Botola

Countries	Morocco
Confederation	CAF
Founded	1956
Number of teams	16
Relegation to	GNF 2
Level on pyramid	Level 1
Domestic cup(s)	Coupe du Trône
International cup(s)	Champions League Confederation Cup Arab Champions League
Current champions	Raja Casablanca (2008-09)
Most championships	Wydad Casablanca (16)
TV partners	Al Aoula, ART Sport, Arryadiya, 2M TV
Website	http://www.frmf.ma
Botola 2009-10

The Botola (Arabic: البطولة المغربية‎) (or GNF 1), is the top division of the Moroccan football league system, the highest football league in Morocco. It is organised by the GNF.

Contents 1 History 2 Sponsorship 3 Broadcasting rights 4 Teams for 2008-09 season 5 Champions 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

The first edition of the Morrocan Football League under the FRMF was held in 1956/1957, just after the independence of Morocco.

[edit] Sponsorship

From 2000 and until 2009, Maroc Telecom is the official sponsor of the Botola for a 15 millions dirham/year contract.

[edit] Broadcasting rights

In December 2006, ART Sport bought a non-exclusive broadcasting rights for $27 million and for four years.

In September 2007, the SNRT Group (Al Aoula, 2M TV and Arryadiya) bought a three seasons contract for 225 millions dirhams.^[1]

Each week, all games of the Botola are broadcasted on live by at least one TV channel

[edit] Teams for 2008-09 season

FAR Rabat KAC Kenitra Difaa El Jadida AS Salé

Chabab Mohammédia IZK Khemisset Hassania Agadir Jeunesse Massira

Maghreb Fez Mouloudia Oujda Kawkab Marrakech Moghreb Athletic Tétouan

OC Khouribga Olympique Safi Wydad Casablanca Raja Casablanca

[edit] Champions

Season	Champion	Runner-up
1956-57	Wydad de Casablanca	Kawkab de Marrakech
1957-58	Kawkab de Marrakech	Wydad de Casablanca
1958-59	Étoile de Casablanca	Wydad de Casablanca
1959-60	KAC de Kénitra	FAR de Rabat
1960-61	FAR de Rabat	Maghreb de Fès
1961-62	FAR de Rabat	Racing de Casablanca
1962-63	FAR de Rabat	Kawkab de Marrakech
1963-64	FAR de Rabat	Stade Marocain
1964-65	Maghreb de Fès	Racing de Casablanca
1965-66	Wydad de Casablanca	Raja Casablanca
1966-67	FAR de Rabat	Renaissance de Settat
1967-68	FAR de Rabat	Renaissance de Settat
1968-69	Wydad de Casablanca	Maghreb de Fès
1969-70	FAR de Rabat	Union de Sidi Kacem
1970-71	Renaissance de Settat	FAR de Rabat
1971-72	Racing de Casablanca	Wydad de Casablanca
1972-73	KAC de Kénitra	FUS de Rabat
1973-74	Raja de Beni Mellal	FUS de Rabat
1974-75	Mouloudia d'Oujda	Maghreb de Fès
1975-76	Wydad de Casablanca	Difaâ d'El Jadida
1976-77	Wydad de Casablanca	Mouloudia d'Oujda
1977-78	Wydad de Casablanca	Maghreb de Fès
1978-79	Maghreb de Fès	KAC de Kénitra
1979-80	SCCM de Mohammédia	Wydad de Casablanca
1980-81	KAC de Kénitra	FUS de Rabat
1981-82	KAC de Kénitra	FUS de Rabat
1982-83	Maghreb de Fès	Renaissance de Berkane
1983-84	FAR de Rabat	Olympique de Khouribga
1984-85	Maghreb de Fès	KAC de Kénitra
1985-86	Wydad de Casablanca	Raja Casablanca
1986-87	FAR de Rabat	Kawkab de Marrakech
1987-88	Raja Casablanca	Kawkab de Marrakech
1988-89	FAR de Rabat	Maghreb de Fès
1989-90	Wydad de Casablanca	IR Tanger
1990-91	Wydad de Casablanca	FAR de Rabat
1991-92	Kawkab de Marrakech	Raja Casablanca
1992-93	Wydad de Casablanca	Raja Casablanca
1993-94	Olympique de Casablanca	Wydad de Casablanca
1994-95	CODM de Meknès	Olympique de Casablanca
1995-96	Raja Casablanca	Olympique de Khouribga
1996-97	Raja Casablanca	Wydad de Casablanca
1997-98	Raja Casablanca	Kawkab Marrakech
1998-99	Raja Casablanca	Kawkab Marrakech
1999-00	Raja Casablanca	Wydad Casablanca
2000-01	Raja Casablanca	FUS de Rabat
2001-02	Hassania Agadir	Wydad Casablanca
2002-03	Hassania Agadir	Raja Casablanca
2003-04	Raja Casablanca	FAR Rabat
2004-05	FAR Rabat	Raja Casablanca
2005-06	Wydad Casablanca	FAR Rabat
2006-07	Olympique Khouribga	FAR Rabat
2007-08	FAR Rabat	IZK Khemisset
2008-09	Raja Casablanca	Difaa El Jadida

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• RSSSF competition history
• all about Moroccan football
• منتدى بطولة كرة القدم المغربية

v • d • e Botola 2009-10 Hassania Agadir · Difaa El Jadida · FAR Rabat · Maghreb Fez · KAC Kenitra · Ittihad Khemisset · Olympique Khouribga · Kawkab Marrakech · Chabab Massira · Wydad de Fès · FUS de Rabat · Raja Casablanca · Olympique Safi · Association Salé · Moghreb Tétouan · Wydad Casablanca

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