WA Tlemcen

Widad Athletic Tlemcen (وداد أتليتيك تلمسان), known as WA Tlemcen or WAT for short, is an Algerian football club based in Tlemcen. The club was founded in 1962 and its colours are blue and white. Their home stadium, Colonel Lotfi Stadium, has a capacity of some 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Inter-Régions Division.

Domestic competitions

 * Algerian Cup
 * Winners (2): 1997–98, 2001–02
 * Runners-up (3): 1973–74, 1999–00, 2007–08

Regional competitions

 * Arab Club Champions Cup
 * Winners (1): 1998

Performance in CAF competitions

 * CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances
 * 1999 – First Round
 * 2003 – First Round

Records

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!Season!!Div.!!Pos.!!Pl.!!W!!D!!L!!GS!!GA!!GD!!P!!colspan=3|Domestic cup !!colspan=1|CAF!!colspan=1|Other Competitions!!colspan=2|Top scorer!! Manager
 * 2009/10
 * bgcolor=Gold|ACN||8||34||12||10||12||43||43||0||46
 * bgcolor=Silver|AC
 * Quarterfinals
 * colspan=2|
 * Ghazali
 * 12
 * Fouad Bouali
 * 2010/11
 * bgcolor=Gold|LP1||11||30||10||7||13||35||36||−1||37
 * bgcolor=Silver|AC
 * Round of 64
 * colspan=2|
 * Boudjakdji
 * 7
 * Abdelkader Amrani
 * Boudjakdji
 * 7
 * Abdelkader Amrani
 * Abdelkader Amrani


 * 2011/12
 * bgcolor=Gold|LP1||8||30||12||8||10||39||37||+2||44
 * bgcolor=Silver|AC
 * Round of 32
 * Round of 32


 * colspan=2|
 * Andriamatsinoro
 * 10
 * Abdelkader Amrani
 * }
 * }

Div. = Division; ACN = Algerian Championnat National; LP1 = Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1; Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost

GS = Goal scored; GA = Goal against; GD = Goal difference P = Points

AP = Algerian Cup

ARCL = Arab Champions League; ARWC = Arab Cup Winners' Cup; CAFL = CAF Champions League;CAFCC= CAF Confederation Cup;CAFSC = CAF Super Cup

Colors: Gold = winner; Silver = runner-up; Bronze = third, Semi-final.

Notable players
Below are the notable former players who have represented WA Tlemcen in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1962. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with WA Tlemcen or following his departure.

For a complete list of WA Tlemcen players, see Category:WA Tlemcen players


 * Reda Acimi
 * Cheïkh Benzerga
 * Ali Dahleb
 * Sofiane Daoud
 * Moustapha Djallit
 * Lounès Gaouaoui
 * Kamel Habri
 * Samir Hadjaoui
 * Kheireddine Kherris
 * Hichem Mezaïr
 * Seddik Naïr
 * 🇨🇮 Koh Traoré
 * 🇲🇬 Carolus Andriamatsinoro
 * 🇷🇸 Vojislav Marković

Managers

 * Mohamed Henkouche
 * Abdelkader Amrani (July 2011 – Oct 12)
 * Kheireddine Kherris (interim) (Oct 2012 – Nov 12)
 * Abdelkrim Benyellès (Nov 2012 – Jun 2013)