Moroccan Throne Cup

The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup (Arabic: كأس العرش) is a knockout football tournament in Moroccan football, organized by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.The first club to win this cup was Mouloudia Oujda. Since the inception of the cup, the system has been one-match, but this system has been modified back and forth.

Throne Cup

Organising body	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Founded	1956; 69 years ago (1956)
Region	Morocco
Qualifier for	CAF Confederation Cup
Current champions	OC Safi (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	AS FAR (12 titles)
Website	frmf.ma
2024–25 Moroccan Throne Cup

The Throne Cup champion qualifies directly to the CAF Confederation Cup, but if the cup champion is the same as the league champion in that season or a participant in the CAF Champions League, the club that played the final is the one that compensates the winner in the external competition.

AS FAR is the club most crowned with the title having 12 titles.

The current champions are OC Safi who defeated RS Berkane 1-1 (5-6 P) in the final played on 29-06-2025.

History

Mohammed V of Morocco and Haj Benjelloun in the 1957 Throne Cup final

MC Oujda winner of the 1960 Throne Cup

Before independence

National knockout competitions had already taken place prior to Morocco's independence in 1956, starting with CA Marocain's victory in the Coupe du Sultan in 1916. CA Casablanca, Olympique Marocain, USM Casablanca, and US Fès were among the other early winners. The competition changed its name to the Coupe Coloniale du Maroc in the 1930s, when teams such as Majd Al-Madina, SA Marrakech, Racing Casablanca, Maghreb SR, and ASPTT Casablanca won championships. With five victories, USM Casablanca dominated this era. The 1956 final was never contested, and USD Meknès was the last known champion in 1952. Despite their history, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation does not formally recognise these competitions; instead, it views the 1956–1957 Coupe du Trône as the only national cup.^[1]

After Independence: Birth of the Throne Cup

The Moroccan Throne Cup, known in French as Coupe du Trône, is the oldest official football cup competition in Morocco. It was first held in the 1956–57 season, shortly after Morocco gained independence, making it a symbolic tournament that reflects both national pride and footballing heritage.^[2]

From its inception, the competition has adopted a knockout format, open to clubs from all tiers of the Moroccan football league system. This inclusive structure allows amateur and lower-division clubs the rare opportunity to face top-tier teams, often producing surprise results and "giant-killing" stories that have become part of the cup’s unique charm.

The first-ever winner of the Throne Cup was MC Oujda, who also won the first two editions consecutively (1957, 1958), marking a strong early presence.^[3][4] Over time, however, AS FAR (the Royal Army team) became the tournament’s most successful club, winning the title a record 12 times, followed closely by Wydad AC and FAR’s traditional rivals Raja CA.

The final is typically played at neutral venues and is one of the most watched domestic matches in Moroccan football. Notable stadiums such as Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca and Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat have hosted many finals over the years.

In addition to the prestige, the winner of the Throne Cup earns qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup, adding a continental dimension to the stakes. The cup also plays a vital role in giving exposure to young talents and smaller clubs, sometimes acting as a springboard for players’ careers.

The competition has survived through decades of Moroccan football evolution, political transitions, and club transformations, and continues to be a key highlight of the national football calendar. It represents not just sporting glory but also a deep connection between football and Moroccan national identity.

Format

The current format features 4 preliminary rounds and the final phase. All games are one-legged.

The final phase starts with the Round of 32 where the 16 teams qualified from the fourth round are joined by all 16 Botola teams. Draws are "blind", meaning a Botola team can be drawn in one match with a team from the same league. The Round of 32 is followed by the Round of 16 matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. Although not only one stadium has hosted the final, it is usually played in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.

Results of finals

No.	Season	Winner (Number of titles)	Score	Runner-up	Ref
1	1956–57	Mouloudia Oujda (1)	*1–1	Wydad Casablanca	[5]
2	1957–58	Mouloudia Oujda (2)	2–1	Wydad Casablanca	[6]
3	1958–59	AS FAR (1)	1–0	Mouloudia Oujda	[7]
4	1959–60	Mouloudia Oujda (3)	1–0	FUS de Rabat	[8]
5	1960–61	KAC Kenitra (1)	1–0	Wydad Casablanca	[9]
6	1961–62	Mouloudia Oujda (4)	1–0	Kawkab Marrakesh	[10]
7	1962–63	Kawkab Marrakesh (1)	3–2 (aet)	Hassania Agadir	[11]
8	1963–64	Kawkab Marrakesh (2)	3–2	Wydad Casablanca	[12]
9	1964–65	Kawkab Marrakesh (3)	3–1	Raja CA	[13]
10	1965–66	CODM Meknès (1)	2–0	MAS Fès	[14]
11	1966–67	FUS de Rabat (1)	2–1	RS Settat	[15]
12	1967–68	Racing Casablanca (1)	1–0 (aet)	Raja CA	[16]
13	1968–69	Renaissance Settat (1)	2–1 (aet)	KAC Kenitra	[17]
14	1969–70	Wydad Casablanca (1)	1–0	Renaissance Settat	[18]
15	1970–71	AS FAR (2)	1–1 (aet, 8–7 pens)	MAS Fès	[19]
16	1971–72	Final Chabab Mohammédia vs Racing Casablanca not played. Title goes to SCCM by a draw.			[20]
17	1972–73	FUS de Rabat (2)	3–2	Ittihad Khemisset	[21]
18	1973–74	Raja CA (1)	1–0	MAS Fès	[22]
19	1974–75	SCC Mohammédia (2)	2–0	Union Sidi Kacem	[23]
20	1975–76	FUS de Rabat (3)	1–0	KAC Kenitra	[24]
21	1976–77	Raja CA (2)	1–0 (aet)	Difaa El Jadida	[25]
22	1977–78	Wydad Casablanca (2)	3–0	Renaissance Kénitra	[26]
23	1978–79	Wydad Casablanca (3)	2–1	SCC Mohammédia	[27]
24	1979–80	MAS Fès (1)	1–0	Union Sidi Kacem	[28]
25	1980–81	Wydad Casablanca (4)	2–1	CODM Meknès	[29]
26	1981–82	Raja CA (3)	1–0	Renaissance Kénitra	[30]
27	1982–83	Olympique Casablanca (1)	1–1 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Raja CA	[31]
28	1983–84	AS FAR (3)	1–0	Renaissance Kénitra	[32]
29	1984–85	AS FAR (4)	3–0	Difaa El Jadida	[33]
30	1985–86	AS FAR(5)	3–1	Difaa El Jadida	[34]
31	1986–87	Kawkab Marrakesh (4)	4–0	Renaissance Berkane	[35]
32	1987–88	MAS Fès (2)	0–0 (4–3 pens)	AS FAR	[36]
33	1988–89	Wydad Casablanca (5)	2–0	Olympique Khouribga	[37]
34	1989–90	Olympique Casablanca (2)	0–0 (aet, 4–2 pens)	AS FAR	[38]
35	1990–91	Kawkab Marrakesh (5)	2–1	KAC Kenitra	[39]
36	1991–92	Olympique Casablanca (3)	1–0	Raja CA	[40]
37	1992–93	Kawkab Marrakesh (6)	1–0	MAS Fès	[41]
38	1993–94	Wydad Casablanca (6)	1–0	Olympique Khouribga	[42]
39	1994–95	FUS de Rabat (4)	2–0	Olympique Khouribga	[43]
40	1995–96	Raja CA (4)	1–0 (aet)	AS FAR	[44]
41	1996–97	Wydad Casablanca (7)	1–0 (aet)	Kawkab Marrakesh	[45]
42	1997–98	Wydad Casablanca (8)	2–1	AS FAR	[46]
43	1998–99	AS FAR (6)	1–0 (aet)	SCC Mohammédia	[47]
44	1999–2000	Majd Casablanca (1)	1–1 (aet, 8–7 pens)	RS Settat	[48]
45	2000–01	Wydad Casablanca (9)	1–0 (aet)	MAS Fès	[49]
46	2001–02	Raja CA (5)	2–0	MAS Fès	[50]
47	2002–03	AS FAR (7)	1–0	Wydad Casablanca	[51]
48	2003–04	AS FAR (8)	0–0 (aet, 3–0 pens)	Wydad Casablanca	[52]
49	2004–05	Raja CA (6)	0–0 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Olympique Khouribga	[53]
50	2005–06	Olympique Khouribga (1)	1–0	Hassania Agadir	[54]
51	2006–07	AS FAR (9)	1–1 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Rachad Bernoussi	[55]
52	2007–08	AS FAR (10)	1–0 (aet)	MAS Fès	[56]
53	2008–09	AS FAR (11)	1–1 (aet, 5–4 pens)	FUS de Rabat	[57]
54	2009–10	FUS de Rabat (5)	2–1	MAS Fès	[58]
55	2010–11	MAS Fès (3)	1–0[59]	CODM Meknès	[60]
56	2011–12	Raja CA (7)	0–0 (aet, 5–4 pens)	AS FAR	[61]
57	2012–13	Difaa El Jadida (1)	0–0 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Raja CA	[62]
58	2013–14	FUS de Rabat (6)	2–0	Renaissance Berkane	[63]
59	2014–15	Olympique Khouribga (2)	0–0 (aet, 4–1 pens)	FUS de Rabat	[64]
60	2015–16	MAS Fès (4)	2–1 (aet)	Olympic Safi	[65]
61	2016–17	Raja CA (8)	1–1 (aet, 3–1 pens)	Difaa El Jadida	[66]
62	2017–18	Renaissance Berkane (1)	2–2 (aet, 3–2 pens)	Wydad Fès	[67]
63	2018–19	TAS de Casablanca (1)	2–1	Hassania Agadir	[68]
64	2020-21	AS FAR (12)	3–0	Moghreb Tétouan	[69]
65	2021–22	Renaissance Berkane (2)	0–0 (aet, 3–2 pens)	Wydad Casablanca	[70]
66	2022–23	Renaissance Berkane (3)	1–0 (aet)	Raja CA	[71]
67	2023–24	Raja CA (9)	2–1	ASFAR	[72]
68	2024–25	OC Safi (1)	1–1 (aet, 6–5 pens)	Renaissance Berkane	[73]

• Mouloudia Oujda won because they scored first

Performance

Performance by clubs

List of football clubs ranked by total wins and runners-up.^[74]

Club	Winners	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
AS FAR	12	6	1959, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2020	1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2012, 2023
Wydad Casablanca	9	7	1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001	1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 2003, 2004, 2021
Raja CA	9	6	1974, 1977, 1982, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2017, 2023	1965, 1968, 1983, 1992, 2013, 2022
FUS de Rabat	6	3	1967, 1973, 1976, 1995, 2010, 2014	1960, 2009, 2015
Kawkab Marrakesh	6	2	1963, 1964, 1965, 1987, 1991, 1993	1962, 1997
MAS Fès	4	8	1980, 1988, 2011, 2016	1966, 1971, 1974, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
Mouloudia Oujda	4	1	1957, 1958, 1960, 1962	1959
Renaissance Berkane	3	3	2018, 2021, 2022	1987, 2014, 2024
Olympique Casablanca	3	-	1983, 1990, 1992
Olympique Khouribga	2	4	2006, 2015	1989, 1994, 1995, 2005
Chabab Mohammédia	2	2	1972, 1975	1979, 1999
Difaa El Jadida	1	4	2013	1977, 1985, 1986, 2017
KAC Kenitra	1	3	1961	1969, 1976, 1991
RS Settat	1	3	1969	1967, 1970, 2000
CODM Meknès	1	2	1966	1981, 2011
Racing Casablanca	1	1	1968	1972
Olympic Safi	1	1	2024	2016
Majd Casablanca	1	-	2000
TAS Casablanca	1	-	2019
Hassania Agadir	-	3		1963, 2006, 2019
Renaissance Kenitra	-	3		1978, 1982, 1984
Union Sidi Kacem	-	2		1975, 1980
Ittihad Khemisset	-	1		1973
Rachad Bernoussi	-	1		2007
Wydad Fès	-	1		2018
Moghreb Tétouan	-	1		2020

By city

City	Championships	Clubs
Casablanca	24	Wydad (9), Raja (9), Olympique de Casablanca (3), Racing de Casablanca (1), TAS de Casablanca (1), Majd Casablanca (1)
Rabat	18	AS FAR (12), FUS Rabat (6)
Marrakesh	6	Kawkab Marrakech (6)
Fez	4	Maghreb de Fès (4)
Oujda	4	MC Oujda (4)
Berkane	3	RS Berkane (3)
Khouribga	2	Olympique Club de Khouribga (2)
Mohammedia	2	SCC Mohammédia (2)
Settat	1	RS Settat (1)
El Jadida	1	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi (1)
Kenitra	1	KAC Kénitra (1)
Meknes	1	COD Meknès (1)
Safi	1	OC Safi (1)

Records

• Most titles won: 12 wins^[75]
  • ASFAR (1959, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2020)
• Most consecutive wins: 3 wins
  • ASFAR (1984, 1985, 1986) and (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Kawkab Marrakech (1963, 1964 and 1965)
• Most Finals played: 17 finals
  • ASFAR
• Most finals lost: 8 finals
  • Maghreb Fes
• Most consecutive finals losses: 2, joint record:
  • Wydad AC (1956–57, 1957–58) (2002–03, 2003–04)
  • Difaa El Jadida (1984–85, 1985–86)
  • Olympique Khouribga (1993–94, 1994–95)
  • MAS Fes (2000–01, 2001–02)
• Most final appearances without ever winning: 3, joint record:
  • Hassania Agadir (1962–63, 2005–06, 2018–19)
  • Renaissance Kenitra (1977–78, 1981–82, 1983–84)
• Most final appearances without losing (streak): 3, joint record:
  • Kawkab Marrakech (1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65)
  • ASFAR (1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86) (2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09)
• Most final appearances without ever losing: 3 finals
  • Olympique Casablanca (1982–83, 1989–90, 1991–92)
• Longest gap between wins: 23 years, MAS Fes (1987–88–2010–11)
• Biggest win in a final: 4 goals (Kawkab Marrakech 4–0 Renaissance Berkane, 1986–87)