# 2020–21 Wydad AC season

The 2020–21 season is Wydad AC's 81st season in their existence and the club's 65th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. Wydad participated in this season's edition of the Botola, the Champions League and the Throne Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAR | Yanis Henin |
| 2 | MF | MAR | Ayoub Skouma |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Achraf Dari |
| 4 | MF | MAR | Salaheddine Saidi |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Anas Serrhat |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Mohamed Ounajem |
| 8 | DF | MAR | Badr Gaddarine |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Ayoub El Kaabi |
| 11 | FW | TAN | Simon Msuva |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Yahia Attiyat Allah |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Ayoub Benchaoui |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Hamza Asrir |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Badie Aouk |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Walid El Karti |
| 19 | MF | FRA | Sofian El Moudane |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni |
| 21 | DF | MAR | Soufiane Karkache |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayoub El Amloud |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Zakaria Kiani |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Rahim |
| 26 | GK | MAR | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti |
| 27 | GK | MAR | Aissa Sioudi |
| 28 | FW | LBY | Muaid Ellafi |
| 29 | DF | CIV | Cheick Comara |
| 30 | DF | MAR | Amine Aboulfath |
| 31 | MF | MAR | Hamza Ait Allal |
| 32 | FW | MAR | Mounsef Chrachem |
| 37 | FW | MAR | Zouhair El Moutaraji |
| 38 | MF | MAR | Abdellah Haimoud |
| 40 | FW | MAR | Mohamed El Ouardi |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 24 September 2020 | FW | Ayoub El Kaabi | Hebei China Fortune | Free transfer |
| 24 September 2020 | AM / LW | Muaid Ellafi | USM Alger | Free transfer |
| 28 October 2020 | MF | Ayoub Skouma | FUS Rabat | Undisclosed |
| 6 November 2020 | MF | Sofian El Moudane | Ittihad Tanger | Swap |
| 10 October 2020 | MF | Anas Serrhat | Renaissance Zemamra | Undisclosed |
| 10 October 2020 | DF | Zakaria Kiani | Renaissance Zemamra | Undisclosed |
| 3 November 2020 | DF | Amine Aboulfath | Youssoufia Berrechid | Undisclosed |
| 7 November 2020 | DF | Amine Farhane | Widad Témara | Undisclosed |
| 11 November 2020 | FW | Simon Msuva | Difaâ El Jadida | Undisclosed |
| 13 November 2020 | DF | Ayoub Benchaoui | Difaâ El Jadida | Undisclosed |
| 17 November 2020 | MF | Hamza Ait Allal | Rapide Oued Zem | Undisclosed |
| 30 November 2020 | DF | Mohamed Rahim | SCC Mohammédia | €230k |
| 16 January 2021 | RW | Mounsef Chrachem | Chabab Atlas Khénifra | €200k |
| 31 January 2021 | RW | Mohamed Ounajem | Zamalek SC | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Bilal Ziani Guennon | Atlético Albacete | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 30 June 2020 | DF | Mohamed Nahiri | – | End of contract |
| 13 September 2020 | RW | Amin Tighazoui | – | End of contract |
| 15 September 2020 | DF | Adil Rhaili | Apollon Smyrnis | Free transfer |
| 28 October 2020 | DF | Brahim Nekkach | Renaissance Zemamra | End of contract |
| 1 November 2020 | MF | Ismail Moutaraji | SCC Mohammédia | Undisclosed |
| 3 November 2020 | DF | Mohamed Ouattara | Al-Hilal Club | Undisclosed |
| 6 November 2020 | DF | Anas El Asbahi | Ittihad Tanger | Swap |
| 15 November 2020 | MF | Mohamed Kamal | Moghreb Tétouan | Undisclosed |
| 15 November 2020 | ST | Ismail El Haddad | Al-Khor SC | €1.67m |
| 24 November 2020 | DF | Youssef Chaina | Youssoufia Berrechid | Free transfer |
| 26 November 2020 | FW | Kazadi Kasengu | Al Masry SC | $260k |
| 29 November 2020 | MF | Haytham El Bahja | Chabab Riadi Salmi | Loan |
| 30 November 2020 | DF | Ayoub Mouddane | Olympique Safi | Loan |
| 4 February 2021 | ST | Gbagbo Junior Magbi | Al-Tai FC | Loan |
| 5 February 2021 | DF | Abdelatif Noussir | Moghreb Tétouan | Free transfer |
| 9 February 2021 | DF | Ibrahim Najm Eddine | Difaâ El Jadida | Loan |
| 1 July 2021 | ST | Michael Babatunde | – | End of contract |

## 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 | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 066.67 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 6 December 2020 | 28 July 2021 |
| Throne Cup | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 075.00 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 30 December 2020 | 1 August 2021 |
| Champions League | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 050.00 | First round | Semi-finals | 23 December 2020 | 26 June 2021 |
| Total | 46 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 83 | 33 | +50 | 063.04 |
Source: Competitions

### Botola
## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wydad AC (C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | AS FAR | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 51 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | RS Berkane | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 45 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Mouloudia Oujda | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 42 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### Matches

Unless otherwise noted, all times in WAT  Win  Draw  Loss
* 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 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.

## Champions League
### First round
### Group stage
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | KZC | HOR | PET |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kaizer Chiefs | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Horoya | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (2), on head-to-head goal difference (0) and on head-to-head goals scored (2). Head-to-head away goals scored: Kaizer Chiefs 2, Horoya 0.

### Knockout stage
#### Semi-finals
## Statistics

    As of 12 October 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | Champions League | Champions League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 26 | GK | MAR | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | MAR | Aissa Sioudi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | MAR | Yanis Henin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | MAR | Taha Mourid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| | DF | MAR | Ibrahim El Baz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MAR | Ibrahim Najm Eddine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CIV | Cheick Comara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MAR | Achraf Dari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MAR | Amine Abou Elfath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Rahim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MAR | Amine Farhan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MAR | Abdellatif Noussair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayoub El Amloud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Zakaria Kiani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | MAR | Badr Gaddarine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | MAR | Ayoub Benchaoui | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | MAR | Salaheddine Saidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Sofian El Moudane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Soufiane Karkache | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Anas Serrhat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | MAR | Mohamed Saidani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | MAR | Ayoub Skouma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF | MAR | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MAR | Hamza Asrir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Walid El Karti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | MAR | Ayoub El Kaabi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | CIV | Gbagbo Junior Magbi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TAN | Simon Msuva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Zouheir El Moutaraji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Michael Babatunde | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | LBY | Muaid Ellafi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Badie Aouk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.