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.
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Full name | Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi | |||
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Founded | 1 June 1956 | |||
Ground | Stade El Abdi El Jadida, Morocco | |||
Capacity | 8,000 | |||
Chairman | Abdelatif Moktarid | |||
Manager | Jorge Paixão | |||
League | Botola 2 | |||
2023–24 | 5th | |||
Home stadium
DHJ play their home games at the Stade El Abdi.
Crest
- 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
- CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance
- 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
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23 | DF | ![]() | Dieumerci Amale |
27 | FW | ![]() | Hervé Zahi |
30 | FW | ![]() | Abderrahim Aberkille |
31 | DF | ![]() | Abdelhamid Ferras |
33 | DF | ![]() | Et-Tayeb Boukhriss |
47 | DF | ![]() | Oussama Soukhane |
50 | MF | ![]() | Christian Nsundi |
55 | MF | ![]() | Mohcine Benkhaled |
77 | FW | ![]() | Omar El Hanoudi |
94 | DF | ![]() | Abdelhamid Lahcen |
99 | FW | ![]() | Chouaib El Maftoul |
18 | FW | ![]() | Richard Zumah |
Former players
Managers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/ABDELHAK_BENCHIKHA_visage.jpg/150px-ABDELHAK_BENCHIKHA_visage.jpg)
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