2017–18 Wydad AC season

Wydad AC
2017–18 season
President	Saïd Naciri
manager	Hussein Amotta; (until 9 January 2018); Faouzi Benzarti; (from 18 January 2018)
Stadium	Stade Mohamed V
Botola	Runners–up
Throne Cup	Round of 16
Champions League	2017: Winners; 2018: Quarter-finals
Club World Cup	Fifth place
CAF Super Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohamed Nahiri (9 goals); All: ; Mohamed Nahiri (10 goals) ; Ismail El Haddad (10 goals)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Wydad AC's 78th season in their existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season^{[broken anchor]} in the top flight of Moroccan football. They have competed in the Botola, the 2017 CAF Champions League, the 2018 CAF Champions League and the Throne Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 10 September 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Yassine El Kharroubi	(1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Lokomotiv Plovdiv
12	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Badreddine Benachour	(1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Youth system
22	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	GK	Zouhair Laaroubi	(1984-07-30)30 July 1984 (aged 33)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
Defenders
16	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CB	Naïm Aarab	(1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 29)	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sint-Truidense
13	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CB	Youssef Rabeh	(1985-04-13)13 April 1985 (aged 32)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Moghreb Tétouan
5	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CB	Amine Atouchi	(1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Youth system
25	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg	CB / LB	Mohamed Ouattara	(1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 24)	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Étoile Filante
29	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	CB	Cheick Comara	(1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Finland.svg Ekenäs IF
	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CB	Achraf Dari	(1999-05-06)6 May 1999 (aged 18)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Youth system
15	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CB / LB	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	(1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Italy.svg Palermo
28	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	RB / LB	Abdelatif Noussir	(1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAS Fes
30	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CB / RB / DM	Mohamed Nahiri	(1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg FUS Rabat
27	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	RB / LB	Zakaria El Hachimi	(1987-08-04)4 August 1987 (aged 30)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca
3	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	LB	Fahd Aktaou	(1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 24)	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Heracles Almelo
8	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	LB	Badr Gaddarine	(1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 19)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Youth system
Midfielders
24	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	DM	Jamel Aït Ben Idir	(1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 33)	File:Flag of France.svg AJ Auxerre
6	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	DM / RB	Brahim Nekkach	(1982-02-15)15 February 1982 (aged 35)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
4	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	DM / CB / CM	Salaheddine Saidi	(1987-02-06)6 February 1987 (aged 30)	File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Dubai CSC
14	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CM	Faycal Haddadi	(1996-04-24)24 April 1996 (aged 21)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg TAS de Casablanca
2	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	DM	Anas El Asbahi	(1993-10-15)15 October 1993 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Raja Casablanca
11	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	LW	Ismail El Haddad	(1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Hassania Agadir
19	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	RW	Amin Tighazoui	(1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 28)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg OC Khouribga
26	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	RW	Abdeladim Khadrouf	(1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 32)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Moghreb Tétouan
21	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	AM	Rachid Housni	(1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 27)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
10	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	CM / AM	Walid El Karti	(1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg OC Khouribga
19	File:Flag of Ghana.svg	AM	Daniel Nii Adjei	(1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 28)	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe
Forwards
	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg		Guillaume Nicaise Daho	(1994-12-20)20 December 1994 (aged 22)	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports
23	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg		Chisom Chikatara	(1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 22)	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Abia Warriors
7	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	RW	Mohamed Ounajem	(1992-01-04)4 January 1992 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Chabab Atlas Khénifra
25	File:Flag of Argentina.svg		Alejandro Quintana	(1992-02-20)20 February 1992 (aged 25)	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Club Blooming
9	File:Flag of Morocco.svg		Mohammed Aoulad	(1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 26)	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Union Saint-Gilloise
20	File:Flag of Morocco.svg		Ayman El Hassouni	(1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 22)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Youth system
	File:Flag of Morocco.svg		Hicham Massaki	(1998-08-06)6 August 1998 (aged 19)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Youth system
17	File:Flag of Morocco.svg		Achraf Bencharki	(1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 22)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Maghreb de Fès
37	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	RW	Reda Hajhouj	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 23)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Youth system

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Botola Pro	30	14	9	7	44	26	+18	046.67	—	Runners–up	10 September 2017	20 May 2018
Throne Cup	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	050.00	Round of 32	Round of 16	23 August 2017	12 October 2017
2017 Champions League	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	050.00	Group stage	Winners	17 September 2017	4 November 2017
FIFA Club World Cup	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	000.00	Second round	Fifth place	9 December 2017	12 December 2017
CAF Super Cup	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00	Final	Winners	24 February 2018
2018 Champions League	4	2	1	1	11	5	+6	050.00	First round	Group stage	7 March 2018	15 May 2018
Total	47	22	13	12	69	41	+28	046.81

Updated to match played 7 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Botola Pro

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	IR Tanger (C)	30	14	10	6	34	23	+11	52	Qualification for the CAF Champions League
2	Wydad Casablanca	30	14	9	7	44	26	+18	51^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the CAF Champions League
3	Hassania Agadir	30	13	12	5	40	22	+18	51^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup
4	FUS Rabat	30	13	10	7	34	26	+8	49
5	Difaâ El Jadidi	30	13	9	8	49	33	+16	48^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: frmf.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Wydad Casablanca finished ahead of Hassania Agadir on goals scored: Wydad Casablanca 44, hassania Agadir 40
↑ Difaa Jadidi finished ahead of Raja Casablanca on head-to-head goal difference: Difaa Jadidi 2–1 Raja Casablanca, Raja Casablanca 3–2 Difaa Jadidi

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	14	9	7	44	26	+18	51	9	2	4	26	15	+11	5	7	3	18	11	+7

Last updated: 24 September 2017 (2017-09-24).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W
Position	15	13	12	10	5	4	6	7	4	6	7	10	12	13	12	11	9	7	5	6	7	6	5	3	3	2	4	2	3	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 September 2017 1	Wydad AC	1–3	FUS Rabat	Casablanca
21:30	Atouchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Report	El Bahraoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' El Aroui File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Diakité File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Hassan Rahmani

10 November 2017 2	Rapide Oued Zem	1–1	Wydad AC	Kasba Tadla
16:00	Safsafi File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Report	Daho File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Tadla Referee: Samir Guezzaz

15 November 2017 3	FAR de Rabat	0–0	Wydad AC	Rabat
18:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Moulay Abdellah

19 November 2017 8	Wydad AC	0–0	Racing de Casablanca	Rabat
20:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Moulay Abdellah Referee: Karim Sabri

22 November 2017 4	Wydad AC	2–1	Difaâ El Jadidi	Casablanca
18:00	Khadrouf File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' (pen.) Comara File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Report	Msuva File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Redouane Jiyed

26 November 2017 9	Olympique Khouribga	0–5	Wydad AC	Khouribga
16:00		Report	Aoulad File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 24' (pen.) El Karti File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Tighazoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' (pen.) Noussir File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Referee: Abderrahim Yaacoubi

29 November 2017 5	Moghreb Tétouan	1–2	Wydad AC	Tétouan
16:00	Ismaili File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'		Aoulad File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 45+2'	Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel Referee: Adil Zourak

18 December 2017 12	Wydad AC	0–1	IR Tanger	Rabat
16:00		Report	Naghmi File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	Stadium: Stade Moulay Abdellah Referee: Youssef Haraoui

21 December 2017 6	Wydad AC	1–0	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Casablanca
16:00	El Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Redouane Jiyed

25 December 2017 13	Hassania Agadir	1–0	Wydad AC	Agadir
19:00	Daoudi File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Adrar Referee: Samir Guezzaz

28 December 2017 14	Wydad AC	0–1	Olympic Safi	Rabat
16:00		Report	Attiatallah File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Moulay Abdallah Referee: Hicham Tiazi

31 December 2017 15	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	0–0	Wydad AC	Khénifra
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal de Khenifra Referee: Abderrahim El Yaakoubi

4 January 2018 7	RSB Berkane	2–1	Wydad AC	Oujda
15:30	Hilali File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' (pen.) Laachir File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report	Daho File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur D'oujda Referee: Adil Zaourak

8 January 2018 11	Kawkab Marrakesh	2–1	Wydad AC	Marrakech
20:00	El Haki File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' El Baraka File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Daho File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Taoufik Gourar

10 February 2018 10	Wydad AC	1–2	Raja Casablanca	Casablanca
16:00	Boutayeb File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' (o.g.)	Report	Iajour File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Benoun File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Noureddine Jaafari

14 February 2018 16	FUS Rabat	2–4	Wydad AC	Rabat
	Anouar File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', 89' (pen.)	Report	Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 82' Amsif File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' (o.g.) El Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan Referee: Redoane Jiyed

18 February 2018 17	Wydad AC	3–1	Rapide Oued Zem	Casablanca
	Tighazoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Noussir File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Quintana File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Diarra File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Abderrahim El Yaakoubi

28 February 2018 18	Wydad AC	3–1	FAR de Rabat	Casablanca
	El Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Tighazoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Report	Ijroten File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

4 March 2018 19	Difaâ El Jadidi	0–1	Wydad AC	El Jadida
		Report	Chikatara File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Referee: Samir Guezzaz

11 March 2018 20	Wydad AC	0–0	Moghreb Tétouan	Casablanca
		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Mohamed Nhayeh

29 March 2018 21	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	0–0	Wydad AC	Al Hoceima
		Report		Stadium: Stade Mimoun Al Arsi

25 April 2018 22	Wydad AC	2–1	RSB Berkane	Casablanca
20:30	Noussir File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Atouchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report	El Kaabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Hicham Tiazi

2 April 2018 23	Racing de Casablanca	0–1	Wydad AC	Casablanca
			Aarab File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Stadium: Stade Père-Jégo Referee: Jalal Jiyed

8 April 2018 24	Wydad AC	5–2	Olympique Khouribga	Casablanca
21:00	Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Ounajem File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Quintana File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' El Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Atouchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (pen.)		El Moutaraji File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 35'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Taoufik Gourar

14 April 2018 25	Raja Casablanca	1–1	Wydad AC	Casablanca
	Benoun File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		Atouchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Redouane Jiyed

21 April 2018 26	Wydad AC	4–1	Kawkab Marrakesh	Casablanca
	Tighazoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', 90+4' Ounajem File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Amimi File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Samir Guezzaz

29 April 2018 27	IR Tanger	0–0	Wydad AC	Tanger
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Marshan Referee: Abderrahim Yaacoubi

9 May 2018 28	Wydad AC	1–0	Hassania Agadir	Casablanca
21:00	Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Adil Zourak

12 May 2018 29	Olympic Safi	1–1	Wydad AC	Safi
20:00	Edjomariegwe File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report	El Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Stade El Massira Referee: Hicham Tiazi

20 May 2018 30	Wydad AC	3–1	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Casablanca
	Tighazoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (pen.), 60' Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report	Laâroubi File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Taoufik Gourar

Moroccan Throne Cup

23 August 2017 R32 1st leg	Kawkab Marrakech	0–1	Wydad AC	Marrakech
22:00		Report	Bencharki File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

27 August 2017 R32 2nd leg	Wydad AC	2–0 (3–0 agg.)	Kawkab Marrakech	Casablanca
21:00	El Asbahi File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Atouchi File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Redouane Jiyed

3 October 2017 R16 1st leg	Wydad AC	1–1	RSB Berkane	Casablanca
21:00	Khadrouf File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+9'	Report	El Kaabi File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Samir Guezzaz

12 October 2017 R16 2nd leg	RSB Berkane	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Wydad AC	Oujda
16:00	Fo-Doh Laba File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (pen.) Namsaoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Aoulad File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur D'oujda Referee: Redouane Jiyed

2017 CAF Champions League

knockout stage

Quarter-finals

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) First leg	Mamelodi Sundowns File:Flag of South Africa.svg	1–0	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC	Pretoria
15:00 UTC+2	Zakri File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report		Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Semi-finals

29 September 2017 (2017-09-29) First leg	USM Alger File:Flag of Algeria.svg	0–0	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC	Algiers
18:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

21 October 2017 (2017-10-21) Second leg	Wydad AC File:Flag of Morocco.svg	3–1 (3–1 agg.)	File:Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	El Karti File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Bencharki File:Soccerball shade.svg 54', 90+3'	Report	Abdellaoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 67'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Final

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) First leg	Al-Ahly File:Flag of Egypt.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC	Alexandria
19:00 UTC+2	Zakaria File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'	Report	Bencharki File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'	Stadium: Borg El Arab Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

4 November 2017 (2017-11-04) Second leg	Wydad AC File:Flag of Morocco.svg	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Al-Ahly	Casablanca
20:00 UTC±0	El Karti File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

FIFA Club World Cup

9 December 2017 (2017-12-09) Second round	Pachuca File:Flag of Mexico.svg	1–0 (a.e.t.)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC	Abu Dhabi
17:00 UTC+4	Guzmán File:Soccerball shade.svg 112'	Report		Stadium: Zayed Sports City Stadium Attendance: 12,488^[3] Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

12 December 2017 (2017-12-12) Fifth place	Wydad AC File:Flag of Morocco.svg	2–3	File:Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds	Al Ain
18:00 UTC+4	Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Hajhouj File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Maurício File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 60' Kashiwagi File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Stadium: Hazza bin Zayed Stadium Attendance: 4,281^[4] Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

CAF Super Cup

24 February 2018 (2018-02-24)	Wydad AC File:Flag of Morocco.svg	1–0	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe	Casablanca
16:30 UTC±0	Tighazoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

2018 CAF Champions League

First round

17 March 2018 (2018-03-17) Second leg	Williamsville AC File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	2–0 (4–7 agg.)	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC	Abidjan
16:00 UTC±0	Kouassi File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (pen.), 83' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Robert Champroux Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	WAC	HOR	MSD	TGP
1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	12	Quarter-finals	—	2–0	1–0	3–0
2	File:Flag of Guinea.svg Horoya	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9	Quarter-finals	1–1	—	2–2	2–1
3	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6		1–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg AS Togo-Port	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4		0–0	1–2	1–0	—

Source: CAF

5 May 2018 (2018-05-05) Matchday 1	Mamelodi Sundowns File:Flag of South Africa.svg	1–1	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC	Pretoria
21:00 UTC+2	Vilakazi File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'	Report	Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

15 May 2018 (2018-05-15) Matchday 2	Wydad AC File:Flag of Morocco.svg	3–0	File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg AS Togo-Port	Casablanca
19:00 UTC±0	Ounajem File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Aarab File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Throne Cup		Champions League		Other^{[lower-alpha 1]}
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Yassine El Kharroubi	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Zouhair Laaroubi	24	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
12	GK	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Badreddine Benachour	6	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
16	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Naïm Aarab	10	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Youssef Rabeh	10	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Amine Atouchi	28	5	22	4	4	1	0	0	2	0
29	DF	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg CIV	Cheick Comara	25	1	21	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Achraf Dari	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Abdelatif Noussir	30	3	26	3	2	0	0	0	2	0
30	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Mohamed Nahiri	24	8	22	8	0	0	0	0	2	0
27	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Zakaria El Hachimi	15	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
8	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Badr Gaddarine	9	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders
24	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Jamel Aït Ben Idir	7	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Brahim Nekkach	27	0	22	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
4	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Salaheddine Saidi	30	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Faycal Haddadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Anas El Asbahi	5	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
11	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Ismail Haddad	25	6	22	5	0	0	0	0	3	1
19	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Amin Tighazoui	31	7	28	6	1	0	0	0	2	1
21	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Rachid Housni	12	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Walid El Karti	28	1	23	1	2	0	0	0	3	0
19	DF	File:Flag of Ghana.svg GHA	Daniel Nii Adjei	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
23	FW	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg NGA	Chisom Chikatara	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Mohamed Ounajem	15	2	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG	Alejandro Quintana	14	2	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Mohammed Aoulad	20	5	16	4	2	1	0	0	2	0
20	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Ayman El Hassouni	14	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Hicham Massaki	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
25	DF	File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg BFA	Mohamed Ouattara	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Abdeladim Khadrouf	16	2	11	1	3	1	0	0	2	0
17	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Achraf Bencharki	8	1	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg CIV	Guillaume Nicaise Daho	15	3	12	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
37	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg MAR	Reda Hajhouj	13	1	9	0	2	0	0	0	2	1

Last updated: 8 June 2019
Source: footballdatabase.eu

↑ Includes the CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	B 1	TC	CL 1	CWC	SC	TOTAL
30	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Mohamed Nahiri	DF	8	0	2	0	0	10
11	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Ismail Haddad	MF	5	0	4	1	0	10
19	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Amin Tighazoui	MF	6	0	2	0	1	9
9	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Mohammed Aoulad	FW	4	1	1	0	0	6
5	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Amine Atouchi	DF	4	1	0	0	0	5
17	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Achraf Bencharki	FW	0	1	3	0	0	4
	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	Guillaume Nicaise Daho	FW	3	0	0	0	0	3
28	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Abdelatif Noussir	DF	3	0	0	0	0	3
7	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Mohamed Ounajem	FW	2	0	1	0	0	3
10	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Walid El Karti	MF	1	0	2	0	0	3
25	File:Flag of Argentina.svg	Alejandro Quintana	FW	2	0	0	0	0	2
26	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Abdeladim Khadrouf	MF	1	1	0	0	0	2
16	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Naïm Aarab	DF	1	0	1	0	0	2
23	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg	Chisom Chikatara	FW	1	0	0	0	0	1
29	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg	Cheick Comara	DF	1	0	0	0	0	1
37	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Reda Hajhouj	FW	0	0	0	1	0	1
2	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Anas El Asbahi	MF	0	1	0	0	0	1
4	File:Flag of Morocco.svg	Salaheddine Saidi	MF	0	0	1	0	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	0	0	2
Totals				44	5	17	2	1	69

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
12 July 2017	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Zakaria El Hachimi	Raja Casablanca	Free transfer
28 July 2017	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Mohammed Aoulad	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Union Saint-Gilloise	Free transfer
29 July 2017	GK	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine El Kharroubi	File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Lokomotiv Plovdiv	Free transfer	^[5]
9 August 2017	DF	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Cheick Comara	File:Flag of Finland.svg Ekenäs IF	Undisclosed
12 August 2017	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Nahiri	FUS Rabat	220,000 €	^[6]
22 September 2017	MF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Amin Tighazoui	OC Khouribga	268,000 €
4 January 2018	MF	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Daniel Nii Adjei	File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe	Undisclosed	^[7]
12 January 2018	DF	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	File:Flag of Italy.svg Palermo	Undisclosed	^[8]
16 January 2018	FW	File:Flag of Argentina.svg Alejandro Quintana	File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Club Blooming	Undisclosed	^[9]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
14 January 2018	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Reda Hajhouj	File:Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger	Free transfer	^[10]
22 January 2018	FW	File:Flag of Morocco.svg Achraf Bencharki	File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal	9,000,000 $	^[11]

References

↑ "L'entraîneur de Wydad Casablanca limogé". bbc.com. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
↑ "Faouzi Benzarti s'engage avec le WAC de Casablanca". espacemanager.com. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
↑ "Match report – 2nd Round – CF Pachuca v Wydad Casablanca" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 10, 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
↑ "Match report – 5th Place – Wydad Casablanca v Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
↑ "Transfert : El Kharroubi rejoint le Wydad contre 7 millions de dirhams". m.le360.ma. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
↑ "Transfert. Mohamed Nahiri quitte le FUS et rejoint le WAC". sport.le360.ma. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
↑ "Vidéo. Mercato: le Wydad pique Daniel Nii Adjei au TP Mazembe". news.imperium.plus. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
↑ "Abdelhamid El Kaoutari file au WAC Casablanca". africatopsports.com. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
↑ "Mercato : Un attaquant Argentin débarque au WAC". wydadplus.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
↑ "Le Marocain Reda Hajhouj usmiste pour 18 mois". usma.dz. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
↑ Fayad, Mohammed (23 January 2018). "Al Hilal sign Achraf Bencharki". Goal. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[table_hth_WAC0.96079804932736-3] 1.0 ^1.1 Wydad Casablanca finished ahead of Hassania Agadir on goals scored: Wydad Casablanca 44, hassania Agadir 40

[table_hth_DHJ0.96079804932736-4] Difaa Jadidi finished ahead of Raja Casablanca on head-to-head goal difference: Difaa Jadidi 2–1 Raja Casablanca, Raja Casablanca 3–2 Difaa Jadidi

[7] Includes the CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup

[1] "L'entraîneur de Wydad Casablanca limogé". bbc.com. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[2] "Faouzi Benzarti s'engage avec le WAC de Casablanca". espacemanager.com. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[5] "Match report – 2nd Round – CF Pachuca v Wydad Casablanca" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 9 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 10, 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[6] "Match report – 5th Place – Wydad Casablanca v Urawa Reds" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[8] "Transfert : El Kharroubi rejoint le Wydad contre 7 millions de dirhams". m.le360.ma. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[9] "Transfert. Mohamed Nahiri quitte le FUS et rejoint le WAC". sport.le360.ma. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[10] "Vidéo. Mercato: le Wydad pique Daniel Nii Adjei au TP Mazembe". news.imperium.plus. 4 January 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[11] "Abdelhamid El Kaoutari file au WAC Casablanca". africatopsports.com. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[12] "Mercato : Un attaquant Argentin débarque au WAC". wydadplus.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[13] "Le Marocain Reda Hajhouj usmiste pour 18 mois". usma.dz. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

[14] Fayad, Mohammed (23 January 2018). "Al Hilal sign Achraf Bencharki". Goal. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

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23 September 2017 (2017-09-23) Second leg	Wydad AC File:Flag of Morocco.svg	1–0 (3–2 p)	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns	Rabat
21:00 UTC+1	Saidi File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'	Report		Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
	Penalties
	Atouchi File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Khadrouf File:Soccerball shad check.svg Bencharki File:Soccerball shad check.svg Ounajem File:Soccerball shad check.svg		File:Soccerball shad check.svg Lebese File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Tau File:Soccerball shad check.svg Madisha File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Zakri File:Soccerball shade cross.svg Bangaly

7 March 2018 (2018-03-07) First leg	Wydad AC File:Flag of Morocco.svg	7–2	File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Williamsville AC	Casablanca
18:00 UTC±0	Aoulad File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Tighazoui File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 62' Nahiri File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Haddad File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', 89', 90'	Report	J.-W. N'da File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' J.-F. N'da File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)