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.
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
TeamLocation 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
+TeamsManagersCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorAS FAR Sven Vandenbroeck Jalal Daoudi JomaCAY Berrechid Abderrahim Nejjar Mourad Kaaouach Bang SportsDalaa, Ould Bouazza, Alitkane, Or Blanc, Tiger, Alghalla, Samir, CampakDH Jadida Abdelhak Benchikha El Mehdi Karnass JakoOzone, Radio Mars, TGCCFath US Demba Mbaye El Mehdi El Bassil UhlsportNovec, LafargeHolcim MarocHUS Agadir Reda Hakam Yassine Rami LegeaAfriquia, Souss-Massa, Agadir, Skoda, jaouda, AtlantaSanad, Joly, Moov'upIR Tanger Driss El Mrabet Nouaman Aarab GloriaTanger-Med, Experience MajorelMaghreb AS Fathi Al-Jabal Anass Azim MexxessOzone, GoldVision, Aïn IfraneMA Tétouan Toni Cosano Adil El Hassnaoui Bang SportsTanger-Med, Radio Mars, Halib TitawenMC Oujda Bernard Casoni Abdellah Khafifi Bang SportsDariOC Safi Faouzi Jamal Ahmed Bessak Bang SportsFitcoRaja CA Lassaad Chabbi Mouhcine Moutouali LegeaOLA Energy, Nor'Dar, Sofac, MarsaMaroc, Atlanta SanadRCA Zemamra Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili Brahim Nekkach Bang Sports Itqan, Igaser, Sahel et Sahara, SomaSteelRC Oued Zem Fouad Sahabi Mourad Hibour Bang SportsRS Berkane Florent Ibengé Mohamed Aziz Bang SportsThé Dahmiss, GoldVision, AfriquiaSCC Mohammédia Mohamed Fakhir Ayoub Adila ChababS.C.C.M, VittelWydad AC Faouzi Benzarti Salaheddine Saidi MacronIngelec, Or Blanc, Hyundai, 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 appointmentMoghreb Tétouan Jamal Drideb22 September 2020End of contract Zoran Manojlović22 September 2020Moghreb Tétouan Zoran ManojlovićResigned12 October 2020 Juan José Maqueda22 October 2020Mouloudia Oujda Abdelhak BenchikhaEnd of contract12 October 2020 Abdeslam Ouaddou14 October 2020Difaâ El Jadidi Jamal AmanallahEnd of contract12 October 2020 Abdelhak Benchikha19 October 2020Rapide Oued Zem Mounir ChebilContract termination15 October 2020 Youssef Fertout26 October 2020Nahdat Zemamra Otmane El AssasEnd of tenure as caretake26 October 2020 Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili26 October 2020IR Tanger Juan Pedro BenaliContract termination5 November 2020 Driss El Mrabet5 November 2020Hassania Agadir Mustapha OuchrifContract termination12 November 2020 Mounir Chebil12 November 2020Wydad Casablanca Miguel Ángel GamondiResigned15 November 2020 Faouzi Benzarti15 November 2020Moghreb Tétouan Juan José MaquedaContract termination23 December 2020 Jamal Drideb (interim)23 December 2020AS FAR Abderrahim TalibContract termination29 December 2020 Adil Serraj (interim)29 December 2020Nahdat Zemamra Mohamed Alaoui IsmailiContract termination5 January 2021 Khalid Fouhami7 January 2021Moghreb Tétouan Jamal Drideb (interim)End of tenure as caretake7 January 2021 Younes Ben Lahmar7 January 2021AS FAR Adil Serraj (interim)End of tenure as caretake9 January 2021 Sven Vandenbroeck9 January 2021Mouloudia Oujda Abdeslam OuaddouEnd of contract9 January 2021 Bernard Casoni16 January 2021Maghreb de Fès Abdellatif JrindouEnd of contract23 February 2021 Miguel Ángel Gamondi25 February 2021Moghreb Tétouan Younes Ben LahmarEnd of tenure as caretake24 February 2021 Jamal Drideb24 February 2021Rapide Oued Zem Youssef FertoutSacked24 February 2021 Azzeddine Belkbir (interim)24 February 2021Nahdat Zemamra Khalid FouhamiContract termination1 March 2021 Mohamed Alaoui Ismaili4 March 2021RS Berkane Tarik SektiouiResigned6 March 2021 Juan Pedro Benali18 March 2021Hassania Agadir Mounir ChebilContract termination8 March 2021 Reda Hakam8 March 2021Rapide Oued Zem Azzeddine Belkbir (interim)End of tenure as caretake4 April 2021 Fouad Sahabi4 April 2021Raja CA Jamal SellamiResigned7 April 2021 Mohamed Bekkari (interim)7 April 2021Raja CA Mohamed Bekkari (interim)End of tenure as caretake13 April 2021 Lassaad Chabbi13 April 2021FUS Rabat Mustapha El KhalfiResigned26 April 2021 Demba Mbaye26 April 2021Maghreb de Fès Miguel Ángel GamondiMutual consent28 April 2021 Aziz Slimani (interim)28 April 2021Olympic Safi Abdelhadi SektiouiResigned10 May 2021 Chiba Said (interim)12 May 2021Maghreb de Fès Aziz Slimani (interim)End of tenure as caretake15 May 2021 Fathi Al-Jabal15 May 2021SCC Mohammédia Mohamed Amine BenhachemMutual consent16 May 2021 Rachid Rokki (interim)16 May 2021SCC Mohammédia Rachid Rokki (interim)End of tenure as caretake7 June 2021 Mohamed Fakhir7 June 2021RS Berkane Juan Pedro BenaliMutual consent23 June 2021 David Boulengi (interim)23 June 2021RS Berkane David Boulengi (interim)End of tenure as caretake5 July 2021 Florent Ibengé5 July 2021Olympic Safi Chiba Said (interim)End of tenure as caretake5 July 2021 Faouzi Jamal8 July 2021Moghreb Tétouan Jamal DridebMutual consent15 July 2021 Toni Cosano15 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
Results
Positions by round The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Ayoub El KaabiWydad AC182 Ben MalangoRaja CA163 Soufiane RahimiRaja CA144 Axel MéyéIR Tanger125 Salaheddine BenyachouOC Safi9 El Mehdi El BassilFath US7 Alaeddine AjaraieMaghreb AS8 Oussama LamliouiSCC Mohammédia Youssef El FahliHUS Agadir Demba CamaraMC Oujda
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Round Salaheddine Benyachou4OC SafiDH El Jadidi4–3 (H)5 December 20201 Ayoub El KaabiWydad ACDH El Jadidi4–2 (H)9 June 202117
(H) – Home; (A) – Away 4 – Player scored four goals.
Clean Sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 Ahmed Reda TagnaoutiWydad AC142 Anas ZnitiRaja CA133 Ayoub LakredAS FAR114 Abderahmane El HouasliHUS Agadir9 Yahia El FilaliMA Tétouan Soufiane BarrouhouDH Jadidi7 Mehdi OuayaRC Oued Zem88 Marouane FakhrMC Oujda7 Mohamed BoujadCAY Berrechid Mehdi HarrarSCC Mohammédia Hamza Hamiani AkbiRS Berkane
Scoring First goal of the season: Salaheddine Icharane for Chabab Mohammédia against Moghreb Tétouan (4 December 2020) Last goal of the season: Ayoub Mallouki for Hassania Agadir against Difaâ El Jadidi (28 July 2021)
Discipline
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.
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 DariWydad AC Midfielder of the Season Yahya JabraneWydad ACForward of the Season Ayoub El KaabiWydad AC Club of the Season Wydad AC Team of the Season 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
References
External links frmf.ma