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 Pro.

Difaâ El Jadidi

Full name	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
Founded	1 June 1956; 69 years ago (1 June 1956)
Ground	El Abdi Stadium
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Abdelatif Moktarid
Manager	Rui Almeida
League	Botola Pro
2024–25	Botola Pro, 9th of 16
Website	dhjfoot.com
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
  • Runners-up (3): 1975–76, 2008–09, 2016–17
• Coupe du Trône
  • 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 2 September 2025^[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 1 GK  MAR Marouane Bessak 2 DF  MAR Oussama Benchchaoui 4 DF  MAR Marouane Lemzaouri 5 DF  MLI Abdoulaye Sanogo — MF  MTN Moctar El Hacen 8 MF  MAR Moustapha Chichane — MF  MAR Youssef El Ghazoui 11 FW  MAR Khalid Baba 13 DF  MAR Omar Jerrari 14 DF  MAR Mohamed Bentarcha 15 DF  MAR Marouane Hadhoudi 16 GK  MAR Ayoub Ait Wahmane 17 FW  MAR Abderrazak Ennakouss 18 DF  TOG Hadi Idrissou 19 MF  MAR Houdaifa Jamaäne 20 DF  MAR Yassine Fatine

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW  MAR Achraf Idrissi 22 MF  MAR Mohamed Hilali 23 DF  MAR Soufiane Abaaziz 24 DF  MAR Zakaria Oubraim 30 GK  MTN Babacar Niasse 55 DF  MAR Aymane Takoua 77 FW  MAR Omar El Hanoudi 88 MF  MAR Youssef Michte — DF  MAR Hamza Malki — MF  MAR Ayoub El Khafi — DF  MAR Imad Sabik — MF  MAR Mouad Mouchtanim — FW  MAR Yassine Lamine — MF  MAR Brahim Bouzidi — FW  SEN Romuald Dacosta

Former players

• Ivan Zhekiu

Managers

Abdelhak Benchikha managed the Difaâ El Jadidi in two spells.

• 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–)

External links

• Media related to Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi at Wikimedia Commons