Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi

DHJ

Full name	Difaâ Hassani d'el-Jadida
Founded	1956; 65 years ago (1956)
Ground	Stade El Abdi El Jadida, Morocco
Capacity	8,000
Chairman
Manager
League	Botola
2019–20	11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Difaâ Hassani d'el-Jadida (Arabic: الدفاع الحسني الجديدي‎) is a Moroccan football club based in El Jadida. They play their home games at Stade El Abdi and are in the first division of Moroccan football.

Crest[]

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  Former logo

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  Present logo

Kit[]

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The historical kit of Difaa El Jadida

Honours[]

• Moroccan Championship: 0

Runners-up: 1975–76, 2008–09, 2016–17

• Coupe du Trône: 1

Winners (1): 2013

Runners-up: 1977, 1985, 1986, 2017

Performance in CAF competitions[]

• CAF Champions League: 1 appearance

2010 – First Round

2018 – Group stage

• CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance

2011 – Second Round of 16

2014 – Second Round of 16

• CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 1 appearance

1986 – Quarter-finals

Current squad[]

As of 13 November 2020

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Player Nation 1 GK Soufiane Barrouhou  Morocco 2 DF Anas Niya  Morocco 3 MF Chouaib El Maftoul  Morocco 6 MF Moustapha Chichane  Morocco 7 MF Reda Lakhmidi  Morocco 8 MF Houssam Amaanan  Morocco 9 FW Faissal El Bakhtaoui  France 13 FW Jonathan Ifunga Ifasso  DR Congo 14 DF Adam Lachhab  Morocco 15 DF Soulaiman El Amrani  Morocco 18 MF El Mehdi Karnass  Morocco 19 FW Hamza Hanouri  Morocco 24 DF Mohamed Askender  Morocco 25 DF Khalid Tahiri  Morocco 28 DF Samir Benamar  Germany 30 GK Amine Ichalalen  France 33 DF Et-Tayeb Boukhriss  Morocco 34 DF  Morocco 35 DF Jawad Khalouk  Morocco 40 MF Abdelfettah Hadraf  Morocco 43 MF Nickson Kibabage  Tanzania 72 MF Yassine Dahbi  Morocco 91 GK Mohamed El Yousfi  Morocco — MF Mohamed El Jaaouani  Morocco — MF Stanislas Dua Ankira  Congo — DF Dieumerci Amale  DR Congo

Managers[]

• Jules Accorsi (1989–91), (1995–96)
• Jean-Christian Lang (2006–08)
• François Bracci (2008)
• Denis Lavagne (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• (March 12, 2011 – Jan 2, 2013)
• Hassan Moumen (Jan 4, 2013 – April 28, 2013)
• Abdelhak Benchikha (July 8, 2013 – May 29, 2014)
• Hassan Shehata (June 4, 2014–14)
• Tarek Mostafa (2014–15)
• Abderrahim Taleb (2016–)

External links[]

• Media related to Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website