The Moroccan Football Championship was launched in the Sultanate on 11 June 1915. Organised by the
Moroccan football league. The new organisation under the
Royal Moroccan Football Federation took place in January 1957,
Wydad AC was crowned with the edition of the 1956–57 season, which was its sixth title. In the following season, the
KAC Marrakech club was crowned, and then the following two seasons were crowned by the youth star and
Kénitra AC.
The start of the great rivalry (1960–1970) AS FAR dominated the championship for four consecutive seasons despite the competition being played by strong teams, namely
MAS Fes and
KAC Marrakech, where the Askari Club was able to enter history as the first club to achieve four consecutive titles in the years (1961–1964). Then in the 1964–1965 season,
MAS Fes won its first title, then
Wydad AC won the league title in the 1965–1966 season, which is the beginning of the competition between
Raja CA and
Wydad AC in the tournament, where the derby was repeated due to the public entering the stadium which ended with Raja winning 2–1; But when it was replayed, it ended in a 0–0 draw, and thus
Wydad AC won the championship by one point over
Raja CA.
New champions (1971–1995) New teams were able to crown the championship title during this period, including
RS Settat,
RAC Casablanca,
Raja Beni Mellal,
MC Oujda,
SCC Mohammédia, and others that had previously been crowned as Wydad, who won the league for three consecutive seasons. Kenitra was able to obtain the championship in the 1973–1972 season in a dramatic way in a season known as the famous case of the Car Dial Fez, where it noticed the survival of Wydad from going down to the second national division due to the cancellation of the interview of
MAS Fes with
Wydad AC in the last round due to a malfunction in the bus that was carrying the players of Maghreb Fez, which automated a loss for fez and Wydad got 4 points,
Kénitra AC won the league.
MAS Fes was able to add two more titles to its treasury at this stage.
Kénitra AC managed to win two successive titles, while
CO Casablanca won their first title, and the competition was strong between
Wydad AC and the
AS FAR, where the Military Club won three titles, bringing the total of its titles to 10 to hang its first star, and then Wydad was able to win four titles, bringing its total titles to 15. While the
KAC Marrakech club was satisfied with its second title only, while another new competitor appeared,
Raja CA, which won its first title in the 1987–1988 season.
Raja's glory (1995–2002) In the seven seasons between 1995 and 2002,
Raja CA arose quickly making it one of the most supported club in
Morocco, as it managed to obtain the championship for six consecutive seasons in a golden period during which a generation of excellent players appeared. This period coincided with the emergence of Raja CA on the scene International in the African Champions League and Club World Cup. Appearing in 3
CAF Champions League Final winning 2 but losing the
2002 CAF Champions League Final and ending 7th in the
2000 FIFA Club World Championship.
New champions (2002–2011) HUS Agadir managed to win the championship twice in a row, despite the competition from the two poles of the economic capital. After that, the tournament became more exciting between the two poles of
Casablanca,
Wydad AC and
AS FAR as the tournament was not decided until the last two rounds or the last round. FAR and Wydad Casablanca won two titles, while
OC Khouribga won its first title in its history. While
Raja CA continued the race to try to catch up with Wydad and the Army, as it won three titles, bringing its total to ten titles, to be the third team to suspend the ten titles. Botola was placed third as the best African league of the world of the first decade (2001-2010) by
IFFHS.
The start of Botola Pro (2011–present) In light of the league's strength, it was necessary for the Moroccan League to move Moroccan football from the abyss to professionalism, so the first professional season was
2011–12 which was crowned by the
MA Tétouan club for the first time in its history.
Raja CA managed to win the title in the
2012–13 season, then followed by
MA Tétouan in the
2013–14 Botola Pro. In the
2014–15 season,
Wydad AC returned after 5 years again to win the 18th title in its history.
FUS Rabat also won the
2015–16 season title for the first time in its history, while
Wydad AC won the
2016–17 Botola League title for the 19th time in its history. In 2017–18,
IR Tanger managed to win their 1st league title in its history. On 4 October 2020, the
FRMF introduced the Virtual Offside Line in Botola. Botola has been ranked in the top 40 world's strongest national league of the decade by
International Federation of Football History & Statistics. On 25 May 2021, Botola was placed third as the best African league of the world of the second decade (2011-2020) by
IFFHS. On 27 December 2022, The President of the National League stated that the winter transfer market will depend on the financial status of the clubs and to resolve all standing disputes related to player contracts, as well as the technical and medical staff of the clubs. Since 2018, Botola has been ranked top 3 strongest African leagues by
IFFHS. == Competition format ==