Wallidan FC

Wallidan Football Club is a Gambian professional

Wallidan has appeared several times in championships and cup matches at the continental level, more than any other Gambian club. Recently Wallidan has withdrawn from the CAF Champions League and the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup. 2021 FF CUP Winner

History

The club was founded after Gambian independence in 1965. Not long after, it became a registered club and played in the First Division which was then called the National Division, the only division existing at the time. In 1970, the club won their first championship, then a second in 1971. Wallidan won two consecutive titles again in 1977 which was their fifth. More champ titles were won in 1979, 1985, 1988, 1992 and 1995, two times they won two consecutive titles in 2002 and in 2005, their most recent championship title was won in 2008.

Wallidan became the masters of the Gambian Cup since 1974, four consecutive cup titles were won in 1974, three consecutive titles were won in 1978, their eighth title was won in 1981, their ninth in 1984, six consecutive titles cup were won in 1994, in the 1987 edition, Wallidan defeated the

At the continentals

Wallidan competed the most at the continentals. Their first was the 1975 CAF Cup Winner's Cup where they lost to Dakar's

• GFA League First Division: 16
  • 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008
• Gambian Cup: 24
  • 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2015, 2022
• Gambian Super Cup: 4
  • 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003

League and cup history

Performance in CAF competitions

Wallidan's results in CAF competitions

Season	Competition	Qualification method	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1975	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	0–0	2–0	0–2
1977	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	Espoirs Nouakchott	1–1	0–0	0–0 (a)
1978	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Gambian champions	Preliminary Round	ASC Garde Nationale	2–2	1–3	5–3
			First round	Canon Yaoundé	1–2	1–0	2–2 (a)
1979	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	Second round	Espoirs Nouakchott	1–0	1–0	1–1 (5–4 p)
1980	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Gambian champions	First round	Silures Bobo-Dioulasso	1–1	0–1	1–2
1982	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	Hearts of Oak	1–0	4–1	2–4
1985	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	Horoya AC	1–0	2–0	1–2
1986	African Cup of Champions Clubs	Gambian champions	First round	Hearts of Oak	1–0	2–0	1–2
1988	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	AS Amical Douane	3–0	w/o	3–01
			Second round	KAC Marrakech	canc.	canc.	w/o2
			Round of 8	Real Republicans	1–0	0–0	1–0
			Quarter-finals	CA Bizertin	canc,	canc.	w/o3
1995	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	KAC Marrakech	canc.	canc.	w/o2
			Second round	AS Marsa	canc.	canc.	w/o3
1998	CAF Champions League	Gambian champions	Qualifying Round	AS Douanes (Dakar)	0–0	0–2	0–2
2000	CAF Cup Winners' Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	Mogas 90 FC	0–1	2–0	0–3
2002	CAF Champions League	Gambian champions	Preliminary Round	Horoya AC	3–0	1–1	4–1
			First round	Raja Casablanca	1–3	1–2	3–4
2003	CAF Champions League	Gambian champions	Preliminary Round	Dragons FC de l'Ouémé	1–0	0–0	1–0
			First round	USM Alger	2–1	2–0	2–3
2004	CAF Confederation Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	Club Africain	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2005	CAF Champions League	Gambian champions	First round	Asante Kotoko	canc.	canc.	w/o4
2006	CAF Champions League	Gambian champions	First round	Hearts of Oak	canc.	canc.	w/o3
2009	CAF Champions League	Gambian champions	First round	Ittihad Khemisset	canc.	canc.	w/o3
2016	CAF Confederation Cup	Gambian Cup winners	First round	MC Oran	canc.	canc.	w/o3

¹ The match in Mauritania was not played as Amical Douane withdrew

² KAC Marrakech abandoned the tournament

³ Wallidan abandoned the tournament

⁴ Wallidan was disqualified by the

Gambian Football Federation

National level

Statistics

• Best position: First Round (continental)
• Best position at cup competitions: Quarterfinals (continental)

Players

• Ansumana Samateh

References

External links

• Official website
• Media related to Wallidan FC at Wikimedia Commons