2022–23 Botola

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.

Botola Inwi

Season	2022–23
Dates	1 September 2022 – 23 June 2023
Champions	AS FAR 13th title
Relegated	OC Khouribga DH Jadidi
Champions League	AS FAR Wydad AC
Confederation Cup	FUS Rabat RS Berkane
Matches played	240
Goals scored	512 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bouly Sambou (13 goals)
Biggest home win	Fath US 5-0 DH Jadidi (19 avril 2023)
Biggest away win	JS Soualem 1-4 Raja CA (5 November 2022) MA Tetouan 0-3 Wydad AC (8 January 2023) SCC Mohammédia 0-3 JS Soualem (8 January 2023) RS Berkane 1-4 AS FAR (22 February 2023) JS Soualem 0-3 OC Safi (23 June 2023)
Highest scoring	OC Khouribga 6-4 Union de Touarga (23 June 2022)
Longest winning run	AS FAR (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Wydad AC (20 matches)
Longest winless run	DH Jadidi (17 matches)
Longest losing run	IR Tanger (8 matches)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 23 June 2023.

Wydad Casablanca came into the season as defending champions of the 2021–22 season. Moghreb Tétouan and Union de Touarga entered as the two promoted teams from the 2021–22 Botola 2.

On June 23, 2023, AS FAR won the Botola Pro after a 2–3 victory against Ittihad Tanger in the last round. The AS FAR club won its 13th title after fifteen years since the last time in 2007–08.^[1]

Teams

Stadium and locations

IRT

MAT

RSB

MCO

ASFAR

FUS

UTS

MAS

SCCM

WAC

RCA

DHJ

JSS

OCK

OCS

HUSA

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

Personnel and kits

Teams	Managers	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AS FAR	Mohamed Samadi	Mohamed Rabie Hrimat	Erreà
DH Jadida	Abderrahim Talib	Moustapha Chichane	Jako	TGCC, Ilham Plastique, Mazagan, Alitkane1
Fath US	Jamal Sellami	El Mehdi El Bassil	Uhlsport	Novec, LafargeHolcim Maroc1
HUS Agadir	Abdelhadi Sektioui	Youssef Mehri	Bang Sports	Afriquia, Skoda1, Souss-Massa2
IR Tanger	Hilal Et-tair	Mohsine Moutouali	Gloria Sport	Tanger-Med
JS Soualem	Bouchaib El Moubarki	Amine El Msane	Mexxess	Crunchips, Asta, Tobigo1, Alitkane3
Maghreb AS	Omar Hassi	Mohammed Ali Bemammer	Mexxess	TGCC, Asta1
MA Tétouan	Hicham Louissi	Adil El Hassnaoui	AB Sport[2]	Tanger-Med, Municipality of Tetouan2, Cafés Carrion2
MC Oujda	Omar Najhi	Yassir Jarici	Macron	Dari1
OC Khouribga	Mohamed Fakhir	Youssef Oggadi	Kelme / Bang Sports
OC Safi	Tarek Mostafa	Mohamed El Mourabit	Bang Sports	Fitco, Maroc Force Emploi, ocstore.ma1
Raja CA	Hicham Aboucherouane (interim)	Anas Zniti	One All Sports	1xBet, OLA Energy, Sofac3, Nor'Dar, MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Sanad23
RS Berkane	Amine El Karma	Issoufou Dayo	Bang Sports	Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision1, National Gaz1
SCC Mohammédia	Rachid Rokki	Abdelhak Assal	Chabab	Vittel2
US Touarga	Tarik Sektioui	Achraf Harmach	Macron
Wydad AC	Sven Vandenbroeck	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	Mohamed Fakhir	End of contract	5 July 2022	Rachid Rokki[3]	30 July 2022
Difaâ El Jadidi	Abdelhak Benchikha	End of contract	5 July 2022	Lassaad Chabbi[4]	18 July 2022
Raja CA	Bouchaib El Moubarki (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	6 July 2022	Faouzi Benzarti[5]	6 July 2022
IR Tanger	Juan Pedro Benali[6]	End of contract	12 July 2022	Ezzaki Badou[7]	15 July 2022
AS FAR	Sven Vandenbroeck	Contract termination	16 July 2022	Fernando Da Cruz[8]	12 August 2022
US Touarga	Said Rizgui	End of contract	28 July 2022	Tarik Sektioui[9]	28 July 2022
Hassania Agadir	Abdelhadi Sektioui	Sacked	28 July 2022	Marcos Paquetá[10]	28 July 2022
Wydad Casablanca	Walid Regragui[11]	End of contract	31 July 2022	Hussein Ammouta[12]	18 August 2022
RS Berkane	Florent Ibengé[13]	Contract termination	6 August 2022	Abdelhak Benchikha[14]	9 August 2022
OC Khouribga	Abdessamad Ouarad	End of contract	6 August 2022	Lassaad Dridi[15]	6 August 2022
Raja CA	Faouzi Benzarti[16]	Mutual consent	21 September 2022	Mondher Kebaier[17]	24 September 2022
Maghreb AS	Abdelhay Ben Soltane[18]	Contract termination	10 October 2022	Abderrahim Chkilit[18]	10 October 2022
IR Tanger	Ezzaki Badou[19]	Mutual consent	18 October 2022	Hassan Fadil (interim)	18 October 2022
IR Tanger	Hassan Fadil (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	25 October 2022	Hakim Daoudi	25 October 2022
MC Oujda	Mounir Jaouani	Sacked	6 November 2022	Omar Najhi[20]	8 November 2022
RS Berkane	Abdelhak Benchikha	Mutual consent	10 November 2022	Amine El Karma[21]	11 November 2022
OC Khouribga	Lassaad Dridi	Mutual consent	16 November 2022	Ricardo Formosinho[22]	1 December 2022
Wydad AC	Hussein Ammouta	Contract termination	30 November 2022	Hassan Benabicha (interim)	1 December 2022
Moghreb Tétouan	Abdellatif Jrindou	Mutual consent	6 December 2022	Reda Hakam[23]	6 December 2022
Wydad AC	Hassan Benabicha (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	2 January 2023	Mehdi Nafti[24]	2 January 2023
IR Tanger	Hakim Daoudi	Mutual consent	20 January 2023	Hilal Ettair[25]	20 January 2023
Maghreb AS	Abderrahim Chkilit[26]	Mutual consent	2 February 2023	Aziz Ben Askar[27]	3 February 2023
Wydad AC	Mehdi Nafti	Contract termination	26 February 2023	Juan Carlos Garrido[28]	26 February 2023
Moghreb Tétouan	Reda Hakam	Contract termination	26 February 2023	Jamaleddine Drideb (interim)	26 February 2023
Hassania Agadir	Marcos Paquetá[29]	Mutual consent	7 March 2023	Abdelhadi Sektioui[30]	9 March 2023
Moghreb Tétouan	Jamaleddine Drideb (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	14 March 2023	Hicham Louissi[31]	14 March 2023
Difaâ El Jadidi	Lassaad Chabbi	Mutual consent	8 April 2023	Abderrahim Talib[32]	9 April 2023
JS Soualem	Zakaria Aboub	Resigned	9 April 2023	Bouchaib El Moubarki	9 April 2023
OC Khouribga	Ricardo Formosinho	Mutual consent	11 April 2023	Mohamed Fakhir[33]	11 April 2023
Maghreb AS	Aziz Ben Askar[34]	Mutual consent	22 April 2023	Omar Hassi[35]	22 April 2023
Wydad AC	Juan Carlos Garrido[36]	Contract termination	5 May 2023	Sven Vandenbroeck[37]	5 May 2023
AS FAR	Fernando Da Cruz[38]	Mutual consent	25 May 2023	Mohamed Samadi	26 May 2023
Raja CA	Mondher Kebaier[39]	Contract termination	7 June 2023	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	Joseph Guédé Gnadou	Lamine Diakité	Diney	Emmanuel Imanishimwe	Bakary Mané
Chabab Mohammédia	Tidiane Doumbouya	Issouf Traoré				Adeleke Oluwatobi Babatunde
Difaâ El Jadidi	Hervé Zahi	Salomon Bindjeme II	Christian Nsundi	Dieumerci Amale	Taher Benamer	Masoud Juma
FUS Rabat	Hervé Guy	Oumar Farouk Comara	Herman Junior Kameni
Hassania Agadir	Junior Mbele	Katulondi Kati	Fedi Ben Choug	Houssem Eddine Souissi
IR Tanger	Abdellah El Moudene	Gaya Merbah	Djama Joé Amian	Abdou Atchabao	El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté	Ngagne Fall Donou Hubert
JS Soualem	Gibril Sillah	Abdoulaye Traoré
Maghreb de Fès	Banfa Sylla	Louis Ameka Autchanga				Oussama Darfalou
Moghreb Tétouan
Mouloudia Oujda	Abdelkader Kaibou	Ibrahim Farhi Benhalima	Paul Valère Bassène			Ali Haroun
Nahdat Berkane	Djibril Ouattara	Issoufou Dayo	Chadrack Lukombe	Adama Ba	Victorien Adebayor
OC Khouribga	Mohamed Walid Bencherifa	Kabelo Seakanyeng	Treika Blé	Kwame Opoku	Richmond Antwi	Tumisang Orebonye Adama Diom Nassim Hnid
Olympic Safi	Axel Méyé	Boniface Haba	Abdoulaye Diarra	Cheickne Samaké
Raja CA	Abdelraouf Benguit	Yousri Bouzok	Roger Aholou			Gaya Merbah Axel Méyé
Union de Touarga	Eric Mbangossoum	Jean-Joseph Kombous	Tiago Lopes	Simon Diedhiou		Mamadou Diagne
Wydad AC	Houcine Benayada	Didier Lamkel Zé	Arsène Zola	Muaid Ellafi	Bouly Sambou	Juvhel Tsoumou Cheick Comara Kartier Dembélé

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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. 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. 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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
ASFAR	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wydad AC	8	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Fath Union Sport	9	5	8	8	5	3	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Olympic Club de Safi	6	3	3	3	3	4	7	7	5	5	4	8	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Raja CA	7	11	11	11	11	12	9	5	6	6	6	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5
RS Berkane	16	13	12	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	10	11	10	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	6	7	6	5	6	6	6	6
Hassania Agadir	4	6	2	4	6	7	12	9	9	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	12	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	7
Union de Touarga	12	9	10	10	8	6	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	8
Jeunesse Soualem	1	8	5	6	4	5	4	8	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	6	7	6	7	8	7	7	9	9
Maghreb de Fès	11	12	14	13	12	11	8	6	7	7	7	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	9	9	8	8	7	8	9	10	10
Mouloudia Oujda	13	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11
SCC Mohammédia	2	1	6	5	9	9	6	10	10	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12
Moghreb Tétouan	10	7	9	7	7	8	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	13
IR Tanger	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Olympique Khouribga	15	14	13	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	5	10	7	9	10	10	10	11	13	13	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	16

	Leader and CAF Champions League
	CAF Champions League
	CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Botola 2

Source: FRMF.ma

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 23 June 2023^[40]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bouly Sambou	Wydad AC	13
2	Hamza Hannouri	Fath US	11
	Reda Slim	AS FAR
4	Paul Bassène	MC Oujda	9
	Diney Borges	AS FAR
	El Amine Zouhzouh	US Touarga
	Youssef Mehri	HUS Agadir
8	Ayman El Hassouni	Wydad AC	8
	Issoufou Dayo	RS Berkane
10	Mustapha Sahd	JS Soualem/AS FAR1	7
	Mohamed Kamal	MA Tétouan
	Gibril Sillah	JS Soualem
	El Mehdi Maouhoub	JS Soualem

¹ Sahd played for JS Soualem until matchday 11 and scored 5 goals.

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Hamza Hannouri	Fath US	US Touarga	3–0 (H)	4 January 2023	10
Simon Diedhiou	US Touarga	OC Khouribga	6–4 (A)	23 June 2023	30

(H) – Home; (A) – Away
⁴ – Player scored four goals.

Goalkeepers' Goals-to-Games Ratio and Clean Sheets

As of 23 June 2023

Rank	Name	Club	Matches	Goals Against	Average	Clean Sheets
1	El Mehdi Benabid	Fath US	27	15	0.56	15
2	Ayoub Lakred	AS FAR	25	15	0.6	12
3	Anas Zniti	Raja CA	25	20	0.8	13
4	Hamza Hamiani	RS Berkane	23	23	1	9
5	Soufiane Barrouhou	SCC Mohammédia	26	28	1.08	7

Scoring

First goal of the season:

• Ayoub Lakhdar for HUS Agadir against RS Berkane (1 September 2022)

Last goal of the season:

• Reda Slim for AS FAR against IR Tanger (23 June 2023)

Discipline

As of 23 June 2023^[41][42]

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10
  • Roger Aholou (Raja CA)
  • Anass Lamrabat (MA Tetouan)
• Most red cards: 3
  • Mouhcine Erbibi (JS Soualem)
  • Haytem Aina (Maghreb AS)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 80
  • Raja CA
• Most red cards: 12
  • US Touarga
• Fewest yellow cards: 48
  • SCC Mohammédia
• Fewest red cards: 2
  • RS Berkane
  • MC Oujda
  • SCC Mohammédia

Annual awards

The UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), in partnership with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, organized the Night of Stars Award in its 9th edition, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2022/23 season.^[43][44]

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Season	Jamal Sellami	Fath US
Player of the Season	Reda Slim	AS FAR
Foreign Player of the Season	Diney Borges	AS FAR
Promising Player of the Season	Hamza Igamane	AS FAR
Goalkeeper of the Season	El Mehdi Benabid	Fath US
Referee of the Season	Hamza El Fareq
Club of the Season	AS FAR

Team of the Season[45]
Goalkeeper	El Mehdi Benabid (Fath US)
Defence	El Mehdi El Bassil (Fath US)		Diney Borges (AS FAR)		Arsène Zola (Wydad AC)
Midfield	Reda Slim (AS FAR)	Sofian El Moudane (IR Tanger)	Imad Riahi (JS Solaem)	Mohammed Hrimat (AS FAR)	Mahmoud Bentayg (Raja CA)
Attack	Bouly Sambou (Wydad AC)			Youssef Mehri (Hassania Agadir)

See also

• 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup
• 2022 FIFA Club World Cup
• 2022 CAF Super Cup
• 2022–23 CAF Champions League
• 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup
• 2022–23 Botola 2
• 2022–23 Moroccan Amateur National Championship
• 2021–22 Moroccan Throne Cup