# 2016–17 IR Tanger season

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; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | GK | MAR | Mohamed El Haddad |
| 15 | DF | MAR | Ayoub Jarfi |
| 32 | MF | MAR | Abdelali Assri |
| 33 | FW | MAR | Ayoub Ouldhamra |
| 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |

### 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 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 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 | TOTAL | TOTAL | 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 | Total | 13 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 42 |

### Disciplinary record

| N | P | Name | Botola | Botola | Botola | Coupe du Trône | Coupe du Trône | CAF Confederation Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 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 | Total | Botola | Botola | Coupe du Trône | Coupe du Trône | CAF Confederation Cup | CAF Confederation Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | 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

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | 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
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup |
| 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 |
* ↑ Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca are also invited to the Arab Club Champions Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Results overview

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

### CAF Confederation Cup
#### Qualifying rounds

Win  Draw  Loss

##### Play-off round
## Awards

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