Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi

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

DHJ

Full name	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
Founded	1956; 67 years ago (1956)
Ground	Stade El Abdi El Jadida, Morocco
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Abdelatif Moktarid
Manager	Lassaad Chabbi
League	Botola
2020–21	11th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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 24 December 2021^[update]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MAR Soufiane Barrouhou 2 DF   MAR Mohamed Askender 3 DF   BFA Ismaël Sawadogo 4 MF   MAR Mohamed El Jaaouani 5 DF   MAR Mourad Kaaouach 7 FW   MAR Zakaria Hadraf 8 MF   MAR Moustapha Chichane 9 FW   MAR Mohammed Fikri 11 MF   MAR Abdelfettah Hadraf 12 GK   MAR Mohamed Chennouf 14 DF   CMR Salomon Bindjeme 15 DF   MAR Soulaiman El Amrani 17 FW   MAR Ayoub Gaddaoui 18 FW   ALG Karim Chaban

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   MAR Othmane Bachkou 20 DF   MAR Mouhcine Rabja 21 MF   MAR Hamza Darai 23 DF   COD Dieumerci Amale 24 FW   MAR Maati Tamaiazou 25 FW   KEN Masoud Juma 26 DF   MAR Khalid El Ghafouli 30 GK   MAR Mohammed Saad Naboub 31 DF   MAR Abdelhamid Ferras 33 DF   MAR Et-Tayeb Boukhriss 55 MF   MAR Mohcine Benkhaled 94 DF   MAR Abdelhamid Lahcen 99 FW   MAR Chouaib El Maftoul

Managers

 

Abdelhak Benchikha managed the Difaâ El Jadidi during the 2013–14 Botola.

•   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–)

External links

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