Back البطولة الوطنية المغربية Arabic بوطولا 1 ARY الدوري المغربي لكورة القدم ARZ বুতুলাহ Bengali/Bangla Lliga marroquina de futbol Catalan Botola German Πρωτάθλημα ποδοσφαίρου Μαρόκου Greek Liga de Fútbol de Marruecos Spanish Marokoko futbol liga Basque لیگ دسته اول فوتبال مراکش Persian
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| Organising body | Royal Moroccan Football Federation |
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| Founded | 11 June 1915 2012 (current format) |
| Country | Morocco |
| Confederation | CAF |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Botola 2 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Moroccan Throne Cup Moroccan Super Cup (defunct) |
| International cup(s) | CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup |
| Current champions | Raja CA (13th title) (2023–24) |
| Most championships | Wydad AC (22 titles) |
| TV partners | SNRT (Arryadia) |
| Current: 2023–24 Botola | |
The Botola Pro (Arabic: البطولة الإحترافيّة, romanized: al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Moroccan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Botola 2.
Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 30 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away) totaling 240 matches in the season. Most games are played in the afternoons of Saturdays and Sundays, the other games during weekday evenings. It is sponsored by Inwi[1] and thus known as the Botola Pro Inwi. From 2015 to 2019, the league was called Botola Maroc Telecom for sponsorship reasons.
The competition formed as the FRMF on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Botola Pro to break away from the UNAF, which had been founded in 1911, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal. This deal is worth 55 million MAD a year domestically as of 2015–16, with Arryadia securing the domestic rights to broadcast games respectively. The league generates 123 million MAD per year in domestic and international television rights.
The Moroccan top-flight has produced the second-highest number of CAF Champions League titles, with three Moroccan clubs having won seven African trophies in total.[2][3] They also produced the highest number of CAF Confederation Cup titles, with five Moroccan clubs having won seven African confederation trophies.[4]
The current champions are Raja CA who won the title in 2023–24 season with an undefeated record, which is a first in the league's history.[5]
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- ^ "CAF Champions League – Champions". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 2022-12-06. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ^ "CAF Cup and Confederation Cup". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2022-08-15. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Kasraoui, Safaa. "Raja CA wins Moroccan league Undefeated". moroccoworldnews. Retrieved 2024-06-15.