| Clubname: | Wydad Athletic Club |
| Short Name: | WAC[1] |
| Nickname: | Club of the Nation[2] Icon of the Resistance[3] The Emperor[4] The Red Castle |
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| Fullname: | Wydad Athletic Club |
| Founded: | [5] |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Hicham Ait Menna |
| Manager: | Mohamed Amine Benhachem |
| Capacity: | 45,000 |
| League: | Botola Pro1 |
| Position: | Botola Pro1, 1st of 16 |
| Current: | 2025–26 Wydad AC season |
| Season: | 2025–26 |
| Stadium: | Mohammed-V Stadium |
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Wydad Athletic Club (ar|نادي الوداد الرياضي, pronounced as /ar/), often known outside Morocco as Wydad AC, is a Moroccan sports club based in Casablanca. Wydad AC is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola Pro, the top tier of the Moroccan football league system.
It was founded on 8 May 1937 by seven Moroccans belonging to the national movement for independence, led by haj Mohamed Benjelloun Touimi, created also the football section in june 1939. The club has traditionally worn a red home kit since inception.
Domestically, WAC has won a record of 22 Moroccan league titles, 9 Moroccan Throne Cup, 7 Moroccan Super Cup, 4 Moroccan Elite Cup and 4 Seasons Opening Cup, also the Moroccan Independence Cup... etc, becoming the most titled club in Morocco. In the international competitions, the club has won three CAF Champions Leagues, three ULNA Champions Leagues, one CAF Winners Cup, one ULNA Winners Cup, one Intercontinental Mohammed-V Cup, one Afro-Asian Club Champions Cup, one Arab Club Champions Cup, one Arab Super Cup three ULNA Super Cup one CAF Super Cup and one ULNA Juniors Champions League.
The club also competes in basketball, Water polo, handball, volleyball, table tennis, field hockey, fencing, cycle sport, rugby, futsal and Women's football team.The club also competes in basketball, Water polo, handball, volleyball, table tennis, field hockey, fencing, cycle sport, rugby, futsal and Women's football team.
The origin of the establishment of Wydad Athletic Club on resistance the colonialism that was imposed by the French authorities during the 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.
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 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 Nogues, personally intervened to allow the establishment of Wydad Athletic Club, but with specific conditions.
Wydad is an Arabic word that means "love", "sincere affection.",[6] 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 singer and actress Umm Kulthum with the same name, though Latinized as Weddad, as it coincided with this answer that Zaghrouda set out from one of the neighboring houses to the meeting place, the attendees were optimistic about it, and 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.[7]
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, Wydad was beaten by the Olympia Khouribga 1-0 in the quarter-finals.
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.
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 D21941–42: 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
It will take more than nine years for Wydad to finally win its first championship.[8] 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. 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.[9] 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,[10] 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 USM Oran on the score 4–0 in Algiers on 28 May 1950.[11]
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 Abbès on the score 1–0.[12]
During the last season played before independence, Wydad won his fifth and last championship title before Moroccan independence.[13] 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 ES Guelma score of 2–1.
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.[14] 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 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.[15] 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.[16] But unfortunately, he was eliminated in the second round of the Cup.
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 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.
During this decade, the WAC won all possible competitions, with two consecutive victories in Botola, the CAF Champions League, the Arab Elite Cup, the 15th coronation of champion of Morocco, the Afro-Asian Super Cup, the 8th Cup of Morocco in its history.
During this decade, the Red Castle won fewer titles than ever before. It was a bad chapter in the history of the club.
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.
One day after the club's 85th anniversary, Wydad defeated Atlético Petróleos de Luanda 4–2 on aggregate (3–1 away and 1–1 at home) to advance to their 5th Champions League final and the 3rd one in 6 years.[42] [43] On 30 May 2022, in a rematch of 2017 final, Wydad AC beat defending champions Al Ahly in the final to be crowned champions of Africa for the third time in its history, thanks to a brace from the Man of the Match, Zouhair El Moutaraji.[44] [45] During this campaign under 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. With this win, Wydad will play in the first-ever all-Moroccan CAF Super Cup against 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup winners, RS Berkane.[46] On 21 July 2022, Wydad was elected as the best Club of the year in the 2022 CAF Awards.[47]
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.[48] [49] They faced Simba and won on penalties.[50] They won Mamelodi Sundowns in the semi-final, qualifying them to their 6th champions league final.[51]
In the inaugural season of the African Football League, WAC managed to qualify to the semi-final after defeating Enyimba 4–0 on aggregate (1–0 away and 3–0 at home).[52] [53] In the semi-finals, the moroccan emperor managed to qualify again after defeating Espérance Tunisia 2-1 on aggregate (1–0 home and at away). In the final, WAC lost in the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria against Mamelodi Sundowns 2-3 on aggregate (2-1 home and 0-2 at away).
See main article: Stade Mohammed V. 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. In 2007, the stadium was equipped with a semi-artificial turf which meets international standards.
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.[54]
The "Winners 2005" was voted "World's best ultras" four times, in 2015,2017, 2019, and 2022 by Ultras World magazine.[55]
| Type of group | Name | Creation date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fans Association | Red & White | 2000 (Dissolved in 2007) | |
| Fans Association | The Red House | 2002 | |
| Ultras group | Winners (Supras) | 2004 (Dissolved in 2013) | |
| Ultras group | Winners (Spirit) | 13 November 2005 | |
| Fans Association | Contact | 2007 | |
| Ultras group | Creators | January 21, 2008 (Dissolved in 2013) | |
| Fans Association | Club of Nation's Fans | 2010 |
| Season | League | Moroccan Throne Cup | Continental | Other competitions | Top scorer(s) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Pos | Player(s) | Goals | |||||||
| 2020–21 | Botola | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 67 | 1st | SF | CAF Champions League | SF | Ayoub El Kaabi | 18 | |||
| 2021–22 | Botola | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 63 | 1st | RU | CAF Champions League | W | Guy Mbenza | 16 | |||
| 2022–23 | Botola | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 66 | 2nd | SF | CAF Super Cup | RU | FIFA Club World Cup | R2 |  Bouly Sambou | 13 | |
| CAF Champions League | RU | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–24 | Botola | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 44 | 6th | R32 | African Football League | RU | Arab Club Champions Cup | GS |  Ade Oguns | 6 | |
| CAF Champions League | GS | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–25 | Botola | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 54 | 3rd | R16 | FIFA Club World Cup | GS | Mohamed Rayhi | 11 | |||
| Domestic | scope=col | Botola Pro[57] | data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" style="background-color:gold" | 22 | 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1965–66, 1968–69, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 | 1939–40, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1971–72, 1979–80, 1981–82, 93–1994, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2022–23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col | Moroccan Throne Cup[58] | data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" style="background-color:gray" | 9 | 1969–70, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1988–89, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01 | 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1963–64, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2020–21 | |
| scope=col | 8 | 1940, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955 | 1943, 1957 | |||
| Continental | scope=col | CAF Champions League[59] | 3 | 1992, 2017, 2021–22 | 2011, 2018–19, 2022–23 | |
| CAF Winners Cup[60] | 1 | 2002 | – | |||
| scope=col | CAF Super Cup[61] | 1 | 2018 | 1993, 2003, 2022 | ||
| Intercontinental | scope=col | Afro-Asian Club Championship[62] | 1 | 1993 | – | |
| 1 | 1979 | – | ||||
| Regional | Arab Club Champions Cup[63] | 1 | 1989 | 2007–08, 2008–09 | ||
| Arab Super Cup[64] | 1 | 1990 | – | |||
| 1 | 1948–49 | 1950–51, 1952–53 | ||||
| 3 | 1948, 1949, 1950 | 1955 | ||||
| 3 | 1948, 1949, 1950 | – | ||||
See main article: Wydad AC in international football.
16 appearances
1987 – Second Round
1991 – Quarter-finals
1992 – Champion
1993 – Second Round
1994 – Second Round
2007 – Second Round
2011 – Runner-up
2016 – Semi-finals
2017 – Champion
2018 – Quarter final
2018–19 – Runner-up
2019–20 – Semi-finals
2020–21 – Semi-finals
2021–22 – Champion
2022–23 – Runner-up
2023–24 – Group stage
1 appearance
2023 – Runner-up
5 appearances
2004 – Second Round of 16
2007 – Second Round of 16
2012 – Group stage
2013 – Second round
2026 – TBD
4 appearances
1993 – Runner-up
2003 – Runner-up
2018 – Champion
2022 – Runner-up
3 appearances
1998 – Semi-finals
2002 – Champion
2003 – Semi-finals
3 appearances
1999 – Runner-up
2000 – Second Round
2001 – Quarter-finals
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 wydad won (3-0) in return.[68] [69]
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 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.[70]
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.[71]
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,[72] 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.[73] This is the record for most combined goals in derby history but the match is also notable for its extraordinary atmosphere, with numerous Tifos being displayed and fireworks and flares going off throughout the match,[74] [75] the latter of which there were so many it looked at times that the stands were on fire.[76]
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach |  Mohamed Amine Benhachem | |
| Assistant coaches | Abdessamad Ouarrad Brahim Nekkach | |
| Goalkeepers coach | Zouhair Laaroubi | |
| Data analyst | Agdal Tarek | |
| Tactical analyst | Elhadji Abdoulaye Seck | |
| Set-piece coach | Fouad Taalat | |
| Physical trainer | Idriss Saissi Hassani | |
| Technical manager | Hassan Benabicha |
Père Jégo (1939–52) Mohamed Massoun (1952–60, 1962–66, 1968–69) Mustapha Bettache (1972–74)
Lucien Leduc (1974–75) Mustapha Bettache (1975–78)
Jorvan Vieira (1984) Jean Vincent (1985–86)
Cor van der Hart (1988–89) Abdellah Settati (1989)
Yuriy Sevastyanenko (1989–94) Zaki Badou (1995–96) Marcel Husson (1996–97)
Alexandru Moldovan (1997–98) Zaki Badou (1998–2000) Yuriy Sevastyanenko (1997, 1999, 2000–01) Ladislas Lozano (1 January 2002 – 20 March 2002)
Oscar Fulloné (2002–03) Rachid Taoussi (2003)
Žarko Olarević (2003) Ivica Todorov (1 July 2003 – 30 November 2003)
Michel Decastel (1 December 2003 – 30 June 2004) Jacky Bonnevay (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
José Romão (2005–06) Ladislas Lozano (15 February 2007 – 30 April 2007) Nelo Vingada (2007)
Plamen Markov (1 July 2007 – 2007) Jean-Michel Cavalli (12 December 2007 – 10 February 2008) Oscar Fulloné (March 2008 – 8 June 2008) Zaki Badou (26 June 2008 – 23 April 2010) Fakhreddine Rajhi (May 2010) Dutra (2010) Diego Garzitto (Oct 2010 – Jan 11) Fakhreddine Rajhi (2011) Michel Decastel (20 June 2011 – 5 January 2012)
Benito Floro (1 January 2012 – 20 September 2012) Zaki Badou (7 October 2012 – 2 June 2013) Abderrahim Talib (18 June 2013 – 24 December 2013) Sébastien Desabre (September 2016 – January 2017) Hussein Ammouta (January 2017 – January 2018)
Faouzi Benzarti (January 2018 – July 2019)[78] Zoran Manojlovic (July 2019 – January 2020)[79] Sébastien Desabre (January 2020 – February 2020)[80] Juan Carlos Garrido (February 2020 – September 2020)[81] Miguel Ángel Gamondi (September 2020 – November 2020) Faouzi Benzarti (November 2020 – 31 August 2021) Mehdi Nafti (2 January 2023 - 26 February 2023)[84] Juan Carlos Garrido (26 February 2023 – 5 May 2023)[85] Mohamed Benjelloun (1937–42) Abdelkader Benjelloun (1942–44) Abdellatif Alami (1944–45) Mohamed Belahssan Benjelloun (1945–48) Abderrahmane Slaoui (1948–49) Abderrahmane El-Khatib (1949–56) Azzedine Benjelloun (1956–62) Nacer Laraki (1962–63) Hassan El-Joundi (1963–65) Ahmed Lahrizi (1965–71) Abderrazak Lahlou (1971–72) Abderrazak Mekouar (1972–93) Boubker Jdahim (1993–97) Abdelmalik Sentissi (1997–99) Nasserdine Doublali (1999–03) Abdelilah El-Manjra (2003–05) Taïb El-Fechtali (2005–07) Abdelillah El-Akram (2007–2014) Saïd Naciri (2014–2024) Hicham Ait-Menna (2024–)| Player | Number of trophies | Trophy details | ||
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| 1st | Fakhreddine Rajhi | 14 |
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| 2nd | Lahcen Abrami | 12 |
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| 3rd | Fadel Jilal | 11 |
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| 4th | Hassan Benabicha | 11 |
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| 5th | Rachid Daoudi | 11 |
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| 6th | Mustapha Achab | 11 |
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