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 played176
Goals scored376 (2.14 per match)
Top goalscorerGuy Mbenza
(12 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
(31 October 2021)
RS Berkane 4-1 CAY Berrechid
(29 December 2021)
SCC Mohammédia 3-0 IR Tanger
(12 February 2022)
SCC Mohammédia 4-1 RC Oued Zem
(25 February 2022)
AS FAR 4-1 IR Tanger
(15 April 2022)
Wydad AC 3-0 AS FAR
(29 April 2022)
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)
AS FAR 0-3 MC Oujda
(13 February 2022)
Highest scoringJS Soualem 3-4 Wydad AC
(19 November 2021)
RS Berkane 4-3 JS Soualem
(30 April 2022)
Longest winning runFath US
Raja CA
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runMaghreb AS
(14 matches)
Longest winless runRC Oued Zem
(11 matches)
Longest losing runHUS Agadir
RC Oued Zem
(4 matches)
All statistics correct as of 30 April 2022.

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 Erreà
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 Juan Pedro Benali Ahmad Hamoudan Gloria Tanger-Med, Biougnach1
JS Soualem Redouane El Haimer Yassine Njima BHero Sports Crunchips1
Maghreb AS Abdelhay Ben Soltane Anass Azim Mexxess TGCC, Radio Mars, Asta1, 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, ocstore.ma1
Raja CA Rachid Taoussi Mouhcine Moutouali Kappa OLA Energy, Nor'Dar, Sofac3, MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Sanad23
RC Oued Zem Guglielmo Arena 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
Raja CA Marc Wilmots Mutual consent 20 February 2022 Mohamed El Bekkari (interim) 20 February 2022
Raja CA Mohamed El Bekkari (interim) End of tenure as caretake 28 February 2022 Rachid Taoussi 28 February 2022
Rapide Oued Zem Abdelkrim Jinani Mutual consent 2 April 2022 Guglielmo Arena 12 April 2022
Ittihad Tanger Miguel Ángel Gamondi Contract termination 17 April 2022 Juan Pedro Benali 18 April 2022

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 AC 22 15 4 3 35 16 +19 49 Qualification for Champions League
2 Raja CA 22 13 7 2 30 14 +16 46
3 RS Berkane 22 7 10 5 26 22 +4 31 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 AS FAR 22 8 7 7 27 25 +2 31
5 Maghreb de Fès 22 6 13 3 18 12 +6 31 Participation in Arab Club Champions Cup
6 Olympique Khouribga 22 7 9 6 28 28 0 30
7 Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi 22 7 9 6 24 28 −4 30
8 Jeunesse Sportive Soualem 22 8 5 9 31 28 +3 29
9 Hassania Agadir 22 8 5 9 17 16 +1 29
10 SCC Mohammédia 22 7 8 7 23 18 +5 29
11 Fath Union Sport 22 7 7 8 25 25 0 28
12 Ittihad Tanger 22 8 3 11 25 32 −7 27
13 Olympic Safi 22 5 8 9 13 18 −5 23
14 Youssoufia Berrechid 22 5 7 10 20 31 −11 22
15 MC Oujda 22 5 6 11 25 32 −7 21 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Rapide Oued Zem 22 3 6 13 9 31 −22 15
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. 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 — 3–2 – 1–2 0–1 0–3 – 0–0 1–0 – 0–0 0–1 2–1 – 2–0 0–0
DH Jadidi – — 0–0 – 2–1 – 3–2 0–0 – 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1
AS FAR 2–1 3–1 — 1–1 – 4–1 0–3 – 0–3 – 1–1 1–1 – 1–1 1–0 0–1
Fath US 1–1 2–2 2–1 — 0–0 2–1 – 1–1 – 1–2 0–1 0–1 – – 2–0 3–2
HUS Agadir 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 — – 0–0 – 1–2 1–2 – – 1–0 2–0 – 0–1
IR Tanger – 4–2 0–2 – 1–0 — 2–1 – 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 – 1–1 0–0
JS Soualem 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 – 0–2 — 3–0 – 2–1 2–1 0–1 – 0–0 – 3–4
Maghreb AS 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 1–0 – – – 1–1 0–0 1–1 –
MC Oujda – 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–4 2–1 — 3–2 3–1 1–3 – – 1–1 –
OC Khouribga 3–3 2–2 2–1 – – 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 — – 2–2 1–1 1–0 – 0–3
OC Safi – 0–1 – 2–1 1–2 – – 0–0 1–1 2–1 — 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Raja CA 1–1 – – 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 – — 0–0 1–2 2–1 –
RC Oued Zem 0–0 – 0–3 0–2 0–2 – 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 – — – 0–0 0–2
RS Berkane 4–1 – 2–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 4–3 0–0 1–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 — – –
SCC Mohammédia 2–0 1–2 – 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1 – – 1–0 0–1 – 4–1 1–1 — 0–0
Wydad AC 3–2 – 3–0 – 0–2 2–0 – 1–0 3–2 – 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. 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 AC32211111111111111111111
Raja Casablanca54122222222222222222222
RS Berkane1081012676545356766443683
ASFAR16788957654533334684734
Maghreb de Fès91514141164778667477765445
Olympique Khouribga797101010109101110101013121211101010106
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi4333333366784653336357
Jeunesse Soualem1144445433445545557898
Hassania Agadir66911131391391012131414141415141112119
SCC Mohammédia25557111188787899119989610
Fath Union Sport15131213151414141514151513121198795911
Ittihad Tanger1412151612151515141511991088101112111212
Olympic Club de Safi111011681212111212131112111313131515151513
Youssoufia Berrechid12116914913121399121181010121313131314
Mouloudia Oujda814137588101113141415151515141214141415
Rapide Oued Zem1316161516161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader and CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Botola 2
Source: Botola

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 30 April 2022[2]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Guy Mbenza Wydad AC 12
2 Axel Meye IR Tanger 11
3 Reda Hajhouj Fath US 8
4 Kabelo Seakanyeng OC Khouribga 7
Ismail Khafi AS FAR
Tumisang Orebonye OC Khouribga
Oussama Lamlioui SCC Mohammédia
8 Kamal El Keraa SCC Mohammédia 6
Zakaria Hadraf DH Jadidi
Hamid Ahadad Raja CA
Lamine Diakite MC Oujda
Hamza Khabba OC Safi
Chadrack Lukombe RS Berkane
Mohsine Moutouali Raja CA

Top assists
As of 30 April 2022
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Kabelo Seakanyeng OC Khouribga 8
Mustapha Sahd JS Soualem
3 Zakaria Hadraf DH Jadidi 7
Ismail Moutaraji SCC Mohammédia
Ahmed Hammoudan IR Tanger
6 Youssef Anouar MC Oujda 6
Youssef Benali IR Tanger
Redouane El Karoui JS Soualem
9 Mahmoud Benhalib Raja CA 5
Montasser Lahtimi Fath US
Charki El Bahri CAY Berrechid
Haytham El Bahja 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 30 March 2022
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti Wydad AC 14
2 Aymane Majid Maghreb AS 12
3 Youssef El Motie SCC Mohammédia 8
Mokhtar Majid OC Safi
5 Mehdi El Jourbaoui HUS Agadir 7
Anas Zniti Raja CA
7 Ayoub Lakred AS FAR 6
Mohamed Chennouf DH Jadidi
9 Hicham El Allouch JS Soualem 5
Mehdi Ouaya RC Oued Zem
Hicham El Majhad IR Tanger
Hamza Hamiani Akbi RS Berkane

Discipline
As of 30 April 2022[3]

Player
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Yassine Kordani (JS Soualem)
    • Mohamed El Jaaouani (DH Jadidi)

Club
  • Most yellow cards: 53
    • JS Soualem
  • Most red cards: 7
    • DH Jadidi
  • Fewest yellow cards: 26
    • SCC Mohammédia
  • Fewest red cards: 0
    • SCC Mohammédia
    • Maghreb AS

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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