List of Wydad AC managers

Wydad Athletic Club is a Moroccan association football club based in Casablanca, Morocco. Wydad clinched the Moroccan league for the first time in 1948; since then, the club has won 22 league titles, along with nine Throne Cups and one Independence Cup. They have also been crowned champions of African football on three occasions by winning the African Cup of Champions Clubs/CAF Champions League in 1992, 2017 and 2022.

The most successful person to manage Wydad AC is Yuriy Sevastyanenko, who won three Botola titles, two Throne Cups, one African Cup of Champions Clubs, one Afro-Asian Club Championship, one Arab Club Champions Cup and one Arab Super Cup during his five-year first spell as head coach. Mohamed Massoun is the club's longest-serving manager, who managed the club from 1952 to 1969, totalling 17 years.[1]

List of managers

Includes all competitive matches. Statistics are correct as of 22 July 2025.

Manager Period M W D L GF GA Win% Honours
From To Days
Père Jégo 19 June 1939 1952 12 years, 166 days 1947–48 Moroccan Football League
1948 North African Championship
1949 North African Cup
1949 North African Championship
1950 North African Championship
1948–49 Moroccan Football League
1949–50 Moroccan Football League
1950–51 Moroccan Football League
Mohamed Massoun 1952 1969 17 years 1954–55 Moroccan Football League
1956–57 Botola
Independence Cup
Abderrahmane Mahjoub 1965 1966 1 years 1965–66 Botola
Abdelhak Kadmiri 1968 1970 2 years 1968–69 Botola
1969–70 Moroccan Throne Cup
Mustapha Bettache I 1972 1974 2 years –
Lucien Leduc 1974 1975 1 years –
Mustapha Bettache II 1975 1981 6 years 1975–76 Botola
1976–77 Botola
1977–78 Botola
1977–78 Moroccan Throne Cup
1978–79 Moroccan Throne Cup
1979 Mohammed V Cup
1980–81 Moroccan Throne Cup
Jorvan Vieira 1984 1984 1 year –
Jean Vincent 1985 1986 1 years 1985–86 Botola
Cor van der Hart 1988 1989 1 years –
Abdellah Settati 1989 1989 1 year –
Yuriy Sevastyanenko I 1989 1994 5 years 1989 Arab Club Champions Cup
1988–89 Moroccan Throne Cup
1989–90 Botola
1990–91 Botola
1992 African Cup of Champions Clubs
1992 Arab Super Cup
1992–93 Botola
1993 Afro-Asian Club Championship
1993–94 Moroccan Throne Cup
Ezzaki Badou I 1995 1996 1 years –
Marcel Husson 1996 1997 1 years 1997 Moroccan Throne Cup
Alexandru Moldovan 1997 1998 1 years –
Ezzaki Badou II 1998 2000 2 years 1997–98 Moroccan Throne Cup
Yuriy Sevastyanenko II 2000 2001 1 years –
Ladislas Lozano I 1 January 2002 20 March 2002 78 days –
Oscar Fulloné I 2002 2003 1 years 2001 Moroccan Throne Cup
2002 African Cup Winners' Cup
Rachid Taoussi 2003 2003 1 year –
Žarko Olarević 2003 2003 –
Ivica Todorov 1 July 2003 30 November 2003 152 days 5 1 0 4 2 6 020.00 –
Michel Decastel I 1 December 2003 30 June 2004 212 days 9 3 2 4 5 7 033.33 –
Jacky Bonnevay 1 August 2004 1 April 2005 243 days 28 12 12 4 33 13 042.86 –
José Romão 1 July 2005 1 July 2006 1 year, 0 days 32 18 10 4 35 18 056.25 2005–06 Botola
Ladislas Lozano II 15 February 2007 1 May 2007 75 days 10 3 4 3 9 9 030.00 –
Nelo Vingada 1 May 2007 30 June 2007 60 days 8 3 4 1 2 2 037.50 –
Plamen Markov 1 July 2007 12 December 2007 164 days 8 4 3 1 11 5 050.00 –
Jean-Michel Cavalli 12 December 2007 10 February 2008 60 days 10 2 5 3 7 7 020.00 –
Oscar Fulloné II 1 March 2008 1 July 2008 122 days 13 4 5 4 13 13 030.77 –
Ezzaki Badou III 1 July 2008 22 April 2010 1 year, 295 days 59 28 20 11 65 39 047.46 –
Fakhreddine Rajhi I 29 April 2010 30 June 2010 62 days 3 2 1 0 3 0 066.67 2009–10 Botola
Diego Garzitto 6 October 2010 2 January 2011 88 days 9 2 4 3 7 8 022.22 –
Fakhreddine Rajhi II 4 January 2011 17 June 2011 164 days 23 12 7 4 29 12 052.17 –
Michel Decastel II 17 June 2011 5 January 2012 202 days 28 9 15 4 34 23 032.14 –
Benito Floro 21 January 2012 20 September 2012 243 days 28 14 8 6 37 21 050.00 –
Mustapha Chahid(int.) 23 September 2012 7 October 2012 14 days 3 2 0 1 5 3 066.67 –
Ezzaki Badou IV 7 October 2012 3 June 2013 239 days 34 15 11 8 41 28 044.12 –
Abderrahim Taleb 18 June 2013 17 February 2014 244 days 20 9 7 4 28 19 045.00 –
Mustapha Chahid(int.) 27 February 2014 18 June 2014 111 days 12 3 6 3 10 11 025.00 –
John Toshack 22 June 2014 17 September 2016 2 years, 87 days 85 44 26 15 124 61 051.76 2014–15 Botola
Sébastien Desabre I 19 September 2016 4 January 2017 109 days 16 9 6 1 32 17 056.25 –
Hussein Ammouta I 5 January 2017 9 January 2018 1 year, 4 days 49 25 10 14 58 36 051.02 2016–17 Botola
2017 CAF Champions League
Faouzi Benzarti I 19 January 2018 29 July 2018 191 days 23 14 7 2 45 19 060.87 2018 CAF Super Cup
Abdelhadi Sektioui 31 July 2018 25 September 2018 56 days 7 2 3 2 5 5 028.57 –
René Girard 30 September 2018 13 November 2018 44 days 7 3 2 2 8 5 042.86 –
Faouzi Benzarti II 27 November 2018 5 July 2019 220 days 39 20 12 7 65 36 051.28 2018–19 Botola
Zoran Manojlovic 17 July 2019 13 January 2020 180 days 22 11 8 3 41 22 050.00 –
Sébastien Desabre II 21 January 2020 24 February 2020 34 days 7 3 1 3 10 9 042.86 –
Juan Carlos Garrido I 25 February 2020 10 September 2020 198 days 7 3 2 2 10 7 042.86 –
Miguel Ángel Gamondi 10 September 2020 24 October 2020 44 days 10 5 3 2 16 11 050.00 –
Faouzi Benzarti III 15 November 2020 2 August 2021 260 days 46 29 11 6 83 33 063.04 2020–21 Botola
Walid Regragui 10 August 2021 28 July 2022 352 days 48 31 10 7 83 36 064.58 2021–22 Botola
2021–22 CAF Champions League
Hussein Ammouta II 18 August 2022 30 November 2022 92 days 11 7 3 1 18 8 063.64 –
Mehdi Nafti 2 January 2023 26 February 2023 55 days 12 6 4 2 10 4 050.00 –
Juan Carlos Garrido II 26 February 2023 5 May 2023 68 days 14 8 5 1 23 11 057.14 –
Sven Vandenbroeck 5 May 2023 10 July 2023 61 days 12 6 4 2 19 10 050.00 –
Adil Ramzi 22 July 2023 15 December 2023 146 days 23 12 4 7 29 19 052.17 –
Faouzi Benzarti IV 15 December 2023 13 March 2024 89 days 16 5 5 6 13 16 031.25 –
Aziz Ben Askar(int.) 15 April 2024 14 June 2024 70 days 5 2 1 2 3 3 040.00 –
Rhulani Mokwena 11 July 2024 29 April 2025 173 days 29 12 12 5 40 27 041.38 –
Mohamed Amine Benhachem[a] 29 April 2025 present 105 days 6 3 0 3 8 9 050.00 –
  • Legend:

(int.) Interim manager

Most games managed

Rank Manager Games
1 Faouzi Benzarti 124
2 Ezzaki Badou 93
3 John Toshack 85
4 Hussein Ammouta 60

Most games won

Rank Manager Games won
1 Faouzi Benzarti 68
2 John Toshack 44
3 Ezzaki Badou 43
4 Hussein Ammouta 32

Trophies

Key

Name Trophies
Domestic
BP Botola Pro
TC Throne Cup
IC Independence Cup
Continental
CAFCL CAF Champions League
ACWC African Cup Winners' Cup
CAFSC CAF Super Cup
Regional
ACCC Arab Club Champions Cup
ASC Arab Super Cup
NAC North African Cup
NACH North African Championship
Intercontinental
AACC Afro-Asian Club Championship
MVC Mohammed V Cup
Rank Manager Domestic Continental Regional Intercontinental Total
BP TC IC CAFCL ACWC CAFSC ACCC ASC NAC NACH AACC MVC
1 Yuriy Sevastyanenko 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 9
2 Père Jégo 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 8
3 Mustapha Bettache 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
4 Mohamed Massoun 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Faouzi Benzarti 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 Abdelhak Kadmiri 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Oscar Fulloné 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Hussein Ammouta 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Walid Regragui 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
10 Abderrahmane Mahjoub 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marcel Husson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jean Vincent 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ezzaki Badou 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Fakhreddine Rajhi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
José Romão 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Toshack 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 22 9 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 45

Nationality

Rank Country Managers
1 Morocco 17
2 France 9
3 Serbia 3
4 Argentina 2
Portugal 2
Spain 2
Tunisia 2
8 Brazil 1
Netherlands 1
Ukraine 1
Romania 1
Bulgaria 1
 Switzerland 1
Wales 1
Belgium 1
South Africa 1
Total 46

Notes

  1. ^ Interim from 29 April to 12 May, permanent from 24 May 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Wydad AC - Manager history". worldfootball.net. 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
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