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Botola Pro D2
View on Wikipedia| Founded | 11 June 1915[note 1] |
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| Country | Morocco |
| Confederation | CAF |
| Number of clubs | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 2 |
| Promotion to | Botola Pro |
| Relegation to | Amateur National |
| Domestic cup(s) | Throne Cup Excellence Cup |
| International cup | CAF Confederation Cup |
| Current champions | KAC Marrakech (2024–25) |
| Most championships | Moghreb Tétouan & IR Tanger (6 times) |
| Website | frmf.ma |
| Current: 2025–26 Botola Pro 2 | |
The Botola Pro 2 (Arabic: البطولة الوطنية الإحترافية الثانية, romanized: al-Buṭūla al-Waṭaniyya al-Iḥtirāfiyya al-thaania, lit. "Professional National Championship 2"), officially known as the Botola Pro 2 Inwi for sponsorship reasons,[1] is a professional association football league in Morocco and the second tier of the Moroccan football league system. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel (LNFP), under the authority of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), the league features 16 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Botola Pro.[2]
The league was created on June 11, 1915, in Morocco during the French protectorate, by the Moroccan Federation of Athletic Sports (FMSA), and was governed by the FMSA until 1922, when the League of Morocco of Football Association took over.
IR Tanger and MA Tétouan are the most successful clubs in the competition, with 6 titles each. KAC Marrakech is the current title holder.
History
[edit]From 1915 to 1957, during the French Protectorate in Morocco, the Moroccan national championship was administered by three federations: USFSA - CR Maroc (1915 to 1917), Fédération Marocaine des Sports Athlétiques (1917 to 1921), and the Moroccan League of Association Football (1921 to 1957).
The championship of the first division promotion, as it was known since its founding in 1924, ran concurrently with the Moroccan Division of Honour competition and consisted of two groups: North and South. The clubs who placed first and second in each of the division's two regions—the Chaouia League and the Sultanate League—advanced to the semi-finals, where a single champion and runner-up would face off.
During Morocco's French Protectorate, which ran from 1915 to 1956
[edit]The Independence Cup was established in 1956, the year of independence, to divide the clubs into various categories for the next United Kingdom championship season. To replace the clubs below (the French protectors' clubs) in the first division, the top teams in the competition that are not among the elite would compete in play-off matches.[3]
Winners
[edit]After 1996
[edit]- 1995–96 : Hassania Agadir
- 1996–97 : MAS Fez
- 1997–98 : FUS Rabat
- 1998–99 : RS Settat
- 1999–00 : RAC Casablanca
- 2000–01 : IR Tanger
- 2001–02 : Kénitra AC
- 2002–03 : MC Oujda
- 2003–04 : OC Safi
- 2004–05 : Moghreb Tétouan
- 2005–06 : MAS Fez
- 2006–07 : FUS Rabat
- 2007–08 : AS Salé
- 2008–09 : FUS Rabat
- 2009–10 : JS Kasba Tadla
- 2010–11 : CODM Meknès
- 2011–12 : Raja Beni Mellal
- 2012–13 : Kawkab Marrakech
- 2013–14 : Ittihad Khemisset[4]
- 2014–15 : IR Tanger[5]
- 2015–16 : Chabab Atlas Khénifra[6]
- 2016–17 : Rapide Oued Zem[7]
- 2017–18 : MC Oujda[8]
- 2018–19 : Renaissance Zemamra[9]
- 2019–20 : SCC Mohammédia[10]
- 2020–21 : OC Khouribga[11]
- 2021–22 : Moghreb Tétouan[12]
- 2022–23 : Renaissance Zemamra[13][14]
- 2023–24 : COD Meknès[15]
- 2024–25 : KAC Marrakech[16]
Relegated clubs
[edit]Relegated teams (From Botola Pro to Botola Pro 2) since 1986
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Inwi, nouveau sponsor de la Botola". Le 360 Sport Français (in French). Retrieved 2025-05-21.
- ^ "Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel". Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (in French). Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Bassam Nejjar (7 December 2012). "Le football à l'aube de l'indépendance". Zamane. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more 2013–14". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more 2014–15". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ "goalzz.com: Live sports scores, news and more Botola 2015–16". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ^ MATIN, Abderrahmane Ichi, LE (20 May 2017). "Une première historique pour Rapid Oued Zem". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2022-10-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "مولودية وجدة ويوسفية برشيد يصعدان إلى الصفوة". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ "نهضة الزمامرة يصعد إلى قسم الكبار لأول مرة في تاريخ الكرة المغربية". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ Hatim, Yahia. "Chabab Mohammedia, Maghreb Fez Return to Morocco's Top Football Division". Morocco world news. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Staff writer. "Olympique de Khouribga promoted to the first division". Morocco latest news. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Staff writer. "A year after its relegation, Moghreb Tetouan returns to Botola Pro D1". Morocco latest news. Archived from the original on April 17, 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ mlnadmin (2023-06-18). "The Youssoufia of Berrechid and the Renaissance Zemamra find the D1". Morocco Latest News. Archived from the original on June 18, 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "الزمامرة وبرشيد يصعدان إلى القسم الأول". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2023-06-18. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
- ^ "النادي المكناسي يعود إلى القسم الأول". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ mouhcine (2025-05-14). "الكوكب المراكشي يعود للدوري الاحترافي". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Came under the authority of the FRMF in 1956.
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