# 2024–25 Wydad AC season

The 2024–25 season is Wydad Athletic Club's 88th season in existence, their 86th football season and the club's 69th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. Wydad participate in this season's edition of the Botola, the Throne Cup, the Moroccan Excellence Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAR | Youssef El Motie |
| 2 | DF | MAR | Mouhamed Moufid |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Zakaria Nassik |
| 4 | DF | RSA | Thembinkosi Lorch (on loan from Mamelodi Sundowns) |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Ismail Moutaraji |
| 6 | FW | MAR | Mounir El Habach |
| 7 | MF | MTQ | Mickaël Malsa |
| 8 | FW | NED | Mohamed Rayhi |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Samuel Obeng |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Arthur |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Walid Nassi |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Mehdi Benabid |
| 13 | DF | MAR | Ayman Dairani |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Abdelmounaim Boutouil |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Mohammed El Jadidi |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Jamal Harkass (captain) |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Fatihi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Fahd Moufi |
| 19 | MF | MAR | El Mehdi El Moubarik (on loan from Al Ain) |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Mouad Aounzou |
| 21 | FW | RSA | Cassius Mailula (on loan from Toronto FC) |
| 22 | MF | MAR | Hamza Sakhi |
| 23 | MF | MAR | Oussama Zemraoui |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Ayoub Bouchta |
| 27 | MF | MAR | Ismael Benktib |
| 28 | FW | MAR | Nassim Chadli |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Saifeddine Bouhra |
| 31 | FW | MAR | Ismail Moumen |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho |
| 36 | GK | MAR | Omar Aqzdaou |
| — | FW | BRA | Renan Viana (on loan from Athletico-PR) |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2024 | MF | Ismail Moutaraji | Al Dhafra FC | Loan return |
| 24 July 2024 | DF | Mouhamed Moufid | – | Free transfer |
| 24 July 2024 | FW | Mohamed Rayhi | Al-Jabalain FC | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2024 | GK | Abdelali Mhamdi | – | Free transfer |
| 26 July 2024 | DF | Ayman Dairani | Union de Touarga | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2024 | DF | Nabil Marmouk | – | Free transfer |
| 27 July 2024 | MF | Hamza Sakhi | – | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2024 | DF | Zakaria Nassik | – | Free transfer |
| 22 August 2024 | MF | Pedrinho | Corinthians | Undisclosed |
| 23 August 2024 | FW | Nassim Chadli | Le Havre AC | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2024 | FW | Zacarías Ghailán | – | Free transfer |
| 26 August 2024 | FW | Walid Nassi | Dijon FCO | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2024 | MF | Ismael Benktib | – | Free transfer |
| 5 September 2024 | DF | Abdelmounaim Boutouil | – | Free transfer |
| 8 September 2024 | FW | M'Baye Niang | Empoli FC | Free transfer |
| 20 September 2024 | MF | Arthur | Fluminense FC | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 21 August 2024 | FW | Cassius Mailula | Toronto FC | 30 June 2026 |
| 20 September 2024 | FW | Renan Viana | Club Athletico Paranaense | 30 June 2026 |
| 23 September 2024 | MF | El Mehdi El Moubarik | Al Ain FC | 30 June 2026 |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 16 June 2024 | FW | Mohamed Ounajem | – | End of contract |
| 18 June 2024 | FW | Ismail El Haddad | – | End of contract |
| 27 June 2024 | DF | Arsène Zola | Kuwait SC | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Montasser Lahtimi | Trabzonspor | End of loan |
| 1 July 2024 | FW | Ade Oguns | Caracas F.C. | End of loan |
| 4 July 2024 | MF | Anas Serrhat | – | End of contract |
| 4 July 2024 | FW | Imad Khannouss | – | End of contract |
| 12 July 2024 | MF | Yahya Jabrane | Kuwait SC | Free transfer |
| 23July 2024 | DF | Ayoub El Amloud | – | End of contract |
| 14 August 2024 | GK | Mehdi Maftah | – | End of contract |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name |
| 24 June 2024 | MF | Zakaria Draoui |
| 24 June 2024 | DF | Ilyes Chetti |
| 24 June 2024 | FW | Hamdou Elhouni |
| 1 August 2024 | FW | Charki El Bahri |
| 25 August 2024 | DF | Amine Farhane |
| 26 August 2024 | DF | Badr Gaddarine |

### Contract renewals

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Until | Ref |
| 7 March 2025 | DF | | Jamal Harkass | 2026 | |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Botola | 30 August 2024 | 2025 | Matchday 1 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 044.00 |
| Throne Cup | TBC | | Round of 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Excellence Cup | 3 September 2024 | | Group Stage | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 050.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 18 June 2025 | 2025 | Group Stage | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 044.83 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Competitions

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | AS FAR | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 45 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | FUS Rabat | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 43 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Wydad AC | 25 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 43 | |
| 5 | RCA Zemamra | 25 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 40 | |
| 6 | MAS Fès | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 38 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 March 2025. 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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | | | | | |
| Position | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Points | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 36 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | | | | | |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were released on 9 August 2024.
Win Draw Loss

### FIFA Club World Cup

Wydad AC qualified for the tournament as the winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League.

#### Group stage
##### Group G

The group stage draw was held on 5 December 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Wydad AC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Al Ain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | Excellence Cup | Excellence Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAR | Youssef El Motie | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Mehdi Benabid | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | GK | MAR | Omar Aqzdaou | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MAR | Mouhamed Moufid | 22 | 0 | 19+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Zakaria Nassik | 13 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Nabil Marmouk | 11 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MAR | Ayman Dairani | 15 | 0 | 9+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Abdelmounaim Boutouil | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Jamal Harkass | 23 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAR | Fahd Moufi | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Ayoub Boucheta | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | RSA | Thembinkosi Lorch | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MTQ | Mickaël Malsa | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Arthur | 16 | 1 | 6+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Ismail Moutaraji | 19 | 3 | 13+5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | El Mehdi El Moubarik | 17 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Mouad Aounzou | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MAR | Hamza Sakhi | 23 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MAR | Oussama Zemraoui | 19 | 5 | 13+5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | MAR | Omar Al Farouk Roussafi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAR | Ismael Benktib | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Pedrinho | 10 | 1 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 6 | FW | MAR | Mounir El Habach | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Renan Viana | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | NED | Mohamed Rayhi | 21 | 9 | 14+7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Samuel Obeng | 5 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | FRA | Walid Nassi | 19 | 2 | 9+9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Fatihi | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | RSA | Cassius Mailula | 26 | 3 | 16+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | TAN | Selemani Mwalimu | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Saifeddine Bouhra | 15 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | MAR | Ismail Moumen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | MAR | Oussama Mahrous | 8 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SEN | M'Baye Niang | 8 | 2 | 5+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Abdelali Mhamdi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | MAR | Chouaib Faidi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Zacarías Ghailán | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | MAR | Nassim Chadli | 12 | 2 | 6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | MTN | Sidi Bouna Amar | 14 | 2 | 8+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | GK | FRA | Boubacar Bah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 March 2025 Source: Soccerway

### Goalscorers

    As of match played on 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Botola | Throne Cup | Excellence Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 8 | FW | | Mohamed Rayhi | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 23 | MF | | Oussama Zemraoui | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | 18 | MF | | Ismail Moutaraji | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 21 | FW | | Cassius Mailula | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | | M'Baye Niang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | | Walid Nassi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 16 | DF | | Jamal Harkass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | | El Mehdi El Moubarik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 22 | MF | | Hamza Sakhi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 28 | FW | | Nassim Chadli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 29 | FW | | Sidi Bouna Amar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 4 | DF | | Nabil Marmouk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 | MF | | Thembinkosi Lorch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 7 | MF | | Mickaël Malsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 9 | FW | | Samuel Obeng | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 10 | MF | | Arthur | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 14 | DF | | Abdelmounaim Boutouil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 15 | FW | | Chouaib Faidi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 33 | MF | | Pedrinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 39 | FW | | Zakaria Moudayane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 44 |
*Italic: Left the team.

### Clean sheets

    As of match played on 15 March 2025
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Botola | Throne Cup | Excellence Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Youssef El Motie | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | 36 | GK | | Omar Aqzdaou | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 12 | GK | | Mehdi Benabid | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 12 | GK | | Abdelali Mhamdi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
*Italic: Left the team.

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played on 28 February 2025
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | Excellence Cup | Excellence Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Youssef El Motie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Mouhamed Moufid | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Zakaria Nassik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Nabil Marmouk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | FW | | Mounir El Habach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | | Renan Viana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Mickaël Malsa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | | Mohamed Rayhi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Arthur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Walid Nassi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Ayman Dairani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Abdelmounaim Boutouil | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | | Jamal Harkass | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Ismail Moutaraji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Cassius Mailula | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | | Oussama Zemraoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | | Ayoub Bouchta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Ismael Benktib | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | | Nassim Chadli | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Saifeddine Bouhra | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | | Pedrinho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | | Oussama Mahrous | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | M'Baye Niang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Sidi Bouna Amar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 3 |