2016–17 Botola

Botola
Season	2016–17
← 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 2015. The season started on 27 August 2016.

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.

Teams

Locations of the 2015–16 Botola 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 OCP	10,000
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

Personnel and kits


Teams	Managers¹	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Karim Zouaghi	Joma
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Dominique Bijotat		Al Omrane, Koutoubia
Difaâ El Jadidi	Abderrahim Taleb	Bang Sports	Alitkan, Radio Mars
FAR Rabat	Aziz El Amri	Uhlsport
FUS Rabat	Walid Regragui	Nike
Hassania Agadir	Abdelhadi Sektioui	Umbro	Ifriquiya
IR Tanger	Abdelhak Benchikha	Bang Sports	University of New England, Moroccan Airports Authority
JS de Kasbah Tadla	Hicham Eladrissi	Legea	Syron
KAC Kénitra	Jean-Guy Wallemme
Kawkab Marrakesh	Fouad Sahabi	Adidas	Koutoubia
Moghreb Tétouan	Sergio Lobera	King Sports Maroc	Abroun
OC Khouribga	Youssef El Mrini	Bang Sports
Olympic Safi	Hicham Dmii
Raja Casablanca	Mohamed Fakhir	Adidas	Hyundai
RSB Berkane	Rachid Taoussi	Bang Sports
Wydad Casablanca	Sébastien Desabre	Adidas	Ingelec

¹ According to current revision of List of Moroccan Football League managers
Additionally, referee kits are made by Adidas.
Maroc Telecom is a sponsor for all the league's teams.

Managerial changes


Teams	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Olympic Safi	Samir Yaich	Sacked	3 June 2016	Jamal Faouzi	17 July 2016
RSB Berkane	Bertrand Marchand	End of contract	1 July 2016	Miloud Hamdi	14 July 2016
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Fouad Sahabi	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	Jamal Faouzi	Resigned	17 September 2016	Jean-Guy Wallemme	21 September 2016
Kawkab Marrakesh	Hassan Benabicha	Contract termination	27 September 2016	Fouad Sahabi	28 September 2016
FAR Rabat	Abdelmalek El Aziz	Sacked	24 October 2016	Aziz El Amri	24 October 2016

Results

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wydad Casablanca	4	4	0	0	13	4	+9	12	Qualification to the 2018 CAF Champions League
2	Raja Casablanca	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	11	Qualification to the 2018 CAF Champions League
3	IR Tanger	5	3	2	0	8	2	+6	11	Qualification to the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Difaâ El Jadidi	5	3	1	1	9	5	+4	10
5	Moghreb Tétouan	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8
6	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	6	1	4	1	3	4	−1	7
7	FAR Rabat	5	2	1	2	6	9	−3	7
8	RSB Berkane	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2	6
9	Hassania Agadir	5	1	3	1	6	8	−2	6
10	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	5	2	0	3	7	10	−3	6
11	Kawkab Marrakesh	6	1	3	2	6	9	−3	6
12	Olympic Safi	6	2	0	4	5	8	−3	6
13	JS de Kasbah Tadla	5	1	1	3	2	5	−3	4
14	KAC Kénitra	5	1	1	3	5	11	−6	4
15	Olympique Khouribga	6	1	0	5	7	11	−4	3	Relegation to Botola 2
16	FUS Rabat	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Relegation to Botola 2

Updated to games played on 23 October 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]	CAK	CRA	DHJ	FAR	FUS	HUSA	IRT	JSKT	KAC	KACM	MAT	OCS	OCK	RCA	RSB	WAC
CA Khénifra							0–0	0–0						1–1
CR Hoceima											2–1		1–4
Difaâ El Jadidi						3–0							3–0
AS FAR										1–2		2–0				0–5
FUS Rabat
Hassania Agadir				1–1					3–2					2–2
IR Tanger			4–1			0–0		2–1
JS Kasbah Tadla					1–0									0–2
KAC Kénitra							0–2			1–1		2–1
Kawkab Marrakech		1–2	0–0								2–2
Moghreb Tétouan	0–0												1–0		1–0
OC Safi		2–1	1–2					1–0
OC Khouribga				1–2											0–1	2–3
Raja									4–0			1–0
RSB Berkane	0–1									3–0
Wydad	3–1	2–1

Updated to games played on 23 October 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

Top scorers

As of 23 October 2016.^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohammad El Fakih	Kawkab Marrakech	5
2	Abderrahim Achchakir	FAR Rabat	4
2	Fabrice Ondama	Wydad Casablanca	4
3	Bilal El Megri	Olympique Khouribga	3
	Mahmoud Benhalib	Raja Casablanca
	Abderrahim Makran	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
	Zakaria Hadraf	Difaâ El Jadidi
	Zaid Krouch	Moghreb Tétouan
	Oualid Azzarou	Difaâ El Jadidi
	Salaheddine Saidi	Wydad Casablanca
	William Jebor	Wydad Casablanca

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref.

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

References

↑ "البطولة الإحترافية إتصالات المغرب 2017/2016 قائمة الهدافين". kooora.com

External links

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