The 2017–18 season is Wydad AC's 78th season in their existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They have competed in the Botola, the 2017 CAF Champions League, the 2018 CAF Champions League and the Throne Cup.
Squad list Players and squad numbers last updated on 10 September 2017.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Nat. Position Name Date of birth (age) Signed from Goalkeepers 1 GK Yassine El Kharroubi Lokomotiv Plovdiv 12 GK Badreddine Benachour Youth system 22 GK Zouhair Laaroubi Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi Defenders 16 CB Naïm Aarab Sint-Truidense 13 CB Youssef Rabeh Moghreb Tétouan 5 CB Amine Atouchi Youth system 25 CB / LB Mohamed Ouattara Étoile Filante 29 CB Cheick Comara Ekenäs IF CB Achraf Dari Youth system 15 CB / LB Abdelhamid El Kaoutari Palermo 28 RB / LB Abdelatif Noussir MAS Fes 30 CB / RB / DM Mohamed Nahiri FUS Rabat 27 RB / LB Zakaria El Hachimi Raja Casablanca 3 LB Fahd Aktaou Heracles Almelo 8 LB Badr Gaddarine Youth system Midfielders 24 DM Jamel Aït Ben Idir AJ Auxerre 6 DM / RB Brahim Nekkach Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi 4 DM / CB / CM Salaheddine Saidi Dubai CSC 14 CM Faycal Haddadi TAS de Casablanca 2 DM Anas El Asbahi Raja Casablanca 11 LW Ismail El Haddad Hassania Agadir 19 RW Amin Tighazoui OC Khouribga 26 RW Abdeladim Khadrouf Moghreb Tétouan 21 AM Rachid Housni Chabab Rif Al Hoceima 10 CM / AM Walid El Karti OC Khouribga 19 AM Daniel Nii Adjei TP Mazembe Forwards Guillaume Nicaise Daho Africa Sports 23 Chisom Chikatara Abia Warriors 7 RW Mohamed Ounajem Chabab Atlas Khénifra 25 Alejandro Quintana Club Blooming 9 Mohammed Aoulad Union Saint-Gilloise 20 Ayman El Hassouni Youth system Hicham Massaki Youth system 17 Achraf Bencharki Maghreb de Fès 37 RW Reda Hajhouj Youth system
Competitions Overview
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan=2|Competition !colspan=8|Record !rowspan=2|Started round !rowspan=2|Final position / round !rowspan=2|First match !rowspan=2|Last match |- ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! |- | Botola Pro
| style="background:silver;"| Runners–up | 10 September 2017 | 20 May 2018 |- | Throne Cup
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | 23 August 2017 | 12 October 2017 |- | 2017 Champions League
| Group stage | style="background:gold;"| Winners | 17 September 2017 | 4 November 2017 |- | FIFA Club World Cup
| Second round | Fifth place | 9 December 2017 | 12 December 2017 |- | CAF Super Cup
| Final | style="background:gold;"| Winners | colspan=2| 24 February 2018 |- | 2018 Champions League
| First round | Group stage | 7 March 2018 | 15 May 2018 |- ! Total
Botola Pro
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Moroccan Throne Cup
2017 CAF Champions League
knockout stage
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
FIFA Club World Cup
CAF Super Cup
2018 CAF Champions League
First round
Group stage
Group C
Squad information Playing statistics
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goalscorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. No.Nat.PlayerPos.TOTAL30 Mohamed Nahiri DF 8 0 2 0 0 1011 Ismail Haddad MF 5 0 4 1 0 1019 Amin Tighazoui MF 6 0 2 0 1 99 Mohammed Aoulad FW 4 1 1 0 0 65 Amine Atouchi DF 4 1 0 0 0 517 Achraf Bencharki FW 0 1 3 0 0 4 Guillaume Nicaise Daho FW 3 0 0 0 0 328 Abdelatif Noussir DF 3 0 0 0 0 37 Mohamed Ounajem FW 2 0 1 0 0 310 Walid El Karti MF 1 0 2 0 0 325 Alejandro Quintana FW 2 0 0 0 0 226 Abdeladim Khadrouf MF 1 1 0 0 0 216 Naïm Aarab DF 1 0 1 0 0 223 Chisom Chikatara FW 1 0 0 0 0 129 Cheick Comara DF 1 0 0 0 0 137 Reda Hajhouj FW 0 0 0 1 0 12 Anas El Asbahi MF 0 1 0 0 0 14 Salaheddine Saidi MF 0 0 1 0 0 1Own Goals 2 0 0 0 0 2Totals 44 5 17 2 1 69
Transfers
In DatePlayerFrom clubTransfer feeSource 12 July 2017 DF Zakaria El Hachimi Raja Casablanca Free transfer 28 July 2017 FW Mohammed Aoulad Union Saint-Gilloise Free transfer 29 July 2017 GK Yassine El Kharroubi Lokomotiv Plovdiv Free transfer 9 August 2017 DF Cheick Comara Ekenäs IF Undisclosed 12 August 2017 DF Mohamed Nahiri FUS Rabat 220,000 € 22 September 2017 MF Amin Tighazoui OC Khouribga 268,000 € 4 January 2018 MF Daniel Nii Adjei TP Mazembe Undisclosed 12 January 2018 DF Abdelhamid El Kaoutari Palermo Undisclosed 16 January 2018 FW Alejandro Quintana Club Blooming Undisclosed
Out DatePlayerTo clubTransfer feeSource 14 January 2018 FW Reda Hajhouj USM Alger Free transfer 22 January 2018 FW Achraf Bencharki Al-Hilal 9,000,000 $
References