Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi () is a Moroccan

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

club based in

El Jadida El Jadida (, ) is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, located south of the city of Casablanca, in the province of El Jadida and the region of Casablanca-Settat. It has a population of 170,956 as of 2023. The fortified city, b ...

. They are currently playing in the

Botola 2 Botola Pro D2 Inwi, commonly known as Botola 2 (formerly the ''Groupement National de Football 2''), is the second division of the Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football league, behind the Botola, Morocco's highest football league. It ...

Home stadium

DHJ play their home games at the

Stade El Abdi Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium is a multi-use stadium in El Jadida, Morocco. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to sc ...

Crest

Image:DifaaJ.png, Former logo Image:Difaâ El Jadidi (logo).png, Present logo

Kit

Honours

* Moroccan Championship **Runners-up (3): 1975–76, 2008–09, 2016–17 *

Coupe du Trône The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup () is a Single-elimination tournament, knockout Association football, football tournament in Football in Morocco, Moroccan football, organized by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.The first club to w ...

**Winners (1): 2013 **Runners-up (4): 1977, 1985, 1986, 2017

Performance in CAF competitions

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club (association football), club football competition organized by the Conf ...

: 1 appearance ::

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

– First Round ::

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

– Group stage *

CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup, known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes, is an annual association football football team, club competition established in 2004 and organized by Confederation of African Football, CAF ...

: 1 appearance ::

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

– Second Round of 16 ::

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

– Second Round of 16 *

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 1 appearance ::

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal en ...

– Quarter-finals

Current squad

Former players

Ivan Zhekiu Ivan Hryhorovych Zhekyu (; born 19 January 1957) is a Soviet and Ukrainian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Early life Zhekiu is a native of Odesa, Ukraine. Career Zhekiu played for Belarusian side FC Dinamo Minsk, where he play ...

Managers

Jules Accorsi Jules Accorsi (born 27 June 1937) is a French professional football player and manager. He is currently in charge of MC El Eulma. Career Born in Ajaccio, he began his career with AC Ajaccio. Also he played to the Stade de Reims, Grenoble and S ...

(1989–91), (1995–96) *

Jean-Christian Lang Jean-Christian Lang (born 22 August 1950) is a French football manager and former player. Lang was born in Roubaix. He began his playing career with Sochaux, playing three Ligue 1 matches, before leaving to play in Ligue 2 with Louhans-Cuiseau ...

(2006–08) *

François Bracci François Bracci (31 October 1951 – 28 December 2023) was a French association football, football manager and player. Club career Bracci was born in Beinheim, French Fourth Republic, France on 31 October 1951. He totalled 34 games for RC Stra ...

(2008) *

Denis Lavagne Denis Lavagne (born 9 July 1964) is a French football coach and former player. Playing career Born in Béziers, Lavagne played for Le Havre B, Rouen B, Béziers, Alès, Orange and Alès B. Coaching career After retiring from playing in 1989 ...

(July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009) *

Jaouad Milani Jawad (Arabic & Persian: جواد), ; ; , ; ; ) is an Arabic given name that means generous, liberal, magnanimous, and open-handed. The name is common in the Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Morocco and South Asia. First name * Jaouad Achab (born ...

(March 12, 2011 – Jan 2, 2013) *

Hassan Moumen Hassan Moumen is a Moroccan football coach who was appointed manager of the Moroccan national side in July 2009. Moumen also managed Moroccan club side FUS de Rabat Fath Union Sport (), commonly known as FUS Rabat, is a Moroccan professiona ...

(Jan 4, 2013 – April 28, 2013) *

Abdelhak Benchikha Abdelhak Benchikha (; born 22 November 1963) is an Algerian football coach and former player. Personal life Benchikha was born on 22 November 1963 in the Soustarah neighborhood of Algiers.

(July 8, 2013 – May 29, 2014) *

Hassan Shehata Hassan Hassan Shehata (; born 19 June 1947) is an Egyptian retired association football, football manager and former professional football player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. He is considered as one of the best forwar ...

(June 4, 2014–14) *

Tarek Mostafa Tarek Mostafa (; born 1 April 1971) is an Egyptian association football, football manager and a retired player. Career Mostafa started his career in Division II club Eastern Tobacco, notably played for Zamalek SC for a period of four successful ...

(2014–15) *

Abderrahim Taleb manager clubs= APR FC Abderrahim Talib (; born 10 September 1963 in Casablanca) is a Moroccan football manager ''Football Manager'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008, is a series of football manag ...

(2016–2018) *

Hubert Velud Hubert Velud (born 8 June 1959) is a French football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Moroccan club AS FAR. Playing career Velud was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône. A goalkeeper, played for Stade de Reims, Châlons-s ...

(2018–2019) *

Ezzaki Badou Ezzaki Badou (; born 2 April 1959), nicknamed Zaki, is a Moroccan football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He manages the Niger national team. Playing career Born in Sidi Kacem, Zaki represented AS Salé, Wyda ...

(2019) *

(2020–2022) * Lassaad Chabbi (2022–2023) *

(2023) * Abdelkrim Jinani (2023) *

Jorge Paixão Jorge Manuel da Silva Paixão Santos (born 19 December 1965), known as Paixão, is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Saudi First Division League club Al-Ain. Playing career Born in Almada, ...

(2023–)

External links

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Official website
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