National (Moroccan football)

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

National

Country	Morocco
Confederation	CAF
Number of clubs	16
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Botola Pro 2
Relegation to	Amateurs I
Domestic cup	Throne Cup
Current champions	Widad Temara (2024–25)
Website	https://lnfa.ma/
Current: 2020–21 National

History

Before 2004, this division was named Rabita Football Amateur 1, then Groupement National de Football Amateurs 1 until the creation of the National League of Amateur Football in 2015. Starting from the season 2017/2018, the division take the name of Amateur National Championship or National and was reorganized on one unique group of 16 teams.^[1]

Winners

Before 2007

Year	Champion North/East	Champion South/Center
2003	Hilal de Nador	UTS Rabat
2004	US Yacoub El Mansour	Youssoufia Berrechid
2005	Union de Sidi Kacem	Wafa Wydad
2006	Tihad Témara	Chabab Houara
2007	Chabab Rif Hoceima	Chez Ali Marrakech

From 2008 to 2009

Year	North	Center	South	East
2008	Stade Marocain	Raja Beni Mellal	Olympique Marrakech	Wydad Fès
2009	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	JS Kasba Tadla	Olympique Youssoufia	Raja Al Hoceima

From 2010 to 2017

Year	Champion North	Champion South
2010	Hilal de Nador	Union Ait Melloul
2011	RS Berkane	Raja Beni Mellal
2012	USM d'Oujda	Olympique Marrakech
2013	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Chabab Houara
2014	Widad Temara	Olympique Dcheira
2015	Rachad Bernoussi	Olympique Marrakech
2016	Union Sidi Kacem	Rapide Oued Zem
2017	USM Oujda	Chabab Ben Guerir

Since 2018

Since 2018, one unique group was created with 16 teams.

Year	Champion
2017–18	JS Soualem[2]
2018–19	SCC Mohammédia[3]
2019–20	Union de Touarga[4]
2020–21	USM d'Oujda[5]
2021–22	Widad Témara[6]
2022–23	Kawkab Marrakech[7]
2023–24	US Yacoub Mansour[8][9]
2024–25	Widad Témara[10]

Relegated clubs

Relegated teams (from Botola Pro 2 to National)

Season	Relegated from Botola Pro 2
2006–07	Stade Marocain, RS Berkane
2007–08	UTS Rabat, HA Nador
2008–09	Olympique Marrakech, CWW Casablanca
2009–10	CA Khénifra, RS Settat, US Sidi Kacem
2010–11	Raja Al Hoceima, IR Fkih Ben Salah, SCC Mohammedia, HA Nador
2011–12	Chabab Houara, Stade Marocain
2012–13	TAS Casablanca, Olympique Marrakech
2013–14	Rachad Bernoussi, USM Oujda
2014–15	Chabab Houara, Union Mohammedia
2015–16	Olympique Marrakech, COD Meknès
2016–17	USM Aït Melloul, US Témara
2017–18	Rachad Bernoussi, USM Oujda
2018–19	JS Massira, JS Kasba Tadla
2019–20	US Sidi Kacem, CR Al-Hoceima
2020–21	Kénitra AC, WS Temara
2021–22	TAS Casablanca, KAC Marrakech
2022–23	IZ Khemisset, WS Témara
2023–24	CIS Marrakech, AS Salé
2024–25	CAY Berrechid, RC Oued Zem, OC Khouribga