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.
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.
Teams Stadium and locations
Team name AcronymLocation 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 +TeamsManagersCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAS FAR Mohamed Samadi Mohamed Rabie HrimatErreàDH Jadida Abderrahim Talib Moustapha ChichaneJakoTGCC, Ilham Plastique, Mazagan, AlitkaneFath US Jamal Sellami El Mehdi El BassilUhlsportNovec, LafargeHolcim MarocHUS Agadir Abdelhadi Sektioui Youssef MehriBang SportsAfriquia, Skoda, Souss-MassaIR Tanger Hilal Et-tair Mohsine MoutoualiGloria SportTanger-MedJS Soualem Bouchaib El Moubarki Amine El MsaneMexxessCrunchips, Asta, Tobigo, AlitkaneMaghreb AS Omar Hassi Mohammed Ali BemammerMexxessTGCC, AstaMA Tétouan Hicham Louissi Adil El HassnaouiAB SportTanger-Med, Municipality of Tetouan, Cafés CarrionMC Oujda Omar Najhi Yassir JariciMacronDariOC Khouribga Mohamed Fakhir Youssef OggadiKelme / Bang SportsOC Safi Tarek Mostafa Mohamed El MourabitBang SportsFitco, Maroc Force Emploi, ocstore.maRaja CA Hicham Aboucherouane (interim) Anas ZnitiOne All Sports1xBet, OLA Energy, Sofac, Nor'Dar, MarsaMaroc, Atlanta SanadRS Berkane Amine El Karma Issoufou DayoBang SportsThé Dahmiss, GoldVision, National GazSCC Mohammédia Rachid Rokki Abdelhak AssalChababVittelUS Touarga Tarik Sektioui Achraf HarmachMacronWydad AC Sven Vandenbroeck Yahya JabraneMacronIngelec, Boule d'Or, Sama Immobilier, Alitkane 1. On the back of shirt. 2. On the sleeves. 3. On the shorts. Additionally, referee kits are made by Puma.
Managerial changes +TeamsOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentChabab Mohammédia Mohamed FakhirEnd of contract5 July 2022 Rachid Rokki30 July 2022Difaâ El Jadidi Abdelhak BenchikhaEnd of contract5 July 2022 Lassaad Chabbi18 July 2022Raja CA Bouchaib El Moubarki (interim)End of tenure as caretake6 July 2022 Faouzi Benzarti6 July 2022IR Tanger Juan Pedro BenaliEnd of contract12 July 2022 Ezzaki Badou15 July 2022AS FAR Sven VandenbroeckContract termination16 July 2022 Fernando Da Cruz12 August 2022US Touarga Said RizguiEnd of contract28 July 2022 Tarik Sektioui28 July 2022Hassania Agadir Abdelhadi SektiouiSacked28 July 2022 Marcos Paquetá28 July 2022Wydad Casablanca Walid RegraguiEnd of contract31 July 2022 Hussein Ammouta18 August 2022RS Berkane Florent IbengéContract termination6 August 2022 Abdelhak Benchikha9 August 2022OC Khouribga Abdessamad OuaradEnd of contract6 August 2022 Lassaad Dridi6 August 2022Raja CA Faouzi BenzartiMutual consent21 September 2022 Mondher Kebaier24 September 2022Maghreb AS Abdelhay Ben SoltaneContract termination10 October 2022 Abderrahim Chkilit10 October 2022IR Tanger Ezzaki BadouMutual consent18 October 2022 Hassan Fadil (interim)18 October 2022IR Tanger Hassan Fadil (interim)End of tenure as caretake25 October 2022 Hakim Daoudi25 October 2022MC Oujda Mounir JaouaniSacked6 November 2022 Omar Najhi8 November 2022RS Berkane Abdelhak BenchikhaMutual consent10 November 2022 Amine El Karma11 November 2022OC Khouribga Lassaad DridiMutual consent16 November 2022 Ricardo Formosinho1 December 2022Wydad AC Hussein AmmoutaContract termination30 November 2022 Hassan Benabicha (interim)1 December 2022Moghreb Tétouan Abdellatif JrindouMutual consent6 December 2022 Reda Hakam6 December 2022Wydad AC Hassan Benabicha (interim)End of tenure as caretake2 January 2023 Mehdi Nafti2 January 2023IR Tanger Hakim DaoudiMutual consent20 January 2023 Hilal Ettair20 January 2023Maghreb AS Abderrahim ChkilitMutual consent2 February 2023 Aziz Ben Askar3 February 2023Wydad AC Mehdi NaftiContract termination26 February 2023 Juan Carlos Garrido26 February 2023Moghreb Tétouan Reda HakamContract termination26 February 2023 Jamaleddine Drideb (interim)26 February 2023Hassania Agadir Marcos PaquetáMutual consent7 March 2023 Abdelhadi Sektioui9 March 2023Moghreb Tétouan Jamaleddine Drideb (interim)End of tenure as caretake14 March 2023 Hicham Louissi14 March 2023Difaâ El Jadidi Lassaad ChabbiMutual consent8 April 2023 Abderrahim Talib9 April 2023JS Soualem Zakaria AboubResigned9 April 2023 Bouchaib El Moubarki9 April 2023OC Khouribga Ricardo FormosinhoMutual consent11 April 2023 Mohamed Fakhir11 April 2023Maghreb AS Aziz Ben AskarMutual consent22 April 2023 Omar Hassi22 April 2023Wydad AC Juan Carlos GarridoContract termination5 May 2023 Sven Vandenbroeck5 May 2023AS FAR Fernando Da CruzMutual consent25 May 2023 Mohamed Samadi26 May 2023Raja CA Mondher KebaierContract termination7 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
Results
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Bouly SambouWydad AC132 Hamza HannouriFath US11 Reda SlimAS FAR4 Paul BassèneMC Oujda9 Diney BorgesAS FAR El Amine ZouhzouhUS Touarga Youssef MehriHUS Agadir8 Ayman El HassouniWydad AC8 Issoufou DayoRS Berkane10 Mustapha SahdJS Soualem/AS FAR17 Mohamed KamalMA Tétouan Gibril SillahJS Soualem El Mehdi MaouhoubJS Soualem 1 Sahd played for JS Soualem until matchday 11 and scored 5 goals.
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Hamza HannouriFath USUS Touarga3–0 (H)4 January 202310 Simon DiedhiouUS TouargaOC Khouribga6–4 (A)23 June 202330
(H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 – Player scored four goals.
Goalkeepers' Goals-to-Games Ratio and Clean Sheets
RankNameClubMatchesGoals AgainstAverageClean Sheets1 El Mehdi BenabidFath US27150.56152 Ayoub LakredAS FAR25150.6123 Anas ZnitiRaja CA25200.8134 Hamza HamianiRS Berkane2323195 Soufiane BarrouhouSCC Mohammédia26281.087
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
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.]]
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 SeasonGoalkeeper 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) Mohamed 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
References
External links frmf.ma