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2020–21 Botola

The 2020–21 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is the 64th season of the Premier League and the 10th under its new format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956.[1]

Botola Inwi
Season2020–21
Dates4 December 2020 – 28 July 2021
ChampionsWydad AC
21st title
RelegatedMA Tétouan
RCA Zemamra
Champions LeagueWydad AC
Raja CA
Confederation CupAS FAR
RS Berkane
Matches played240
Goals scored540 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorerAyoub El Kaabi
(18 goals)
Biggest home winMC Oujda 4-0 DH Jadidi
(14 March 2021)
Wydad AC 4-0 RS Berkane
(2 May 2021)
Biggest away winFath US 0-3 MC Oujda
(16 May 2021)
CAY Berrechid 0-3 MA Tétouan
(27 May 2021)
IR Tanger 0-3 Raja CA
(16 June 2021)
Highest scoringHassania Agadir 3–5 Wydad AC
(13 June 2021)
Longest winning run5 matches
Wydad AC
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Wydad AC
Longest winless run10 matches
SCC Mohammédia
Longest losing run5 matches
RCA Zemamra
All statistics correct as of 01 August 2021.

Raja Casablanca came into the season as defending champions of the 2019–20 season. Chabab Mohammédia and Maghreb de Fès entered as the two promoted teams from the 2019–20 Botola 2.

The season began on 4 December 2020 and ended on 28 July 2021.

Wydad AC are crowned champions of this edition three rounds before the end of the tournament with a record of 21 Botola.

Teams edit

Stadium and locations edit

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Locations of the 2020–21 Botola teams
Team Location Stadium Capacity
CAYB Berrechid Stade Municipal 8,000
DHJ El Jadida Stade El Abdi 15,000
FAR Rabat Stade Moulay Abdellah 65,000
FUS Rabat Stade Moulay Hassan 12,000
HUSA Agadir Stade Adrar 45,480
IRT Tanger Stade Ibn Batouta 45,000
MAS Fes Fez Stadium 45,000
MAT Tétouan Saniat Rmel 15,000
MCO Oujda Honneur Stadium 35,000
OCS Safi Stade El Massira 15,000
RCA Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000
RCAZ Zemamra Stade Municipal 5,000
RCOZ Oued Zem Stade Municipal 8,000
RSB Berkane Stade Municipal 15,000
SCCM Mohammédia Stade El Bachir 11,000
WAC Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000

Number of teams by regions edit

Regions of Morocco Number of teams Teams
1   Casablanca-Settat 6 CAY Berrechid, DH Jadidi, Raja CA, RCA Zemamra, SCC Mohammédia and Wydad AC
2   Oriental 2 MC Oujda and RS Berkane
  Rabat-Salé-Kénitra AS FAR and Fath US
  Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima IR Tanger and MA Tétouan
5   Béni Mellal-Khénifra 1 RC Oued Zem
  Fès-Meknès Maghreb AS
  Marrakech-Safi OC Safi
  Souss-Massa HUS Agadir

Personnel and kits edit

Teams Managers Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AS FAR   Sven Vandenbroeck   Jalal Daoudi   Joma
CAY Berrechid   Abderrahim Nejjar   Mourad Kaaouach   Bang Sports Dalaa, Ould Bouazza, Alitkane, Or Blanc, Tiger1, Alghalla1, Samir2, Campak2
DH Jadida   Abdelhak Benchikha   El Mehdi Karnass   Jako Ozone, Radio Mars, TGCC1
Fath US   Demba Mbaye   El Mehdi El Bassil   Uhlsport Novec, LafargeHolcim Maroc1
HUS Agadir   Reda Hakam   Yassine Rami   Legea Afriquia, Souss-Massa, Agadir, Skoda1, jaouda1, AtlantaSanad23, Joly3, Moov'up3
IR Tanger   Driss El Mrabet   Nouaman Aarab   Gloria Tanger-Med, Experience Majorel1
Maghreb AS   Fathi Al-Jabal   Anass Azim   Mexxess Ozone, GoldVision1, Aïn Ifrane2
MA Tétouan   Toni Cosano   Adil El Hassnaoui   Bang Sports Tanger-Med,[2] Radio Mars, Halib Titawen1
MC Oujda   Bernard Casoni   Abdellah Khafifi   Bang Sports Dari1
OC Safi   Faouzi Jamal   Ahmed Bessak   Bang Sports Fitco
Raja CA   Lassaad Chabbi   Mouhcine Moutouali   Legea OLA Energy, Nor'Dar, Sofac3, MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Sanad23
RCA Zemamra   Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili   Brahim Nekkach   Bang Sports Itqan, Igaser, Sahel et Sahara1, SomaSteel2
RC Oued Zem   Fouad Sahabi   Mourad Hibour   Bang Sports
RS Berkane   Florent Ibengé   Mohamed Aziz   Bang Sports Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision1, Afriquia1
SCC Mohammédia   Mohamed Fakhir   Ayoub Adila   Chabab S.C.C.M, Vittel2
Wydad AC   Faouzi Benzarti   Salaheddine Saidi   Macron Ingelec, Or Blanc1, Hyundai23, Alitkane3
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
Moghreb Tétouan   Jamal Drideb 22 September 2020 End of contract   Zoran Manojlović 22 September 2020
Moghreb Tétouan   Zoran Manojlović Resigned 12 October 2020   Juan José Maqueda 22 October 2020
Mouloudia Oujda   Abdelhak Benchikha End of contract 12 October 2020   Abdeslam Ouaddou 14 October 2020
Difaâ El Jadidi   Jamal Amanallah End of contract 12 October 2020   Abdelhak Benchikha 19 October 2020
Rapide Oued Zem   Mounir Chebil Contract termination 15 October 2020   Youssef Fertout 26 October 2020
Nahdat Zemamra   Otmane El Assas End of tenure as caretake 26 October 2020   Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili 26 October 2020
IR Tanger   Juan Pedro Benali Contract termination 5 November 2020   Driss El Mrabet 5 November 2020
Hassania Agadir   Mustapha Ouchrif Contract termination 12 November 2020   Mounir Chebil 12 November 2020
Wydad Casablanca   Miguel Ángel Gamondi Resigned 15 November 2020   Faouzi Benzarti 15 November 2020
Moghreb Tétouan   Juan José Maqueda[3] Contract termination 23 December 2020   Jamal Drideb (interim) 23 December 2020
AS FAR   Abderrahim Talib[4] Contract termination 29 December 2020   Adil Serraj (interim) 29 December 2020
Nahdat Zemamra   Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili Contract termination 5 January 2021   Khalid Fouhami 7 January 2021
Moghreb Tétouan   Jamal Drideb (interim) End of tenure as caretake 7 January 2021   Younes Ben Lahmar[5] 7 January 2021
AS FAR   Adil Serraj (interim) End of tenure as caretake 9 January 2021   Sven Vandenbroeck[6] 9 January 2021
Mouloudia Oujda   Abdeslam Ouaddou[7] End of contract 9 January 2021   Bernard Casoni 16 January 2021
Maghreb de Fès   Abdellatif Jrindou End of contract 23 February 2021   Miguel Ángel Gamondi 25 February 2021
Moghreb Tétouan   Younes Ben Lahmar End of tenure as caretake 24 February 2021   Jamal Drideb[8] 24 February 2021
Rapide Oued Zem   Youssef Fertout Sacked 24 February 2021   Azzeddine Belkbir (interim) 24 February 2021
Nahdat Zemamra   Khalid Fouhami Contract termination 1 March 2021   Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili 4 March 2021
RS Berkane   Tarik Sektioui Resigned 6 March 2021   Juan Pedro Benali 18 March 2021
Hassania Agadir   Mounir Chebil Contract termination 8 March 2021   Reda Hakam 8 March 2021
Rapide Oued Zem   Azzeddine Belkbir (interim) End of tenure as caretake 4 April 2021   Fouad Sahabi 4 April 2021
Raja CA   Jamal Sellami Resigned 7 April 2021   Mohamed Bekkari (interim) 7 April 2021
Raja CA   Mohamed Bekkari (interim) End of tenure as caretake 13 April 2021   Lassaad Chabbi[9] 13 April 2021
FUS Rabat   Mustapha El Khalfi Resigned 26 April 2021   Demba Mbaye 26 April 2021
Maghreb de Fès   Miguel Ángel Gamondi Mutual consent 28 April 2021   Aziz Slimani (interim) 28 April 2021
Olympic Safi   Abdelhadi Sektioui Resigned 10 May 2021   Chiba Said (interim) 12 May 2021
Maghreb de Fès   Aziz Slimani (interim) End of tenure as caretake 15 May 2021   Fathi Al-Jabal 15 May 2021
SCC Mohammédia   Mohamed Amine Benhachem Mutual consent 16 May 2021   Rachid Rokki (interim) 16 May 2021
SCC Mohammédia   Rachid Rokki (interim) End of tenure as caretake 7 June 2021   Mohamed Fakhir 7 June 2021
RS Berkane   Juan Pedro Benali Mutual consent 23 June 2021   David Boulengi (interim) 23 June 2021
RS Berkane   David Boulengi (interim) End of tenure as caretake 5 July 2021   Florent Ibengé 5 July 2021
Olympic Safi   Chiba Said (interim) End of tenure as caretake 5 July 2021   Faouzi Jamal 8 July 2021
Moghreb Tétouan   Jamal Drideb Mutual consent 15 July 2021   Toni Cosano 15 July 2021

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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
AS FAR   Joseph Guédé Gnadou   Diney   Yannick Bangala Litombo   Aboubacar Toungara
Chabab Mohammédia   Hintan Bakum   Hervé Guy   Loïc Nze   Youssouf Traoré   Ahmed Al-Sarori
Difaâ El Jadidi   Meke Meyenga   Stanislas Dua Ankira   Dieumerci Amale   Jonathan Ifunga Ifasso   Masoud Juma
FUS Rabat   Cedric Elysée Kodjo   Jean-Joseph Kombous   Mohamed Anis Saltou
Hassania Agadir   Patrick Malo   Bakary Mané   Malick Cisse
IR Tanger   Mukoko Batezadio   Axel Meye   Stévy Nzambé   Youssoupha Konaté
Maghreb de Fès   Franck Guiza   Oumar Camara   Nelson Munganga   Abdoulaye Diarra   Alimi Sikiru
Moghreb Tétouan   Innocent Assana   Mame Gueye   Shaaban Idd Chilunda
Mouloudia Oujda   Abdellah El Moudene   Lamine Diakité   Demba Camara   Yacouba Sylla   Ricky Ngatchou
Nahdat Berkane   Issoufou Dayo   Alain Traoré   Djibril Ouattara
Nahdat Zemamra   Carof Bakoua   Abdou Atchabao   Grace Obiang   Amadou Oury Barry
Olympic Safi   Cláudio   Polaco   Robert William   Thierry Kassi
Raja Casablanca   Soumaïla Ouattara   Ben Malango   Fabrice Ngoma   Sanad Al Warfali
Rapide Oued Zem   Aliou Chitou   Jean-Baptiste Nangui   Nilmar Mondésir Blé   Ibrahim Sangaré
Wydad Casablanca   Cheick Comara   Muaid Ellafi   Michel Babatunde   Simon Msuva
Youssoufia Berrechid   Nickson Kibabage   Patrick Kaddu

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wydad AC (C) 30 20 7 3 58 26 +32 67 Qualification for Champions League
2 Raja Casablanca 30 17 8 5 48 26 +22 59
3 AS FAR 30 14 9 7 39 29 +10 51 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 RS Berkane 30 13 6 11 37 36 +1 45
5 Mouloudia Oujda 30 12 6 12 38 35 +3 42
6 Hassania Agadir 30 9 10 11 23 24 −1 37
7 Maghreb de Fès 30 7 15 8 30 34 −4 36[a]
8 IR Tanger 30 10 6 14 29 36 −7 36[a]
9 FUS Rabat 30 8 11 11 32 36 −4 35[b]
10 Chabab Mohammédia 30 7 14 9 26 25 +1 35[b]
11 Olympic Safi 30 8 11 11 30 41 −11 35[b]
12 Difaâ El Jadidi 30 9 8 13 32 40 −8 35[b]
13 Rapide Oued Zem 30 7 12 11 28 36 −8 33[c]
14 Youssoufia Berrechid 30 7 12 11 23 33 −10 33[c]
15 Moghreb Tétouan (R) 30 6 14 10 36 43 −7 32 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Nahdat Zemamra (R) 30 7 9 14 31 40 −9 30
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Maghreb de Fès: 4 points, IR Tanger: 1 point.
  2. ^ a b c d Head-to-head: FUS Rabat: 11 points, Chabab Mohammédia: 9 point, Olympic Safi: 7 point, Difaâ El Jadidi: 5 point.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head: Rapide Oued Zem: 4 points, Youssoufia Berrechid: 1 point.

Results edit

Home \ Away CAYB DHJ FAR FUS HUSA IRT MAS MAT MCO OCS RCA RCAZ RCOZ RSB SCCM WAC
CAY Berrechid — 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1
DH Jadidi 2–3 — 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–1
AS FAR 3–2 1–0 — 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–2 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0
Fath US 1–2 1–1 2–1 — 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 3–3 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0
HUS Agadir 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 — 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–5
IR Tanger 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 3–2
Maghreb AS 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–1
MA Tétouan 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 1–3 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–2
MC Oujda 3–1 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–2 — 3–2 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 0–2
OC Safi 1–1 4–3 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 — 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Raja CA 1–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 — 1–0 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–2
RCA Zemamra 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 3–0 3–4 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2
RC Oued Zem 2–0 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 — 1–3 3–2 0–1
RS Berkane 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–1 0–2
SCC Mohammédia 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 — 1–1
Wydad AC 2–0 4–2 2–0 3–2 3–0 2–4 2–0 4–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2021. Source: Goalzz
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
Wydad AC325321122111111111111111111111
Raja Casablanca752112211222222222222222222222
ASFAR121510101110874333433333333333333333
RS Berkane243633338912967767799115710644444
Mouloudia Oujda91115161616161511755896766565864455555
Hassania Agadir13121114121411995463445444589985679106
Maghreb de Fès57756554661112126912981112121213111076667
IR Tanger63124471058675554557444457910878
SCC Mohammédia114456981012881012111010111414141414121212131089
Fath Union Sport86888111312121391013108912969910109111112121310
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi111413151515101114141414161414141414121010111113131397911
Olympic Club de Safi4867774534747810881010876868811111112
Rapide Oued Zem101014131413151415151516151615151515131313151215151614141213
Youssoufia Berrechid1513121113966711101191113131313151515131514141416161514
Moghreb Tétouan149991081213131013131113121111128767579108131415
Renaissance Zemamra16161612912141616161615141516161616161616161616161515151616
Leader and CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Botola 2
Source: Botola

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of 28 July 2021[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Ayoub El Kaabi Wydad AC 18
2   Ben Malango Raja CA 16
3   Soufiane Rahimi Raja CA 14
4   Axel Méyé IR Tanger 12
5   Salaheddine Benyachou OC Safi 9
  El Mehdi El Bassil Fath US
7   Alaeddine Ajaraie Maghreb AS 8
  Oussama Lamlioui SCC Mohammédia
  Youssef El Fahli HUS Agadir
  Demba Camara MC Oujda

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Round
  Salaheddine Benyachou4 OC Safi DH El Jadidi 4–3 (H) 5 December 2020 1
  Ayoub El Kaabi Wydad AC DH El Jadidi 4–2 (H) 9 June 2021 17

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

Clean Sheets edit

As of 28 July 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti Wydad AC 14
2   Anas Zniti Raja CA 13
3   Ayoub Lakred AS FAR 11
4   Abderahmane El Houasli HUS Agadir 9
  Yahia El Filali MA Tétouan
  Soufiane Barrouhou DH Jadidi
7   Mehdi Ouaya RC Oued Zem 8
8   Marouane Fakhr MC Oujda 7
  Mohamed Boujad CAY Berrechid
  Mehdi Harrar SCC Mohammédia
  Hamza Hamiani Akbi RS Berkane

Scoring edit

Discipline edit

As of 28 July 2021[13]

Player edit

Club edit

  • Most yellow cards: 74
    • MC Oujda
  • Most red cards: 9
    • RS Berkane
  • Fewest yellow cards: 42
    • Raja CA
  • Fewest red cards: 1
    • AS FAR

Annual awards edit

The UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), in partnership with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, organized the Night of Stars Award in its 7th edition, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2020/21 season.[14]

Award Winner Club
Manager of the Season   Faouzi Benzarti Wydad AC
Player of the Season   Soufiane Rahimi Raja CA
Foreign Player of the Season   Ben Malango Raja CA
Promising Player of the Season   Salaheddine Benyachou OC Safi
Goalkeeper of the Season   Anas Zniti Raja CA
Defender of the Season   Achraf Dari Wydad AC
Midfielder of the Season   Yahya Jabrane Wydad AC
Forward of the Season   Ayoub El Kaabi Wydad AC
Club of the Season Wydad AC
Team of the Season[15]
Goalkeeper   Anas Zniti (Raja CA)
Defence   Mohamed Chibi (IR Tanger)   Marouane Hadhoudi (Raja CA)   Achraf Dari (Wydad AC)   Hamza El Moussaoui (MA Tétouan)
Midfield   Mohamed Ounajem (Zamalek SC)   Mohamed Hrimat (FAR Rabat)   Yahya Jabrane (Wydad AC)   Soufiane Rahimi (EJS Casablanca)
Attack   Ben Malango (Raja CA)   Ayoub El Kaabi (Wydad AC)

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "المغرب التطواني يوقع عقدا استشهاريا مع مؤسسة "طنجة المتوسط" بقيمة مليوني درهم" [Moghreb Tétouan signed a advertising contract with the "Tanger-Med" Foundation, worth two million dirhams]. matfoot.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  3. ^ "ماكيدا أول ضحايا الدوري المغربي" [Maqueda, the first victim of the Moroccan League]. kooora.com. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  4. ^ "l'AS FAR se sépare de Taleb" [AS FAR separates from Taleb]. sport.le360.ma. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  5. ^ "اللجنة التقنية تختار الربان الجديد للفريق" [The Technical Committee choose the new helmsman of the team]. matfoot.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  6. ^ "COMMUNIQUÉ : SVEN VANDENBROECK NOUVEL ENTRAÎNEUR DE L'ASFAR" [PRESS RELEASE: SVEN VANDENBROECK NEW ASFAR COACH]. as-far.ma. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  7. ^ "Le MCO se sépare d'Abdeslam Ouaddou" [MCO separates from Abdeslam Ouaddou]. sport.le360.ma. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  8. ^ "المغرب التطواني يقيل مدربه بلحمر ويعين جمال دريدب مشرفا على الفريق" [Moghreb Tetouan sacks its coach Benlahmar and appoints Jamal Drideb as the team supervisor]. matfoot.com. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  9. ^ "نادي الرجاء الرياضي يتعاقد مع المدرب التونسي لسعد الشابي" [Raja Club Athletic signs with Tunisian coach Lassaad Chabbi]. fb.com/RajaClubAthleticOfficiel. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  10. ^ "Moroccan Professional Botola 1 2020/2021: Scorers". Goalzz. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Moghreb Tétouan - SC Chabab Mohammedia". sofascore. 4 December 2020.
  12. ^ "Hassania Agadir - Difaâ Hassani El-Jadidi". sofascore. 28 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Moroccan Professional Inwi Botola 1 2020/2021: Cards". goalzz.com.
  14. ^ administrateur (2021-08-15). "L'Union marocaine des footballeurs professionnels dévoile les noms de ses lauréats". MSport.ma (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  15. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-09-25.

External links edit

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