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2015–16 Botola

The 2015–16 Botola, also known as Botola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons, is the 59th season of the Premier League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1915. The fixtures were announced on 22 July 2015. The season started on 5 September 2015 and is scheduled to conclude on 15 April 2016.

Botola
Season2015–16
ChampionsFUS Rabat
1st title
RelegatedMC Oujda
MAS Fez
Champions LeagueFUS Rabat
Wydad Casablanca
Confederation CupIR Tanger
MAS Fez
Matches played240
Goals scored501 (2.09 per match)
Top goalscorerMehdi Naghmi (12 Goals)
Biggest home winHUSA 5–1 KAC
RCA 5–1 HUSA
Biggest away winMAT 2–5 RCA
RCA 1–4 FAR
HUSA 2–5 MAS
Highest scoringFAR 5–2 MAT
MAT 2–5 RCA
KAC 3–4 MAT
HUSA 2–5 MAS
Highest attendance80,000 (Raja vs Wydad)

Wydad came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. IR Tanger and MC Oujda entered as the two promoted teams from the 2014–15 GNF 2.

On June 5, 2016, FUS Rabat won the football championship after a 4–2 victory against Mouloudia D'Oujda. The FUS Rabat club won the championship for the first time after being runner-up to the title for 5 previous times.[1]

Teams edit

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Locations of the 2015–16 Botola teams

A total of 16 teams compete in the league, including 14 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 GNF 2. On 12 April 2015, Tanger became the first Championship side to be promoted following their 0–0 draw over Youssoufia Berrechid in week 27. On 4 May 2015 (in week 30), MC Oujda got promoted to the top flight after defeating US Temara 1–0 in their home match.

The two promoted clubs replaced Chabab Atlas Khenifra and Ittihad Khemisset.

Stadium and locations edit

Team Acronym Location Stadium Capacity
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima CRA Al Hoceima Stade Mimoun Al Arsi 12,000
Difaâ El Jadidi DHJ El Jadida Stade El Abdi 15,000
AS FAR Club AS FAR Rabat Stade Moulay Abdellah 65,000
Fath Union Sport FUS Rabat Stade de FUS 15,000
Hassania Agadir HUSA Agadir Stade Adrar 45,480
IR Tanger IRT Tanger Grand Stade de Tanger 45,000
KAC Kénitra KAC Kenitra Stade Municipal (Kenitra) 15,000
Kawkab Marrakech KACM Marrakech Stade de Marrakech 45,240
MAS Fez MAS Fes Fez Stadium 45,000
Moghreb Tétouan MAT Tétouan Saniat Rmel 15,000
MC Oujda MCO Oujda Honneur Stadium 30,000
Olympic Safi OCS Safi Stade El Massira 10,000
Olympique Khouribga OCK Khouribga Complexe OCP 10,000
Raja Casablanca RCA Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000
RSB Berkane RSB Berkane Stade Municipal 15,000
Wydad Casablanca WAC Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000

Number of teams by regions edit

Regions of Morocco Number of teams Teams
1   Casablanca-Settat 3 DH El Jadida, Raja CA and Wydad AC
  Rabat-Salé-Kénitra AS FAR, Fath US and Kénitra AC
  Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima CR Al Hoceima, IR Tanger and MA Tétouan
4   Marrakech-Safi 2 KAC Marrakech and OC Safi
  Oriental MC Oujda and RS Berkane
6   Béni Mellal-Khénifra 1 OC Khouribga
  Souss-Massa HUS Agadir
  Fès-Meknès Maghreb AS

Personnel and kits edit

Teams Managers1 Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima   Fouad Sahabi Al Omrane, Koutoubia
Difaâ El Jadidi   Abderrahim Taleb Uhlsport OCP, Alitkan
AS FAR Club   Abdelmalek El Aziz Joma
FUS Rabat   Walid Regragui Nike
Hassania Agadir   Abdelhadi Sektioui Umbro Ifriquiya
IR Tanger   Abdelhak Benchikha Bang Sports Moroccan Airports Authority
KAC Kénitra   Samir Yaich Sarsons Sports Koutoubia
Kawkab Marrakesh   Hassan Benabicha Adidas Koutoubia
MAS Fez   Mohammed El Achhabi M Sport Ingelec
MC Oujda   Azzedine Aït Djoudi Joma
Moghreb Tétouan   Sergio Lobera King Sports Maroc Abroun
OC Khouribga   Youssef El Mrini Nike
Olympic Safi   Hicham Dmii
Raja Casablanca   Rachid Taoussi Adidas Hyundai
RSB Berkane   Bertrand Marchand Nike
Wydad Casablanca   John Toshack Adidas Ingelec
  • 1 According to current revision of List of Moroccan Football League managers
  • Additionally, referee kits are made by Adidas.
  • Maroc Telecom is a sponsor for all the league's teams.

Managerial changes edit

Teams Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Olympic Safi   Youssef Fertout Sacked 29 May 2015   Aziz El Amri 29 May 2015
IR Tanger   Mohamed Amine Benhachem Sacked 2 June 2015   Abdelhak Benchikha 2 June 2015
CR Al Hoceima   Aziz El Amri Sacked 5 June 2015   Kamal Zouaghi 5 June 2015
Maghreb Fès   Rachid Taoussi Sacked 5 November 2015   Denis Lavagne 14 November 2015
Raja Casablanca   Ruud Krol Sacked 5 November 2015   Rachid Taoussi 5 November 2015
CR Al Hoceima   Kamal Zouaghi Sacked 28 December 2015   Fouad Sahabi 30 December 2015
Kawkab Marrakesh   Hicham Dmii Sacked 8 January 2016   Hassan Benabicha 9 January 2016
Difaâ El Jadidi   Jamal Sellami Sacked 15 February 2016   Abderrahim Taleb 22 February 2016
OC Khouribga   Ahmad Al-Ajlani Resigned 9 March 2016   Karim Zouaghi 9 March 2016
Maghreb Fès   Denis Lavagne Sacked 28 March 2016   Mohammed El Achhabi 28 March 2016
AS FAR Club   José Romão Resigned 1 April 2016   Abdelmalek El Aziz 3 April 2016
Olympic Safi   Aziz El Amri Sacked 3 April 2016   Hicham Dmii 6 April 2016
OC Khouribga   Karim Zouaghi Sacked 19 April 2016   Youssef El Mrini 21 April 2016

Results edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FUS Rabat (C) 30 16 10 4 40 21 +19 58 CAF Champions League and the Arab Club Championship
2 Wydad Casablanca 30 16 8 6 34 19 +15 56 Qualification to the CAF Champions League
3 IR Tanger 30 14 8 8 36 23 +13 50 Qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup
4 FAR Rabat 30 13 8 9 40 35 +5 47
5 Raja Casablanca 30 13 8 9 48 30 +18 47
6 Moghreb Tétouan 30 12 7 11 34 43 −9 43
7 RSB Berkane 30 10 13 7 24 19 +5 43
8 Hassania Agadir 30 11 8 11 44 46 −2 41
9 Olympic Safi 30 9 10 11 23 27 −4 37
10 Chabab Rif Hoceima 30 10 6 14 27 34 −7 36
11 KAC Kénitra 30 10 5 15 26 37 −11 35
12 Olympique Khouribga 30 9 7 14 26 35 −9 34
13 Difaâ El Jadidi 30 7 13 10 26 30 −4 34
14 Kawkab Marrakech 30 7 9 14 23 30 −7 30
15 MC Oujda (R) 30 7 8 15 26 41 −15 29 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Maghreb Fès (R) 30 5 14 11 24 31 −7 29 Confederation Cup and relegation to Botola 2[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Despite relegation, MAS Fès qualified for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup as Coupe du Trône winners

Result table edit

Home \ Away FUS WAC IRT FAR RCA MAT RSB HUSA OCS CRA KAC OCK DHJ KACM MCO MAS
FUS Rabat 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 0–0
Wydad 0–1 2–2 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–0
IR Tanger 0–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0
FAR Rabat 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 5–2 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Raja 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–4 2–3 1–0 5–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 3–0
Moghreb Tétouan 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–5 1–0 2–4 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0
RSB Berkane 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 2–1
Hassania Agadir 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–5
OC Safi 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–4 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2
CR Hoceima 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
KAC Kénitra 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 3–4 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
OC Khouribga 1–2 1–3 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–3
Difaâ El Jadidi 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–1
Kawkab Marrakech 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–0
MC Oujda 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Maghreb Fès 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: Botola Pro
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Scoring edit

Top scorers edit

As of 4 June 2016.[2][3][4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Mehdi Naghmi FAR Rabat 12
2   Mourad Batna FUS Rabat 11
  Abdelilah Hafidi Raja Casablanca
4   Reda Hajhouj Wydad Casablanca 9
  Achraf Bencharki Maghreb Fès
6   Zakaria Hadraf Difaâ El Jadidi 8
7   Hervé Guy IR Tanger 7
  Abdessamad El Mobarky Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
  Badie Aouk Hassania Agadir
  Yassin Dahbi MC Oujda

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
  Noureddine El Gourch Hassania Agadir Moghreb Tétouan 2–4 (A) 22 September 2015
  Abdelilah Hafidi Raja Casablanca Hassania Agadir 5–1 (H) 29 May 2016
  Achraf Bencharki Maghreb Fès Hassania Agadir 2–5 (A) 4 June 2016

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
(H) - Home ; (A) - Away

Annual awards edit

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation, in coordination with the LNFP ( Ligue Nationale du Football Professionnel) and the UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), organized the 2nd edition of the "Stars' Night" in honor of the players and coacheswho were distinguished during the 2015/2016 season.[5]

Award Winner Club
Manager of the Season   Walid Regragui Fath US
Player of the Season   Mourad Batna Fath US
Promising Player of the Season   Reda Hajhouj Wydad AC
Foreign Player of the Season   Michael Babatunde Raja CA

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "LE FUS DE RABAT CHAMPION POUR LA PREMIÈRE FOIS".
  2. ^ "Championnat National Botola Maroc Telecom 2015/2016 Top Scorers". Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. fifa.com
  3. ^ "Statistiques Botola Saison:2015/16 Le classement des buteurs". Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2016-03-24. mountakhab.net
  4. ^ "Botola Maroc Telecom 2015/2016:Scorers". goalzz.com
  5. ^ "باتنا يتوج بجائزة أحسن لاعب في البطولة" [Batna wins Best Player of the Tournament]. ar.sport.le360.ma. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

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