Widad Athletic Tlemcen (), known as WA Tlemcen or WAT for short, is an Algerian professional 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 Algerian Ligue 2.
History On 23 May 2025 WA Tlemcen returned to the Ligue 2 after two years of absence.
Honours 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 {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !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
|2011/12 | bgcolor=Gold|LP1||8||30||12||8||10||39||37||+2||44 | bgcolor=Silver|AC | 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)
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