Wydad Casablanca

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Wydad Casablanca

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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

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Home colours

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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 Current squad 2007/2008
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

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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

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

CAF 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] Current squad 2007/2008

No.		Position	Player
1	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Nadir Lamyaghri on loan to Al Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi) till January 2008
12	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Karim Fegrouche
22	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Hakim Mouzaki
37	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Mohamed El Baz
4	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Zakaria Aoudane
5	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Issam Adoua
6	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Mustapha Talha
7	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Mourad Fellah
15	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Hicham Louissi
25	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Abdelilah Mansour
27	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Said Zaidi
30	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Khalid Sekkat
32	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Khalid Oumansour

No.		Position	Player
8	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Ahmed Talbi
10	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Redallah Doulyazal
16	Image:Flag of Mali.svg	MF	Boubakar Koulibaly
18	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Ayoub Skouma
21	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Abdessamad Rafik
24	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Younes Menkari
29	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Faouzi Brazi
9	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Hicham Jouaya
11	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Abderrahim Saidi
14	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Mustapha Bidoudane
17	Image:Flag of Algeria.svg	FW	Hamza Yacef
28	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Hakim Ajraoui
23	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Abderazzak Sakim

[edit] New Recruits for the 2007/2008 Season

No.		Position	Player
12	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Karim Fegrouche (from Maghreb Fez)
29	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Faouzi Brazi (from FC Istres)

No.		Position	Player
14	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Mustapha Bidoudane (from Club Africain)
17	Image:Flag of Algeria.svg	FW	Hamza Yacef (from JS Kabylie)

[edit] Out

No.		Position	Player
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Yahya Iraqui (on loan to Raja Casablanca)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Hamza Abourazouk (on loan to Jeunesse Massira)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Othmane Nainia (on loan to Olympique Safi)

No.		Position	Player
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Mouhcine Jbilou (on loan to Jeunesse Massira)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Younes Zerrouk (on loan to Kawkab Marrakech)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Abdelwahed El Kaoutar (on loan to TAS Casablanca)

[edit] Out on loan

No.		Position	Player
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Mustapha Benhoumad (on loan to Wafa Wydad)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Karim Benkhirane (on loan to Wafa Wydad)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	DF	Mourad Atta (on loan to Chabab Houara)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Ibrahim Baba (on loan to Chabab Houara)

No.		Position	Player
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Hamza Hajji (on loan to Maghreb Fez)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	MF	Yassine Zouchou (on loan to FUS de Rabat)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Khalilou Traore (on loan to Hassania Agadir)
—	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg	FW	Faouzi Abdelghani (on loan to Jeunesse Massira)