| Competition: | Botola |
| Winners: | IR Tanger 1st title |
| Relegated: | Racing AC, CA Khénifra |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | IR Tanger Wydad AC |
| Continentalcup2: | Confederation Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | HUS Agadir Raja CA RS Berkane |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 545 |
| League Topscorer: | Mouhssine Iajour (17 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | (13 May 2018) |
| Biggest Away Win: | (28 November 2017) |
| Highest Scoring: | (14 February 2018) (18 February 2018) (8 April 2018) (14 April 2018) (28 April 2018) |
| Longest Wins: | 8 matches IR Tanger |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 23 matches Wydad AC |
| Longest Winless: | 11 matches Racing AC |
| Longest Losses: | 6 matches MA Tétouan |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
The 2017–18 Botola, also known as Botola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons, is the 61st season of the Premier League and the 7th under its new format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956. The season started on 8 September 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.
Wydad Athletic Club came into the season as defending champions of the 2016–17 season. Rapide Oued Zem and Racing de Casablanca entered as the two promoted teams from the 2016–17 GNF 2.
On May 12, 2018, IR Tanger won the Botola Pro after a 2-1 victory against Moghreb Tétouan. The IR Tanger club won the championship for the first time after being runner-up to the title in 1989-90 season.[1]
| Team | Acronym | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association sportive des FAR | AS FAR | Rabat | Stade Moulay Abdellah | 52,000 | |
| Chabab Atlas Khénifra | CAK | Khénifra | Stade Municipal | 5,000 | |
| Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | CRA | Al Hoceima | Stade Mimoun Al Arsi | 12,000 | |
| Difaâ El Jadidi | DHJ | El Jadida | Stade El Abdi | 15,000 | |
| 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 | |
| Kawkab Marrakech | KACM | Marrakech | Stade de Marrakech | 45,240 | |
| Moghreb Tétouan | MAT | Tétouan | Saniat Rmel | 15,000 | |
| Olympic Safi | OCS | Safi | Stade El Massira | 10,000 | |
| Olympique Khouribga | OCK | Khouribga | Complexe OCP | 10,000 | |
| Racing de Casablanca | RAC | Casablanca | Stade Père-Jégo | 10,000 | |
| Raja Casablanca | RCA | Casablanca | Stade Mohamed V | 67,000 | |
| Rapide Oued Zem | RCOZ | Oued Zem | Stade Municipal | 3,000 | |
| RSB Berkane | RSB | Berkane | Stade Municipal | 15,000 | |
| Wydad Casablanca | WAC | Casablanca | Stade Mohamed V | 67,000 |
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| Racing de Casablanca |  Abdelhak Rizkallah | Retired | 20 May 2017 | Youssef Rossi | 14 Juin 2017 | |
| IR Tanger | Bachir Bouita | End of contract | 25 May 2017 | Ezzaki Badou | 20 May 2017 | |
| Hassania Agadir |  Francisco Javier Bernal | End of contract | 26 May 2017 |  Miguel Ángel Gamondi | 4 June 2017 | |
| Raja Casablanca | Mohamed Fakhir | Resigned | 26 May 2017 | Abdelhak Benchikha | 7 June 2017 | |
| Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Youssef Fertout | End of contract | 26 May 2017 | Juan Pedro Benali | 11 July 2017 | |
| Moghreb Tétouan | Amin Erbati (interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 28 May 2017 | Fouad Sahabi | 3 June 2017 | |
| Raja Casablanca | Abdelhak Benchikha | Resigned | 16 June 2017 | Juan Carlos Garrido | 20 June 2017 | |
| Moghreb Tétouan | Fouad Sahabi | Resigned | 30 August 2017 | Abdelhak Benchikha | 5 September 2017 | |
| OC Khouribga | Azzedine Aït Djoudi | Sacked | 3 October 2017 |  Bernard Simondi | 14 October 2017 | |
| Moghreb Tétouan | Abdelhak Benchikha | Resigned | 19 November 2017 | Youssef Fertout | 19 November 2017 | |
| IR Tanger | Ezzaki Badou | Sacked | 21 November 2017 | Driss El Mrabet | 21 November 2017 | |
| RSB Berkane | Rachid Taoussi | Sacked | 27 November 2017 | Mounir Aljawani | 27 November 2017 | |
| Chabab Atlas Khénifra | Samir Yaich | Contract termination | 3 December 2017 |  Kamal Zouaghi | 26 December 2017 | |
| AS FAR | Aziz El Amri | Sacked | 11 December 2017 | Abderrazak Khairi | 13 December 2017 | |
| Wydad Casablanca | Hussein Amotta | Sacked | 9 January 2018 | Faouzi Benzarti | 19 January 2018 | |
| Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Juan Pedro Benali | Contract termination | 31 January 2018 | Nacer Sandjak | 1 February 2018 | |
| Rapide Oued Zem | Mohamed Backary | Sacked | 20 February 2018 | Fouad Sahabi | 21 February 2018 | |
| Moghreb Tétouan | Youssef Fertout | Sacked | 27 February 2018 | Abdelouahed Benhsain | 21 February 2018 | |
| Rapide Oued Zem | Fouad Sahabi | Refused by the Federation | 20 February 2018 |  Tarek Mostafa | 20 March 2018 | |
| Kawkab Marrakesh | Youssef Meriana | Sacked | 29 April 2018 | Faouzi Jamal | 29 April 2018 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mouhssine Iajour | Raja CA | 17 |
| 2 | Mehdi Naghmi | IR Tanger | 13 |
| 3 | Ayoub Kaabi | RS Berkane | 12 |
| 4 | Simon Msuva | DH Jadidi | 11 |
| 5 | Zouhair El Moutaraji | OC Khouribga | 10 |
| Jalal Daoudi | HUS Agadir | ||
| 7 | Ibrahim Bezghoudi | AS FAR | 9 |
| Mohamed Nahiri | Wydad AC | ||
| Bilal El Megri | DH Jadidi | ||
| Hamid Ahaddad | DH Jadidi |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamid Ahaddad | DH Jadidi | OC Khouribga | 4–1 (H) | 3 December 2017 | 10 | |
| Mouhssine Iajour | Raja CA | OC Khouribga | 4–3 (H) | 14 February 2018 | 16 | |
| Hamza Goudali | OC Safi | AS FAR | 4–3 (A) | 14 April 2018 | 25 |
The UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), in partnership with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, organized the Night of Stars Award in its 4th edition, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2017/18 season.[5] [6]
| Award | Winner | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager of the Season | Driss El Mrabet | IR Tanger | |
| Player of the Season | Ahmed Hammoudan | IR Tanger | |
| Promising Player of the Season | Mahmoud Benhalib | Raja CA | |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Abderrahman El Houasli | HUS Agadir | |
| Referee of the Season | Redouane Achik | ||
| Club of the Season | IR Tanger | ||
2017 Coupe du Trône
2017–18 Botola 2
2018 CAF Champions League
2018 CAF Confederation Cup