Wydad Casablanca
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| 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 |
Benito Floro |
| League |
Botola |
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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. Wydad has the largest number of supporters in Morocco.
[edit] History
The first section of the Wydad Athletic Club ("WAC") to be created was the swimming section 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, such as tennis in 1938 and football, created by Haj Tounsi alias Père Jégo in 1939. Today, there are a total of fourteen sections, including Basketball, Handball, Boxing, Wrestling, Cycling, Badminton, Track and field, Waterpolo, and Hockey.
There are several versions of the story of the origin of the club's name, but the version found in Ahmed Lahrizi's book Wydad Volume 1 is the most widespread and the most plausible. According to the book, during the frequent meetings which led to the creation of the club, one of the founding members arrived late after watching the latest film of the legendary Egyptian actress and singer Oum Kaltoum, Wydad (in Arabic, "Wydad" means "Love"). This incident inspired the founders to give the name to the club.
[edit] Honours
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- 1957, 1966, 1969, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2006, 2010
- Runner-up : 1958, 1959, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002
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- 1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001
- Runner-up : 1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 2003, 2004
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- 1992
- Runner-up : 2011
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- 2002
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- Runner-up : 1992, 2002
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- 1994
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- 1989
- Runner-up : 2008, 2009
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- 1990
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- 1979
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- 1948, 1949, 1950
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- 1949
[edit] Performance in CAF competitions
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- 2007 – Second Round
- 2011 – Finalist
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- 1987 – Second Round
- 1991 – Quarter-Finals
- 1992 – Champion
- 1993 – Second Round
- 1994 – Second Round
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- 2004 – Intermediate Round
- 2007 – Intermediate Round
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- 1999 – Finalist
- 2000 – Second Round
- 2001 – Quarter-Finals
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- 1998 – Semi-Finals
- 2002 – Champion
- 2003 – Semi-Finals
[edit] Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
[edit] Presidents
 Mohamed Benjelloun (1939–1942)- Abdelkader Benjelloun (1943–1944)
- Abdellatif Alami (1944–1945)
- Mohamed Belahssan Benjelloun (1945–1948)
- Abderrahmane Slaoui (1948–1949)
- Abderrahmane El-Khatib (1949–1956)
- Azzedine Benjelloun (1956–1962)
- Nacer Laraki (1962–1963)
- Hassan El-Joundi (1963–1965)
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- Ahmed Lahrizi (1965–1971)
- Abderrazak Lahlou (1971–1972)
- Abderrazak Mekouar (1972–1993)
- Boubker Jdahim (1996–1997)
- Abdelmalik Sentissi (1993–1999)
- Nasserdine Doublali (1999–2003)
- Abdelilah El-Manjra (2003–2005)
- Taïb El-Fechtali (2005–2007)
- Abdelillah El-Akram (2007–2012)
- Mustafa Adiane (2012-)
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