2020–21 Botola

The 2020–21 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is the 64th season of the Premier League and the 10th under its new format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1956.^[1]

Botola Inwi

Season	2020–21
Dates	4 December 2020 – 28 July 2021
Champions	Wydad AC 21st title
Relegated	MA Tétouan RCA Zemamra
Champions League	Wydad AC Raja CA
Confederation Cup	AS FAR RS Berkane
Matches played	240
Goals scored	540 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ayoub El Kaabi (18 goals)
Biggest home win	MC Oujda 4-0 DH Jadidi (14 March 2021) Wydad AC 4-0 RS Berkane (2 May 2021)
Biggest away win	Fath US 0-3 MC Oujda (16 May 2021) CAY Berrechid 0-3 MA Tétouan (27 May 2021) IR Tanger 0-3 Raja CA (16 June 2021)
Highest scoring	Hassania Agadir 3–5 Wydad AC (13 June 2021)
Longest winning run	5 matches Wydad AC
Longest unbeaten run	15 matches Wydad AC
Longest winless run	10 matches SCC Mohammédia
Longest losing run	5 matches RCA Zemamra
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 01 August 2021.

Raja Casablanca came into the season as defending champions of the 2019–20 season. Chabab Mohammédia and Maghreb de Fès entered as the two promoted teams from the 2019–20 Botola 2.

The season began on 4 December 2020 and ended on 28 July 2021.

Wydad AC are crowned champions of this edition three rounds before the end of the tournament with a record of 21 Botola.

Teams

Stadium and locations

MAT

RCA

WAC

CAYB

FUS

FAR

RCAZ

DHJ

HUSA

RSB

MAS

OCS

SCCM

MCO

IRT

RCOZ

Locations of the 2020–21 Botola teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
CAYB	Berrechid	Stade Municipal	8,000
DHJ	El Jadida	Stade El Abdi	15,000
FAR	Rabat	Stade Moulay Abdellah	65,000
FUS	Rabat	Stade Moulay Hassan	12,000
HUSA	Agadir	Stade Adrar	45,480
IRT	Tanger	Stade Ibn Batouta	45,000
MAS	Fes	Fez Stadium	45,000
MAT	Tétouan	Saniat Rmel	15,000
MCO	Oujda	Honneur Stadium	35,000
OCS	Safi	Stade El Massira	15,000
RCA	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	67,000
RCAZ	Zemamra	Stade Municipal	5,000
RCOZ	Oued Zem	Stade Municipal	8,000
RSB	Berkane	Stade Municipal	15,000
SCCM	Mohammédia	Stade El Bachir	11,000
WAC	Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V	67,000

Personnel and kits

Teams	Managers	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AS FAR	Sven Vandenbroeck	Jalal Daoudi	Joma
CAY Berrechid	Abderrahim Nejjar	Mourad Kaaouach	Bang Sports	Dalaa, Ould Bouazza, Alitkane, Or Blanc, Tiger1, Alghalla1, Samir2, Campak2
DH Jadida	Abdelhak Benchikha	El Mehdi Karnass	Jako	Ozone, Radio Mars, TGCC1
Fath US	Demba Mbaye	El Mehdi El Bassil	Uhlsport	Novec, LafargeHolcim Maroc1
HUS Agadir	Reda Hakam	Yassine Rami	Legea	Afriquia, Souss-Massa, Agadir, Skoda1, jaouda1, AtlantaSanad23, Joly3, Moov'up3
IR Tanger	Driss El Mrabet	Nouaman Aarab	Gloria	Tanger-Med, Experience Majorel1
Maghreb AS	Fathi Al-Jabal	Anass Azim	Mexxess	Ozone, GoldVision1, Aïn Ifrane2
MA Tétouan	Toni Cosano	Adil El Hassnaoui	Bang Sports	Tanger-Med,[2] Radio Mars, Halib Titawen1
MC Oujda	Bernard Casoni	Abdellah Khafifi	Bang Sports	Dari1
OC Safi	Faouzi Jamal	Ahmed Bessak	Bang Sports	Fitco
Raja CA	Lassaad Chabbi	Mouhcine Moutouali	Legea	OLA Energy, Nor'Dar, Sofac3, MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Sanad23
RCA Zemamra	Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili	Brahim Nekkach	Bang Sports	Itqan, Igaser, Sahel et Sahara1, SomaSteel2
RC Oued Zem	Fouad Sahabi	Mourad Hibour	Bang Sports
RS Berkane	Florent Ibengé	Mohamed Aziz	Bang Sports	Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision1, Afriquia1
SCC Mohammédia	Mohamed Fakhir	Ayoub Adila	Chabab	S.C.C.M, Vittel2
Wydad AC	Faouzi Benzarti	Salaheddine Saidi	Macron	Ingelec, Or Blanc1, Hyundai23, Alitkane3

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
Moghreb Tétouan	Jamal Drideb	22 September 2020	End of contract	Zoran Manojlović	22 September 2020
Moghreb Tétouan	Zoran Manojlović	Resigned	12 October 2020	Juan José Maqueda	22 October 2020
Mouloudia Oujda	Abdelhak Benchikha	End of contract	12 October 2020	Abdeslam Ouaddou	14 October 2020
Difaâ El Jadidi	Jamal Amanallah	End of contract	12 October 2020	Abdelhak Benchikha	19 October 2020
Rapide Oued Zem	Mounir Chebil	Contract termination	15 October 2020	Youssef Fertout	26 October 2020
Nahdat Zemamra	Otmane El Assas	End of tenure as caretake	26 October 2020	Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili	26 October 2020
IR Tanger	Juan Pedro Benali	Contract termination	5 November 2020	Driss El Mrabet	5 November 2020
Hassania Agadir	Mustapha Ouchrif	Contract termination	12 November 2020	Mounir Chebil	12 November 2020
Wydad Casablanca	Miguel Ángel Gamondi	Resigned	15 November 2020	Faouzi Benzarti	15 November 2020
Moghreb Tétouan	Juan José Maqueda[3]	Contract termination	23 December 2020	Jamal Drideb (interim)	23 December 2020
AS FAR	Abderrahim Talib[4]	Contract termination	29 December 2020	Adil Serraj (interim)	29 December 2020
Nahdat Zemamra	Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili	Contract termination	5 January 2021	Khalid Fouhami	7 January 2021
Moghreb Tétouan	Jamal Drideb (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	7 January 2021	Younes Ben Lahmar[5]	7 January 2021
AS FAR	Adil Serraj (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	9 January 2021	Sven Vandenbroeck[6]	9 January 2021
Mouloudia Oujda	Abdeslam Ouaddou[7]	End of contract	9 January 2021	Bernard Casoni	16 January 2021
Maghreb de Fès	Abdellatif Jrindou	End of contract	23 February 2021	Miguel Ángel Gamondi	25 February 2021
Moghreb Tétouan	Younes Ben Lahmar	End of tenure as caretake	24 February 2021	Jamal Drideb[8]	24 February 2021
Rapide Oued Zem	Youssef Fertout	Sacked	24 February 2021	Azzeddine Belkbir (interim)	24 February 2021
Nahdat Zemamra	Khalid Fouhami	Contract termination	1 March 2021	Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili	4 March 2021
RS Berkane	Tarik Sektioui	Resigned	6 March 2021	Juan Pedro Benali	18 March 2021
Hassania Agadir	Mounir Chebil	Contract termination	8 March 2021	Reda Hakam	8 March 2021
Rapide Oued Zem	Azzeddine Belkbir (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	4 April 2021	Fouad Sahabi	4 April 2021
Raja CA	Jamal Sellami	Resigned	7 April 2021	Mohamed Bekkari (interim)	7 April 2021
Raja CA	Mohamed Bekkari (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	13 April 2021	Lassaad Chabbi[9]	13 April 2021
FUS Rabat	Mustapha El Khalfi	Resigned	26 April 2021	Demba Mbaye	26 April 2021
Maghreb de Fès	Miguel Ángel Gamondi	Mutual consent	28 April 2021	Aziz Slimani (interim)	28 April 2021
Olympic Safi	Abdelhadi Sektioui	Resigned	10 May 2021	Chiba Said (interim)	12 May 2021
Maghreb de Fès	Aziz Slimani (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	15 May 2021	Fathi Al-Jabal	15 May 2021
SCC Mohammédia	Mohamed Amine Benhachem	Mutual consent	16 May 2021	Rachid Rokki (interim)	16 May 2021
SCC Mohammédia	Rachid Rokki (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	7 June 2021	Mohamed Fakhir	7 June 2021
RS Berkane	Juan Pedro Benali	Mutual consent	23 June 2021	David Boulengi (interim)	23 June 2021
RS Berkane	David Boulengi (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	5 July 2021	Florent Ibengé	5 July 2021
Olympic Safi	Chiba Said (interim)	End of tenure as caretake	5 July 2021	Faouzi Jamal	8 July 2021
Moghreb Tétouan	Jamal Drideb	Mutual consent	15 July 2021	Toni Cosano	15 July 2021

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.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5
AS FAR	Joseph Guédé Gnadou	Diney	Yannick Bangala Litombo	Aboubacar Toungara
Chabab Mohammédia	Hintan Bakum	Hervé Guy	Loïc Nze	Youssouf Traoré	Ahmed Al-Sarori
Difaâ El Jadidi	Meke Meyenga	Stanislas Dua Ankira	Dieumerci Amale	Jonathan Ifunga Ifasso	Masoud Juma
FUS Rabat	Cedric Elysée Kodjo	Jean-Joseph Kombous	Mohamed Anis Saltou
Hassania Agadir	Patrick Malo	Bakary Mané	Malick Cisse
IR Tanger	Mukoko Batezadio	Axel Meye	Stévy Nzambé	Youssoupha Konaté
Maghreb de Fès	Franck Guiza	Oumar Camara	Nelson Munganga	Abdoulaye Diarra	Alimi Sikiru
Moghreb Tétouan	Innocent Assana	Mame Gueye	Shaaban Idd Chilunda
Mouloudia Oujda	Abdellah El Moudene	Lamine Diakité	Demba Camara	Yacouba Sylla	Ricky Ngatchou
Nahdat Berkane	Issoufou Dayo	Alain Traoré	Djibril Ouattara
Nahdat Zemamra	Carof Bakoua	Abdou Atchabao	Grace Obiang	Amadou Oury Barry
Olympic Safi	Cláudio	Polaco	Robert William	Thierry Kassi
Raja Casablanca	Soumaïla Ouattara	Ben Malango	Fabrice Ngoma	Sanad Al Warfali
Rapide Oued Zem	Aliou Chitou	Jean-Baptiste Nangui	Nilmar Mondésir Blé	Ibrahim Sangaré
Wydad Casablanca	Cheick Comara	Muaid Ellafi	Michel Babatunde	Simon Msuva
Youssoufia Berrechid	Nickson Kibabage	Patrick Kaddu

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wydad AC (C)	30	20	7	3	58	26	+32	67	Qualification for Champions League
2	Raja CA	30	17	8	5	48	26	+22	59
3	AS FAR	30	14	9	7	39	29	+10	51	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	RS Berkane	30	13	6	11	37	36	+1	45
5	Mouloudia Oujda	30	12	6	12	38	35	+3	42
6	Hassania Agadir	30	9	10	11	23	24	−1	37
7	Maghreb de Fès	30	7	15	8	30	34	−4	36[a]
8	IR Tanger	30	10	6	14	29	36	−7	36[a]
9	FUS Rabat	30	8	11	11	32	36	−4	35[b]
10	Chabab Mohammédia	30	7	14	9	26	25	+1	35[b]
11	Olympic Safi	30	8	11	11	30	41	−11	35[b]
12	Difaâ El Jadidi	30	9	8	13	32	40	−8	35[b]
13	Rapide Oued Zem	30	7	12	11	28	36	−8	33[c]
14	Youssoufia Berrechid	30	7	12	11	23	33	−10	33[c]
15	Moghreb Tétouan (R)	30	6	14	10	36	43	−7	32	Relegation to Botola 2
16	Nahdat Zemamra (R)	30	7	9	14	31	40	−9	30

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: Maghreb de Fès: 4 points, IR Tanger: 1 point.
2. Head-to-head: FUS Rabat: 11 points, Chabab Mohammédia: 9 point, Olympic Safi: 7 point, Difaâ El Jadidi: 5 point.
3. Head-to-head: Rapide Oued Zem: 4 points, Youssoufia Berrechid: 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away	CAYB	DHJ	FAR	FUS	HUSA	IRT	MAS	MAT	MCO	OCS	RCA	RCAZ	RCOZ	RSB	SCCM	WAC
CAY Berrechid	—	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1
DH Jadidi	2–3	—	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1
AS FAR	3–2	1–0	—	0–0	0–2	2–1	3–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0
Fath US	1–2	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–3	1–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–0
HUS Agadir	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	—	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	0–0	3–5
IR Tanger	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	—	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	2–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–2
Maghreb AS	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–3	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–1
MA Tétouan	0–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–1	1–3	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	2–2
MC Oujda	3–1	4–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	—	3–2	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–2
OC Safi	1–1	4–3	0–3	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	—	2–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Raja CA	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–0	—	1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
RCA Zemamra	0–0	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	3–0	3–4	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2
RC Oued Zem	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2	3–2	—	1–3	3–2	0–1
RS Berkane	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	—	1–1	0–2
SCC Mohammédia	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	—	1–1
Wydad AC	2–0	4–2	2–0	3–2	3–0	2–4	2–0	4–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2021. 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
Wydad AC	3	2	5	3	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Raja Casablanca	7	5	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
ASFAR	12	15	10	10	11	10	8	7	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
RS Berkane	2	4	3	6	3	3	3	3	8	9	12	9	6	7	7	6	7	7	9	9	11	5	7	10	6	4	4	4	4	4
Mouloudia Oujda	9	11	15	16	16	16	16	15	11	7	5	5	8	9	6	7	6	6	5	6	5	8	6	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Hassania Agadir	13	12	11	14	12	14	11	9	9	5	4	6	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	8	5	6	7	9	10	6
Maghreb de Fès	5	7	7	5	6	5	5	4	6	6	11	12	12	6	9	12	9	8	11	12	12	12	13	11	10	7	6	6	6	7
IR Tanger	6	3	1	2	4	4	7	10	5	8	6	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	7	4	4	4	4	5	7	9	10	8	7	8
SCC Mohammédia	1	1	4	4	5	6	9	8	10	12	8	8	10	12	11	10	10	11	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	13	10	8	9
Fath Union Sport	8	6	8	8	8	11	13	12	12	13	9	10	13	10	8	9	12	9	6	9	9	10	10	9	11	11	12	12	13	10
Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	11	14	13	15	15	15	10	11	14	14	14	14	16	14	14	14	14	14	12	10	10	11	11	13	13	13	9	7	9	11
Olympic Club de Safi	4	8	6	7	7	7	4	5	3	4	7	4	7	8	10	8	8	10	10	8	7	6	8	6	8	8	11	11	11	12
Rapide Oued Zem	10	10	14	13	14	13	15	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	15	12	15	15	16	14	14	12	13
Youssoufia Berrechid	15	13	12	11	13	9	6	6	7	11	10	11	9	11	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	13	15	14	14	14	16	16	15	14
Moghreb Tétouan	14	9	9	9	10	8	12	13	13	10	13	13	11	13	12	11	11	12	8	7	6	7	5	7	9	10	8	13	14	15
Renaissance Zemamra	16	16	16	12	9	12	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16

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

Source: Botola

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 28 July 2021^[10]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ayoub El Kaabi	Wydad AC	18
2	Ben Malango	Raja CA	16
3	Soufiane Rahimi	Raja CA	14
4	Axel Méyé	IR Tanger	12
5	Salaheddine Benyachou	OC Safi	9
	El Mehdi El Bassil	Fath US
7	Alaeddine Ajaraie	Maghreb AS	8
	Oussama Lamlioui	SCC Mohammédia
	Youssef El Fahli	HUS Agadir
	Demba Camara	MC Oujda

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Round
Salaheddine Benyachou4	OC Safi	DH El Jadidi	4–3 (H)	5 December 2020	1
Ayoub El Kaabi	Wydad AC	DH El Jadidi	4–2 (H)	9 June 2021	17

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

Clean Sheets

As of 28 July 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	Wydad AC	14
2	Anas Zniti	Raja CA	13
3	Ayoub Lakred	AS FAR	11
4	Abderahmane El Houasli	HUS Agadir	9
	Yahia El Filali	MA Tétouan
	Soufiane Barrouhou	DH Jadidi
7	Mehdi Ouaya	RC Oued Zem	8
8	Marouane Fakhr	MC Oujda	7
	Mohamed Boujad	CAY Berrechid
	Mehdi Harrar	SCC Mohammédia
	Hamza Hamiani Akbi	RS Berkane

Scoring

• First goal of the season:
  Salaheddine Icharane for Chabab Mohammédia against Moghreb Tétouan (4 December 2020)^[11]
• Last goal of the season:
  Ayoub Mallouki for Hassania Agadir against Difaâ El Jadidi (28 July 2021)^[12]

Discipline

As of 28 July 2021^[13]

Player

• Most yellow cards: 10
  • Ayoub Qasmi (MC Oujda)
• Most red cards: 2
  • El Mehdi Karnass (DH Jadida)
  • Larbi Naji (RS Berkane)
  • Yassine Rami (HUS Agadir)
  • Hicham Taik (CAY Berrechid)
  • Hamza Semmoumy (MC Oujda)
  • Issoufou Dayo (RS Berkane)
  • Salaheddine Bahi (MC Oujda)
  • Karim El Bounagate (OC Safi)
  • Anas El Asbahi (IR Tanger)
  • Abdelkhalek Hamidouch (RCA Zemamra)
  • Ayoub Gaadaoui (OC Safi)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 74
  • MC Oujda
• Most red cards: 9
  • RS Berkane
• Fewest yellow cards: 42
  • Raja CA
• Fewest red cards: 1
  • AS FAR

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 7th edition, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2020/21 season.^[14]

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Season	Faouzi Benzarti	Wydad AC
Player of the Season	Soufiane Rahimi	Raja CA
Foreign Player of the Season	Ben Malango	Raja CA
Promising Player of the Season	Salaheddine Benyachou	OC Safi
Goalkeeper of the Season	Anas Zniti	Raja CA
Defender of the Season	Achraf Dari	Wydad AC
Midfielder of the Season	Yahya Jabrane	Wydad AC
Forward of the Season	Ayoub El Kaabi	Wydad AC
Club of the Season	Wydad AC

Team of the Season[15]
Goalkeeper	Anas Zniti (Raja CA)
Defence	Mohamed Chibi (IR Tanger)	Marouane Hadhoudi (Raja CA)	Achraf Dari (Wydad AC)	Hamza El Moussaoui (MA Tétouan)
Midfield	Mohamed Ounajem (Zamalek SC)	Mohamed Hrimat (FAR Rabat)	Yahya Jabrane (Wydad AC)	Soufiane Rahimi (EJS Casablanca)
Attack	Ben Malango (Raja CA)		Ayoub El Kaabi (Wydad AC)

See also

• 2019–20 Moroccan Throne Cup
• 2020–21 Botola 2
• 2020–21 Moroccan Amateur National Championship
• 2020–21 CAF Champions League
• 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup
• 2020–21 Moroccan Women's Championship Division One
• 2020–21 Moroccan Women's Championship Division Two
• 2019–20 Moroccan Women's Throne Cup