2011–12 Botola

The 2011–12 Botola is the 55th season of the Moroccan Top League, but the 1st under its new format of Moroccan Pro League. It began on Friday 19 August 2011 with Maghreb Fez beating Hassania Agadir 2–0. Raja CA are the holders of the title. Moghreb Tétouan won the 2011–12 Botola, after defeating the runner-up FUS Rabat in the last game of the season at Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat.^[1][2][3] Both teams were pushing for the title until the last game. It was the first time in history of the Botola that a team from the north of the country wins it.

Botola

Season	2011–12
Champions	Moghreb Tétouan (1st title)
Relegated	IZK Khemisset Chabab Massira
Champions League	Moghreb Tétouan FUS Rabat
Confederation Cup	Wydad Casablanca FAR Rabat (cup runner-up)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	526 (2.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karl Max Barthelemy (17 goals)
Biggest home win	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima 5–0 Hassania Agadir (25 September 2011)
Biggest away win	3 goals (5 times)
Highest scoring	Raja CA 5–2 KAC Kenitra
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

Overview

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous Season
Chabab Massira	El Aaiún	Stade Cheikh Laaghdef	25,000
Chabab Rif Hoceima	Al Hoceima	Stade Mimoun Al Arsi	12,000
CODM de Meknès	Meknès	Stade d'Honneur	20,000	2010–2011 Botola 2 Champions (Promoted)
Difaa El Jadida	El Jadida	Stade El Abdi	6,000
FAR Rabat	Rabat	Stade Moulay Abdellah	52,000
FUS Rabat	Rabat	Stade Moulay Abdellah	52,000
Hassania Agadir	Agadir	Stade Al Inbiaâte	5,000
Ittihad Zemmouri Khemisset	Khemisset	Stade du 18 novembre	10,000	2010–2011 Botola 2 Runners-Up (Promoted)
KAC Kenitra	Kenitra	Stade Municipal de Kénitra	15,000
Maghreb Fez	Fez	Fez Stadium	45,000	2010–2011 Botola Runners-Up
Moghreb Tétouan	Tétouan	Stade Saniat Rmel	11,000
Olympic Safi	Safi	Stade El Massira	7,000
Olympique Khouribga	Khouribga	Stade OCP	5,000
Raja CA	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	67,000	2010–2011 Botola Champions
Widad Fez	Fez	Fez Stadium	45,000
Wydad Casablanca	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	67,000

Source: Soccerway.com

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Moghreb Tétouan (C)	30	17	10	3	41	13	+28	61	Qualification for 2013 CAF Champions League
2	FUS Rabat	30	16	9	5	32	16	+16	57
3	WAC Casablanca	30	13	12	5	32	18	+14	51	Qualification for 2013 CAF Confederation Cup[a]
4	Raja CA	30	14	9	7	34	24	+10	51	participation in the UAFA Club Cup
5	Difaa El Jadida	30	13	9	8	35	27	+8	48
6	Maghreb Fez	30	10	11	9	35	26	+9	41
7	FAR Rabat	30	10	11	9	32	29	+3	41	Qualification for 2013 CAF Confederation Cup[a]
8	Olympic Safi	30	9	9	12	34	43	−9	36
9	Chabab Rif Hoceima	30	8	9	13	31	27	+4	35[b]
10	Olympique Khouribga	30	8	11	11	27	32	−5	35
11	CODM de Meknès	30	10	6	14	19	26	−7	35[c]
12	KAC Kenitra	30	7	14	9	29	40	−11	35
13	Hassania Agadir	30	8	11	11	22	31	−9	33[d]
14	Widad Fez	30	7	9	14	26	39	−13	30
15	Chabab Massira (R)	30	7	7	16	24	42	−18	28	Relegation to GNF 2
16	IZK Khemisset (R)	30	5	9	16	12	32	−20	24

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2012. Source: goalzz.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FAR Rabat qualified for the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup as the 2012 Moroccan Throne Cup runner-up since winners Raja CA participated in the 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup.
2. CRA 2 points added.
3. MEK 1 point deducted.
4. HUSA 2 points deducted.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 27 May 2012.^[4]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Karl Max Barthélémy	Difaa El Jadida	17
2	Aziz Jounaid	FAR Rabat	15
	Abderrazak Hamdallah	Olympic Safi
4	Hamza Abourazzouk	Maghreb Fez	11
5	Badr Kachani	FUS Rabat	10
6	Zakaria Hadraf	Difaa El Jadida	8
	Abdeladim Khadrouf	Moghreb Tétouan
	Yassine Salhi	Raja CA
	Abdessamad El Mobarky	Chabab Rif Hoceima
10	Brahim El Bahri	FUS Rabat	7
	Abdelkarim Benhania	Moghreb Tétouan
	Zaid Krouch
	Abderrazak El Mnasfi
	Arnaud Nsemen	Chabab Rif Hoceima
	Bilal Biat	KAC Kenitra

See also

• 2011–12 GNF 2