2021–22 Wydad AC season explained

Club:	Wydad AC
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Prevseason:	2020–21
Nextseason:	2022–23
Largest Win:	6–1 vs Hearts of Oak (H)
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Season:	2021–22
Cup2 Result:	Winners
Manager:	Walid Regragui
Mgrtitle:	Manager
Chairman:	Said Naciri
Chrtitle:	President
Stadium:	Stade Mohammed V
League:	Botola
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	Throne Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	Champions League
League Topscorer:	Guy Mbenza (16)
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Season Topscorer:	Guy Mbenza (20)
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Largest Loss:	0–2 vs Hassania Agadir (H) 0–2 vs Raja CA (A)

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

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Player	From	Transfer fee	Ref.
15 August 2021	FW	Reda Jaadi	Fath Union Sport	Undisclosed	^[1]
17 August 2021	FW	Chouaib Faidi	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	Position	Player	To	Transfer fee	Ref.
6 August 2021	FW	Mohamed Ounajem	Zamalek SC	Loan return	^[7]
11 August 2021	MF	Haitam El Bahja	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	Ayoub Mouddane	Mouloudia Oujda	Loan	^[12]
3 September 2021	DF	Ibrahim Najm Eddine	Youssoufia Berrechid	Loan	^[13]
7 October 2021	MF	Walid El Karti	Pyramids FC	Undisclosed	^[14]
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	^[15]

Competitions

Botola

See main article: 2021–22 Botola.

Matches

Moroccan Throne Cup

See main article: 2020–21 Moroccan Throne Cup.

CAF Champions League

See main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League qualifying rounds.

Second round

Group stage

Group D

Knockout stage

See main article: 2021–22 CAF Champions League knockout stage.

Final

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

			Name				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
	MF		Muaid Ellafi	4	0	1	5
	FW		Saimon Msuva	3	0	2	5
8	FW		Juvhel Tsoumou	2	1	2	5
9	MF		Jalal Daoudi	1	1	1	3
	MF		Amine Farhane	1	0	2	3
11	FW		Salaheddine Benyachou	2	0	0	2
	MF		Reda Jaadi	2	0	0	2
	DF		Ayoub El Amloud	0	1	1	2
	MF		Abdellah Haimoud	2	0	0	2
	DF		Yahia Attiyat Allah	1	1	0	2
16	MF		Walid El Karti	1	0	0	1
	FW		Badie Aouk	1	0	0	1
18	DF		Cheick Comara	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	1	1
Totals				46	9	28	83

*Italic: Left the team.

Clean sheets

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1	26	GK		Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	16	3	5	24
2	27	GK		Aissa Sioudi	0	0	0	0
	12	GK		Taha Mourid	0	0	0	0
Totals					16	3	5	24

Disciplinary record

			Player							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				0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3

Notes and References

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