Wydad Athletic Club - last updated on 12 December 2007
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Wydad Athletic Club (نادي الوداد الرياضي)
Foundation: May 8th 1937
City: Casablanca
Colours: Red and white
Website: no website
Honours:
CAF Champions League - 1 (1992)
CAF Cup Winners' Cup - 1 (2002)
Championnat National du Maroc - 16 (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1957, 1966, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2006)
Coupe du Maroc - 9 (1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001)
Afro-Asian Club Championship - 1 (1994)
Arab Champions League - 1 (1989)
Arab Super Cup - 1 (1990)
Mohamed V Cup - 1 (1979)
North African Championship - 3 (1948, 1949, 1950)
North African Cup - 1 (1949)
A bit of 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.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
Wydad Athletic Club -
Founded in 1962
