Pair: The Mostafa Nazih
True to its social objectives and the culture of recognition, the Association of Retirees of Teaching in El Jadida recently organized a tribute ceremony to former athletes of the capital of Doukkala.
And since this year it concerns former players and former sports actors of the teams of Raja of El Jadida and Al Inbiaât of El Jadida, these two teams, on the sidelines of this ceremony, played a friendly match in which their former players participated in particular.
The ceremony took place at the Ahmed Lachhab Stadium, this year under the banner of “Tournament of the Fire Mohamed Al Fatouani”.
At the end of this event, the members of the organizing committee, chaired by Abdeslam Dezzaz, proceeded to present gifts and certificates of recognition to former players, coaches, managers and referees who have marked the history of the two teams, particularly since the creation of Raja d’El Jadida in 1958, as specified by Abdeslam Dezzaz, also President of the Association of Retirees of Teaching in the capital of Doukkala.
These two teams, he particularly emphasizes, were always the main provider of star players to the first team of Difaa Hassani of El Jadida (DHJ), thanks in particular to their coach Mohamed Al Fatouani. And this is the reason why the backbone of the DHJ was always made up of players from the province of El Jadida, he recalls.
The late Mohamed Al Fatouani was a coach of both Raja El Jadida and Al Inbiaat El Jadida, Mr. Dezzaz recalls, and this from the seventies to the nineties, he adds.
Abdeslam Dezzaz, who repeatedly mentions the large number of names of Jdidis players who made the history of DHJ and the happiness of its supporters, remembers that it is thanks to them that the Ben M’Hamed El Abdi Stadium was always full.
When the stadiums are sold out, it is because the players thrill the public. And to remember the sporting exploits of yesteryear in different disciplines in El Jadida and to congratulate the return, at the end of the season, of the Difaa Hassani of El Jadida among the elite of the first division, this ceremony was enhanced by the presence of several personalities of the city from different backgrounds.
