2018–19 Wydad Casablanca season

The 2018–19 season is Wydad Casablanca's 79th season in existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They will be competing in Botola, the Champions League, Arab Club Champions Cup, and the Throne Cup.

Wydad Casablanca

2018–19 season
President	Said Naciri
manager	Faouzi Benzarti
Stadium	Stade Mohamed V Stade Père Jégo Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Botola	1st
Throne Cup	Semi-finals
Club Championship	Second round
Champions League	2018: Quarter-finals 2019: Runners–up
Top goalscorer	League: Michael Babatunde (8 goals) All: Mohamed Nahiri (12 goals)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Botola Pro	30	17	8	5	56	30	+26	056.67	N/A	Winners	7 September 2018	9 June 2019
Throne Cup	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	075.00	Round of 32	Semi-finals	2 September 2018	2 November 2018
2018 Champions League	6	2	3	1	4	2	+2	033.33	Group stage	Quarter-finals	17 July 2018	21 September 2018
2019 Champions League	13	6	4	3	19	11	+8	046.15	First round	Runners–up	15 December 2018	31 May 2019
Club Champions Cup	4	0	3	1	2	3	−1	000.00	First round	Second round	24 September 2018	8 November 2018
Total	57	28	19	10	88	49	+39	049.12

Updated to match played 7 March 2020
Source: Competitions

Botola Pro

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wydad Casablanca (C)	30	17	8	5	56	30	+26	59	Qualification for Champions League
2	Raja Casablanca	30	15	10	5	56	36	+20	55
3	Hassania Agadir	30	12	9	9	30	22	+8	45[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Olympic Safi	30	12	9	9	37	38	−1	45[lower-alpha 1]	Participation in Arab Club Champions Cup[lower-alpha 2]
5	IR Tanger	30	9	13	8	27	30	−3	40

Source: frmf.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head: Hassania Agadir: 3 points, +2 GD; Olympic Safi: 3 points, −2 GD.
2. Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca are also participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	8	5	56	30	+26	59	12	3	0	37	11	+26	5	5	5	19	19	0

Last updated: 24 February 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground
Result
Position

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 September 2018 Round 1	Olympic Safi	2–1	Wydad Casablanca	Safi
20:00	Mansouri  15' Koffi Boua  48'	Footballdatabase report	El Hassouni  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade El Massira Referee: Youssef Haraoui

22 November 2018 Round 2	Wydad Casablanca	3–2	Youssoufia Berrechid	Casablanca
14:30	Aouk  17' Saidi  28' Nahiri  59'	Footballdatabase report	Rachid  43' Aina  89'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Taoufik Gourar

26 November 2018 Round 3	Wydad Casablanca	3–0	Fath Union Sport	Casablanca
18:00	Babatunde  23' Jebor  63' Ounajem  90+1'	Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Abderrahim Yaacoubi

29 November 2018 Round 4	Rapide Oued Zem	0–0	Wydad Casablanca	Oued Zem
14:00		Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Hicham Tiazi

21 October 2018 Round 5	Wydad Casablanca	2–0	Mouloudia Oujda	Casablanca
21:00	Saidi  58' El Hassouni  82'	Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Jamal Belbassri

2 December 2018 Round 6	Moghreb Tétouan	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	Tétouan
14:00	Bellaaroussi  34'	Footballdatabase report	Dari  90+5'	Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel Referee: Mohamed Nhayeh

5 December 2018 Round 7	Wydad Casablanca	3–0	Difaâ El Jadidi	Casablanca
16:00	Jebor  27' Ounajem  59', 90+4'	Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Redouane Jiyed

11 November 2018 Round 8	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	2–1	Wydad Casablanca	Imzouren
14:00	Ruyman  43' Fikri  44'	Footballdatabase report	El Ghanjaoui  8' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stade municipal d'Imzouren Referee: Samir Guezzaz

26 December 2018 Round 9	Wydad Casablanca	2–1	Hassania Agadir	Casablanca
17:00	Tighazoui  29' Babatunde  68' (pen.)	Footballdatabase report	Oubila  49'	Stadium: Stade Père Jégo Referee: Abderrahim Yaacoubi

6 January 2019 Round 10	Raja Casablanca	0–1	Wydad Casablanca	Marrakech
13:00		Footballdatabase report	El Haddad  78'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Redouane Jiyed

9 December 2018 Round 11	Wydad Casablanca	1–0	FAR Rabat	Casablanca
16:00	El Karti  43'	Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Yassin Bouslim

19 December 2018 Round 12	Olympique Khouribga	0–1	Wydad Casablanca	Khouribga
15:00		Footballdatabase report	Nahiri  78'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Referee: Samir Guezzaz

2 January 2019 Round 13	Wydad Casablanca	0–0	RSB Berkane	Casablanca
14:00		Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Père Jégo Referee: Taoufik Gourar

24 January 2019 Round 14	IR Tanger	1–0	Wydad Casablanca	Tanger
18:00	Naghmi  53'	Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Samir Guezzaz

27 January 2019 Round 15	Wydad Casablanca	3–1	Kawkab Marrakesh	El Jadida
14:00	Ounajem  48' (pen.) Dari  83' Jabrane  85' (pen.)	Footballdatabase report	Amimi  7'	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Referee: Abderrahim Yaacoubi

7 February 2019 Round 16	Wydad Casablanca	1–0	Olympic Safi	Casablanca
14:00	El Hassouni  76'	Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Père Jégo Referee: Redouane Jiyed

20 February 2019 Round 17	Youssoufia Berrechid	1–2	Wydad Casablanca	Berrechid
14:00	Sadil  78'	Footballdatabase report	Comara  58' Nahiri  80'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Adil Zourak

17 February 2019 Round 18	Fath Union Sport	0–1	Wydad Casablanca	Rabat
14:00		Footballdatabase report	Jabrane  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Moulay Abdellah Referee: Daki Radad

24 February 2019 Round 19	Wydad Casablanca	3–0	Rapide Oued Zem	Casablanca
14:00	El Hassouni  51' Nahiri  66' Noussair  75'	Footballdatabase report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Abderrahim Yaacoubi

28 February 2019 Round 20	Mouloudia Oujda	2–3	Wydad Casablanca	Oujda
14:00	Comara  55' (o.g.) Halhoul  85'	Footballdatabase report	El Karti  1' El Moutaraji  24' Gaddarine  74'	Stadium: Honneur Stadium Referee: Hicham Tiazi

4 March 2019 Round 21	Wydad Casablanca	2–1	Moghreb Tétouan	Casablanca
14:00	El Hassouni  48' El Haddad  66'	Footballdatabase report	El Makaazi  64'	Stadium: Stade Père Jégo Referee: Adil Zourak

28 March 2019 Round 22	Difaâ El Jadidi	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	El Jadida
17:00	Msuva  68'	Footballdatabase report	Babatunde  1'	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

1 April 2019 Round 23	Wydad Casablanca	6–1	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Casablanca
16:00	Nahiri  8' (pen.) Babatunde  47', 53' Ounnajem  49' El Karti  64' El Moutaraji  89'	Footballdatabase report	Bengoa  81'	Stadium: Stade Père Jégo Referee: Yassin Bouslim

18 April 2019 Round 24	Hassania Agadir	2–1	Wydad Casablanca	Agadir
16:00	Seyam  38' El Berkaoui  59'	Footballdatabase report	Babatunde  68'	Stadium: Stade Adrar Referee: Adil Zourak

21 April 2019 Round 25	Wydad Casablanca	2–2	Raja Casablanca	Marrakech
16:00	El Karti  13' Saidi  46'	Footballdatabase report	Rahimi  21' Iajour  72'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Redouane Jiyed

9 May 2019 Round 26	FAR Rabat	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	Rabat
23:00	Berrahma  90+6' (pen.)	Footballdatabase report	Jebor  12' (pen.)	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Yassin Bouslim

4 June 2019 Round 27	Wydad Casablanca	4–1	Olympique Khouribga	Casablanca
00:00	El Moutaraji  16', 46' Aouk  30' Nahiri  41'	Footballdatabase report	Hajhouj  78'	Stadium: Stade Père Jégo Referee: Mohamed Nhayeh

13 May 2019 Round 28	RSB Berkane	3–2	Wydad Casablanca	Berkane
00:00	Farhane  9' Namsaoui  53' Fo-Doh Laba  79'	Footballdatabase report	El Karti  5' Dari  73'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane Referee: Hicham Tiazi

17 May 2019 Round 29	Wydad Casablanca	2–2	IR Tanger	Casablanca
00:00	Babatunde  82' Comara  86'	Footballdatabase report	Gaadaoui  41' Naghmi  89'	Stadium: Stade Père Jégo Referee: Redouane Jiyed

9 June 2019 Round 30	Kawkab Marrakesh	3–3	Wydad Casablanca	Marrakech
16:00	Amimi  13', 53' (pen.) Zahraoui  25'	Footballdatabase report	Babatunde  1' El Moutaraji  40' Nahiri  85' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Redouane Jiyed

Moroccan Throne Cup

2 September 2018 Round of 32	Kawkab Marrakech	1–2	Wydad Casablanca	Marrakech
21:30	Dahbi  45'	Report	Jebor  51' Ounajem  64'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

3 October 2018 Round of 16	Wydad Casablanca	2–0	IR Tanger	Casablanca
21:00	Gaddarine  30' Jebor  34'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Redouane Jiyed

7 October 2018 Quarter-finals	Wydad Casablanca	2–1	Olympic Safi	Casablanca
21:30	Noussir  41' Ounajem  49'	Report	Attiatallah  87'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Abderrahim Yaacoubi

2 November 2018 Semi-finals	RSB Berkane	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Wydad Casablanca	Fez
17:00	Fo-Doh Laba  61'	Report	Comara  71'	Stadium: Fez Stadium Referee: Redouane Jiyed
	Penalties
	Namsaoui Laachir Fo-Doh Laba Mokadem Dayo Ouidar Aziz		Tighazoui El Hassouni Ounajem Aouk Gaddarine Nahiri Comara

Club Championship Cup

First round

24 September 2018	Wydad Casablanca	1–1	Al-Ahli Tripoli	Casablanca
19:00 UTC+1	Jebor  35' (pen.)	Report	Taqtaq  23'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

28 September 2018	Al-Ahli Tripoli	1–1 (2–4 p)	Wydad Casablanca	Sfax (Tunisia)
20:00 UTC+1	Saltou  32'	Report	Ounajem  11'	Stadium: Stade Taïeb Mhiri Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)
	Penalties
	Taqtaq Aleyat Ablo Maatouk		Jebor Nahiri Ounajem El Moutaraji

Second round

27 October 2018	Wydad Casablanca	0–0	Étoile du Sahel	Casablanca
19:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Turki Al Khudair (Saudi Arabia)

8 November 2018	Étoile du Sahel	1–0	Wydad Casablanca	Sousse
20:00 UTC+1	Msakni  57'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Sousse Referee: Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)

2018 Champions League

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAC	HOR	MSD	TGP
1	Wydad Casablanca	6	3	3	0	8	2	+6	12	Quarter-finals		—	2–0	1–0	3–0
2	Horoya	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9			1–1	—	2–2	2–1
3	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			1–1	0–0	—	2–1
4	AS Togo-Port	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4			0–0	1–2	1–0	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

17 July 2018 3	Horoya	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	Conakry
16:00 UTC±0	Mandela  29'	Report	Haddad  26'	Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

28 July 2018 4	Wydad Casablanca	2–0	Horoya	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Comara  12' Ounajem  18'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

17 August 2018 5	Wydad Casablanca	1–0	Mamelodi Sundowns	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	El Asbahi  56'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)

28 August 2018 6	AS Togo-Port	0–0	Wydad Casablanca	Lomé
16:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

knockout stage

Quarter-finals

14 September 2018	ES Sétif	1–0	Wydad Casablanca	Sétif
20:00 UTC+1	Diomande  16'	Report		Stadium: Stade du 8-Mai-1945 Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

21 September 2018	Wydad Casablanca	0–0	ES Sétif	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

2018–19 Champions League

First round

15 December 2018	Wydad Casablanca	2–0	ASC Diaraf	Casablanca
19:00 UTC+1	Jebor  18' Nahiri  86'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Daniel Laryea (Ghana)

22 December 2018	ASC Diaraf	3–1	Wydad Casablanca	Dakar
17:00 UTC±0	O. Guèye  18' Diène  47' Ba  88'	Report	Ounajem  54' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WAC	MSD	LOB	ASE
1	Wydad Casablanca	6	3	1	2	8	6	+2	10[lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals		—	1–0	0–0	5–2
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	3	1	2	9	5	+4	10[lower-alpha 1]			2–1	—	3–0	3–1
3	Lobi Stars	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7[lower-alpha 2]			0–1	2–1	—	2–0
4	ASEC Mimosas	6	2	1	3	6	10	−4	7[lower-alpha 2]			2–0	0–0	1–0	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

1. Head-to-head away goals scored: Wydad Casablanca 1, Mamelodi Sundowns 0.
2. Head-to-head goal difference: Lobi Stars +1, ASEC Mimosas –1.

11 January 2019 1	Wydad Casablanca	5–2	ASEC Mimosas	Rabat
20:00 UTC+1	El Haddad  16' Babatunde  48' El Moutaraji  56' El Karti  69' Aouk  80'	Report	Coulibaly  44' Bagaté  85'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

19 January 2019 2	Mamelodi Sundowns	2–1	Wydad Casablanca	Pretoria
21:00 UTC+2	Zwane  8', 64'	Report	Nahiri  35'	Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

2 February 2019 3	Lobi Stars	0–1	Wydad Casablanca	Enugu
14:00 UTC+1		Report	Nahiri  20' (pen.)	Stadium: Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)

12 February 2019 4	Wydad Casablanca	0–0	Lobi Stars	Rabat
20:00 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

9 March 2019 5	ASEC Mimosas	2–0	Wydad Casablanca	Abidjan
16:00 UTC±0	Touré  68', 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

16 March 2019 6	Wydad Casablanca	1–0	Mamelodi Sundowns	Rabat
17:00 UTC+1	Nahiri  63'	Report		Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Pacifique Ndabihawenimana (Burundi)

knockout stage

Quarter-finals

6 April 2019	Horoya	0–0	Wydad Casablanca	Conakry
16:00 UTC±0		Report		Stadium: Stade du 28 Septembre Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

13 April 2019	Wydad Casablanca	5–0	Horoya	Rabat
20:00 UTC+1	El Karti  20', 30' Noussir  34' Nahiri  59' El Moutaraji  85'	Report		Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Semi-finals

26 April 2019	Wydad Casablanca	2–1	Mamelodi Sundowns	Rabat
20:00 UTC+1	Saidi  26' Aouk  47'	Report	Ngcongca  42'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

4 May 2019	Mamelodi Sundowns	0–0	Wydad Casablanca	Pretoria
15:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola)

Final

24 May 2019	Wydad Casablanca	1–1	Espérance de Tunis	Rabat
22:00 UTC±0	Comara  79'	Report	Coulibaly  44'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

31 May 2019	Espérance de Tunis	Abandoned[note 1]	Wydad Casablanca	Radès
22:00 UTC+1	Belaïli  41'	Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Throne Cup		Champions League		Championship Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
26	GK		Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	46	0	27	0	4	0	15	0	0	0
27	GK		Mohamed Manar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK		Badreddine Benachour	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
30	DF		Mohamed Nahiri	40	12	21	7	3	0	16	5	0	0
28	DF		Abdelatif Noussir	46	3	24	1	4	1	18	1	0	0
22	DF		Ayoub El Amloud	16	0	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
24	DF		Hamza El Wasti	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	DF		Cheick Comara	44	5	23	2	4	1	17	2	0	0
2	DF		Anas El Asbahi	14	1	8	0	0	0	6	1	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF		Salah Eddine Saidi	42	4	21	3	4	0	17	1	0	0
6	MF		Brahim Nekkach	41	0	22	0	4	0	15	0	0	0
15	MF		Yahya Jabrane	24	2	16	2	0	0	8	0	0	0
17	MF		Badie Aouk	27	4	19	2	2	0	6	2	0	0
8	MF		Badr Gaddarine	28	2	14	1	4	1	10	0	0	0
14	MF		Faycal Haddadi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF		Amin Tighazoui	31	1	19	1	2	0	10	0	0	0
18	MF		Walid El Karti	50	8	27	5	4	0	19	3	0	0
14	MF		Achraf Dari	43	3	26	3	4	0	13	0	0	0
20	MF		Ayman El Hassouni	40	5	22	5	2	0	16	0	0	0
Forwards
33	FW		Mohamed Ouattara	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Michael Babatunde	39	9	23	8	1	0	15	1	0	0
25	FW		Gabriel Okechukwu	8	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
5	FW		Zouhair El Moutaraji	26	7	16	5	1	0	9	2	0	0
7	FW		Mohamed Ounajem	43	9	23	5	4	2	16	2	0	0
10	FW		William Jebor	23	6	15	3	4	2	4	1	0	0
11	FW		Ismail El Haddad	43	4	21	2	3	0	19	2	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 8 June 2019
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	B 1	TC	CL 1	ACC	TOTAL
30		Mohamed Nahiri	DF	7	0	5	0	12
7		Mohamed Ounajem	FW	5	2	2	1	10
9		Michael Babatunde	FW	8	0	1	0	9
18		Walid El Karti	MF	5	0	3	0	8
5		Zouhair El Moutaraji	FW	5	0	2	0	7
10		William Jebor	FW	3	2	1	1	7
20		Ayman El Hassouni	MF	5	0	0	0	5
29		Cheick Comara	DF	2	1	2	0	5
4		Salah Eddine Saidi	MF	3	0	1	0	4
17		Badie Aouk	MF	2	0	2	0	4
11		Ismail El Haddad	FW	2	0	2	0	4
14		Achraf Dari	MF	3	0	0	0	3
28		Abdelatif Noussir	DF	1	1	1	0	3
15		Yahya Jabrane	MF	2	0	0	0	2
8		Badr Gaddarine	MF	1	1	0	0	2
19		Amin Tighazoui	MF	1	0	0	0	1
2		Anas El Asbahi	DF	0	0	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	0	1
Totals				56	7	23	2	88

Transfers

Notes

1. With the score 1–0 in favor of Espérance de Tunis in the 59th minute, Walid El Karti scored a goal for Wydad Casablanca which was subsequently ruled offside by the linesman. Due to a failure of the video assistant referee system, a review of the decision could not be conducted. Believing the goal was valid, Wydad Casablanca protested the decision and the match was interrupted. After 80 minutes of stoppage, the referee ruled the match as a forfeit by Wydad Casablanca and awarded to Espérance de Tunis, securing them the CAF Champions League title.[1] However, on 5 June 2019 the CAF Executive Committee ordered a replay of the second leg at a neutral venue, requiring Espérance de Tunis to return the trophy and medals.[2] However, the decision to order a replay of the second leg was thrown out by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 31 July 2019, who required CAF to refer the case to its proper disciplinary structures for a decision.[3] On 7 August 2019, Espérance de Tunis were again officially declared champions after the CAF Disciplinary Board ruled that Wydad Casablanca "is considered to have lost the game in the 2nd leg."[4]

References

1. https://en.as.com/en/2019/05/31/football/1559332942_123937.html
2. "Caf Champions League: Esperance ordered to return medals and face Wydad Casablanca again". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019.
3. "Le Tribunal Arbitral du Sport (TAS) annule la décision du Comité Exécutif de la CAF" [The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cancels the decision of the CAF Executive Committee] (PDF) (in French). Court of Arbitration for Sport. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
4. "Decisions of the Disciplinary Board 7th of August 2019". CAF. 7 August 2019.