Editing Casablanca (section)

=== Association football ===
[[File:Wydad Casablanca vs Raja de Casablanca, April 10 2011-4.jpg|thumb|Players from [[Raja Casablanca|Raja]] (left) and [[Wydad AC|Wydad]] (right) during a [[Casablanca derby]] match in 2010]]
Casablanca is home to two popular football clubs: [[Wydad Casablanca]]<ref name="African concord">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BUsuAQAAIAAJ|title=African Concord|publisher=Concord Press of Nigeria|year=1989|page=43|access-date=22 April 2012|archive-date=31 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331162148/https://books.google.com/books?id=BUsuAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Raja Casablanca]]<ref name="West Africa">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V310AAAAMAAJ|title=West Africa|publisher=West Africa Publishing Company, Limited|year=2003|page=38|access-date=22 April 2012|archive-date=31 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240331162149/https://books.google.com/books?id=V310AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>—which are [[Casablanca derby|rivals]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/12/20/the-soccer-politics-of-morocco/|title=The Soccer Politics of Morocco|last=Alami|first=Aida|date=20 December 2018|website=The New York Review of Books|language=en|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=6 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306191635/https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/12/20/the-soccer-politics-of-morocco/|url-status=live}}</ref> Raja's symbol is an eagle and Wydad's symbol is a star and crescent, a symbol of Islam. These two popular clubs have produced some of Morocco's best players, such as: [[Salaheddine Bassir]], [[Abdelmajid Dolmy]], [[Baddou Zaki]], [[Aziz Bouderbala]], and [[Noureddine Naybet]]. Other football teams on top of these two major teams based in the city of Casablanca include [[Rachad Bernoussi]], [[TAS de Casablanca]], [[Majd Al Madina]], and [[RAC Casablanca|Racing Casablanca]].

[[Raja CA]], founded in 1949, compete in [[Botola]] and play their home games at the [[Stade Mohammed V]]. The club is known for their supporters and is one of the most supported teams in Africa. [[Wydad AC]], founded in 1937, also compete in Botola and play their home games at the [[Stade Mohammed V]]. Both have a strong reputation on continental competitions, having both won the [[CAF Champions League]] three times.

Casablanca hosted eight African Champions League finals, all eight at the Stade Mohammed V. The Stade also hosted the [[2018 African Nations Championship Final|2018 CHAN Final]] (which [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] won) and [[1988 African Cup of Nations final]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=African Nations Cup 1988 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/88a.html |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203033739/https://rsssf.org/tables/88a.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=African Nations Championship 2018 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2018anch.html |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929185637/https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2018anch.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It could potentially host matches for the [[2030 FIFA World Cup]] including the final.