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 | 20.00 | – | 
| .svg.png) Michel Decastel I | 1 December 2003 | 30 June 2004 | 212 days | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 33.33 | – | 
|  Jacky Bonnevay | 1 August 2004 | 1 April 2005 | 243 days | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 33 | 13 | 42.86 | – | 
| .svg.png) José Romão | 1 July 2005 | 1 July 2006 | 1 year, 0 days | 32 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 56.25 | 2005–06 Botola | 
|  Ladislas Lozano II | 15 February 2007 | 1 May 2007 | 75 days | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 30.00 | – | 
| .svg.png) Nelo Vingada | 1 May 2007 | 30 June 2007 | 60 days | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 37.50 | – | 
|  Plamen Markov | 1 July 2007 | 12 December 2007 | 164 days | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 50.00 | – | 
|  Jean-Michel Cavalli | 12 December 2007 | 10 February 2008 | 60 days | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20.00 | – | 
|  Oscar Fulloné II | 1 March 2008 | 1 July 2008 | 122 days | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 30.77 | – | 
|  Ezzaki Badou III | 1 July 2008 | 22 April 2010 | 1 year, 295 days | 59 | 28 | 20 | 11 | 65 | 39 | 47.46 | – | 
|  Fakhreddine Rajhi I | 29 April 2010 | 30 June 2010 | 62 days | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66.67 | 2009–10 Botola | 
|  Diego Garzitto | 6 October 2010 | 2 January 2011 | 88 days | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22.22 | – | 
|  Fakhreddine Rajhi II | 4 January 2011 | 17 June 2011 | 164 days | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 12 | 52.17 | – | 
| .svg.png) Michel Decastel II | 17 June 2011 | 5 January 2012 | 202 days | 28 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 32.14 | – | 
|  Benito Floro | 21 January 2012 | 20 September 2012 | 243 days | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 21 | 50.00 | – | 
|  Mustapha Chahid(int.) | 23 September 2012 | 7 October 2012 | 14 days | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 66.67 | – | 
|  Ezzaki Badou IV | 7 October 2012 | 3 June 2013 | 239 days | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 41 | 28 | 44.12 | – | 
|  Abderrahim Taleb | 18 June 2013 | 17 February 2014 | 244 days | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 45.00 | – | 
|  Mustapha Chahid(int.) | 27 February 2014 | 18 June 2014 | 111 days | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 25.00 | – | 
|  John Toshack | 22 June 2014 | 17 September 2016 | 2 years, 87 days | 85 | 44 | 26 | 15 | 124 | 61 | 51.76 | 2014–15 Botola | 
|  Sébastien Desabre I | 19 September 2016 | 4 January 2017 | 109 days | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 17 | 56.25 | – | 
|  Hussein Ammouta I | 5 January 2017 | 9 January 2018 | 1 year, 4 days | 49 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 58 | 36 | 51.02 | 2016–17 Botola 2017 CAF Champions League | 
|  Faouzi Benzarti I | 19 January 2018 | 29 July 2018 | 191 days | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 19 | 60.87 | 2018 CAF Super Cup | 
|  Abdelhadi Sektioui | 31 July 2018 | 25 September 2018 | 56 days | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 28.57 | – | 
|  René Girard | 30 September 2018 | 13 November 2018 | 44 days | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 42.86 | – | 
|  Faouzi Benzarti II | 27 November 2018 | 5 July 2019 | 220 days | 39 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 65 | 36 | 51.28 | 2018–19 Botola | 
|  Zoran Manojlovic | 17 July 2019 | 13 January 2020 | 180 days | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 50.00 | – | 
|  Sébastien Desabre II | 21 January 2020 | 24 February 2020 | 34 days | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 42.86 | – | 
|  Juan Carlos Garrido I | 25 February 2020 | 10 September 2020 | 198 days | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 42.86 | – | 
|  Miguel Ángel Gamondi | 10 September 2020 | 24 October 2020 | 44 days | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 50.00 | – | 
|  Faouzi Benzarti III | 15 November 2020 | 2 August 2021 | 260 days | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 83 | 33 | 63.04 | 2020–21 Botola | 
|  Walid Regragui | 10 August 2021 | 28 July 2022 | 352 days | 48 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 83 | 36 | 64.58 | 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 | 63.64 | – | 
|  Mehdi Nafti | 2 January 2023 | 26 February 2023 | 55 days | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 50.00 | – | 
|  Juan Carlos Garrido II | 26 February 2023 | 5 May 2023 | 68 days | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 57.14 | – | 
| .svg.png) Sven Vandenbroeck | 5 May 2023 | 10 July 2023 | 61 days | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 50.00 | – | 
|  Adil Ramzi | 22 July 2023 | 15 December 2023 | 146 days | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 19 | 52.17 | – | 
|  Faouzi Benzarti IV | 15 December 2023 | 13 March 2024 | 89 days | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 31.25 | – | 
|  Aziz Ben Askar(int.) | 15 April 2024 | 14 June 2024 | 70 days | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 40.00 | – | 
|  Rhulani Mokwena | 11 July 2024 | 29 April 2025 | 173 days | 29 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 41.38 | – | 
|  Mohamed Amine Benhachem[a] | 29 April 2025 | present | 111 days | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 50.00 | – | 
- 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 | |
| .svg.png) 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 | 
| .svg.png) Portugal | 2 | |
|  Spain | 2 | |
|  Tunisia | 2 | |
| 8 |  Brazil | 1 | 
|  Netherlands | 1 | |
|  Ukraine | 1 | |
|  Romania | 1 | |
|  Bulgaria | 1 | |
| .svg.png) Switzerland | 1 | |
|  Wales | 1 | |
| .svg.png) Belgium | 1 | |
|  South Africa | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | |
Notes
- ^ Interim from 29 April to 12 May, permanent from 24 May 2025.
References
- ^ "Wydad AC - Manager history". worldfootball.net. 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-07-24.



