2023–24 Wydad AC season

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The 2023–24 season is Wydad Athletic Club's 84th season in existence and the club's 68th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. Wydad will participate in this season's edition of the Botola, the Throne Cup, the Champions League, the African Football League and the Arab Club Champions Cup.

Wydad AC

2023–24 season

President

Said Naciri

Manager

Adil Ramzi

Stadium

Stade Mohammed V
(until 5 November 2023)
Stade de Marrakech
(from 25 November 2023)

Botola

7th

Throne Cup

Round of 32

Champions League

Group stage

African Football League

Runners-up

Arab Club Champions Cup

Group stage

Top goalscorer

League:
Charki El Bahri
(4 goals)
All:
Charki El Bahri
Ayoub El Amloud
(4 goals each)

Biggest win

3–0
Hafia FC (H)
3–0
Ittihad Tanger (A)
3–0
Enyimba (H)

Biggest defeat

0–2
Fath Union Sport (H)
0–2
Mamelodi Sundowns (A)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2022–23

2024–25 →

All statistics correct as of 12 November 2023.

Season events

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	NED	Soufyan Ahannach
19	FW	MAR	Montasser Lahtimi (on loan from Trabzonspor)
20	DF	ALG	Ilyes Chetti
21	FW	MAR	Charki El Bahri
22	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Amloud
23	FW	MAR	Hicham Boussefiane
25	DF	MAR	Amine Farhane
26	DF	MAR	Hicham Ait Brayem
27	FW	SEN	Bouly Sambou
29	FW	MAR	Imad Khannouss
30	FW	MAR	Saifeddine Bouhra
32	GK	MAR	Youssef El Motie
34	FW	MAR	Salaheddine Benyachou
35	DF	COD	Arsène Zola
40	GK	FRA	Boubacca

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 June 2023	MF	Karim Ait Mohamed	–	Free transfer	^[1]
21 July 2023	DF	Ilyes Chetti	–	Free transfer	^[2]
21 July 2023	MF	Oussama Mahrous	–	Free transfer	^[3]
21 July 2023	MF	Zakaria Draoui	–	Free transfer	^[4]
21 July 2023	GK	Mehdi Maftah	–	Free transfer	^[5]
24 July 2023	DF	Hamza Regragui	–	Free transfer	^[6]
24 July 2023	FW	Charki El Bahri	–	Free transfer	^[7]
29 July 2023	FW	Saifeddine Bouhra	SCC Mohammédia	Undisclosed	^[8]
31 July 2023	MF	Anas Serrhat	MC Oujda	End of loan
11 August 2023	FW	Hamdou Elhouni	–	Free transfer	^[9]
25 August 2023	MF	Soufyan Ahannach	–	Free transfer	^[10]
1 September 2023	DF	Jamal Harkass	–	Free transfer	^[11]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
16 July 2023	FW		Montasser Lahtimi	Trabzonspor	30 June 2024	^[12]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 July 2023	FW	Badie Aouk	–	End of contract	^[13]
18 July 2023	MF	Muaid Ellafi	–	End of contract	^[14]
21 July 2023	FW	Hamid Ahadad	Fath Union Sport	Free transfer	^[15]
26 July 2023	MF	Reda Jaadi	–	End of contract	^[16]
26 July 2023	DF	Hamza Ait Allal	–	End of contract	^[17]
29 July 2023	MF	Ayman El Hassouni	–	End of contract	^[18]
31 July 2023	MF	Jalal Daoudi	–	End of contract
22 August 2023	DF	Houcine Benayada	CR Belouizdad	End of contract	^[19]
28 August 2023	GK	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	Maghreb de Fès	Free transfer	^[20]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Botola	31 August 2023	2024	Matchday 1		6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	066.67
Throne Cup	TBD		Round of 32		0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CAF Champions League	17 September 2023		Second round		2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	050.00
African Football League	22 October 2023	12 November 2023	Quarter-finals	Runners-up	6	4	0	2	7	4	+3	066.67
Arab Club Champions Cup	27 July 2023	2 August 2023	Group stage	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Total					17	9	4	4	23	13	+10	052.94

Last updated: 12 November 2023
Source: Competitions

Botola

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Raja CA (Q)	27	18	9	0	46	14	+32	63	Qualification for Champions League
3	RS Berkane	27	12	10	5	33	20	+13	46	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Wydad AC	27	11	8	8	30	25	+5	41
5	FUS Rabat	27	10	9	8	27	26	+1	39
6	Olympic Safi	27	9	11	7	26	23	+3	38

Updated to match(es) played on 24 May 2024. Source: FRMF.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2a) Head-to-head goal difference if they are two teams with equal points; 2b) Goal difference if they are more than two teams with equal points; 3) Number of wins; 4) Goals scored; 5) Play-off between involved teams.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

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
6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	2	0	1	4	3	+1	2	1	0	6	2	+4

Last updated: 7 October 2023.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	D	W	W
Position	16	9	5	5	4	2

Updated to match(es) played on 7 October 2023. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

31 August 2023 (2023-08-31) 1	Wydad AC	0–2	Fath Union Sport	Casablanca
21:30 UTC+1	Attiyat Allah 67' Haimoud 90+5'	Report	Hannouri 32' El Bassi 51' El Ouadghiri 52' Nanah 54' Elaz 64' El Msane 68' Aymane 90+3'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohamed El Baroudi

3 September 2023 (2023-09-03) 2	SCC Mohammédia	2–3	Wydad AC	Mohammedia
21:30 UTC+1	Bahaj 31' Boucheta 42' Ennakhli 45+3'	Report	Zola 14' Sambou 40' El Amloud 68' Bouhra 85'	Stadium: Stade El Bachir Referee: Samir Guezzaz

21 September 2023 (2023-09-21) 3	Wydad AC	1–0	JS Soualem	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Draoui 85' Aboulfath 86'	Report	Erbibi 20' Bahsain 30'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohamed Balloute

24 September 2023 (2023-09-24) 4	RS Berkane	0–0	Wydad AC	Berkane
21:30 UTC+1	Arjoune 23' Tahif 41' Lamine Camara 50' Dayo 66'	Report	Jabrane 34' Lahtimi 68'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane Referee: Redouane Jiyed

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 5	Wydad AC	3–1	RCA Zemamra	Casablanca
18:15 UTC+1	Sambou 21' El Amloud 60' Jabrane 65', 67' Elhouni 69' Ahannach 90+2' El Bahri 90+6'	Report	Bahrou 3' Hadraf 78' Bouzidi 83' Cherkaoui 90+10'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Yassine Bouslim

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07) 6	Ittihad Tanger	0–3	Wydad AC	Tétouan
20:30 UTC+1	Konaté 23' Jaadi 34' Saoud 52' Daoudi 71'	Report	El Bahri 18', 65', 75' Draoui 45+1' Serrhat 63' Attiyat Allah 73' Aboulfath 83'	Stadium: Saniat Rmel Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamza El Fareq

Throne Cup

CAF Champions League

Second round

Wydad AC

17 September 2023 First leg	Hafia	1–1	Wydad AC	Conakry, Guinea
16:00 UTC±0	Damaro 45+2' Bangoura 57'	Report	Sambou 10', 40' Jabrane 45' Serrhat 90+7'	Stadium: General Lansana Conté Stadium Referee: Patrick Tanguy Vlei (Ivory Coast)

Hafia

30 September 2023 Second leg	Wydad AC	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Hafia	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Attiyat Allah 8' Elhouni 24' Sambou 29' El Amloud 57' Aboulfath 71' Jabrane 90'	Report	Camara 20' Bangoura 34' Drame 64' Camara 75'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Djindo Louis Houngnandande (Benin)

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ASEC Mimosas	6	3	2	1	7	2	+5	11	Advance to knockout stage
2	Simba	6	2	3	1	9	2	+7	9^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Wydad AC	6	3	0	3	3	4	−1	9^[a]
4	Jwaneng Galaxy	6	1	1	4	1	12	−11	4

Source: CAF
Notes:

Jwaneng Galaxy

25 November 2023 (2023-11-25) 1	Wydad AC	v	Jwaneng Galaxy	Marrakech, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

Wydad AC

2 December 2023 (2023-12-02) 2	ASEC Mimosas	v	Wydad AC	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
16:00 UTC±0				Stadium: Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium

Simba

9 December 2023 (2023-12-09) 3	Wydad AC	v	Simba	Marrakech, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

Wydad AC

19 December 2023 (2023-12-19) 4	Simba	v	Wydad AC	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
16:00 UTC+3				Stadium: National Stadium

Wydad AC

23–24 February 2024 (2024-02) 5	Jwaneng Galaxy	v	Wydad AC	Gaborone, Botswana
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Botswana National Stadium

ASEC Mimosas

1–2 March 2024 (2024-03) 6	Wydad AC	v	ASEC Mimosas	Marrakech, Morocco
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

African Football League

Quarter-finals

Wydad AC

22 October 2023 (2023-10-22) First leg	Enyimba	0–1	Wydad AC	Uyo, Nigeria
19:00 UTC+1	Ojo 37' Orinate 90+4'	Report	Aboulfath 15' Boussefiane 35' Jabrane 39' (pen.), 53'	Stadium: Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Referee: Alhadi Allaou Mahamat (Chad)

Enyimba

26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) Second leg	Wydad AC	3–0 (4–0 agg.)	Enyimba	Casablanca, Morocco
19:00 UTC+1	El Amloud 4' Harkass 38' Attiyat Allah 43'	Report	Ojo 6' Awazie 41' Cooper 51' Daga 56'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

Semi-finals

ES Tunis

29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) First leg	Wydad AC	1–0	ES Tunis	Casablanca, Morocco
19:00 UTC+1	Boussefiane 58' Ahannach 63' El Motie 90+4'	Report	Bouchniba 20' Tka 52'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Amin Omar (Egypt)

Wydad AC

1 November 2023 (2023-11-01) Second leg	ES Tunis	1–0 (1–1 agg.) (4–5 p)	Wydad AC	Tunis, Tunisia
16:00 UTC+1	Ben Hamida 73' Rodrigues 66'	Report	El Bahri 42'	Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)
	Penalties
	Meriah Rodrigues Derbali Bouchniba Tougai		Jabrane El Amloud Aboulfath Ounajem Sambou

Final

Mamelodi Sundowns

5 November 2023 (2023-11-05) First leg	Wydad AC	2–1	Mamelodi Sundowns	Casablanca, Morocco
19:00 UTC+1	Coetzee 41' (o.g.) El Amloud 47' Jabrane 73' Serrhat 78'	Report	Boutouil 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

Wydad AC

12 November 2023 (2023-11-12) Second leg	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–0 (3–2 agg.)	Wydad AC	Pretoria, South Africa
15:00 UTC+2	Shalulile 45+3' Modiba 53' Williams 86' Zwane 89' Mudau 90+9' Mokoena 90+9' Maseko 90+10'	Report	El Bahri 38' Serrhat 45+12'	Stadium: Loftus Versfeld Stadium Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

Arab Club Champions Cup

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Al-Sadd	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Al-Hilal	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Wydad AC	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Al-Ahli Tripoli	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Source: UAFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Wydad AC

27 July 2023 (2023-07-27) 1	Al Sadd	0–0	Wydad AC	Abha, Saudi Arabia
16:00 UTC+3	Salman 44' Assadalla 45+4' Uribe 71'	Report	Jabrane 36' Chetti 77' Aboulfath 84' El Motie 90+4'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Al Ahli Tripoli

30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) 2	Wydad AC	1–1	Al Ahli Tripoli	Abha, Saudi Arabia
16:00 UTC+3	Moutaraji 44' El Amloud 45+2' Boussefiane 90+2'	Report	Krawa'a 48'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

Wydad AC

2 August 2023 (2023-08-02) 3	Al-Hilal	2–1	Wydad AC	Abha, Saudi Arabia
16:00 UTC+3	Milinković-Savić 41' Al-Bulaihi 58' Al-Hamdan 62' Al-Shahrani 64' Neves 66' Al-Mayouf 81' Kanno 90+2'	Report	Zola 3' Moutaraji 21' Aboulfath 47' Draoui 61' Bouhra 64' Jabrane 78' Ounajem 83'	Stadium: Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Throne Cup		Champions League		African Football League		Arab Club Champions Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	MAR	Mehdi Maftah	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	MAR	Taha Mourid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	MAR	Youssef El Motie	16	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	3	0
40	GK	FRA	Boubacar Bah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	MAR	Amine Aboulfath	14	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	3	0
14	DF	MAR	Yahia Attiyat Allah	14	2	6	0	0	0	2	1	6	1	0	0
15	DF	MAR	Hamza Regragui	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	MAR	Jamal Harkass	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
18	DF	MAR	Oussama Falouh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ALG	Ilyes Chetti	5	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	2	0
22	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Amloud	17	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	6	1	3	1
25	DF	MAR	Amine Farhane	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
35	DF	COD	Arsène Zola	7	1	2+1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Midfielders
2	MF	MAR	Oussama Mahrous	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
3	MF	MAR	Anas Serrhat	8	1	1+1	0	0	0	0+2	0	1+3	1	0	0
5	MF	MAR	Yahya Jabrane	15	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	5	1	2	0
6	MF	MAR	Houmam Baaouch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	MAR	Ismail Moutaraji	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2+1	0
13	MF	MAR	Abdellah Haimoud	13	0	2+1	0	0	0	2	0	3+2	0	2+1	0
17	MF	ALG	Zakaria Draoui	17	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	6	0	3	0
18	MF	NED	Soufyan Ahannach	8	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	MAR	Zouhair El Moutaraji	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	FW	LBY	Hamdou Elhouni	11	1	5+1	0	0	0	1	1	1+3	0	0	0
11	FW	MAR	Mohamed Ounajem	13	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+1	0	1+4	0	2+1	0
19	FW	MAR	Montasser Lahtimi	17	0	4+2	0	0	0	2	0	5+1	0	2+1	0
21	FW	MAR	Charki El Bahri	14	4	3+3	4	0	0	0+2	0	6	0	0	0
23	FW	MAR	Hicham Boussefiane	15	1	1+4	0	0	0	0+2	0	6	1	1+1	0
27	FW	SEN	Bouly Sambou	13	3	3+1	2	0	0	2	1	0+4	0	1+2	0
29	FW	MAR	Imad Khannouss	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	FW	MAR	Saifeddine Bouhra	9	1	2+1	0	0	0	1+1	0	0+3	0	0+1	1
34	FW	MAR	Salaheddine Benyachou	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season

Last updated: 12 November 2023
Source: Soccerway

Goalscorers

As of match played on 12 November 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Botola	CAF Champions League	African Football League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	21	FW	Charki El Bahri	4	0	0	0	4
1	22	DF	Ayoub El Amloud	1	1	1	1	4
3	27	FW	Bouly Sambou	2	1	0	0	3
4	5	MF	Yahya Jabrane	1	0	1	0	2
4	14	DF	Yahia Attiyat Allah	0	1	1	0	2
6	30	FW	Saifeddine Bouhra	0	0	0	1	1
	35	DF	Arsène Zola	1	0	0	0	1
	17	MF	Zakaria Draoui	1	0	0	0	1
	10	FW	Hamdou Elhouni	0	1	0	0	1
	16	DF	Jamal Harkass	0	0	1	0	1
	23	FW	Hicham Boussefiane	0	0	1	0	1
	3	MF	Anas Serrhat	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	1	0	1
Totals				10	4	7	2	23

Clean sheets

As of match played on 12 November 2023

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Botola	CAF Champions League	African Football League	Arab Club Champions Cup	Total
1	32	GK	Youssef El Motie	2	1	3	1	7
2	1	GK	Mehdi Maftah	1	0	0	0	1
Totals				3	1	3	1	8

Disciplinary record

As of match played on 7 October 2023

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Botola		Throne Cup		CAF Champions League		African Football League		Arab Club Champions Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
2	MF		Ismail Moutaraji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
3	MF		Anas Serrhat	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Amine Aboulfath	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	1
5	MF		Yahya Jabrane	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
10	FW		Hamdou Elhouni	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11	FW		Mohamed Ounajem	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	MF		Abdellah Haimoud	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF		Yahia Attiyat Allah	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		Zakaria Draoui	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
19	FW		Montasser Lahtimi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF		Ayoub El Amloud	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		Ilyes Chetti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	FW		Hicham Boussefiane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
24	MF		Soufyan Ahannach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	FW		Bouly Sambou	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30	FW		Saifeddine Bouhra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	GK		Youssef El Motie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
35	DF		Arsène Zola	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
Players transferred/loaned out during the season
Totals				14	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	10	2	30	3

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2023–24 Wydad AC season

Contents

Season events

Players

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Released

Competitions

Overview

Botola

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Throne Cup

CAF Champions League

Second round

Group stage

Group B

African Football League

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Arab Club Champions Cup

Group stage

Group B

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References