Sporting Club Chabab Mohammédia (), known as Chabab Mohammédia, is a Moroccan professional

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club based in the city of

Mohammedia Mohammedia (), known until 1960 as Fedala (), is a port city on the west coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat in the region of Casablanca-Settat. It hosts the most important oil refinery of Morocco, Samir Refinery, which makes it the cen ...

, 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

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won by the Moroccan national team.

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.

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. In January 2019 the club announced that

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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,

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became the club's manager in July 2019 and

was appointed as a club's counsellor. Mohamed Amine Benhachem is the current coach of the club, assisted by

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. Chabab Mohammedia is playing its 40th season in the

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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

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who is now hosting its Amateur league matches in Alia Stadium, located in the eastern side of the city.

Current squad

Honours

Domestic

Botola The Botola Pro (), officially known as the Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Morocco and the top tier of the Moroccan football league system. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Football Prof ...

**Winners: 1979–80 *

Moroccan Throne Cup The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup () is a knockout football tournament in Moroccan football, organized by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.The first club to win this cup was Mouloudia Oujda. Since the inception of the cup, the sy ...

**Winners:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

**Runners-up:

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Moroccan Super Cup The Moroccan Super Cup was a one-match football tournament that was held at the end of each season between the Moroccan League champion and the Moroccan Throne Cup champion. History This cup was initially called the Federal Cup and then late ...

**Winners: 1975 *

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**Winners: 1972–73 **Runners-up: 1974–75

References

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