# 2021–22 Wydad AC season

The 2021–22 season was Wydad Athletic Club's 82nd season in existence and the club's 66th 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. The season covered the period from 12 September 2021 to 28 July 2022.

## 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 | DF | MAR | Amine Aboulfath |
| 5 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane (captain) |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Anas Serrhat |
| 7 | MF | MAR | Zouhair El Moutaraji |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni |
| 13 | MF | MAR | Abdellah Haimoud |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Yahia Attiyat Allah |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Jalal Daoudi |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Hamza Asrir |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Badie Aouk |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Walid El Karti |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Reda Jaadi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Mohamed El Ouardi |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayoub El Amloud |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Rahim |
| 25 | DF | MAR | Amine Farhane |
| 26 | GK | MAR | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti |
| 27 | GK | MAR | Aissa Sioudi |
| 28 | FW | LBY | Muaid Ellafi |
| 29 | DF | CIV | Cheick Comara |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Chouaib Faidi |
| 31 | MF | MAR | Hamza Ait Allal |
| 32 | DF | MAR | Ayoub Benchaoui |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Benyachou |
| 37 | FW | MAR | Mounsef Chrachem |
| 40 | FW | CGO | Juvhel Tsoumou |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Player | From | Transfer fee |
| 15 August 2021 | FW | Reda Jaadi | Fath Union Sport | Undisclosed |
| 17 August 2021 | FW | Chouaib Faidi | Étoile de Casablanca | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2021 | FW | Salaheddine Benyachou | Olympic Club de Safi | €300k |
| 30 August 2021 | MF | Jalal Daoudi | – | Free transfer |
| 30 August 2021 | FW | Juvhel Tsoumou | – | Free transfer |
| 14 September 2021 | FW | Guy Mbenza | Royal Antwerp | Loan |

### Out

| Date | Position | Player | To | Transfer fee |
| 6 August 2021 | FW | Mohamed Ounajem | Zamalek SC | Loan return |
| 11 August 2021 | MF | Haitam El Bahja | Chabab Riadi Salmi | Free transfer |
| 12 August 2021 | MF | Sofian El Moudane | RS Berkane | Undisclosed |
| 13 August 2021 | MF | Salaheddine Saidi | – | End of contract |
| 20 August 2021 | FW | Ayoub El Kaabi | Hatayspor | Free transfer |
| 21 August 2021 | MF | Bilal Ziani Guennon | – | End of contract |
| 30 August 2021 | DF | Ayoub Mouddane | Mouloudia Oujda | Loan |
| 3 September 2021 | DF | Ibrahim Najm Eddine | Youssoufia Berrechid | Loan |
| 7 October 2021 | MF | Walid El Karti | Pyramids FC | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2022 | FW | Saimon Msuva | – | Free agent |
| 1 January 2022 | DF | Zakaria Kiani | – | Free agent |
| 1 January 2022 | DF | Badr Gaddarine | – | Free agent |
| 26 January 2022 | DF | Soufiane Karkache | – | Free agent |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Guy Mbenza | Royal Antwerp | Loan return |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | 12 September 2021 | 4 July 2022 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 063.33 |
| Throne Cup | 5 April 2022 | 28 July 2022 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 060.00 |
| Champions League | 17 October 2021 | 30 May 2022 | Second round | Winners | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 069.23 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 48 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 83 | 36 | +47 | 064.58 |
Source: Competitions

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wydad AC (C) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 24 | +22 | 63 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Raja CA | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | AS FAR | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Maghreb de Fès | 30 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 17 | +11 | 45 | |
| 5 | Fath Union Sport | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 43 | |
* ↑ Wydad AC and Raja CA are participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup group stage.
* ↑ AS FAR is participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup Qualifying round.

#### 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 | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L |
| Position | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

* 1 2 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.

### CAF Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds
##### Second round
#### Group stage
##### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WAC | PET | ZAM | SAG |
| 1 | Wydad AC | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 11 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Zamalek | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Sagrada Esperança | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

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

| 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 ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAR | Yanis Henin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Taha Mourid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | MAR | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti | 45 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | MAR | Aissa Sioudi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | MAR | Achraf Dari | 42 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Amine Aboulfath | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MAR | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 40 | 2 | 21+3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | MAR | Hamza Asrir | 4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MAR | Ayoub El Amloud | 37 | 2 | 19+2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Rahim | 16 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | MAR | Amine Farhane | 26 | 3 | 11+3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7+1 | 2 |
| 29 | DF | CIV | Cheick Comara | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | MAR | Hamza Ait Allal | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | MAR | Yahya Jabrane | 41 | 9 | 23+2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | MAR | Anas Serrhat | 32 | 0 | 5+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+9 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAR | Ayman El Hassouni | 43 | 6 | 24+3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | MAR | Abdellah Haimoud | 31 | 2 | 15+6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Jalal Daoudi | 36 | 3 | 18+7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | MAR | Reda Jaadi | 29 | 2 | 13+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MAR | Zouhair El Moutaraji | 30 | 8 | 13+3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| 17 | FW | MAR | Badie Aouk | 28 | 1 | 7+13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | MAR | Mohamed El Ouardi | 6 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | LBY | Muaid Ellafi | 28 | 5 | 9+8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8+2 | 1 |
| 30 | FW | MAR | Chouaib Faidi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | MAR | Salaheddine Benyachou | 31 | 2 | 9+14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | MAR | Mounsef Chrachem | 22 | 0 | 5+11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 40 | FW | CGO | Juvhel Tsoumou | 36 | 5 | 4+19 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+10 | 2 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| 8 | DF | MAR | Badr Gaddarine | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CGO | Guy Mbenza | 41 | 20 | 20+8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9+2 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | TAN | Saimon Msuva | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Walid El Karti | 4 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Soccerway

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Botola | Throne Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | | Guy Mbenza | 16 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | MF | | Yahya Jabrane | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | FW | | Zouhair El Moutaraji | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | | Ayman El Hassouni | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | DF | | Achraf Dari | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | | Muaid Ellafi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | Saimon Msuva | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | FW | | Juvhel Tsoumou | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | | Jalal Daoudi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | Amine Farhane | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | | Salaheddine Benyachou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Reda Jaadi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | Ayoub El Amloud | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Abdellah Haimoud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Walid El Karti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | | Badie Aouk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | | Cheick Comara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 46 | 9 | 28 | 83 |
*Italic: Left the team.

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | CAF Champions League | Total |
| 1 | 26 | GK | | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti | 16 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| 2 | 27 | GK | | Aissa Sioudi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 12 | GK | | Taha Mourid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 3 | 5 | 24 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Botola | Botola | Throne Cup | Throne Cup | CAF Champions League | CAF Champions League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | | Achraf Dari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Amine Aboulfath | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Yahya Jabrane | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Anas Serrhat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Zouhair El Moutaraji | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Ayman El Hassouni | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | | Abdellah Haimoud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Yahia Attiyat Allah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Jalal Daoudi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | | Badie Aouk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | | Reda Jaadi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Ayoub El Amloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Mohamed Rahim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Amine Farhane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | | Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | | Muaid Ellafi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | | Cheick Comara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | | Hamza Ait Allal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | | Salaheddine Benyachou | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | | Mounsef Chrachem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | | Juvhel Tsoumou | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Players transferred/loaned out during the season ||||||||||||
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |