2012–13 Botola Pro

Botola Pro
Season2012–13
ChampionsRaja CA (11th Title)
RelegatedCOD Meknès
Raja Beni Mellal
Champions LeagueRaja CA
AS FAR
Confederation CupMAS Fes
Difaa El Jadida
Matches240
Goals495 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorerAbderazak Hamdallah (15 Goals)
Biggest home winFUS Rabat 4–0 Widad Fez
Kénitra AC 4–0 Raja Beni Mellal
Difaa El Jadida 4–0 Olympic Safi
Biggest away winDifaa El Jadida 1–4 Raja CA
Raja Beni Mellal 1–4 Widad Fez
Highest scoringOC Safi 4–2 Raja Beni Mellal
Raja CA 4–2 Kénitra AC
MA Tétouan 4–2 Raja Beni Mellal

The 2012–13 Botola Pro is the 56th season of the Moroccan Top League, but the 2nd under its new format of Moroccan Pro League. It began on 14 September 2012 with Kénitra AC beating COD Meknès 2–1 in their away match and ended on 2 June 2013 when Wydad Fes beating Raja Beni Mellal 4-1 in their away match. MA Tétouan are the defending champion but they finished in 6th place in this season. The winner of this season will qualify to the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup as host representatives.[1][2]

Overview

Team summaries

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2011–12 GNF 2

Teams relegated to 2012–13 GNF 2

Stadiums and locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity Previous Season
CR Al-Hoceima Al Hoceima Stade Mimoun Al Arsi 12,000
COD Meknès Meknès Stade d'Honneur 20,000
Difaa El Jadida El Jadida Stade El Abdi 6,000
AS FAR Rabat Stade Moulay Abdellah 52,000
FUS Rabat Rabat Stade Moulay Abdellah 52,000 2011–12 Botola Pro Runners-Up
HUS Agadir Agadir Stade Al Inbiaâte 5,000
Kénitra AC Kenitra Stade Municipal de Kénitra 15,000
MAS Fez Fez Fez Stadium 45,000
MA Tétouan Tétouan Stade Saniat Rmel 11,000 2011–12 Botola Pro Champions
OC Safi Safi Stade El Massira 7,000
OC Khouribga Khouribga Stade OCP 5,000
Raja Beni Mellal Beni Mellal Stade Municipal de Beni Mellal 8,000 2011–12 Botola Pro 2 Champions (Promoted)
Raja CA Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000
RS Berkane Berkane Stade Municipal de Berkane 10,000 2011–12 Botola Pro 2 Runners-Up (Promoted)
Widad Fez Fez Fez Stadium 45,000
Wydad AC Casablanca Stade Mohamed V 67,000

Source: Soccerway.com

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Raja CA (C) 30 19 9 2 56 24 +32 66 Qualification to Club World Cup and Champions League
2 AS FAR 30 17 11 2 34 18 +16 62 Qualification to Champions League
3 MAS Fez 30 11 15 4 36 27 +9 48 Qualification to Confederation Cup[a]
4 Wydad AC 30 13 9 8 31 22 +9 48
5 MA Tétouan 30 11 13 6 40 28 +12 46
6 FUS Rabat 30 11 8 11 31 27 +4 41
7 RS Berkane 30 10 10 10 30 31 −1 40
8 CR Al-Hoceima 30 8 12 10 28 31 −3 36
9 Difaa El Jadida 30 9 8 13 28 32 −4 35 Qualification to Confederation Cup[a]
10 HUS Agadir 30 5 19 6 24 26 −2 34
11 Widad Fez 30 7 12 11 25 32 −7 33
12 OC Safi 30 7 11 12 36 48 −12 32
13 OC Khouribga 30 5 15 10 27 33 −6 30
14 Kenitra AC 30 5 12 13 23 35 −12 27
15 COD Meknès (R) 30 5 10 15 25 40 −15 25 Relegation to Botola Pro 2
16 Raja Beni Mellal (R) 30 4 12 14 22 42 −20 24
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2013. Source: Botola
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Difaa El Jadida qualified for the Confederation Cup as winner of the 2013 Moroccan Throne Cup.

Leader week after week

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 2 June 2013.[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Abderrazak Hamdallah OC Safi 15
2 Bilal Biat Kenitra AC 12
3 Mustapha Kondi RS Berkane 10
Salaheddine Aqqal AS FAR
Ibrahima Ndione OC Safi
Zakaria Hadraf DH Jadida
7 Mouhcine Iajour Raja CA 9
Hamza Abourazzouk
Abdessalam Benjelloun FUS Rabat
10 Samir Malcuit MAS Fes 8
Luiz Jeferson Escher
Hossamdine Sanhaji MA Tétouan

Attendances

No. Club Average
1 Raja CA 33,167
2 AS FAR 20,583
3 MAS Fes 20,091
4 Wydad AC 19,472
5 COD Meknes 9,578
6 MA Tetouan 7,934
7 Kenitra AC 7,012
8 Wydad Fès 7,841
9 FUS Rabat 6,754
10 Raja Beni Mellal 6,149
11 CR Al-Hoceima 6,503
12 Difaâ El-Jadida 5,203
13 RS Berkane 3,192
14 OC Khouribga 2,819
15 HUS Agadir 3,338
16 OC Safi 2,007

References

  1. ^ "Summary - Botola Pro - Morocco - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  2. ^ "Summary - Botola Pro - Morocco - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  3. ^ "Moroccan Pro League 2012/2013". goalzz.