2022–23 Botola

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All statistics correct as of 23 June 2023.

The 2022–23 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, was the 66th season of the Premier League and the 12th under its current format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956.

Moghreb Tétouan and Union de Touarga entered as the two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Botola 2
.

On June 23, 2023,

AS FAR club won its 13th title after fifteen years since the last time in 2007–08.[1]

Teams

Stadium and locations

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Locations of the 2022–23 Botola teams
Team name Acronym Location Stadium Capacity
AS FAR
 ASFAR Rabat Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium 53,000
Chabab Mohammédia
 SCCM
Mohammédia
Stade El Bachir
 15,000
Difaâ El Jadidi
 DHJ El Jadida
Stade El Abdi
 10,000
Fath Union Sport FUS Rabat
Stade Moulay Hassan
 12,000
Hassania Agadir HUSA Agadir
Stade Adrar
 45,480
IR Tanger IRT
Tanger
Stade Ibn Batouta
 65,000
JS Soualem JSS Soualem
Stade Municipal de Berrechid
 5,000
Maghreb de Fès MAS Fez Fez Stadium 45,000
Moghreb Tétouan
 MAT Tétouan
Saniat Rmel
 10,000
Mouloudia Oujda
 MCO Oujda
Honneur Stadium
 30,000
Nahdat Berkane
 RSB Berkane
Stade Municipal de Berkane
 15,000
Olympique Khouribga
 OCK Khouribga
Complexe OCP
 10,000
Olympic Safi OCS Safi
Stade El Massira
 15,000
Raja CA RCA Casablanca
Stade Mohamed V
 67,000
Union de Touarga UTS Rabat Stade Moulay Hassan 12,000
Wydad AC WAC Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000

Number of teams by regions

Regions of Morocco Number of teams Teams
1 Casablanca-Settat 5
JS Soualem, Raja CA, SCC Mohammédia and Wydad AC
2 Rabat-Salé-Kénitra 3
AS FAR, Fath US and US Touarga
3 Oriental 2
RS Berkane
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima
MA Tétouan
5 Béni Mellal-Khénifra 1 OC Khouribga
Fès-Meknès Maghreb AS
Marrakech-Safi
 OC Safi
Souss-Massa HUS Agadir

Personnel and kits

Teams Managers Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
AS FAR Morocco Mohamed Samadi Morocco Mohamed Rabie Hrimat Erreà
DH Jadida
Abderrahim Talib
 Morocco Moustapha Chichane Jako TGCC, Ilham Plastique, Mazagan, Alitkane1
Fath US Morocco Jamal Sellami Morocco El Mehdi El Bassil Uhlsport Novec,
LafargeHolcim Maroc1
HUS Agadir Morocco Abdelhadi Sektioui Morocco Youssef Mehri Bang Sports Afriquia, Skoda1, Souss-Massa2
IR Tanger Morocco Hilal Et-tair Morocco Mohsine Moutouali Gloria Sport
Tanger-Med
JS Soualem Morocco Bouchaib El Moubarki Morocco Amine El Msane Mexxess Crunchips, Asta, Tobigo1, Alitkane3
Maghreb AS Morocco Omar Hassi Morocco Mohammed Ali Bemammer Mexxess TGCC, Asta1
MA Tétouan Morocco Hicham Louissi Morocco Adil El Hassnaoui AB Sport[2]
Municipality of Tetouan2, Cafés Carrion2
MC Oujda Morocco Omar Najhi Morocco Yassir Jarici Macron Dari1
OC Khouribga Morocco Mohamed Fakhir Morocco Youssef Oggadi Kelme / Bang Sports
OC Safi Egypt Tarek Mostafa Morocco Mohamed El Mourabit Bang Sports Fitco, Maroc Force Emploi, ocstore.ma1
Raja CA Morocco Hicham Aboucherouane (interim) Morocco Anas Zniti One All Sports
MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Sanad23
RS Berkane Morocco Amine El Karma Burkina Faso Issoufou Dayo Bang Sports Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision1, National Gaz1
SCC Mohammédia Morocco Rachid Rokki Morocco Abdelhak Assal Chabab Vittel2
US Touarga Morocco Tarik Sektioui Morocco Achraf Harmach Macron
Wydad AC Belgium Sven Vandenbroeck Morocco Yahya Jabrane Macron Ingelec, Boule d'Or1, Sama Immobilier1, 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
Chabab Mohammédia
 Morocco Mohamed Fakhir End of contract 5 July 2022 Morocco Rachid Rokki[3] 30 July 2022
Difaâ El Jadidi
 Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha End of contract 5 July 2022 Tunisia Lassaad Chabbi[4] 18 July 2022
Raja CA Morocco Bouchaib El Moubarki (interim) End of tenure as caretake 6 July 2022 Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti[5] 6 July 2022
IR Tanger Spain Juan Pedro Benali[6] End of contract 12 July 2022 Morocco Ezzaki Badou[7] 15 July 2022
AS FAR
 Belgium Sven Vandenbroeck Contract termination 16 July 2022 France Fernando Da Cruz[8] 12 August 2022
US Touarga Morocco Said Rizgui End of contract 28 July 2022 Morocco Tarik Sektioui[9] 28 July 2022
Hassania Agadir Morocco Abdelhadi Sektioui Sacked 28 July 2022 Brazil Marcos Paquetá[10] 28 July 2022
Wydad Casablanca
 Morocco Walid Regragui[11] End of contract 31 July 2022 Morocco Hussein Ammouta[12] 18 August 2022
RS Berkane Democratic Republic of the Congo Florent Ibengé[13] Contract termination 6 August 2022 Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha[14] 9 August 2022
OC Khouribga
 Morocco Abdessamad Ouarad End of contract 6 August 2022 Tunisia Lassaad Dridi[15] 6 August 2022
Raja CA Tunisia Faouzi Benzarti[16] Mutual consent 21 September 2022 Tunisia Mondher Kebaier[17] 24 September 2022
Maghreb AS
 Tunisia Abdelhay Ben Soltane[18] Contract termination 10 October 2022 Morocco Abderrahim Chkilit[18] 10 October 2022
IR Tanger Morocco Ezzaki Badou[19] Mutual consent 18 October 2022 Morocco Hassan Fadil (interim) 18 October 2022
IR Tanger Morocco Hassan Fadil (interim) End of tenure as caretake 25 October 2022 Morocco Hakim Daoudi 25 October 2022
MC Oujda Morocco Mounir Jaouani Sacked 6 November 2022 Morocco Omar Najhi[20] 8 November 2022
RS Berkane Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha Mutual consent 10 November 2022 Morocco Amine El Karma[21] 11 November 2022
OC Khouribga
 Tunisia Lassaad Dridi Mutual consent 16 November 2022 Portugal Ricardo Formosinho[22] 1 December 2022
Wydad AC Morocco Hussein Ammouta Contract termination 30 November 2022 Morocco Hassan Benabicha (interim) 1 December 2022
Moghreb Tétouan
 Morocco Abdellatif Jrindou Mutual consent 6 December 2022 Morocco Reda Hakam[23] 6 December 2022
Wydad AC Morocco Hassan Benabicha (interim) End of tenure as caretake 2 January 2023 Tunisia Mehdi Nafti[24] 2 January 2023
IR Tanger Morocco Hakim Daoudi Mutual consent 20 January 2023 Morocco Hilal Ettair[25] 20 January 2023
Maghreb AS
 Morocco Abderrahim Chkilit[26] Mutual consent 2 February 2023 Morocco Aziz Ben Askar[27] 3 February 2023
Wydad AC Tunisia Mehdi Nafti Contract termination 26 February 2023 Spain Juan Carlos Garrido[28] 26 February 2023
Moghreb Tétouan
 Morocco Reda Hakam Contract termination 26 February 2023 Morocco Jamaleddine Drideb (interim) 26 February 2023
Hassania Agadir Brazil Marcos Paquetá[29] Mutual consent 7 March 2023 Morocco Abdelhadi Sektioui[30] 9 March 2023
Moghreb Tétouan
 Morocco Jamaleddine Drideb (interim) End of tenure as caretake 14 March 2023 Morocco Hicham Louissi[31] 14 March 2023
Difaâ El Jadidi
 Tunisia Lassaad Chabbi Mutual consent 8 April 2023
Abderrahim Talib[32]
 9 April 2023
JS Soualem Morocco Zakaria Aboub Resigned 9 April 2023 Morocco Bouchaib El Moubarki 9 April 2023
OC Khouribga
 Portugal Ricardo Formosinho Mutual consent 11 April 2023 Morocco Mohamed Fakhir[33] 11 April 2023
Maghreb AS
 Morocco Aziz Ben Askar[34] Mutual consent 22 April 2023 Morocco Omar Hassi[35] 22 April 2023
Wydad AC Spain Juan Carlos Garrido[36] Contract termination 5 May 2023 Belgium Sven Vandenbroeck[37] 5 May 2023
AS FAR
 France Fernando Da Cruz[38] Mutual consent 25 May 2023 Morocco Mohamed Samadi 26 May 2023
Raja CA Tunisia Mondher Kebaier[39] Contract termination 7 June 2023 Morocco Hicham Aboucherouane (interim) 8 June 2023

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.

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Former Players
AS FAR
 Ivory Coast Joseph Guédé Gnadou Ivory Coast Lamine Diakité Cape Verde Diney Rwanda Emmanuel Imanishimwe Senegal Bakary Mané
Chabab Mohammédia
 Guinea Tidiane Doumbouya Mali Issouf Traoré Nigeria Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde
Difaâ El Jadidi
 Ivory Coast Hervé Zahi Cameroon Salomon Bindjeme II Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian Nsundi Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Amale Libya Taher Benamer Kenya Masoud Juma
FUS Rabat
 Ivory Coast Hervé Guy Ivory Coast Oumar Farouk Comara Cameroon Herman Junior Kameni
Hassania Agadir Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Mbele Democratic Republic of the Congo Katulondi Kati Tunisia Fedi Ben Choug Tunisia Houssem Eddine Souissi
IR Tanger Algeria Abdellah El Moudene Algeria Gaya Merbah Ivory Coast Djama Joé Amian Gabon Abdou Atchabao Senegal El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté Senegal Ngagne Fall
Togo Donou Hubert
JS Soualem The Gambia Gibril Sillah Mali Abdoulaye Traoré
Maghreb de Fès Ivory Coast Banfa Sylla
Louis Ameka Autchanga
 Algeria Oussama Darfalou
Moghreb Tétouan
Mouloudia Oujda
 Algeria Abdelkader Kaibou Algeria Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima Senegal Paul Valère Bassène Algeria Ali Haroun
Nahdat Berkane
 Burkina Faso Djibril Ouattara Burkina Faso Issoufou Dayo Democratic Republic of the Congo Chadrack Lukombe Mauritania Adama Ba Niger Victorien Adebayor
OC Khouribga
Mohamed Walid Bencherifa
 Botswana Kabelo Seakanyeng Ivory Coast Treika Blé Ghana Kwame Opoku Ghana Richmond Antwi Botswana Tumisang Orebonye
Senegal Adama Diom
Tunisia Nassim Hnid
Olympic Safi Gabon Axel Méyé Guinea Boniface Haba Mali Abdoulaye Diarra Mali Cheickne Samaké
Raja CA Algeria Abdelraouf Benguit Algeria Yousri Bouzok Togo Roger Aholou Algeria Gaya Merbah
Gabon Axel Méyé
Union de Touarga Chad Eric Mbangossoum Cameroon Jean-Joseph Kombous Portugal Tiago Lopes Senegal Simon Diedhiou Senegal Mamadou Diagne
Wydad AC Algeria Houcine Benayada Cameroon Didier Lamkel Zé Democratic Republic of the Congo Arsène Zola Libya Muaid Ellafi Senegal Bouly Sambou Republic of the Congo Juvhel Tsoumou
Ivory Coast Cheick Comara
Mali Kartier Dembélé

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 AS FAR (C) 30 20 7 3 50 19 +31 67 Qualification for Champions League
2 Wydad AC 30 19 9 2 47 21 +26 66
3 Fath Union Sport 30 15 10 5 36 16 +20 55 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4
Olympic Club de Safi
 30 12 11 7 34 28 +6 47
5 Raja CA 30 11 11 8 31 26 +5 44[a]
6 RS Berkane 30 11 11 8 31 29 +2 44[a] Qualification for Confederation Cup[b]
7 Hassania Agadir 30 10 9 11 30 29 +1 39
8 Union de Touarga 30 9 9 12 34 40 −6 36[c]
9
Jeunesse Sportive Soualem
 30 9 9 12 31 40 −9 36[c]
10 Maghreb de Fès 30 7 13 10 27 33 −6 34
11 MC Oujda 30 8 8 14 30 35 −5 32
12 SCC Mohammédia 30 8 7 15 27 36 −9 31
13
Moghreb Tétouan
 30 6 12 12 28 41 −13 30
14
Ittihad Tanger
 30 8 5 17 23 39 −16 29
15 Olympique Khouribga (R) 30 5 13 12 29 36 −7 28 Relegation to Botola 2
16
Difaâ El Jadidi
(R) 		30 5 10 15 24 44 −20 25
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2023. 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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Raja CA: 6 points, RS Berkane: 0 point.
  2. ^ RS Berkane qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup by winning the 2021–22 Moroccan Throne Cup.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head: Union de Touarga: 4 points, Jeunesse Sportive Soualem: 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away
ASFAR
DHJ
FUS
 HUSA IRT
JSS
 MAS
MAT
MCO
 OCS OCK RCA
RSB
 SCCM UTS WAC
AS FAR
 — 4–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0
DH Jadidi
 0–1 — 0–3 2–2 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1
Fath US
 0–2 5–0 — 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1
HUS Agadir 2–1 2–2 0–1 — 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–0
IR Tanger 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 — 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
JS Soualem
 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 — 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–0 1–4 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–1
Maghreb AS 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2
MA Tétouan
 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 — 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3
MC Oujda
 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 3–4 2–1 2–1 — 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1
OC Safi 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 — 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 0–0
OC Khouribga 0–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–1 6–4 1–2
Raja CA 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–1 — 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2
RS Berkane
 1–4 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 — 3–0 2–1 3–3
SCC Mohammédia 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 4–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–1 1–3
US Touarga 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 — 1–2
Wydad AC 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 June 2023. 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
Olympique Khouribga
151413121415151515151515151515151515151515151616161616151615
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi5107910101011131311991010101011111212131414141414161516
Leader and CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Botola 2
Source: FRMF.ma