2025–26 Wydad AC season

Wydad AC
2025–26 season
PresidentHicham Ait Menna
Head coachMohamed Amine Benhachem
StadiumStade Mohammed V
BotolaPre-season
Throne CupRound of 32
Excellence CupGroup stage
CAF Confederation CupSecond round

The 2025–26 season is Wydad Athletic Club's 89th season in existence, their 86th football season and the club's 70th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. Wydad will participate in this season's edition of the Botola, the Throne Cup, the Moroccan Excellence Cup and the CAF Confederation Cup.

Season events

Technical staff

As of 20 July 2025.
Position Name
Coaching staff
Head coach Morocco Mohamed Amine Benhachem
Assistant coaches Morocco Abdessamad Ouarrad
Morocco Brahim Nekkach
Goalkeepers coach Morocco Zouhair Laaroubi
Data analyst Morocco Agdal Tarek
Tactical analyst Senegal Elhadji Abdoulaye Seck
Set-piece coach Morocco Fouad Taalat
Physical trainer Morocco Idriss Saissi Hassani
Front office
Technical manager Morocco Hassan Benabicha

Squad information

As of 20 July 2025.

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

No. Pos. Player Nat. Date of birth (Age) Signed in Notes
Goalkeepers
1 GK Youssef El Motie Morocco (1994-12-16)16 December 1994 (aged 31) 2022 —
12 GK Mehdi Benabid Morocco (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 28) 2025 —
36 GK Omar Aqzdaou Morocco (2003-03-16)16 March 2003 (aged 23) 2025 Youth system
Defenders
2 RB Mouhamed Moufid Morocco (2000-01-12)12 January 2000 (aged 26) 2024 —
3 CB Zakaria Nassik Morocco (1997-01-01)1 January 1997 (aged 29) 2024 —
13 CB Ayman Dairani Morocco (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 30) 2024 —
14 CB Abdelmounaim Boutouil Morocco (1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 28) 2024 —
15 CB Mohammed El Jadidi Morocco (2004-07-20)20 July 2004 (aged 21) 2025 —
16 CB Jamal Harkass (captain) Morocco (1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 30) 2023 —
18 RB Fahd Moufi Morocco (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 30) 2025 —
22 CB Bart Meijers Netherlands (1997-01-10)10 January 1997 (aged 29) 2025 —
24 LB Ayoub Bouchta Morocco (1993-12-03)3 December 1993 (aged 32) 2024 —
72 CB Guilherme Ferreira Brazil (1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 26) 2025 —
CB Ayman Dairani Morocco (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 30) 2024 —
Midfielders
5 AM Ismail Moutaraji Morocco (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 26) 2022 —
7 DM Mickaël Malsa Martinique (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 30) 2025 —
10 AM Arthur Brazil (2005-02-24)24 February 2005 (aged 21) 2024 —
20 CM Mouad Aounzou Morocco (2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 25) 2024 —
23 AM Oussama Zemraoui Morocco (2001-03-01)1 March 2001 (aged 25) 2024 —
25 AM Stephane Aziz Ki Burkina Faso (1996-03-06)6 March 1996 (aged 30) 2025 —
27 CM Ismael Benktib Morocco (1998-07-04)4 July 1998 (aged 27) 2024 —
33 CM Pedrinho Brazil (2004-01-01)1 January 2004 (aged 22) 2024 —
34 CM Yassine Bennani Morocco (2008-07-17)17 July 2008 (aged 17) 2025 Youth system
44 CM Rayane Mahtou Morocco (2004-02-01)1 February 2004 (aged 22) 2025 Youth system
DM Hamza Sakhi Morocco (1996-06-07)7 June 1996 (aged 30) 2024 —
MF Abdelghafour Lamirat Morocco (1997-08-26)26 August 1997 (aged 28) 2025 —
DM Hamza El Wasti Morocco (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 30) 2025 —
Forwards
6 ST Mounir El Habach Morocco (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 26) 2023 —
8 LW Mohamed Rayhi Netherlands (1994-07-01)1 July 1994 (aged 31) 2024 —
9 ST Samuel Obeng Ghana (1997-05-15)15 May 1997 (aged 29) 2025 —
11 RW / LW Nordin Amrabat Morocco (1987-03-31)31 March 1987 (aged 39) 2025 —
17 LW Zakaria Fathi Morocco (1998-08-14)14 August 1998 (aged 27) 2025 —
26 ST Selemani Mwalimu Tanzania (2006-01-19)19 January 2006 (aged 20) 2025 U21
29 ST Hamza Hannouri Morocco (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 28) 2025 —
30 RW / LW Saifeddine Bouhra Morocco (2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 26) 2023 —
RW Walid Nassi France (2000-07-15)15 July 2000 (aged 25) 2024 —

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
8 July 2025 MF Morocco Abdelghafour Lamirat – Free transfer [1]
10 July 2025 MF Morocco Hamza El Wasti – Free transfer [2]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
30 June 2025 FW South Africa Cassius Mailula United States Toronto FC End of loan [3]
30 June 2025 FW Brazil Renan Viana Brazil Club Athletico Paranaense End of loan
30 June 2025 MF Morocco El Mehdi El Moubarik United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC End of loan
30 June 2025 MF South Africa Thembinkosi Lorch South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns End of loan

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref

Contract renewals

Date Position Nationality Name Until Ref

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

1 August 2025 Kocaelispor Turkey 2-0 Morocco Wydad AC Derince, Turkey
17:30 UTC+3
  • Petković 5'
  • Çağlayan 53'
 Stadium: İzmit İsmetpaşa Stadium
5 August 2025 Wydad AC Morocco 1-0 Azerbaijan Turan Tovuz Derince, Turkey
17:00 UTC+3
Stadium: İzmit İsmetpaşa Stadium
10 August 2025 (2025-08-10) Al Sadd SC Qatar 1-1 Morocco Wydad AC Doha, Qatar
19:30 UTC+3
Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Botola 2025 2026 Matchday 1 !—
Throne Cup 2025 Round of 32 !—
Excellence Cup 2025 Group Stage !—
CAF Confederation Cup 2025 Second round !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Source: Competitions

Botola

Main article: 2025–26 Botola


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
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
Result
Position
Points
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were released on 19 July 2025.[4]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2025 (2025) 1 Wydad AC v KAC Marrakech Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2025 (2025) 2 US Yacoub El Mansour v Wydad AC Kenitra
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Kenitra Municipal Stadium
2025 (2025) 3 Wydad AC v RCA Zemamra Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2025 (2025) 4 COD Meknès v Wydad AC Meknes
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Honneur Stadium
2025 (2025) 5 Wydad AC v Raja CA Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2025 (2025) 6 Hassania Agadir v Wydad AC Agadir
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Adrar Stadium
2025 (2025) 7 Wydad AC v IR Tanger Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2025 (2025) 8 OC Safi v Wydad AC Safi
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade El Massira
2025 (2025) 9 Wydad AC v AS FAR Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2025 (2025) 10 Fath Union Sport v Wydad AC Rabat
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: FUS Stadium
2025 (2025) 11 Wydad AC v Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2025 (2025) 12 Maghreb de Fès v Wydad AC Fez
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Hassan-II
2025 (2025) 13 Olympique Dcheira v Wydad AC Dcheira El Jihadia
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Ahmed Fanna Stadium
2025 (2025) 14 Wydad AC v RS Berkane Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2025 (2025) 15 Union de Touarga v Wydad AC Khemisset
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: 18 November Stadium
2026 (2026) 16 KAC Marrakech v Wydad AC Marrakesh
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Marrakesh Stadium
2026 (2026) 17 Wydad AC v US Yacoub El Mansour Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 18 RCA Zemamra v Wydad AC Zemamra
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Ahmed Choukri
2026 (2026) 19 Wydad AC v COD Meknès Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 20 Raja CA v Wydad AC Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 21 Wydad AC v Hassania Agadir Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 22 Ittihad Tanger v Wydad AC Tangier
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade du Village Sportif de Tanger
2026 (2026) 23 Wydad AC v OC Safi Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 24 AS FAR v Wydad AC Kenitra
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Kenitra Municipal Stadium
2026 (2026) 25 Wydad AC v Fath Union Sport Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 26 Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi v Wydad AC El Jadida
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium
2026 (2026) 27 Wydad AC v Maghreb de Fès Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 28 Wydad AC v Olympique Dcheira Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
2026 (2026) 29 RS Berkane v Wydad AC Berkane
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane
2026 (2026) 30 Wydad AC v Union de Touarga Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

Throne Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Moroccan Throne Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

TBD 2025 (2025) Round of 32 Wydad AC v TBD
TBC --:-- UTC+1

Excellence Cup

Group stage

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

CAF Confederation Cup

Main article: 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds will be held in 2025.

Second round

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

TBD 2025 (2025) First leg TBD v Morocco Wydad AC
TBC --:-- 
TBD 2025 (2025) Second leg Wydad AC Morocco v TBD
TBC --:-- UTC+1

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Botola Throne Cup Excellence Cup CAF Confederation Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Morocco MAR Youssef El Motie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK Morocco MAR Mehdi Benabid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK Morocco MAR Omar Aqzdaou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Morocco MAR Mouhamed Moufid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Morocco MAR Zakaria Nassik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF Morocco MAR Nabil Marmouk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Morocco MAR Ayman Dairani 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Morocco MAR Abdelmounaim Boutouil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Morocco MAR Mohammed El Jadidi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Morocco MAR Jamal Harkass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Morocco MAR Fahd Moufi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Netherlands NED Bart Meijers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Morocco MAR Ayoub Boucheta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72 DF Brazil BRA Guilherme Ferreira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
5 MF Morocco MAR Ismail Moutaraji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Martinique MTQ Mickaël Malsa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Brazil BRA Arthur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF Morocco MAR Mouad Aounzou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF Morocco MAR Hamza Sakhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 MF Morocco MAR Oussama Zemraoui 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Burkina Faso BFA Stephane Aziz Ki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 MF Morocco MAR Ismael Benktib 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF Brazil BRA Pedrinho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Morocco MAR Rayane Mahtou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
6 FW Morocco MAR Mounir El Habach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 FW Netherlands NED Mohamed Rayhi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Ghana GHA Samuel Obeng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Morocco MAR Nordin Amrabat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Morocco MAR Zakaria Fathi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 FW Tanzania TAN Selemani Mwalimu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW Morocco MAR Saifeddine Bouhra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW France FRA Walid Nassi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: Soccerway

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Botola Throne Cup Excellence Cup CAF Confederation Cup Total
1
Own goals 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos. Nat. Name Botola Throne Cup Excellence Cup CAF Confederation Cup Total
1 1 GK Morocco Youssef El Motie 0 0 0 0 0
12 GK Morocco Mehdi Benabid 0 0 0 0 0
36 GK Morocco Omar Aqzdaou 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Botola Throne Cup Excellence Cup CAF Confederation Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Club awards

Player of the Month award

Month Player Ref.

Notes


References

  1. ^ Zemlaoui, Youssef (2025-07-08). "Wydad Sign In-Demand Talented Playmaker Lamirate". Morocco World News. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  2. ^ "الوداد يعلن تعاقده مع اللاعب حمزة الواسطي". SNRTnews (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-16.
  3. ^ "Toronto FC loan Cassius Mailula to Wydad AC | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
  4. ^ "قرعة البطولة الاحترافية.. البرنامج الكامل من الجولة 1 إلى الجولة 15". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
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