Botola Pro D2 Inwi, commonly known as Botola 2 (formerly the ''Groupement National de Football 2''), is the second division of the

Moroccan football league The Moroccan Football League Association was a confederation of football compétitions, under the aegis of the ''North African Football Union''. Since Morocco's independence in 1956, this confederation has ended, giving way to the Royal Morocc ...

, behind the

Botola The Botola Pro (), officially known as the Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Morocco and the top tier of the Moroccan football league system. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Football Prof ...

, Morocco's highest football league. It features 16 teams from across the country that compete for the top two positions, with the top two teams being promoted to the

at the end of the season. Each season, the bottom 3 teams are relegated to the third-level,

GNFA 1 The Amateur National Championship (or ''National'') is the third division of the Moroccan Football League, behind the Botola and the Botola 2. Before 2004 the league was called Rabita Football Amateur 1. History Before 2004, this division was ...

. 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 Ittihad Riadi Tanger (; ), 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. The club was founded in 1936 as Unión Deportiv ...

and

MA Tétouan Moghreb Atlético Tetuán (; acronym MAT) is a Moroccan football club based in Tétouan, was founded on 2 December 1922. MA Tétouan is best known for its professional football team that competes in Botola, the top flight to Moroccan football l ...

are the most successful clubs in the competition, with 6 titles each.

COD Meknès CODM Meknes (), also called Club Omnisports De Meknès is a Moroccan football club based in Meknes. The club came into being when four local teams; Rachad Meknassi, ASTF, Atlas and Alismailia merged on 21 June 1962. Upon formation CODM Meknès ...

is the current title holder.

History

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

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.

Results

Winners after 1996

* 1995–96 :

Hassania Agadir Hassania Union Sport d'Agadir () commonly referred to as Hassania Agadir and known as l'Hassania, or simply as HUSA, is a Moroccan football club based in Agadir. The club was founded on 22 December 1946. It plays its home games at Adrar Stadium ...

* 1996–97 :

MAS Fez Maghreb Fez () is a Moroccan professional Football team, football club based in Fez, Morocco, Fez, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football. The club was founded in 1946. Maghreb Fez, commonly ...

* 1997–98 :

FUS Rabat Fath Union Sport (), commonly known as FUS Rabat, is a Moroccan professional football club based in Rabat and currently playing in the first division. The club was founded on 10 April 1946. 'Fath Union Sport' is the name of the sports club whi ...

* 1998–99 :

RS Settat RS Settat, also called Renaissance Sportive de Settat is a Moroccan football club located in the Moroccan city of Settat. Founded in 1946 the current Chairman is Rachid Azmy and the current manager is Abdellatif Killech. Honours *Botola : 1 : ...

* 1999-00 : RAC Casablanca * 2000–01 :

* 2001–02 : Kénitra AC * 2002–03 :

MC Oujda Mouloudia Club of Oujda (), commonly abbreviated to MC Oudja, is a Moroccan football club based in Oujda. Mouloudia, which closely translates to "birth" in Arabic, was named after the coincidence of the day of its creation: on March 16, 1946 ( ...

* 2003–04 : OC Safi * 2004–05 :

Moghreb Tétouan The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. The region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. The Maghreb al ...

* 2005–06 :

* 2006–07 :

* 2007–08 : AS Salé * 2008–09 :

* 2009–10 : JSK Chabab Kasba Tadla *

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

: CODM Meknès * 2011–12 :

Raja Beni Mellal Raja Beni Mellal is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the second division Botola 2. The club was founded in 1956 and is based in the city of Beni Mellal. History Raja Beni Mellal was founded in 1956 by Monsieur Abdellatif Mesfioui ...

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

Kawkab Marrakech Kawkab Athletic Club of Marrakesh (; KACM) is a Moroccan professional football (soccer), football club based in Marrakech, Marrakesh. The club was founded on 20 September 1947 by Hadj Idriss Talbi. History On 2 May 2023, Kawkab was promoted to ...

* 2013–14 :

Ittihad Khemisset Ittihad Zemmouri Khemisset () is a Moroccan football club based in Khemisset. The club was founded in 1940. They play their home games at Stade du 18 novembre. Honours * Moroccan League First Division **Runners-up (1): 2008 *Coupe du Trône ...

* 2014–15 :

* 2015–16 : Chabab Atlas Khénifra * 2016–17 : Rapide Oued Zem * 2017–18 :

* 2018–19 : Renaissance Zemamra * 2019–20 :

SCC Mohammédia Sporting Club Chabab Mohammédia (), known as Chabab Mohammédia, is a Moroccan professional association football, football club based in the city of Mohammedia, currently playing in Botola, Botola Pro Inwi. It is the most popular club in the cit ...

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

OC Khouribga Olympique Club de Khouribga, known simply as OCK, is a Moroccan professional football club based in Khouribga. History The club was founded in 1923 and is considered one of the oldest clubs in Morocco. The club first entered the first divisio ...

* 2021–22 :

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

: Renaissance Zemamra * 2023–24 :

* 2024–25 : KAC Marrakech

Relegated teams (from Botola to Botola 2)

References

External links

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