2016–17 Botola

Botola
Season	2016–17
Champions	Wydad Casablanca; 19th title
Relegated	KAC Kénitra; JS de Kasbah Tadla
Champions League	Wydad Casablanca; Difaâ El Jadidi
Confederation Cup	Raja Casablanca; RSB Berkane
Matches played	240
Goals scored	534 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	William Jebor (19 goals)
Biggest home win	DH El Jadida 6–1 JS Kasbah Tadla; (21 May 2017)
Biggest away win	AS FAR 0–5 Wydad AC; (23 October 2016)
Highest scoring	DH El Jadida 6–1 JS Kasbah Tadla; (21 May 2017)
Longest winning run	6 matches; Wydad AC
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches; DH El Jadidi
Longest winless run	12 matches; JS Kasbah Tadla
Longest losing run	5 matches; KAC Marrakesh
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Botola, also known as Botola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons, is the 60th season of the Premier League and the 6th under its new format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1915. The fixtures were announced on 2 August 2016. The season started on 27 August 2016 and may be ended on 28 May 2017.

FUS Rabat came into the season as defending champions of the 2015–16 season. Chabab Atlas Khénifra and Chabab Kasbah Tadla entered as the two promoted teams from the 2015–16 GNF 2.

Wydad Casablanca won the league for a record 19th time in Botola history after beating Olympic Safi on 17 May 2017.^[1]

Teams[]

Stadium and locations[]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Khénifra	Stade Municipal	5,000
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Al Hoceima	Stade Mimoun Al Arsi	12,000
Difaâ El Jadidi	El Jadida	Stade El Abdi	15,000
Association sportive des FAR	Rabat	Stade Moulay Abdellah	52,000
Fath Union Sport	Rabat	Stade de FUS	15,000
Hassania Agadir	Agadir	Stade Adrar	45,480
IR Tanger	Tanger	Grand Stade de Tanger	45,000
JS de Kasbah Tadla	Kasba Tadla	Complexe Sportif Municipal	5,000
KAC Kénitra	Kenitra	Stade Municipal (Kenitra)	15,000
Kawkab Marrakech	Marrakech	Stade de Marrakech	45,240
Moghreb Tétouan	Tétouan	Saniat Rmel	15,000
Olympic Safi	Safi	Stade El Massira	10,000
Olympique Khouribga	Khouribga	Complexe OCP	10,000
Raja Casablanca	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	67,000
RSB Berkane	Berkane	Stade Municipal	15,000
Wydad Casablanca	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	67,000

MAT

RCA

WAC

FUS

FAR

RSB

OCS

OCK

IRT

JSKT

Locations of the 2016–17 Botola teams

	Regions of Morocco	Number of teams	Teams
1	Béni Mellal-Khénifra	3	CA Khénifra, JS Kasbah Tadla and OC Khouribga
	Casablanca-Settat		DH El Jadida, Raja CA and Wydad AC
	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra		AS FAR, Fath US and Kénitra AC
	Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima		CR Al Hoceima, IR Tanger and MA Tétouan
5	Marrakech-Safi	2	KAC Marrakech and OC Safi
6	Oriental	1	RS Berkane
6	Souss-Massa	1	HUS Agadir

Personnel and kits[]


Teams	Managers	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Samir Yaich	Bang Sports
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Youssef Fertout	Bang Sports	Al Omrane, CGI
Difaâ El Jadidi	Abderrahim Talib	Bang Sports	Alitkane, innjoo, Radio Mars, TGCC¹
Association sportive des FAR	Aziz El Amri	Uhlsport
FUS Rabat	Walid Regragui	Uhlsport	Emaar, Novec¹, LafargeHolcim²³
Hassania Agadir	Francisco Javier Bernal	Uhlsport	Afriquia, Skoda¹, Souss-Massa², Joly³
IR Tanger	Bachir Bouita	Bang Sports	University of New England, APM Terminals
JS de Kasbah Tadla	Abderrazak Khairi	Legea	Syron
KAC Kénitra	Hassan Ajenoui
Kawkab Marrakesh	Youssef Meriana	Puma	Poste Maroc, Sanad, CitySport, Menara Mall¹
Moghreb Tétouan	Amin Erbati (interim)	King Sports Maroc	Halib Tetaouen, Radio Mars
OC Khouribga	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	Bang Sports
Olympic Safi	Mohamed Amine Benhachem	Uhlsport	Fitco
Raja Casablanca	Mohamed Fakhir	Adidas	Siera, Nor'Dar, CitySport, Hyundai¹, MarsaMaroc²³, Atlanta Assurances²³
RSB Berkane	Rachid Taoussi	Bang Sports
Wydad Casablanca	Hussein Amotta	Adidas	Ingelec

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Maroc Telecom is a sponsor for all the league's teams.
Additionally, referee kits are made by Adidas.

Managerial changes[]


Teams	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
KAC Kénitra		Sacked	3 June 2016		17 July 2016
RSB Berkane	Bertrand Marchand	End of contract	1 July 2016	Miloud Hamdi	14 July 2016
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima		End of contract	22 July 2016	Dominique Bijotat	22 July 2016
Raja Casablanca	Rachid Taoussi	Sacked	7 August 2016	Mohamed Fakhir	9 August 2016
RSB Berkane	Miloud Hamdi	Contract termination	27 August 2016	Rachid Taoussi	31 August 2016
Wydad Casablanca	John Toshack	Sacked	16 September 2016	Sébastien Desabre	20 September 2016
KAC Kénitra		Resigned	17 September 2016	Jean-Guy Wallemme	21 September 2016
Kawkab Marrakesh	Hassan Benabicha	Contract termination	27 September 2016		28 September 2016
Chabab Atlas Khénifra		Sacked	28 September 2016		28 September 2016
Association sportive des FAR		Sacked	24 October 2016	Aziz El Amri	24 October 2016
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Dominique Bijotat	Resigned	3 November 2016	(interim)	15 November 2016
OC Khouribga		Resigned	8 November 2016	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	14 November 2016
Olympic Safi		Contract termination	19 November 2016		25 November 2016
KAC Kénitra	Jean-Guy Wallemme	Sacked	23 November 2016		23 November 2016
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	(interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	15 December 2016		15 December 2016
Kawkab Marrakesh		Sacked	25 December 2016	Ahmed Bahja	27 December 2016
Wydad Casablanca	Sébastien Desabre	Sacked	6 January 2017	Hussein Amotta	6 January 2017
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima		Sacked	8 January 2017	Youssef Fertout	8 January 2016
KAC Kénitra		Sacked	10 February 2017		19 February 2017
JS de Kasbah Tadla		Sacked	26 February 2017	Abderrazak Khairi	7 March 2017
Hassania Agadir		Resigned	3 April 2017	(interim)	5 April 2017
IR Tanger	Abdelhak Benchikha	Contract termination	16 April 2017	(interim)	16 April 2017
Hassania Agadir	(interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	26 April 2017		26 April 2017
Kawkab Marrakesh	Ahmed Bahja	Sacked	29 April 2017	Youssef Meriana	1 May 2017
IR Tanger	(interim)	End of tenure as caretaker	30 April 2017		3 May 2017
Moghreb Tétouan	Sergio Lobera	Sacked	1 May 2017	Amin Erbati (interim)	1 May 2017

Results[]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wydad Casablanca (C)	30	19	9	2	50	24	+26	66	Qualification to the CAF Champions League
2	Difaâ El Jadidi	30	16	11	3	45	23	+22	59	Qualification to the CAF Champions League
3	Raja Casablanca	30	15	12	3	42	17	+25	57	Qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup
4	RS Berkane	30	14	9	7	30	16	+14	51	Qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup
5	IR Tanger	30	12	9	9	33	25	+8	45
6	AS FAR	30	11	11	8	42	39	+3	44
7	FUS Rabat	30	11	7	12	32	32	0	40	invited to the Arab Club Champions Cup^[a]
8	Hassania Agadir	30	10	8	12	32	40	−8	38
9	Olympic Safi	30	10	6	14	25	32	−7	36
10	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	30	7	13	10	25	24	+1	34
11	Olympique Khouribga	30	10	4	16	34	40	−6	34
12	Moghreb Tétouan	30	9	7	14	30	37	−7	34
13	Kawkab Marrakesh	30	9	6	15	36	42	−6	33
14	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	30	8	7	15	26	46	−20	31
15	JS de Kasbah Tadla (R)	30	7	7	16	25	47	−22	28	Relegation to Botola 2
16	KAC Kénitra (R)	30	5	8	17	27	50	−23	23	Relegation to Botola 2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2017. Source: scoresway.com^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca are also invited to the Arab Club Champions Cup.

Result table[]

Home \ Away	WAC	DHJ	RCA	RSB	IRT	FAR	FUS	HUSA	OCS	CAK	OCK	MAT	KACM	CRA	JSKT	KAC
Wydad		1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	1–0
Difaâ El Jadidi	0–0		0–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	6–1	0–0
Raja	0–0	4–1		1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	4–0
RS Berkane	1–1	1–1	1–1		0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
IR Tanger	0–1	4–1	1–2	0–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	4–1	2–1	1–0
AS FAR	0–5	2–4	1–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	2–2	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–1
FUS Rabat	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–2	1–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–0
Hassania Agadir	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	2–1		3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1	3–2
OC Safi	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
CA Khénifra	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–0
OC Khouribga	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	4–0	1–0		4–1	0–4	1–1	0–1	3–1
Moghreb Tétouan	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0		1–2	2–1	4–0	4–1
Kawkab Marrakech	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–2		1–2	1–0	1–1
CR Hoceima	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	1–0		2–1	0–0
JS Kasbah Tadla	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1		0–0
KAC Kénitra	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–2	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2017. Source: Botola Pro
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[]

Scoring[]

Top scorers[]

As of 13 June 2017.^[3]^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	William Jebor	Wydad Casablanca	19
2	Mohammed El Fakih	Kawkab Marrakech	14
2	Jalal Daoudi	Hassania Agadir	14
4	Walid Azaro	Difaâ El Jadidi	12
5	Amin Tighazoui	Olympique Khouribga	10
5	Zaid Krouch	Moghreb Tétouan	10
7	Issam Erraki	Raja Casablanca	9
7		Olympique Khouribga	9
9	Karim El Berkaoui	Hassania Agadir	8
	Mohamed Kamal	AS FAR
	Fabrice Ondama	Wydad Casablanca
	Zakaria Hadraf	Difaâ El Jadidi

Top assists[]

As of 13 June 2017^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Mohamed Ounajem	Wydad Casablanca	7
1	Abdelilah Hafidi	Raja Casablanca	7
2	Abdessalam Benjelloun	FUS Rabat	6
4	Mahmoud Benhalib	Raja Casablanca	5
	Achraf Bencharki	Wydad Casablanca
	Walid Azaro	Difaâ El Jadidi
	Bilal El Megri	Olympique Khouribga
7		JS de Kasbah Tadla	4
		Chabab Atlas Khénifra
		KAC Kénitra
		FUS Rabat
		RSB Berkane

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Zakaria Hadraf	Difaa El Jadidi	IR Tanger	4-1 (H)	4 February 2017	16
	AS FAR	Olympique Khouribga	4-2 (H)	5 March 2017	20

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Annual awards[]

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation, in coordination with the LNFP ( Ligue Nationale du Football Professionnel) and the UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), organized on Monday 3 July 2017 "Stars' Night" in honor of the players, coaches and referees who were distinguished during the 2016/2017 season.^[6]^[7]

Award	Winner	Club
Best Manager of the Season	Hussein Amotta	Wydad AC
Best Player of the Season	Mohamed Ounajem	Wydad AC
Best Promising Player of the Season	Ahmed Hammoudan	IR Tanger
Best Goalkeeper of the Season	Anas Zniti	Raja CA
Best Foreign Player of the Season	Mohamed Konate	RS Berkane

References[]

^ "Championnat du Maroc: Wydad Casablanca champion à deux journées de la fin". 17 May 2017.
^ "Botola Pro 2016/2017 - Regular Season - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". www.scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
^ "Championnat National Botola Maroc Telecom 2015/2016 Top Scorers". Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. fifa.com
^ "Botola Maroc Telecom 2016/2017:Scorers". goalzz.com
^ "Le classement des passeurs décisifs". mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^ "ليلة النجوم للإحتفاء وتكريم الابطال" [Stars' night to celebrate and honor the heroes]. FRMF. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
^ "Nuit Des Stars "LAYLAT ANNOJOUM"" [Night Of The Stars]. Association Marocaine des Footballeurs. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

External links[]

Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football

[table_note_res_AC0.20297096725692-2] Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca are also invited to the Arab Club Champions Cup.

[1] "Championnat du Maroc: Wydad Casablanca champion à deux journées de la fin". 17 May 2017.

[3] "Botola Pro 2016/2017 - Regular Season - Soccer - Scoresway - Results, fixtures, tables and statistics". www.scoresway.com. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

[topscorer-4] "Championnat National Botola Maroc Telecom 2015/2016 Top Scorers". Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. fifa.com

[إحصائيات_لاعبي_المسابقة-5] "Botola Maroc Telecom 2016/2017:Scorers". goalzz.com

[6] "Le classement des passeurs décisifs". mountakhab.net. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.

[7] "ليلة النجوم للإحتفاء وتكريم الابطال" [Stars' night to celebrate and honor the heroes]. FRMF. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

[8] "Nuit Des Stars "LAYLAT ANNOJOUM"" [Night Of The Stars]. Association Marocaine des Footballeurs. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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