2018–19 Botola
Season | 2018–19 |
---|---|
Champions | Wydad AC 20th title |
Relegated | KAC Marrakesh CR Al Hoceima |
Champions League | Wydad AC Raja CA |
Confederation Cup | HUS Agadir OC Safi |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 550 (2.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mouhcine Iajour, Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Raja CA 6–0 CR Al Hoceima (25 August 2018) |
Biggest away win | RS Berkane 3–7 Raja CA (13 March 2019) |
Highest scoring | RS Berkane 3–7 Raja CA (13 March 2019) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Wydad AC |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Wydad AC Raja CA |
Longest winless run | 11 matches KAC Marrakesh MA Tétouan CR Al Hoceima AS FAR |
Longest losing run | 4 matches CR Al Hoceima KAC Marrakesh |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Botola, also known as Botola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons, is the 62nd season of the Premier League and the 8th 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 25 August 2018 and ended on 15 May 2019.
Ittihad Tanger came into the season as defending champions of the 2017–18 season. Mouloudia Oujda and Youssoufia Berrechid entered as the two promoted teams from the 2017–18 Botola 2.
Teams[]
Stadium and locations[]
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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AS FAR | Rabat | Stade Moulay Abdellah | 53,000 |
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Al Hoceima | Stade Mimoun Al Arsi | 12,000 |
Difaâ El Jadidi | El Jadida | Stade El Abdi | 15,000 |
Fath Union Sport | Rabat | Stade de FUS | 15,000 |
Hassania Agadir | Agadir | Stade Adrar | 45,000 |
IR Tanger | Tanger | Grand Stade de Tanger | 45,000 |
Kawkab Marrakech | Marrakech | Stade de Marrakech | 45,000 |
Moghreb Tétouan | Tétouan | Saniat Rmel | 15,000 |
RSB Berkane | Berkane | Stade Municipal | 30,000 |
Mouloudia Oujda | Oujda | Honneur Stadium | 35,000 |
Olympic Safi | Safi | Stade El Massira | 10,000 |
Olympique Khouribga | Khouribga | Complexe OCP | 10,000 |
Raja Casablanca | Casablanca | Stade Mohamed V | 67,000 |
Rapide Oued Zem | Oued Zem | Stade Municipal | 3,000 |
Wydad Athletic Club | Casablanca | Stade Mohamed V | 67,000 |
Youssoufia Berrechid | Berrechid | Stade Municipal | 5,000 |
Regions of Morocco | Number of teams | Teams | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Casablanca-Settat | 4 | CAY Berrechid, DH Jadidi, Raja CA and Wydad AC |
2 | Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima | 3 | CR Al Hoceima, IR Tanger and MA Tétouan |
3 | Béni Mellal-Khénifra | 2 | OC Khouribga and RC Oued Zem |
Marrakech-Safi | KAC Marrakech and OC Safi | ||
Oriental | MC Oujda and RS Berkane | ||
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra | AS FAR and Fath US | ||
7 | Souss-Massa | 1 | HUS Agadir |
Personnel and kits[]
Teams | Managers | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Association sportive des FAR | Carlos Alós Ferrer | Joma | |
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Saïd Chiba | Bang Sports | Al Omrane, CGI |
Difaâ El Jadidi | Ezzaki Badou | Bang Sports | innjoo, Radio Mars, TGCC1 |
FUS Rabat | Walid Regragui | Uhlsport | Emaar, Novec1, LafargeHolcim23 |
Hassania Agadir | Miguel Ángel Gamondi | Uhlsport | Afriquia, Skoda1, Souss-Massa2, Joly3 |
IR Tanger | Abdelouahed Belqassem | Gloria sport | Moroccan Airports Authority, Renault, APM Terminals, Tanger-Med, Valencia1, STG telecom2, RCI Finance Maroc3 |
Kawkab Marrakesh | Azedine Benis | Puma | Poste Maroc, Sanad, CitySport, Menara Mall1 |
Moghreb Tétouan | Tarik Sektioui | Legea | Halib Tetaouen, Al Omrane1, Radio Mars |
Mouloudia Oujda | Abdelaziz Kerkache | Bang Sports | |
OC Khouribga | Rachid Taoussi | Bang Sports | OCP |
Olympic Safi | Hicham Dmii | Uhlsport | Fitco |
Raja Casablanca | Patrice Carteron | Legea | Siera, Nor'Dar, Prodec, Infinix, Hyundai1, Or Blanc1, MarsaMaroc23, Atlanta Assurances23 |
Rapide Oued Zem | Hassan Benabicha | Bang Sports | Morih |
RSB Berkane | Mounir Jaouani | Bang Sports | Souiri, Afriquia1 |
Wydad Casablanca | Faouzi Benzarti | Macron | Ingelec, Alitkane2, Koutoubia2 |
Youssoufia Berrechid | Said Seddiki | Bang Sports | Dalaa |
- 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS FAR | Abderrazak Khairi | End of contract | 20 May 2018 | Mohamed Fakhir | 21 May 2018 |
Olympic Safi | End of contract | 30 May 2018 | 9 June 2018 | ||
OC Khouribga | Bernard Simondi | End of contract | 30 June 2018 | 3 July 2018 | |
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Nacer Sandjak | End of contract | 30 June 2018 | Mimoun Ouaali | 25 July 2018 |
Wydad Casablanca | Faouzi Benzarti | Contract termination | 28 July 2018 | 3 August 2018 | |
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Mimoun Ouaali | Sacked | 7 September 2018 | 13 September 2018 | |
IR Tanger | Driss El Mrabet | Contract termination | 25 September 2018 | Ahmad Al-Ajlani | 25 September 2018 |
Wydad Casablanca | Contract termination | 25 September 2018 | René Girard | 29 September 2018 | |
Difaâ El Jadidi | Abderrahim Talib | Resigned | 26 October 2018 | Hubert Velud | 30 October 2018 |
Wydad Casablanca | René Girard | Resigned | 23 November 2018 | Faouzi Benzarti | 27 November 2018 |
AS FAR | Mohamed Fakhir | Contract termination | 7 December 2018 | Mouhcine Bouhlal (interim) | 11 December 2018 |
IR Tanger | Ahmad Al-Ajlani | Contract termination | 25 December 2018 | 25 December 2018 | |
Kawkab Marrakesh | Contract termination | 26 December 2018 | Aziz El Amri | 26 December 2018 | |
AS FAR | Mouhcine Bouhlal (interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 21 January 2019 | Carlos Alós Ferrer | 21 January 2019 |
Raja Casablanca | Juan Carlos Garrido | Contract termination | 28 January 2019 | Patrice Carteron | 30 January 2019 |
OC Khouribga | Sacked | 28 January 2019 | Rachid Taoussi | 29 January 2019 | |
Moghreb Tétouan | Sacked | 9 February 2019 | Tarik Sektioui | 11 February 2019 | |
Difaâ El Jadidi | Hubert Velud | Sacked | 10 February 2019 | Ezzaki Badou | 11 February 2019 |
Kawkab Marrakesh | Aziz El Amri | Sacked | 18 February 2019 | (interim) | 18 February 2019 |
Rapide Oued Zem | Tarek Mostafa | Contract termination | 25 February 2019 | Hassan Benabicha | 1 March 2019 |
Kawkab Marrakesh | (interim) | End of tenure as caretaker | 12 March 2019 | 12 March 2019 | |
Kawkab Marrakesh | End of tenure as caretaker | 12 March 2019 | 12 March 2019 | ||
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Contract termination | 5 April 2019 | Saïd Chiba | 7 April 2019 |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wydad Casablanca (C) | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 56 | 30 | +26 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League |
2 | Raja Casablanca | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 56 | 36 | +20 | 55 | |
3 | Hassania Agadir | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 45[a] | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
4 | Olympic Safi | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 45[a] | Participation in Arab Club Champions Cup[b] |
5 | IR Tanger | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 40 | |
6 | Youssoufia Berrechid | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 39[c] | |
7 | RSB Berkane | 30 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 39[c] | Qualification for Confederation Cup[d] |
8 | Difaâ El Jadidi | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 39[c] | |
9 | FUS Rabat | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 38 | |
10 | Rapide Oued Zem | 30 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 37 | |
11 | Olympique Khouribga | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 36 | |
12 | Mouloudia Oujda | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 35 | |
13 | Moghreb Tétouan | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 34 | |
14 | AS FAR | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 33 | |
15 | Kawkab Marrakesh (R) | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 30 | Relegation to Botola 2 |
16 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima (R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 27 |
Source: frmf.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Head-to-head: Hassania Agadir: 3 points, +2 GD; Olympic Safi: 3 points, −2 GD.
- ^ Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca are also participated in the Arab Club Champions Cup.
- ^ a b c Head-to-head: Youssoufia Berrechid: 7 points, RS Berkane 5 points, Difaâ El Jadidi 3 points.
- ^ RS Berkane are Moroccan Throne Cup winners.
Results[]
Season statistics[]
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mouhcine Iajour | Raja CA | 19 |
Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | RS Berkane | ||
3 | Koffi Boua | OC Safi | 14 |
4 | Simon Msuva | DH Jadidi | 13 |
5 | Khalid Hachadi | OC Khouribga | 12 |
6 | Reda Hajhouj | OC Khouribga | 11 |
7 | N'Tji Amadou Samake | KAC Marrakesh | 10 |
8 | Mehdi Naghmi | IR Tanger | 9 |
9 | Zakaria Hadraf | Raja CA | 8 |
Abdoulaye Diarra | RC Oued Zem | ||
Michael Babatunde | Wydad AC |
Top assists[]
- As of 11 June 2019
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | CAY Berrechid | 7 | |
Karim El Hany | KAC Marrakech | ||
RS Berkane | |||
Mohamed Ounajem | Wydad AC | ||
5 | Abdelilah Hafidi | Raja CA | 6 |
Zakaria Hadraf | Raja CA | ||
Badie Aouk | Wydad AC | ||
8 | Héritier Luvumbu | AS FAR | 5 |
Emeka Ogbugh | MC Oujda | ||
RS Berkane | |||
Ismail El Haddad | Wydad AC |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mouhssine Iajour | Raja CA | DH Jadidi | 4–2 (A) | 30 January 2019 | 15 |
Koffi Boua | OC Safi | DH Jadidi | 3–2 (H) | 9 March 2019 | 21 |
Zakaria Hadraf | Raja CA | RS Berkane | 7–3 (A) | 13 March 2019 | 21 |
Reda Hajhouj | OC Khouribga | OC Safi | 4–4 (H) | 27 April 2019 | 26 |
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
See also[]
2018 Moroccan Throne Cup
2018–19 Botola 2
2018-19 CAF Champions League
2018-19 CAF Confederation Cup
2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
References[]
- ^ "Championnat National Botola Maroc Telecom 2018/2019 Top Scorers". Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. fifa.com
- ^ "Botola Maroc Telecom 2017/2018:Scorers". goalzz.com
External links[]
- BOTOLA FACEBOOK
- Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Categories:
- Botola seasons
- 2018–19 in African association football leagues
- 2018–19 in Moroccan football