Moroccan Throne Cup Explained

Moroccan Throne Cup Arabic: كأس العرش
Organiser:	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Region:	Morocco
Qualifier For:	CAF Confederation Cup
Current Champions:	Raja CA (9th title) (2022–23)
Most Successful Club:	ASFAR (12 titles)
Current:	2024 Moroccan Throne 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 system has been one-match, but this system has been modified to back and forth.

The Throne Cup champion qualifies directly to the CAF Confederation Cup, but if the cup champion is the same as the league champion in that season or a participant in the CAF Champions League, the club that played the final is the one who compensates him in the external competition, and the ASFAR is the club most crowned with the title Throne Cup with 12 titles as a record. The current champions are RS Berkane.^[1]

History

MC Oujda won the first two edition of the throne cup after defeating Wydad AC in both finals.^{[2] [3]}

Format

The current format features 4 preliminary rounds and the final phase. All games are one-legged.

The final phase starts with the Round of 32 where the 16 teams qualified from the fourth round are joined by all 16 Botola teams. Draws are "blind", meaning a Botola team can be drawn in one match with a team from the same league. The Round of 32 is followed by the Round of 16 matches, quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. Although not only one stadium has hosted the final, it is usually played in the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.

Results of finals

No.	Season	Winner (Number of titles)	Score	Runner-up	Ref
1	1956–57	Mouloudia Oujda (1)	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	^[4]
2	1957–58	Mouloudia Oujda (2)	2–1	Wydad Casablanca	^[5]
3	1958–59	AS FAR (1)	1–0	Mouloudia Oujda	^[6]
4	1959–60	Mouloudia Oujda (3)	1–0	FUS de Rabat	^[7]
5	1960–61	KAC Kenitra (1)	1–0	Wydad Casablanca	^[8]
6	1961–62	Mouloudia Oujda (4)	1–0	Kawkab Marrakesh	^[9]
7	1962–63	Kawkab Marrakesh (1)	3–2 (aet)	Hassania Agadir	^[10]
8	1963–64	Kawkab Marrakesh (2)	3–2	Wydad Casablanca	^[11]
9	1964–65	Kawkab Marrakesh (3)	3–1	Raja CA	^[12]
10	1965–66	CODM Meknès (1)	2–0	MAS Fès	^[13]
11	1966–67	FUS de Rabat (1)	2–1	RS Settat	^[14]
12	1967–68	Racing Casablanca (1)	1–0 (aet)	Raja CA	^[15]
13	1968–69	Renaissance Settat (1)	2–1 (aet)	KAC Kenitra	^[16]
14	1969–70	Wydad Casablanca (1)	1–0	Renaissance Settat	^[17]
15	1970–71	AS FAR (2)	1–1 (aet, 8–7 pens)	MAS Fès	^[18]
16	1971–72	Final Chabab Mohammédia vs Racing Casablanca not played. Title goes to SCCM by a draw.	^[19]
17	1972–73	FUS de Rabat (2)	3–2	Ittihad Khemisset	^[20]
18	1973–74	Raja CA (1)	1–0	MAS Fès	^[21]
19	1974–75	SCC Mohammédia (2)	2–0	Union Sidi Kacem	^[22]
20	1975–76	FUS de Rabat (3)	1–0	KAC Kenitra	^[23]
21	1976–77	Raja CA (2)	1–0 (aet)	Difaa El Jadida	^[24]
22	1977–78	Wydad Casablanca (2)	3–0	Renaissance Kénitra	^[25]
23	1978–79	Wydad Casablanca (3)	2–1	SCC Mohammédia	^[26]
24	1979–80	MAS Fès (1)	1–0	Union Sidi Kacem	^[27]
25	1980–81	Wydad Casablanca (4)	2–1	CODM Meknès	^[28]
26	1981–82	Raja CA (3)	1–0	Renaissance Kénitra	^[29]
27	1982–83	Olympique Casablanca (1)	1–1 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Raja CA	^[30]
28	1983–84	AS FAR (3)	1–0	Renaissance Kénitra	^[31]
29	1984–85	AS FAR (4)	3–0	Difaa El Jadida	^[32]
30	1985–86	AS FAR(5)	3–1	Difaa El Jadida	^[33]
31	1986–87	Kawkab Marrakesh (4)	4–0	Renaissance Berkane	^[34]
32	1987–88	MAS Fès (2)	0–0 (4–3 pens)	AS FAR	^[35]
33	1988–89	Wydad Casablanca (5)	2–0	Olympique Khouribga	^[36]
34	1989–90	Olympique Casablanca (2)	0–0 (aet, 4–2 pens)	AS FAR	^[37]
35	1990–91	Kawkab Marrakesh (5)	2–1	KAC Kenitra	^[38]
36	1991–92	Olympique Casablanca (3)	1–0	Raja CA	^[39]
37	1992–93	Kawkab Marrakesh (6)	1–0	MAS Fès	^[40]
38	1993–94	Wydad Casablanca (6)	1–0	Olympique Khouribga	^[41]
39	1994–95	FUS de Rabat (4)	2–0	Olympique Khouribga	^[42]
40	1995–96	Raja CA (4)	1–0 (aet)	AS FAR	^[43]
41	1996–97	Wydad Casablanca (7)	1–0 (aet)	Kawkab Marrakesh	^[44]
42	1997–98	Wydad Casablanca (8)	2–1	AS FAR	^[45]
43	1998–99	AS FAR (6)	1–0 (aet)	SCC Mohammédia	^[46]
44	1999–2000	Majd Casablanca (1)	1–1 (aet, 8–7 pens)	RS Settat	^[47]
45	2000–01	Wydad Casablanca (9)	1–0 (aet)	MAS Fès	^[48]
46	2001–02	Raja CA (5)	2–0	MAS Fès	^[49]
47	2002–03	AS FAR (7)	1–0	Wydad Casablanca	^[50]
48	2003–04	AS FAR (8)	0–0 (aet, 3–0 pens)	Wydad Casablanca	^[51]
49	2004–05	Raja CA (6)	0–0 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Olympique Khouribga	^[52]
50	2005–06	Olympique Khouribga (1)	1–0	Hassania Agadir	^[53]
51	2006–07	AS FAR (9)	1–1 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Rachad Bernoussi	^[54]
52	2007–08	AS FAR (10)	1–0 (aet)	MAS Fès	^[55]
53	2008–09	AS FAR (11)	1–1 (aet, 5–4 pens)	FUS de Rabat	^[56]
54	2009–10	FUS de Rabat (5)	2–1	MAS Fès	^[57]
55	2010–11	MAS Fès (3)	1–0^[58]	CODM Meknès	^[59]
56	2011–12	Raja CA (7)	0–0 (aet, 5–4 pens)	AS FAR	^[60]
57	2012–13	Difaa El Jadida (1)	0–0 (aet, 5–4 pens)	Raja CA	^[61]
58	2013–14	FUS de Rabat (6)	2–0	Renaissance Berkane	^[62]
59	2014–15	Olympique Khouribga (2)	0–0 (aet, 4–1 pens)	FUS de Rabat	^[63]
60	2015–16	MAS Fès (4)	2–1 (aet)	Olympic Safi	^[64]
61	2016–17	Raja CA (8)	1–1 (aet, 3–1 pens)	Difaa El Jadida	^[65]
62	2017–18	Renaissance Berkane (1)	2–2 (aet, 3–2 pens)	Wydad Fès	^[66]
63	2018–19	TAS de Casablanca (1)	2–1	Hassania Agadir	^[67]
64	2019–20	AS FAR (12)	3–0	Moghreb Tétouan	^[68]
65	2020–21	Renaissance Berkane (2)	0–0 (aet, 3–2 pens)	Wydad Casablanca	^[69]
66	2021–22	Renaissance Berkane (3)	1–0 (aet)	Raja CA	^[70]
67	2022–23	Raja CA (9)	2–1	ASFAR	^[71]

• Mouloudia Oujda won because they scored first

Performance

Performance by clubs

List of football clubs ranked by total wins and runners-up.^[72]

Club	Winners	Runner-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
AS FAR	12	6	1959, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2020	1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2012, 2023
Wydad Casablanca	9	7	1970, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001	1957, 1958, 1961, 1964, 2003, 2004, 2021
Raja CA	9	6	1974, 1977, 1982, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2017, 2023	1965, 1968, 1983, 1992, 2013, 2022
FUS de Rabat	6	3	1967, 1973, 1976, 1995, 2010, 2014	1960, 2009, 2015
Kawkab Marrakesh	6	2	1963, 1964, 1965, 1987, 1991, 1993	1962, 1997
MAS Fès	4	8	1980, 1988, 2011, 2016	1966, 1971, 1974, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
Mouloudia Oujda	4	1	1957, 1958, 1960, 1962	1959
Renaissance Berkane	3	2	2018, 2021, 2022	1987, 2014
Olympique Casablanca	3	-	1983, 1990, 1992
Olympique Khouribga	2	4	2006, 2015	1989, 1994, 1995, 2005
Chabab Mohammédia	2	2	1972, 1975	1979, 1999
Difaa El Jadida	1	4	2013	1977, 1985, 1986, 2017
KAC Kenitra	1	3	1961	1969, 1976, 1991
RS Settat	1	3	1969	1967, 1970, 2000
CODM Meknès	1	2	1966	1981, 2011
Racing Casablanca	1	1	1968	1972
Majd Casablanca	1	-	2000
TAS Casablanca	1	-	2019
Hassania Agadir	-	3		1963, 2006, 2019
Renaissance Kenitra	-	3		1978, 1982, 1984
Union Sidi Kacem	-	2		1975, 1980
Ittihad Khemisset	-	1		1973
Rachad Bernoussi	-	1		2007
Olympic Safi	-	1		2016
Wydad Fès	-	1		2018
Moghreb Tétouan	-	1		2020

By city

City	Championships	Clubs
Casablanca	24	Wydad (9), Raja (9), Olympique de Casablanca (3), Racing de Casablanca (1), TAS de Casablanca (1), Majd Casablanca (1)
Rabat	18	AS FAR (12), FUS Rabat (6)
Marrakesh	6	Kawkab Marrakech (6)
Fez	4	Maghreb de Fès (4)
Oujda	4	MC Oujda (4)
Berkane	3	RS Berkane (3)
Khouribga	2	Olympique Club de Khouribga (2)
Mohammedia	2	SCC Mohammédia (2)
Settat	1	RS Settat (1)
El Jadida	1	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi (1)
Kenitra	1	KAC Kénitra (1)
Meknes	1	COD Meknès (1)

Records

• Most titles won: 12 wins^[73]
  • ASFAR (1959, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2020)
• Most consecutive wins: 3 wins
  • ASFAR (1984, 1985, 1986) and (2007, 2008, 2009)
  • Kawkab Marrakech (1963, 1964 and 1965)
• Most Finals: 17 finals
  • • ASFAR Most finals lost: 8 finals
  • Maghreb Fes

External links

• FRMF Palmarès
• RSSSF competition history

Notes and References

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