2023–24 Botola

Botola Inwi
Season	2023–24
Dates	25 August 2023 – 14 June 2024
Champions	Raja CA (13th title)
Relegated	CAY Berrechid; MC Oujda
Champions League	Raja CA; AS FAR
Confederation Cup	RS Berkane; US Touarga
Matches played	240
Goals scored	534 (2.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Yousri Bouzok ; (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Raja CA 6–1 IR Tanger; (28 December 2023)
Biggest away win	CAY Berrechid 0–5 Fath US; (28 May 2024)
Longest winning run	Raja CA; AS FAR; (9 Matches)
Longest unbeaten run	Raja CA; (30 Matches)
Longest winless run	MC Oujda; (14 Matches)
Longest losing run	JS Soualem; (5 Matches)
	← 2022–23 2024-25 → All statistics correct as of 14 June 2024.

The 2023–24 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is the 67th season of the Premier League and the 13th under its current format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956. AS FAR came into the season as defending champions of the 2022–23 season. RCA Zemamra and Youssoufia Berrechid entered as the two promoted teams from the 2022–23 Botola 2.

On 14 June 2024, Raja CA won the last round 0–3 against MC Oujda and were crowned champions ending the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in the history of the league.

Number of teams by regions

	Regions of Morocco	Number of teams	Teams
1	Casablanca-Settat	6	CAY Berrechid, JS Soualem, Raja CA, RCA Zemamra, SCC Mohammédia and Wydad AC
2	Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	3	AS FAR, FUS Rabat and US Touarga
3	Oriental	2	MC Oujda and RS Berkane
3	Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	2	IR Tanger and MA Tétouan
5	Fès-Meknès	1	MAS Fès
	Marrakesh–Safi		OC Safi
	Souss-Massa		HUS Agadir

Personnel and kits


Teams	Managers	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AS FAR	Nasreddine Nabi	Mohamed Rabie Hrimat	Uhlsport
CAY Berrechid	Abderrahim Nejjar	Achraf Hilali	Bang Sports	OULD BOUAZZA, KA PREFA, Alitkane
FUS Rabat	Jamal Sellami	El Mehdi El Bassil	Uhlsport	Novec, LafargeHolcim Maroc¹
HUS Agadir	Abdelhadi Sektioui	Hicham El Majhad	Bang Sports	Afriquia, Skoda¹, Joly³
IR Tanger	Hilal Et-tair	Reda Jaadi	Gloria Sport	Tanger-Med
JS Soualem	Mahmoud Sebky	Amine El Msane	Mexxess	MARSBET, Asta, Crunchips¹
Maghreb AS	Abdelhay Ben Soltane	Achraf Harmach	Kappa	TGCC, Asta¹
MA Tétouan	Abdellatif Jrindou	Zaid Krouch	AB Sport	Tanger-Med, Cafés Carrion¹, Municipality of Tetouan²
MC Oujda	Faouzi Jamal	Yassir Jarici	Bang Sports	Dari¹
OC Safi	Adil Serraj (interim)	Mohamed El Mourabit	Bang Sports	Fitco, ocstore.ma¹
Raja CA	Josef Zinnbauer	Anas Zniti	Umbro	1xBet, Sofac³, Nor'Dar, Marsa Maroc¹, Atlanta Sanad²³
RCA Zemamra	Mohamed Amine Benhachem	Abdelkhalek Ahmidouch	Bang Sports	IGASER
RS Berkane	Mouin Chaâbani	Issoufou Dayo	Bang Sports	Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision¹, National Gaz¹
SCC Mohammédia	Noureddine Ziyati	Abdelhak Assal	Chabab	Vittel²
US Touarga	Abdelouahed Zamrat	Achraf Harmach	Macron
Wydad AC	Aziz Ben Askar	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
RCA Zemamra	Abderrahim Chkilit	Resigned	15 June 2023	Abdelaziz Kerkache^[1]	18 July 2023
Raja CA	Hicham Aboucherouane (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	30 June 2023	Josef Zinnbauer^[2]	1 July 2023
AS FAR	Mohamed Samadi	End of contract	30 June 2023	Nasreddine Nabi^[3]	18 July 2023
Wydad AC	Sven Vandenbroeck	End of contract	30 June 2023	Adil Ramzi^[4]	22 July 2023
MAS Fez	Omar Hassi	End of contract	30 June 2023	Tarik Sektioui^[5]	25 July 2023
MA Tetouan	Hicham Louissi	End of contract	30 June 2023	Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili^[6]	26 July 2023
OC Safi	Tarek Mostafa	End of contract	30 July 2023	Mounir Chebil^[7]	30 July 2023
US Touarga	Tarik Sektioui	Mutual consent	23 July 2023	Abdelouahed Zamrat^[8]	27 July 2023
MC Oujda	Omar Najhi	Contract termination	14 August 2023	Faouzi Jamal^[9]	15 August 2023
IR Tanger	Hilal Et-tair	Contract termination	15 September 2023	Omar Najhi^[10]	15 September 2023
Youssoufia Berrechid	Mohamed Guisser	Sacked	5 October 2023	Abdelatif Laftouh (interim)	28 December 2023
RCA Zemamra	Abdelaziz Kerkache	Contract termination	9 October 2023	Mohamed Amine Benhachem^[11]	12 October 2023
OC Safi	Mounir Chebil	Contract termination	17 October 2023	Zakaria Aboub^[12]	18 October 2023
JS Soualem	Bouchaib El Moubarki	Mutual consent	30 November 2023	Mohammed Benchrifa^[13]	30 November 2023
Wydad AC	Adil Ramzi	Mutual consent	15 December 2023	Faouzi Benzarti^[14]	15 December 2023
IR Tanger	Omar Najhi	Contract termination	11 January 2024	Hilal Et-tair^[15]	12 January 2024
Youssoufia Berrechid	Abdelatif Laftouh (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	22 January 2024	Abderrahim Nejjar	22 January 2024
MA Tetouan	Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili	Sacked	7 February 2024	Abdellatif Jrindou^[16]	11 February 2024
RS Berkane	Amine El Karma	Mutual consent	11 February 2024	Mouin Chaâbani^[17]	13 February 2024
SCC Mohammédia	Rachid Rokki	Sacked	14 February 2024	Noureddine Ziyati^[18]	13 February 2024
MAS Fez	Tarik Sektioui	End of contract	4 March 2024	Abdelhay Ben Soltane^[19]	4 March 2024
JS Soualem	Mohammed Benchrifa	Mutual consent	4 March 2024	Mahmoud Sebky	4 March 2024
Wydad AC	Faouzi Benzarti	Mutual consent	14 March 2024	Aziz Ben Askar^[20]	5 April 2024
OC Safi	Zakaria Aboub	Contract termination	28 May 2024	Adil Serraj (interim)	28 Mary 2024

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	Unregistered Players	Former Players
AS FAR	Messie Biatoumoussoka	Lamine Diakite	Bernard Morrison	Emmanuel Imanishimwe	Ismaïl Ouro-Agoro
CAY Berrechid	Mélo Ndiaye	Mouhamed Johnson
Fath US	Oumar Farouk Comara	Presnel Arnaud Banga	Herman Junior Kameni	Hadi Al-Hourani	James Ajako		Hervé Guy
HUS Agadir	Djama Joé Amian	Junior Mbele	Katulondi Kati	Assane Bèye	Fedi Ben Choug
IR Tanger	Gaya Merbah	Walid Bencherifa	Alexis Sánchez Pérez	El Hadji Madické Kane	El Hadji Youssoupha Konaté
JS Soualem	Pa Modou Sohna	Baye Dame Dieng	Ibrahima Guèye
Maghreb AS	Banfa Sylla	Semelo Gueï	Christian Nsundi	Justin Yeré	Kangnivi Ama Tchoutchoui	Egah Saviour
MA Tétouan	Mohamed Amine Ezzemani	Sheikh Omar Faye	Ismaïla Simpara	Mamadou Seck	Pape Badji
MC Oujda
OC Safi	Houari Ferhani	Boniface Haba	Abdoulaye Diarra	Cheickne Samaké	Ndifreke Udo
Raja CA	Riad Benayad	Yousri Bouzok	Víctor Ábrego	Hervé Guy	Haashim Domingo	Ahmadou Camara	Aymen Hussein Roger Aholou
RCA Zemamra	Emmanuel Obounou	Baïdy Diallo	Oumar Goudiaby
RS Berkane	Djibril Ouattara	Issoufou Dayo	Tuisila Kisinda	Mamadou Lamine Camara	Paul Valère Bassène	Claude Gnolou Chadrack Lukombe Adama Ba
SCC Mohammédia	Tidiane Doumbouya	Issouf Traoré
US Touarga	Eric Mbangossoum	Martial Zemba Ikoung	Tiago Lopes	Papa Amady Gadio	Simon Diedhiou
Wydad AC	Ilyes Chetti	Zakaria Draoui	Arsène Zola	Hamdou Elhouni	Bouly Sambou

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Raja CA (C, Q)	30	21	9	0	52	15	+37	72	Qualification for Champions League
2	AS FAR (Q)	30	22	5	3	65	22	+43	71	Qualification for Champions League
3	RS Berkane (Q)	30	14	10	6	38	23	+15	52	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Union de Touarga (Q)	30	12	8	10	36	33	+3	44^[a]	Qualification for Confederation Cup
5	Olympic Safi	30	11	11	8	29	26	+3	44^[a]
6	Wydad AC	30	12	8	10	31	27	+4	44^[a]
7	FUS Rabat	30	11	10	9	32	28	+4	43
8	RCA Zemamra	30	11	7	12	35	35	0	40
9	MA Tétouan	30	7	14	9	27	28	−1	35^[b]
10	Hassania Agadir	30	8	11	11	35	43	−8	35^[b]
11	MAS Fès	30	8	10	12	34	35	−1	34
12	IR Tanger	30	7	12	11	29	38	−9	33
13	JS Soualem	30	8	6	16	31	46	−15	30
14	SCC Mohammédia	30	6	7	17	19	40	−21	25^[c]
15	MC Oujda (R)	30	5	10	15	20	46	−26	25^[c]	Relegation to Botola 2
16	Youssoufia Berrechid (R)	30	4	8	18	21	49	−28	20	Relegation to Botola 2

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; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Union de Touarga finished ahead of Olympic Safi and Wydad AC on head-to-head points: Union de Touarga 7, Olympic Safi 6, Wydad AC 4
^ ^a ^b Moghreb Tétouan finished ahead of Hassania Agadir on head-to-head points: Hassania Agadir 0–2 Moghreb Tétouan, Moghreb Tétouan 1–1 Hassania Agadir
^ ^a ^b SCC Mohammédia finished ahead of Mouloudia Oujda on head-to-head points: SCC Mohammédia 1–0 Mouloudia Oujda, Mouloudia Oujda 0–0 SCC Mohammédia

Results

Home \ Away	ASFAR	CAYB	FUS	HUSA	IRT	JSS	MAS	MAT	MCO	OCS	RCA	RCAZ	RSB	SCCM	UTS	WAC
AS FAR	—	4–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	5–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–1
CAY Berrechid	0–2	—	0–5	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0
FUS Rabat	1–4	1–1	—	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
HUS Agadir	2–1	4–1	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	3–2	0–0
IR Tanger	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	—	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–3
JS Soualem	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	3–1
MAS Fès	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–0	—	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1
MA Tétouan	2–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	0–2	—	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
MC Oujda	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–3	0–1	—	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–2
OC Safi	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	—	2–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–1
Raja CA	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	6–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	—	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0
RCA Zemamra	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	—	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–0
RS Berkane	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–2	—	2–0	0–0	0–0
SCC Mohammédia	0–2	2–2	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	—	0–2	2–3
US Touarga	2–1	3–2	0–0	3–3	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	—	0–1
Wydad AC	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	5–2	0–0	—

Source: [1]
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
Team ╲ Round
AS FAR	2	5	2	1	1	5	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Youssoufia Berrechid	12	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
FUS Rabat	3	6	7	3	7	6	4	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	5	7
Hassania Agadir	8	11	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	13	13	13	12	11	12	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	10	10	10
IR Tanger	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	13	10	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
JS Soualem	4	3	3	8	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
MAS Fès	6	7	8	7	5	3	6	5	7	8	9	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
MA Tétouan	10	12	9	5	3	7	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
MC Oujda	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
OC Safi	9	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	5
Raja CA	1	4	6	4	6	4	7	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
RCA Zemamra	11	8	11	12	13	11	10	10	10	7	8	9	10	10	9	10	11	12	9	9	11	9	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
RS Berkane	5	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
SCC Mohammédia	13	13	12	13	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	13	13	11	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	14
Union de Touarga	7	1	4	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	4	4
Wydad AC	16	9	5	6	4	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	7	6

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

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: the-sports.org

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season:
- Mouhcine Bouriga for Maghreb AS against MA Tétouan (25 August 2023)
Last goal of the season:
- Oussama Mahrous for Wydad AC against MA Tétouan (14 June 2024)

Top goalscorers

As of 2 June 2024^[21]^[22]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Yousri Bouzok	Raja CA	14
2	Ismail Khafi	IR Tanger	13
3	Mouhcine Bouriga	Maghreb AS	12
4	Sofian El Moudane	HUS Agadir	10
5	Mohamed Rabie Hrimat	AS FAR	9
	Tawfik Bentayeb	US Touarga
	Youssef El Fahli	RS Berkane
	Amine Zouhzouh	AS FAR
	Abdou Badji	MA Tétouan
	Hamid Ahaddad	Fath US
	Youness Nejjari	OC Safi

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Charki El Bahri	Wydad AC	IR Tanger	3–0 (A)	7 October 2023	6
Yousri Bouzok	Raja CA	IR Tanger	6–1 (H)	28 December 2023	13
Nawfel Zerhouni	Raja CA	IR Tanger	6–1 (H)	28 December 2023	13
Hamza Igamane	AS FAR	Fath US	4–1 (A)	8 January 2024	15
Amine Zouhzouh	AS FAR	US Touarga	3–0 (H)	25 February 2024	21

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

Goalkeepers' Goals-to-Games Ratio and Clean Sheets

As of 14 June 2024

Rank	Name	Club	Matches	Goals Against	Average	Clean Sheets
1	Anas Zniti	Raja CA	30	15	0.5	17
2	El Mehdi Benabid	AS FAR	27	21	0.77	11
3	Khalid Kbiri Alaoui	OC Safi	28	23	0.85	11
4	Yahia El Filali	MA Tétouan	29	25	0.86	10
5	Youssef El Motie	Wydad AC	27	27	1	11