# 2017–18 Wydad AC season

The 2017–18 season is Wydad AC's 78th season in their existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season 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. | Position | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | GK | Yassine El Kharroubi | (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 27) | Lokomotiv Plovdiv |
| 12 | GK | Badreddine Benachour | (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 22 | GK | Zouhair Laaroubi | (1984-07-30)30 July 1984 (aged 33) | Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi |
| Defenders ||||||
| 16 | CB | Naïm Aarab | (1988-02-07)7 February 1988 (aged 29) | Sint-Truidense |
| 13 | CB | Youssef Rabeh | (1985-04-13)13 April 1985 (aged 32) | Moghreb Tétouan |
| 5 | CB | Amine Atouchi | (1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 25 | CB / LB | Mohamed Ouattara | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 24) | Étoile Filante |
| 29 | CB | Cheick Comara | (1993-10-14)14 October 1993 (aged 23) | Ekenäs IF |
| | CB | Achraf Dari | (1999-05-06)6 May 1999 (aged 18) | Youth system |
| 15 | CB / LB | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 27) | Palermo |
| 28 | RB / LB | Abdelatif Noussir | (1990-02-20)20 February 1990 (aged 27) | MAS Fes |
| 30 | CB / RB / DM | Mohamed Nahiri | (1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 25) | FUS Rabat |
| 27 | RB / LB | Zakaria El Hachimi | (1987-08-04)4 August 1987 (aged 30) | Raja Casablanca |
| 3 | LB | Fahd Aktaou | (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (aged 24) | Heracles Almelo |
| 8 | LB | Badr Gaddarine | (1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 24 | DM | Jamel Aït Ben Idir | (1984-01-10)10 January 1984 (aged 33) | AJ Auxerre |
| 6 | DM / RB | Brahim Nekkach | (1982-02-15)15 February 1982 (aged 35) | Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi |
| 4 | DM / CB / CM | Salaheddine Saidi | (1987-02-06)6 February 1987 (aged 30) | Dubai CSC |
| 14 | CM | Faycal Haddadi | (1996-04-24)24 April 1996 (aged 21) | TAS de Casablanca |
| 2 | DM | Anas El Asbahi | (1993-10-15)15 October 1993 (aged 23) | Raja Casablanca |
| 11 | LW | Ismail El Haddad | (1990-08-03)3 August 1990 (aged 27) | Hassania Agadir |
| 19 | RW | Amin Tighazoui | (1989-04-20)20 April 1989 (aged 28) | OC Khouribga |
| 26 | RW | Abdeladim Khadrouf | (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 32) | Moghreb Tétouan |
| 21 | AM | Rachid Housni | (1990-05-02)2 May 1990 (aged 27) | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima |
| 10 | CM / AM | Walid El Karti | (1994-07-23)23 July 1994 (aged 23) | OC Khouribga |
| 19 | AM | Daniel Nii Adjei | (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 28) | TP Mazembe |
| Forwards ||||||
| | | Guillaume Nicaise Daho | (1994-12-20)20 December 1994 (aged 22) | Africa Sports |
| 23 | | Chisom Chikatara | (1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 22) | Abia Warriors |
| 7 | RW | Mohamed Ounajem | (1992-01-04)4 January 1992 (aged 25) | Chabab Atlas Khénifra |
| 25 | | Alejandro Quintana | (1992-02-20)20 February 1992 (aged 25) | Club Blooming |
| 9 | | Mohammed Aoulad | (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 26) | Union Saint-Gilloise |
| 20 | | Ayman El Hassouni | (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| | | Hicham Massaki | (1998-08-06)6 August 1998 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| 17 | | Achraf Bencharki | (1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 22) | Maghreb de Fès |
| 37 | RW | Reda Hajhouj | (1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 23) | Youth system |

## 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 | 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 | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the CAF Champions League |
| 3 | Hassania Agadir | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 51 | 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 | |
* 1 2 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Matches
## 2018 CAF Champions League
### First round
### 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 | — |

## Squad information
### Playing statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | Champions League | Champions League | Other | Other |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAR | Yassine El Kharroubi | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAR | Zouhair Laaroubi | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Badreddine Benachour | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 16 | DF | MAR | Naïm Aarab | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MAR | Youssef Rabeh | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Amine Atouchi | 28 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CIV | Cheick Comara | 25 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | MAR | Achraf Dari | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MAR | Abdelatif Noussir | 30 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Nahiri | 24 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MAR | Zakaria El Hachimi | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | MAR | Badr Gaddarine | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 24 | MF | MAR | Jamel Aït Ben Idir | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Brahim Nekkach | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | MAR | Salaheddine Saidi | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MAR | Faycal Haddadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | MAR | Anas El Asbahi | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAR | Ismail Haddad | 25 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Amin Tighazoui | 31 | 7 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Rachid Housni | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Walid El Karti | 28 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | GHA | Daniel Nii Adjei | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 23 | FW | NGA | Chisom Chikatara | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MAR | Mohamed Ounajem | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ARG | Alejandro Quintana | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Mohammed Aoulad | 20 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | MAR | Hicham Massaki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||
| 25 | DF | BFA | Mohamed Ouattara | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MAR | Abdeladim Khadrouf | 16 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Achraf Bencharki | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | CIV | Guillaume Nicaise Daho | 15 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | 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 | | Mohamed Nahiri | DF | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | | Ismail Haddad | MF | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | | Amin Tighazoui | MF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | | Mohammed Aoulad | FW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | | Amine Atouchi | DF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | | Achraf Bencharki | FW | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| | | Guillaume Nicaise Daho | FW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | | Abdelatif Noussir | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | | Mohamed Ounajem | FW | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | | Walid El Karti | MF | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | | Alejandro Quintana | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | | Abdeladim Khadrouf | MF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | | Naïm Aarab | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | | Chisom Chikatara | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | | Cheick Comara | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | | Reda Hajhouj | FW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | Anas El Asbahi | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | Salaheddine Saidi | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 44 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 69 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 12 July 2017 | DF | Zakaria El Hachimi | Raja Casablanca | Free transfer |
| 28 July 2017 | FW | Mohammed Aoulad | Union Saint-Gilloise | Free transfer |
| 29 July 2017 | GK | Yassine El Kharroubi | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | Free transfer |
| 9 August 2017 | DF | Cheick Comara | Ekenäs IF | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2017 | DF | Mohamed Nahiri | FUS Rabat | 220,000 € |
| 22 September 2017 | MF | Amin Tighazoui | OC Khouribga | 268,000 € |
| 4 January 2018 | MF | Daniel Nii Adjei | TP Mazembe | Undisclosed |
| 12 January 2018 | DF | Abdelhamid El Kaoutari | Palermo | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2018 | FW | Alejandro Quintana | Club Blooming | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee | Source |
| 14 January 2018 | FW | Reda Hajhouj | USM Alger | Free transfer | |
| 22 January 2018 | FW | Achraf Bencharki | Al-Hilal | 9,000,000 $ | |