2015–16 Botola

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Botola
Season 2015–16
Champions League FUS Rabat
Wydad Casablanca
Matches played 205
Goals scored 418 (2.04 per match)
Biggest home win HUSA 5–1 KAC
RCA 5–1 HUSA
Biggest away win MAT 2–5 RCA
RCA 1–4 FAR
Highest scoring FAR 5–2 MAT
MAT 2–5 RCA
KAC 3–4 MAT
2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Botola is the 59th season of the Premier League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1915. The fixtures were announced on 22 July 2015. The season started on 5 September 2015 and is scheduled to conclude on 15 April 2016.

Wydad came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. Ittihad Tanja and MC Oujda entered as the two promoted teams from the 2014–15 GNF 2.

Teams

Locations of the 2015–16 Botola teams

A total of 16 teams compete in the league, including 14 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 GNF 2. On 25 April 2015, Tanger became the first Championship side to be promoted following their 1–0 win over AS Salé. On the final day of the season, MC Oujda got promoted to the top flight.

The two promoted clubs replaced Chabab Atlas Khenifra and Ittihad Khemisset.

Stadium and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Al Hoceima Stade Mimoun Al Arsi 12,000
Difaâ El Jadidi El Jadida Stade El Abdi 10,000
AS FAR Club Rabat Stade Moulay Abdellah 65,000
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
KAC Kénitra Kenitra Stade Municipal (Kenitra) 15,000
Kawkab Marrakech Marrakech Stade de Marrakech 45,240
MAS Fez Fes Fez Stadium 45,000
Moghreb Tétouan Tétouan Saniat Rmel 15,000
MC Oujda Oujda Honneur Stadium 30,000
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

Personnel and kits

Teams Managers1 Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Morocco Fouad Sahabi Al Omrane, Koutoubia
Difaâ El Jadidi Morocco Abderrahim Taleb Uhlsport
AS FAR Club Morocco Abdelmalek El Aziz Joma
FUS Rabat Morocco Walid Regragui Nike
Hassania Agadir Morocco Abdelhadi Sektioui Umbro Ifriquiya
IR Tanger Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha Bang Sports Moroccan Airports Authority
KAC Kénitra Morocco Samir Yaich
Kawkab Marrakesh Morocco Hassan Benabicha Adidas Koutoubia
MAS Fez Morocco Mohammed El Achhabi M Sport Ingelec
MC Oujda Algeria Azzedine Aït Djoudi Joma
Moghreb Tétouan Spain Sergio Lobera King Sports Maroc Abroun
OC Khouribga Tunisia Karim Zouaghi Nike
Olympic Safi Morocco Hicham Dmii
Raja Casablanca Morocco Rachid Taoussi Adidas Hyundai
RSB Berkane France Bertrand Marchand Nike
Wydad Casablanca Wales John Toshack Adidas Ingelec
  • 1 According to current revision of List of Moroccan Football League managers
  • Additionally, referee kits are made by Adidas.

Managerial changes

Teams Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Olympic Safi Morocco Youssef Fertout Sacked 29 May 2015 Morocco Aziz El Amri 29 May 2015
IR Tanger Morocco Mohamed Amine Benhachem Sacked 2 June 2015 Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha 2 June 2015
CR Al Hoceima Morocco Aziz El Amri Sacked 5 June 2015 Tunisia Kamal Zouaghi 5 June 2015
Maghreb Fès Morocco Rachid Taoussi Sacked 5 November 2015 France Denis Lavagne 14 November 2015
Raja Casablanca Netherlands Ruud Krol Sacked 5 November 2015 Morocco Rachid Taoussi 5 November 2015
CR Al Hoceima Tunisia Kamal Zouaghi Sacked 28 December 2015 Morocco Fouad Sahabi 30 December 2015
Kawkab Marrakesh Morocco Hicham Dmii Sacked 8 January 2016 Morocco Hassan Benabicha 9 January 2016
Difaâ El Jadidi Morocco Jamal Sellami Sacked 15 February 2016 Morocco Abderrahim Taleb 22 February 2016
OC Khouribga Tunisia Ahmad Al-Ajlani Resigned 9 March 2016 Tunisia Karim Zouaghi 9 March 2016
Maghreb Fès France Denis Lavagne Sacked 28 March 2016 Morocco Mohammed El Achhabi 28 March 2016
AS FAR Club Portugal José Romão Resigned 1 April 2016 Morocco Abdelmalek El Aziz 3 April 2016
Olympic Safi Morocco Aziz El Amri Sacked 3 April 2016 Morocco Hicham Dmii 6 April 2016

Results

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qualification or relegation
1 FUS Rabat 29 15 10 4 36 19 +17 55 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Champions League
2 Wydad Casablanca 29 15 8 6 32 19 +13 53
3 Raja Casablanca 29 13 8 8 48 27 +21 47 Qualification to the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4 IR Tanger 29 13 8 8 33 23 +10 47
5 FAR Rabat 29 13 8 8 39 33 +6 47
6 Moghreb Tétouan 29 12 7 10 34 41 −7 43
7 Hassania Agadir 29 11 8 10 42 41 +1 41
8 RSB Berkane 29 9 13 7 22 18 +4 40
9 Chabab Rif Hoceima 29 10 6 13 27 33 −6 36
10 Difaâ El Jadidi 29 7 13 9 25 27 −2 34
11 Olympic Safi 29 8 10 11 22 27 −5 34
12 KAC Kénitra 29 10 4 15 26 37 −11 34
13 Olympique Khouribga 29 8 7 14 23 34 −11 31
14 Kawkab Marrakech 29 7 8 14 23 30 −7 29
15 MC Oujda 29 7 8 14 24 37 −13 29 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Maghreb Fès 29 4 14 11 19 29 −10 26

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Botola Pro
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Result table

Home \ Away[1] CRA DHJ FAR FUS HUSA IRT KAC KACM MAS MAT MCO OCS OCK RCA RSB WAC
CR Hoceima 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1
Difaâ El Jadidi 3–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
FAR Rabat 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2
FUS Rabat 1–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Hassania Agadir 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 5–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1
IR Tanger 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–0
KAC Kénitra 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–2 0–1
Kawkab Marrakech 2–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0
Maghreb Fès 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–2 0–0
Moghreb Tétouan 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–5 1–0 0–0
MC Oujda 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1
OC Safi 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
OC Khouribga 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–3
Raja 2–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 5–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–3 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0
RSB Berkane 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Wydad 0–0 2–1 4–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0

Updated to games played on 29 May 2016.
Source: Botola Pro
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 29 May 2016.[1][2][3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Morocco Murad Batna FUS Rabat 11
Morocco Mahdi Naghmi FAR Rabat
Morocco Abdelilah Hafidi Raja Casablanca
4 Morocco Reda Hajhouj Wydad Casablanca 9
5 Morocco Zakaria Hadraf Difaâ El Jadidi 8
6 Morocco Yassin Zahabi MC Oujda 7
Morocco Abdessamad El Moubarki Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
Morocco Badi Aouk Hassania Agadir

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Morocco Noureddine El Gourch Hassania Agadir Moghreb Tétouan 2–4 (A) 22 September 2015
Morocco Abdelilah Hafidi Raja Casablanca Hassania Agadir 5–1 (H) 29 May 2016

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
(H) - Home ; (A) - Away

References

Notes
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. fifa.com
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. mountakhab.net
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. kooora.com

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