The 2019–20 Botola, is the 63rd season of the Premier League and the 9th under its new 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 2018–19 season. Nahdat Zemamra and Raja Beni Mellal entered as the two promoted teams from the 2018–19 Botola 2.

The season started on 14 September 2019, and was scheduled to end on 1 July 2020. However, the season was suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco, then resumed in July and ended in 11 October 2020.

Teams

Stadium and locations

2019–20 Botola Pro is located in Morocco
Locations of the 2019–20 Botola teams
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
AS FARRabatStade Moulay Abdellah65,000
Difaâ El JadidiEl JadidaStade El Abdi15,000
Fath Union SportRabatStade Moulay Hassan12,000
Hassania AgadirAgadirStade Adrar45,480
IR TangerTangerStade Ibn Batouta45,000
Moghreb TétouanTétouanSaniat Rmel15,000
Mouloudia OujdaOujdaHonneur Stadium35,000
Nahdat BerkaneBerkaneStade Municipal15,000
Nahdat ZemamraZemamraStade Municipal5,000
Olympic SafiSafiStade El Massira15,000
Olympique KhouribgaKhouribgaComplexe OCP10,000
Raja Beni MellalBeni MellalHonneur Stadium15,000
Raja CasablancaCasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000
Rapide Oued ZemOued ZemStade Municipal8,000
Wydad Athletic ClubCasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000
Youssoufia BerrechidBerrechidStade Municipal8,000

Number of teams by regions

Regions of MoroccoNumber of teamsTeams
1Casablanca-Settat5CAY Berrechid, DH Jadidi, Raja CA, RCA Zemamra and Wydad AC
2Béni Mellal-Khénifra3OC Khouribga, R Beni Mellal and RC Oued Zem
3Oriental2MC Oujda and RS Berkane
Rabat-Salé-KénitraAS FAR and Fath US
Tanger-Tetouan-Al HoceimaIR Tanger and MA Tétouan
6Marrakech-Safi1OC Safi
Souss-MassaHUS Agadir

Personnel and kits

TeamsManagersKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Association sportive des FARMorocco Abderrahim TalibJoma
Difaâ El JadidiMorocco Jamal AmanallahJakoinnjoo, Radio Mars, TGCC
FUS RabatMorocco Mustapha El KhalfiUhlsportEmaar, Novec1, LafargeHolcim2
Hassania AgadirMorocco Mustapha OuchrifLegeaAfriquia, Skoda, Souss-Massa
IR TangerSpain Juan Pedro BenaliGloria sportRenault, APM Terminals, Tanger-Med, ONDA, STG telecom2, RCI Finance Maroc3
Moghreb TétouanMorocco Jamal DridebBang SportsHalib Titawen, Al Omrane1, Radio Mars2
Mouloudia OujdaAlgeria Abdelhak BenchikhaBang Sports
Nahdat BerkaneMorocco Tarik SektiouiBang SportsSouiri, Gold Vision1, Afriquia1
Nahdat ZemamraMorocco Otmane El AssasBang SportsItqan, Igaser, Sté. du Sahel et Sahara1, SomaSteel2
OC KhouribgaMorocco Abdelaziz KerkacheBang SportsOCP
Olympic SafiMorocco Abdelhadi SektiouiBang SportsFitco
Raja Beni MellalMorocco Mohamed MadihiBang Sports
Raja CasablancaMorocco Jamal SellamiLegeaSiera, OLA Energy, Nor'Dar, MarsaMaroc1, Atlanta Assurances23
Rapide Oued ZemTunisia Mounir ChebilBang SportsMorih
Wydad CasablancaSpain Juan Carlos GarridoMacronIngelec, Or Blanc1, Hyundai23, Alitkane3
Youssoufia BerrechidMorocco Abderrahim NejjarBang SportsDalaa, Ould Bouazza, Itqan, Tiger1, Samir2

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Additionally, referee kits are made by Adidas.

Managerial changes

TeamsOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment
Nahdat ZemamraMorocco Mohamed BorjiEnd of contract5 May 2019Morocco Youssef Fertout5 May 2019
AS FARSpain Carlos Alós FerrerContract termination10 June 2019Morocco Abderrahim Talib18 June 2019
Mouloudia OujdaMorocco Abdelaziz KerkacheContract termination11 June 2019Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha12 June 2019
Ittihad TangerMorocco Abdelouahed BelqassemContract termination26 June 2019Algeria Nabil Neghiz26 June 2019
Wydad CasablancaTunisia Faouzi BenzartiContract termination4 July 2019Serbia Zoran Manojlovic16 July 2019
Moghreb TétouanMorocco Tarik SektiouiSacked23 July 2019Spain Ángel Viadero1 August 2019
Olympic SafiMorocco Hicham DmiiResigned29 July 2019Morocco Mohamed Guisser31 July 2019
Nahdat BerkaneMorocco Mounir JaouaniSacked2 September 2019Morocco Tarik Sektioui19 September 2019
Rapide Oued ZemMorocco Hassan BenabichaContract termination26 October 2019Tunisia Mounir Chebil14 November 2019
Ittihad TangerAlgeria Nabil NeghizContract termination26 October 2019Morocco Abdelouahed Belqassem (interim)26 October 2019
Raja CasablancaFrance Patrice CarteronSacked11 November 2019Morocco Jamal Sellami11 November 2019
Ittihad TangerMorocco Abdelouahed Belqassem (interim)End of tenure as caretaker19 November 2019Morocco Hicham Dmii19 November 2019
Hassania AgadirArgentina Miguel Ángel GamondiSacked20 November 2019Morocco Mohamed Fakhir20 November 2019
Raja Beni MellalMorocco Mourad FellahContract termination26 November 2019Morocco Aziz El Amri30 November 2019
OC KhouribgaMorocco Rachid TaoussiResigned29 November 2019Tunisia Ahmad Al-Ajlani19 December 2019
Nahdat ZemamraMorocco Youssef FertoutSacked16 December 2019Morocco Mohamed Borji (interim)16 December 2019
Difaâ El JadidiMorocco Ezzaki BadouContract termination23 December 2019Algeria Abdelkader Amrani28 December 2019
Youssoufia BerrechidMorocco Said SedikiContract termination31 December 2019Tunisia Ferid Chouchane3 January 2020
Nahdat ZemamraMorocco Mohamed Borji (interim)End of tenure as caretaker1 January 2020Morocco Saïd Chiba1 January 2020
Raja Beni MellalMorocco Aziz El AmriContract termination10 January 2020Morocco Mohamed Madihi10 January 2020
Wydad CasablancaSerbia Zoran ManojlovicContract termination13 January 2020France Sébastien Desabre21 January 2020
Hassania AgadirMorocco Mohamed FakhirSacked21 January 2020Morocco Mustapha Ouchrif31 January 2020
FUS RabatMorocco Walid RegraguiContract termination22 January 2020Morocco Mustapha El Khalfi22 January 2020
IR TangerMorocco Hicham DmiiContract termination26 January 2020Spain Juan Pedro Benali26 January 2020
Wydad CasablancaFrance Sébastien DesabreContract termination25 February 2020Spain Juan Carlos Garrido25 February 2020
Moghreb TétouanSpain Ángel ViaderoSacked27 February 2020Morocco Jamal Drideb28 February 2020
Olympic SafiMorocco Mohamed GuisserContract termination3 March 2020Morocco Abdelhadi Sektioui7 March 2020
Youssoufia BerrechidTunisia Ferid ChouchaneResigned6 March 2020Morocco Omar Azmani6 March 2020
Difaâ El JadidiAlgeria Abdelkader AmraniContract termination19 May 2020Morocco Jamal Amanallah19 May 2020
Youssoufia BerrechidMorocco Omar AzmaniSacked20 August 2020Morocco Abderrahim Nejjar20 August 2020
OC KhouribgaTunisia Ahmad Al-AjlaniResigned27 August 2020Morocco Abdelaziz Kerkache27 August 2020
Nahdat ZemamraMorocco Saïd ChibaSacked22 September 2020Morocco Otmane El Assas (interim)23 September 2020

League table

PosTeamvtePldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Raja Casablanca (C, Q)3017944323+2060Qualification for Champions League
2Wydad Casablanca (Q)3017855228+2459
3RS Berkane (Q)30151233523+1257Qualification for Confederation Cup
4FUS Rabat30131073930+949
5Mouloudia Oujda30121263528+748
6AS FAR3012994534+1145
7Moghreb Tétouan301010103027+340
8Hassania Agadir3099123438−436
9Rapide Oued Zem3099123030036
10Youssoufia Berrechid30106143344−1136
11Difaâ El Jadidi30811112628−235
12Nahdat Zemamra30810124041−134
13Olympic Safi3061592534−933
14IR Tanger30711122036−1632
15Olympique Khouribga (R)30610142438−1428Relegation to Botola 2
16Raja Beni Mellal (R)3019201342−2912

Results

Home \ AwayCAYBDHJFARFUSHUSAIRTMATMCOOCKOCSRBMRCARCAZRCOZRSBWAC
CAY Berrechid—1–02–41–13–13–01–11–11–01–02–03–21–20–40–03–2
DH Jadidi2–1—1–11–21–21–12–00–01–01–11–00–02–11–10–00–1
AS FAR0–11–3—1–21–14–12–11–11–10–01–01–05–22–00–11–1
Fath US1–02–12–4—1–01–01–02–11–05–21–10–11–13–11–11–2
HUS Agadir2–02–12–12–1—2–11–10–11–22–21–00–21–10–10–11–1
IR Tanger2–00–01–12–10–0—1–00–01–11–21–01–40–00–01–10–2
MA Tétouan2–02–12–01–01–20–0—4–02–11–10–00–01–01–00–01–1
MC Oujda3–11–10–22–12–11–01–0—3–01–01–12–22–11–00–11–1
OC Khouribga4–11–00–11–10–00–12–21–4—1–11–01–21–00–00–10–4
OC Safi1–01–01–10–02–00–00–02–21–1—1–00–01–31–00–11–2
R Beni Mellal0–20–00–32–21–30–10–21–20–00–0—1–22–21–00–11–2
Raja CA2–03–12–10–22–10–11–01–12–12–02–0—3–11–02–21–0
RCA Zemamra3–21–21–21–12–21–01–21–00–01–11–11–2—2–05–01–2
RC Oued Zem0–01–02–20–02–15–32–10–00–13–13–10–02–1—0–01–2
RS Berkane1–11–12–10–11–12–04–11–03–11–11–02–21–22–1—2–1
Wydad AC3–10–11–01–13–24–02–11–13–24–13–00–01–12–10–1—

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 11 October 2020

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Morocco Brahim El BahraouiRC Oued Zem16
2Morocco Noah SadaouiMC Oujda12
Morocco Karim El BerkaouiHUS Agadir
4Ivory Coast Joseph Guédé GnadouAS FAR10
Morocco Soufiane RahimiRaja CA
Morocco Reda HajhoujOC Khouribga
Morocco Mohamed AzizRS Berkane
Morocco Abdessamad El MobarkyRCA Zemamra
9Morocco Hamid AhaddadRaja CA9
Cameroon Jean Joseph KombousFath US

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRound
Morocco Ismail KhafiMC OujdaOC Khouribga4–1 (A)29 November 20198
Morocco Reda HajhoujOC KhouribgaCAY Berrechid4–1 (H)21 December 201910
Morocco Mohamed AzizRS BerkaneOC Khouribga3–1 (H)2 January 20209
Morocco Brahim El Bahraoui4RC Oued ZemIR Tanger5–3 (H)10 October 202030

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

Attendances

No.ClubAverage
1Wydad25,305
2Raja20,000
3MC Oujda19,486
4AS FAR17,000
5IRT11,944
6MAT8,750
7Safi7,250
8HUSA6,714
9Khouribga6,438
10Renaissance de Berkane6,438
11Rapide Oued Zem5,063
12Difaâ El-Jadida4,714
13RCA Zemamra4,500
14Youssoufia Berrechid3,625
15FUS2,400
16Raja Beni Mellal2,281

Note: As of December 2019, Raja and Wydad were already the Botola clubs with the highest average home attendances.

See also

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