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Ittihad Riadi Tanger (Arabic: الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة, lit.'Sports Union of Tangier'),[2] known as Ittihad Riadi Tanger, abbreviation IRT, is a Moroccan football club based in Tangier, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football.

Ittihad Tanger
اتحاد طنجة
Full nameIttihad Riadi de Tanger
الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة
Nickname(s)Boughaz's Knight (team)
Hercules (supporters)
Short nameIRT
Founded1936; 86 years ago (1936)
as Unión Deportiva España de Tánger
officially: 1919; 103 years ago (1919)
GroundStade Ibn Batouta
Capacity45,000[1]
ChairmanMohamed Ahagan
ManagerHakim Daoudi
LeagueBotola
2021–2213th of 16
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
Current season

The club was founded in 1936 as : Unión Deportiva España de Tánger (UDET); After the independence of Morocco in 1956 the club UDET changed the name to UDT Unión Deportiva de Tánger ein Spanish na name until 1970 it changed the name again to French name UST Union sportive de Tanger, and the club changed again the name to Arabic name with leters latins IRT Ittihad Riadi de Tanger; but all names of this club if it is Spanish UDT or French UST or Arabic IRT mean the same . Ittihad Riadi Tanger also has basketball, volleyball, and handball teams, supporting wide range of sports, as well. Their home games are hosted at Stade Ibn Batouta (Stade de Marchan was their former home ground before it was demolished and rebuilt as a park).

IR Tanger has a large fan base in northern Morocco, especially in the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, where it is the most relatively big club.


History


IR Tanger was set up by a fusion of several clubs in 1983. Among these were Renaissance de Tangier ("Reborn of Tangier") and other clubs who were playing at the second Moroccan league divisions at the time. The fusion resulted in the formation of a prominent club that stands out in Tangier, especially in the football pitch, without significant rivalries (Wydad Juventud is another sports club operating in Tangier, but with less public attention, alongside Maghreb Aqsa Club, the oldest existing club participating in the third Division).

IR Tangier back in the late 1980s and 1990s.
IR Tangier back in the late 1980s and 1990s.

In the early '90s, IR Tangier was one of the most dominating clubs in the Botola, delivering some quality football. However, the team could not capitalize, failing to win any trophies in the process, 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 ever, as the team piled up victory after another crushing most of the Botola's heavyweights at that time, infamously beating Raja Casablanca 3-1 and Maghreb de Fès 3–0.

Moving on to the later part of the '90s, IR Tanger failed to achieve anything besides maintaining itself in the Botola. They ended up getting relegated twice before the dawn of the new millennium, finishing rock bottom on the table during the 1995–96 and 1997–98 seasons.

The 2000–01 season would witness a new Ittihad Tangier, under new management and technical supervision, Coach Omar Raiss joined the club in July 2000 and managed to transform the club. IR Tanger's attack became more efficient, scoring more than 50 goals that season, while its defense was the strongest in the GNF 2. These efforts were crowned with a well-deserved promotion, the overall results looked comforting, and IR Tanger's future seemed bright.

The post-promotion era, however, didn't turn out as glorious as it seemed would. A load of technical and staff changes influenced the team's results, and throughout the early 2000s, the only notable achievement was a Throne Cup semi-final in the 2005–06 season, under governance of Abdelhadi Sektioui, the following season would become IR Tanger's last in the Botola, starting what the fans refer to as their "dark ages" in the 2nd division, an era that lasted eight long years, during which IR Tanger constantly faced risks of dissolution due to administrative mistakes and financial crises, and every single time they would be rescued by fans and the faithful ultras group.

In parallel, the results were as poor as ever, the team would almost always finish middle or bottom table, never able to go past the Round of 32 in the Throne Cup, and even a prevented historical relegation to the Third Division during the 2012–13 season. It seemed obvious that Tangerian football was suffering and the ultras group mobilized fans throughout the now-metropolis, requesting new management and a complete renovation of the club via protests and marches.

These efforts would later on yield many achievements, after setting up a new directive committee, the club nearly made it back to the Botola during the 2013–14 season, and 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. The performances made that season were phenomenal and attracted the attention of the entire Moroccan football scene, as everyone welcomed the mighty blues back where they belonged.

In 2015–16 season, the team made a comeback to the Botola Pro after eight years in the second division. The club contracted with many local and foreign players where they made a great show under the spotlight of the Botola with promising results, finishing third on their first season back from promotion and therefore qualifying to an African competition for the first time in the history of the club.

IR Tangiers team in 2015–16 Season
IR Tangiers team in 2015–16 Season

Home ground


The club hosted their home matches in the government-built Stade de Marchan, with a capacity of 15,000 seats. In 2011 the club moved to a new international stadium with a capacity of 45,000 (and a potential for a maximum of 75,000 seats) called Stade Ibn Batouta. This stadium is planned to host the 2012 African Cup U21, the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and some matches of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup. The old grounds of Marchan Stadium hosted several historical moments like the match between IR Tangier VS Wydad Casablanca in the 1989–90 season for the first place of Botola and an amical match in Ibn Batouta Stadium with Atlético Madrid.

In 2015 and 2016 the grand stadium of Batouta had his record attendance estimated over than 50,000. the stadium is notorious throughout Morocco and all over the Arab world for the masses of supporters that show up each game ( an average of 35,000 per game). which makes the club's finances rely mainly on ticket income.

Grand stadium of Tangier

Crest and shirt


The official crest was planned by the founders and decided in a democratic process. It shows the full name of the club and the year of foundation, but different sport departments of the club replace the year with the icon of the sport. The Blue lining is in honour of the north region. The icon on the right is the symbol of Tangier.

The official home shirts are similar to the crest, colored blue and white. IRT's traditional away colors change every season but are usually based on light blue with a sponsor's logo on the top. The shirts are made by King Sports and Joma. However, the club signed a sponsorship deal with local sportswear manufacturer Bang sport once it got promoted to the first division.


Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors


Period Kit manufacturer Shirt main sponsor Shirt sub sponsor League sponsor
2015–2016 Bang Sports

ONDA

None

Maroc Telecom

2016–2017

ONDA & UNE & APM Terminals

2017–2018
Renault & APM Terminals & UNE & ONDA
Tanger-Med & Valencia (juice) & RCI Finance Maroc
2018–2019 Gloria
Renault & APM Terminals & Tanger-Med & ONDA
Valencia (juice) & STG Telecom & RCI Finance Maroc
2019–2020 STG Telecom & RCI Finance Maroc None
2020–2021

Tanger-Med

Experience Majorel

Inwi

2021–2022 Biougnach
2022–2023 None

Supporters and rivalries


The club has an ultras group Ultras Hercules, who were founded in 2007, there was actually an older ultra called Ultras Tanger founded in 2003, but there is no remaining of this group since it was extended to form Ultras Hercules, even though there are still a few existing groups on Facebook, Skyblog and Blogger mainly.

The rivalry's moreover relative to their neighbour club of Tetouan which its characterises with an extensive match, we distinguish other big rivalries as Wydad, Raja and KAC supporters.


The Northern Derby


Their biggest rival is without a doubt Moghreb Tétouan, the first club of the neighboring city, Tétouan, it is one of the most awaited matches of the first division league, especially among northern Morocco as the two famous clubs of the region facing off each other. This derby is always attended by a great number of people due to its value and importance among supporters. There is another match considered sometimes as a Derby of the region along with Chabab Rif Al Hoceima, but it is not as important as Moghreb Tétouan.


Season results



League and cup


Season League Top goalscorer Moroccan Cup
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2015–16 1st 3rd 30 14 8 8 36 23 50 Hervé Guy 7 Semi-finals
2016–17 1st 5th 30 12 9 9 33 25 45 Ahmed Hammoudan 6 Round of 16
2017–18 1st 1st 30 14 10 6 34 23 52 Mehdi Naghmi 13 Round of 16
2018–19 1st 5th 30 9 13 8 27 30 40 Mehdi Naghmi 9 Quarter-finals
2019–20 1st 14th 30 7 11 12 20 36 32 Sofian El Moudane 4 Round of 16
2020–21 1st 8th 30 10 6 14 29 36 36 Axel Méyé 12 Round of 16
2021–22 1st 13th 30 8 9 13 31 41 33 Axel Méyé 12

African competitions


Year Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate Q
2017 CAF Confederation Cup PR AS Douanes 1–0 2–1 3–1
1R AS Kaloum 3–0 0–1 3–1
PO Horoya AC 3–2 0–2 3–4
2018–19 CAF Champions League PR Elect-Sport FC 1–0 0–0 1–0
1R JS Saoura 1–0 0–2 1–2
2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup PO Zamalek SC 0–0 1–3 1–3

Arab competition


Year Competition Round Opponent Score Position Q
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup PR Riffa SC 0–2 2nd
Al-Zawraa SC 3–0
Horseed FC 6–1
Notes

Honours


Winners: 2017–18
Runner-up: 1989-90
Winners: 2000–01, 2014–15

Players



Current squad


As of 11 September 2022[3]

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 Aissa Sioudi (on loan from Wydad AC)
3 DF  MAR Hatim El Ouahabi
4 DF  MAR Ismail El Alami
5 DF  MAR Adnan Souiss
6 MF  MAR Nouaman Aarab
7 FW  MAR Hassan Zraibi
8 MF  MAR Abdelmottalib Faouzi
9 FW  MAR Mouad Ajandouz
10 MF  ALG Abdellah El Moudene
11 FW  MAR Abdellatif Akhrif
12 GK  MAR Imad Askar
13 DF  MAR Oussama Al Aiz
14 MF  MAR Mohamed Said Bouksyr
15 MF  MAR Ayoub Jarfi
16 MF  MAR Mahmoud El Kayssoumi
17 FW  CIV Joé Amian
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  TOG Donou Hubert
19 FW  MAR Jawad Ghabra
21 DF  MAR Mohamed Souboul (on loan from Raja CA)
22 DF  MAR Zakaria Kiani
24 DF  MAR Saber Yazidi
25 FW  SEN Ngagne Fall
27 DF  MAR Ayoub El Rahmmaouy
28 DF  MAR Abdelatif Noussir (Captain)
31 MF  MAR Youssef Benali
33 FW  MAR Bilal El Hankouri
45 FW  GAB Abdou Atchabao
61 MF  MAR Badreddine Bakkali
66 MF  MAR Yassine Dihaz
70 MF  MAR Hamza Hassani
77 MF  MAR Abdelali Asri
94 GK  MAR Badreddine Benachour

From youth squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  MAR Ismail Laghzali

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK  MAR Abdellah Amghar (at JO Ouezzane until 30 June 2023)
DF  MAR Bilal Akhedim (at AUS Ben Tayeb until 30 June 2023)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF  MAR Mourad Hmamou (at AUS Ben Tayeb until 30 June 2023)
MF  MAR Abdlah Rouass (at AUS Ben Tayeb until 30 June 2023)

Former players



Managers



Current technical staff


Position Name
First team head coach Ezzaki Badou
Assistant coach Hassan Fadil
Fitness coach Rachid Blej
Goalkeeping coach Mohammed Bestara
Performance analyst Ahmed Zekhnini
Club doctor Houssine Azizi
Physiotherapists Abdelmonhem Nafie
Delegate Ali Haddou
Hope's team coach Khalid Bahid
Hope's team assistant coach Youssef Sekour
Formation center manager Abdelhakim Ben Saddik

Last updated: 26 August 2022
Source: [citation needed]


Partnerships



See also



References


  1. "Stade Ibn Batouta (Grand Stade de Tanger)". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. "The blue northern club of Tangiers". Archived from the original on 20 October 2016.
  3. "𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐃 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐/𝟐𝟑". clubirt. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  4. writer, staff. "Football: Zaki Officially Becomes Head Coach of IR Tangier". Morocco world news. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. "L'Ittihad de Tanger nomme son nouveau coach". Hespress Français (in French). 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  6. "اتحاد طنجة يفسخ عقد المدرب بادو الزاكي". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  7. "أحكان يكشف تفاصيل الانفصال عن الزاكي". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2022-10-18. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "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.



На других языках


[de] IR Tanger

IR Tanger (arabisch الإتحاد الرياضي لطنجة, DMG al-Ittiḥād ar-riyāḍī li-Ṭanǧa) ist ein marokkanischer Fußballverein aus Tanger. Der Verein wurde 1983 gegründet. Der Klub trug seine Heimspiele bis 2011 im Stade de Marchan in Tanger aus. Danach zog man in das neugebaute Grand Stade de Tanger um.
- [en] Ittihad Tanger

[es] Ittihad Tanger

El Ittihad Riadi Tanger (en árabe, الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة‎, lit.'Unión Deportiva de Tánger'), más conocido como IR Tanger, es un club de fútbol profesional de la ciudad de Tánger en el norte de Marruecos, fue fundado en 1919 y actualmente disputa la Botola Pro la máxima categoría del fútbol en Marruecos. El club posee también otras ramas deportivas como Baloncesto y Voleibol.



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