2015–16 IR Tanger season

Tanger
2015–16 season
President	Abdelhamid Abarchan
Head Coach	Abdelhak Benchikha
Stadium	Stade Ibn Batouta
Botola	3rd
Coupe du Trône	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hervé Guy (7); All: ; Abdessamad Rafik (9)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season is Ittihad Riadi Tanger's 33rd in existence and the club's 17th season in the top flight of Moroccan football. The club returned to the first (Botola Pro) division 2015–16 season after an absence of eight years.

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Home

Away

Third

Fourth

Players

Squad

As of 6 March 2016

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 Bestara (captain)
2	DF	MAR	Zakaria Melhaoui
4	MF	MAR	Adil Merabet
5	DF	MAR	Jamal Ait Lamaalem
6	MF	MAR	Adnan Cherradi
9	FW	CMR	Brice Owona
10	FW	MAR	Badr Kachani
11	FW	MAR	Ahmed Hammoudan
12	GK	MAR	Younes Berrak
13	FW	MAR	Abdelaali El Abboubi
14	MF	CMR	Alexis Enam
16	MF	MAR	Ahmed Chentouf *
17	FW	MAR	Abdelghani Mouaoui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	MF	MAR	Abdessamad Rafik
25	DF	BIH	Enes Šipović
27	MF	MAR	Abdessamad Imaich
29	DF	MAR	Oussama El Ghrib (vice-captain)
30	MF	MAR	Bakr El Helali
31	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Khaliqi
32	DF	MAR	Mustapha Khalfi
33	DF	MAR	Abdelfettah Boukhriss (on loan from FUS Rabat)
71	MF	CIV	Hervé Guy
84	GK	MAR	Ahmed Mohamadina
90	GK	MAR	Marouane Fakhr
98	MF	MAR	Youssef Sekour

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
7	FW	MAR	Faouzi Abdelghani
8	MF	MAR	Kahlid Serroukh
18	MF	MAR	Badreddine Naciri


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	CRO	Zoran Plazonić
55	DF	MAR	Ahmed Rahmani

From youth squad [1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MAR	Abdelghafour Jebroun *
—	MF	MAR	Abdelali Assri *


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	MAR	Bilal Guennouni *

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
—	DF	CMR	Cédric Djeugoué (from Coton Sport FC de Garoua) irt.ma
9	FW	CMR	Brice Owona (from New Star de Douala) irt.ma
29	DF	MAR	Oussama El Ghrib (from Difaâ El Jadidi) irt.ma
55	DF	MAR	Ahmed Rahmani (from MAS Fez) irt.ma
13	FW	MAR	Abdelaali El Abboubi (from Chabab Atlas Khénifra) irt.ma
21	MF	MAR	Abdessamad Rafik (from Moghreb Tétouan) irt.ma
90	GK	MAR	Marouane Fakhr (from US Témara) kooora.com
5	DF	MAR	Jamal Ait Lamaalem (from Union Aït Melloul) irt.ma
7	FW	MAR	Faouzi Abdelghani (from Moghreb Tétouan) irt.ma
10	FW	MAR	Badr Kachani (from KAC Kénitra) irt.ma
19	MF	CRO	Zoran Plazonić (from NK Široki Brijeg) irt.ma
17	FW	MAR	Abdelghani Mouaoui (from Olympic Safi) irt.ma
25	DF	BIH	Enes Šipović (from K.V.C. Westerlo) irt.ma
30	MF	MAR	Bakr El Helali (from Difaâ El Jadidi) kooora.com
14	MF	CMR	Alexis Enam (from Al-Raed) irt.ma
33	DF	MAR	Abdelfettah Boukhriss (on loan from FUS Rabat) irt.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
—	MF	MAR	Badr Zaki Nacer (to Union Aït Melloul)
—	DF	MAR	Karim Ait Darham (to Union Aït Melloul)
—	DF	MAR	Mourad Hibour (to Youssoufia Berrechid)
—	MF	GUI	Aboubacar Kourouma (to AS Salé)
—	MF	SEN	Sacko Cheickn (contract termination) irt.ma
—	DF	CMR	Cédric Djeugoué (contract termination) kooora.com
—	FW	MAR	Rachid Ait Hammou (to AS Salé) assabah.ma
—	FW	MAR	Ibrahim Ouchrif (to COD Meknès) kooora.com

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
31	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Khaliqi (from FAR Rabat) irtfoot.ma [2]
98	MF	MAR	Youssef Sekour (from Fath Union Sport) le360.ma [3]
84	GK	MAR	Ahmed Mohamadina (from Difaâ El Jadidi) le360.ma [4]

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
8	MF	MAR	Kahlid Serroukh (to Raja Beni Mellal) kooora.com [5]
55	DF	MAR	Ahmed Rahmani (to MC Oujda) kooora.com [6]
19	MF	CRO	Zoran Plazonić (to HNK Šibenik) hnk-sibenik.hr^{[permanent dead link]} [7]
18	MF	MAR	Badreddine Naciri (to Ittihad Khemisset) bayanealyaoume
7	FW	MAR	Faouzi Abdelghani (to OC Khouribga) kooora.com [8]

Technical staff

Position	Name
First team head coach	Abdelhak Benchikha^[1]
1st assistant coach	Abderrazak Belarabi^[2]
2nd assistant coach	Mohamed Sabek "Simou"^[2]
Goalkeeping coach	Mohamed Jbari^[2]
Fitness coach	Abdelhakim Mouchriq^[2]
B team coach	Jaafar R'kyek^[3]

Goal scorers

No.	Pos.	Name	Botola	Coupe du Trône	Total
21	MF	Abdessamad Rafik	6	3	9
71	MF	Hervé Guy	7	1	8
17	FW	Abdelghani Mouaoui	6	2	8
10	FW	Badr Kachani	5	1	6
98	MF	Youssef Sekour	3	0	3
30	MF	Bakr El Helali	1	2	3
11	FW	Ahmed Hammoudan	2	0	2
33	DF	Abdelfettah Boukhriss	1	1	2
7	FW	Faouzi Abdelghani	0	2	2
4	MF	Adil Merabet	1	0	1
9	FW	Brice Owona	1	0	1
13	FW	Abdelaali El Abboubi	1	0	1
25	DF	Enes Šipović	1	0	1
14	MF	Alexis Enam	0	1	1
#	Own goals		1	0	1
TOTAL			36	13	49

Assists

No.	Pos.	Name	Botola	Coupe du Trône	Total
17	FW	Abdelghani Mouaoui	8	0	8
11	FW	Ahmed Hammoudan	4	1	5
21	MF	Abdessamad Rafik	1	3	4
13	MF	Abdelaali El Abboubi	2	1	3
10	FW	Badr Kachani	2	0	2
29	DF	Oussama El Ghrib	2	0	2
30	MF	Bakr El Helali	1	1	2
14	MF	Alexis Enam	1	1	2
27	MF	Abdessamad Imaich	1	1	2
9	FW	Brice Owona	1	0	1
71	MF	Hervé Guy	0	1	1
TOTAL			23	8	31

Clean sheets

As of 19 June 2016.

Rank	Name	Botola	Coupe du Trône	Total	Played Games
1	Mohamed Bestara	1	2	3	9
12	Younes Berrak	0	0	0	0
84	Ahmed Mohamadina	7	1	8	13
90	Marouane Fakhr	5	0	5	16
Total		13	3	16	38

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Botola			Coupe du Trône	Total			Notes
1	GK		Mohamed Bestara	1			1	2
2	DF		Zakaria Melhaoui	3				3
4	MF		Adil Merabet	3				3
5	DF		Jamal Ait Lamaalem	2				2
9	FW		Brice Owona	(1)				1
10	FW		Badr Kachani	4				4
11	FW		Ahmed Hammoudan	1			1	2
13	MF		Abdelaali El Abboubi	1				1
14	MF		Alexis Enam	6			1	7
17	FW		Abdelghani Mouaoui	3		1		3		1
21	MF		Abdessamad Rafik	5				5
25	DF		Enes Šipović	8	1			8	1
27	MF		Abdessamad Imaich	3				3
29	DF		Oussama El Ghrib	3			1	4
30	MF		Bakr El Helali	3			2	5
31	DF		Ayoub El Khaliqi	2				2
32	DF		Mustapha Khalfi	1				1
33	DF		Abdelfettah Boukhriss	5			1	6
71	MF		Hervé Guy	1			1	2
98	MF		Youssef Sekour	3				3
7	FW		Faouzi Abdelghani	1				1
19	MF		Zoran Plazonić	3				3

Last updated: 19 June 2016
Source: mountakhab.net goalzz.com
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 19 June 2016.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Coupe du Trône
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MAR	Mohamed Bestara	9	-8	3	(−3)	6	(−5)
2	DF	MAR	Zakaria Melhaoui	32	0	24	0	8	0
4	MF	MAR	Adil Merabet	27	1	21	1	6	0
5	DF	MAR	Jamal Ait Lamaalem	13	0	11	0	2	0
6	MF	MAR	Adnane Cherradi	5	0	5	0	0	0
9	FW	CMR	Brice Owona	12	1	12	1	0	0
10	FW	MAR	Badr Kachani	28	6	25	5	3	1
11	FW	MAR	Ahmed Hammoudan	33	2	27	2	6	0
12	GK	MAR	Younes Berrak	0	0	0	(0)	0	(0)
13	FW	MAR	Abdelaali El Abboubi	32	1	25	1	7	0
14	MF	CMR	Alexis Enam	34	1	26	0	8	1
16	MF	MAR	Ahmed Chentouf	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	MAR	Abdelghani Mouaoui	33	8	26	6	7	2
21	MF	MAR	Abdessamad Rafik	29	9	22	6	7	3
25	DF	BIH	Enes Šipović	32	1	24	1	8	0
27	MF	MAR	Abdessamad Imaich	19	0	13	0	6	0
29	DF	MAR	Oussama El Ghrib	33	0	25	0	8	0
30	MF	MAR	Bakr El Helali	32	3	24	1	8	2
31	DF	MAR	Ayoub El Khaliqi	13	0	12	0	1	0
32	DF	MAR	Mustapha Khalfi	7	0	7	0	0	0
33	DF	MAR	Abdelfettah Boukhriss	23	2	21	1	2	1
71	MF	CIV	Hervé Guy	17	8	15	7	2	1
84	GK	MAR	Ahmed Mohamadina	13	-8	11	(−6)	2	(−2)
90	GK	MAR	Marouane Fakhr	16	-14	16	(−14)	0	(0)
98	MF	MAR	Youssef Sekour	14	3	12	3	2	0
7	FW	MAR	Faouzi Abdelghani #	9	2	4	0	5	2
8	MF	MAR	Kahlid Serroukh #	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	MAR	Badreddine Naciri #	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	CRO	Zoran Plazonić #	12	0	6	0	6	0
55	DF	MAR	Ahmed Rahmani #	3	0	1	0	2	0

^# Player left the club during the season

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss

11 July 2015 1	IR Tanger	1–1	Kénitra AC	Tangier, Morocco
23:00 UTC	Owona 10'		El Mnasfi 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 0

21 July 2015 2	IR Tanger	2–2	Maghreb AS	Tangier, Morocco
17:00 UTC	Rafik Kachani		Dahmani Sidibe	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

25 July 2015 3	AS FAR	1–0	IR Tanger	Khemisset, Morocco
16:00 UTC	Khabba			Stadium: Stade du 18 novembre

28 July 2015 4	Fath US	0–0	IR Tanger	Rabat, Morocco
19:00 UTC				Stadium: Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan

4 August 2015^[4] 5	IR Tanger	2–1	Granada CF	Tangier, Morocco
19:30 UTC	Plazonić 8' Kachani 23'	[9] [10]	El-Arabi 43'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Khalid Ennouni

7 August 2015 6	Loja CD	1–1	IR Tanger	Loja, Spain
18:00 UTC	Pineda 21'	[11]	El Ghrib 8'	Stadium: Medina Lauxa

11 August 2015 7	Marbella FC	1–0	IR Tanger	Estepona, Spain
16:45 UTC	Gabi 25'	[12]		Stadium: Complejo Arroyo Enmedio

14 August 2015 8	UD Los Barrios	0–5	IR Tanger	Estepona, Spain
17:00 UTC		[13]	Rafik 11', 89' (pen.) El Abboubi 30' Merabet 73' (pen.) Kachani 80'	Stadium: Complejo Arroyo Enmedio

22 October 2015 9	IR Tanger	4–1	C Rajae Boughaz F	Tangier, Morocco
10:00 UTC	Kachani 6' Rafik 12', 40' Owona 41'			Stadium: Stade de Marchan

23 October 2015 10	IR Tanger	7–1	C Ben Diban	Tangier, Morocco
10:00 UTC	Rafik 5', 75' Owona 20' Merabet 53' Kachani 61' Hammoudan 78' El Abboubi 88'			Stadium: Stade de Marchan

3 November 2015 11	C Asilah	1–3	IR Tanger	Asilah, Morocco
14:00 UTC		[14]	El Abboubi 8' El Ghiati 63' Oueld El Hamra 77'	Stadium: Stade Municipal d'Asilah Attendance: 1,000

20 January 2016 12	CRS Jadida	0–1	IR Tanger	El Jadida, Morocco
15:00 UTC			Imaich 25'	Stadium: complex of Mazagan

25 January 2016 13	R Moulay Abdella	0–6	IR Tanger	El Jadida, Morocco
15:00 UTC			Sekour 7' Imaich 15', 59', 80' Rafik 36' Owona 49'	Stadium: complex of Mazagan

3 February 2016 14	IR Tanger	6–0	C Raja Boughaz F	Tangier, Morocco
15:00 UTC	Kachani 7' (pen.), 39' Rafik 47' Mouaoui 70' Owona 74', 86'			Stadium: Stade Centre Ziaten

7 February 2016 15	IR Tanger	1–1	Raja CA	Tangier, Morocco
15:00 UTC	Mouaoui 28'		Issah 66'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

14 May 2016 16	IR Tanger	6–0	C Ben Diban	Asilah, Morocco
10:30 UTC+1	Sekour 36' (pen.) Rafik 51', 59' El Ghrib 55' Mouaoui 58' Owona 65'			Stadium: Stade Municipal d'Asilah

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2015–16 Botola	30	14	8	8	36	23	+13	046.67
2015 Coupe du Trône	6	3	2	1	9	5	+4	050.00
2016 Coupe du Trône	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Total	38	18	10	10	49	30	+19	047.37

Last updated: 19 June 2016
Source: Competitions

Botola

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FUS Rabat (C)	30	16	10	4	40	21	+19	58	CAF Champions League and the Arab Club Championship
2	Wydad Casablanca	30	16	8	6	34	19	+15	56	Qualification to the CAF Champions League
3	IR Tanger	30	14	8	8	36	23	+13	50	Qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup
4	FAR Rabat	30	13	8	9	40	35	+5	47
5	Raja Casablanca	30	13	8	9	48	30	+18	47

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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	14	8	8	36	23	+13	50	10	2	3	22	8	+14	4	6	5	14	15	−1

Last updated: 4 June 2016.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W
Position	3	7	6	5	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

5 September 2015 1	IR Tanger	2–0	Maghreb AS	Tangier
19:30 UTC	Rafik 10' El Ghrib 37' Melhaoui 44' Plazonić 49' Imaich 53' Šipović 72' Mouaoui 87' 88'	Report	Kone 37' El Baraka 40' Bencherki 73'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Hicham Tiyazi

12 September 2015 2	CR Al-Hoceima	1–0	IR Tanger	Al Hoceima
16:00 UTC	Ndiaye 61' El Moubarki 76'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mimoun Al Arsi Referee: Samir Guezzaz

3 October 2015 3	IR Tanger	2–2	MA Tétouan	Tangier
15:00 UTC	Rafik 16' 28' (pen.) Plazonić 20' Boukhriss 42' El Ghrib 48' Bestara 59'	Report	Ouald El Haj 23' Abarhoun 27' El Maimouni 58' 71' Krouch 64' 64'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach

11 October 2015 4	AS FAR	1–2	IR Tanger	Rabat
13:30 UTC	Benarif 37' Cheikhi 44' El Yousfi 47'	Report	Kachani 8', 47'	Stadium: Stade de FUS Referee: Karim Sabri

30 October 2015 5	IR Tanger	2–1	OC Khouribga	Tangier
19:00 UTC	Kachani 36' Rafik 90' Abdelghani Plazonić	Report	Bennay 14' Bakayoko 65' Sidibé 82' Yamik 90+1' Diomande 90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Marchan Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Abdelah Jaafari

7 November 2015 6	DH Jadida	1–1	IR Tanger	El Jadida
15:00 UTC	Ouattara 18' 34' Azarou 19' Diakate 64' Hadhoudi 84'	Report	Mouaoui 9' Šipović 34' Rafik 67' El Ghrib	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Referee: Mohamed Belloute

13 November 2015 7	IR Tanger	1–0	RS Berkane	Tangier
16:00 UTC	{Owona 41'} Šipović 57' Rafik 78' (pen.) El Helali 89' Merabet 90+4' Fakhr	Report	El Kass 24' Laachir 48'	Stadium: Stade de Marchan Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Youssef Harraoui

21 November 2015 8	Wydad AC	2–2	IR Tanger	Casablanca
19:30 UTC	Housni 23' Fall 27' Noussir 76' Nekkach 84'	Report	Rafik 7' Merabet 34' Šipović 38' Alexis 62' El Helali 89' Owona 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 65.000 Referee: Adil Zourak

28 November 2015 9	IR Tanger	0–1	OC Safi	Tangier
16:30 UTC	Melhaoui 14' Rafik 59'76' Alexis 65'	Report	Chedli 50' Lamti 67' Madani 77' Hamoudi 79' Semoumi 90+2' El Bahraoui 90+2'	Stadium: Stade de Marchan Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Hicham Tiyazi

4 December 2015 10	HUS Agadir	1–3	IR Tanger	Agadir
15:00 UTC	El Gourch 32' 59' Khaddou 67' El Berkaoui 88' El Mejhad 90+9'	Report	Rafik 69' (pen.) Kachani 79' Merabet 90+10' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Adrar Referee: Noureddine Brahim

13 December 2015 11	Kénitra AC	0–0	IR Tanger	Salé
15:00 UTC	52' Chibi 76' Chihani 89'	Report		Stadium: Stade Boubker Ammar Referee: Noureddine Jaafari

20 December 2015 12	IR Tanger	0–1	Fath US	Tangier
18:00 UTC	Šipović 27' Merabet 52' Rafik 64'	Report	Sy 48' Khalis 55' Batna 58' Jarici 82' Saâdane 86'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Redouane Jiyed

25 December 2015 13	KAC Marrakech	0–1	IR Tanger	Marrakech
18:00 UTC	Kiki 53' Veiga 89'	Report	El Abboubi 61'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Karim Sabri

1 January 2016 14	IR Tanger	3–0	MC Oujda	Tangier
15:00 UTC	Melhaoui 40' Kachani 41' 79' Hammoudan 47' Hervé 76' Boukhriss 90+3'	Report	Tiam 44' Tajeddine 69'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach

7 January 2016 15	Raja CA	2–2	IR Tanger	Casablanca
19:00 UTC	Jahouh 46' (pen.) Mabidi 77'	Report	Šipović 16' 74' Hammoudan 35' Alexis 40' Kachani 49'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Daki Radad

13 February 2016 16	Maghreb AS	0–0	IR Tanger	Fez
15:00 UTC	Lamni 41' Krarchi 45' Bencherki 60'	Report	Alexis 13' Sekour 60' Imaich 80' Rafik 90' Boukhriss 90+4'	Stadium: Fez Stadium Referee: Hicham Tiyazi

21 February 2016 17	IR Tanger	0–2	CR Al-Hoceima	Tangier
14:30 UTC	Hervé 4' Šipović 19' 41'	Report	Traoré 33' Kemajou 50' 77' Bamoussa 83' Ramch 86' Bouamira 88'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Noureddine Brahim

28 February 2016 18	MA Tétouan	1–0	IR Tanger	Tétouan
14:30 UTC	Bellakhder 56' Naïm 72' Hawassi 89' 90' El Assimi 90+7'	Report		Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel Referee: Redouane Jiyed

6 March 2016 19	IR Tanger	1–0	AS FAR	Tangier
18:00 UTC	Sekour 37' 68' El Abboubi 61' Kachani 73' Alexis 83'	Report	Naghmi 56' Fettah 65' Haddad 68'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 38.000 Referee: Daki Radad

19 March 2016 21	IR Tanger	1–0	DH Jadida	Tangier
14:30 UTC	Mustapha Khalfi 34' Mouaoui 63' Hammoudan 75'	Report	Jayed 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 25.000 Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach

24 March 2016 20	OC Khouribga	1–0	IR Tanger	Khouribga
16:00 UTC	Bennay 44' (pen.) 55' Fané 46' Mezkouri 90' Mouâtamid 90+2'	Report	El Helali 57' El Khaliqi 87'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Referee: Hicham Tiyazi

2 April 2016 22	RS Berkane	0–0	IR Tanger	Berkane
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Sekour 44' El Khaliqi 70'	Stadium: Stade Municipal (Berkane) Referee: Noureddine Jaafari

13 April 2016 23	IR Tanger	3–0	Wydad AC	Tangier
17:00 UTC+1	Karnass 6' (o.g.) Hervé 36' Šipović 46' Mouaoui 47' 48'	Report	Kieta 35' Fall 63'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 38.000 Referee: Adil Zourak

17 April 2016 24	OC Safi	2–0	IR Tanger	Safi
17:15 UTC+1	Madi 9' Namli 73'	Report	Šipović 80'	Stadium: Stade El Massira Referee: Karim Sabri

24 April 2016 25	IR Tanger	3–1	HUS Agadir	Tangier
16:00 UTC+1	Sekour 21', 63' Mouaoui 69' 90+1' Boukhriss 87' Ait Lamaalem 90+5'	Report	Koné 20' Aouk 20' Lirki 25' (pen.) 64' Karine 34' Soufiane 42' Daoudi 52' Zaidi 60'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Daki Radad

30 April 2016 26	IR Tanger	1–0	Kénitra AC	Tangier
19:00 UTC+1	Hervé 57' Imaich 65' Boukhriss 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 37.000 Referee: Mohamed Allam

22 May 2016 28	IR Tanger	0–0	KAC Marrakech	Tangier
17:00 UTC+1	Ait Lamaalem 6'	Report	Sekkat 43' Amimi 75' Elmansouri 86'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach

25 May 2016 27	Fath US	2–1	IR Tanger	Rabat
15:30 UTC+1	Mandaw 71' Aguerd 90+3'	Report	Boukhriss 52' Hervé 90'	Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Abderrahim Yagoubi

29 May 2016 29	MC Oujda	1–2	IR Tanger	Oujda
17:00 UTC+1	Belamkadem 27'	Report	Hervé 37' Mouaoui 90'	Stadium: Honneur Stadium Referee: Bouchaib El Ahrach

4 June 2016 30	IR Tanger	3–0	Raja CA	Tangier
17:00 UTC+1	Mouaoui 22' El Helali 45' Hervé 64', 90' Alexis 72'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Abderrahim Yagoubi

Results overview

Locations of the 2015–16 Botola teams

Win Draw Loss

Region	Team	Home score	Away score	Aggregate
Rabat-Salé-Kénitra	FAR Rabat	1–0	1–2	3–1
	Fath Union Sport	0–1	1–0	0–2
	KAC Kénitra	1–0	0–0	1–0
Casablanca-Settat	Difaâ El Jadidi	1–0	1–1	2–1
	Raja Casablanca	3–0	2–2	5–2
	Wydad Casablanca	3–0	2–2	5–2
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	0–2	1–0	0–3
Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima	Moghreb Tétouan	2–2	1–0	2–3
Oriental	MC Oujda	3–0	1–2	5–1
Oriental	RSB Berkane	1–0	0–0	1–0
Marrakech-Safi	Kawkab Marrakech	0–0	0–1	1–0
Marrakech-Safi	Olympic Safi	0–1	2–0	0–3
Fès-Meknès	MAS Fez	2–0	0–0	2–0
Béni Mellal-Khénifra	Olympique Khouribga	2–1	1–0	2–2
Souss-Massa	Hassania Agadir	3–1	1–3	6–2

Coupe du Trône

2015

Win Draw Loss

Round of 32

22 August 2015 First leg	IR Tanger	3–1	COD Meknès	Tangier
18:30 UTC	Abdelghani 4' El Helali 52' Rafik 77' (pen.)	[16]	Abdelouahab 38'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Daki Radad

28 August 2015 Second leg	COD Meknès	0–2 (1–5 agg.)	IR Tanger	Meknes
16:00 UTC		[17]	Alexis 27' Mouaoui 82'	Stadium: Stade d'Honneur

Round of 16

31 August 2015 First leg	IR Tanger	1–0	CAY Berrechid	Tangier
16:00 UTC	Kachani 86'	[18]		Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 0 (punishment)

8 September 2015 Second leg	CAY Berrechid	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	IR Tanger	Berrechid
16:00 UTC	Almosawi 55' (pen.)	[19]	Rafik 31'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berrechid Referee: Hassan Rahmani

Quarter-finals

18 September 2015 First leg	OC Khouribga	1–1	IR Tanger	Kaasba Tadla
14:00 UTC	Diomande 12' Largou 41' Bakayoko 57' Tlati 60' Lahrari 81'	[20]	Abdelghani 89' Bestara 90'	Stadium: Complexe Sportif Municipal de Kaasba Tadla Attendance: 0 (punishment) Referee: Mounir Mabrouk

21 September 2015 Second leg	IR Tanger	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	OC Khouribga	Tangier
18:00 UTC	Rafik 36' (pen.) El Ghrib 52' El Helali 85'	[21]	Diomande 47' Tiberkanine 53' (pen.) Mezkouri 75' Bennay 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Youssef Harraoui

2016

Win Draw Loss

Round of 32

11 June 2016 First leg	IR Tanger	4–0	MA Tétouan	Tangier
22:00 UTC	Alexis 6' Hammoudan 15' Hervé 34' 73' El Helali 39' Boukhriss 67' Mouaoui 74'		Krouch 81'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Karim Sabri

18 June 2016 Second leg	MA Tétouan	2–0 (2–4 agg.)	IR Tanger	Tétouan
22:00 UTC	Krouch 55', 90+1'		Boukhriss El Helali	Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel Attendance: 0 Referee: Samir Guezzaz

References

^ "رسميا اتحاد طنجة يتعاقد مع عبد الحق بنشيخة" [Officially Ittihad Tanger contracts with Abdelhak Benchikha]. IRT.ma. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "رسميا عبد الرزاق بلعربي مساعدا لعبد الحق بن شيخة" [Officially Abderrazak Belarabi, assistant to Abdelhak Benchikha]. IRT.ma. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
^ "اتحاد طنجة يعين جعفر الركيك مدربا رسميا لفريق الأمل" [Ittihad Tanger appoints Jaafar R'kyek as official coach of the hope team]. IRT.ma. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
^ "Ittihad Tanger puts Granada to the test". laliga.es. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "رسميا اتحاد طنجة يتعاقد مع عبد الحق بنشيخة" [Officially Ittihad Tanger contracts with Abdelhak Benchikha]. IRT.ma. Archived from the original on 2015-06-03. Retrieved 1 June 2015.

[Belarabi-2] "رسميا عبد الرزاق بلعربي مساعدا لعبد الحق بن شيخة" [Officially Abderrazak Belarabi, assistant to Abdelhak Benchikha]. IRT.ma. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[3] "اتحاد طنجة يعين جعفر الركيك مدربا رسميا لفريق الأمل" [Ittihad Tanger appoints Jaafar R'kyek as official coach of the hope team]. IRT.ma. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 25 June 2015.

[4] "Ittihad Tanger puts Granada to the test". laliga.es. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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