The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) met on Thursday and discussed various topics including the resumption of the national championship. Thus, according to the decision taken by the Executive Committee, the 2021-2022 Botola season will start this month.
The bonus received by Wydad Casablanca (WAC) following their title in the Moroccan "Botola Pros" football league this season amounts to 3 million DH. Fresh air for the club’s coffers, asphyxiated by debts.
Raja of Casablanca has promised a big bonus to its players if they win the CAF Confederation Cup final. A gesture aimed at galvanizing the players who have to play several matches before this final.
The coach of the Moroccan national football team intends to closely follow the last matches of the Botola . The goal is to be able to identify the players who can be part of the national team.
Rumblings within the national women’s first division championship . Clubs are calling on the federation to open an investigation in view of persistent complaints about match-fixing undermining certain matches.
This Saturday evening, Vahid Halilhodzic’s Atlas Lions will host Burkina Faso at the Prince Moulay Abdallah sports complex. A last friendly match that should allow the final adjustments before facing the World Cup qualifiers (Qatar 2022).
In the absence of presentation of anti-coronavirus tests, as required by the health protocol put in place by the FRMF, the authorities of Marrakech refused that the match between Kawkab de Marrakech and Ittihad Zemmouri de Khemisset be played.
In Morocco, Botola clubs are delighted with the decision to postpone the African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup to September. Initially scheduled to start in June, these matches should coincide with the Batola season which is due to end around mid-July.
The Minister of the Interior has instructed local authorities to issue special permits to professional football players and their staff, allowing them to move freely for matches as well as for training sessions in the evenings of Ramadan.
The national team coach, Vahid Halilhodzic, is about to call up seven players from the Botola. These players who stood out during the African Nations Championship (CHAN) will be included on the preliminary list in preparation for the matches against Mauritania and Burundi.
A few weeks after its establishment, the Moroccan Anti-Doping Agency is preparing to launch its controls within the Botola, the Moroccan football championship.
Morocco is still hesitant to open stadiums to supporters. The authorities are waiting to have the results of the vaccination campaign and the observation of the new variant of Covid-19 to authorize the return of the public to the stands.