# 2018–19 Wydad AC season

The 2018–19 season is Wydad AC's 79th season in its existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They have competed in the Botola, the Champions League, Arab Club Champions Cup, and the Throne Cup.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 056.67 | — | Winners | 7 September 2018 | 9 June 2019 |
| Throne Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 075.00 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 2 September 2018 | 2 November 2018 |
| 2018 Champions League | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 033.33 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 17 July 2018 | 21 September 2018 |
| 2019 Champions League | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 046.15 | First round | Runners–up | 15 December 2018 | 31 May 2019 |
| Club Champions Cup | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 000.00 | First round | Second round | 24 September 2018 | 8 November 2018 |
| Total | 57 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 049.12 |
Updated to match played 7 March 2020 Source: Competitions

### Botola Pro
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wydad Casablanca (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Hassania Agadir | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Olympic Safi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 45 | Participation in Arab Club Champions Cup |
| 5 | IR Tanger | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 40 | Participation in Arab Club Champions Cup |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Hassania Agadir: 3 points, +2 GD; Olympic Safi: 3 points, −2 GD.
* ↑ Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca are also participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 February 2020. Source: Competitive matches

### Results by round

* Round
* Ground
* Result
* Position

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## 2018 Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | HOR | MSD | TGP |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 12 | Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Horoya | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 9 | Quarter-finals | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | AS Togo-Port | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 4 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — |

### knockout stage
#### Quarter-finals
## 2018–19 Champions League
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | MSD | LOB | ASE |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 10 | Quarter-finals | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Quarter-finals | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Lobi Stars | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 7 | | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
* 1 2 Head-to-head away goals scored: Wydad AC 1, Mamelodi Sundowns 0.
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Lobi Stars +1, ASEC Mimosas –1.

### knockout stage
#### Final
## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Championship Cup | Championship Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 26 | GK | MAR | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti | 46 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | MAR | Mohamed Manar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Badreddine Benachour | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 30 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Nahiri | 40 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MAR | Abdelatif Noussir | 46 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayoub El Amloud | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Hamza El Wasti | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CIV | Cheick Comara | 44 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MAR | Anas El Asbahi | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | MAR | Salah Eddine Saidi | 42 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Brahim Nekkach | 41 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Badie Aouk | 27 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Badr Gaddarine | 28 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Faycal Haddadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Amin Tighazoui | 31 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Walid El Karti | 50 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Achraf Dari | 43 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni | 40 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 33 | FW | CIV | Mohamed Ouattara | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NGA | Michael Babatunde | 39 | 9 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | NGA | Gabriel Okechukwu | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | MAR | Zouhair El Moutaraji | 26 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Mohamed Ounajem | 43 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | LBR | William Jebor | 23 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Ismail El Haddad | 43 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
Last updated: 8 June 2019 Source: fr.soccerway.com

### 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 | ACC | TOTAL |
| 30 | | Mohamed Nahiri | DF | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | | Mohamed Ounajem | FW | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | | Michael Babatunde | FW | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | | Walid El Karti | MF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | | Zouhair El Moutaraji | FW | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | | William Jebor | FW | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | | Ayman El Hassouni | MF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | | Cheick Comara | DF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | | Salah Eddine Saidi | MF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | | Badie Aouk | MF | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | | Ismail El Haddad | FW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | | Achraf Dari | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | | Abdelatif Noussir | DF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | | Yahya Jabrane | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | | Badr Gaddarine | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | | Amin Tighazoui | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | Anas El Asbahi | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 56 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 88 |