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
DatesSeptember 2021 – June 2022
Matches played96
Goals scored207 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorerGuy Mbenza
(8 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)
Biggest away winAS FAR 0-3 JS Soualem
(15 September 2021)
RC Oued Zem 0-3 AS FAR
(31 October 2021)
OC Khouribga 0-3 Wydad AC
(3 November 2021)
CAY Berrechid 0-3 IR Tanger
(25 November 2021)
Highest scoringJS Soualem 3-4 Wydad AC
(19 November 2021)
Longest winning runRaja CA
Wydad AC (twice)
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runWydad AC
(12 matches)
Longest winless runRC Oued Zem
(11 matches)
Longest losing runRC Oued Zem
DH Jadidi
MC Oujda
HUS Agadir
(3 matches)
All statistics correct as of 25 November 2021.

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 2021 and is scheduled to end in June 2022.

Teams

Stadium and locations
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
Regions of Morocco Number of teams Teams
1 Casablanca-Settat6CAY Berrechid, DH Jadidi, Raja CA, JS Soualem, SCC Mohammédia and Wydad AC
2 Béni Mellal-Khénifra2RC Oued Zem and OC Khouribga
OrientalMC Oujda and RS Berkane
Rabat-Salé-KénitraAS FAR and Fath US
5 Fès-Meknès1Maghreb AS
Marrakech-SafiOC Safi
Souss-MassaHUS Agadir
Tanger-Tetouan-Al HoceimaIR Tanger

Personnel and kits
Teams Managers Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AS FAR Sven Vandenbroeck Jalal Daoudi Joma
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, 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 Miguel Ángel Gamondi Ahmad Hamoudan Gloria Tanger-Med
JS Soualem Redouane El Haimer Yassine Njima BHero Sports BHero Sports1
Maghreb AS Abdelhay Ben Soltane Anass Azim Mexxess Ozone, GoldVision1, Aïn Ifrane2
MC Oujda Hilal Ettair Abdellah Khafifi Bang Sports Dari1
OC Khouribga Abdessamad Ouarad (interim) Youssef Oggadi AB Sport AB Sport1
OC Safi Abderrahim Talib Ahmed Bessak Bang Sports Fitco
Raja CA Marc Wilmots Mouhcine Moutouali Kappa OLA Energy, Nor'Dar, MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Sanad23, Sofac3
RC Oued Zem Abdelkrim Jinani 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 Salaheddine Saidi 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
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 (interim) 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

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.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
AS FAR Lambert Gueme Araina Diney Abdou Atchabao Emmanuel Imanishimwe
Chabab Mohammédia Hervé Guy Issouf Traoré Ahmed Al-Sarori
Difaâ El Jadidi Ismaël Sawadogo Salomon Bindjeme II Stanislas Dua Ankira Dieumerci Amale Masoud Juma
FUS Rabat Soumaïla Ouattara Cedric Elysée Kodjo Jean-Joseph Kombous Herman Junior Kameni Mohamed Anis Saltou
Hassania Agadir Patrick Malo Bakary Mané Birahim Gaye Djibril Diop Malick Cisse
Ittihad Tanger Axel Meye Youssoupha Konaté Pape Paye
JS Soualem Abdoulaye Traoré
Maghreb de Fès Oumar Camara Nelson Munganga Louis Ameka Autchanga Demba Camara Abdoulaye Diarra
Mouloudia Oujda Lamine Diakite Yaya Meledje Ricky Ngatchou Shamikh Hamid Demba Camara
Nahdat Berkane Issoufou Dayo Chadrack Lukombe Tuisila Kisinda Clatous Chama
OC Khouribga Fiston Abdul Razak Kabelo Seakanyeng Simisani Mathumo Tumisang Orebonye Adama Diom
Olympic Safi Cláudio Djibril Ouattara Thierry Kassi
Raja Casablanca Sami Hien Fabrice Ngoma Gibril Sillah Moustapha Kouyaté
Rapide Oued Zem Aliou Chitou Bersyl Obassi Jean-Baptiste Nangui Nilmar Mondésir Blé Yann Zébré
Wydad Casablanca Guy Mbenza Cheick Comara Gbagbo Junior Magbi Muaid Ellafi Simon Msuva
Youssoufia Berrechid Assane Diabagate Thomas Gonazo

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wydad Casablanca 12 10 2 0 21 6 +15 32 Qualification for Champions League
2 Raja Casablanca 12 7 3 2 17 8 +9 24
3 FAR Rabat 12 5 5 2 14 9 +5 20 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 Jeunesse Sportive Soualem 12 6 1 5 21 17 +4 19
5 RS Berkane 12 4 7 1 14 10 +4 19 Participation in Arab Club Champions Cup
6 Maghreb de Fès 12 4 5 3 12 8 +4 17
7 Chabab Mohammédia 12 4 5 3 11 9 +2 17
8 Difaâ El Jadidi 12 4 5 3 16 19 −3 17
9 IR Tanger 12 4 2 6 16 17 −1 14
10 Olympique Khouribga 12 3 5 4 16 19 −3 14
11 Olympic Safi 12 2 7 3 6 7 −1 13
12 Youssoufia Berrechid 12 3 3 6 12 18 −6 12
13 Hassania Agadir 12 3 2 7 8 13 −5 11
14 Mouloudia Oujda 12 2 4 6 10 17 −7 10
15 FUS Rabat 12 1 6 5 9 14 −5 9 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Rapide Oued Zem 12 1 4 7 4 16 −12 7
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2021. 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.

Results
Home \ Away CAYB DHJ FAR FUS HUSA IRT JSS MAS MCO OCK OCS RCA RCOZ RSB SCCM WAC
CAY Berrechid — – – – – 0–3 – – 1–0 – 0–0 0–1 2–1 – 2–0 –
DH Jadidi – — 0–0 – 2–1 – 3–2 – – – – 0–2 – 1–1 – –
AS FAR 2–1 – — 1–1 – – 0–3 – – – 1–1 – – 1–1 – 0–1
Fath US 1–1 2–2 – — 0–0 2–1 – – – 1–2 0–1 – – – – –
HUS Agadir 1–0 – 1–2 – — – – – 1–2 1–2 – – 1–0 – – 0–1
IR Tanger – 4–2 0–2 – – — – – 1–1 – – 0–1 3–1 – 1–1 –
JS Soualem – – – 1–0 – 0–2 — 3–0 – 2–1 – – – 0–0 – 3–4
Maghreb AS 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 – – — – – – – – 0–0 1–1 –
MC Oujda – 1–1 0–2 – – – 2–4 2–1 — – – 1–3 – – – –
OC Khouribga 3–3 2–2 – – – 1–0 – – 0–0 — – – 1–1 – – 0–3
OC Safi – 0–1 – – 1–2 – – 0–0 1–1 – — 1–0 0–0 – 0–0 –
Raja CA – – – 1–1 – – 3–0 – – 2–1 – — 0–0 1–2 2–1 –
RC Oued Zem – – 0–3 – – – 0–2 0–2 1–0 – – – — – 0–0 0–2
RS Berkane – – – 1–0 0–0 4–1 – – 1–0 3–3 1–1 – – — – –
SCC Mohammédia – 1–2 – 2–0 2–0 – 2–1 – – 1–0 – – – – — 0–0
Wydad AC 3–2 – – – – 2–0 – 1–0 – – 1–0 1–1 – 2–0 – —
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 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

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

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Wydad AC32211111111111
Raja Casablanca5412222222222
ASFAR1678895765453
Jeunesse Soualem114444543344
RS Berkane108101267654535
Maghreb de Fès9151414116477866
SCC Mohammédia25557111188787
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi433333336678
Ittihad Tanger14121516121515151415119
Olympique Khouribga79710101010910111010
Olympic Club de Safi1110116812121112121311
Youssoufia Berrechid1211691491312139912
Hassania Agadir6691113139139101213
Mouloudia Oujda8141375881011131414
Fath Union Sport151312131514141415141515
Rapide Oued Zem131616151616161616161616
Leader and CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Botola 2
Source: Botola

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 25 November 2021[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Guy Mbenza Wydad AC 8
2 Axel Meye IR Tanger 7
3 Kamal El Keraa SCC Mohammédia 5
Haytham El Bahja JS Soualem
Hamza Khabba OC Safi
6 Taoufik Ijrouten IR Tanger 4
Hamid Ahadad Raja CA
Mouad Fekkak CAY Berrechid
Mustapha Sahd JS Soualem
Kabelo Seakanyeng OC Khouribga
Zakaria Belmaachi JS Soualem
Abdelfettah Hadraf DH Jadidi
Mohammed El Fakih Maghreb AS

Top assists
As of 25 November 2021
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Mustapha Sahd JS Soualem 7
2 Zakaria Hadraf DH Jadidi 5
Ahmed Hammoudan IR Tanger
4 Kabelo Seakanyeng OC Khouribga 4
Mahmoud Benhalib Raja CA
Charki El Bahri CAY Berrechid
7 Haytham El Bahja JS Soualem 3
Mohammed El Fakih Maghreb AS
Mouhcine Moutouali Raja CA
Tumisang Orebonye OC Khouribga
Youssef Benali IR Tanger
Mohamed Chibi FAR Rabat
Youssef Anouar MC Oujda
Sofian El Moudane RS Berkane
Abdelilah Hafidi Raja CA

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound
Axel Meye IR Tanger OC Khouribga 3–1 21 December 2021 11

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

Clean Sheets
As of 25 November 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti Wydad AC 9
2 Youssef El Motie SCC Mohammédia 6
Mokhtar Majid OC Safi
Aymane Majid Maghreb AS
5 Hicham El Allouch JS Soualem 5
Anas Zniti Raja CA
Ayoub Lakred AS FAR
8 Hamza Hamiani Akbi RS Berkane 4
Mehdi Ouaya RC Oued Zem
10 Houssine Chadli CAY Berrechid 3

Discipline
As of 25 November 2021[3]

Player
  • Most yellow cards: 5
  • Most red cards: 1
    • 16 players

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 28
    • JS Soualem
  • Most red cards: 4
    • DH Jadidi
  • Fewest yellow cards: 16
    • SCC Mohammédia
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • SCC Mohammédia
    • Maghreb AS
    • RC Oued Zem
    • OC Safi
    • HUS Agadir
    • AS FAR

See also

References
  1. "Histoire du Football au Maroc | الموقع الرسمي للجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم". www.frmf.ma. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  2. "Moroccan Professional Botola 1 2021/2022: Scorers". Goalzz. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Moroccan Professional Inwi Botola 1 2021/2022: Cards". goalzz.com.
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