Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi

Difaâ El Jadidi

Full name	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
Founded	1 June 1956; 70 years ago (1 June 1956)
Ground	El Abdi Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Abdelatif Moktarid
Manager	Ricardo Chéu
League	Botola Pro
2025–26	Botola Pro, 6th of 16
Website	dhjfoot.com
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi (Arabic: الدفاع الحسني الجديدي) is a Moroccan football club based in El Jadida. They are currently playing in the Botola Pro.

Home stadium

DHJ play their home games at the Stade El Abdi.

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
  • Runners-up (3): 1975–76, 2008–09, 2016–17
• Moroccan Cup
  • Winners (1): 2013
  • Runners-up (4): 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 1 October 2026^[update]

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. Nation Player 2 DF  MAR Oussama Benchchaoui 3 DF  MAR Hamza Malki 5 MF  MAR Reda Ech-Chgraoui 6 MF  MAR Brahim Bouzidi 7 MF  MAR Imad Sabik 8 MF  MAR Ayoub El Khafi 9 FW  SEN Romuald Dacosta 10 MF  MAR Mouad Mouchtanim 11 MF  MAR Omar Hmamouch 13 DF  MAR Aymen Riyane 14 DF  MAR Mohamed Bentarcha 15 MF  FRA Yassine El Ouatki 16 GK  MAR Ayoub Ait Wahmane 17 FW  MAR Abderrazak Ennakouss

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  MTN Moctar El Hacen 19 MF  MAR Houdaifa Jamaäne 20 DF  MLI Boulkassoum Diarra 22 MF  MAR Mohamed Hilali 23 DF  MAR Soufiane Abaaziz 24 DF  MAR Zakaria Oubraim 30 GK  MTN Babacar Niasse 55 FW  SEN Papa Diallo 70 MF  ANG Megue 77 FW  SEN Ibra Lo 88 MF  MAR Youssef Michte 99 MF  MAR Achraf Al Idrissi — FW  MAR Abdellah Farah — DF  MAR Anas Moulhami

Former players

• Ivan Zhekiu

Managers

• Jules Accorsi (1989–91), (1995–96)
• Jean-Christian Lang (2006–08)
• François Bracci (2008)
• Denis Lavagne (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009)
• Jaouad Milani (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 (2016–2018)
• Hubert Velud (2018–2019)
• Ezzaki Badou (2019)
• Abdelhak Benchikha (2020–2022)
• Lassaad Chabbi (2022–2023)
• Abderrahim Taleb (2023)
• Abdelkrim Jinani (2023)
• Jorge Paixão (2023–)

References

External links

• Media related to Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi at Wikimedia Commons

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