IR Tanger

IR Tanger
اتحاد طنجة
Full nameIttihad Riadi de Tanger
الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة
Nickname(s)Faris Al Boughaz' (team)
Hercules (supporters)
Short nameIRT
Founded1936 (1936)
as Unión Deportiva España de Tánger
officially: 1944 (1944)
GroundIbn Batouta Stadium
Capacity65,000[1]
ChairmanMohammed Cherkaoui
ManagerHilal Et-Tair
LeagueBotola
2023–2412th of 16
Websitehttp://irtfoot.ma/
Current season

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]

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.

  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. ^ "Ittihad Tanger". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.

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