Amateur National Championship (Moroccan football)

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

National

Country	Morocco
Confederation	CAF
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Botola 2
Relegation to	Amateurs 2
Domestic cup(s)	Coupe du Trône
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.

Promotion and relegation

The champions and vice-champions are promoted to the next league.

Teams for 2018–2019

• COD Meknès
• Chabab Houara
• Chabab Mohammédia
• Tihad Athletic Sport
• FR Nador
• AAS Ouislane
• Rachad Bernoussi
• Stade Marocain
• EJS Casablanca
• CSM Ouarzazate
• Chabab M'rirt
• OC Youssoufia
• WR Fes
• US Témara
• USM Oujda
• Mouloudia Dakhla

Winners

Before 2007

Year	Champion North/East	Champion South/Center
2003	Hilal de Nador	Union de Touarga
2004	Union 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 de Beni Mellal	Chez Ali de Marrakech	Wydad de Fès
2009	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Jeunesse de Kasbah Tadla	Olympique Youssoufia	Raja Al Hoceima

From 2010 to 2017

Year	Champion North	Champion South
2010	Hilal de Nador	Union Ait Melloul
2011	Renaissance de Berkane	Raja de Beni Mellal
2012	USM 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	Jeunesse Sportive Soualem
2018–19	Chabab Mohammédia
2019–20	Union de Touarga
2020–21	US Musulmane d'Oujda
2021–22	Widad Témara
2022–23	Kawkab Marrakech
2023–24	Union Yacoub El Mansour

External links

• Officiel website of the Federation Royale Marocaine de Football
• Official website of the LNFA
• National on SofaScore