RS Berkane

Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (Arabic: النهضة الرياضية البركانية‎) commonly known as Nahdat Berkane or RS Berkane for short, is a Moroccan sports club based in Berkane, Morocco. The club's football team is currently playing in the first division of Moroccan championship Botola. The club finished in 2nd place in the Botola 2 in the 2011–12 season, which led to the promotion to the first division.

RS Berkane
Full nameRenaissance Sportive de Berkane
النهضة الرياضية البركانية
Nickname(s)The Oranges
Founded1938
GroundStade Municipal de Berkane
Berkane, Morocco
Capacity15,000
ChairmanFouzi Lekjaa
CoachTarik Sektioui
LeagueBotola

History

The club was founded in 1938 under the name of Association Sportive de Berkane. In 1953, the club was named Union Sportive Musulmane de Berkane.

In 1966 it was renamed Union Sportive de Berkane and in the same year, a new club was founded under the name of Chabab Riadhi de Berkane.

In 1971, both teams merged to make Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (Nahdat Berkane). This merger was beneficial for the club, it entered the 1st division in 1977–1978.

Honours

Domestic competitions

Moroccan Championship

  • Runners-up: 1982–83

Moroccan Throne Cup

International competitions
Runners-up: 2019

Current squad
As of 24 October 2019

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No. Position Player Nation
— Goalkeeper Youness Karabila  Morocco
— Goalkeeper Ayoub Lakred  Morocco
— Goalkeeper Taoufik Ijrouten  Morocco
— Defender Mohamed Aziz  Morocco (captain)
— Defender Issoufou Dayo  Burkina Faso
— Defender Ismail Mokadem  Morocco
— Defender Mohamed Farhane  Morocco
— Defender Omar Nemsaoui  Morocco
— Midfielder Najji Larbi  Morocco
— Midfielder Amine El Kass  Morocco
— Midfielder Salmane Ould Lhaj  Morocco
— Midfielder Samir Ouidar  Morocco
— Midfielder Mohamed Zarifi  Morocco
— Midfielder Yassine Mahyou  Morocco
— Midfielder Hamza Regragui  Morocco
— Midfielder Bakr El Helali  Morocco
— Midfielder Abdellah Mohamed  Morocco
— Midfielder Alain Traoré  Burkina Faso
— Midfielder Souhail Yechou  Morocco
— Midfielder Soufiane Kerkashe  Morocco
— Midfielder Redouane Zerzouri  Morocco
— Midfielder Mehdi Melih  Morocco
— Forward Hamdi Laachir  Morocco
— Forward Adama Ba  Mauritania
— Forward Youssef Essaiydy  Morocco
— Forward Bilal Bari  Morocco
— Forward Djibril Ouattara  Burkina Faso
— Midfielder Zaid Krouch  Morocco

Managers

Notable players

References
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