The Moroccan Women's Championship, officially the Women's Professional National Football Championship D1 (; ) is the top-division professional
women's football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
...
league in
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
. The competition is overseen by the
Royal Moroccan Football Federation
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (; Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵙⴷⴰⵡⵉⵜ ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⵖⵔⴰⴱⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵡⵊⴰ ⵏ ⵓⴹⴰⵔ) is the governing body of football in Morocco. It was established in 1956. It beca ...
and organized by the LNFF ().
ASFAR are the current champions of Morocco, having claimed their 12th title in the 2024–25 season.
History
The 2001–02 season marked the launch of the inaugural national women's football championship. The
Royal Moroccan Football Federation
The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (; Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵙⴷⴰⵡⵉⵜ ⵜⴰⴳⵍⴷⴰⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⵖⵔⴰⴱⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵜⵡⵊⴰ ⵏ ⵓⴹⴰⵔ) is the governing body of football in Morocco. It was established in 1956. It beca ...
, through its Women's Football Committee () established two years prior, introduced regional leagues encompassing all clubs and associations within their respective divisions.
The league champions faced off in June 2002, concluding with a final in which Mokhtar Soussi Casablanca secured a 2–1 win to claim the championship's inaugural title.
From its inception in 2001 until 2007, the league was structured as an inter-league competition. Each regional league held its own championship, with the winners advancing to compete in the final phases. Starting in the 2007–08 season, the championship was organized for the first time into two groups, North and South.
For the 2019–2020 season onwards, the National Championship Division 1 was restructured, transitioning to a single-group league with 14 teams. Starting in 2021, the league transitioned to a professional status.
In 2024, it was announced that the league would be reduced to 12 teams starting from the 2025–26 season.
Teams
Current teams
14 teams are competing in the 2024–25 season, representing seven of
Morocco's 12 regions. Eight of these teams are affiliated with men's professional clubs, while the remaining six are independent.
Champions
The list of champions and runners-up:
Most successful clubs
By city
See also
*
Moroccan Women Throne Cup
References
External links
Football Féminin- ''FRMF official website''
LNFF-''Facebook LNFF''
{{Top level women's association football leagues around the world
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
Women's football competitions in Morocco
Women
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Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ...
2001 establishments in Morocco
Sports leagues established in 2001