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2021–22 Botola

The 2021–22 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is the 65th season of the Premier League and the 11th 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
Season2021–22
Dates10 September 2021 – 5 July 2022
ChampionsWydad AC
22nd title
RelegatedRapide Oued Zem
Youssoufia Berrechid
Champions LeagueWydad AC
Raja CA
Confederation CupAS FAR
RS Berkane (Won the Throne cup)
Matches played240
Goals scored519 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorerGuy Mbenza
(16 goals)
Biggest home winJS Soualem 3-0 Maghreb AS
(18 September 2021)
Raja CA 3-0 JS Soualem
(24 September 2021)
Maghreb AS 3-0 CAY Berrechid
(2 October 2021)
Maghreb AS 3-0 DH Jadidi
(23 October 2021)
RS Berkane 4-1 IR Tanger
(31 October 2021)
RS Berkane 4-1 CAY Berrechid
(29 December 2021)
SCC Mohammédia 3-0 IR Tanger
(12 February 2022)
SCC Mohammédia 4-1 RC Oued Zem
(25 February 2022)
AS FAR 4-1 IR Tanger
(15 April 2022)
Wydad AC 3-0 AS FAR
(29 April 2022)
Wydad AC 3-0 JS Soualem
(19 June 2022)
Biggest away winCAY Berrechid 0-4 RS Berkane
(4 July 2022)
Highest scoringJS Soualem 3-4 Wydad AC
(19 November 2021)
RS Berkane 4-3 JS Soualem
(30 April 2022)
Longest winning runRaja CA
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runMaghreb AS
(22 matches)
Longest winless runCAY Berrechid
(16 matches)
Longest losing runHUS Agadir (twice)
RC Oued Zem
CAY Berrechid
SCC Mohammédia
(4 matches)
All statistics correct as of 5 July 2022.

Wydad Casablanca came into the season as defending champions of the 2020–21 season. Olympique Khouribga and Jeunesse Soualem entered as the two promoted teams from the 2020–21 Botola 2.

The season began in September, 10th 2021 and ended in July, 5th 2022.

Wydad AC are crowned champions of this edition with a record of 22 Botola.

Teams edit

Stadium and locations edit

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Locations of the 2021–22 Botola teams
Team name Acronym Location Stadium Capacity
AS FAR FAR Rabat Stade Moulay Abdellah 65,000
Chabab Mohammédia SCCM Mohammédia Stade El Bachir 11,000
Difaâ El Jadidi DHJ El Jadida Stade El Abdi 15,000
Fath Union Sport FUS Rabat Stade Moulay Hassan 12,000
Hassania Agadir HUSA Agadir Stade Adrar 45,480
Ittihad Tanger IRT Tanger Stade Ibn Batouta 45,000
Jeunesse Sportive Soualem JSS Soualem Stade Errazi in Berrechid 2,000
Maghreb de Fès MAS Fes Fez Stadium 45,000
Mouloudia Oujda MCO Oujda Honneur Stadium 35,000
Nahdat Berkane RSB Berkane Stade Municipal 15,000
Olympique Club de Khouribga OCK Khouribga Complexe OCP 10,000
Olympic Safi OCS Safi Stade El Massira 15,000
Raja Casablanca RCA Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000
Rapide Oued Zem RCOZ Oued Zem Stade Municipal 8,000
Wydad Casablanca WAC Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000
Youssoufia Berrechid CAYB Berrechid Stade Municipal 8,000

Number of teams by regions edit

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

Personnel and kits edit

Teams Managers Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AS FAR   Sven Vandenbroeck   Mohamed Rabie Hrimat   Erreà
CAY Berrechid   Mohamed Fathi   Mourad Kaaouach   AB Sport Dalaa, Ould Bouazza, Alitkane, Or Blanc, Tiger1, Alghalla1, Samir2, Campak2
DH Jadida   Abdelhak Benchikha   El Mehdi Karnass   Jako Ozone, Radio Mars, Mazagan, TGCC1
Fath US   Jamal Sellami   El Mehdi El Bassil   Uhlsport Novec, LafargeHolcim Maroc1
HUS Agadir   Abdelhadi Sektioui   Yassine Rami   Legea Afriquia, Souss-Massa, Agadir, Skoda1, jaouda1, AtlantaSanad23, Joly3, Moov'up3
IR Tanger   Juan Pedro Benali   Ahmad Hamoudan   Gloria Tanger-Med, Biougnach1
JS Soualem   Zakaria Aboub   Yassine Njima   BHero Sports Crunchips1
Maghreb AS   Abdelhay Ben Soltane   Anass Azim   Mexxess TGCC, Radio Mars, Asta1, Aïn Ifrane2
MC Oujda   Hilal Ettair   Abdellah Khafifi   Bang Sports Dari1
OC Khouribga   Abdessamad Ouarad   Youssef Oggadi   AB Sport AB Sport1
OC Safi   Tarek Mostafa   Ahmed Bessak   Bang Sports Fitco, ocstore.ma1
Raja CA   Bouchaib El Moubarki (interim)   Mouhcine Moutouali   Kappa OLA Energy, Nor'Dar, Sofac3, MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Sanad23
RC Oued Zem   Guglielmo Arena   Mourad Hibour   Bang Sports
RS Berkane   Florent Ibengé   Mohamed Aziz   Bang Sports Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision1, Afriquia1
SCC Mohammédia   Mohamed Fakhir   Ayoub Adila   Chabab Vittel2
Wydad AC   Walid Regragui   Yahya Jabrane   Macron Ingelec, Or Blanc1, 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
Maghreb de Fès   Fathi Al-Jabal End of contract 2 August 2021   Abdelhay Ben Soltane 2 August 2021
Wydad Casablanca   Faouzi Benzarti End of contract 3 August 2021   Walid Regragui 10 August 2021
Ittihad Tanger   Driss El Mrabet Mutual consent 6 August 2021   Bernard Casoni 8 August 2021
Mouloudia Oujda   Bernard Casoni End of contract 6 August 2021   Nabil Neghiz 12 August 2021
FUS Rabat   Demba Mbaye End of contract 10 August 2021   Mohamed Amine Benhachem 20 August 2021
Rapide Oued Zem   Fouad Sahabi Contract termination 21 September 2021   Mounir Chebil 29 September 2021
Youssoufia Berrechid   Abderrahim Nejjar Contract termination 2 October 2021   Mohamed Fathi 8 October 2021
Ittihad Tanger   Bernard Casoni Sacked 2 November 2021   Jaafar R'kyek (interim) 8 August 2021
FUS Rabat   Mohamed Amine Benhachem Resigned 3 November 2021   Jamal Sellami 13 November 2021
OC Safi   Faouzi Jamal Sacked 3 November 2021   Abderrahim Talib 11 November 2021
Raja CA   Lassaad Chabbi Sacked 9 November 2021   Marc Wilmots 11 November 2021
Rapide Oued Zem   Mounir Chebil Sacked 9 November 2021   Abdelkrim Jinani 22 November 2021
OC Khouribga   Abdelaziz Kerkache Sacked 22 November 2021   Abdessamad Ouarad 23 November 2021
MC Oujda   Nabil Neghiz Sacked 27 November 2021   Hilal Ettair 9 December 2021
Ittihad Tanger   Jaafar R'kyek (interim) End of tenure as caretake 30 November 2021   Miguel Ángel Gamondi 30 November 2021
Hassania Agadir   Reda Hakam Sacked 9 December 2021   Abdelhadi Sektioui 10 December 2021
Raja CA   Marc Wilmots Mutual consent 20 February 2022   Mohamed El Bekkari (interim) 20 February 2022
Raja CA   Mohamed El Bekkari (interim) End of tenure as caretake 28 February 2022   Rachid Taoussi 28 February 2022
OC Safi   Abderrahim Talib Contract termination 21 March 2022   Tarek Mostafa 24 March 2022
Rapide Oued Zem   Abdelkrim Jinani Mutual consent 2 April 2022   Guglielmo Arena 12 April 2022
Jeunesse Sportive Soualem   Redouane El Haimer Resigned 11 April 2022   Zakaria Aboub 19 April 2022
Ittihad Tanger   Miguel Ángel Gamondi Contract termination 17 April 2022   Juan Pedro Benali 18 April 2022
MC Oujda   Hilal Ettair Mutual consent 10 May 2022   Mounir Jaouani 11 May 2022
Raja CA   Rachid Taoussi Mutual consent 23 June 2022   Bouchaib El Moubarki (interim) 23 June 2022

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 Former Players
AS FAR   Lambert Gueme Araina   Diney   Darren Smith   Emmanuel Imanishimwe   Thierry Manzi   Abdou Atchabao
Chabab Mohammédia   Hervé Guy   Alain Akono   Arsène Zola   Issouf Traoré   Abdoul Moubarak Aïgba   Pa Omar Babou
  Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde
  Ahmed Al-Sarori
Difaâ El Jadidi   Karim Chaban   Ismaël Sawadogo   Dieumerci Amale   Masoud Juma   Salomon Bindjeme II
FUS Rabat   Soumaïla Ouattara   Herman Junior Kameni   Pa Modou Sohna   Mohamed Anis Saltou
Hassania Agadir   Aziz Benabdi   Patrick Malo   Birahim Gaye   Djibril Diop   Malick Cisse   Bakary Mané
Ittihad Tanger   Abdellah El Moudene   Axel Meye   Youssoupha Konaté   Pape Paye
Jeunesse Sportive Soualem   Gibril Sillah   Abdoulaye Traoré
Maghreb de Fès   Banfa Sylla   Oumar Farouk Comara   Abdou Atchabao   Louis Ameka Autchanga   Abdoulaye Diarra   Demba Camara
  Guiza Djédjé
Mouloudia Oujda   Ali Haroun   Mothusi Cooper   Lamine Diakite   Ricky Ngatchou   Demba Camara   Yaya Meledje
  Badreddine Souyad
  Shamikh Hamid
Nahdat Berkane   Fiston Abdul Razak   Issoufou Dayo   Chadrack Lukombe   Tuisila Kisinda   Mamadou Lamine Camara   Clatous Chama
  Adama Ba
Olympique de Khouribga   Mohamed Walid Bencherifa   Kabelo Seakanyeng   Tumisang Orebonye   Adama Diom   Fiston Abdul Razak
  Nasreddine Zaalani
Olympic Safi   Cláudio   Djibril Ouattara   Abdul Draman   Yannick Zakri   Aurélien Etamé Ngomé   Thierry Kassi
Raja Casablanca   Gaya Merbah   Beni Badibanga   Fabrice Ngoma   Kadima Kabangu   Moustapha Kouyaté   Sami Hien
  Gibril Sillah
Rapide Oued Zem   Aliou Chitou Adjibadé   Jean-Baptiste Nangui   Yann Zébré   Bersyl Obassi
Wydad Casablanca   Guy Mbenza   Juvhel Tsoumou   Cheick Comara   Muaid Ellafi   Simon Msuva
Youssoufia Berrechid   Assane Diabagate   Ousmane Doumbia   Thomas Gonazo

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wydad AC (C) 30 19 6 5 46 24 +22 63 Qualification for Champions League[a]
2 Raja CA 30 17 9 4 41 21 +20 60
3 AS FAR 30 13 9 8 38 29 +9 48 Qualification for Confederation Cup[b]
4 Maghreb de Fès 30 9 18 3 28 17 +11 45
5 Fath Union Sport 30 11 10 9 34 30 +4 43
6 RS Berkane 30 10 11 9 39 33 +6 41 Qualification for Confederation Cup[c]
7 Olympic Safi 30 9 12 9 29 27 +2 39
8 Difaâ El Jadidi 30 9 11 10 32 40 −8 38
9 Jeunesse Sportive Soualem 30 9 9 12 37 38 −1 36[d]
10 Olympique Khouribga 30 8 12 10 32 37 −5 36[d]
11 SCC Mohammédia 30 8 10 12 27 32 −5 34[e]
12 Hassania Agadir 30 9 7 14 26 30 −4 34[e]
13 Ittihad Tanger 30 8 9 13 31 41 −10 33[f]
14 MC Oujda 30 7 12 11 35 38 −3 33[f]
15 Rapide Oued Zem (R) 30 7 8 15 19 39 −20 29 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Youssoufia Berrechid (R) 30 5 11 14 25 43 −18 26
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. ^ Wydad AC and Raja CA are participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup group stage.
  2. ^ AS FAR is participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup Qualifying round.
  3. ^ RS Berkane qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup as the title holders.
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head: Chabab Soualem: 4 points, Olympique Khouribga: 1 point.
  5. ^ a b Head-to-head: Chabab Mohammédia: 6 points, Hassania Agadir: 0 point.
  6. ^ a b Head-to-head: Ittihad Tanger: 4 points, Mouloudia Oujda: 1 point.

Results edit

Home \ Away CAYB DHJ FAR FUS HUSA IRT JSS MAS MCO OCK OCS RCA RCOZ RSB SCCM WAC
CAY Berrechid — 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–4 2–0 0–0
DH Jadidi 1–0 — 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
AS FAR 2–1 3–1 — 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Fath US 1–1 2–2 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 3–2
HUS Agadir 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 — 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1
IR Tanger 1–1 4–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
JS Soualem 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–2 — 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 3–4
Maghreb AS 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1
MC Oujda 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–4 2–1 — 3–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2
OC Khouribga 3–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–3
OC Safi 3–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Raja CA 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 — 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0
RC Oued Zem 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 — 3–2 0–0 0–2
RS Berkane 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–3 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 — 3–1 0–1
SCC Mohammédia 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 — 0–0
Wydad AC 3–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2022. 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 AC322111111111111111111111111111
Raja Casablanca541222222222222222222222222222
ASFAR1678895765453333468473433333333
Maghreb de Fès9151414116477866747776544554444444
Fath Union Sport15131213151414141514151513121198795911116755555
RS Berkane108101267654535676644368367567766
Olympic Club de Safi1110116812121112121311121113131315151515131313131311877
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi4333333366784653336357991091011108
Jeunesse Soualem11444454334455455578988109108999
Olympique Khouribga797101010109101110101013121211101010106788866810
SCC Mohammédia2555711118878789911998961045679101111
Hassania Agadir669111313913910121314141414151411121191011111113131212
Ittihad Tanger14121516121515151415119910881011121112121212121212121313
Mouloudia Oujda8141375881011131414151515151412141414151414141414141414
Rapide Oued Zem131616151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161515
Youssoufia Berrechid121169149131213991211810101213131313141515151515151616
Leader and CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Botola 2
Source: Botola

Season statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

As of 5 July 2022[2][3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Guy Mbenza Wydad AC 16
2   Axel Meye IR Tanger 12
3   Lamine Diakite MC Oujda 11
4   Chadrack Lukombe RS Berkane 10
5   Ismail Khafi AS FAR 9
  Youssef Mehri HUS Agadir
  Mohsine Moutouali Raja CA
8   Reda Hajhouj Fath US 8
  Oussama Lamlioui SCC Mohammédia
  Hamza Khabba OC Safi
  Kabelo Seakanyeng OC Khouribga
  Soufiane Benjdida Raja CA

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Round
  Axel Meye IR Tanger OC Khouribga 3–1 21 December 2021 11

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

Clean Sheets edit

As of 5 July 2022

Scoring edit

First goal of the season:

Last goal of the season:

Discipline edit

As of 5 July 2022[7][8]

Player edit

Club edit

  • Most yellow cards: 77
    • JS Soualem
  • Most red cards: 7
    • DH Jadidi
  • Fewest yellow cards: 38
    • SCC Mohammédia
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • SCC Mohammédia
    • Maghreb AS

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 8th edition, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2021/22 season.[9][10]

Award Winner Club
Manager of the Season   Walid Regragui Wydad AC
Player of the Season   Yahya Jabrane Wydad AC
Foreign Player of the Season   Issoufou Dayo RS Berkane
Promising Player of the Season   Mehdi Moubarik Fath US
Goalkeeper of the Season   Anas Zniti Raja CA
Referee of the Season   Redouane Jiyed
Club of the Season Wydad AC
Team of the Season[11]
Goalkeeper   Majid Aymane (FUS Rabat)
Defence  

Mohamed Chibi (AS FAR)

 

Achraf Dari (Wydad AC)

  Jamal Harkass

(Raja CA)

 

Yahia Attiyat Allah (Wydad AC)

Midfield  

Yassine Labhiri (MC Oudja)

  Yahya Jabrane (Wydad AC)  

Mohamed Al Makahasi (Raja CA)

Attack  

Reda Hajhouj (Al Faisaly)

  Guy Mbenza (Wydad AC)  

Kabelo Seakanyeng (OC Khourigba)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Histoire du Football au Maroc | الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم". www.frmf.ma. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  2. ^ "Top scorer Botola Pro 2021/2022". www.playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Top scorer Botola Pro 2021/2022". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "MOST GOALS CONCEDED". PlayMakerStats.
  5. ^ "CA Youssoufia Berrechid - Raja Club Athletic". sofascore. 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "CA Youssoufia Berrechid - RS Berkane". sofascore. 4 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Botola Pro 2021/2022 : PLAYERS - Disciplinary". int.soccerway.com.
  8. ^ "Botola Pro 2021/2022 : MOST YELLOW CARDS". Playmakerstats.com.
  9. ^ ""La Nuit des Stars" : le Wydad Casablanca (hommes) et l'AS FAR (dames) raflent la mise" ["The Night of the Stars": Wydad Casablanca (men) and AS FAR (women) win the day]. lematin.ma. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.]
  10. ^ "ÉVÉNEMENT : TOUT SUR " LA NUIT DES STARS " QUI CÉLÈBRE LA FAMILLE SPORTIVE" [EVENT: ALL ABOUT « THE NIGHT OF STARS » WHICH CELEBRATES THE SPORTS FAMILY]. fr.le7tv.ma/. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.]
  11. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-09-26.

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