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2023–24 Botola

The 2023–24 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is the 67th season of the Premier League and the 13th under its current format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956. AS FAR came into the season as defending champions of the 2022–23 season. RCA Zemamra and Youssoufia Berrechid entered as the two promoted teams from the 2022–23 Botola 2.

Botola Inwi
Season2023–24
Dates25 August 2023 – 14 June 2024
ChampionsRaja CA (13th title)
RelegatedCAY Berrechid
MC Oujda
Champions LeagueRaja CA
AS FAR
Confederation CupRS Berkane
US Touarga
Matches played240
Goals scored534 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorerYousri Bouzok
(14 goals)
Biggest home winRaja CA 6–1 IR Tanger
(28 December 2023)
Biggest away winJS Soualem 0–5 Fath US
(28 May 2024)
Longest winning runRaja CA
AS FAR
(9 Matches)
Longest unbeaten runRaja CA
(30 Matches)
Longest winless runMC Oujda
(14 Matches)
Longest losing runJS Soualem
(5 Matches)
2024-25 →
All statistics correct as of 14 June 2024.

On 14 June 2024, Raja CA won the last round 0–3 against MC Oujda and were crowned champions ending the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in the history of the league.

Number of teams by regions

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Regions of Morocco Number of teams Teams
1   Casablanca-Settat 6 CAY Berrechid, JS Soualem, Raja CA, RCA Zemamra, SCC Mohammédia and Wydad AC
2   Rabat-Salé-Kénitra 3 AS FAR, FUS Rabat and US Touarga
3   Oriental 2 MC Oujda and RS Berkane
  Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima IR Tanger and MA Tétouan
5   Fès-Meknès 1 MAS Fès
  Marrakesh–Safi OC Safi
  Souss-Massa HUS Agadir

Personnel and kits

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Teams Managers Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AS FAR   Nasreddine Nabi   Mohamed Rabie Hrimat   Uhlsport
CAY Berrechid   Abderrahim Nejjar   Achraf Hilali   Bang Sports OULD BOUAZZA, KA PREFA, Alitkane
FUS Rabat   Jamal Sellami   El Mehdi El Bassil   Uhlsport Novec, LafargeHolcim Maroc1
HUS Agadir   Abdelhadi Sektioui   Hicham El Majhad   Bang Sports Afriquia, Skoda1, Joly3
IR Tanger   Hilal Et-tair   Reda Jaadi   Gloria Sport Tanger-Med
JS Soualem   Mahmoud Sebky   Amine El Msane   Mexxess MARSBET, Asta, Crunchips1
Maghreb AS   Abdelhay Ben Soltane   Achraf Harmach   Kappa TGCC, Asta1
MA Tétouan   Abdellatif Jrindou   Zaid Krouch   AB Sport Tanger-Med, Cafés Carrion1, Municipality of Tetouan2
MC Oujda   Faouzi Jamal   Yassir Jarici   Bang Sports Dari1
OC Safi   Adil Serraj (interim)   Mohamed El Mourabit   Bang Sports Fitco, ocstore.ma1
Raja CA   Josef Zinnbauer   Anas Zniti   Umbro 1xBet, Sofac3, Nor'Dar, Marsa Maroc1, Atlanta Sanad23
RCA Zemamra   Mohamed Amine Benhachem   Abdelkhalek Ahmidouch   Bang Sports IGASER
RS Berkane   Mouin Chaâbani   Issoufou Dayo   Bang Sports Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision1, National Gaz1
SCC Mohammédia   Noureddine Ziyati   Abdelhak Assal   Chabab Vittel2
US Touarga   Abdelouahed Zamrat   Achraf Harmach   Macron
Wydad AC   Aziz Ben Askar   Yahya Jabrane   Macron Ingelec, Boule d'Or1, Sama Immobilier1, Alitkane2
1. ^ On the back of shirt.
2. ^ On the sleeves.
3. ^ On the shorts.
Additionally, referee kits are made by Puma.

Managerial changes

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Teams Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
RCA Zemamra   Abderrahim Chkilit Resigned 15 June 2023   Abdelaziz Kerkache[1] 18 July 2023
Raja CA   Hicham Aboucherouane (interim) End of tenure as caretake 30 June 2023   Josef Zinnbauer[2] 1 July 2023
AS FAR   Mohamed Samadi End of contract 30 June 2023   Nasreddine Nabi[3] 18 July 2023
Wydad AC   Sven Vandenbroeck End of contract 30 June 2023   Adil Ramzi[4] 22 July 2023
MAS Fez   Omar Hassi End of contract 30 June 2023   Tarik Sektioui[5] 25 July 2023
MA Tetouan   Hicham Louissi End of contract 30 June 2023   Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili[6] 26 July 2023
OC Safi   Tarek Mostafa End of contract 30 July 2023   Mounir Chebil[7] 30 July 2023
US Touarga   Tarik Sektioui Mutual consent 23 July 2023   Abdelouahed Zamrat[8] 27 July 2023
MC Oujda   Omar Najhi Contract termination 14 August 2023   Faouzi Jamal[9] 15 August 2023
IR Tanger   Hilal Et-tair Contract termination 15 September 2023   Omar Najhi[10] 15 September 2023
Youssoufia Berrechid   Mohamed Guisser Sacked 5 October 2023   Abdelatif Laftouh (interim) 28 December 2023
RCA Zemamra   Abdelaziz Kerkache Contract termination 9 October 2023   Mohamed Amine Benhachem[11] 12 October 2023
OC Safi   Mounir Chebil Contract termination 17 October 2023   Zakaria Aboub[12] 18 October 2023
JS Soualem   Bouchaib El Moubarki Mutual consent 30 November 2023   Mohammed Benchrifa[13] 30 November 2023
Wydad AC   Adil Ramzi Mutual consent 15 December 2023   Faouzi Benzarti[14] 15 December 2023
IR Tanger   Omar Najhi Contract termination 11 January 2024   Hilal Et-tair[15] 12 January 2024
Youssoufia Berrechid   Abdelatif Laftouh (interim) End of tenure as caretake 22 January 2024   Abderrahim Nejjar 22 January 2024
MA Tetouan   Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili Sacked 7 February 2024   Abdellatif Jrindou[16] 11 February 2024
RS Berkane   Amine El Karma Mutual consent 11 February 2024   Mouin Chaâbani[17] 13 February 2024
SCC Mohammédia   Rachid Rokki Sacked 14 February 2024   Noureddine Ziyati[18] 13 February 2024
MAS Fez   Tarik Sektioui End of contract 4 March 2024   Abdelhay Ben Soltane[19] 4 March 2024
JS Soualem   Mohammed Benchrifa Mutual consent 4 March 2024   Mahmoud Sebky 4 March 2024
Wydad AC   Faouzi Benzarti Mutual consent 14 March 2024   Aziz Ben Askar[20] 5 April 2024
OC Safi   Zakaria Aboub Contract termination 28 May 2024   Adil Serraj (interim) 28 Mary 2024

Foreign players

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All teams are allowed to register up to five foreign players, but can only use up to three players on the field at the same time.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Unregistered Players Former Players
AS FAR   Messie Biatoumoussoka   Lamine Diakite   Bernard Morrison   Emmanuel Imanishimwe   Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro
CAY Berrechid   Mélo Ndiaye   Mouhamed Johnson
Fath US   Oumar Farouk Comara   Presnel Arnaud Banga   Herman Junior Kameni   Hadi Al-Hourani   James Ajako   Hervé Guy
HUS Agadir   Djama Joé Amian   Junior Mbele   Katulondi Kati   Assane Bèye   Fedi Ben Choug
IR Tanger   Gaya Merbah   Walid Bencherifa   Alexis Sánchez Pérez   El Hadji Madické Kane   El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté
JS Soualem   Pa Modou Sohna   Baye Dame Dieng   Ibrahima Guèye
Maghreb AS   Banfa Sylla   Semelo Gueï   Christian Nsundi   Justin Yeré   Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui   Egah Saviour
MA Tétouan   Mohamed Amine Ezzemani   Sheikh Omar Faye   Ismaïla Simpara   Mamadou Seck   Pape Badji
MC Oujda
OC Safi   Houari Ferhani   Boniface Haba   Abdoulaye Diarra   Cheickne Samaké   Ndifreke Udo
Raja CA   Riad Benayad   Yousri Bouzok   Víctor Ábrego   Hervé Guy   Haashim Domingo   Ahmadou Camara   Aymen Hussein
  Roger Aholou
RCA Zemamra   Emmanuel Obounou   Baïdy Diallo   Oumar Goudiaby
RS Berkane   Djibril Ouattara   Issoufou Dayo   Tuisila Kisinda   Mamadou Lamine Camara   Paul Valère Bassène   Claude Gnolou
  Chadrack Lukombe
  Adama Ba
SCC Mohammédia   Tidiane Doumbouya   Issouf Traoré
US Touarga   Eric Mbangossoum   Martial Zemba Ikoung   Tiago Lopes   Papa Amady Gadio   Simon Diedhiou
Wydad AC   Ilyes Chetti   Zakaria Draoui   Arsène Zola   Hamdou Elhouni   Bouly Sambou

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Raja CA (C, Q) 30 21 9 0 52 15 +37 72 Qualification for Champions League
2 AS FAR (Q) 30 22 5 3 65 22 +43 71
3 RS Berkane (Q) 30 14 10 6 38 23 +15 52 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Union de Touarga (Q) 30 12 8 10 36 33 +3 44[a]
5 Olympic Safi 30 11 11 8 29 26 +3 44[a]
6 Wydad AC 30 12 8 10 31 27 +4 44[a]
7 FUS Rabat 30 11 10 9 32 28 +4 43
8 RCA Zemamra 30 11 7 12 35 35 0 40
9 MA Tétouan 30 7 14 9 27 28 −1 35[b]
10 Hassania Agadir 30 8 11 11 35 43 −8 35[b]
11 MAS Fès 30 8 10 12 34 35 −1 34
12 IR Tanger 30 7 12 11 29 38 −9 33
13 JS Soualem 30 8 6 16 31 46 −15 30
14 SCC Mohammédia 30 6 7 17 19 40 −21 25[c]
15 MC Oujda (R) 30 5 10 15 20 46 −26 25[c] Relegation to Botola 2
16 Youssoufia Berrechid (R) 30 4 8 18 21 49 −28 20
Source: FRMF.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2a) Head-to-head goal difference if they are two teams with equal points; 2b) Goal difference if they are more than two teams with equal points; 3) Number of wins; 4) Goals scored; 5) Play-off between involved teams.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Union de Touarga finished ahead of Olympic Safi and Wydad AC on head-to-head points: Union de Touarga 7, Olympic Safi 6, Wydad AC 4
  2. ^ a b Moghreb Tétouan finished ahead of Hassania Agadir on head-to-head points: Hassania Agadir 0–2 Moghreb Tétouan, Moghreb Tétouan 1–1 Hassania Agadir
  3. ^ a b SCC Mohammédia finished ahead of Mouloudia Oujda on head-to-head points: SCC Mohammédia 1–0 Mouloudia Oujda, Mouloudia Oujda 0–0 SCC Mohammédia

Results

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Home \ Away ASFAR CAYB FUS HUSA IRT JSS MAS MAT MCO OCS RCA RCAZ RSB SCCM UTS WAC
AS FAR — 4–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1
CAY Berrechid 0–2 — 0–5 1–2 0–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0
FUS Rabat 1–4 1–1 — 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1
HUS Agadir 2–1 4–1 1–3 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 0–0
IR Tanger 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 — 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–3
JS Soualem 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 — 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–1
MAS Fès 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 3–0 — 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–1
MA Tétouan 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 — 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
MC Oujda 0–3 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–3 0–1 — 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–2
OC Safi 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 — 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–1
Raja CA 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 6–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
RCA Zemamra 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 — 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
RS Berkane 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 — 2–0 0–0 0–0
SCC Mohammédia 0–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 — 0–2 2–3
US Touarga 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 — 0–1
Wydad AC 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 5–2 0–0 —
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

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The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
AS FAR252115322211111111111111111122
Youssoufia Berrechid121516161616141515141415161616161616161616161616161616161616
FUS Rabat367376476665555555443334455457
Hassania Agadir81114141414151414161616151313131211121412121211111210101010
IR Tanger141413111113131313121313141515151515151310111112121112121212
JS Soualem43381012121212131212131414141414141515151314131313131313
MAS Fès6787536578988886881010810910101011111111
MA Tétouan101295375655566669998898108889999
MC Oujda151615151515161616151514121112111010111214141515151515151415
OC Safi910109899991077777877666666766665
Raja CA146464744422222222222222222211
RCA Zemamra11811121311101010789101091011129911989998888
RS Berkane521221233344433333555543333333
SCC Mohammédia131312131210111111111111111211121313131113131413141414141514
Union de Touarga7141098888910109910766777777677744
Wydad AC1695642111133344444334455544576
Leader and CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Botola 2
Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: the-sports.org

Season statistics

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Scoring

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Top goalscorers

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As of 2 June 2024[21][22]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Yousri Bouzok Raja CA 14
2   Ismail Khafi IR Tanger 13
3   Mouhcine Bouriga Maghreb AS 12
4   Sofian El Moudane HUS Agadir 10
5   Mohamed Rabie Hrimat AS FAR 9
  Tawfik Bentayeb US Touarga
  Youssef El Fahli RS Berkane
  Amine Zouhzouh AS FAR
  Abdou Badji MA Tétouan
  Hamid Ahaddad Fath US
  Youness Nejjari OC Safi

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Round
  Charki El Bahri Wydad AC IR Tanger 3–0 (A) 7 October 2023 6
  Yousri Bouzok Raja CA IR Tanger 6–1 (H) 28 December 2023 13
  Nawfel Zerhouni
  Hamza Igamane AS FAR Fath US 4–1 (A) 8 January 2024 15
  Amine Zouhzouh AS FAR US Touarga 3–0 (H) 25 February 2024 21

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
4 – Player scored four goals.

Goalkeepers' Goals-to-Games Ratio and Clean Sheets

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As of 14 June 2024
Rank Name Club Matches Goals Against Average Clean Sheets
1   Anas Zniti Raja CA 30 15 0.5 17
2   El Mehdi Benabid AS FAR 27 21 0.77 11
3   Khalid Kbiri Alaoui OC Safi 28 23 0.85 11
4   Yahia El Filali MA Tétouan 29 25 0.86 10
5   Youssef El Motie Wydad AC 27 27 1 11

Discipline

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Player

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Club

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  • Most yellow cards: 68
    • OC Safi
  • Most red cards: 8
    • Wydad AC
  • Fewest yellow cards: 38
    • MA Tétouan
  • Fewest red cards: 1
    • IR Tanger

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "نهضة الزمامرة يتعاقد مع المدرب كركاش" [Nahdet Zemamra signs coach Karkache]. sports.lematin.ma. 19 July 2023.
  2. ^ "L'Allemand Josef Zinnbauer, nouvel entraîneur du Raja" [German Josef Zinnbauer, new coach of Raja]. h24info.ma. 8 June 2023.
  3. ^ "AS FAR : Nasreddine Nabi, nouvel entraîneur des militaires pour les deux prochaines saisons" [AS FAR: Nasreddine Nabi, new military coach for the next two seasons]. lematin.ma. 18 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Adil Ramzi, new coach of Wydad Casablanca". moroccolatestnews.com. 22 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Tarik Sektioui prend les commandes du Maghreb de Fès" [Tarik Sektioui takes control of the Maghreb of Fez]. snrtnews. 25 July 2023.
  6. ^ "المغرب التطواني يتعاقد مع المدرب محمد العلوي الاسماعيلي" [Moghreb Tetouan contracts with coach Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili]. Moghreb Tetouan. 26 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Olympic de Safi : Mounir Chebil succède officiellement à Tarik Moustapha" [Olympic Safi: Mounir Chebil officially succeeds Tarik Moustapha]. lematin.ma. 30 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Mercato - Abdelouahed Zamrat nouvel entraîneur de Touarga" [Mercato – Abdelouahed Zamrat new coach of Touarga]. elbotola.com. 28 July 2023.
  9. ^ "MCO : la commission spéciale désigne un nouveau staff technique mené par Faouzi Jamal" [MCO: the special commission appoints a new technical staff led by Faouzi Jamal]. lematin.ma. 16 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Omar Najhi, nouvel entraineur de l'IRT" [Omar Najhi, new IRT coach]. m.le360.ma. 16 September 2023.
  11. ^ "رسميا/ نهضة الزمامرة يعين محمد أمين بنهاشم مدربا للفريق خلفا لعزيز كركاش" [Officially\ Nahdet Zamamra appoints Mohamed Amine Benhachem as coach of the team, succeeding Aziz Kerkache]. elbotola.com. 12 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Olympique Club de Safi: Zakaria Aboub, nouvel entraineur de la section football" [Olympique Club de Safi: Zakaria Aboub, new coach of the football section]. lematin.ma. 19 October 2023.
  13. ^ "بنشريفة يعوض المباركي في شباب السوالم" [Bencharifa replaces El Moubarki in Shabab Soualem]. hespress.com. 30 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Officiel: Faouzi Benzarti de retour au Wydad" [Official: Faouzi Benzarti returns to Wydad]. infomediaire.net. 15 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Botola Pro Inwi: Hilal Et-Tair de retour à l'IRT" [Botola Pro Inwi: Hilal Et-Tair returns to the IRT]. m.le360.ma. 13 January 2024.
  16. ^ "الماط يتعاقد مع المدرب عبد اللطيف جريندو خلفا للعلوي الاسماعيلي" [MAT signs coach Abdellatif Jrindou as successor to Alaoui Ismaili]. Moghreb Tetouan. 11 February 2024.
  17. ^ "Valse des entraineurs: la RS Berkane officialise l'arrivée du Tunisien Mouine Chaabani" [Waltz of coaches: RS Berkane formalizes the arrival of Tunisian Mouine Chaabani]. sport.le360.ma. 13 February 2024.
  18. ^ "Chabab de Mohammedia : Nourredine Ziati nommé nouvel entraîneur" [Chabab of Mohammedia: Nourredine Ziati appointed new coach]. lematin.ma. 14 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Le tunisien Abdelhay Ben Soltane remplace Tarik Sektioui a la tête du MAS" [Tunisian Abdelhay Ben Soltane replaces Tarik Sektioui at the head of MAS]. lesinfos.ma. 1 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Aziz Ben Askar, nouvel entraîneur du Wydad de Casablanca" [Aziz Ben Askar, new coach of Wydad Casablanca]. hespress.com. 5 April 2024.
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  22. ^ "Moroccan Professional Inwi Botola 1 2023/2024: Scorers". goalzz.com. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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