Nahdat Berkane

Renaissance de Berkane

Full name	Renaissance Sportive de Berkane النهضة الرياضية البركانية
Nickname(s)	Orange Boys
Founded	1938
Ground	Honneur Stadium Oujda, Morocco
Capacity	30,000
Coach	Youssef Lemrini
League	Botola
2013–14	9th
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Nahdat Berkane (Arabic: النهضة الرياضية البركانية‎) or RS Berkane (Renaissance Sportive de Berkane) is a Moroccan sports club based in Berkane, Morocco. The club's football team is currently playing in the first division of Moroccan championship Botola. The club finished in the 2nd place in the Botola 2 in the 2011–12 season, which led to the promotion to the first division.

History

The club was founded in 1938 under the name of Association Sportive de Berkane. In 1953, the club was named Union Sportive Musulmane de Berkane. In 1966 it was renamed Union Sportive de Berkane and in the same year, a new club was founded under the name of Chabab Riadhi de Berkane.

In 1971, both team merged to make Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (Nahdat Berkane). This merger was beneficial for the club, it accesses in 1st division in 1977-1978.

Achievements

• Moroccan Championship

Runner-up: 1983

• Moroccan Cup

Finalist: 1987

Current squad

As of 2 April 2014.^[1]

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

No. Position Player GK Mounir Lemrabet GK Adil Rezzaki GK Jamal Hamdaoui DF Mohamad Aziz DF Mehdi Baltam DF Mustapha El Khalfi DF Mohamed Konate DF Mohamed Raadouni DF Ismail Sardi DF Adil Serraj MF Lahcen Akhmis MF Othmane Bennay MF Abdelmoula Berrabeh

No. Position Player MF Ayoub Chorti MF Adil El Hassnaoui MF Amine El Kass MF Abdellah Lahoua MF Najji Larbi MF Ahmed Sahmoudi MF Ahmed Talbi MF Mohamed Zarifi MF Mohamed Amine El Aqmari MF Mohamed Berrabeh FW Wissam Baraka FW Chansley Samba FW Mamadou Soro Nanga FW Cheïbane Traoré

Managers

• bertrand marchand (Oct 16, 2012–June 17, 2013)
• Umberto Barberis (July 1, 2013–Oct 30, 2013)
• Youssef Lemrini (Oct 30, 2013–)

References

1. Berkane RSB Berkane - Les Marocains de l'équipe Mountakhab.net.