The Botola Pro 2 (Arabic: البطولة الوطنية الإحترافية الثانية, romanized:al-Buṭūla al-Waṭaniyya al-Iḥtirāfiyya al-thaania, lit. "Professional National Championship 2"), officially known as the Botola Pro 2 Inwi for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Morocco and the second tier of the Moroccan football league system. Organized by the Ligue Nationale de Football Professionnel (LNFP), under the authority of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), the league features 16 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Botola Pro.

The league was created on June 11, 1915, in Morocco during the French protectorate, by the Moroccan Federation of Athletic Sports (FMSA), and was governed by the FMSA until 1922, when the League of Morocco of Football Association took over.

IR Tanger and MA Tétouan are the most successful clubs in the competition, with 6 titles each. KAC Marrakech is the current title holder.

History

From 1915 to 1957, during the French Protectorate in Morocco, the Moroccan national championship was administered by three federations: USFSA - CR Maroc (1915 to 1917), Fédération Marocaine des Sports Athlétiques (1917 to 1921), and the Moroccan League of Association Football (1921 to 1957).

The championship of the first division promotion, as it was known since its founding in 1924, ran concurrently with the Moroccan Division of Honour competition and consisted of two groups: North and South. The clubs who placed first and second in each of the division's two regions—the Chaouia League and the Sultanate League—advanced to the semi-finals, where a single champion and runner-up would face off.

During Morocco's French Protectorate, which ran from 1915 to 1956

The Independence Cup was established in 1956, the year of independence, to divide the clubs into various categories for the next United Kingdom championship season. To replace the clubs below (the French protectors' clubs) in the first division, the top teams in the competition that are not among the elite would compete in play-off matches.

Winners

After 1996

Relegated clubs

Relegated teams (From Botola Pro to Botola Pro 2) since 1986

SeasonRelegated from Botola Pro
1986–87COD Meknès, AS Salé, CC Sakia Hamra, RS Kénitra, RS Berkane, UTS Rabat, DH El-Jadida, ACK Belksiri
1987–88RS Settat, US Mohammédia, SCC Mohammédia, MC Oujda
1988–89COD Meknès, HA Nador
1989–90Wydad Fès, FA Ben Slimane
1990–91US Sidi Kacem, MA Tétouan
1991–92TAS Casablanca, USM Oujda
1992–93DH El-Jadida, Raja Beni Mellal
1993–94HUS Agadir, OC Khouribga, US Sidi Kacem, CR Bernoussi
1994–95CO Casablanca (dissolved), Kénitra AC, FUS Rabat, MAS Fès
1995–96TAS Casablanca, IR Tanger
1996–97US Sidi Kacem, MA Tétouan
1997–98RS Settat, IR Tanger
1998–99DH El-Jadida, MC Oujda
1999–00Wydad Fez, Sporting Salé
2000–01SCC Mohammédia, RAC Casablanca
2001–02Stade Marocain, Raja Beni Mellal
2002–03TS Casablanca (disbanded), FUS Rabat
2003–04RS Settat, Kénitra AC
2004–05MAS Fès, KAC Marrakech
2005–06SCC Mohammédia, UTS Rabat
2006–07IR Tanger, AS Salé
2007–08FUS Rabat, CODM Meknès
2008–09MC Oujda, SCC Mohammédia
2009–10IZ Khemisset, AS Salé
2010–11KAC Marrakech, JS Kasba Tadla
2011–12JS Massira, IZ Khemisset
2012–13COD Meknès, Raja Beni Mellal
2013–14AS Salé, Wydad Fès
2014–15CA Khénifra, IZ Khemisset
2015–16MC Oujda, MAS Fès
2016–17JS Kasba Tadla, Kénitra AC
2017–18CA Khénifra, RAC Casablanca
2018–19KAC Marrakech, CR Al-Hoceima
2019–20OC Khouribga, Raja Beni Mellal
2020–21MA Tétouan, RCA Zemamra
2021–22Rapide Oued Zem, CAY Berrechid
2022–23OC Khouribga, Difaa El Jadida
2023–24MC Oujda, CAY Berrechid
2024–25SCC Mohammédia, MA Tétouan, JS Soualem (play-offs)
2025–26

See also

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