SCC Mohammédia

Sporting Club Chabab Mohammédia (Arabic: النادي الرياضي شباب المحمدية), known as Chabab Mohammédia, is a Moroccan professional football club based in the city of Mohammedia, currently playing in Botola Pro Inwi. It is the most popular club in the city of Mohammedia, and it remains in the hall of fame of Moroccan football thanks to its players' remarkable role in the 1976 African Cup of Nations won by the Moroccan national team.

Chabab Mohammédia
شبــاب المحمّديـــة

Full name	Sporting Club Chabab Mohammedia
Nickname(s)	Skakem (The dialectal pronunciation of the club's initials, with no exact meaning), "Fedaliens" ...
Founded	1948; 76 years ago (1948) (as Fedala Sport)
Stadium	El Bachir Stadium
Capacity	10,000
Chairman	Hicham Aït Manna
League	Botola
2020–21	9th
Website	Club website

History

Although the club was founded in 1948, it is considered the first club in the city in terms of titles and achievements as well as the popular base compared to Ittihad Mohammedia, created a year before.

Adopted until today, the club has chosen a red and black striped jersey as its official colors, considered one of the most beautiful and charismatic jerseys in national football of all time.

The SCCM was founded by passionated men who could not bear the emptiness left by the withdrawal of the Fedala Sport team after France ended its protectorat on Morocco in 1956.

Thus, the club played in the second division before joining the national elite under the banner of the Royal Football Federation. This promotion was acquired at the end of the 1959–1960 season.

The SCCM had its best period in the 1970s and 1980s. During its golden age, the club was one of the main providers of the national selection which won the only African Cup of Nations on its list of achievements until 'to today: The African Ballon d'Or and historical scorer of the national selection Ahmed Faras, Hassan Amcharrat Tahar Raâd and other players of the golden generation to name a few ...

The quest for the first championship title was carried out in 1980, after winning two Throne Cup titles, the Moroccan domestic cup in 1972 and 1975.

After playing in the Moroccan First Division in 2008–09, in the 2018–19 season Mohammedia was playing in the third division.^[1]

 

Home, Away and 3rd Kit Jerseys provided by Nike

The "Comeback" of Chabab Mohammedia

Chabab Mohammedia, coached by former club and international Rachid Rokki managed the promotion four rounds before the National Amateur League season ended. Mohammedia finished the season as the most scoring (37 goals) and the fewest goals conceded (16 goals) for a total assessment of 16 victories, 6 draws and 4 defeats.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2019 the club announced that Rivaldo will join the club as technical director once promoted to the professional second league, and would become the club's head coach starting from the 2019–20 season. However, Marco Simone became the club's manager in July 2019 and Rivaldo was appointed as a club's counsellor.^{[citation needed]}

Mohamed Amine Benhachem is the current coach of the club, assisted by Hicham Louissi.

Chabab Mohammedia is playing its 40th season in the Botola Pro.

Stadium

Bachir Stadium, is the historical stadium of the club.

The stadium bore the name "Bachir" after Chabab Mohammedia's player during the 1950s and 1960s, Sir Abdessalam Bachir, a promising player who died in a tragic accident.

Bachir Stadium was shared with Union de Mohammédia who is now hosting its Amateur league matches in Alia Stadium, located in the eastern side of the city.

Current squad

As of 1 October 2023^[update]

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 Mehdi Harrar 2 DF   MAR Hamza Errahli 4 DF   MAR Zakaria Drouich 8 MF   MAR Taoufik Safsafi 9 FW   MAR Salaheddine Icharane 10 FW   MAR Marouane Zila 11 FW   MAR Hamza Elowasti 13 DF   MAR Abdelhak Assal 14 MF   MAR Ayoub Adila 16 FW   MAR Zakaria Fatihi 17 DF   MAR Zakaria Nassik 18 FW   MAR Mahmoud Benhalib 19 FW   MAR Kamal El Keraa 20 MF   MAR Marouane Afallah 22 GK   MAR Soufiane Barrouhou 23 MF   MAR Oussama Zemraoui 24 DF   MAR Ayoub Boucheta

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF   MLI Issouf Traoré 29 FW   MAR Aziz Ennakhli 31 DF   MAR Abdallah Ghouraf 34 FW   MAR Abderrazak Ennakouss 41 MF   MAR Ismael Benktib 55 DF   MAR Anas Moulhami 61 FW   MAR Ayoub Ballouchy 70 DF   MAR Hamza Assabbar 77 FW   MAR Oussama Lamlioui 88 GK   TOG Abdoul Moubarak Aïgba 99 GK   MAR Moukhtar Majid — DF   MAR Hamza Bahaj — MF   MAR Zaid Krouch — MF   MAR Ismail Mihrab — FW   MAR Ayoub Lakhal

Honours

Domestic

• Botola^[2]
  • Winners: 1979–80
• Moroccan Throne Cup^[3]
  • Winners: 1972, 1975
  • Runners-up: 1987, 1999
• Moroccan Super Cup^[4]
  • Winners: 1975
• Maghreb Cup Winners Cup^[5]
  • Winners: 1972–73
  • Runners-up: 1974–75

References

1. Mohamed Fajah Barrie (19 January 2019). "Brazilian legend Rivaldo denies joining staff at Moroccan third-tier team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
2. "Morocco – List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
3. "Morocco – List of Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
4. "Morocco – List of Super Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
5. "Maghreb Cup Winners' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 21 September 2022.