2021–22 Wydad AC season

Wydad AC
2021–22 season
President	Said Naciri
Manager	Walid Regragui
Stadium	Stade Mohammed V
Botola	1st
Throne Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Guy Mbenza (11); All: Guy Mbenza (11)
Biggest win	6–1 vs Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.
	← 2020–21 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 December 2021.

The 2021–22 season is Wydad AC's in existence and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. Wydad will participate 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
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
8	DF	MAR	Badr Gaddarine
9	FW	CGO	Guy Mbenza (on loan from Royal Antwerp)
10	MF	MAR	Ayman El Hassouni
11	FW	TAN	Saimon Msuva
13	MF	MAR
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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	MAR	Reda Jaadi
20	FW	MAR
21	DF	MAR	Soufiane Karkache
22	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Amloud
23	DF	MAR	Zakaria Kiani
24	DF	MAR	Mohamed Rahim
25	DF	MAR
26	GK	MAR	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
27	GK	MAR	Aissa Sioudi
28	FW	LBY	Muaid Ellafi
29	DF	CIV	Cheick Comara
30	FW	MAR
31	MF	MAR	Hamza Ait Allal
32	DF	MAR	Ayoub Benchaoui
34	FW	MAR	Salaheddine Benyachou
37	FW	MAR
40	FW	CGO	Juvhel Tsoumou

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Ref.
15 August 2021	FW	Reda Jaadi	Fath Union Sport	Undisclosed	^[1]
17 August 2021	FW		Étoile de Casablanca	Undisclosed	^[2]
27 August 2021	FW	Salaheddine Benyachou	Olympic Club de Safi	€300k	^[3]
30 August 2021	MF	Jalal Daoudi	–	Free transfer	^[4]
30 August 2021	FW	Juvhel Tsoumou	–	Free transfer	^[5]
14 September 2021	FW	Guy Mbenza	Royal Antwerp	Loan	^[6]

Out[]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Ref.
6 August 2021	FW	Mohamed Ounajem	Zamalek SC	Loan return	^[7]
11 August 2021	MF		Chabab Riadi Salmi	Free transfer	^[8]
12 August 2021	MF	Sofian El Moudane	RS Berkane	Undisclosed	^[9]
13 August 2021	MF	Salaheddine Saidi	–	End of contract
20 August 2021	FW	Ayoub El Kaabi	Hatayspor	Free transfer	^[10]
21 August 2021	MF	Bilal Ziani Guennon	–	End of contract	^[11]
30 August 2021	DF		Mouloudia Oujda	Loan	^[12]
3 September 2021	DF		Youssoufia Berrechid	Loan	^[13]
7 October 2021	MF	Walid El Karti	Pyramids FC	Free Transfer

Pre-season and friendlies[]

Win Draw Loss

22 August 2021	Wydad AC	1–0	Youssoufia Berrechid	Berkane
21:30 (UTC+1)	Karkache 52'	Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane Attendance: 0

25 August 2021	Racing de Casablanca	1–2	Wydad AC	Berkane
18:00 (UTC+1)	41'	Report	El Karti 53' 87'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane Attendance: 0

28 August 2021	Wydad AC	1–1	RS Berkane	Berkane
21:30 (UTC+1)	Dayo 90' (o.g.)	Report	57'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane Attendance: 0

2 September 2021	Wydad AC	0–0	TP Mazembe	Berrechid
17:30 (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berrechid Attendance: 0

Competitions[]

Overview[]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Botola	12 September 2021		Matchday 1	15	11	2	2	27	13	+14	073.33
Throne Cup			Round of 32	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Champions League	17 October 2021		Second round	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	050.00
Total				17	12	2	3	33	15	+18	070.59

Last updated: 28 December 2021
Source: Competitions

Botola[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wydad AC	20	13	4	3	31	16	+15	43	Qualification for
2	Raja CA	20	11	7	2	27	14	+13	40	Qualification for
3	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	20	7	8	5	24	26	−2	29	Qualification for
4	Maghreb de Fès	20	6	11	3	17	11	+6	29	Qualification for
5	Fath Union Sport	20	7	7	6	24	22	+2	28	Participation in

Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: FRMF.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2a) Head-to-head goal difference if they are two teams with equal points; 2b) Goal difference if they are more than two teams with equal points; 3) Number of wins; 4) Goals scored; 5) Play-off between involved teams.

Results summary[]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	2	2	27	13	+14	35	6	1	0	13	5	+8	5	1	2	14	8	+6

Last updated: 28 December 2021.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round[]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L
Position	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2021. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

12 September 2021 1	Wydad AC	2–0	Ittihad Tanger	Casablanca
17:00 (UTC+1)	Msuva 7' Comara 21' El Moutaraji 47' Jabrane 60' Daoudi 79'	Report	Laachir 33'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 ^[a] Referee: Nabil Benrkiya

19 September 2021 2	Rapide Oued Zem	0–2	Wydad AC	Khouribga
21:30 (UTC+1)	64'	Report	El Moutaraji 51' Mbenza 67' Attiyat Allah 74' Comara 90+2'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Daki Reddad

26 September 2021 3	Hassania Agadir	0–1	Wydad AC	Agadir
19:15 (UTC+1)	34' 45+3' Malo 51'	Report	Jaadi 21' El Hassouni 64' El Moutaraji 74' Attiyat Allah 83'	Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nabil Benrkiya

29 September 2021 4	Wydad AC	3–2	Youssoufia Berrechid	Casablanca
16:00 (UTC+1)	Ait Allal 9' Jabrane 11' (pen.) El Karti 41' Mbenza 71'	Report	24' 64' 69'	Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Hamza El Fariq

3 October 2021 5	SCC Mohammédia	0–0	Wydad AC	Mohammédia
21:30 (UTC+1)	Icharane 90'	Report	El Moutaraji 30'	Stadium: Stade El Bachir Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Adil Zourak

21 October 2021 (2021-10-21) 6	Wydad AC	1–0	Olympic Club de Safi	Casablanca
20:30 (UTC+1)	Mbenza 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Yassine Bouslim

28 October 2021 (2021-10-28) 7	AS FAR	0–1	Wydad AC	Rabat
18:15 (UTC+1)		Report	Ellafi 61'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Daki Reddad

31 October 2021 (2021-10-31) 8	Wydad AC	1–0	Maghreb de Fès	Casablanca
18:15 (UTC+1)	Mbenza 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nabil Benrqia

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03) 9	Olympique Club de Khouribga	0–3	Wydad AC	Khouribga
20:30 (UTC+1)		Report	Msuva 17', 74' Mbenza 68'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Adil Zourak

6 November 2021 (2021-11-06) 10	Wydad AC	1–1	Raja CA	Casablanca
17:00 (UTC+1)	Benyachou 77'	Report	79'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Karim Sabry

19 November 2021 (2021-11-19) 11	Jeunesse Sportive Soualem	3–4	Wydad AC	Zemamra
16:00 (UTC+1)	31' 76' (pen.), 86' (pen.)	Report	Dari 15' Daoudi 22' Mbenza 51', 73'	Stadium: Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Redouane Jiyed

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23) 12	Wydad AC	2–0	RS Berkane	Casablanca
16:00 (UTC+1)	Ellafi 6' Mbenza 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Nabil Benrqia

18 December 2021 (2021-12-18) 13	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	2–1	Wydad AC	El Jadida
16:00 (UTC+1)	Hadraf 15' 39'	Report	Attiyat Allah 80'	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Mohamed Nhiyeh

24 December 2021 (2021-12-24) 14	Wydad AC	3–2	MC Oujda	Casablanca
16:00 (UTC+1)	Benyachou 22' Mbenza 29' Dari 55'	Report	27' 78'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Jamal Belbasri

28 December 2021 (2021-12-28) 15	Fath Union Sport	3–2	Wydad AC	Rabat
20:30 (UTC+1)	Karnass 54' Hajhouj 58' 90+3'	Report	Mbenza 79', 86'	Stadium: Stade Belvédère Attendance: 0^[a] Referee: Adil Zourak

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.

Moroccan Throne Cup[]

Round of 32		–
(UTC+1)

Champions League[]

Second round[]

17 October 2021 (2021-10-17)	Hearts of Oak	1–0	Wydad AC	Accra
15:00 UTC±0	Mensah 41'	Report		Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Referee: Helder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

24 October 2021 (2021-10-24)	Wydad AC	6–1 (6–2 agg.)	Hearts of Oak	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Msuva 4', 61' El Hassouni 8' Dari 20' Jabrane 38' (pen.) Serrhat 49'	Report	Razak 84'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

Group stage[]

Group D[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PET	WAC	ZAM	SAG
1	Petro de Luanda	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	18–19 Mar	12 Mar
2	Wydad AC	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage	1–2 Apr	—	3–1	3–0
3	Zamalek	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2		2–2	11 Mar	—	1–2 Apr
4	Sagrada Esperança	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4	1		0–1	18–19 Mar	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2022. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) Matchday 1	Wydad AC	3–0	Sagrada Esperança	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Dari 45+2' Jabrane 52' (pen.) Guy Mbenza 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Daniel Nii Laryea (Ghana)

19 February 2022 (2022-02-19) Matchday 2	Petro de Luanda	2–1	Wydad AC	Luanda, Angola
14:00 UTC+1	Azulão 41' Yano 68'	Report	Daoudi 59'	Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

26 February 2022 (2022-02-26) Matchday 3	Wydad AC	3–1	Zamalek	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	El Moutaraji 27' 37' Jabrane 88'	Report	Zizo 3'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: (Tunisia)

11/12 March 2022 (2022-03) Matchday 4	Zamalek	v	Wydad AC	Cairo
--:-- UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium

18/19 March 2022 (2022-03) Matchday 5	Sagrada Esperança	v	Wydad AC	Luanda
--:-- UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Estádio 11 de Novembro

1/2 April 2022 (2022-04) Matchday 6	Wydad AC	v	Petro de Luanda	Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

As of 28 December 2021

Rank	Pos.	Player	Botola	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Guy Mbenza	11	0	11
2	FW	Saimon Msuva	3	2	5
3	DF	Achraf Dari	2	1	3
4	FW	Zouhair El Moutaraji	2	0	2
	MF	Yahya Jabrane	1	1	2
	MF	Muaid Ellafi	2	0	2
	FW	Salaheddine Benyachou	2	0	2
8	MF	Walid El Karti	1	0	1
	MF	Reda Jaadi	1	0	1
	MF	Ayman El Hassouni	0	1	1
	DF	Ayoub El Amloud	0	1	1
	MF	Jalal Daoudi	1	0	1
	DF	Yahia Attiyat Allah	1	0	1
Own goals			0	0	0
Totals			27	6	33

*Italic: Left the team.

Notes[]

References[]

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^ "Le Wydad officialise l'arrivée de deux nouvelles recrues". SNRTnews (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
^ "خاص/ الوداد يحسم بشكل نهائي صفقة بن يشو مقابل 300 مليون سنتيم واللاعب يحل بالبيضاء يومه الجمعة لإتمام إجراءات انتقاله إلى "بطل المغرب"". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
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^ "نهضة بركان يتعاقد مع سفيان المودن". www.hesport.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
^ "رسميا/ هاتاي سبور التركي يُعلن تعاقده مع أيوب الكعبي". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
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[Covid-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco.

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[3] "خاص/ الوداد يحسم بشكل نهائي صفقة بن يشو مقابل 300 مليون سنتيم واللاعب يحل بالبيضاء يومه الجمعة لإتمام إجراءات انتقاله إلى "بطل المغرب"". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-08-27. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

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Founded in May 8, 1937 Based in Casablanca
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History	Africa Honors
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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	2	2	27	13	+14	35	6	1	0	13	5	+8	5	1	2	14	8	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	2	2	27	13	+14	35	6	1	0	13	5	+8	5	1	2	14	8	+6

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	11	2	2	27	13	+14	35	6	1	0	13	5	+8	5	1	2	14	8	+6