2017–18 IR Tanger season

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, for 200,000 MAD.[3]

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

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]

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]

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 football 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]

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 N'do 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]

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

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAR Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (on loan from Wydad AC) 2 DF  MAR Redouane Mrabet 3 DF  MAR Hatim El Ouahabi 4 DF  CIV Didier Pepe 5 MF  MAR Omar Arjoune 6 MF  MAR Nouaman Aarab 7 FW  MAR Mohamed El Amraoui 8 MF  MAR Khalid Serroukh 9 MF  MAR Yassine Lebhiri 10 MF  EQG Pablo Ganet 11 FW  MAR Ahmed Hammoudan (vice-captain) 15 DF  MAR Ayoub Jarfi 16 MF  MAR Ahmed Chentouf 17 FW  MAR Mehdi Naghmi

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF  MAR Anas Aqachmar 19 FW  MAR Ayoub Bouraada 22 GK  MAR Mehdi Ouaya 29 DF  MAR Oussama El Ghrib (captain) 31 DF  MAR Ayoub El Khaliqi 33 DF  MAR Ayman Ben Ali 34 DF  MAR Abdelmoneim Akhrif 55 GK  MAR Tarik Aouattah 65 GK  MAR Hicham El Mejhed 77 FW  MAR Amine Ennali 93 MF  SEN Ousseynou Thioune 97 FW  MAR Zakaria Boulaich 99 FW  BRA Hugo Almeida

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  MAR Ayman El Kchiri — GK  MAR Ibrahim Chouaybi

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  MAR Hicham Zghari — FW  MAR Rachid Khattabi

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 10 MF  MAR Noussair El Maimouni 12 FW  BFA Bassirou Compaoré 14 DF  MAR Mehdi Baltham 19 FW  MAR Samir Belasfar 20 DF  SEN Mame Saher Thioune

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  MAR Abdelhafid Lirki 23 DF  MAR Yassine Amrioui 26 FW  MTN Ismaël Diakité 27 DF  MAR Ismail Benlamalem 99 FW  MAR Mohamed Bouldini

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

until 21 November 2017

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

Last updated on 20 May 2018.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Coupe du Trône
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	MAR	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	25	-18	23	(-17)	2	(-1)
22	GK	MAR	Mehdi Ouaya	5	-2	3	(-1)	2	(-1)
55	GK	MAR	Tarik Aouattah	4	-3	4	(-3)	0	0
65	GK	MAR	Hicham El Mejhed	1	-2	0+1	(-2)	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	MAR	Redwan Mrabet	23	0	22+1	0	0	0
3	DF	MAR	Hatim El Ouahabi	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	CIV	Didier Pepe	25	0	22+1	0	2	0
15	DF	MAR	Ayoub Jarfi	20	0	20	0	0	0
27	DF	MAR	Ayman El Kchiri	1	0	1	0	0	0
29	DF	MAR	Oussama El Ghrib	32	2	28	2	4	0
31	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Khaliqi	18	0	10+4	0	4	0
33	DF	MAR	Ayman Ben Ali	1	0	1	0	0	0
34	DF	MAR	Abdelmoneim Akhrif	1	0	1	0	0	0
97	DF	MAR	Zakaria Boulaich	2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	MAR	Omar Arjoune	20	1	15+5	1	0	0
6	MF	MAR	Nouaman Aarab	23	0	16+6	0	0+1	0
8	MF	MAR	Khalid Serroukh	33	4	25+4	4	3+1	0
9	MF	MAR	Yassine Lebhiri	21	2	17+2	2	1+1	0
10	MF	EQG	Pablo Ganet	11	0	2+9	0	0	0
16	MF	MAR	Ahmed Chentouf	13	2	2+10	2	1	0
18	MF	MAR	Anas Aqachmar	11	0	4+5	0	1+1	0
93	MF	SEN	Ousseynou Thioune	28	0	23+1	0	4	0
Forwards
7	FW	MAR	Mohamed El Amraoui	10	2	1+8	2	0+1	0
11	FW	MAR	Ahmed Hammoudan	33	4	28+1	4	3+1	0
17	FW	MAR	Mehdi Naghmi	33	16	29	13	4	3
19	FW	MAR	Ayoub Bouraada	1	0	1	0	0	0
77	FW	MAR	Amine Ennali	1	0	1	0	0	0
99	FW	BRA	Hugo Guimarães Silva Santos Almeida	13	1	8+5	1	0	0
Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club
20	DF	SEN	Mame Saher Thioune	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	MF	MAR	Abdelhafid Lirki	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	MF	MAR	Noussair El Maimouni	12	0	5+3	0	3+1	0
12	FW	BFA	Bassirou Compaoré	11	0	6+4	0	1	0
23	DF	MAR	Yassine Amrioui	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	MTN	Ismaël Diakité	10	0	2+5	0	3	0
99	FW	MAR	Mohamed Bouldini	7	0	0+6	0	0+1	0
14	DF	MAR	Mehdi Baltham	1	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	MAR	Ismail Benlamalem	12	1	8	1	4	0
19	FW	MAR	Samir Belasfar	1	0	0	0	0+1	0

As of 20 May 2018.

Rank	Name	Botola	Coupe du Trône	Total	Played Games
—	Tagnaouti	11	1	12	25
—	Ouaya	1	1	2	5
—	Aouattah	1	0	1	4
—	El Mejhed	0	0	0	1
Total		13	2	15	34

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

Last updated: 20 May 2018
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.