of its facilities. Located on an area of 40 hectares, the stadium can accommodate 45,000 spectators all seated. It has a running track in addition tartan annexes likely to host high-level competitions. 15 years after first breaking ceremony to launch construction work of this complex, which required an investment of 30 billion centimes (30 million), we are in front of a monument which was only dream.

Squad (2011-12)

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

No. Position Player 2 MF Abderrahmane Mssassi 2 MF Omar Hassi (captain) 3 DF Omar Lachhab 4 DF Abderahim Chkilit 5 DF Anas Azim 8 MF Bilal Denguir 9 FW Philipe Souanga 10 MF Youssouf Anouar 12 GK Mohammed Sokhra

No. Position Player 16 GK Amine El Bourkadi 18 MF Edgar Gnoleba Loué 20 FW Othmane Benay 23 MF Redallah Doulyazal 27 FW Nabil Cherradi 28 MF Mohammed El Janati 29 FW Ouardy Adnane 30 FW Abdessalam Benjelloun

Managers

• Charly Röessli (Oct 10, 2011–May 21, 2012), (Nov 18, 2012–May 10, 2013)
• Fathi Jamal (June 20, 2013–Oct 11, 2013)

References