2022–23 Botola Explained

Competition:Botola Inwi
Season:2022–23
Dates:1 September 2022 – 23 June 2023
Winners:AS FAR
13th title
Relegated:OC Khouribga
DH Jadidi
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:AS FAR
Wydad AC
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:FUS Rabat
RS Berkane
League Topscorer:Bouly Sambou
(13 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(19 avril 2023)
Biggest Away Win:
(5 November 2022)

(8 January 2023)

(8 January 2023)

(22 February 2023)

(23 June 2023)
Highest Scoring:
(23 June 2022)
Longest Wins:AS FAR
(5 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Wydad AC
(20 matches)
Longest Winless:DH Jadidi
(17 matches)
Longest Losses:IR Tanger
(8 matches)
Matches:240
Total Goals:512
Prevseason:2021–22
Nextseason:2023–24
Updated:23 June 2023

The 2022–23 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, was the 66th season of the Premier League and the 12th under its current format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956.

Wydad Casablanca came into the season as defending champions of the 2021–22 season. Moghreb Tétouan and Union de Touarga entered as the two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Botola 2.

On June 23, 2023, AS FAR won the Botola Pro after a 2–3 victory against Ittihad Tanger in the last round. The AS FAR club won its 13th title after fifteen years since the last time in 2007–08.[1]

Teams

Stadium and locations

Team nameAcronymLocationStadiumCapacity
AS FARASFARRabatPrince Moulay Abdellah Stadium53,000
Chabab MohammédiaSCCMMohammédiaStade El Bachir15,000
Difaâ El JadidiDHJEl JadidaStade El Abdi10,000
Fath Union SportFUSRabatStade Moulay Hassan12,000
Hassania AgadirHUSAAgadirStade Adrar45,480
IR TangerIRTTangerStade Ibn Batouta65,000
JS SoualemJSSSoualemStade Municipal de Berrechid5,000
Maghreb de FèsMASFezFez Stadium45,000
Moghreb TétouanMATTétouanSaniat Rmel10,000
Mouloudia OujdaMCOOujdaHonneur Stadium30,000
Nahdat BerkaneRSBBerkaneStade Municipal de Berkane15,000
Olympique KhouribgaOCKKhouribgaComplexe OCP10,000
Olympic SafiOCSSafiStade El Massira15,000
Raja CARCACasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000
Union de TouargaUTSRabatStade Moulay Hassan12,000
Wydad ACWACCasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000

Personnel and kits

!Teams!Managers!Captain!Kit manufacturer!Shirt sponsor
AS FAR Mohamed Samadi Mohamed Rabie HrimatErreà
DH Jadida Abderrahim Talib Moustapha ChichaneJakoTGCC, Ilham Plastique, Mazagan, Alitkane
Fath US Jamal Sellami El Mehdi El BassilUhlsportNovec, LafargeHolcim Maroc
HUS Agadir Abdelhadi Sektioui Youssef MehriBang SportsAfriquia, Skoda, Souss-Massa
IR Tanger Hilal Et-tair Mohsine MoutoualiGloria SportTanger-Med
JS Soualem Bouchaib El Moubarki Amine El MsaneMexxessCrunchips, Asta, Tobigo, Alitkane
Maghreb AS Omar Hassi Mohammed Ali BemammerMexxessTGCC, Asta
MA Tétouan Hicham Louissi Adil El HassnaouiAB Sport[2] Tanger-Med, Municipality of Tetouan, Cafés Carrion
MC Oujda Omar Najhi Yassir JariciMacronDari
OC Khouribga Mohamed Fakhir Youssef OggadiKelme / Bang Sports
OC Safi Tarek Mostafa Mohamed El MourabitBang SportsFitco, Maroc Force Emploi, ocstore.ma
Raja CA Hicham Aboucherouane (interim) Anas ZnitiOne All Sports1xBet, OLA Energy, Sofac, Nor'Dar, MarsaMaroc, Atlanta Sanad
RS Berkane Amine El Karma Issoufou DayoBang SportsThé Dahmiss, GoldVision, National Gaz
SCC Mohammédia Rachid Rokki Abdelhak AssalChababVittel
US Touarga Tarik Sektioui Achraf HarmachMacron
Wydad AC Sven Vandenbroeck Yahya JabraneMacronIngelec, Boule d'Or, Sama Immobilier, Alitkane

1. On the back of shirt.

2. On the sleeves.

3. On the shorts.

Additionally, referee kits are made by Puma.

Managerial changes

!Teams!Outgoing manager!Manner of departure!Date of vacancy!Incoming manager!Date of appointment
Chabab Mohammédia Mohamed FakhirEnd of contract5 July 2022 Rachid Rokki[3] 30 July 2022
Difaâ El Jadidi Abdelhak BenchikhaEnd of contract5 July 2022 Lassaad Chabbi[4] 18 July 2022
Raja CA Bouchaib El Moubarki (interim)End of tenure as caretake6 July 2022 Faouzi Benzarti[5] 6 July 2022
IR Tanger Juan Pedro Benali[6] End of contract12 July 2022 Ezzaki Badou[7] 15 July 2022
AS FAR Sven VandenbroeckContract termination16 July 2022 Fernando Da Cruz[8] 12 August 2022
US Touarga Said RizguiEnd of contract28 July 2022 Tarik Sektioui[9] 28 July 2022
Hassania Agadir Abdelhadi SektiouiSacked28 July 2022 Marcos Paquetá[10] 28 July 2022
Wydad Casablanca Walid Regragui[11] End of contract31 July 2022 Hussein Ammouta[12] 18 August 2022
RS Berkane Florent Ibengé[13] Contract termination6 August 2022 Abdelhak Benchikha[14] 9 August 2022
OC Khouribga Abdessamad OuaradEnd of contract6 August 2022 Lassaad Dridi[15] 6 August 2022
Raja CA Faouzi Benzarti[16] Mutual consent21 September 2022 Mondher Kebaier[17] 24 September 2022
Maghreb AS Abdelhay Ben Soltane[18] Contract termination10 October 2022 Abderrahim Chkilit10 October 2022
IR Tanger Ezzaki Badou[19] Mutual consent18 October 2022 Hassan Fadil (interim)18 October 2022
IR Tanger Hassan Fadil (interim)End of tenure as caretake25 October 2022 Hakim Daoudi25 October 2022
MC Oujda Mounir JaouaniSacked6 November 2022 Omar Najhi[20] 8 November 2022
RS Berkane Abdelhak BenchikhaMutual consent10 November 2022 Amine El Karma[21] 11 November 2022
OC Khouribga Lassaad DridiMutual consent16 November 2022 Ricardo Formosinho[22] 1 December 2022
Wydad AC Hussein AmmoutaContract termination30 November 2022 Hassan Benabicha (interim)1 December 2022
Moghreb Tétouan Abdellatif JrindouMutual consent6 December 2022 Reda Hakam[23] 6 December 2022
Wydad AC Hassan Benabicha (interim)End of tenure as caretake2 January 2023 Mehdi Nafti[24] 2 January 2023
IR Tanger Hakim DaoudiMutual consent20 January 2023 Hilal Ettair[25] 20 January 2023
Maghreb AS Abderrahim Chkilit[26] Mutual consent2 February 2023 Aziz Ben Askar[27] 3 February 2023
Wydad AC Mehdi NaftiContract termination26 February 2023 Juan Carlos Garrido[28] 26 February 2023
Moghreb Tétouan Reda HakamContract termination26 February 2023 Jamaleddine Drideb (interim)26 February 2023
Hassania Agadir Marcos Paquetá[29] Mutual consent7 March 2023 Abdelhadi Sektioui[30] 9 March 2023
Moghreb Tétouan Jamaleddine Drideb (interim)End of tenure as caretake14 March 2023 Hicham Louissi[31] 14 March 2023
Difaâ El Jadidi Lassaad ChabbiMutual consent8 April 2023 Abderrahim Talib[32] 9 April 2023
JS Soualem Zakaria AboubResigned9 April 2023 Bouchaib El Moubarki9 April 2023
OC Khouribga Ricardo FormosinhoMutual consent11 April 2023 Mohamed Fakhir[33] 11 April 2023
Maghreb AS Aziz Ben Askar[34] Mutual consent22 April 2023 Omar Hassi[35] 22 April 2023
Wydad AC Juan Carlos Garrido[36] Contract termination5 May 2023 Sven Vandenbroeck[37] 5 May 2023
AS FAR Fernando Da Cruz[38] Mutual consent25 May 2023 Mohamed Samadi26 May 2023
Raja CA Mondher Kebaier[39] Contract termination7 June 2023 Hicham Aboucherouane (interim)8 June 2023

Foreign players

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.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Former Players
AS FAR Joseph Guédé Gnadou Lamine Diakité Diney Emmanuel Imanishimwe Bakary Mané
Chabab Mohammédia Tidiane Doumbouya Issouf Traoré Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde
Difaâ El Jadidi Hervé Zahi Salomon Bindjeme II Christian Nsundi Dieumerci Amale Taher Benamer Masoud Juma
FUS Rabat Hervé Guy Oumar Farouk Comara Herman Junior Kameni
Hassania Agadir Junior Mbele Katulondi Kati Fedi Ben Choug Houssem Eddine Souissi
IR Tanger Abdellah El Moudene Gaya Merbah Djama Joé Amian Abdou Atchabao El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté Ngagne Fall
Donou Hubert
JS Soualem Gibril Sillah Abdoulaye Traoré
Banfa Sylla Louis Ameka Autchanga Oussama Darfalou
Moghreb Tétouan
Mouloudia Oujda Abdelkader Kaibou Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima Paul Valère Bassène Ali Haroun
Nahdat Berkane Djibril Ouattara Issoufou Dayo Chadrack Lukombe Adama Ba Victorien Adebayor
OC Khouribga Mohamed Walid Bencherifa Kabelo Seakanyeng Treika Blé Kwame Opoku Richmond Antwi Tumisang Orebonye
Adama Diom
Nassim Hnid
Olympic Safi Axel Méyé Boniface Haba Abdoulaye Diarra Cheickne Samaké
Abdelraouf Benguit Yousri Bouzok Roger Aholou Gaya Merbah
Axel Méyé
Union de Touarga Eric Mbangossoum Jean-Joseph Kombous Tiago Lopes Simon Diedhiou Mamadou Diagne
Wydad AC Houcine Benayada Didier Lamkel Zé Arsène Zola Muaid Ellafi Bouly Sambou Juvhel Tsoumou
Cheick Comara
Kartier Dembélé

Results

Positions by round

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

[40]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Bouly SambouWydad AC13
2 Hamza HannouriFath US11
Reda SlimAS FAR
4 Paul BassèneMC Oujda9
Diney BorgesAS FAR
El Amine ZouhzouhUS Touarga
Youssef MehriHUS Agadir
8 Ayman El HassouniWydad AC8
Issoufou DayoRS Berkane
10 Mustapha SahdJS Soualem/AS FAR17
Mohamed KamalMA Tétouan
Gibril SillahJS Soualem
El Mehdi MaouhoubJS Soualem
1 Sahd played for JS Soualem until matchday 11 and scored 5 goals.

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor Against Result Date Round
Hamza HannouriFath USUS Touarga3–0 (H)4 January 202310
Simon DiedhiouUS TouargaOC Khouribga6–4 (A)23 June 202330

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

Goalkeepers' Goals-to-Games Ratio and Clean Sheets

RankNameClubMatchesGoals AgainstAverageClean Sheets
1 El Mehdi BenabidFath US27150.5615
2 Ayoub LakredAS FAR25150.612
3 Anas ZnitiRaja CA25200.813
4 Hamza HamianiRS Berkane232319
5 Soufiane BarrouhouSCC Mohammédia26281.087

Scoring

First goal of the season:

Last goal of the season:

Discipline

[41] [42]

Player

Club

Annual awards

The UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), in partnership with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, organized the Night of Stars Award in its 9th edition, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2022/23 season.[43] [44]

AwardWinnerClub
Manager of the Season Jamal SellamiFath US
Player of the Season Reda SlimAS FAR
Foreign Player of the Season Diney BorgesAS FAR
Promising Player of the Season Hamza IgamaneAS FAR
Goalkeeper of the Season El Mehdi BenabidFath US
Referee of the Season Hamza El Fareq
Club of the SeasonAS FAR
Team of the Season[45]
Goalkeeper El Mehdi Benabid (Fath US)
DefenceEl Mehdi El Bassil(Fath US) Diney Borges (AS FAR) Arsène Zola (Wydad AC)
Midfield Reda Slim (AS FAR) Sofian El Moudane (IR Tanger) Imad Riahi (JS Solaem) Mohammed Hrimat (AS FAR) Mahmoud Bentayg (Raja CA)
Attack Bouly Sambou (Wydad AC) Youssef Mehri (Hassania Agadir)

See also

References

  1. News: تهنئة . A felicitation.
  2. Web site: عقد احتضان من شركة “AB Sport” للمستلزمات الرياضية للمغرب أتلتيكو تطوان . sponsorship contract from the company “AB Sport” for sporting goods for Moghreb Atlético Tetouan. matfoot.com. 2022-08-15.
  3. News: Botola Pro Inwi D1 : le SCCM présente son nouvel entraîneur Rachid Rokki et le reste du staff technique . Botola Pro Inwi D1: the SCCM presents its new coach Rachid Rokki and the rest of the technical staff . lematin.ma. 31 July 2022.
  4. News: تقديم الربان الجديد للفريق المدرب لسعد الشابي . Presentation of the new team captain, coach Lassaad Chabbi. Difaâ El Jadidi. 21 July 2022.
  5. News: Faouzi Benzarti, nouvel entraîneur du Raja . Faouzi Benzarti, new coach of Raja . telquel.ma . 8 July 2022.
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  8. News: AS FAR : Fernando Da Cruz pour remplacer Sven Van Den Broek . AS FAR: Fernando Da Cruz to replace Sven Van Den Broek . lopinion.ma. 13 August 2022.
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  10. News: رسمياً.. ماركوس باكيتا مدرباً جديداً لنادي حسنية أكادير . Officially.. Marcos Paquetá is the new coach of Hassania Agadir. Hassania Agadir. 28 July 2022.
  11. News: Walid Regragui annonce son départ du Wydad AC . Walid Regragui announces his departure from Wydad AC . Foot Mercato. 31 July 2022.
  12. News: Botola Pro D1 'Inwi'.. Houcine Ammouta nouvel entraîneur du Wydad de Casablanca . Botola Pro D1 'Inwi'.. Houcine Ammouta new coach of Wydad Casablanca . Arryadia. 18 August 2022.
  13. News: La Renaissance de Berkane confirme le départ de Florent Ibenge . Renaissance Berkane confirms the departure of Florent Ibenge . snrtnews. 6 August 2022.
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  15. News: لسعد الدريدي مدربا جديدا لأولمبيك خريبكة . Lassaad Dridi is the new coach of Olympique Khouribga. Olympique Khouribga. 6 August 2022.
  16. News: Football : le Raja de Casablanca et son entraîneur Faouzi Benzarti se séparent à l'amiable . Football: Raja de Casablanca and his coach Faouzi Benzarti separate amicably . telquel.ma . 22 September 2022.
  17. News: Raja: Aziz El Badraoui officialise l’arrivée du Tunisien Mondher Kebaier . Raja: Aziz El Badraoui formalizes the arrival of Tunisian Mondher Kebaier . sport.le360.ma . 24 September 2022.
  18. News: Maghreb de Fès : Abdelhay Ben Soltan prend la porte, Abderrahim Chkilit assure l’intérim . Maghreb of Fez: Abdelhay Ben Soltan takes the door, Abderrahim Chkilit takes over . lematin.ma . 10 October 2022.
  19. News: L’Ittihad de Tanger se sépare à l'amiable de Badou Zaki . Ittihad Tanger separates amicably from Badou Zaki. lematin.ma. 18 October 2022.
  20. News: Maroc : le Mouloudia d’Oujda nomme un nouveau coach . Morocco: Mouloudia d'Oujda appoints a new coach . sportnewsafrica.com . 9 November 2022.
  21. News: Renaissance de Berkane : Amine El Karma assure l’intérim . Rebirth of Berkane: Amine El Karma takes over as interim . lematin.ma . 11 November 2022.
  22. News: أولمبيك خريبكة يتعاقد مع المدرب البرتغالي ريكاردو فورموزينيو . Olympique Khouribga signs Portuguese coach Ricardo Formosinho . Olympique Khouribga. 1 December 2022.
  23. News: الماط يعين رضا حكم مدربا جديدا للفريق خلفا لعبد اللطيف جريندو . MAT appoints Reda Hakam as the team's new coach, succeeding Abdellatif Jrindou . Moghreb Tétouan . 6 December 2022.
  24. News: Mehdi Nafti nouvel entraîneur du Wydad de Casablanca . Mehdi Nafti new coach of Wydad Casablanca . lematin.ma . 2 January 2023.
  25. News: Hilal Ettair, nouvel entraineur de l’IRT . Hilal Ettair, new coach of the IRT . maptanger.ma . 21 January 2023.
  26. News: انفصال عن المدرب عبد الرحيم شكيليط . Separation from coach Abderrahim Chkilit . masofficiel.ma . 2 February 2023.
  27. News: نادي المغرب الرياضي الفاسي يعين السيد عزيز بنعسكر مدربا للفريق الأوّل . Maghreb Association Sportive de Fès appoints Mr. Aziz Ben Askar as coach of the first team . masofficiel.ma . 3 February 2023.
  28. News: Juan Carlos Garrido de nouveau entraîneur du Wydad de Casablanca . Juan Carlos Garrido new coach of Wydad Casablanca . lematin.ma . 26 February 2023.
  29. News: بــلاغ . announcement . Hassania Agadir. 3 March 2023.
  30. News: حسنية أكادير يقدم رسمياً مدربه الجديد عبد الهادي السكتيوي لوسائل الإعلام . Hassania Agadir officially introduces its new coach Abdelhadi Sektioui to the media. Hassania Agadir. 8 March 2023.
  31. News: المغرب التطواني يعين هشام اللويسي مدربا للفريق خلفا لرضا حكم . Moghreb Tetouan appoints Hicham Louissi as coach of the team, succeeding Reda Hakam . Moghreb Tetouan. 14 March 2023.
  32. News: رسميا.. المدرب عبد الرحيم طالب مدربا للدفاع الحسني الجديدي . Officially.. Coach Abderrahim Talib is the coach of the Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi . Difaâ El Jadidi. 9 April 2023.
  33. News: أولمبيك خريبكة يتعاقد مع المدرب امحمد فاخر . Olympique Khouribga signs coach Mohamed Fakhir . Olympique Khouribga. 11 April 2023.
  34. News: انفصال بالتراضي عن المدرب عزيز بنعسكر وطاقمه . Separation by mutual consent of coach Aziz Ben Askar and his crew . masofficiel.ma . 22 April 2023.
  35. News: نادي المغربي الرياضي الفاسي يعيّن السيد عمر حاسي مدربا للفريق الأوّل . Maghreb Association sportive de Fès appoints Mr. Omar Hassi as coach of the first team . masofficiel.ma . 22 April 2023.
  36. News: Wydad de Casablanca : Juan Carlos Garrido annonce son départ . Wydad of Casablanca: Juan Carlos Garrido announces his departure . lematin.ma . 5 May 2023.
  37. News: Wydad de Casablanca : Sven Vandenbroeck nommé entraineur . Wydad de Casablanca: Sven Vandenbroeck appointed coach . lematin.ma . 5 May 2023.
  38. News: AS FAR : Fernando Da Cruz prend la porte . AS FAR: Fernando Da Cruz takes the door . lematin.ma. 25 May 2023.
  39. News: Le Raja de Casablanca se sépare de son entraîneur Mondher Kebaier ce dernier s'explique . Raja de Casablanca separates from his coach Mondher Kebaier, the latter explains . telquel.ma . 8 June 2023.
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  43. News: 29 June 2023 . "ليلة النجوم" تتوج الأفضل بالدوري الاحترافي . "Night of Stars" crowns the best in the professional league . hespress.com . 6 July 2023.
  44. News: 28 June 2023 . تكريم الجيش الملكي وصامبو مهاجم الوداد في ليلة النجوم . Honoring the FAR and the Wydad striker Sambou, in the Night of the Stars . mfmsport.ma . 6 July 2023.
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