2016–17 IR Tanger season

Tanger

2016–17 season
President	Abdelhamid Abarchan
Head Coach	Abdelhak Benchikha (until 16 April 2017) Mohamed Sabek (interim) (until 30 April 2017) Bachir Bouita (until 27 May 2017)
Stadium	Stade Ibn Batouta
Botola	5th
Coupe du Trône	Semi-finals
CAF Confederation Cup	Play-off round
Top goalscorer	League: Ahmed Hammoudan (6) All: Ahmed Hammoudan (9)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2016–17 season is Ittihad Riadi Tanger's 34th in existence and the club's 18th season in the top flight of Moroccan football, and second consecutive season in the first division of Moroccan football after an absence of eight years. The team participated in CAF Confederation Cup for the first time in his history after finishing third in the domestic championship.

Kit

Supplier: Bang Sports / Main Sponsors: front: Moroccan Airports Authority, University of New England; APM Terminals / League Sponsor: front: Maroc Telecom

Home

Away

Third

Players

squad

As of 23 April 2017

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MAR	Mohamed Amsif
2	DF	MAR	Zakaria Melhaoui
5	DF	MAR	Jamal Ait Lamaalem
7	FW	MAR	Yahya Boumediene
8	MF	MAR	Soufiane Gadoum
9	FW	MAR	Ismaël Daoud
10	MF	MAR	Youcef Sekour
11	FW	MAR	Ahmed Hammoudan
13	FW	CGO	Ismaël Ankobo
14	DF	MAR	Mehdi Baltham
16	MF	MAR	Ahmed Chentouf
17	FW	MAR	Abdelghani Mouaoui
19	FW	MLI	Abdoulaye Diarra *

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	MAR	Soufian El Hassnaoui
21	MF	MAR	Bakr El Helali (vice-captain)
22	GK	MAR	Mehdi Ouaya
23	FW	MAR	Younes Ed-dyb
24	MF	MAR	Adil Chihi *
25	DF	BIH	Enes Šipović
27	DF	MAR	Ismail Benlamalem
28	GK	MAR	Aissam Badda
29	DF	MAR	Oussama El Ghrib (captain)
31	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Khaliqi (N° 30 in CCC)
71	MF	CIV	Hervé Guy (N° 18 in CCC)
93	MF	SEN	Ousseynou Thioune (N° 15 in CCC)
99	FW	MAR	Youness Hawassi (N° 26 in CCC)
—	GK	MAR	Badr El Hamadi *

^* Not in the CCC squad list.

From youth squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	MAR	Mohamed El Haddad
15	DF	MAR	Ayoub Jarfi [1]
32	MF	MAR	Abdelali Assri [2]
33	FW	MAR	Ayoub Ouldhamra [3]

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
34	DF	MAR	Hicham Zghari
35	DF	MAR	Zakaria Boulaich
37	MF	MAR	Abdelghafour Jebroun
55	DF	MAR	Yasser Imrani

Out during the season

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	MAR	Adil El Masskini

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
91	FW	MAR	Omar Mansouri

Transfers

In (summer)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	DF	MAR	Mehdi Baltham (from Nahdat Berkane) IRTfoot.ma
91	FW	MAR	Omar Mansouri (from Kawkab Marrakech) IRTfoot.ma
99	FW	MAR	Youness Hawassi (from Moghreb Tétouan) IRTfoot.ma
20	MF	MAR	Adil El Masskini (from KAC Kénitra) IRTfoot.ma
7	FW	MAR	Yahya Boumediene (from Royal Excel Mouscron) IRTfoot.ma
1	GK	MAR	Mohamed Amsif (from 1. FC Union Berlin) IRTfoot.ma
8	MF	MAR	Soufiane Gadoum (from Raja Casablanca) IRTfoot.ma
27	DF	MAR	Ismail Belmaalem (from Qatar SC) IRTfoot.ma
93	MF	SEN	Ousseynou Thioune (from Diambars FC) IRTfoot.ma
22	GK	MAR	Mehdi Ouaya (from Union de Touarga) IRTfoot.ma
19	FW	MLI	Abdoulaye Diarra (from CO de Bamako) IRTfoot.ma
9	MF	MAR	Ismaël Daoud (from RC de Schaerbeek) IRTfoot.ma
28	GK	MAR	Issam Badda (from Kawkab Marrakech) IRTfoot.ma

Out (Summer)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	CMR	Brice Owona (contract termination) IRTfoot.ma
4	MF	MAR	Adil Lamrabet (to Raja Beni Mellal) IRTfoot.ma
10	FW	MAR	Badr Kachani (to RSB Berkane) IRTfoot.ma
21	MF	MAR	Abdessamad Rafik (to Hassania Agadir) IRTfoot.ma
32	DF	MAR	Mustapha El Khalfi (to MAS Fez) IRTfoot.ma
90	GK	MAR	Marouane Fakhr (to Chabab Atlas Khénifra) IRTfoot.ma
27	MF	MAR	Abdessamad Imaich (to Olympique Khouribga) IRTfoot.ma
14	MF	CMR	Alexis Enam (contract termination) IRTfoot.ma
33	DF	MAR	Abdelfettah Boukhriss (loan return to FUS Rabat, later signed by Olympic Safi) IRTfoot.ma
1	GK	MAR	Mohamed Bistara (to Widad Tanger)
12	GK	MAR	Youness Barak (released)
13	FW	MAR	Abdelaali El Abboubi (to Olympique Khouribga) IRTfoot.ma

In (winter)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	FW	MAR	Younes Ed-dyb (from Fath Ouislane) IRTfoot.ma
13	FW	CGO	Ismaël Ankobo (from AS Kondzo) IRTfoot.ma
20	FW	MAR	Soufian El Hassnaoui (free) IRTfoot.ma
24	MF	MAR	Adil Chihi (from FSV Frankfurt) IRTfoot.ma

Out (winter)

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
91	FW	MAR	Omar Mansouri (to Raja Casablanca) IRTfoot.ma
20	MF	MAR	Adil El Masskini (to Olympic Safi) IRTfoot.ma
84	GK	MAR	Ahmed Mohamadina (contract termination) IRTfoot.ma
6	MF	MAR	Adnane Cherradi (released) IRTfoot.ma

Technical staff

Position	Name
First team head coach	Abdelhak Benchikha
Assistant coach	Abderrazak Belarabi
Goalkeeping coach	Mohamed Jbari
Fitness coach	Abdelhakim Mouchriq
Sporting director	Mohamed Sabek "Simo"
B team coach	Jaafar R'kyek

until 16 April 2017

Position	Name
First team head coach	Mohamed Sabek "Simo"
Assistant coach	Mohamed Jbari
Fitness coach	Abdelhakim Mouchriq

until 30 April 2017

Position	Name
First team head coach	Bachir Bouita
Assistant coach	Mohamed Sabek "Simo"
Goalkeeping coach	Mohamed Jbari
Fitness coach	Abdelhakim Mouchriq

Statistics

Goal scorers

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Botola	Coupe du Trône	CAF Confederation Cup	Total
11	FW		Ahmed Hammoudan	6	0	3	9
27	DF		Ismail Belmaalem	3	2	2	7
71	MF		Hervé Guy	5	0	1	6
17	FW		Abdelghani Mouaoui	4	2	0	6
25	DF		Enes Šipović	4	0	1	5
31	DF		Ayoub El Khaliqi	3	0	0	3
10	MF		Youssef Sekour	2	1	0	3
99	FW		Youness Hawassi	2	0	0	2
14	DF		Mehdi Baltham	2	0	0	2
21	MF		Bakre El Helali	0	1	1	2
16	MF		Ahmed Chentouf	1	0	0	1
13	FW		Ismaël Ankobo	0	0	1	1
TOTAL				33	6	9	48

Assists

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	Botola	Coupe du Trône	CAF Confederation Cup	Total
17	FW		Abdelghani Mouaoui	3	0	2	5
99	FW		Youness Hawassi	2	1	1	4
16	MF		Ahmed Chentouf	3	0	0	3
93	MF		Ousseynou Thioune	2	1	0	3
11	FW		Ahmed Hammoudan	1	1	1	3
29	DF		Oussama El Ghrib	1	0	2	3
71	MF		Hervé Guy	2	0	0	2
19	FW		Abdoulaye Diarra	2	0	0	2
21	MF		Bakre El Helali	1	0	0	1
27	DF		Ismail Belmaalem	1	0	0	1
8	MF		Soufiane Gadoum	0	1	0	1
25	DF		Enes Šipović	0	1	0	1
20	MF		Soufian El Hassnaoui	0	0	1	1
TOTAL				18	5	7	30

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition
Ahmed Hammoudan	AS Kaloum Star	3–0 (H)	18 March 2017	CAF Confederation Cup

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

As of 25 May 2017.

Rank	Name	Botola	Coupe du Trône	CAF Confederation Cup	Total	Played Games
1	Mohamed Amsif	11	3	2	16	36
28	Aissam Badda	2	0	0	2	6
Total		13	3	2	18	42

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Botola			Coupe du Trône			CAF Confederation Cup			Total			Notes
1	GK		Mohamed Amsif	3						1			4
5	DF		Jamal Ait Lamaalem	1									1
7	FW		Yahya Boumediene	2									2
10	MF		Youssef Sekour	5									5
11	FW		Ahmed Hammoudan	3									3
14	DF		Mehdi Baltham	3									3
16	MF		Ahmed Chentouf	1									1
17	FW		Abdelghani Mouaoui	2						1			3
21	MF		Bakre El Helali	3		1	1			3			7		1
22	GK		Mehdi Ouaya			1									1
25	DF		Enes Šipović	4									4
27	DF		Ismail Belmaalem	4									4
28	GK		Issam Badda	1									1
29	DF		Oussama El Ghrib	5			1			1			7
31	DF		Ayoub El Khaliqi	4		1			1	1			5		2
37	MF		Abdelghafour Jebroun	1									1
55	DF		Yasser Imrani	1									1
71	MF		Hervé Guy	3		1							3		1
93	MF		Ousseynou Thioune	8	2		3						11	2
99	FW		Youness Hawassi	3									3
20	MF		Adil El Masskini	1									1

Last updated: 25 May 2017
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.

Squad statistics

As of 25 May 2017.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Coupe du Trône		CAF Confederation Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MAR	Mohamed Amsif	36	-29	24	(−20)	6	(−3)	6	(-6)
2	DF	MAR	Zakaria Melhaoui	13	0	9	0	3	0	1	0
5	DF	MAR	Jamal Ait Lamaalem	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
7	FW	MAR	Yahya Boumediene	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
8	MF	MAR	Soufiane Gadoum	21	0	13	0	4	0	4	0
9	FW	MAR	Ismaël Daoud	12	0	8	0	0	0	4	0
10	MF	MAR	Youssef Sekour	25	3	19	2	4	1	2	0
11	FW	MAR	Ahmed Hammoudan	36	9	25	6	5	0	6	3
13	FW	CGO	Ismaël Ankobo	15	1	11	0	0	0	4	1
14	DF	MAR	Mehdi Baltham	15	2	11	2	3	0	1	0
15	DF	MAR	Ayoub Jarfi	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	MAR	Ahmed Chentouf	13	1	8	1	1	0	4	0
17	FW	MAR	Abdelghani Mouaoui	35	6	27	4	6	2	2	0
19	FW	MLI	Abdoulaye Diarra	16	0	11	0	5	0	0	0
20	MF	MAR	Soufian El Hassnaoui	8	0	5	0	0	0	3	0
21	MF	MAR	Bakre El Helali	28	3	17	1	6	1	5	1
23	FW	MAR	Younes Ed-dyb	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
24	MF	MAR	Adil Chihi	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	BIH	Enes Šipović	35	5	26	4	3	0	6	1
27	DF	MAR	Ismail Belmaalem	34	7	22	3	6	2	6	2
28	GK	MAR	Issam Badda	6	-5	6	(−5)	0	(−0)	0	(-0)
29	DF	MAR	Oussama El Ghrib	41	0	29	0	6	0	6	0
31	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Khaliqi	34	3	23	3	5	0	6	0
32	MF	MAR	Abdelali Assri	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	MAR	Ayoub Ouldhamra	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
35	DF	MAR	Zakaria Boulaich	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	MAR	Abdelghafour Jebroun	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	MAR	Yasser Imrani	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
71	MF	CIV	Hervé Guy	30	6	23	5	2	0	5	1
93	MF	SEN	Ousseynou Thioune	38	0	26	0	6	0	6	0
99	FW	MAR	Youness Hawassi	33	2	23	2	6	0	4	0
Players left the club in transfer windows or mid-season
20	MF	MAR	Adil El Masskini	11	0	8	0	3	0	0	0
91	FW	MAR	Omar Mansouri	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

IR Tanger v CS Fnideq

27 July 2016 1	IR Tanger	5–0	CS Fnideq	Tangier, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1	El Helali 8', 37' Hawassi 25' Boumediene 51', 90'	[4]		Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

IR Tanger v Raja CA

3 August 2016 2	IR Tanger	1–0	Raja CA	Tangier, Morocco
21:00 UTC+1	Hamoudane 30'	[5]		Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

IR Tanger v Chabab Ben Diban

7 August 2016 3	IR Tanger	7–0	Chabab Ben Diban	Tangier, Morocco
10:30 UTC+1	Sekour 26' (pen.) Chentouf 60' Mouaoui 62' Hervé 82' El Masskini 83' Daoud 84' Boumediene 87'	[6]		Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

WS Témara v IR Tanger

12 August 2016 4	WS Témara	0–2	IR Tanger	Bouskoura, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1		[7]	Hawassi 30' El Masskini 77'	Stadium: Stade Centre Wellness

RC Oued Zem v IR Tanger

15 August 2016 5	RC Oued Zem	1–1	IR Tanger	Berrechid, Morocco
17:00 UTC+1		[8]	El Abboubi 35'	Stadium: Stade municipal de Berrechid

CAY Berrechid v IR Tanger

18 August 2016 6	CAY Berrechid	0–0	IR Tanger	Berrechid, Morocco
18:00 UTC+1		[9]		Stadium: Stade municipal de Berrechid

IR Tanger v Chabab Ben Diban

8 October 2016 7	IR Tanger	5–0	Chabab Ben Diban	Tangier, Morocco
11:00 UTC+1	El Masskini 25' Diarra 70', 83', 84' Boumediene 90'	[10]		Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

IR Tanger v Raja Boughaz

12 November 2016 8	IR Tanger	6–0	Raja Boughaz	Tangier, Morocco
12:00 UTC	Mouaoui 15', 55' Hervé 20' Mensouri 65', 75' Cherradi 70'	[11]		Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

IR Tanger v Chabab Asilah

13 November 2016 9	IR Tanger	5–2	Chabab Asilah	Tangier, Morocco
12:00 UTC	Daoud 7' Chentouf 11' Mensouri 30' Baltham 70' Hawassi 75'	[12]	43'	Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

IR Tanger v Raja Boughaz

11 January 2017 10	IR Tanger	3–0	Raja Boughaz	Tangier, Morocco
--:-- UTC	El Hassnaoui 6' Ed-dyb 48' Chihi 72'	[13]		Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

Chabab Asilah v IR Tanger

14 January 2017 11	Chabab Asilah	1–7	IR Tanger	Asilah, Morocco
--:-- UTC		[14]	Ed-dyb 1' Benlamalem 19' Chihi 29' Daoud 56', 90' El Helali 65' Melhaoui 70'	Stadium: Stade Municipal d'Asilah

IR Tanger v CR Belouizdad

22 January 2017 12	IR Tanger	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Tangier, Morocco
16:00 UTC	Hammoudan 12'	[15]		Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

CR Al Hoceima v IR Tanger

28 January 2017 13	CR Al Hoceima	0–0	IR Tanger	Asilah, Morocco
11:00 UTC		[16]		Stadium: Stade Municipal d'Asilah

IR Tanger v Chabab Ben Diban

16 May 2017 14	IR Tanger	2–0	Chabab Ben Diban	Tangier, Morocco
--:-- UTC+1	El Helali Oueld El Hamra	[17]		Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Botola	30	12	9	9	33	25	+8	040.00
Coupe du Trône	6	2	4	0	6	3	+3	033.33
CAF Confederation Cup	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	066.67
Total	42	18	13	11	48	34	+14	042.86

Last updated: 25 May 2017
Source: Competitions

Botola

Main article: 2016–17 Botola

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Raja Casablanca	30	15	12	3	42	17	+25	57	Qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup
4	RS Berkane	30	14	9	7	30	16	+14	51
5	IR Tanger	30	12	9	9	33	25	+8	45
6	AS FAR	30	11	11	8	42	39	+3	44
7	FUS Rabat	30	11	7	12	32	32	0	40	invited to the Arab Club Champions Cup

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2017. Source: scoresway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	12	9	9	33	25	+8	45	7	4	4	17	11	+6	5	5	5	16	14	+2

Last updated: 25 May 2017.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	W
Position	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2017. Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

IR Tanger v DH Jadida

27 August 2016 1	IR Tanger	4–1	DH Jadida	Tangier
21:15 UTC+1	Šipović 34' El Khaliqi 51' Mouaoui 55' El Ghrib  72' Hervé 86'	Report	Bamaamar  67' Azaro 81'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Samir Guezzaz

Kénitra AC v IR Tanger

17 September 2016 2	Kénitra AC	0–2	IR Tanger	Kenitra
17:00 UTC+1	Rhattas  75'	Report	Thioune  39' Sekour 43' Hawassi 51' El Khaliqi  70'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Taoufik Gourar

IR Tanger v JS Kasbah Tadla

24 September 2016 3	IR Tanger	2–1	JS Kasbah Tadla	Tangier
17:00 UTC+1	Hammoudan 7', 46' El Ghrib  23'	Report	Hadda  39' Benhomes 49' Abbadi  60' Ayach  60'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Mohamed Belloute

CA Khénifra v IR Tanger

15 October 2016 5	CA Khénifra	0–0	IR Tanger	Khénifra
16:00 UTC+1	Oumansour  45'	Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Noureddine Jaafari

IR Tanger v HUS Agadir

22 October 2016 6	IR Tanger	0–0	HUS Agadir	Tangier
18:00 UTC+1	Benlamalem  58'	Report	Talal  29' Camara  38'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Karim Sabri

OC Safi v IR Tanger

29 October 2016 7	OC Safi	1–2	IR Tanger	Safi
15:00 UTC+1	Rami 22' Edjomariegwe  26'	Report	Šipović 31' Mouaoui 79' Amsif  89'	Stadium: Stade El Massira Referee: Taoufik Gourar

IR Tanger v Fath US

5 November 2016 8	IR Tanger	1–1	Fath US	Tangier
19:00 UTC	El Masskini  30' El Khaliqi  63' Hammoudan 81' Hawassi  90+3'	Report	Jahouh  60' Fouzair  66' Nahiri 85' Benarif  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Noureddine Brahim

KAC Marrakech v IR Tanger

19 November 2016 9	KAC Marrakech	2–1	IR Tanger	Marrakech
19:15 UTC	Brarou  34' Ayati 47' El Fakih 48'	Report	Hawassi 24' El Helali  73' Thioune  86'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Mohamed Belloute

IR Tanger v OC Khouribga

26 November 2016 10	IR Tanger	1–0	OC Khouribga	Tangier
17:00 UTC	El Helali 85'	Report	Ramzi  87'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Redouane Jiyed

Wydad AC v IR Tanger

3 December 2016 11	Wydad AC	2–2	IR Tanger	Marrakech
15:00 UTC	Jebor 27', 37' Nekkach  54' Bencharki  71'	Report	Hammoudan 11' Mouaoui 18' Hervé  33' El Helali  39' 75' Baltham  44' Šipović  57' El Ghrib  72'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Adil Zourak

Raja CA v IR Tanger

7 December 2016 4	Raja CA	0–1	IR Tanger	Marrakech
15:00 UTC		Report	Mouaoui 5' Sekour  30' El Khaliqi 85' Amsif  90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Samir Guezzaz
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 October 2016, was postponed at the request of Raja CA because of the participation of four players of the squad with national teams.

IR Tanger v MA Tétouan

11 December 2016 12	IR Tanger	0–1	MA Tétouan	Tangier
19:15 UTC	Amsif  26' Hawassi  43'	Report	Krouch 27' (pen.) 56' El Barrak  55' Naïm  81'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach

RS Berkane v IR Tanger

18 December 13	RS Berkane	0–0	IR Tanger	Berkane
17:00 UTC	Housni  46' Akhmis  88'	Report	Hervé  35' 62' Hammoudan  54' Thioune  54' Sekour  64' Baltham  90'	Stadium: Stade Municipal (Berkane) Referee: Daki Radad

IR Tanger v CR Al-Hoceima

25 December 2016 14	IR Tanger	4–1	CR Al-Hoceima	Tangier
15:00 UTC	Chentouf 10' Thioune  55' Sekour 60' Baltham 73', 90+1'	Report	Ahmdoch  34' Makran 63' Lyousfi  72'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Jalal Jayed

AS FAR v IR Tanger

1 January 2017 15	AS FAR	0–0	IR Tanger	Rabat
17:30 UTC	Berrahma  62'	Report	Sekour  37' Baltham  90+2'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Noureddine Jaafari

DH Jadida v IR Tanger

4 February 2017 16	DH Jadida	4–1	IR Tanger	El Jadida
14:00 UTC	Hadraf 3', 38' (pen.), 49' (pen.)  40' Bamaamar  7' Lagrou  19' Ahaddad 32' Diakité  83'	Report	Hammoudan  19' Benlamalem 27' (pen.) 38' Thioune  45' Ait Lamaalem  48'	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Referee: Adil Zourak

IR Tanger v Kénitra AC

22 February 2017 17	IR Tanger	1–0	Kénitra AC	Tangier
19:00 UTC	Hervé  27' Thioune  68'  90' Benlamalem 87'	Report	Mansour Ba  29' Dahmani  72' Mesyaf  87'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Abdelouahed Fatihi
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 11 February 2017, was pushed back because of the involvement of Tanger at the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup

IR Tanger v Raja CA

26 February 2017 19	IR Tanger	1–2	Raja CA	Tangier
15:00 UTC	Hervé 35' (pen.) El Ghrib  57' Mouaoui  62' Šipović  90+4'	Report	Mansouri 66' Mabidi 82'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Redouane Jiyed

JS Kasbah Tadla v IR Tanger

1 March 2017 18	JS Kasbah Tadla	1–1	IR Tanger	Kasbah Tadla
15:00 UTC	Dghoughi 64'	Report	Benlamalem 47' Hawassi  57' Thioune  63'  88' Boumediene  65'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Municipal (Kasbah Tadla) Referee: Taoufik Gourar
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 17 February 2017, was pushed back because of the involvement of Tanger at the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup

IR Tanger v CA Khénifra

5 March 2017 20	IR Tanger	0–0	CA Khénifra	Tangier
17:00 UTC	Sekour  36'	Report	Largou  45' El Hardoumi  55' Mame Saher  74' El Gourch  82'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Hassan Rahmani

HUS Agadir v IR Tanger

2 April 2017 21	HUS Agadir	0–4	IR Tanger	Agadir
16:00 UTC+1	El Berkaoui  11'	Report	Hervé 1' El Khaliqi 40' Hammoudan 44', 90' El Ghrib  48' Benlamalem  55'	Stadium: Stade Adrar Referee: Samir Guezzaz
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 12 March 2017, was pushed back because of the involvement of Tanger at the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup

IR Tanger v OC Safi

19 April 2017 22	IR Tanger	1–0	OC Safi	Tangier
17:00 UTC+1	Chentouf  43' Šipović 55'	Report	Namli  6' Attiyat  59' Ait Khorsa  66'  85' Sebbar  77'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Khaled Ennouni
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 19 March 2017, was pushed back because of the involvement of Tanger at the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup

OC Khouribga v IR Tanger

23 April 2017 25	OC Khouribga	2–1	IR Tanger	Khouribga
18:15 UTC+1	Tighazaoui 26', 41'	Report	Šipović 15' 25' Thioune  77'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Referee: Abderrahim Yagoubi

Fath US v IR Tanger

26 April 2017 23	Fath US	1–0	IR Tanger	Rabat
19:00 UTC+1	El Bassil 37' 90' Louadni  45' Aguerd  90+6'	Report	Šipović  59'	Stadium: Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan Referee: Jalal Jayed
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 8 April 2017, was pushed back because of the involvement of Tanger at the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup

IR Tanger v Wydad AC

30 April 2017 26	IR Tanger	0–1	Wydad AC	Tangier
16:00 UTC+1	Benlamalem  23' El Khaliqi  61' Hammoudan  66' El Helali  72'	Report	Jebor 30' Noussir  65'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Hicham Tiyazi

IR Tanger v KAC Marrakech

3 May 2017 24	IR Tanger	0–2	KAC Marrakech	Tangier
16:00 UTC+1		Report	Amimi 83', 88'  89'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Karim Sabri
Note: The match, originally scheduled for 14 April 2017, was pushed back because of the involvement of Tanger at the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup

MA Tétouan v IR Tanger

7 May 2017 27	MA Tétouan	0–1	IR Tanger	Tétouan
16:30 UTC+1	Aboursas  35' Abourazzouk  37' Boumous  45'	Report	Hervé 38' Ouaya  38' El Khaliqi  61' 61' Sekour  85' Mouaoui  88' Badda  90'	Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel Referee: Abdelouahed Fatihi

IR Tanger v RS Berkane

14 May 2017 28	IR Tanger	0–0	RS Berkane	Tangier
16:30 UTC+1		Report	Konate  33' Laba  55'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Adil Zourak

CR Al-Hoceima v IR Tanger

21 May 2017 29	CR Al-Hoceima	1–0	IR Tanger	Al Hoceima
16:00 UTC	Naji  25' Labhiri 34' Ben Ali  83' Lahlali  83'	Report	Boumediene  26' Thioune  41'	Stadium: Stade Mimoun Al Arsi Referee: Daki Radad

IR Tanger v AS FAR

25 May 2017 30	IR Tanger	2–1	AS FAR	Tangier
18:00 UTC	Jebroun  18' Imrani  40' Thioune  44' Mouaoui 72' Hervé 90+1'	Report	Elouadi 36'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Jamal Belbasri

Results overview

MAT

RCA

WAC

FUS

FAR

KACM

DHJ

HUSA

RSB

CRA

OCS

KAC

OCK

CAK

IRT

JSKT

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Locations of the 2015–16 Botola teams

  Win   Draw   Loss

Region	Team	Home score	Away score		Aggregate
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	AS FAR	2–1	0–0		2–1
	Fath Union Sport	1–1	1–0		1–2
	KAC Kénitra	1–0	0–2		3–0
Casablanca-Settat	Difaâ El Jadidi	4–1	4–1		5–5
	Raja Casablanca	1–2	0–1		2–2
	Wydad Casablanca	0–1	2–2		2–3
Béni Mellal-Khénifra	Olympique Khouribga	1–0	2–1		2–2
	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	0–0	0–0		0–0
	JS de Kasbah Tadla	2–1	1–1		3–2
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	4–1	1–0		4–2
	Moghreb Tétouan	0–1	0–1		1–1
Marrakech-Safi	Kawkab Marrakech	0–2	2–1		1–4
	Olympic Safi	1–0	1–2		3–1
Oriental	RSB Berkane	0–0	0–0		0–0
Souss-Massa	Hassania Agadir	0–0	0–4		4–0

Coupe du Trône

Main article: 2016 Coupe du Trône

Round of 16

IR Tanger v OC Khouribga

5 September 2016 First leg	IR Tanger	2–0	OC Khouribga	Tangier
20:00 UTC+1	Mouaoui 42' El Ghrib  45' Thioune  55' Belmaalem 88'		Tighazoui  32' Ramzi  32' Mbengue  78'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Hicham Tiyazi

OC Khouribga v IR Tanger

10 September 2016 Second leg	OC Khouribga	1–1 (1–3 agg.)	IR Tanger	Khouribga
21:15 UTC+1	El Mouatani  40' Mbengue 90+3'		Thioune  40' El Helali 58'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach

Quarter-finals

IZ Khemisset v IR Tanger

28 September 2016 First leg	IZ Khemisset	1–1	IR Tanger	Khemisset
18:15 UTC+1	Salhi 82'		Sekour 26'	Stadium: Stade du 18 novembre Referee: Daki Radad

IR Tanger v IZ Khemisset

2 October 2016 Second leg	IR Tanger	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	IZ Khemisset	Tangier
17:00 UTC+1	Thioune El Helali Mouaoui 26' 39' Khaliqi  78'		29'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Noureddine Brahim

Semi-finals

Maghreb AS v IR Tanger

19 October 2016 First leg	Maghreb AS	0–0	IR Tanger	Fez
16:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Fez Stadium Referee: Hicham Tiyazi

IR Tanger v Maghreb AS

2 November 2016 Second leg	IR Tanger	1–1 (1–1a agg.)	Maghreb AS	Tangier
18:45 UTC	Belmaalem 49' (pen.)		Gouza 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Adil Zourak

CAF Confederation Cup

Main article: 2017 CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2017 CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds

  Win   Draw   Loss

Preliminary round

AS Douanes v IR Tanger

11 February 2017 First leg	AS Douanes	1–2	IR Tanger	Niamey, Niger
16:00 UTC+1	Sacko 5' 72' Amadou  44' Adje  64'	Report	El Helali 24' 60' Šipović 58' Mouaoui  73' Amsif  81'	Stadium: Stade Général-Seyni-Kountché Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)

IR Tanger v AS Douanes

19 February 2017 Second leg	IR Tanger	1–0 (3–1 agg.)	AS Douanes	Tangier, Morocco
19:00 UTC±0	Belmaalem 89'	Report		Stadium: Grand Stade de Tanger Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa (Algeria)

First round

AS Kaloum v IR Tanger

11 March 2017 First leg	AS Kaloum	1–0	IR Tanger	Conakry, Guinea
16:30 UTC±0	Bangoura  6' Sylla 25' Sylla  31'	Report	El Helali  58' El Ghrib  78'	Stadium: Stade 28 Septembre Referee: Abubakar Ago (Nigeria)

IR Tanger v AS Kaloum

18 March 2017 Second leg	IR Tanger	3–0 (3–1 agg.)	AS Kaloum	Tangier, Morocco
17:00UTC±0	Hammoudan 33', 60', 68' El Khaliqi	Report		Stadium: Grand Stade de Tanger Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

Play-off round

Horoya AC v IR Tanger

9 April 2017 First leg	Horoya AC	2–0	IR Tanger	Conakry, Guinea
16:00 UTC±0	Ouédraogo 17' Mando 32'	Report	El Helali  36'	Stadium: Stade 28 Septembre Referee: Juste Ephrem Zio (Burkina Faso)

IR Tanger v Horoya AC

15 April 2017 Second leg	IR Tanger	3–2 (3–4 agg.)	Horoya AC	Tangier, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Hervé 31' (pen.) Benlamalem 35' (pen.) Ankobo 89'	Report	Ouédraogo 48' Sankhon 50' Condé  90+3'	Stadium: Grand Stade de Tanger Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

Awards

Name	Position	Award	Ref.
Ahmed Hammoudan	Forward	Botola's Best Promising Player of the Season (2016–17)

See also

• 2015–16 IR Tanger season

External links

• Official website