IR Tanger
Football club based in Tangier, Morocco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Full name | Ittihad Riadi de Tanger الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة | |||
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Nickname(s) | arousat achamal' (team) Hercules (supporters) | |||
Short name | IRT | |||
Founded | 1936; 88 years ago (1936) as Unión Deportiva España de Tánger officially: 1944; 80 years ago (1944) | |||
Ground | Ibn Batouta Stadium | |||
Capacity | 65,000[1] | |||
Chairman | Mohammed Cherkaoui | |||
Manager | Omar Najhi | |||
League | Botola | |||
2022–23 | 15th of 16 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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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.