IR Tanger
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Full name | Ittihad Riadi de Tanger الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة | |||
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Nickname(s) | Faris Al Boughaz' (team) Hercules (supporters) | |||
Short name | IRT | |||
Founded | 1936 as Unión Deportiva España de Tánger officially: 1944 | |||
Ground | Ibn Batouta Stadium | |||
Capacity | 65,000[1] | |||
Chairman | Mohammed Cherkaoui | |||
Manager | Omar Najhi | |||
League | Botola | |||
2023–24 | 12th of 16 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Ittihad Riadi Tanger (Arabic: الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة, lit.'Sports Union of Tangier'),[2] often shortened to IR Tanger or the abbreviation IRT, is a Moroccan football club based in Tangier, that competes in Botola, Morocco's top professional football league.[3]
The club was founded in 1936 as Unión Deportiva España de Tánger (UDET); After the independence of Morocco in 1956, the club changed was renamed to Unión Deportiva de Tánger (UDT). In 1983, several local football clubs were merged into UDT, and Ittihad Riadi Tanger was formed.
IR Tanger's home games are hosted at Ibn Batouta Stadium. In the past, Stade de Marchan was their home stadium until its demolition.
IR Tanger has a large fan base in northern Morocco, particularly in the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region.
History
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IR Tanger was created by the fusion of several clubs in 1944. In the early 1990s, IR Tangier became one of the most successful clubs in the Botola. However, the club failing to win any trophies, although they came close in the 1989–90 season when they finished as runners-up. The 1989 season was considered by many to be their best season, as the team was victorious over many other notable Botola clubs, defeating Raja Casablanca 3-1 and Maghreb de Fès 3–0.
During the late 1990s, IR Tanger failed to achieve anything besides maintaining itself in the Botola. The club ended up getting relegated twice before the early 2000s, finishing unsuccessfully during the 1995–96 and 1997–98 seasons.
In July 2000, the club hired Coach Omar Raiss. He oversaw the improvement in the club's performance during the 2000–01 season, during which they scored 50 goals. Because of their performance, the club received a promotion. Their performance declined, however, with their only notable achievement in the early 2000s being a Throne Cup they won during the semi-final in the 2005–06 season. The following season became IR Tanger's last in the Botola for the next few years. During this time, the club's results were poor, and they would very often finish unsuccessfully.
During later years, after IR Tanger set up a new directive committee, it nearly made it back to the Botola during the 2013–14 season. With a series of transfers and the arrival of Coach Mohamed Amine Benhachem, the team cruised through the 2014–15 season, losing only twice and finishing first by a five-point lead.
During the 2015–16 season, the team made a comeback to the Botola Pro. The club contracted with many local and foreign players, finishing third in their first season and qualifying for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup for the first time.
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Supporters and rivalries
[edit]In 2003, the club's ultras, called Ultras Tanger, was founded; this group no longer exists and has instead been replaced by the ultras group named Ultras Hercules that was founded in 2007.
IR Tanger has a rivalry with Moghreb Tétouan, which belongs to the neighboring city, Tétouan.
Botola Pro 1 matches | ||||||||
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There were no matches between the teams in the First Division before 1990. | ||||||||
# | Date | Matchweek | Home team | Away team | Score (FT/HT) | Goals (Home) | Goals (Away) | |
1 | 1990 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 4–1 | ?, ?, ?, ? | ? | ||
2 | 1991 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 0–2 | ?, ? | |||
1991–1995 | There were no matches between the teams in the First Division. For the 1991–92 season, MA Tetouan was relegated to Second Division. | |||||||
3 | 1995 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 1–0 | ? | |||
4 | 1996 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 1–3 | ? | ?, ?, ? | ||
1996–2005 | there were no matches between them in the First Division, each having returned to it at different moments, but not together. | |||||||
5 | 17 December 2005 | 12 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 0–0 (0–0) | |||
6 | 21 May 2006 | 27 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 0–1 (0–0) | Moussafi (88) | ||
7 | 18 November 2006 | 8 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 0–0 (0–0) | |||
8 | 8 April 2007 | 23 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 1–0 | ? | ||
2007–2015 | There were no matches between the teams in the First Division. For the 2006–07 season, IR Tanger was relegated to Second Division. | |||||||
9 | 3 October 2015 | 3 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 2–2 (2–0) | Rafik (p. (28), Boukhriss (42) | El Maimouni (58), Krouch (64) | |
10 | 28 February 2016 | 18 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 1–0 (0–0) | Hawassi (89) | ||
11 | 11 December 2016 | 12 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 0–1 (0–1) | Krouch ((p. 27) | ||
12 | 7 May 2017 | 27 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 0–1 (0–1) | Hervé (38) | ||
13 | 27 December 2017 | 14 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 0–1 (0–1 | Hamoudan (45) | ||
14 | 12 May 2018 | 29 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 2–1 (0–1) | Chentouf 48), El Moussaoui (o.g. 60) | Fall (28) | |
15 | 22 September 2018 | 3 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 1–1 (1–0) | El Ouadi (42) | Lakhal (69) | |
16 | 16 February 2019 | 18 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 1–1 (1–0) | Hawassi (10) | El Ouadi (66) | |
17 | 11 January 2020 | 12 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 0–0 (0–0) | |||
18 | 30 September 2020 | 27 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 1–0 (1–0) | Ijroten (46) | ||
19 | 20 December 2020 | 4 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 1–1 (1–1) | Méyé (p. 6) | Bemammer (o.g. 26) | |
20 | 23 May 2021 | 19 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 1–0 (0–0) | Gueye (90+4) | ||
2021–2022 | For the 2021–22 season, MA Tetouan was relegated to Second Division. | |||||||
21 | 9 September 2022 | 2 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 1–0 (0–0) | Kamal (63) | ||
22 | 21 February 2023 | 17 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 2–0 (2–0) | El Ouassli (7), Moutouali (18) | ||
23 | 26 November 2023 | 10 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 1–1 (1–1) | El Wasti (45+2) | Badji (20) | |
24 | 14 April 2024 | 25 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 1–1 (0–0) | Badji (p. 74) | Saoud (83) |
Botola Pro 2 matches | |||||||
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# | Date | Matchweek | Home team | Away team | Score (FT/HT) | Goals (Home) | Goals (Away) |
There is no data for the 1983/84–1986/87 and 1998/99 seasons. | |||||||
16 January 2000 | 14 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 0–2 | ?, ? | ||
3 June 2000 | 29 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 2–3 | ?, ? | ?, ?, ? | |
3 December 2000 | 10 | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 2–1 | ?, ? | ? | |
7 April 2001 | 25 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 1–1 |
Moroccan Throne Cup matches | |||||||
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Season | Round | Home team | Away team | Score (FT/HT) | Goals (Home) | Goals (Away) | |
1994–95 | Round of 16 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 2–1 | ?, ? | ? | |
2000–01 | Round of 32 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 0–1 | ? | ||
2016 | Round of 32 | 1st leg | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 4–0 (2–0) | Hervé (34), El Helali (39), Boukhriss (67), Mouaoui (74) | |
2nd leg | MA Tetouan | IR Tanger | 2–0 (0–0) | Krouch (55, 90+1) | |||
2018 | Round of 32 | IR Tanger | MA Tetouan | 1–0 (0–0) | M'baï |
Matches summary | |||||||||||||
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Matches | Wins | Draws | Goals | Home wins | Home draws | Away wins | |||||||
IRT | MAT | IRT | MAT | IRT | MAT | IRT | MAT | IRT | MAT | ||||
Botola | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
Botola 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Moroccan Throne Cup | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
All competitions | 33 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Crest and shirt
[edit]The official crest was designed by the club's founders. It depicts the full name of the club and the year it was founded. The blue lining represents the club's location in northern Morocco.
The official home shirts are similar to the crest, colored blue and white. IR Tanger's traditional away colors change every season but are usually based on light blue with a sponsor's logo on the top.
Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors
[edit]Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt main sponsor | Shirt sub sponsor | League sponsor |
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2015–2016 | Bang Sports | None | ![]() | |
2016–2017 | ![]() ![]() ONDA & UNE & APM Terminals | |||
2017–2018 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() Tanger-Med & Valencia (juice) & RCI Finance Maroc
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2018–2019 | Gloria | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Valencia (juice) & STG Telecom & RCI Finance Maroc | |
2019–2020 | STG Telecom & RCI Finance Maroc | None | ||
2020–2021 | ![]() |
Experience Majorel | ![]() | |
2021–2022 | Biougnach | |||
2022– | None |
Stadium
[edit]The club hosted their home matches in the Stade de Marchan, a stadium with a capacity of 15,000 seats, until it was demolished. The Stade de Marchan hosted several notable matches like the one between IR Tanger vs. Wydad Casablanca during the 1989–90 season. In 2011 the club moved to the then-new Ibn Batouta Stadium, which has a capacity of 45,000 (and a potential for a maximum of 75,000 seats).
Stadium | Period |
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Stade de Marchan | 1983–2011 |
Ibn Batouta Stadium | 2012–present |
Season results
[edit]League and cup
[edit]Season | League | Top goalscorer | Moroccan Cup | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | ||
2015–16 | 1st | 3rd | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 23 | 50 | ![]() |
7 | Quarter-finals |
2016–17 | 1st | 5th | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 25 | 45 | ![]() |
6 | Semi-finals |
2017–18 | 1st | 1st | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 52 | ![]() |
13 | Round of 16 |
2018–19 | 1st | 5th | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 40 | ![]() |
9 | Round of 16 |
2019–20 | 1st | 14th | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 36 | 32 | ![]() |
4 | Quarter-finals |
2020–21 | 1st | 8th | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 36 | 36 | ![]() |
12 | Round of 16 |
2021–22 | 1st | 13th | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 41 | 33 | ![]() |
12 | Round of 16 |
2022–23 | 1st | 14th | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 39 | 29 | ![]() |
5 | Round of 16 |
2023–24 | 1st | 12th | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 29 | 38 | 33 | ![]() |
13 | Round of 32 |
African competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate | Q |
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2017 | CAF Confederation Cup | PR | ![]() |
1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | ![]() |
1R | ![]() |
3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | ![]() | ||
PO | ![]() |
3–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 | ![]() | ||
2018–19 | CAF Champions League | PR | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ![]() |
1R | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | ![]() | ||
2018–19 | CAF Confederation Cup | PO | ![]() |
0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | ![]() |
Arab competition
[edit]Year | Competition | Round | Opponent | Score | Position | Q |
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2019–20 | Arab Club Champions Cup | PR | ![]() |
0–2 | 2nd | ![]() |
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3–0 | |||||
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1–6 |
- Notes
- PR: Preliminary round
- 1R: First round
- PO: Play-off round
Honours
[edit]Type | Competition | Titles | Winning Seasons | Runners-up |
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Domestic | Botola | 1 | 2017–18 | 1989–90 |
Botola 2 | 2 | 2000–01, 2014–15 | 1986–87, 1996–97, |
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- As of 2 January 2024[4]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve team and Youth Academy
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
[edit]Abdellah El Moudene
Gaya Merbah
Bassirou Compaoré
Enes Šipović
Hugo Almeida
Ismaël Ankobo
Hervé Guy
Jacques N'da
Alexis Enam
Brice Owona
Mukoko Batezadio
Zoran Plazonić
Pablo Ganet
Pape Paye
Abdou Atchabao
Axel Méyé
Stévy Nzambé
Zakaria Alharaish
Abdelatif Noussir
Abdellatif Akhrif
Abdelfettah Boukhriss
Abdelghani Mouaoui
Abdelhakim Aklidou
Abdelkabir El Ouadi
Abdessamad Rafik
Adil Chihi
Adil Lamrabet
Ahmad Hamoudan
Ahmed Mohamadina
Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
Aissa Sioudi
Anas El Asbahi
Ayoub El Khaliqi
Badr Zaki Nacer
Benaissa Benamar
Bilal Danguir
Driss El Mrabet
Faouzi Abdelghani
Habib Allah Dahmani
Hamdi Laachir
Hafid Abdessadek
Hicham El Mejhed
Ibrahim Bezghoudi
Ismail Belmaalem
Issam Badda
Ismail Khafi
Issam Erraki
Jalal Daoudi
Khalid Fouhami
Lahcen Abrami
Mehdi Naghmi
Mohamed Amsif
Mohamed Bouldini
Mohamed Chibi
Mohamed Fouzair
Mohamed Madihi
Mohamed Souboul
Mohammed Ali Bemammer
Mohsine Moutouali
Noussair El Maimouni
Omar Arjoune
Omar Najdi
Rachid Housni
Sofian El Moudane
Soufian Echaraf
Soufian El Hassnaoui
Talal El Karkouri
Youcef Sekour
Youssef Benali
Zouhair Laaroubi
Abdoulaye Demba
Abdoulaye Diarra
Ismaël Diakité
Carlos Gomes*
Carlos Fortes
Ousseynou Thioune
Personnel
[edit]Current technical staff
[edit]Position | Name |
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First team head coach | ![]() |
Assistant coach | ![]() |
Goalkeeping coach | ![]() |
Fitness coach | ![]() |
Performance analyst | ![]() |
Club doctor | ![]() |
Physiotherapist | ![]() |
Healer | ![]() |
Delegate | ![]() |
Hope's team coach | ![]() |
Hope's team assistant coach | ![]() |
Hope's Team Fitness coach | ![]() |
Formation center manager | ![]() |
Managers
[edit]Jorvan Vieira (1984–86)
Mohamed Baltham (1986–87)
Abdelkhalek Louzani (1987–88)
Bob Schneider (1988–89)
Mário Ribeiro Nunes (1989–91)
Abdellah Hammouni (1993–94)
Jorvan Vieira (1993–94)
Aziz El Amri (1996–97)
Omar Rais (2000–01)
Aziz El Amri (2001–02)
Abdelhadi Sektioui (2002–03)
Hassan Ajenoui (2003)
Rachid Taoussi (2004)
Ricardo Serna (2004–05)
Hamadi Hamidouch (2005)
Abdelhadi Sektioui (2005–06)
Raoul Savoy (2006)
Aziz El Khayati (2006–07)
Hassan Ajenoui (2007)
Abderrazak Khairi (2007–08)
Omar Rais (Oct 2008– )
Mohamed Amine Benhachem (2009)
Mohamed Bentaleb (–Mar 2010)
Abdelmalek Ajbaten (Mar– 2010)
Najib Hannouni (–Sep 2010)
Said El Khider (Sep–Dec 2010)
Omar Rais (Dec 2010– )
Youssef Fertout (Jul–Nov 2012)
Hicham Rok (–Jan 2013)
Abdelkader Youmir (Jan–Jun 2013)
Mohamed Said Zekri (Jul–Nov 2013)
Omar Rais (Nov 2013–Jun 2014)
Mohamed Amine Benhachem (Jun 2014–May 2015)
Abdelhak Benchikha (Jun 2015–Apr 2017)
Mohamed Sabek (Apr 2017)
Bachir Bouita (Apr–May 2017)
Ezzaki Badou (May–Nov 2017)
Driss El Mrabet (Nov 2017–Sep 2018)
Ahmad Al-Ajlani (Sep–Dec 2018)
Abdelouahed Benkacem (Dec–Jun 2019)
Nabil Neghiz (Jun 2019–Oct 2019)
Abdelouahed Benkacem (Oct–Nov 2019)
Hicham Dmiai (Nov 2019–Jan 2020)
Juan Pedro Benali (Jan–Oct 2020)
Driss El Mrabet (Nov 2020–Aug 2021)
Bernard Casoni (Aug–Nov 2021)
Jaafar R'kyek (Nov 2021)
Miguel Ángel Gamondi (Nov 2021–Apr 2022)
Juan Pedro Benali (Apr–Jul 2022)
Ezzaki Badou (Jul–Oct 2022)
Hakim Daoudi (Oct 2022–Jan 2023)
Hilal Et-tair (Jan–Sep 2023)
Omar Najhi (Sep 2023–Jan 2024)
Hilal Et-tair (Jan 2024–)
Management
[edit]Board of directors
[edit]Position | Name |
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President | Mohammed Cherkaoui |
Managing Director | Mohamed Hmami |
First Vice President | Mohamed Boulaich |
Second Vice President | Abdelhanin Gharafi |
Third Vice President | Rachid El Hassani |
Fourth Vice President | Anass Lamrabat |
General Secretary | Abdellah El Mrabet Dajidi |
Vice General Secretary | Issam El Ghachi |
Treasurer | Redouan Bouhdid |
Vice Treasurer | Said Zekri |
Presidents
[edit]- Abdeslam Arbaine
- Hassan Bouhrize
- Abdelhak Bakhat (2009)
- Adil Defouf (–2012)
- Abdelhamid Aberchane (2013–21)
- Mohamed Ahagan (2021–22)
- Mohammed Cherkaoui (2023–)
Partnerships
[edit]CR Belouizdad (2017)[9]
RCD Espanyol (2018)[10]
CD Leganés (2019)[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Stade Ibn Batouta (Grand Stade de Tanger)". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "The blue northern club of Tangiers". Archived from the original on 20 October 2016.
- ^ "Ittihad Tanger". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
- ^ "The Team is complete –قائمة الفريق للموسم الكروي 2023/24" [Team list for the 2023/24 football season]. clubirt. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ "الإطار الوطني هلال الطير مدربا لاتــحــاد طــنــجــة" [The national manager, Hilal Ettair, coach of Ittihad Tanger]. 21 January 2023.
- ^ "بـــلاغ" [announcement]. 17 July 2023.
- ^ "Botola: Mohamed Cherkaoui, un nouveau président au chevet de l'R Tanger" [Botola: Mohamed Cherkaoui, a new president at the bedside of IR Tanger]. sport.le360.ma. 16 January 2023.
- ^ "لائحة المكتب المديري لفريق اتحاد طنجة لكرة القدم ولجانه" [Regulations of the managerial office of the Ittihad Tanger Football Association team and its committees]. Ittihad Riadi De Tanger. 19 May 2023.
- ^ "فريق اتحاد طنجة يوقع اتفاقية شراكة وتعاون مع فريق شباب بلوزداد الجزائري" [Ittihad Tangiers signs a partnership and cooperation agreement with the Algerian club Chaba Belouizdad] (in Arabic). tanjaelkobra.com. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "وفد من فريق اتحاد طنجة يزور مدينة برشلونة لتوقيع اتفاقية شراكة مع نادي اسبانيول" [A delegation from Ittihad Tanger visits Barcelona to sign a partnership agreement with Espanyol] (in Arabic). IR Tanger. 20 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "El C.D. Leganés firma un acuerdo de colaboración con el Ittihad de Tanger" [El C.D. Leganés firma un acuerdo de colaboración con el Ittihad de Tanger] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2022.