2024–25 Botola

Botola

Season	2024–25
Dates	30 August 2024 – June 2025
Matches played	152
Goals scored	342 (2.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cheickna Samaké (8 goals)
Biggest away win	SCC Mohammédia 0–5 AS FAR (30 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Fath US 4–0 SCC Mohammédia (15 September 2024) AS FAR 4–0 COD Meknès (25 September 2024) Fath US 5–1 COD Meknès (23 December 2024)
Longest winning run	RS Berkane (6 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	RS Berkane (14 matches)
Longest winless run	SCC Mohammédia (19 matches)
Longest losing run	SCC Mohammédia (6 matches)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 29 December 2024.

The 2024–25 Botola Pro, also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons, will be the 68th season of the Botola, the highest tier football league of Morocco.Raja CA are the defending champions, and COD Meknès and Difaâ El Jadidi are the two newly promoted teams.

The fixtures were released on Friday 10 August at 21:00 UTC.

The summer transfer window opened on Monday 1 July 2024 and closed at 22:59 UTC on Thursday 19 September 2024. Meanwhile, the winter window will open on Wednesday 1 January 2025 and will close at 23:00 on Friday 31 January 2025.[1]

Teams

A total of 16 teams contest the league, including 14 sides from the 2023–24 season and 2 promoting teams from 2023–24 Botola 2.

Stadium and locations

IRT

MAT

RSB

FAR

FUS

UTS

CODM

MAS

SCCM

WAC

RCA

JSS

RCAZ

DHJ

OCS

HUSA

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Locations of the 2024–25 Botola teams

Team name	Acronym	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AS FAR	ASFAR	Rabat	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium	45,000
COD Meknès	CODM	Meknès	Honneur Stadium	20,000
Difaâ El Jadidi	DHJ	El Jadida	Stade El Abdi	10,000
Fath Union Sport	FUS	Rabat	Stade Moulay Hassan	12,000
Hassania Agadir	HUSA	Agadir	Stade Adrar	45,480
IR Tanger	IRT	Tanger	Stade Ibn Batouta	65,000
JS Soualem	JSS	Soualem	Stade Municipal de Berrechid	5,000
Maghreb de Fès	MAS	Fez	Fez Stadium	45,000
Moghreb Tétouan	MAT	Tétouan	Saniat Rmel	10,000
Olympic Safi	OCS	Safi	Stade El Massira	15,000
Raja CA	RCA	Casablanca	Mohammed V Stadium	45,891
RCA Zemamra	RCAZ	Zemamra	Stade Ahmed Choukri	5,000
RS Berkane	RSB	Berkane	Berkane Municipal Stadium	15,000
Chabab Mohammédia	SCCM	Mohammédia	Stade El Bachir	15,000
Union de Touarga	UTS	Rabat	Stade Moulay Hassan	12,000
Wydad AC	WAC	Casablanca	Mohammed V Stadium	45,891

Personnel and kits

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors (front)
AS FAR	Hubert Velud	Mohamed Rabie Hrimat	Uhlsport
COD Meknès	Abdellatif Jrindou	Mouhcine Rabja	AB Sport	Biougnach, InterPub^1, Dante^2
DH El Jadidi	Zakaria Aboub	Youssef Aguerdoum	Jako	TGCC, Mazagan
FUS Rabat	Saïd Chiba	El Mehdi El Bassil	Uhlsport	Novec, Cosumar^3, LafargeHolcim Maroc^1
HUS Agadir	Abdelhadi Sektioui	Yassine Rami	Bang Sports	Afriquia, Skoda^1, Moov'up^2
IR Tanger	Hilal Et-tair	Nouaman Aarab	Gloria Sport	Tanger-Med
JS Soualem	Redouane El Haimeur	Jad Assouab	Bang Sports	MARSBET, Asta
Maghreb AS	Guglielmo Arena	Achraf Harmach	Kappa	TGCC, Asta^1
MA Tétouan	Mohammed Benchrifa	Zaid Krouch	Comba Sport	Tanger-Med, Cafés Carrion^1, Municipality of Tetouan^2
OC Safi	Amine El Karma	Mohamed El Mourabit	Bang Sports	Fitco, ocstore.ma^1
Raja CA	Hafid Abdessadek (interim)	Anas Zniti	Umbro	1xBet, Kayna, Sofac^3, Nor'Dar, Marsa Maroc^1, Anker^2^3
RCA Zemamra	Mohamed Amine Benhachem	Abdelkhalek Ahmidouch	Bang Sports	IGASER
RS Berkane	Mouin Chaâbani	Issoufou Dayo	Bang Sports	Thé Dahmiss, GoldVision^1, National Gaz^1
SCC Mohammédia	Redouane Derdouri	Abdelhak Assal	Chabab	Sabera Plast
US Touarga	Abdelouahed Zamrat	Achraf Harmach	Macron
Wydad AC	Rhulani Mokwena	Jamal Harkass	Macron	Ingelec, Boule d'Or^1, Sama Immobilier^1, Alitkane^2

1. ^ On the back of shirt.

2. ^ On the sleeves.

3. ^ On the shorts.

Additionally, referee kits are made by Puma.

Managerial changes

Teams	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Fath US	Jamal Sellami	End of contract	22 June 2024	Pre-season	Saïd Chiba[2]	23 July 2024
COD Meknès	Abdelaziz Dnibi		23 June 2024		Abdelhay Ben Soltane[3]	9 July 2024
Wydad AC	Aziz Ben Askar		23 June 2024		Rhulani Mokwena[4]	11 July 2024
OC Safi	Adil Serraj (interim)	End of caretaker spell	27 June 2024		Amine El Karma	27 June 2024
MAS Fez	Abdelhay Ben Soltane	Mutual consent	June 2024		Guglielmo Arena[5]	28 July 2024
AS FAR	Nasreddine Nabi	End of contract	3 July 2024		Czesław Michniewicz[6]	13 July 2024
Raja CA	Josef Zinnbauer	Mutual consent	22 July 2024		Rusmir Cviko[7]	25 July 2024
SCC Mohammédia	Noureddine Ziyati	Sacked	August 2024		Redouane Derdouri	August 2024
Moghreb Tétouan	Abdellatif Jrindou	Mutual consent	17 August 2024		Dalibor Starčević[8]	18 August 2024
Raja CA	Rusmir Cviko	Sacked	28 September 2024		Abdelkrim Jinani (interim)	28 September 2024
Raja CA	Abdelkrim Jinani (interim)	End of caretaker spell	9 October 2024		Ricardo Sá Pinto[9]	10 October 2024
AS FAR	Czesław Michniewicz	Mutual consent	15 October 2024		Hubert Velud[10]	16 October 2024
Difaâ El Jadidi	José Paixão		13 October 2024		Zakaria Aboub[11]	13 October 2024
Moghreb Tétouan	Dalibor Starčević		13 October 2024		Aziz El Amri[12]	15 October 2024
COD Meknès	Abdelhay Ben Soltane	Sacked	2 December 2024	14th	Abdellatif Jrindou[13]	4 December 2024
Moghreb Tétouan	Aziz El Amri		21 December 2024	15th	Mohamed Lakhal (interim)	21 December 2024
Raja CA	Ricardo Sá Pinto	Mutual consent	20 December 2024	6th	Hafid Abdessadek (interim)	20 December 2024
Moghreb Tétouan	Mohamed Lakhal (interim)	End of caretaker spell	6 January 2025	15th	Mohammed Benchrifa[14]	6 January 2025

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	RS Berkane	19	14	4	1	31	9	+22	46	Qualification for Champions League
2	RCA Zemamra	19	11	4	4	25	13	+12	37
3	AS FAR	19	9	7	3	29	14	+15	34	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Wydad AC	19	9	6	4	27	20	+7	33
5	FUS Rabat	19	9	5	5	30	16	+14	32
6	MAS Fès	19	9	5	5	22	15	+7	32
7	Olympic Safi	19	8	5	6	23	22	+1	29
8	Raja CA	19	6	7	6	20	19	+1	25
9	IR Tanger	19	5	8	6	20	22	−2	23
10	Difaâ El Jadidi	19	6	5	8	22	28	−6	23
11	Union de Touarga	19	5	7	7	22	23	−1	22
12	COD Meknès	19	5	7	7	18	29	−11	22
13	Hassania Agadir	19	6	3	10	19	22	−3	21	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	JS Soualem	19	5	6	8	15	22	−7	21
15	MA Tétouan	19	2	4	13	11	24	−13	10	Relegation to Botola 2
16	SCC Mohammédia	19	0	3	16	8	44	−36	3

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2025. Source: FRMF.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2a) Head-to-head goal difference if they are two teams with equal points; 2b) Goal difference if they are more than two teams with equal points; 3) Number of wins; 4) Goals scored; 5) Play-off between involved teams.

See also

• 2024–25 CAF Champions League
• 2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup
• 2024–25 Moroccan Women's Championship
• 2024–25 Moroccan Throne Cup
• 2024–25 Excellence Cup
• 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

References

1. Moutmaine, Youssef (2024-06-20). "Botola D1 et D2 : voici les dates du début et de fin du mercato pour la saison prochaine". Le Matin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-10.
2. "Said Chiba nouvel entraineur du FUS Rabat" [Said Chiba new coach of FUS Rabat]. menara.ma. 23 July 2024.
3. "النادي المكناسي يتعاقد مع المدرب التونسي عبد الحي بن سلطان" [Meknes Club signs a contract with Tunisian coach Abdelhay Ben Soltane]. medi1news.com. 9 July 2024.
4. "Rhulani Mokwena named Morocco giants Wydad head coach just seven days after Sundowns exit". news24.com. 11 July 2024.
5. "المغرب الفاسي يتعاقد مع المدرب الإيطالي أرينا وشهاب مديرا رياضيا" [MAS Fes signs contract with Italian coach Arena and Chahab as sports director]. atlas24.ma. 28 July 2024.
6. "Botola: le Polonais Czeslaw Michniewicz nouvel entraineur de l'AS FAR" [Botola: Polish Czeslaw Michniewicz new coach of AS FAR]. h24info.ma. 13 July 2024.
7. "Raja Casablanca Appoint Bosnian Cviko as New Coach". 2m.ma. 26 July 2024.
8. "الماط يتعاقد مع المدرب الكرواتي داليبور ستاركيفيتش" [MAT signs with Croatian coach Dalibor Starčević]. matfoot.com. 18 August 2024.
9. "ريكاردو سبيستو رسميا بالرجاء" [Ricardo Sá Pinto officially joins Raja]. rajacasablanca.com. 10 October 2024.
10. "Football: qui est Hubert Velud, le nouvel entraineur de l'AS FAR?" [Football: who is Hubert Velud, the new coach of AS FAR?]. telquel.ma. 16 October 2024.
11. "Zakaria Abboub, nouvel entraîneur du Difaa d'El Jadida" [Zakaria Abboub, new entraîneur of Difaa d’El Jadida]. lematin.ma. 13 October 2024.
12. "المغرب التطواني يتعاقد مع الإطار الوطني عزيز العامري لقيادة الفريق" [Moghreb Tetouan signs contract with national coach Aziz El Amri to lead the team]. matfoot.com. 15 October 2024.
13. "Football: Abdellatif Jrindou, nouvel entraîneur du COD Meknès" [Football: Abdellatif Jrindou, new coach of COD Meknes]. telquel.ma. 5 December 2024.
14. "تعيين محمد بنشريفة مدربا للفريق" [Mohamed Bencherifa appointed as team coach]. matfoot.com. 6 January 2025.

External links

• frmf.ma