2012–13 Botola

The 2012–13 Botola 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 KAC Kénitra 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. Moghreb 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]

Botola
Season2012–13
ChampionsRaja Casablanca (11th Title)
RelegatedCODM de Meknès
Raja Beni Mellal
Champions LeagueRaja Casablanca
FAR Rabat
Confederation CupMaghreb Fez
Difaa El Jadida
Matches played240
Goals scored495 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorerAbderazak Hamdallah (15 Goals)
Biggest home winFUS Rabat 4–0 Widad Fez
KAC Kénitra 4–0 Raja Beni Mellal
Difaa El Jadida 4–0 Olympic Safi
Biggest away winDifaa El Jadida 1–4 Raja Casablanca
Raja Beni Mellal 1–4 Widad Fez
Highest scoringOlympic Safi 4–2 Raja Beni Mellal
Raja Casablanca 4–2 KAC Kénitra
Moghreb Tétouan 4–2 Raja Beni Mellal

Overview

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
Chabab Rif HoceimaAl HoceimaStade Mimoun Al Arsi12,000
COD MeknèsMeknèsStade d'Honneur20,000
Difaa El JadidaEl JadidaStade El Abdi6,000
FAR RabatRabatStade Moulay Abdellah52,000
FUS RabatRabatStade Moulay Abdellah52,0002011–2012 Botola Runners-Up
Hassania AgadirAgadirStade Al Inbiaâte5,000
KAC KénitraKenitraStade Municipal de Kénitra15,000
Maghreb FezFezFez Stadium45,000
Moghreb TétouanTétouanStade Saniat Rmel11,0002011–2012 Botola Champions
Olympic SafiSafiStade El Massira7,000
Olympique KhouribgaKhouribgaStade OCP5,000
Raja Beni MellalBeni MellalStade Municipal de Beni Mellal8,0002011–2012 Botola 2 Champions (Promoted)
Raja CasablancaCasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000
RSB BerkaneBerkaneStade Municipal de Berkane10,0002011–2012 Botola 2 Runners-Up (Promoted)
Widad FezFezFez Stadium45,000
Wydad CasablancaCasablancaStade Mohamed V67,000

Source: Soccerway.com

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 RCA Casablanca (C) 30 19 9 2 56 24 +32 66 Qualification to Club World Cup and Champions League
2 FAR Rabat 30 17 11 2 34 18 +16 62 Qualification to Champions League
3 Maghreb Fez 30 11 15 4 36 27 +9 48 Qualification to Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 1]
4 Wydad Casablanca 30 13 9 8 31 22 +9 48
5 Moghreb Tétouan 30 11 13 6 40 28 +12 46
6 FUS Rabat 30 11 8 11 31 27 +4 41
7 RSB Berkane 30 10 10 10 30 31 1 40
8 Chabab Rif 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[lower-alpha 1]
10 Hassania Agadir 30 5 19 6 24 26 2 34
11 Widad Fez 30 7 12 11 25 32 7 33
12 Olympic Safi 30 7 11 12 36 48 12 32
13 Olympique Khouribga 30 5 15 10 27 33 6 30
14 KAC Kenitra 30 5 12 13 23 35 12 27
15 CODM de Meknès (R) 30 5 10 15 25 40 15 25 Relegation to Botola 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. Difaa El Jadida qualified for the Confederation Cup as winner of the 2013 Moroccan Throne Cup.

Leader week after week

FAR RabatRCA CasablancaFAR RabatRCA CasablancaFAR RabatRCA CasablancaFAR Rabat

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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

References

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