Wydad Athletic Club commonly referred to as Wydad AC and known as Wydad, Wydad Casablanca, or simply as WAC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top tier of the Moroccan football league system, they are one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight.
Founded on 8 May 1937 by seven Moroccans belonging the national movement for independence, led by Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi. They initially focused on water polo to give indigenous Moroccans the right to access swimming pools before Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani – also known by the nickname of "Pere Jégo" ("Father Jego") – created the football section in 1939, he was the first manager of the team. The club has traditionally worn a red home kit since inception.
Domestically, Wydad has won a record of 22 Moroccan league titles, 9 Moroccan Throne Cups and 4 Moroccan Elite Cup, becoming the most titled club in Morocco. In continental and international competitions, the club has won three CAF Champions Leagues, one African Cup Winners' Cup, one CAF Super Cup, one Afro-Asian Club Championship, one Mohammed V Cup, one Arab Club Champions Cup, one Arab Super Cup, three North African Championships, and one North African Cup
The club also competes in basketball, handball, field hockey, cycle sport, volleyball, and rugby. The club holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably in the Casablanca Derby with Raja CA and the Moroccan Classico with the capital side AS FAR.<\/P>","84FBAAA541406939DA36722337FBDFD18D691C310C47982D":"1937-5-8","34A0AE9CBA0644B6":"http:\/\/www.wydad.com","A2993BAC4D9D88EC":"","F84B1B8AF3973AEE":"1","7C314F98A46E5CCF80F8B8125BB0A065":"2024-7-11","1CD1A53514962B6A":"1","41780118C08E58E3":"","0EB6A015033C3CEC56DA30D47F1CA55E":"","2EC2CE09DA225C510B8476426035EFA9":"
DOMESTIC<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Botola winners (22):<\/STRONG> CONTINENTAL<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> CAF Champions League winners (3):<\/STRONG> CAF Super Cup winners (1):<\/STRONG> African Cup Winners' Cup winners (1): Afro-Asian Club Championship winners (1):<\/STRONG> Arab Club Champions Cup winners (1):<\/STRONG> North African Cup winners (1):<\/STRONG> North African Championship winners (3):<\/STRONG>
1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
Moroccan Throne Cup winners (9):<\/STRONG>
1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001<\/P>
1992, 2017, 2022<\/P>
2018<\/P>
<\/STRONG>2002
WORLDWIDE<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P>
1993
Mohammed V Cup winners (1):<\/STRONG>
1979
REGIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P>
1989
Arab Super Cup winners (1):<\/STRONG>
1992<\/P>
1949<\/P>
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