# 2022–23 Wydad AC season

The 2022–23 season was Wydad Athletic Club's 83rd season in existence and the club's 67th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. Wydad participated in the season's edition of the Botola, the Throne Cup and the Champions League. As the reigning African champions, they contested the CAF Super Cup against RS Berkane, and qualified for the annual FIFA Club World Cup.
The season covered the period from 2 September 2022 to 9 July 2023.

## Season events

On 26 February, Juan Carlos Garrido returned to Wydad AC as their new Head Coach. On 5 May, Garrido left his role as Head Coach, with Sven Vandenbroeck announced as his replacement.

## Players

    As of 4 March 2023
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 | Ismail Moutaraji |
| 3 | DF | ALG | Houcine Benayada |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Amine Aboulfath |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane (captain) |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Jalal Daoudi |
| 7 | MF | MAR | Zouhair El Moutaraji |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Reda Jaadi |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Didier Lamkel Zé (on loan from KV Kortrijk) |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni (Vice-captain) |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Mohamed Ounajem |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Taha Mourid |
| 13 | MF | MAR | Abdellah Haimoud |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Yahia Attiyat Allah |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Yahya Nadrani |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | MAR | Badie Aouk |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Imad Khannouss |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Bouly Sambou |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Houmam Baaouch |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayoub El Amloud |
| 23 | DF | MAR | Hicham Boussefiane |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Sami El Anabi |
| 25 | DF | MAR | Amine Farhane |
| 26 | GK | MAR | Ahmed Tagnaouti |
| 28 | FW | LBY | Muaid Ellafi |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Saifeddine Bouhra |
| 31 | DF | MAR | Hamza Ait Allal |
| 32 | GK | MAR | Youssef El Motie |
| 33 | FW | MAR | Hamid Ahadad |
| 35 | DF | COD | Arsène Zola |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | MF | MAR | Anas Serrhat (at MC Oujda) |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Benyachou (at Olympic Safi) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 15 July 2022 | MF | Ismail Moutaraji | SCC Mohammédia | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2022 | DF | Mehdi Ashabi | Fath Casablanca | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2022 | GK | Yassine Finti | Fath Casablanca | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2022 | MF | Ilyass Ezzahir | Fath Casablanca | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2022 | DF | Souhail Amri | Widad Témara | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2022 | FW | Mohamed Ounajem | – | Free transfer |
| 10 August 2022 | FW | Hamid Ahadad | – | Free transfer |
| 11 August 2022 | FW | Imad Khannouss | – | Free transfer |
| 21 August 2022 | DF | Arsène Zola | SCC Mohammédia | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2022 | MF | Houmam Baouch | SCC Mohammédia | Undisclosed |
| 22 August 2022 | GK | Youssef El Motie | SCC Mohammédia | Undisclosed |
| 3 September 2022 | FW | Houcine Benayada | – | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 10 January 2023 | FW | | Didier Lamkel Zé | KV Kortrijk | 30 June 2023 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 8 September 2022 | DF | | Cheick Comara | Al-Arabi | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 5 August 2022 | GK | | Aissa Sioudi | Ittihad Tanger | | |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | | Salaheddine Benyachou | Olympic Safi | | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref |
| 7 September 2022 | FW | | Juvhel Tsoumou | Hanoi Police | 9 January 2023 | |
| 16 January 2023 | FW | | Karité Dembélé | | | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Botola | 2 September 2022 | 23 June 2023 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 063.33 |
| Throne Cup | 10 February 2023 | 9 July 2023 | Round of 32 | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | +0 | 025.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 17 February 2023 | 11 June 2023 | Second round | Runners-up | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 042.86 |
| CAF Super Cup | 10 September 2022 | 10 September 2022 | Final | Runners-up | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 4 February 2023 | 4 February 2023 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 052.00 |
Source: Competitions

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | AS FAR (C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Wydad AC | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 66 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | Fath Union Sport | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Olympic Club de Safi | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 47 | |
| 5 | Raja CA | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 44 | |
* ↑ Head-to-head: Raja CA: 6 points, RS Berkane: 0 point.

#### 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 | 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 | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### CAF Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Second round
#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 7 | |
| 4 | AS Vita Club | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |

#### Knockout stage
##### Final
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Champions League | CAF Super Cup | CAF Super Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAR | Yanis Henin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | MAR | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | MAR | Youssef El Motie | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | ALG | Houcine Benayada | 19 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Amine Aboulfath | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 46 | 3 | 26+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayoub El Amloud | 48 | 4 | 28+1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Sami El Anabi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | MAR | Amine Farhane | 30 | 3 | 16+1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | MAR | Hamza Ait Allal | 8 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | COD | Arsène Zola | 41 | 4 | 21+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | MAR | Ismail Moutaraji | 15 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane | 45 | 7 | 25+1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Jalal Daoudi | 36 | 2 | 12+5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Reda Jaadi | 35 | 1 | 20+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni | 43 | 10 | 21+3 | 8 | 3+1 | 2 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MAR | Abdellah Haimoud | 27 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MAR | Houmam Baaouch | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MAR | Zouhair El Moutaraji | 21 | 2 | 8+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Mohamed Ounajem | 40 | 1 | 21+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Badie Aouk | 19 | 0 | 3+12 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Imad Khannouss | 5 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SEN | Bouly Sambou | 42 | 20 | 22+3 | 13 | 1+1 | 0 | 12+1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | MAR | Hicham Boussefiane | 30 | 1 | 8+10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | LBY | Muaid Ellafi | 17 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Saifeddine Bouhra | 45 | 3 | 17+11 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 10+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MAR | Hamid Ahadad | 24 | 1 | 3+12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CMR | Didier Lamkel Zé | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CGO | Juvhel Tsoumou | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | CIV | Cheick Comara | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Karité Dembélé | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Benyachou | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Botola | Throne Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Super Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | FW | | Bouly Sambou | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Ayman El Hassouni | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | 5 | MF | | Yahya Jabrane | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 35 | DF | | Arsène Zola | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 22 | DF | | Ayoub El Amloud | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | | Amine Farhane | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 30 | FW | | Saifeddine Bouhra | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 14 | DF | | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 7 | MF | | Zouhair El Moutaraji | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 6 | MF | | Jalal Daoudi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 8 | MF | | Reda Jaadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 19 | FW | | Imad Khannouss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 11 | FW | | Mohamed Ounajem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 13 | MF | | Abdellah Haimoud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 33 | FW | | Hamid Ahadad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 23 | FW | | Hicham Boussefiane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 47 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 70 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Super Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Ahmed Tagnaouti | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | 32 | GK | | Youssef El Motie | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of match played on 23 June 2023
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Champions League | CAF Super Cup | CAF Super Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | FIFA Club World Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | MF | | Ismail Moutaraji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Houcine Benayada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Amine Aboulfath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Yahya Jabrane | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Jalal Daoudi | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Zouhair El Moutaraji | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Reda Jaadi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Didier Lamkel Zé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ayman El Hassouni | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | | Mohamed Ounajem | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Abdellah Haimoud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | | Badie Aouk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | | Bouly Sambou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | | Houmam Baaouch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Ayoub El Amloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Hicham Boussefiane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Amine Farhane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Ahmed Tagnaouti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | | Muaid Ellafi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Saifeddine Bouhra | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | | Youssef El Motie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | | Hamid Ahadad | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Arsène Zola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||||||
| 29 | DF | | Cheick Comara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 77 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 115 | 5 |