2017–18 IR Tanger season

Tanger
2017–18 season
President Abdelhamid Abarchan
Manager Ezzaki Badou (until 21 november 2017)
Driss El Mrabet
Stadium Stade Ibn Batouta
Botola Winners
Coupe du Trône Round of 16
Top goalscorer League: Mehdi Naghmi (13)
All: Mehdi Naghmi (16)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2017–18 season is Ittihad Riadi Tanger's 35th in existence and the club's 19th season in the top flight of Moroccan football, and Third consecutive season in the first division of Moroccan football after the promotion.

Ittihad Tanger were confirmed to be champions of the 2017–18 Botola season on 12 May 2018, finishing atop the first division of Moroccan football for the first time in club history.[1]

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Supplier: Bang Sports / Club Sponsor: front: Renault, APM Terminals, Moroccan Airports Authority, Tanger-Med ; back: Valencia, Moroccan Airports Authority, Tanger-Med ; short: RCI Finance Maroc / League Sponsor: Maroc Telecom.[2]

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Season review

May

On 15 May, the club announced the transfers of 17-year-old left-back Hatim El Ouahabi from Widad Juventud for the next five seasons.[3]

On 20 May, the club announced Ezzaki Badou would be the new IR Tanger coach.[4]

June

On 2 June, the contracts of players Bakre El Helali, Abdelghani Mouaoui, Mohamed Amsif, Youssef Sekour, Jamal Ait Lamaalem, Zakaria Melhaoui, Soufian El Hassnaoui, Soufiane Gadoum, Ismaël Daoud, Yahya Boumediene, and Abdoulaye Diarra expired.[5]

On 6 June, Ittihad Tanger and both Ayoub El Khaliqi and Mehdi Baltham negotiated a two-year contract extension lasting until 2019.[6]

July

On 15 July, Ittihad Tanger won their first pre-season match against Rajae Al Boughaz with a 4–0 .[7]

On 18 July, the club loaned Younes Ed-dyb to US Musulmane d'Oujda.[8]

On 19 July, Ittihad Tanger defeated Chabab Alam Tanger 8–0.[9]

On 22 July, Ittihad Tanger were defeated by Moghreb Tétouan 1–0 at Stade Municipal d'Asilah.[10]

On 26 July, the club announced Renault signed up as IR Tanger's new main partner; the French company will appear on the front of the team's shirt for the next three seasons, starting the season 2017-2018.[11]

On 28 July, Ittihad Tanger won 4–0 against KAC Kénitra in a pre-season friendly.[12]

August

On 3 August, the club announced they have reached an agreement with Al-Qadisiyah for the transfer of Hervé Guy for 300,000 dollars.[13]

On 4 August, Ittihad Tanger were defeated by DR Congo local footbal team 2–0 at Centre National De Foot Maamoura in Rabat.[14]

On 6 August, the club completed the transfer of 28-year-old forward Mehdi Naghmi from AS FAR on a three-year contract,[15]

On 7 August, Ittihad Tanger defeated Spanish Third División team Algeciras 4–2 in Tangier with goals from Ayoub El Khaliqi , Ismail Benlamalem, Yassine Amrioui and Ahmed Chentouf.[16][17]

On 10 August, Ittihad Tanger defeated KAC Marrakech 1–0 in a pre-season friendly.[18]

On 16 August, Ittihad Tanger lost 2–1 to Chabab Rif Al Hoceima in the last pre-season friendly match.[19]

On 22 August, Ittihad Tanger drew US Kacemie 1–1, gave USK a slight advantage going into the second leg.[20]

On 27 August, Ittihad Tanger won 1–0 against Union Sidi Kacem; Naghmi scored the only goal from penalty as IRT cruised into the last 16 of the Coupe du Trône.[21]

September

On 4 September, Ittihad Tanger and Abdelhafid Lirki agreed to mutually terminate the defender's contract.[22]

On 7 September, Ittihad Tanger announced they had reached an agreement with AS Athlétic d'Adjamé for the transfer of Didier Pepe.[23]

On 9 September, Ittihad Tanger defeated RSB Berkane 3–0 in their first Botola match of the season, following an own goal from Laarbi Naji, and Mehdi Naghmi scored two goals.[24]

On 13 September, Ittihad Tanger draw 0-0 against DH Jadidi.[25]

On 18 September, IR Tanger drew 1–1 with Racing AC, with Chentouf scoring the equalizer in the 70th minute.[26]

On 18 September, Ittihad Tanger announced they had reached an agreement with Raja Casablanca for the transfer of Mohamed Bouldini for 60,000 dollars. The player will sign a three-year contract.[27]

On 19 September, the club announced they have reached an agreement with Olympique Khouribga for the transfer of Mame Saher Thioune.[28]

On 21 September, Ittihad Tanger and RSB Berkane reached an agreement for the transfer of Enes Šipović.[29] and the club loaned Abdelali Assri and Abdelghafour Jebroun to Widad Tanger, and Yasser Imrani to Fath Wislan.[30]


May

On 12 May, Ittihad Tanger defeated Moghreb Tétouan 2-1 to win their 1st Botola title in club history.[31]

Players

squad

As of 19 February 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Morocco GK Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (on loan from Wydad Casablanca)
2 Morocco DF Redouane Mrabet
3 Morocco DF Hatim El Ouahabi
4 Ivory Coast DF N'do Didier Pepe
5 Morocco MF Omar Arjoune
6 Morocco MF Nouaman Aarab
7 Morocco FW Mohamed El Amraoui
8 Morocco MF Khalid Serroukh
9 Morocco MF Yassine Lebhiri
10 Equatorial Guinea MF Pablo Ganet
11 Morocco FW Ahmed Hammoudan (vice-captain)
15 Morocco DF Ayoub Jarfi
16 Morocco MF Ahmed Chentouf
17 Morocco FW Mehdi Naghmi
No. Position Player
18 Morocco MF Anas Aqachmar
19 Morocco FW Ayoub Bouraada
22 Morocco GK Mehdi Ouaya
29 Morocco DF Oussama El Ghrib (captain)
31 Morocco DF Ayoub El Khaliqi
33 Morocco DF Ayman Ben Ali
34 Morocco DF Abdelmoneim Akhrif
55 Morocco GK Tarik Aouattah
65 Morocco GK Hicham El Mejhed
77 Morocco FW Mohammed Amine Ennali
93 Senegal MF Ousseynou Thioune
97 Morocco FW Zakaria Boulaich
99 Brazil FW Hugo Almeida

From youth squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
27 Morocco DF Ayman El Kchiri
— Morocco GK Ibrahim Chouaybi
No. Position Player
— Morocco DF Hicham Zghari
— Morocco FW Rachid Khattabi

Transfers

Technical staff

Position Name
First team head coach Morocco Ezzaki Badou
Assistant coach Morocco Driss El Mrabet
Goalkeeping coach Morocco Mohamed Jbari
Fitness coach Morocco Saïd Hammouni

until 21 November 2017

Position Name
First team head coach Morocco Driss El Mrabet
Assistant coach Morocco Abdelouahed Belqassem
Goalkeeping coach Morocco Mohamed Jbari
Fitness coach Morocco Saïd Hammouni

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Last updated on 20 May 2018.

No. Pos Nat Player TotalBotolaCoupe du Trône
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Morocco Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti 25-1823(-17)2(-1)
22 GK Morocco Mehdi Ouaya 5-23(-1)2(-1)
55 GK Morocco Tarik Aouattah 4-34(-3)00
65 GK Morocco Hicham El Mejhed 1-20+1(-2)00
Defenders
2 DF Morocco Redwan Mrabet 23022+1000
3 DF Morocco Hatim El Ouahabi 000000
4 DF Ivory Coast N'do Didier Pepe 25022+1020
15 DF Morocco Ayoub Jarfi 20020000
27 DF Morocco Ayman El Kchiri 101000
29 DF Morocco Oussama El Ghrib 32228240
31 DF Morocco Ayoub El Khaliqi 18010+4040
33 DF Morocco Ayman Ben Ali 101000
34 DF Morocco Abdelmoneim Akhrif 101000
97 DF Morocco Zakaria Boulaich 202000
Midfielders
5 MF Morocco Omar Arjoune 20115+5100
6 MF Morocco Nouaman Aarab 23016+600+10
8 MF Morocco Khalid Serroukh 33425+443+10
9 MF Morocco Yassine Lebhiri 21217+221+10
10 MF Equatorial Guinea Pablo Ganet 1102+9000
16 MF Morocco Ahmed Chentouf 1322+10210
18 MF Morocco Anas Aqachmar 1104+501+10
93 MF Senegal Ousseynou Thioune 28023+1040
Forwards
7 FW Morocco Mohamed El Amraoui 1021+820+10
11 FW Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan 33428+143+10
17 FW Morocco Mehdi Naghmi 3316291343
19 FW Morocco Ayoub Bouraada 101000
77 FW Morocco Mohammed Amine Ennali 101000
99 FW Brazil Hugo Guimarães Silva Santos Almeida 1318+5100
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
20 DF Senegal Mame Saher Thioune 100010
21 MF Morocco Abdelhafid Lirki 10000+10
10 MF Morocco Noussair El Maimouni 1205+303+10
12 FW Burkina Faso Bassiro Compaoré 1106+4010
23 DF Morocco Yassine Amrioui 000000
26 FW Mauritania Ismaël Diakité 1002+5030
99 FW Morocco Mohamed Bouldini 700+600+10
14 DF Morocco Mehdi Baltham 100010
27 DF Morocco Ismail Benlamalem 1218140
19 FW Morocco Samir Belasfar 10000+10

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Botola Coupe du Trône Total
17 FW Morocco Mehdi Naghmi 13 3 16
11 FW Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan 4 0 4
8 MF Morocco Khalid Serroukh 4 0 4
7 FW Morocco Mohamed El Amraoui 2 0 2
29 DF Morocco Oussama El Ghrib 2 0 2
9 MF Morocco Yassine Lebhiri 2 0 2
16 MF Morocco Ahmed Chentouf 2 0 2
99 FW Brazil Hugo Almeida 1 0 1
5 MF Morocco Omar Arjoune 1 0 1
27 DF Morocco Ismail Benlamalem 1 0 1
# Own goals 2 0 2
TOTAL 34 3 37

Assists

No. Pos. Nation Name Botola Coupe du Trône Total
8 MF Morocco Khalid Serroukh 5 0 5
11 FW Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan 4 1 5
17 FW Morocco Mehdi Naghmi 3 0 3
29 DF Morocco Oussama El Ghrib 2 0 2
9 MF Morocco Yassine Lebhiri 1 0 1
5 MF Morocco Omar Arjoune 1 0 1
10 MF Equatorial Guinea Pablo Ganet 1 0 1
99 FW Morocco Mohamed Bouldini 1 0 1
TOTAL 18 1 19

Hat-tricks

PlayerAgainstResultDateCompetition

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of 20 May 2018.

Rank Name Botola Coupe du Trône Total Played Games
— Morocco Tagnaouti 11 1 12 25
— Morocco Ouaya 1 1 2 5
— Morocco Aouattah 1 0 1 4
— Morocco El Mejhed 0 0 0 1
Total1321534

Disciplinary record

N P Nat. Name Botola Coupe du Trône Total Notes
1 GK Morocco Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti 1 1
2 DF Morocco Redwan Mrabet 3 3
4 DF Ivory Coast N'do Didier Pepe 7 7
5 MF Morocco Omar Arjoune 6 6
6 MF Morocco Nouaman Aarab 1 1
7 FW Morocco Mohamed El Amraoui 1 1
8 MF Morocco Khalid Serroukh 2 2
9 MF Morocco Yassine Lebhiri 1 1
11 FW Morocco Ahmed Hammoudan 1 1 2
15 DF Morocco Ayoub Jarfi 3 3
17 FW Morocco Mehdi Naghmi 5 5
22 GK Morocco Mehdi Ouaya 1 1
29 DF Morocco Oussama El Ghrib 4 1 5
31 DF Morocco Ayoub El Khaliqi 1 1
93 MF Senegal Ousseynou Thioune 7 2 7 2
99 FW Brazil Hugo Almeida 5 5
26 FW Mauritania Ismaël Diakité 1 1
27 DF Morocco Ismail Belmaalem 3 1 4
99 FW Morocco Mohamed Bouldini 1 1

Source: mountakhab.net
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Botola 9 September 201720 May 2018 Matchday 1 Winners 30 14 10 6 34 23 +11 046.67
Coupe du Trône 22 August 201720 September 2017 Round of 32 Round of 16 4 1 3 0 3 2 +1 025.00
Total 34 15 13 6 37 25 +12 044.12

Last updated: 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20).
Source: Competitions

Botola

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 IR Tanger (C, Q) 30 14 10 6 34 23 +11 52 Qualification for the CAF Champions League
2 Wydad Casablanca (Q) 30 14 9 7 44 26 +18 51[lower-alpha 1]
3 Hassania Agadir (Q) 30 13 12 5 40 22 +18 51[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the CAF 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[lower-alpha 2]
Source: frmf.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Wydad Casablanca finished ahead of Hassania Agadir on goals scored: Wydad Casablanca 44, hassania Agadir 40
  2. ↑ Difaa Jadidi finished ahead of Raja Casablanca on head-to-head goal difference: Difaa Jadidi 2–1 Raja Casablanca, Raja Casablanca 3–2 Difaa Jadidi

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
30 14 10 6 34 23  +11 52 9 4 2 19 9  +10 5 6 4 15 14  +1

Last updated: 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20).
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultWDDDDLDLWDWWWWWWWWDWLDWWLLDDWL
Position1243371112101064322311111111111111

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Results overview

Locations of the 2016–17 Botola teams

  Win   Draw   Loss

Region Team Home score Away score Double
Casablanca-SettatDifaâ El Jadidi 1–0 1–1 2–1
Racing de Casablanca 1–1 1–2 3–2
Raja Casablanca 1–1 1–1 2–2
Wydad Casablanca 0–0 0–1 1–0
Béni Mellal-KhénifraChabab Atlas Khénifra 1–0 0–1 2–0
Olympique Khouribga 2–0 1–1 3–1
Rapide Oued Zem 1–0 2-0 1-2
Tanger-Tetouan-Al HoceimaChabab Rif Al Hoceima 3–0 2-0 3–2
Moghreb Tétouan 2–1 0–1 3–1
Marrakech-SafiKawkab Marrakech 1–0 2–2 3–2
Olympic Safi 1–0 1-0 1–1
Rabat-Salé-KénitraAS FAR 0-1 2-1 1-3
Fath Union Sport 1-2 0–0 1-2
OrientalRSB Berkane 2–1 0–3 5–1
Souss-MassaHassania Agadir 2–2 1–1 3–3

Throne Cup

Round of 32

Round of 16

See also

2015–16 IR Tanger season
2016–17 IR Tanger season

References

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  2. ↑ "اتــــحــــاد طــــنــــجــــة يقدم قميصه الرسمي". IRTfoot.ma. 20 August 2017.
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