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| Season | 2017–18 |
|---|---|
| Champions | IR Tanger 1st title |
| Relegated | Racing AC,CA Khénifra |
| Champions League | IR Tanger Wydad AC |
| Confederation Cup | HUS Agadir Raja CA RS Berkane |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 545 (2.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mouhssine Iajour (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | OC Khouribga 5–0Racing AC (13 May 2018) |
| Biggest away win | OC Khouribga 0–5Wydad AC (28 November 2017) |
| Highest scoring | Raja CA 4–3OC Khouribga (14 February 2018) MA Tétouan 4–3CA Khénifra (18 February 2018) Wydad AC 5–2OC Khouribga (8 April 2018) AS FAR 3–4OC Safi (14 April 2018) KAC Marrakech 2–5DH Jadidi (28 April 2018) |
| Longest winning run | 8 matches IR Tanger |
| Longest unbeaten run | 23 matches Wydad AC |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches Racing AC |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches MA Tétouan |
2018–19 → | |
The2017–18 Botola, also known asBotola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons, is the 61st season of the Premier League and the 7th under its new format of Moroccan Pro League, the top Moroccan professional league forassociation football clubs, since its establishment in 1956. The season started on 8 September 2017 and ended on 21 May 2018.
Wydad Athletic Club came into the season as defending champions of the2016–17 season.Rapide Oued Zem andRacing de Casablanca entered as the two promoted teams from the2016–17 GNF 2.
On May 12, 2018,IR Tanger won the Botola Pro after a 2-1 victory against Moghreb Tétouan. TheIR Tanger club won the championship for the first time after being runner-up to the title in 1989-90 season.[1]
| Team | Acronym | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association sportive des FAR | AS FAR | Rabat | Stade Moulay Abdellah | 52,000 |
| Chabab Atlas Khénifra | CAK | Khénifra | Stade Municipal | 5,000 |
| Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | CRA | Al Hoceima | Stade Mimoun Al Arsi | 12,000 |
| Difaâ El Jadidi | DHJ | El Jadida | Stade El Abdi | 15,000 |
| Fath Union Sport | FUS | Rabat | Stade de FUS | 15,000 |
| Hassania Agadir | HUSA | Agadir | Stade Adrar | 45,480 |
| IR Tanger | IRT | Tanger | Grand Stade de Tanger | 45,000 |
| Kawkab Marrakech | KACM | Marrakech | Stade de Marrakech | 45,240 |
| Moghreb Tétouan | MAT | Tétouan | Saniat Rmel | 15,000 |
| Olympic Safi | OCS | Safi | Stade El Massira | 10,000 |
| Olympique Khouribga | OCK | Khouribga | Complexe OCP | 10,000 |
| Racing de Casablanca | RAC | Casablanca | Stade Père-Jégo | 10,000 |
| Raja Casablanca | RCA | Casablanca | Stade Mohamed V | 67,000 |
| Rapide Oued Zem | RCOZ | Oued Zem | Stade Municipal | 3,000 |
| RSB Berkane | RSB | Berkane | Stade Municipal | 15,000 |
| Wydad Casablanca | WAC | Casablanca | Stade Mohamed V | 67,000 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IR Tanger(C) | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 52 | Qualification for theCAF Champions League |
| 2 | Wydad Casablanca | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 51[a] | |
| 3 | Hassania Agadir | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 40 | 22 | +18 | 51[a] | Qualification for theCAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | FUS Rabat | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 49 | |
| 5 | Difaâ El Jadidi | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 48[b] | |
| 6 | Raja Casablanca | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 48[b] | Qualification for theCAF Confederation Cup[c] |
| 7 | Olympic Safi | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 43[d] | |
| 8 | AS FAR | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 43[d] | |
| 9 | RSB Berkane | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 41 | Qualification for theCAF Confederation Cup[e] |
| 10 | Rapide Oued Zem | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 37 | |
| 11 | Moghreb Tétouan | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 36 | |
| 12 | Olympique Khouribga | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 35 | |
| 13 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 33 | |
| 14 | Kawkab Marrakesh | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 47 | −18 | 32 | |
| 15 | Chabab Atlas Khénifra(R) | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 29 | Relegation to theBotola 2 |
| 16 | Racing de Casablanca(R) | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 54 | −32 | 17 |
| Home \ Away | IRT | WAC | HUSA | FUS | DHJ | RCA | OCS | FAR | RSB | RCOZ | MAT | OCK | CRA | KACM | CAK | RAC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IR Tanger | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Wydad AC | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| HUS Agadir | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Fath US | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 |
| DH Jadidi | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Raja CA | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| OC Safi | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| AS FAR | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–4 | — | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| RS Berkane | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| RC Oued Zem | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| MA Tétouan | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 |
| OC Khouribga | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| CR Al Hoceima | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| KAC Marrakesh | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| CA Khénifra | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Racing AC | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raja CA | 17 | |
| 2 | IR Tanger | 13 | |
| 3 | RS Berkane | 12 | |
| 4 | DH Jadidi | 11 | |
| 5 | OC Khouribga | 10 | |
| HUS Agadir | |||
| 7 | AS FAR | 9 | |
| Wydad AC | |||
| DH Jadidi | |||
| DH Jadidi |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DH Jadidi | OC Khouribga | 4–1 (H) | 3 December 2017 | 10 | |
| Raja CA | OC Khouribga | 4–3 (H) | 14 February 2018 | 16 | |
| OC Safi | AS FAR | 4–3 (A) | 14 April 2018 | 25 |
(H) – Home; (A) – Away
The UMFP (Union Marocaine des Footballeurs Professionnels), in partnership with theRoyal Moroccan Football Federation, organized the Night of Stars Award in its 4th edition, which celebrated the brilliants of the Botola Pro for the 2017/18 season.[5][6]
| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Manager of the Season | IR Tanger | |
| Player of the Season | IR Tanger | |
| Promising Player of the Season | Raja CA | |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | HUS Agadir | |
| Referee of the Season | ||
| Club of the Season | IR Tanger | |
| # | Football club | Average attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IR Tanger | 23,750 |
| 2 | Raja CA | 19,615 |
| 3 | Wydad AC | 15,821 |
| 4 | Hassania Agadir | 11,636 |
| 5 | AS FAR | 10,545 |
| 6 | MA Tétouan | 7,836 |
| 7 | Olympique Safi | 7,714 |
| 8 | RC Oued Zem | 7,692 |
| 9 | KACM | 6,477 |
| 10 | CA Khénifra | 6,342 |
| 11 | Olympique Khouribga | 5,613 |
| 12 | DHJ | 5,064 |
| 13 | Fath Union Sport | 3,250 |
| 14 | CRA | 2,633 |
| 15 | RS Berkane | 2,600 |
| 16 | Racing Casablanca | 2,091 |
2017 Coupe du Trône
2017–18 Botola 2
2018 CAF Champions League
2018 CAF Confederation Cup