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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.

Botola Inwi
Season2023–24
Dates25 August 2023 – June 2024
Matches played120
Goals scored274 (2.28 per match)
Top goalscorerNawfel Zerhouni,
Abdou Badji,
Yousri Bouzok
(7 goals)
Biggest home winRaja 6–1 IR Tanger
(28 December 2023)
Biggest away winMC Oujda 0–3 AS FAR
(25 September 2023)
IR Tanger 0–3 Wydad AC
(7 October 2023)
Fath US 1–4 AS FAR
(8 January 2024)
Longest winning runRS Berkane
MA Tétouan
Wydad AC
AS FAR
Raja CA
HUS Agadir
(3 Matches)
Longest unbeaten runRaja CA
(19 Matches)
Longest winless runHUS Agadir
(13 Matches)
Longest losing runYoussoufia Berrechid
JS Soualem
Maghreb AS
(4 Matches)
2024-25 →
All statistics correct as of 20 February 2024.

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.

Teams edit

Stadium and locations edit

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Locations of the 2023–24 Botola teams
Team name Acronym Location Stadium Capacity
AS FAR ASFAR Kenitra Kenitra Municipal Stadium[note 1] 15,000
FUS Rabat FUS Rabat Moulay Hassan Stadium 12,000
Hassania Agadir HUSA Agadir Adrar Stadium 45,480
IR Tanger IRT Tangier Saniat Rmel Stadium[note 2] 65,000
JS Soualem JSS Soualem Berrechid Municipal Stadium 5,000
MAS Fès MAS Fez Fez Stadium 45,000
MA Tétouan MAT Tétouan Saniat Rmel Stadium 10,000
MC Oujda MCO Oujda Honneur Stadium 30,000
Olympic Safi OCS Safi El Massira Stadium 15,000
Raja CA RCA Casablanca Mohammed V Stadium 67,000
RCA Zemamra RCAZ Zemamra Ahmed Choukri Stadium 2,500
RS Berkane RSB Berkane Berkane Municipal Stadium 15,000
SCC Mohammédia SCCM Mohammedia El Bachir Stadium 15,000
Union de Touarga UTS Rabat Moulay Hassan Stadium 12,000
Wydad AC WAC Casablanca Mohammed V Stadium 67,000
Youssoufia Berrechid CAYB Berrechid Berrechid Municipal Stadium 5,000

Number of teams by regions edit

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 edit

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   Zakaria Aboub   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 edit

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

Foreign players edit

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 edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AS FAR (X) 24 18 4 2 53 16 +37 58 Qualification for Champions League
2 Raja CA 24 15 9 0 39 13 +26 54
3 RS Berkane 24 10 10 4 28 14 +14 40 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 FUS Rabat 24 10 8 6 25 21 +4 38
5 Olympic Safi 24 8 10 6 23 20 +3 34[a]
6 Wydad AC 23 9 7 7 26 23 +3 34[a]
7 Union de Touarga 24 9 6 9 26 27 −1 33
8 MA Tétouan 24 7 11 6 22 20 +2 32
9 RCA Zemamra 24 8 6 10 27 29 −2 30
10 MAS Fès 24 7 8 9 28 27 +1 29
11 Hassania Agadir 24 6 8 10 22 33 −11 26
12 IR Tanger 24 5 9 10 23 33 −10 24
13 SCC Mohammédia 24 6 5 13 19 32 −13 23
14 JS Soualem 24 6 4 14 24 38 −14 22
15 MC Oujda 23 5 6 12 17 37 −20 21 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Youssoufia Berrechid 24 3 7 14 17 36 −19 16
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2024. 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.
(X) Assured of at least a Confederation Cup place
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Olympic Safi +1, Wydad AC –1.

Results edit

Home \ Away ASFAR CAYB FUS HUSA IRT JSS MAS MAT MCO OCS RCA RCAZ RSB SCCM UTS WAC
AS FAR — 4–1 – 2–1 1–0 – – 3–0 5–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–1
CAY Berrechid 0–2 — – 1–2 0–1 – 1–0 0–0 0–0 – 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 0–1 – 1–1 1–0 – 2–1
HUS Agadir – – 1–3 — 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 – 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 3–2 0–0
IR Tanger 1–2 2–1 – 0–1 — 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 – 1–1 0–1 – 2–1 0–3
JS Soualem 2–2 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–3 — 1–1 1–2 – 0–1 0–0 – – 2–2 1–0 3–1
MAS Fès 1–3 – 1–2 – 2–1 3–0 — 2–1 1–0 – 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 –
MA Tétouan – – 2–1 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 – – 1–0 – 1–3 –
OC Safi 1–0 3–1 – 1–1 – 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 — 2–2 2–0 – 0–0 – 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 – 1–0 1–0 –
RCA Zemamra 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 – 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–2 – — 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0
RS Berkane 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 – 2–0 3–0 1–1 – — – 0–0 0–0
SCC Mohammédia 0–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 – 0–1 1–0 1–0 – 0–2 1–1 — – 2–3
US Touarga 2–1 3–2 0–0 – 2–2 – 1–0 – 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 — 0–1
Wydad AC – 1–0 0–2 – 0–2 1–0 1–1 – 3–1 – 0–2 3–1 1–0 5–2 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 20 March 2024. 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 edit

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

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
ASFAR2521153222111111
Youssoufia Berrechid12151616161614151514141516161616
FUS Rabat3673764766655555
Hassania Agadir8111414141415141416161615131313
IR Tanger14141311111313131312131314151515
JS Soualem4338101212121213121213141414
MAS Fès6787536578988886
MA Tétouan101295375655566669
MC Oujda15161515151516161615151412111211
OC Safi9101098999910777778
Raja CA1464647444222222
RCA Zemamra118111213111010107891010910
RS Berkane5212212333444333
SCC Mohammédia13131213121011111111111111121112
Union de Touarga71410988889101099107
Wydad AC16956421111333444
Leader and CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Botola 2
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2024. Source: the-sports.org

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of 11 January 2024[21]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Nawfel Zerhouni Raja CA 7
  Yousri Bouzok
  Abdou Badji MA Tétouan
4   Hamza Igamane AS FAR 6
  Mohamed Rabie Hrimat
  Mouhcine Bouriga Maghreb AS
7   Hamid Ahadad Fath US 5
  Mohamed El Badoui Maghreb AS
  Zakaria Hadraf RCA Zemamra
  Ismail Khafi IR Tanger

Hat-tricks edit

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 edit

Discipline edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ AS FAR played their home matches at Kenitra Municipal Stadium, instead of their regular stadium Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium due to demolition.
  2. ^ IR Tanger played their home matches at Saniat Rmel Stadium, Tétouan, instead of their regular stadium Ibn Batouta Stadium due to renovation. And hosted also a couple of matches at El Bachir Stadium, Mohammedia.

References edit

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  2. ^ "L'Allemand Josef Zinnbauer, nouvel entraîneur du Raja" [German Josef Zinnbauer, new coach of Raja]. h24info.ma. 8 June 2023.
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  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.
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  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.
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  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.
  21. ^ "Moroccan Professional Inwi Botola 1 2023/2024: Scorers". goalzz.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

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