Kawkab Athletic Club of Marrakesh (; KACM) is a Moroccan professional

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club based in

Marrakesh Marrakesh or Marrakech (; , ) is the fourth-largest city in Morocco. It is one of the four imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakesh–Safi Regions of Morocco, region. The city lies west of the foothills of the Atlas Mounta ...

. The club was founded on 20 September 1947 by Hadj Idriss Talbi.

History

On 2 May 2023, Kawkab was promoted to

Botola 2 Botola Pro D2 Inwi, commonly known as Botola 2 (formerly the ''Groupement National de Football 2''), is the second division of the Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football league, behind the Botola, Morocco's highest football league. It ...

after leading the 2022–23 Moroccan Amateur National Championship.

Honours

* Moroccan League First Division: (2) ::

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Moroccan Cup The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup () 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 sys ...

: (6) ::1963, 1964, 1965, 1987, 1991, 1993 *

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: (1) ::

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 1 appearance ::

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

: Second Round *

: 2 appearances ::1996 - Champion ::1997 - Second Round *

CAF Cup Winners' Cup The African Cup Winners' Cup was a football competition that started in 1975 and merged with the CAF Cup in 2004 to form the CAF Confederation Cup. It was a competition between the winning clubs of domestic cups in CAF-affiliated nations and was ...

: 2 appearances ::1988 - withdrew in First Round ::1995 - withdrew in First Round

Managers

* Zaki Badou (2000–01), (2006–07), (2010–11) *

Fathi Jamal Fathi Jamal (born 11 February 1959, in Casablanca) is a Moroccan football coach and former player. He played most of his career for Raja Casablanca, JSM Laayoune and Kawkab Marrakech. After retiring as a player, he coached many teams, most notab ...

(Aug 9, 2009–May 31, 2011) *

Hicham Dmiai Hicham Dmiai (born 11 January 1971) is a Moroccan former footballer. He competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an int ...

(June 1, 2012–1?) *

Ahmed Bahja Ahmed Bahja (; born 21 December 1970, in Marrakech) is a retired Moroccan footballer. He played for several clubs, including KAC Marrakech and Raja CA. He has also played for the famous UAE club, AlWasl of Dubai. In addition, he played for A ...

(2016) *

Youssef Meriana Youssef Mariana (born 13 May 1974) is a former Moroccan footballer who usually played as midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the mi ...

(2016–2017) * Faouzi Jamal (Apr 30, 2018–Dec 16, 2018) *

Aziz El Amri Aziz El Amri (born 1 January 1950) is a Moroccan football coach and former player. El Amri was manager of Moghreb Tétouan The Maghreb (; ), also known as the Arab Maghreb () and Northwest Africa, is the western part of the Arab world. Th ...

(Dec 16, 2018–Feb 18, 2019) * Azedine Benis (''interim'') (Feb 18, 2019–Mar 12, 2019) *

Jawad Milani Jawad is a Tehsil and a Nagar Panchayat in Neemuch district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Jawad had a population of 17,129. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jawad ...

(Mar 12, 2019) * Azedine Benis (Mar 12, 2019–Jun 9, 2019) * Hicham El Idrissi (Jul 15, 2019–Oct 2nd, 2019) * Hassan Oughni (Oct 2nd 2019–Nov 27th 2019) *

(Dec 2019–Feb 2020) * Mimoun Mokhtari (Feb 27th 2020, -)

References

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