2015–16 Botola


The 2015–16 Botola, also known as Botola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons, is the 59th season of the Premier League, the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1915. The fixtures were announced on 22 July 2015. The season started on 5 September 2015 and is scheduled to conclude on 15 April 2016.
Wydad came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. Ittihad Tanja and MC Oujda entered as the two promoted teams from the 2014–15 GNF 2.
On June 5th 2016, FUS Rabat won the football championship after a 4-2 victory against Mouloudia D'Oujda. The FUS Rabat club won the championship for the first time after being runner-up to the title for 5 previous times.

Teams

A total of 16 teams compete in the league, including 14 sides from the 2014–15 season and two promoted from the 2014–15 GNF 2. On 12 April 2015, Tanger became the first Championship side to be promoted following their 0–0 draw over CA Youssoufia Berrechid in week 27. On 4 May 2015, MC Oujda got promoted to the top flight after defeating US Temara 1-0 in their home match.
The two promoted clubs replaced Chabab Atlas Khenifra and Ittihad Khemisset.

Stadium and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Chabab Rif Al HoceimaAl HoceimaStade Mimoun Al Arsi12,000
Difaâ El JadidiEl JadidaStade El Abdi15,000
AS FAR ClubRabatStade Moulay Abdellah65,000
Fath Union SportRabatStade de FUS15,000
Hassania AgadirAgadirStade Adrar45,480
IR TangerTangerGrand Stade de Tanger45,000
KAC KénitraKenitraStade Municipal 15,000
Kawkab MarrakechMarrakechStade de Marrakech45,240
MAS FezFesFez Stadium45,000
Moghreb TétouanTétouanSaniat Rmel15,000
MC OujdaOujdaHonneur Stadium30,000
Olympic SafiSafiStade El Massira10,000
Olympique KhouribgaKhouribgaComplexe OCP10,000
Raja CasablancaCasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000
RSB BerkaneBerkaneStade Municipal15,000
Wydad CasablancaCasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000

Personnel and kits

TeamsManagers1Kit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Fouad SahabiAl Omrane, Koutoubia
Difaâ El Jadidi Abderrahim TalebUhlsportOCP, Alitkan
AS FAR Club Abdelmalek El AzizJoma
FUS Rabat Walid RegraguiNike
Hassania Agadir Abdelhadi SektiouiUmbroIfriquiya
IR Tanger Abdelhak BenchikhaBang SportsMoroccan Airports Authority
KAC Kénitra Samir YaichSarsons SportsKoutoubia
Kawkab Marrakesh Hassan BenabichaAdidasKoutoubia
MAS Fez Mohammed El AchhabiM SportIngelec
MC Oujda Azzedine Aït DjoudiJoma
Moghreb Tétouan Sergio LoberaKing Sports MarocAbroun
OC Khouribga Youssef El MriniNike
Olympic Safi Hicham Dmii
Raja Casablanca Rachid TaoussiAdidasHyundai
RSB Berkane Bertrand MarchandNike
Wydad Casablanca John ToshackAdidasIngelec

Results

League table

Result table

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mahdi NaghmiFAR Rabat12
2 Mourad BatnaFUS Rabat11
2 Abdelilah HafidiRaja Casablanca11
4 Reda HajhoujWydad Casablanca9
4 Achraf BencharkiMaghreb Fès9
6 Zakaria HadrafDifaâ El Jadidi8
7 Hervé GuyIR Tanger7
7 Abdessamad El MoubarkiChabab Rif Al Hoceima7
7 Badie AoukHassania Agadir7
7 Yassin DahbiMC Oujda7

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Noureddine El GourchHassania AgadirMoghreb Tétouan2–4 22 September 2015
Abdelilah HafidiRaja CasablancaHassania Agadir5–1 29 May 2016
Achraf BencharkiMaghreb FèsHassania Agadir2–5 4 June 2016

4 Player scored four goals
5 Player scored five goals
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