Botola

The Botola Pro (Arabic: البطولة الإحترافيّة, romanized: al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya) (Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵍⵖⵓⵖⴰ ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵍⵏⴰⵡⵜ ⵜⴰⵙⴰⴷⵓⵔⴰⵏⵜ), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs.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.[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.The new organisation under the Royal Moroccan Football Federation took place in January 1957, Wydad AC was crowned with the edition of the 1956–57 season, which was its sixth title.This period coincided with the emergence of Raja CA on the scene International in the African Champions League and Club World Cup.[37] Botola has been ranked in the top 40 world's strongest national league of the decade by International Federation of Football History & Statistics.During the course of a season (from August to May) each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents', for 30 games.If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank.The third-place team and Coupe du Trône winner qualify to participate in the African Confederation Cup.[43] In September 2007, the SNRT Group (Al Aoula, 2M TV and Arryadia) paid 225 million dirhams for the rights to broadcast the following three seasons of the Botola.Hassania Agadir, Olympique Club de Khouribga, Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi and Fath Union Sport are the joint fourth-most participating Moroccan team in the Champions League with Maghreb de Fès — after Raja CA, Wydad AC and AS FAR.
Botola trophy
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