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{{Short description|Professional football club in Casablanca, Morocco}}
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| short name = WAC<ref>{{Cite web |title=WAC 1-0 TP Mazembe: Red Devils pip Ravens to win 2018 Caf Super Cup |url=https://www.goal.com/en-ph/news/wac-1-0-tp-mazembe-red-devils-pip-ravens-to-win-2018-caf/1rz3t3njd79nw13hoc2tj13dgl/match/5qjf8l77bgyrqbnzfl5079a3u |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.goal.com |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109103547/https://www.goal.com/en-ph/news/wac-1-0-tp-mazembe-red-devils-pip-ravens-to-win-2018-caf/1rz3t3njd79nw13hoc2tj13dgl/match/5qjf8l77bgyrqbnzfl5079a3u |url-status=live }}</ref>
| nickname = ''نادي الأمة'' (Club of the Nation)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-13 |title=Casablanca, more than a movie |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/casablanca-more-than-movie-1568210 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702131718/https://www.fifa.com/news/casablanca-more-than-movie-1568210 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association}}</ref><br>''نادي المقاومة'' (Club of the Resistance)<br>''القلعة الحمراء'' (The Red Castle)<br>''عميد الاندية'' (Dean of clubs)
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| fullname = Wydad Athletic Club
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| chairman = Hicham Ait Menna
| manager = Amine Benhachem
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| capacity = 45,000
| league = [[Botola]]
| position = Botola, 3th of 16
| website = {{url|https://www.wydadac.ma/}}
| current = 2024–25 Wydad AC season
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'''Wydad Athletic Club''' ({{langx|ar|نادي الوداد الرياضي}}, {{IPA|ar|naːdiː‿l.widaːd arrːiyːadˤiː}}), often known outside Morocco as '''Wydad Casablanca''', is a Moroccan [[sports club]] based in [[Casablanca]]. Wydad AC is best known for its professional [[Association football|football]] team that competes in [[Botola]], the top tier of the [[Moroccan football league system]]. They are one of three clubs to have [[List of unrelegated association football clubs#Never relegated|never been relegated]] from the top flight.

It was founded on 8 May 1937 by seven Moroccans belonging to the national movement for independence, led by [[:fr:Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi|Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi]]. They initially focused on [[water polo]] to give indigenous Moroccans the right to access swimming pools before [[Père Jégo|Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani]] – also known by the nickname of "Père Jégo" ("Father Jégo") – created the football section on 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 [[Botola|Moroccan league titles]], 9 [[Moroccan Throne Cup]] and 4 [[Moroccan Elite Cup]] and other titles, becoming the most titled club in Morocco. In continental, international and regional competitions, the club has won three [[CAF Champions League]]s, 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 Championship]], three North African Super Cup and one [[North African Cup]].

The club also competes in [[basketball]], [[Water polo]], [[handball]], [[volleyball]], [[table tennis]], [[field hockey]], [[fencing]], [[cycle sport]], [[Rugby football|rugby]], [[futsal]] and [[Wydad AC (women)|Wydad Women's football]]. The club holds many long-standing rivalries in Morocco with [[Raja CA]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Casablanca Derby: the world's best atmosphere! |url=https://www.copa90.com/en/creators/creator-collective-archive/collective/2016/1/the-casablanca-derby-the-worlds-best-atmosphere |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=www.copa90.com |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405045509/https://www.copa90.com/en/creators/creator-collective-archive/collective/2016/1/the-casablanca-derby-the-worlds-best-atmosphere |url-status=live }}</ref> and with the capital side [[AS FAR]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-04 |title=كلاسيكو المغرب.. تاريخ من الصراع بين الكبار |url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=921147 |access-date=2022-02-27 |website=كووورة |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405045449/https://www.kooora.com/?n=921147 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== History ==

===Before independence (1935–1955)===
====Creation and early Wydad (1937–1940)====
[[File:Wydad en 1940.jpg|thumb|Wydad in 1940]]
The origin of the establishment of Wydad Athletic Club on resistance the colonialism that was imposed by the French authorities during the [[French protectorate in Morocco|era of protectorate in Morocco]], since before the independence of Morocco, the [[port of Casablanca]] was surrounded by a large number of swimming pools that were dedicated to clubs and sports associations only, and the Europeans were the ones who can supervise them. In beginning of the year 1935, many Moroccan Muslims and Jews joined several clubs to take advantage of the private swimming pools, but they were soon expelled by the colonizer because of their fear of an increase in their numbers later, and from here came the idea of establishing a Moroccan club by Moroccans only, so that the club can benefit of the swimming pools and participate in water polo competitions.<ref name=":0" />

The idea of establishing Wydad Athletic Club was not as easy as it could be imagined, as all the members of the original core, including [[Hajji|Hajj]] Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi and Hajj Dr. Abdellatif Benjelloun Touimi, suffered from the continued rejection and intransigence of the French authorities to the idea of establishing a “full Moroccan club”, which prompted them to resort to the Franco-Moroccan Association, in order to amend the matters related to registering the club's name, after which the General Resident in Morocco at the time, [[Maurice Noguès|Maurice Nogues]], personally intervened to allow the establishment of Wydad Athletic Club, but with specific conditions.<ref name=":0" />

Wydad ({{Lang|ar|وِداد}}) is an [[Arabic]] word that means "love", "sincere affection.",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF/|title=ترجمة و معنى وداد بالإنجليزي في قاموس المعاني. قاموس عربي انجليزي مصطلحات صفحة 1|last=Team|first=Almaany|website=almaany.com|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> 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 [[Umm Kulthum]] with the same name, though [[Romanization of Arabic|Latinized]] as [[Weddad]], as it coincided with this answer that [[Ululation|Zaghrouda]] set out from one of the neighboring houses to the meeting place, the attendees were optimistic about it, and [[Hajji|Hajj]] Mohamed Ben Lahcen Affani expressed his support for choosing this name, but the intervention of some of the attendees led to a postponement for the final decision on the name of the club, except after the presence of a large number of managers and players, as the name was approved after holding a general gathering, the result was the suggestion and choice of the name "Wydad Athletic Club", as a name for the club without the inclusion of the word “Casablanca” because the club represents all Moroccans, not just the residents of the city of Casablanca.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=|title=التاريخ {{!}} نادي الوداد الرياضي|url=http://www.wac.ma/site/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE|url-status=dead|access-date=|website=|archive-date=17 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617205247/http://www.wac.ma/site/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE}}</ref>

Wydad played its first game against defending champion USM Casablanca as part of the first day of the championship in what is a criterion of war in September 1939. This meeting was the first of Wydad ended in defeat with a score of two goals to one. The first scorer was Abdelkader Lakhmiri. During this first season Wydad it was not a championship that was played but a true test of war called cutting war because of the Second World War. The first edition of this competition was played so in the context of the 1939–40 season and ended with a victory for the USM Casablanca facing the new team what Wydad. One who had played his first match against USM and had also faced rematch is still faced in the final after an incredible journey that has to qualify. The meeting was ended with a score of 1–0 at Stade Philippe to Casablanca. 1939–40: Champion of Chaouia League 1940: Winner of Moroccan Super Cup 1940: Runner-up of Moroccan Cup

The following season was also a criterion of war except that this time Wydad fails the same course as in the previous season. The Reds began the competition in a group comprising a total of nine groups or they managed to skilled in the finals. The final phase started from the quarter-finals where finally, the WAC is beaten by the Olympic Khouribga to score a 1–0. And finally. 1940–41: Runner-up of Chaouia League.

==== Promotion and Honour Division (1941–1947) ====
[[File:Wydad entre 1941-1942.jpg|thumb|Wydad in 1942]]
Despite Morocco’s engagement in World War II (which included combat theatre within country) the local authorities (under the orders of the Vichy regime) continue to host and hold local championships. Wydad competed in these war-time competitions during the early years of the war during which time many Moroccan soldiers traveled to France to defend France from foreign aggression. -==== Promotion and Honour Division (1941–1947) ====
[[File:Wydad entre 1941-1942.jpg|thumb|Wydad in 1942]]
After playing two seasons under war-time conditions, the French authorities under the orders of the Vichy regime decided to expand the competition and divide teams into two divisions and impose a European-style relegation/promotion system. Wydad, a fledgling club comprised of uncelebrated locals, was initially relegated to the second division and not the first. Despite admirably competing against established clubs, placement in the second division was ratified by a federation dominated by clubs already competing in the first division. Despite these injustices, Wydad managed to be the first in their pool and eligible for promotion to the first division after a 1-nil victory  between the dam at Ittihad Ribati.  In an attempt to impede promotion, the federation decided to force the club to play another game. The federation selected the Athletic Union of Meknes. This encounter was played behind closed doors in Meknes and during the month of Ramadan. The opposing team for this competition was composed not of local Muslims, but of non-Muslim foreigners. The reasoning for scheduling such additional match with a non-Muslim club during Ramadan remains unconfirmed, but inherently suspicious. After successfully defeating opponents both on and off the pitch, the club's promotion to the top flight was confirmed by the federation. The defining moment during this time was a 12th minute goal by Ben Messaoud as the visiting club defeated the Meknes.
1941–42: Champion of Moroccan Championship D2
1941–42: Runner-up of Chaouia League.

The next season after winning the championship promotion honor is the 2nd level football league in Morocco, and after winning his matches dams, Wydad newly promoted division plays of honor is 'equivalent of first division football league in Morocco. During this season, Wydad had a good run, finishing in the top three of their group to play the final round, which begins from the second round. And after a very good run, Wydad reached the final of the competition and confronts the USM Casablanca club already encountered in regional play. Wydad fails to win its first title in this competition and was beaten by the score of 2–0.
1942–43: Champion of Chaouia League, Runner-up of Moroccan Championship.

During the season 1943–44, the red and white ends the year with a balance of the quarter-finals after several victories, the club face Fedala score on the river 2–0. Also noteworthy during this season package of USM Casablanca.

In 1944–45, the club managed the final qualification in the pool but was eliminated by the Association Sportive Marrakech Marrakech often called SAM despite a victory in the second round against the ASM score of 3–0.

The 1945–46 season is one of the best in the club since its inception as Wydad won the regional championship with a total of more than 62 points or 19 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw. After winning the title, Wydad qualifies for the final round where he was defeated by the USM Casablanca final score of 3–1. Despite this defeat, the balance of the season is rather positive.

During the 1946–47 season, the club honors its first participation in the North African Cup but failed to move beyond the sixteenth-finals following a defeat by club Fedala the most minimal scores a 1–0. In the league, the WAC failed to win the title., the French authorities decided to Wydad play in the second division and not first. One of the main reasons is the fact that the federation at the time was managed by teams of 1st Division. Despite these injustices, Wydad managed to be the first in their pool and in the context of a game between the dam at Ittihad Ribati, he succeeds in beating up the latter by a goal to nil. For fear that Wydad up in the first division, the federation decided to play another game the opponent this time in the Athletic Union of Meknes. This encounter was played behind closed doors in Meknes and during the month of Ramadan. The team was composed meknassis majority of non-Muslims opposed to Wydad. But finally Wydad thanks to a goal from Ben Messaoud to 12&nbsp;minute first successful rising after receiving a letter from the federation confirming the rise in 1st division.
1941–42: Champion of Moroccan Championship D2
1941–42: Runner-up of Chaouia League.

The next season after winning the championship promotion honor is the 2nd level football league in Morocco and after winning his matches dams, Wydad newly promoted division plays of honor is 'equivalent of first division football league in Morocco. During this season, Wydad had a good run, finishing in the top three of their group to play the final round, which begins from the second round. And after a very good run, Wydad reached the final of the chicken and confronts the USM Casablanca club already encountered in regional chickens. Wydad fails to win his first title in this competition and was beaten on the score of 2–0.
1942–43: Champion of Chaouia League, Runner-up of Moroccan Championship.

During the season 1943–44, the red and white ends the year with a balance of the quarter-finals after several victories, the club face Fedala score on the river 2–0. Also noteworthy during this season package of USM Casablanca.

In 1944–45, the club managed the final qualification in the pool but was eliminated by the Association Sportive Marrakech Marrakech often called SAM despite a victory in the second round against the ASM score of 3–0.

The 1945–46 season is one of the best in the club since its inception as Wydad won the regional championship with a total of more than 62 points or 19 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw. After winning the title, Wydad qualifies for final round where he was defeated by the USM Casablanca final score of 3–1. Despite this defeat, the balance of the season is rather positive.

During the 1946–47 season, the club honors its first participation in the North African Cup but failed to move beyond sixteenth-finals following a defeat club Fedala the most minimal scores a 1–0. In the league, the WAC failed to win the title.

====Early titles and independence (1947–1956)====
[[File:Equipe du Wydad 1947-1948.jpg|thumb|right|267x267px|Wydad team in 1947]]
[[File:Equipe du Wydad 1955.jpg|thumb|267x267px|Wydad AC in 1955]]
It will take more than nine years for Wydad to finally win its first [[Botola|championship]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1947/48 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro48.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221200823/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro48.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a group of eight clubs, Wydad played fourteen matches, won six, lost two and drawn six. Moroccan Iyad El Baz helped win Wydad's first ever trophy. During the same season Wydad participates in the [[North African Championship]] with the title won and even managed to win by beating the US Athletic score of 4–2.

Wydad also took part in the 1948–49 season of the [[North African Cup]], which is a competition organized by the [[Union of North African Football]] that it is made up of five leagues is that of the [[Morocco]], [[Tunisia]], [[Algiers]], [[Oran]] and [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]]. The competition began for Wydad in the knockout final against Red Star of Algiers. The match ended in a victory for Wydad AC score of 3–1. Then, in the quarter-finals, he must face the USM Bone or he managed to climb in the semi-finals with a victory on the score of 2–1. Continuing his journey, he must then face the Olympic Hussein Dey, club league Algiers. This meeting was a massacre ending with a victory on the score of 3–0 while the club qualified for the finals is a club and even Casablanca Moroccan who managed to beat the Sports Club Hammam Lif on the modest score of 1–0. this club is in fact the US Athletic. The final was held in Casablanca in 1949, is opposed both clubs are Wydad AC that and the US Athletic and after 90 minutes of play, Wydad won the competition for the first time in its history with a victory on the score of 2–1.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North African Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nafrcwc.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229221830/http://rsssf.com/tablesn/nafrcwc.html#49 |url-status=live }}</ref> During the same season they also managed to win a Championship North African football when editing played as mini-league since it was the team with the most points wins the championship, they also won another championship,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1948/49 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro49.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222034422/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro49.html |url-status=live }}</ref> so it is the first club which has tripled something which nobody has done throughout history.

During the following season Wydad fails to succeed on a hat-trick but doubled. It won the Moroccan championship for the third time in its history and a row with a total of more than 57 points, and won the championship of North African football by beating the Athletic Union Muslim Oran on the score 4–0 in [[Algiers]] on 28 May 1950.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1949/50 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro50.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=21 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221154830/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro50.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the 1950–51 season, Wydad continues its momentum by winning the national championship but was beaten in the final of the African Cup North face SC Bel-Abbes on the score 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web |title=North African Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nafrcwc.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229221830/http://rsssf.com/tablesn/nafrcwc.html#51 |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the last season played before independence, Wydad won his fifth and last championship title before Moroccan independence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1954/55 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro55.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=24 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200124181932/http://rsssf.com/tablesm/maro55.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Participating teams in this championship was twelve in number counting Wydad. During the same season, the Reds were beaten in the final of the championship of North Africa to Casablanca in the face of Esperance Sportive de Guelma score of 2–1.

===After independence (1956–1960)===
Morocco becomes independent, and the WAC receives the honorary Resistance Card with the number 1 by his royal majesty Mohammed V. Before launching the first Moroccan championship for the 1956/57 season, the committee decides to organize a first competition called Independence Cup, and classify the teams in the divisions. This cup is won by Wydad AC which has become the number 1 club in Morocco. The 38th edition of the championship (the first after independence) is won by the WAC (title holder) with the Kawkab of Marrakech as its runner-up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1956/57 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro57.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224141718/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro57.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The same season in the cup, Wydad qualified for the final against the Mouloudia Club of Oujda. The match ends with a score of 1–1, King Mohammed V, Crown Prince Hassan II and WAC founder Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi who are present in this final, decide to give the cup to Mouloudia Oujda. because he scored the first goal.

During the following season, the WAC finished vice-champion of Morocco with 69 points, one less than the champion, the Kawkab of Marrakech. The Wydad who was first loses all his points won against the USM Casablanca following the general forfeit of it and also loses in the final of the Morocco Cup against the same opponent of last season on the score of 2 goals to 1.

During the following season, Wydad is still vice-champion behind the Casablanca star while in the Throne Cup, the WAC is eliminated in the round of 16 against the FAR of Rabat, winners of this competition. WAC forward Mustapha Khalfi finished top scorer in Botola with 21 goals.

The following season, Wydad reached fourth place with only one point less than the top three. In the Cup, and after defeating Essaouira with a score of one goal to zero, the WAC was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Mouloudia d'Ouejda.

===The 1960s===
The first 1960/61 season ended badly with a 7th place in the league, in the cup the WAC was able to climb into the final by defeating the future champion of this season, the FAR of Rabat, on the score of two goals to one. But Wydad has always missed its finals since 1956 and faces last season's champion Kenitra Athletic Club. The Wydad was beaten with the score of a goal to zero on April 24, 1960, at the Stade d'honneur in Casablanca.

The following season, the WAC finished 6th in the Botola classification, and was beaten in the eighth finals of the Morocco Cup against Mouloudia d'Ouejda with the score of 2 goals to 0.

In the 1962/63 season, the WAC again finished 6th in Botola, and reached the semi-final of the Morocco Cup eliminated by KAC Marrakech.

The following season, WAC was again 6th in Botola, and was a finalist in the Morocco Cup against KAC Marrakech.

In the 1964/65 season, the WAC finished in the championship in 5th place, and was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Cup.

It was not until the 1965/66 season to see the WAC champion of Morocco for the 7th time, with a total of 57 points.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1965/66 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro66.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224052416/http://rsssf.com/tablesm/maro66.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As the team was eliminated in the eighth finals of the Morocco Cup against MAS Fez, it took fifteen years to return to the Moroccan Super Cup against COD Meknès (winner of the Cup). The WAC participated for the first time in its history in the Mohammed V Cup where it finished 4th, after elimination against Real Madrid in the semi-final with the score of 2 goals to 0.

The 1966–67 season ended with a 4th place in the championship, and an elimination in the quarter-final of the Morocco Cup against the sports association of the royal armed forces.

The following season the WAC will finish 8th in Botola, and eliminated in the round of 16 of the Cup against the same opponent, the sports association of the royal armed forces.

During the 1968–69 season, the WAC returned to the Botola podium, winning its 8th title of Champion of Morocco with a total of 73 points, including 16 victories, 11 draws and 3 lost matches.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1968/69 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro69.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710165953/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro69.html |url-status=live }}</ref> But unfortunately, he was eliminated in the second round of the Cup.

===Finally the Morocco Cup (1970–1979)===
[[File:Equipe du Wydad en 1979.jpg|thumb|Wydad team in 1979]]
We had to wait thirty-one years to see the WAC winner of the Morocco Cup, and it was against RS Settat that the reds won the title with the score of a goal to zero. Compared to the 1960s, the emperor of Moroccan football won three times the Botola and three times the Cup as well as the Mohammed V Cup thanks to legendary players such as [[Larbi Aherdane]], [[Ezzaki Badou]], [[Aziz Bouderbala]], Petchou or Abdelmajid Shaita.

In the 1969–70 season, Wydad finished 5th at Botola, winner of the Cup.
  
1970–71: 7th at Botola, 2nd round of the Cup.

1971–72: vice-champion of Botola, 1/8 final of the Cup.

1972–73: 9th at Botola, 2nd round of the Cup.

1973–74: 5th in Botola, 1/4 final of the cup.

1974–75: 9th at Botola, 2nd round of the Cup, winner of the Green Market Cup.

1975–76: Moroccan champion, 9th coronation, 1/8 Cup final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1975/76 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro76.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=29 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429132132/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro76.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

1976–77: Champion of Morocco, 10th coronation, 1/8 final of the Cup, 3rd of the Mohammed V Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1976/77 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro77.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202205421/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro77.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

1977–78: Champion of Morocco, 11th coronation, winner of the 2nd coronation Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1977/78 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro78.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222002622/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro78.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

1978–79: 3rd at Botola, Cup winner, 3rd coronation, Mohammed V Cup winner.

===The revival (1980–1989)===
In the first season, the WAC finished runner-up in Morocco with only 1 point difference from the winner, and won the Cup for the second time in its history, and regained the Botola podium for the 12th time in 1986, and participates for the first time in the CAF Champions League, since it is the first Moroccan club to win the Arab Cup of Champions Clubs in 1989 and a 3rd Cup of Morocco in the same year.

In the 1979–80: vice-champion of Morocco, 1/8 Cup final, winner of the Meknes International Tournament.

1980–81: 4th at Botola, Winner of the 4th coronation Cup, winner of the Mohamed Benjelloun Trophy.

1981–82: vice-champion of Morocco, 1/8 final of the Cup.

1982–83: 3rd at Botola, 1/8 Cup final, winner of the Independence Tournament.

1983–84: 5th at Botola, 2nd round of the Cup.

1984–85: 4th at Botola, 1/8 Cup final.

1985–86: Moroccan champion 12th coronation, 2nd round of the Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1985/86 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro86.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023043843/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro86.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

1986–87: 4th at Botola, 2nd round of the Cup, 2nd round of the Champions League.

1987–88: 4th at Botola, semi-finalist of the Cup, winner of the Pescara International Cup.

1988–89: 5th at Botola, winner of the 5th coronation Cup, winner of the Arab Cup of Champions Clubs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=7th Arab Club Champions Cup 1989|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp89.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=22 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122151650/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arabchamp89.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Golden Era (1990–1999)===
During this decade, the WAC won all possible competitions, with two consecutive victories in Botola, the CAF Champions League, the Arab Super Cup, the 15th coronation of champion of Morocco, the Afro-Asian Super Cup, the 8th Cup of Morocco in its history.

1989–90: Moroccan champion, 13th coronation, 2nd round of the Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1989/90 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro90.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222002621/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro90.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

1990–91: Moroccan champion, 14th coronation, 1/4 final of the Cup, semi-finalist of the CAF Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1990/91 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro91.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=29 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429013311/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro91.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

1991–92: 3rd at Botola, 1/8 final of the Cup, winner of the CAF Champions League,<ref>{{Cite web|title=African Club Competitions 1992|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup92.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005024025/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup92.html#cc|url-status=live}}</ref> winner of the Arab Super Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arab Super Cup 1992|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabsup92.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118163238/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/arabsup92.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

1992–93: finalist of the CAF Supercup,<ref>{{Cite web|title=African Club Competitions 1992|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup92.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005024025/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup92.html#sc|url-status=live}}</ref> champion of Morocco,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 1992/93 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro93.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202205425/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro93.html |url-status=live }}</ref> 15th coronation, 1/4 Cup final, winner of the Afro-Asian Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Afro-Asian Club Championship|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afras.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=2 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102060825/http://rsssf.com/tablesa/afras.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

1993–94: vice-champion of Morocco, winner of the Cup, 6th coronation, 2nd round of the Champions League.

1994–95: 7th coronation, 5th at Botola, 1/8 Cup final.

1995–96: 3rd at Botola, 1/4 Cup final, winner of the Dallas International Cup.

1996–97: vice-champion of Morocco, winner of the Cup, 7th coronation.

1997–98: 3rd at Botola, Cup winner, 8th coronation, semi-finalist of the African Cup Winners' Cup.

1998–99: winner of the Moroccan Supercup, 8th coronation, 5th at Botola, 1/16 Cup final, CAF Cup finalist.

===Decline (2000–2014)===
[[File:Wac2.jpg|thumb|267x267px|The Wydad team in 2011]]
[[File:Wydad Casablanca YB.jpg|thumb|267x267px|The Wydad team in 2012, with [[Yassine Bounou]]]]
During this decade, the Red Castle won fewer titles than ever before. It was a bad chapter in the history of the club.

1999–00: vice-champion of Morocco, 1/16 Cup final, 1/8 CAF Cup final.

2000–01: 7th at Botola, winner of the 9th coronation Cup, 1/4 final CAF Cup.

2001–02: vice-champion of Morocco, 1/16 final of the Cup, winner of the African Cup Winners' Cup after defeating [[Asante Kotoko S.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=African Club Competitions 2002|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup02.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=21 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121114644/http://rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup02.html#cwc|url-status=live}}</ref>

2002–03: Finalist of [[2003 CAF Super Cup|CAF Super Cup]], 3rd at Botola, Cup finalist, semi-finalist of the African Cup Winners' Cup.

2003–04: 3rd at Botola, Cup finalist,<ref>{{Cite web|title=African Club Competitions 2002|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup02.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=21 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121114644/http://rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup02.html#sc|url-status=live}}</ref> intermediate round Confederation Cup.

2004–05: 3rd at Botola, 1/16 Cup final, 1/4 final of the Arab Cup.

2005–06: Moroccan champion 16th coronation, 1/8 final of the Cup, 1/4 final of the Arab Cup.

2006–07: 4th at Botola, semi-finalist of the Cup, 2nd round of the CAF Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 2005/06 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro06.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=29 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229090851/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro06.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

2007–08: 7th at Botola, 1/8 Cup final, Arab Cup finalist after a 2–0 loss to [[ES Sétif]].

2008–09: 4th at Botola, 1/4 Cup final, Arab Cup finalist after a 2–1 loss to [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis]].

2009–10: Moroccan champion 17th coronation, 1/16 final of the Cup.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 2009/10 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro2010.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=26 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126044158/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro2010.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Said Naciri era (2014–present) ===

==== First Champions League in 25 years (2017) ====
[[File:Wydad Casablanca vs Al-Ahly 2017-11-04.svg|thumb|266x266px|Wydad starting 11 vs [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] in the second leg of [[2017 CAF Champions League Final]]]]
From the start of the second decade of the 20th century, the WAC returned to the Botola podium by winning its 17th title, then in 2015, 2017 and 2019, as well as the CAF Champions League in 2017, and the Super Cup of CAF in 2018.

2014–15: Moroccan champion 18th coronation, 1/8 Cup final.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 2014/15 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro2015.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501015617/http://rsssf.com/tablesm/maro2015.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

2015–16:  vice-champion of Morocco

2016–17: Moroccan champion 19th coronation, 1/8 final of the Cup, winner of the CAF Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web|title=African Club Competitions 2017|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup2017.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729103018/http://rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup2017.html#cc|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 2016/17 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro2017.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026092804/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/maro2017.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

2017–18: vice-champion of Morocco, semi-finalist of the Cup, 1/4 final of the CAF Champions League, 1/8 final of the Arab Cup, winner of the [[2018 CAF Super Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=African Club Competitions 2017|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afcup2017.html|access-date=2022-01-09|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729103018/http://rsssf.com/tablesa/afcup2017.html#sc|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Second star and Radès final (2019) ====
2018–19: Moroccan champion 20th coronation, 1/16 of the Cup, finalist of the CAF Champions League after a devastating VAR scandal that gifted [[Espérance Sportive de Tunis]] the win.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CAS dismisses Wydad Casablanca's appeal over 2018-19 Caf Champions League final {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/cas-dismisses-wydad-casablancas-appeal-over-2018-19-caf/14s5xlu0opdjc16qjde9nggwmh|access-date=2022-01-09|website=www.goal.com|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109172437/https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/cas-dismisses-wydad-casablancas-appeal-over-2018-19-caf/14s5xlu0opdjc16qjde9nggwmh|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Morocco 2018/19 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/maro2019.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=29 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229131358/http://rsssf.com/tablesm/maro2019.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

2019–20: vice-champion of Morocco, Semi-finalist of the Cup, semi-finalist of the CAF Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Football|first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du|title=Match Facts - Al Ahly vs Wydad {{!}} Total CAF Champions League 2020/21|url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/news/match-facts-al-ahly-vs-wydad|access-date=2022-01-09|website=CAFOnline.com|language=en|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109172437/https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/news/match-facts-al-ahly-vs-wydad|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 14 July 2021, Wydad defeated [[Mouloudia Oujda]] 0–2 at the [[Honneur Stadium]] to clinch their 21st league title, with three games left in the season,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sauers|first=Michael|title=Euphoria Following Casablanca's Wydad AC 21st Championship Victory|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/07/343431/casablancas-wydad-ac-wins-21st-moroccan-championship-in-clubs-history|access-date=2022-01-09|website=www.moroccoworldnews.com/|language=en|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109172438/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/07/343431/casablancas-wydad-ac-wins-21st-moroccan-championship-in-clubs-history|url-status=live}}</ref> finalist of the Moroccan Throne Cup, semi-finalist of the CAF Champions League.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kaizer Chiefs beat Wydad Casablanca to reach Caf Champions League final|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/africa/kaizer-chiefs-beat-wydad-casablanca-to-reach-caf-champions-league-final-5a6667ec-59d7-440e-8350-7352642759ea|access-date=2022-01-09|website=www.iol.co.za|language=en|archive-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109172438/https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/africa/kaizer-chiefs-beat-wydad-casablanca-to-reach-caf-champions-league-final-5a6667ec-59d7-440e-8350-7352642759ea|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Third Champions League title (2022–present) ====
One day after the club's 85th anniversary, Wydad defeated [[Atlético Petróleos de Luanda]] 4–2 on aggregate (3–1 [[Estádio 11 de Novembro|away]] and 1–1 at home) to advance to their 5th [[CAF Champions League|Champions League]] final and the 3rd one in 6 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Wydad through to TotalEnergies CAF Champions League final {{!}} Total CAF Champions League 2021/22 |url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/news/wydad-through-to-totalenergies-caf-champions-league-final |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=CAFOnline.com |language=en |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617012158/https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/news/wydad-through-to-totalenergies-caf-champions-league-final |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=الوداد يصبح أكثر فريق مغربي خوضا للمباراة النهائية لدوري أبطال أفريقيا بعد تأهله للنهائي للمرة الـ5 في تاريخه |url=https://www.elbotola.com/article/2022-05-13-22-01-792.html |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=www.elbotola.com |language=Ar |archive-date=17 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617025741/https://www.elbotola.com/article/2022-05-13-22-01-792.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 30 May 2022, in a rematch of [[2017 CAF Champions League Final|2017 final]], Wydad AC beat defending champions [[Al Ahly SC|Al Ahly]] in the [[2022 CAF Champions League Final|final]] to be crowned [[2021–22 CAF Champions League|champions of Africa]] for the third time in its history, thanks to a brace from the Man of the Match, [[Zouhair El Moutaraji]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=El Moutaraji double delivers third TotalEnergies CAF Champions League title to Wydad |url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/news/el-moutaraji-double-delivers-third-totalenergies-caf-champions-league-title-to-w |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=CAFOnline.com |language=en |archive-date=31 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531013747/https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/news/el-moutaraji-double-delivers-third-totalenergies-caf-champions-league-title-to-w |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":02">{{cite tweet|number=1523588597630132224|user=CAFCLCC
|title=A brand new page in @WACofficiel's history!|author=TotalEnergies CAFCL - TotalEnergies CAFCC|date=9 May 2022|access-date=13 June 2022}}</ref> During this campaign under [[Walid Regragui|Walid Regrgui]] role, the Red Castle has achieved many national records in the CAF Champions League: First Moroccan team to win an away semi-final match, most wins for a Moroccan team in a single season (9 wins), most goals scored in a single season (28 goals), and first Moroccan team to go undefeated for 9 straight games in a single season.<ref name=":02" /> With this win, Wydad will play in the first-ever [[2022 CAF Super Cup|all-Moroccan]] [[CAF Super Cup]] against [[2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup]] winners, [[RS Berkane]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-30 |title=El Moutaraji strikes twice as Wydad become African champions |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220530-el-moutaraji-strikes-twice-as-wydad-become-african-champions |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=France 24 |language=en |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613182206/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220530-el-moutaraji-strikes-twice-as-wydad-become-african-champions |url-status=live }}</ref> On 21 July 2022, Wydad was elected as the best [[CAF Awards|Club of the year]] in the [[2022 CAF Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-23 |title=Morocco Football Awards: Wydad Casablanca Wins The Day & More Breaking News |url=https://ghanasoccernet.com/2022-caf-awards-full-list-of-winners |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724014918/https://ghanasoccernet.com/2022-caf-awards-full-list-of-winners |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2022 |access-date=2022-11-02 |language=en-US }}</ref>

In the [[2022–23 CAF Champions League]], Wydad qualified to the knockout stages after finishing top in the group stages winning four matches, drawing one and losing one.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Football |first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du |title=Holders Wydad thrash Kabylie to finish top of Group A {{!}} Total CAF Champions League 2022/23 |url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/2022/news/holders-wydad-thrash-kabylie-to-finish-top-of-group-a |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=CAFOnline.com |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520161409/https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/2022/news/holders-wydad-thrash-kabylie-to-finish-top-of-group-a |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Football |first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du |title=TotalEnergies CAF CL: Holders Wydad, Ahly in exicting quarter-final line-up |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/totalenergies-caf-cl-holders-wydad-ahly-in-exicting-quarter-final-line-up |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=CAFOnline.com |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520161408/https://www.cafonline.com/news-center/news/totalenergies-caf-cl-holders-wydad-ahly-in-exicting-quarter-final-line-up |url-status=live }}</ref> They faced [[Simba S.C.|Simba]] and won [[on penalties]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Football |first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du |title=El Motie heroics see Wydad survive penalties to reach semis {{!}} Total CAF Champions League 2022/23 |url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/2022/news/el-motie-heroics-see-wydad-survive-penalties-to-reach-semis |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=CAFOnline.com |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520161409/https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/2022/news/el-motie-heroics-see-wydad-survive-penalties-to-reach-semis |url-status=live }}</ref> They won [[Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.|Mamelodi Sundowns]] in the semi-final, qualifying them to their 6th champions league final.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Football |first=CAF-Confedération Africaine du |title=Wydad hold Sundowns in Pretoria to squeeze into TotalEnergies CAF CL final {{!}} Total CAF Champions League 2022/23 |url=https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/2022/news/wydad-hold-sundowns-in-pretoria-to-squeeze-into-totalenergies-caf-cl-final |access-date=2023-05-20 |website=CAFOnline.com |language=en |archive-date=20 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520161411/https://www.cafonline.com/total-caf-champions-league/2022/news/wydad-hold-sundowns-in-pretoria-to-squeeze-into-totalenergies-caf-cl-final |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the inaugural season of the [[African Football League]], wydad managed to qualify to the semi-final after defeating [[Enyimba F.C.|Enyimba]] 4–0 on aggregate (1–0 away and 3–0 at home).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Wydad qualifies for African League semi-finals |url=https://en.hespress.com/73458-wydad-qualifies-for-african-league-semi-finals.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=HESPRESS English - Morocco News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Wydad cruise past Enyimba in AFL to set up Esperance semi-final |url=https://www.cafonline.com/news/wydad-cruise-past-enyimba-in-afl-to-set-up-esperance-semi-final/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=CAF |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Crest==
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== Home stadium ==
{{main|Stade Mohammed V}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name = Stade Mohammed V
| native_name = ملعب محمد الخامس
| native_name_lang = ar
| nickname = 
| image = [[File:Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca.jpg|270px]]
| image_caption = The stadium on a matchday
| location = Rue al-Azrak Ahmed, [[Maârif]], [[Casablanca]], Morocco
| broke_ground = 
| opened = 6 March 1955
| closed = 
| demolished = 
| owner = City of Casablanca
| operator = 
| surface = Grass
| construction_cost = 
| architect = 
| former_names = Stade Marcel Cerdan (1955–1956)<br>Stade d'Honneur (1956–1981)
| tenants = Raja CA <br /> Wydad AC <br/> [[Morocco national football team]]
| seating_capacity = 67,000
| renovated = 1981, 2000, 2007, July 2015
| record_attendance = 110,000 (Morocco vs [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]], 1997)
}}

[[Stade Mohammed V]] is the home stadium of both Wydad and Raja. It was called the ''Stade [[Marcel Cerdan]]'' from 1955 to 1956 and the ''Stade d'Honneur'' from 1956 to 1981. It was inaugurated on 6 March 1955 and renovated three times in 1981, 2000 and 2007. It is part of a large sports complex in the heart of Casablanca, specifically in the up-scale neighbourhood of Maârif.

It has a capacity of 67,000 spectators (reduced to more than 80,000 in 2000), not counting the North and South stands that have no seats. In 1997, 110,000 spectators showed up to the stadium in a match of the Moroccan national team against [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]. In 2007, the stadium was equipped with a semi-artificial turf which meets international standards.

==Supporters==
The Wydad is the most popular team in Morocco, with a fan base counted in millions all around the world. Wydad's ultras group is called "Ultras Winners", commonly referred to as "Ultras Winners 2005" in reference to the year of creation. With "Together forever" as their slogan, they are renowned all over the world for their unconditional love and support for the team, as well as their spectacular displays at each game. With members all around the world, the Ultras Winners has a network of branches, called sections, in every continent with cells in each country, allowing the members to remain connected and engaged. All around Morocco, and wherever the team plays internationally, one can find tags with the mentions "UW05", "Win's 05" or "Winners05" as well as stickers from the group.

In 2015, Wydad Casablanca ranked the best “Tifo” in the world by French magazine La Grinta.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Writer |title=Wydad of Casablanca's 'Tifo' Voted the Best in the World |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/11/172341/wydad-of-casablancas-tifo-voted-the-best-in-the-world |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=moroccoworldnews |language=en |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230190258/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2015/11/172341/wydad-of-casablancas-tifo-voted-the-best-in-the-world |url-status=live }}</ref>

The "Winners 2005" was voted "World's best ultras" four times, in 2015,2017, 2019, and 2022 by Ultras World magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-12-27 |title=Wydad's 'Winners' best fans in 2022 according to Ultras World |url=https://en.hespress.com/55870-wydads-winners-best-fans-in-2022-according-to-ultras-world.html |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=HESPRESS English - Morocco News |language=en-US |archive-date=30 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230190253/https://en.hespress.com/55870-wydads-winners-best-fans-in-2022-according-to-ultras-world.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{wide image|StadeMedV.jpg|700px|Supporters of Wydad AC in the [[Stade Mohammed V]]}}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center"
|-
! style="color:#EFEFEF; background:#FF0000;"| Type of group
! style="color:#EFEFEF; background:#FF0000;"| Name
! style="color:#EFEFEF; background:#FF0000;"| Creation date
|-
| Ultras group
|'''Ultras Winners 2005'''
| 13 November 2005
|-
| Fans Association
| '''Rouge & Blanc'''
| 2000 (Dissolved in 2007)
|-
| Fans Association
| '''Al Bayet Al Ahmar'''
| 2002
|-
| Fans Association
| '''Tawasoul'''
| 2007
|-
| Fans Association
| '''Association Anssare Wydad Al Ouma'''
| 2010
|-
| Ultras group
| '''Ultras Creators 2008'''
| January 21, 2008 (Dissolved in 2013)
|}

==Statistics and records==
===First match===
• First league match: Wydad 1–2 US Marocaine (1939–40 Moroccan League)

• First African match: Wydad 3–1 ASC Police (1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs)

• First Arab match: Wydad 2–0 Al-ittifaq (1989 Arab Club Champions Cup)

• First win match: Wydad 5–0 SC Mazagan (1939–40 Moroccan League)

===Biggest win===
• Biggest league win: Wydad AC 7–0 Hassania Agadir (1958–59)

• Biggest cup win: Amal Tiznit 0–5 Wydad AC (2015–16)

• Biggest African win: Wydad AC 6–0 Rivers United FC (2022–23 CAF Champions League)

• Biggest Arab win: Wydad AC 4–0 Al-wehdat (2008–09 Arab Champions League)

===Statistics in Botola===
• Record number of games won in one season: 23 games (1985–86)

• Record number of points in one season: 93 points (1985–86)

• Record goals scored in season: 58 goals (1985–86)

• Record for lowest number of goals conceded: 8 goals (2002–03)

• Record of consecutive games won: 9 games (1990–91)

• Record number of most away wins in one season: 14 games (1985–86)

• Record for lowest number of draws: 5 games (1986–87)

• Record for lowest number of defeats: 1 game (1977–78)

===Sports records===
• Record for most titles in Morocco: 50

• Record for most national titles: 37

• Record for the highest number of titles in the Moroccan Championship: 22

• Record for the highest number of vice-champion titles in the Moroccan Championship: 17

• 2nd highest number of Throne Cup: 9 titles

• Record number of finals in the Throne Cup: 15

• Record for the highest number of consecutive seasons in the Moroccan league: 77

• Only to have never left the championship since 1942

• National record number of Champions league finals: 6

• The first team to win the Moroccan league after independence: 1956–57

• The first team to win the Domestic Double (Botola, Throne Cup): 1978

• The first and only Moroccan, Arab and African team to win the Mohammed V Cup: 1979

• The first Moroccan team to win the Arab Club Champions Cup: 1989

• The first and only Moroccan team to win the Arab Super Cup: 1992

• The first Moroccan team to win the  Afro-Asian Cup: 1993

• The first and only Moroccan team to win the African Cup Winners' Cup: 2002

===Individual sports records===
• Largest number of top scorers in the Championship, 17 times with 13 scorers: Chtouki (1948, 1955), Abdesslam (1949), Driss (1950), Khalfi (1951, 1959), Chrif (1978), Mjidou (1984), Nader (1986, 1987, 1989), Fertout (1993), Evouna (2015), Jebor (2017), El Kaabi (2021), Mbenza (2022), Sambou (2023)

• Aziz Bouderbala is the player who win the most titles in the Throne Cup: 4 titles

• Moussa Ndao is the first foreigner to score in a Throne Cup final: 1989

• Abdelkhalek Saber is the first and only player to score three goals in a Throne Cup final: 1978

• Abdelkhalek Saber is the player who scored the most goals in the Throne Cup finals: 4 goals

• Hassan Nader is among the 4 players who achieved the highest number of championship's top scorer: 3 times

• Badou Zaki is the only goalkeeper who won the African Ballon d'Or: 1986

==Honours==
{{col-begin|width=100%}}
{{Col-3}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
|+'''Wydad Athletic Club honours'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palmarés {{!}} Wydad Athletic Club |url=http://www.wac.ma/site/ar/%D8%AD%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626212539/http://www.wac.ma/site/fr/palmar%C3%A8s |archive-date=2020-06-26 |access-date=2020-09-09 |website=www.wac.ma}}</ref>
!Type
!Competition
!Titles
!Winning seasons
! Runners-up
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''Domestic'''
! scope=col|[[Botola Pro]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Morocco - List of Champions |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/marochamp.html |website=Rsssf |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813203156/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/marochamp.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" style="background-color:gold" |'''22'''
| align="left" |1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1954–55, [[1956–57 Botola|1956–57]], [[1965–66 Botola|1965–66]], [[1968–69 Botola|1968–69]], [[1975–76 Botola|1975–76]], [[1976–77 Botola|1976–77]], [[1977–78 Botola|1977–78]], [[1985–86 Botola|1985–86]], [[1989–90 Botola|1989–90]], [[1990–91 Botola|1990–91]], [[1992–93 Botola|1992–93]], [[2005–06 Botola|2005–06]], [[2009–10 Botola|2009–10]], 
[[2014–15 Botola|2014–15]], [[2016–17 Botola|2016–17]], [[2018–19 Botola|2018–19]], [[2020–21 Botola|2020–21]], [[2021–22 Botola|2021–22]]
|1939–40, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1981–82, 93–1994, [[1996–97 Botola|1996–97]], [[1999–2000 Botola|1999–00]], 2001–02, [[2015–16 Botola|2015–16]], [[2017–18 Botola|2017–18]], [[2019–20 Botola|2019–20]], [[2022–23 Botola|2022–23]]
|-
! scope=col|[[Moroccan Throne Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Morocco - List of Cup Finals|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/marocuphist.html|website=Rsssf|access-date=18 September 2022|archive-date=13 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813203155/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/marocuphist.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| align="center" |'''9'''
| align="left" |[[1969–70 Moroccan Throne Cup|1970]], [[1977–78 Moroccan Throne Cup|1978]], [[1978–79 Moroccan Throne Cup|1979]], [[1980–81 Moroccan Throne Cup|1981]], [[1988–89 Moroccan Throne Cupe|1989]], [[1993–94 Moroccan Throne Cup|1994]], 1997, [[1997–98 Moroccan Throne Cup|1998]], 2001
|[[1956–57 Moroccan Throne Cup|1957]], [[1957–58 Moroccan Throne Cup|1958]], [[1960–61 Moroccan Throne Cup|1961]], [[1963–64 Moroccan Throne Cup|1964]], 2003, 2004, [[2020–21 Moroccan Throne Cup|2021]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |'''Continental'''
! scope=col|[[CAF Champions League]]<ref>{{cite web |title=African Champions' Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/af1.html |website=Rsssf |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923155511/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/af1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" |'''3'''
| align="left" |[[1992 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1992]], [[2017 CAF Champions League|2017]], [[2021–22 CAF Champions League|2021–22]]
|[[2011 CAF Champions League|2011]], [[2018–19 CAF Champions League|2018–19]], [[2022–23 CAF Champions League|2022–23]]
|-
! scope=col|[[CAF Super Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |title=African Super Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afsup.html |website=Rsssf |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923155458/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afsup.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" |'''1'''
| align="left" |[[2018 CAF Super Cup|2018]]
|[[CAF Super Cup|1993]], [[2003 CAF Super Cup|2003]], [[2022 CAF Super Cup|2022]]
|-
! scope="col" |[[African Cup Winners' Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |title=African Cup Winners' Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/af2.html |website=Rsssf |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913101730/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/af2.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" |'''1'''
| align="left" |[[2002 African Cup Winners' Cup|2002]]
| –
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''Intercontinental''' 
! scope=col|[[Afro-Asian Club Championship]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Afro-Asian Club Championship |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afras.html |website=Rsssf |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923155458/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/afras.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| align="center" |'''1'''
| align="left" |1993
| –
|-
! scope=col|[[Mohammed V Cup]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.leballonrond.fr/competicao_vencedores.php?id_comp=2411 | title=Coupe Mohamed V :: Palmarès :: Leballonrond.fr }}</ref>
| align="center" |'''1'''
| align="left" |1979
| – 
|-
| rowspan="5" |'''Regional'''
! scope="col" |[[Arab Club Champions Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Arab Club Champions Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp.html |website=Rsssf |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923155459/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabchamp.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|'''1'''
| align="left" |[[1989 Arab Club Champions Cup|1989]]
|2008, 2009
|-
![[Arab Super Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Arab Super Cup |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabsup.html |website=Rsssf |access-date=18 September 2022 |archive-date=17 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220917022733/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/arabsup.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|'''1'''
| align="left" |[[1992 Arab Super Cup|1992]]
| –
|- 
![[North African Cup]] 
|'''1'''
| align="left" |1949
|1951, 1953
|-
![[North African Championship]] 
|'''3'''
| align="left" |1948, 1949, 1950
|1955
|-
![[North African Cup|North African Super Cup]] 
|'''3'''
| align="left" |1948, 1949, 1950
| –
|}

* {{legend|gold|record}}
* {{smallsup|S}} shared record
{{Col-end}}

==Performance in CAF competitions==
{{Main|Wydad AC in international football}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
*'''[[CAF Champions League]]: 16 appearances'''
::[[1987 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1987]] – Second Round
::[[1991 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1991]] – Quarter-finals
::[[1992 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1992]] – '''Champion'''
::[[1993 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1993]] – Second Round
::[[1994 African Cup of Champions Clubs|1994]] – Second Round
::[[2007 CAF Champions League|2007]] – Second Round
::[[2011 CAF Champions League|2011]] – ''Runner-up''
::[[2016 CAF Champions League|2016]] – Semi-finals
::[[2017 CAF Champions League|2017]] – '''Champion'''
::[[2018 CAF Champions League|2018]] – Quarter final
::[[2018–19 CAF Champions League|2018–19]] – ''Runner-up''
::[[2019–20 CAF Champions League|2019–20]] – Semi-finals
::[[2020–21 CAF Champions League|2020–21]] – Semi-finals
::[[2021–22 CAF Champions League|2021–22]] – '''Champion'''
::[[2022–23 CAF Champions League|2022–23]] – ''Runner-up''
::[[2023–24 CAF Champions League|2023–24]] – Group stage
{{col-3}}

*'''[[African Football League]]: 1 appearance'''
::[[2023 African Football League|2023]] – ''Runner-up''
::[[2024 African Football League|2024]] – ''TBD''

*'''[[CAF Confederation Cup]]: 4 appearances'''
::[[2004 CAF Confederation Cup|2004]] – Second Round of 16
::[[2007 CAF Confederation Cup|2007]] – Second Round of 16
::[[2012 CAF Confederation Cup|2012]] – Group stage
::[[2013 CAF Confederation Cup|2013]] – Second round

*'''[[CAF Super Cup]]: 4 appearances'''
::[[1993 CAF Super Cup|1993]] – ''Runner-up''
::[[2003 CAF Super Cup|2003]] – ''Runner-up''
::[[2018 CAF Super Cup|2018]] – '''Champion'''
::[[2022 CAF Super Cup|2022]] – ''Runner-up''

*'''[[African Cup Winners' Cup]]: 3 appearances'''
::[[1998 African Cup Winners' Cup|1998]] – Semi-finals
::[[2002 African Cup Winners' Cup|2002]] – '''Champion'''
::[[2003 African Cup Winners' Cup|2003]] – Semi-finals

*'''[[CAF Cup]]: 3 appearances'''
::[[1999 CAF Cup|1999]] – ''Runner-up''
::[[2000 CAF Cup|2000]] – Second Round
::[[2001 CAF Cup|2001]] – Quarter-finals
{{col-end}}

==Rivalries==
[[File:Wydad_Casablanca_vs_Raja_de_Casablanca,_November_16_2008-10.jpg|thumb|267x267px|The giant shirts of Wydad AC and Raja CA in 2008]]

The Derby is between the Moroccan football clubs Wydad AC and Raja CA. Matches are played in the [[Stade Mohamed V]], often containing a fierce and vibrant crowd, has extensive national media coverage and is a topic of debate for several days before and after the match between the fans of both clubs, whether in the streets, schools or workplace.
The first match between the two rival was in 1956 in which Raja won 1–0.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Salazar |first=Jo-Ryan |title=The 50 Greatest Rivalry Matches in World Football |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/692439-the-50-greatest-rivalry-matches-in-world-football |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=هذه هي حكاية أول"ديربي" في تاريخ الغريمين.. الرجاء و الوداد |url=http://www.casa24.ma/sport/3252.html |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=كازا 24 |language=ar}}</ref>

In 1978, Raja players withdrew from the match against Wydad during the last 10 minutes of the second-half because they were mistreated after conceding a penalty with a red card to their goalkeeper. Raja players did not accept the referee's decision and left the stadium by order of their captain [[Mohamed Fakhir]], while [[Mustapha Choukri|Pitchou]] sat on the ball and waited with passion to score this penalty but Raja players refused to continue the match. The game ended by a score of 1–0 for Wydad.<ref>[http://arabic.sport360.com/article/football/arabfootball/449581/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D9%88%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B2-4-%D8%A3%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1/ الرجاء والوداد: تاريخ وأبرز 4 أحداث الديربي البيضاوي المغربي الشهير]</ref>

In 1996, Raja defeated Wydad 5–1 in the Moroccan Throne Cup quarts-finals. This score is the highest between the two rivals.

On 24 May 2006, there was a fierce competition between the two rivals to clinch the league title. Raja scored first with a penalty by [[Abdellatif Jrindou]], that result would have given Raja the title; but at the end of the match (at the 90+6 minute), a staggering strike from a long distance by [[Hicham Louissi]] gave Wydad the draw needed to win the league for the 16th time after 13 years of the last cup.<ref>[http://assahraa.ma/journal/2006/19993 هدف هشام اللويسي يهدي اللقب للوداد]</ref>

In November 2019, the two rivals met in the second round of the [[Arab Club Championship]]. This was the first time that the derby took place in a non-local competition. The first game ended 1–1,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-02|title=الرجاء والوداد 1-1{{!}} الحسم يتأجل لموقعة العودة|url=https://arabia.as.com/كرة-عربية/الدوري-المغربي/بث-مباشر-لمباراة-الرجاء-والوداد-في-كأس-محمد-السادس|url-status=live|access-date=|website=As Arabia|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808113642/https://arabia.as.com/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A/%D8%A8%D8%AB-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%83%D8%A3%D8%B3-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3 |archive-date=2020-08-08 }}</ref> with Wydad leading by away goals. The second leg was one of if not the most epic match in derby history, with Wydad going up 4–1 with 15 minutes to play and Raja coming back to score in the 94th minute to make it 4–4, with Raja progressing on away goals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=Raja vs Wydad: 4 Classic Clashes in the Casablanca Derby |url=https://www.90min.com/posts/6587433-raja-vs-wydad-4-classic-clashes-in-the-casablanca-derby |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=90min.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> This is the record for most combined goals in derby history but the match is also notable for its extraordinary atmosphere, with numerous [[Tifo]]s being displayed and fireworks and flares going off throughout the match,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vidéo : remontada historique, tifos exceptionnels… les images incroyables du derby de Casablanca entre le Wydad et le Raja |url=https://www.cnews.fr/sport/2019-11-24/video-remontada-historique-tifos-exceptionnels-les-images-incroyables-du-derby-de |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=CNEWS |date=24 November 2019 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhyer |first=Kabiro |date=2019-11-23 |title=Derby Wydad-Raja: mais combien coûte un tifo? |url=https://www.h24info.ma/derby-wydad-raja-mais-combien-coute-un-tifo/ |access-date=2023-04-07 |website=H24info |language=fr-FR}}</ref> the latter of which there were so many it looked at times that the stands were on fire.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-24|title="ريمونتادا" تاريخية تؤهل الرجاء على حساب الوداد|url=https://www.alarabiya.net/sport/arab-sport/2019/11/24/-ريمونتادا-تاريخية-تؤهل-الرجاء-على-حساب-الوداد|url-status=live|access-date=|website=العربية|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505220828/https://www.alarabiya.net/sport/arab-sport/2019/11/24/-%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%A4%D9%87%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF |archive-date=2021-05-05 }}</ref>

== Players ==

=== Current squad ===
{{updated|11 June 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wydad.net/en/first-team/ |title=First Team of Wydad |publisher=Wydad AC |access-date=11 June 2025 }}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=GK|name=[[Youssef El Motie]]|no=1}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=Mohamed Moufid|no=2}}
{{Fs player|nat=RSA|pos=FW|name=[[Thembinkosi Lorch]]|other=on loan from [[Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.|Mamelodi Sundowns]]|no=4}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=[[Ismail Moutaraji]]|no=5}}
{{Fs player|nat=MTQ|pos=MF|name=[[Mickaël Malsa]]|no=7}}
{{Fs player|nat=NED|pos=FW|name=[[Mohamed Rayhi]]|no=8}}
{{Fs player|nat=GHA|pos=FW|name=[[Samuel Obeng (footballer)|Samuel Obeng]]|no=9}}
{{Fs player|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=[[Arthur (footballer, born 2005)|Arthur]]|no=10}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=FW|name=[[Nordin Amrabat]]|no=11}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=GK|name=[[Mehdi Benabid]]|no=12}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=[[Abdelmounaim Boutouil]]|no=14}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=[[Jamal Harkass]]|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]|no=16}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=FW|name=Zakaria Fathi|no=17}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=[[Fahd Moufi]]|no=18}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=[[El Mehdi El Moubarik]]|other=on loan from [[Al Ain FC|Al Ain]]|no=19}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|nat=RSA|pos=FW|name=[[Cassius Mailula]]|other=on loan from [[Toronto FC|Toronto]]|no=21}}
{{Fs player|nat=NED|pos=DF|name=[[Bart Meijers]]|no=22}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=Oussama Zemraoui|no=23}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=Ayoub Boucheta|no=24}}
{{Fs player|nat=BFA|pos=MF|name=[[Stephane Aziz Ki]]|no=25}}
{{Fs player|nat=TAN|pos=FW|name=[[Selemani Mwalimu]]|no=26}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=[[Ismael Benktib]]|no=27}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=FW|name=Hamza Hannouri|no=29}}
{{Fs player|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=[[Pedrinho (footballer, born January 2004)|Pedrinho]]|no=33}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=Yassine Bennani|no=34}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=GK|name=Omar Aqzdaou|no=36}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=MF|name=Rayane Mahtou|no=44}}
{{Fs player|nat=BRA|pos=DF|name=[[Guilherme Ferreira (footballer, born 1999)|Guilherme Ferreira]]|other=on loan from [[F.C. Felgueiras (2006)|Felgueiras]]|no=72}}
{{Fs player|nat=SYR|pos=FW|name=[[Omar Al Somah]]|no=99}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|nat=MAR|pos=DF|name=[[Nabil Marmouk]]|no=|other=at {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Abha Club|Abha]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

== Personnel ==

=== Current technical staff ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Staff
|-
|Head coach
|{{flagicon|MAR}} Amine Benhachem
|-
|Assistant coach
|
|-
|Goalkeeping coach
|
|-
|Performance analyst
|
|-
|Fitness coach
|
|}

=== Management ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Position
!Name
|-
| President || Said Ait Mena
|- 
| Vice President / Disciplinary Commission || Idriss Benhima  
|-
|Vice President  || Jamal Rahmani
|-
| Vice President || Othmane Chrif Alami
|- 
| Deputy Secretary General || Maati Warit
|- 
| Legal Commission || Salaheddine Chenguiti 
|- 
| General Treasurer || Nouredine Benkiran 
|- 
| Assistant Treasurer || Abdelkader Kadiri Hassani
|- 
| Organizing committee || Ramzi Berrada
|- 
| Committee and Strategy and Development || Idris Slaoui 
|- 
| Infrastructure Commission, human and material resources || Mohamed Gayate
|- 
| Commission Rules and Regulations || Salaheddine Aboulghali
|- 
| Marketing and Communications Committee || Karim Benchekroune
|- 
| Commission for External Relations || Otmane Cherif Alami
|-
| Commission Technical Team || Hafid El Akram 
|- 
| Finance Commission || Karim Fath 
|- 
| Commission and media relations || Rachid Chrifi Alaoui
|- 
| Commission Fair Play || Amina Lamrani
|- 
| Women's Commission || Fatima Aouam
|}

==Managers==
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*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Père Jégo]] (1939–52)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Mohamed Massoun]] (1952–60, 1962–66, 1968–69)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Mustapha Bettache]] (1972–74){{refn|group="note"|Bettache had his first spell started from 1972; then at his second spell, he won three consecutive league titles: 1975–1976, 1976–1977 and 1977–1978.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.adrare.net/sport/entrs.htm|script-title=ar:المدربون المتوجين في البطولة|publisher=adrare.net|language=Arabic|access-date=27 August 2017|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915150624/http://www.adrare.net/sport/entrs.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Lucien Leduc]] (1974–75)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Mustapha Bettache]] (1975–78)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jorvan Vieira]] (1984)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean Vincent]] (1985–86)
*{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Cor van der Hart]] (1988–89)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abdellah Settati (1989)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yuriy Sevastyanenko]] (1989–94)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Ezzaki Badou|Zaki Badou]] (1995–96)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Marcel Husson]] (1996–97)
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Alexandru Moldovan]] (1997–98)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Ezzaki Badou|Zaki Badou]] (1998–2000)
*{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yuriy Sevastyanenko]] (1997, 1999, 2000–01)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Ladislas Lozano]] (1 January 2002 – 20 March 2002)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Oscar Fulloné]] (2002–03)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Rachid Taoussi]] (2003)
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Žarko Olarević]] (2003)
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Ivica Todorov]] (1 July 2003 – 30 November 2003)
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Michel Decastel]] (1 December 2003 – 30 June 2004)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jacky Bonnevay]] (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[José Romão]] (2005–06)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Ladislas Lozano]] (15 February 2007 – 30 April 2007)
*{{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Nelo Vingada]] (2007)
*{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Plamen Markov]] (1 July 2007 – 2007)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Jean-Michel Cavalli]] (12 December 2007 – 10 February 2008)
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Oscar Fulloné]] (March 2008 – 8 June 2008)
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*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Ezzaki Badou|Zaki Badou]] (26 June 2008 – 23 April 2010)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Fakhreddine Rajhi]] (May 2010)
*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[José Dutra dos Santos|Dutra]] (2010)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Diego Garzitto]] (Oct 2010 – Jan 11)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Fakhreddine Rajhi]] (2011)
*{{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Michel Decastel]] (20 June 2011 – 5 January 2012)
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Benito Floro]] (1 January 2012 – 20 September 2012)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Ezzaki Badou|Zaki Badou]] (7 October 2012 – 2 June 2013)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Abderrahim Talib]] (18 June 2013 – 24 December 2013)
*{{flagicon|Wales}} [[John Toshack]] (June 2014 – September 2016)
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Sébastien Desabre]] (September 2016 – January 2017)
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Hussein Ammouta]] (January 2017 – January 2018)
*{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Faouzi Benzarti]] (January 2018 – July 2019)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Talaat |first1=Tarek |title=Veteran Faouzi Benzarti replaces Amotta as Wydad coach |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42759842 |publisher=BBC Sports |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123011528/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42759842 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Zoran Manojlovic]] (July 2019 – January 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bounouar |first1=Jalal |title=Wydad Casablanca: Moroccan club appoints Manojlovic as head coach |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49045992 |publisher=BBC Sports |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=20 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720164825/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49045992 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|France}} [[Sébastien Desabre]] (January 2020 – February 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bounouar |first1=Jalal |title=Wydad Casablanca: Sebastien Desabre appointed as club's new head coach |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51162363 |publisher=BBC Sports |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923155502/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/51162363 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Juan Carlos Garrido]] (February 2020 – September 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Madyira |first1=Michae |title=Wydad Casablanca appoint Garrido as new coach ahead of Etoile du Sahel tie |url=https://www.goal.com/en-cm/news/wydad-casablanca-appoint-garrido-as-new-coach-ahead-of-etoile-du-/q16wr2h7z8we13zp9lyjd9g3j |publisher=Goal |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923155502/https://www.goal.com/en-cm/news/wydad-casablanca-appoint-garrido-as-new-coach-ahead-of-etoile-du-/q16wr2h7z8we13zp9lyjd9g3j |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Miguel Ángel Gamondi]] (September 2020 – November 2020)
*{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Faouzi Benzarti]] (November 2020 – 31 August 2021)
*{{Flagicon|Morocco}} [[Walid Regragui]] (10 August 2021 – 28 July 2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Africa |first1=Sport |title=Walid Regragui: Morocco appoint former Wydad Casablanca boss as new national coach |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62550675 |publisher=BBC |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831181118/https://www.bbc.com/sport/africa/62550675 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{Flagicon|Morocco}} [[Hussein Ammouta]] (18 August 2022 – 30 November 2022)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rahhali |first1=Lamine |title=Wydad Athletic Club Signs Houcine Ammouta as New Head Coach |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/08/350858/wydad-athletic-club-signs-houcine-ammouta-as-new-head-coach |publisher=Morocco World News |access-date=22 September 2022 |archive-date=23 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823232008/https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/08/350858/wydad-athletic-club-signs-houcine-ammouta-as-new-head-coach |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{Flagicon|Morocco}} [[Hassan Benabicha]] (30 Novembre 2022 – 2 January 2023)
*{{flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Mehdi Nafti]] (2 January 2023 - 26 February 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mehdi Nafti, entraîneur du Wydad à Maroc 2022 : carrière, clubs, palmarès |url=https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/fr/articles/mehdi-natfi-entraineur-wydad-coupe-du-monde-des-clubs-maroc-2022-age-carriere-palmares |access-date=29 April 2023 |publisher=FIFA |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202134845/https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/fr/articles/mehdi-natfi-entraineur-wydad-coupe-du-monde-des-clubs-maroc-2022-age-carriere-palmares |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Juan Carlos Garrido]] (26 February 2023 – 5 May 2023)<ref>{{cite news |title=Juan Carlos Garrido est le nouvel entraîneur du Wydad de Casablanca |url=https://fr.hespress.com/303578-juan-carlos-garrido-est-le-nouvel-entraineur-du-wydad-de-casablanca.html |access-date=29 April 2023 |publisher=Hespress |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325174625/https://fr.hespress.com/303578-juan-carlos-garrido-est-le-nouvel-entraineur-du-wydad-de-casablanca.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Sven Vandenbroeck]] (5 May 2023 – 11 July 2023)<ref>{{cite news|title=WAC: Sven Vandenbroeck pour succéder à Garrido|url=https://fr.hespress.com/313014-wac-sven-vandenbroeck-pour-succeder-a-garrido.html|access-date=5 May 2023|publisher=Hespress|archive-date=5 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230505185141/https://fr.hespress.com/313014-wac-sven-vandenbroeck-pour-succeder-a-garrido.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{Flagicon|Morocco}} [[Adil Ramzi]] (22 July 2023 – 15 December 2023)
*{{Flagicon|Tunisia}} [[Faouzi Benzarti]] (16 December 2023 – 15 February 2024)
*{{Flagicon|Morocco}} [[Aziz Ben Askar]] (5 April 2024 – 10 July 2024)
*{{Flagicon|South Africa}} [[Rhulani Mokwena]] (11 July 2024 – 29 April 2025)
*{{Flagicon|Morocco}} Amine Benhachem (29 April 2025 – present)
{{Col-end}}

==Presidents==
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{{col-2}}
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Mohamed Benjelloun ''(1937–42)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abdelkader Benjelloun ''(1942–44)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abdellatif Alami ''(1944–45)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Mohamed Belahssan Benjelloun ''(1945–48)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abderrahmane Slaoui ''(1948–49)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abderrahmane El-Khatib ''(1949–56)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Azzedine Benjelloun ''(1956–62)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Nacer Laraki ''(1962–63)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Hassan El-Joundi ''(1963–65)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Ahmed Lahrizi ''(1965–71)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abderrazak Lahlou ''(1971–72)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abderrazak Mekouar ''(1972–93)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Boubker Jdahim ''(1993–97)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abdelmalik Sentissi ''(1997–99)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Nasserdine Doublali ''(1999–03)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abdelilah El-Manjra ''(2003–05)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Taïb El-Fechtali ''(2005–07)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Abdelillah El-Akram ''(2007–2014)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Saïd Naciri ''(2014–2024)''
*{{flagicon|Morocco}} Hicham Ait-Menna'' (2024–)''
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==Notes==
{{reflist|group="note"}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{in lang|ar}} {{Official website|https://www.wydadac.ma/}}
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.wydadnews.com/ News website]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518232733/http://www.wydadnews.com/ |date=18 May 2013 }}.
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.wydad.com/ Wydad website]
*{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.winners2005.com/ Ultras website]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103034214/http://winners2005.com/ |date=3 January 2014 }}.
*{{in lang|en}} [https://www.viraluae.com/2020/04/wacvscorona.html Wydad AC organize a virtual match vs Coronavirus]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929033038/https://www.viraluae.com/2020/04/wacvscorona.html |date=29 September 2020 }}.
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