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 2.

DHJ

Full name	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
Founded	1 June 1956
Ground	El Abdi Stadium El Jadida, Morocco
Capacity	8,000
Chairman	Abdelatif Moktarid
Manager	Rui Almeida
League	Botola
2024–25	9th
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
• 
  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 13 March 2023^[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 3 DF  MAR Zineddine Brighet 7 FW  MAR Abdellah Farah 8 MF  MAR Moustapha Chichane 9 FW  MAR Reda Lakhmidi 12 GK  MAR Mohamed Chennouf 13 DF  CMR Salomon Bindjeme 14 DF  LBY Tahir Bin Amir 16 DF  MAR Nour Zarkane 18 MF  MAR Mohammed Karnass 19 DF  MAR Achraf Jaouad 21 MF  MAR Hamza Darai

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 DF  COD Dieumerci Amale 27 FW  CIV Hervé Zahi 30 FW  MAR Abderrahim Aberkille 31 DF  MAR Abdelhamid Ferras 33 DF  MAR Et-Tayeb Boukhriss 47 DF  MAR Oussama Soukhane 50 MF  COD Christian Nsundi 55 MF  MAR Mohcine Benkhaled 77 FW  MAR Omar El Hanoudi 94 DF  MAR Abdelhamid Lahcen 99 FW  MAR Chouaib El Maftoul 18 FW  GHA Richard Zumah

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
• Official website