Kenitra Athletic Club (KAC) ( ar, النادي القنيطري) is a Moroccan football and

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club based in the city of

Kenitra Kenitra ( ar, القُنَيْطَرَة, , , ; ber, ⵇⵏⵉⵟⵔⴰ, Qniṭra; french: Kénitra) is a city in north western Morocco, formerly known as Port Lyautey from 1932 to 1956. It is a port on the Sebou River, Sebou river, has a popul ...

History

The club, which was founded in 1938, is one of the most famous and popular football clubs in

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. The second oldest club among Moroccan clubs founded by Moroccans only, The Club also has the fifth best record in winning the Moroccan Football league, 4 times: (1960, 1973, 1981 and 1982) behind Wydad Athletic Club, FAR de Rabat, Raja Club Athletic and

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. Without forgetting the record scorer in the moroccan football league held by the Top Scorer Mohamed Bousati with 25 goals scored during the season 1981/1982. However, they never reclaimed their success of the 80s. In recent times they have flipped between the Botola and Botola 2, never finding consistency in the top division.

Honours

* Moroccan Championship ::1960, 1973, 1981, 1982 ::Runner-up : 1979, 1985 * Moroccan League Second Division ::1976, 2002 ::Runner-up : 2007 * Coupe du Trône ::1961 ::Runner-up : 1969, 1976, 1991

Current squad

Sport equipment

* Sarson Sports

Managers

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* A. Kedmirri * A. Loukhmirri * Ahmed Souiri * F. Vegas * M. El Ammari * Boujemaâ Benkhrif * O. Ladislav * A. Zalai * B. El Ghalemi * Mircea Dridea * A. Greco * P. Mendez * Y. Kadda * Mohamed Boussati * M. Bouâbid * M. Rhiad * M. Belhassan * Robert Muller *

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* Nedjm Eddine Belayachi *

Zoran Vujović Zoran Vujović (; born 26 August 1958) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a defender. His twin brother, Zlatko, is also a former professional footballer. They were both Yugoslav internationals, and both spent a large part of the ...

(2007–08) * J. Chadli * M. Baltham * Rachid Taoussi * F. Sahabi * Jamal Jebrane * Oscar Fulloné (2009–10) *

Abdelkhalek Louzani Abdelkhalek Louzani (13 July 1945 – 6 February 2021) was a Moroccan football player and coach. Playing career Louzani began his career in 1960 with hometown club ASS Essaouira, and played professionally with Belgian clubs Anderlecht, Crossin ...

* Abdelaziz Kerkach * Youssef Lamrini * Abdelkader Youmir (Nov 14, 2012 – Jan 1, 2013) *

(Jan 3, 2013 – April 29, 2013) *

Presidents (since 1938)

* Seddik M'kinsi * Abdelkader Sbai ''(Tanto)'' * Ahmed Souiri * Abderahmmane M'kinsi * Mohammed Temsamani * Moulay Ahmed Ouadghiri * Mohammed Benjelloun * Ahmed Benkirane * Mohammed Bouaazaoui * Haitouf Elghazi * Mohammed Doumou ''(1975–00)'' * Mohammed El Harrati * Mohammed Al Moutawakkil * Houcine Benmoussa * Khalil Sebbar * Benaissa Akrouch * Hakim Doumou ''(2006–11)'' * Mohammed Chibar ''(2011–)'' * Badr Hari ''(2014–)''

Kit

References

External links

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Official Website
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Popular KAC Kenitra Website
* Wikipedia France Football clubs in Morocco Sport in Kenitra 1938 establishments in Morocco Sports clubs in Morocco Association football clubs established in 1938 {{Morocco-footyclub-stub