Difaâ El Jadidi
Botola Pro Inwi • Morocco
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Coaches
| # | Name | Position | Phone | Social | Source | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rui Almeida | Head Coach (Portuguese, ~56) | — | — | — | Le Ballon Rond | — |
| 2 | Zakaria Abboub | Former Head Coach (Oct 2024 - early 2025, then moved to OCS) | — | — | — | Maroc Diplomatique | — |
| 3 | Abdellatif El Mouktarid | President | — | — | — | Le Ballon Rond | — |
| 4 | Abdelhak Benchikha | Former Head Coach (renewed) | — | — | — | L'Opinion | — |
Academies
Centre de formation DHJ / مدرسة الدفاع الحسني الجديدي لكرة القدم + Skool Maroc (joint with CFCIM + e4u)
Avenue Baghdad, El Jadida — new 2,500 m² centre (41.745 MDH budget) groundbreaking 6 Nov 2024. Partnership with FRMF + Préfecture El Jadida + Commune
Additional Information
Arabic: الدفاع الحسني الجديدي (DHJ / Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi). Founded 6 June 1956 (merger of Hasniya Safa + Difaâ Riadi). Nickname 'Les Doukkalis'. Honours: Botola (1, 2012-13), Coupe du Trône. Parent: heritage tied to Royal Hassani lineage in name ('Hassani' = Hassanid); historical municipality + DGSN/police-linked sponsorships per regional history (no direct corporate parent). Skool Maroc partnership: e4u (Education for you, France) + CFCIM + DHJ → first 'anti-matières' school via football in Morocco (Le Matin 2017: lematin.ma/journal/2017/le-difaa-el-hassani-el-jadidi-abrite-la-premiere-ecole-anti-matieres-au-maroc/279207.html). Founder INDIRECT: Jean-Luc Muracciole (e4u). Skool Maroc reach ~300K in El Jadida region with planned Oujda + Casablanca expansion. Distinguish School Academy El Jadida (Skool Maroc operator: facebook.com/schoolacademyeljadida, schoolacademy.ma) from DHJ's own youth section. NO official LinkedIn. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dhjfootball/. Instagram: @dhj.officiel (47K) (also club_dhj_eljadida 22K, women @dhj_women_officiel). X: https://x.com/difaa_eljadida. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/difaahassanijadidiofficieldhjtv.