Wydad Casablanca
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| Full name | Wydad Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Les Rouges (Reds) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco |
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| Capacity | 67,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| League | GNF 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-2006 | GNF 1, 1st | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) (Arabic: نادي الوداد الرياضي) is a Moroccan athletics club based in Casablanca, Morocco, best known for its football team.
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[edit] History
The first section of the Wydad Athletic Club was created on May 8, 1937, it was the swimming section. 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, thus appeared the tennis in 1938 and football in 1939, section which Haj Tounsi alias Père Jégo created.
Several versions circulate according to the origin of the name 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 last film of the actress and Egyptian singer Oum Kaltoum, whose title is "Wydad". Thus came the idea to the founders to give the name to the club.
[edit] Honours
- 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
- Moroccan Cup (9)
- Winner : 1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001
- Runner-up : 1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 2003, 2004
- CAF Champions League (1)
- Winner : 1992
- CAF Cup (1)
- Runner-up : 1999
- CAF Cup Winners' Cup (1)
- Winner : 2002
- African Super Cup
- Runner-up : 1992, 2002
- Afro-Asian Club Championship (1)
- Winner : 1994
- Arab Champions League (1)
- Winner : 1989
- Arab Super Cup (1)
- Winner : 1990
- Mohamed V Cup (1)
- Winner : 1979
- North African Championship (3)
- Winner : 1948, 1949, 1950
- North African Cup (1)
- Winner : 1949
[edit] 2005/2006 Roster
Technical Staff
José Romão
Fakhreddine Rajhi
Goalkeepers
- Nadir Lamyaghri
- Smail Amelah
Defenders
- Hicham Louissi
- Khalid Oumansour
- Khalid Sekkat
- Mourad Falah
- Mustapha Talha
- Zakaria Aoudane
- Faouzi Brazi
Midfielders
- Ahmed Talbi
- Younes Zerrouk
- Reda Doulyazal
Ibrahim Kaboré
Forwards
- Abderrahim Saidi
- Mohammed Borji
- Samir Sersar
- Mohammed Madihi
- Hicham Jouia
Ibrahima Touré
[edit] Former notable players
- El Khalfi
- Bettache
- Kabour
- Tibari
- Larbi Ahderdane
- Petchou
- Lacheeb
- Shaita
- Aziz Bouderbala
- Badou Zaki
- Azmi
- Fakherdine
- Benabicha
- Moussa N'daw
- Rachid Daoudi
- Noureddine Naybet
- Lahcen Abrami
[edit] External links
- Wydad's most popular website on internet (french)
- Wydad's most popular discussion forums (french)
- Pictures & Videos of Wydadi fans (french)
- Unofficiel Wydad website (french & arabic)
- Unofficiel Wydad website (french)
- The Moroccan American Community events board
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