{"id":63523,"date":"2025-10-28T18:29:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot"},"modified":"2025-10-28T19:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:36:57","slug":"wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot","title":{"rendered":"Wydad Players Earn $6,000 for CAF Group Stage Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>Wydad Athletic Club have rewarded their players with a handsome bonus of $6,000 each following their qualification to the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The Moroccan giants sealed their place in style, first earning a hard-fought 1-0 away victory over Ghana\u2019s Asante Kotoko in Accra, before dismantling the Porcupine Warriors 5-1 in Casablanca to complete a dominant 6-1 aggregate triumph.<\/p>\n<p>According to club sources, the bonus package was structured to recognize both the resilience shown on the road and the commanding display at home. Each player received $4,000 for the crucial away win in Accra and an additional $2,000 for the emphatic home performance that sealed qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Wydad\u2019s management described the gesture as both a reward and a motivation for the squad as they turn their focus to the group stage, where they hope to restore their continental dominance after narrowly missing out on the CAF Champions League last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Casablanca-based club\u2019s commanding run so far sends a clear message to their continental rivals \u2014 Wydad are not just back, they are hungry for silverware.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. Wydad Athletic Club have rewarded their players with a handsome bonus of $6,000 each following their qualification to the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup. The Moroccan giants sealed their place in style, first earning a hard-fought 1-0 away victory over Ghana\u2019s Asante Kotoko in Accra, before dismantling the Porcupine Warriors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-63523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-lesotho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wydad Players Earn $6,000 for CAF Group Stage Spot - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wydad Athletic Club have rewarded their players with a handsome bonus of $6,000 each following their qualification to th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wydad Players Earn $6,000 for CAF Group Stage Spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wydad Athletic Club have rewarded their players with a handsome bonus of $6,000 each following their qualification to th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T18:29:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T19:36:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/sm_1761667448.236067.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wydad Players Earn $6,000 for CAF Group Stage Spot\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-28T18:29:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T19:36:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2025\/10\/sm_1761667448.236067.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Lesotho\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/wydad-players-earn-6000-for-caf-group-stage-spot\",\"name\":\"Wydad Players Earn $6,000 for CAF Group Stage Spot - 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