The Moroccan Throne Cup or the Throne Cup ( Arabic : كأس العرش ) 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.
17-633: 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 . MC Oujda won
34-641: A capacity of 60,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 . Club Africain was the first Tunisian club to win an international trophy, when they won the Maghreb Cup Winners Cup in 1971. Twenty years later, in 1991, Club Africain became the first Tunisian team to win the African Champions League . Club Africain is widely known as the people's club, as it's
51-456: A new sponsor, which was scooped up by French telecommunications giant Orange through the signing of an eight-year deal in July the following year, whose terms were not disclosed. On 21 July 2016, French energy and petroleum giant Total S.A. (renamed TotalEnergies in 2021) secured an eight-year sponsorship package from CAF to sponsor its competitions, beginning with its flagship competition,
68-400: A score of 2 to 1. In 2022 , Moroccan club RS Berkane won the cup for the second time, beating South African club Orlando Pirates in the final on penalties. On 3 June 2023, USM Alger became the first Algerian club to win the confederation cup after beating Young Africans in the 2023 final . The competition is composed of domestic cup winners from all 54 CAF member associations and
85-537: Is an annual association football club competition established in 2004 from a merger of the CAF Cup and the African Cup Winners' Cup and organized by CAF . Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. It is the second-tier competition of African club football, ranking below the CAF Champions League . The winner of the tournament faces
102-687: 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 . List of football clubs ranked by total wins and runners-up. CAF Confederation Cup The CAF Confederation Cup , known as the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship purposes,
119-657: The Africa Cup of Nations . Current Sponsors: Each year, the winning team is presented with the African Champion Clubs' Cup, the current version of which has been awarded since the competition name change in 1997. Forty gold medals are presented to the competition winners and 40 silver medals to the runners-up. CAF increased the prize money to be shared between the top 16 clubs . Note: National Associations receive an additional equivalent share of 5% for each amount awarded to clubs. CAF increased
136-545: The CAF Champions League winners in the CAF Super Cup the following season on the former's home venue. In October 2004, MTN contracted a four-year deal to sponsor CAF's competitions worth US$ 12.5 million, which at that time was the biggest sponsorship deal in African sporting history. In 2008, CAF put a value of € 100 million for a comprehensive and long-term package of its competitions when it opened tenders for
153-570: The final , on Penalties . In 2020 in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic , the matches were then played behind closed doors, the Moroccan club RS Berkane beat the Egyptians of Pyramids FC by the score of 1 to 0. Since this season, the final has been played in a single game. In 2021 , the Moroccan club Raja CA won the cup for the second time by beating JS Kabylie in the final with
170-683: The Ghanaian club Hearts of Oak won the edition by beating another Ghanaian club, Asante Kotoko in the final on Penalties . The following year, Moroccan club AS FAR won the cup against Nigeria's Dolphin FC. In 2006, Tunisian club Étoile du Sahel won the cup against Moroccan AS FAR (thanks to the away goals rule). The Tunisian club CS Sfaxien won the cup in 2007 by beating the Sudanese Al Merreikh 5 goals to 2 in aggregate score (4-2, 1-0). The following season, Club Sfaxien again won
187-478: The competition's history, having won the tournament three times. Zamalek are the current defending champions, having beaten RS Berkane in the 2024 final . In 2004, CAF merged the African Cup Winners' Cup created in 1975 with the CAF Cup introduced in 1992 to form a new competition called the Confederation Cup, which has since become the secondary African club competition. In the first edition,
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#1732790183287204-546: The cup against another Tunisian club, Étoile du Sahel . In 2009, Stade Malien won the edition by beating the Algerian club ES Sétif in the final, on penalties. The following season, the Moroccan club Fath Union Sport won the cup against Tunisian Club Sfaxien , winning the return match 3 to 2. In 2011, Moroccan club Maghreb Fès defeated Tunisia's Club Africain in the final, on penalties. The following year, Congolese club AC Léopards beat Malian club Djoliba AC in
221-664: The final. The 2013 edition saw CS Sfaxien win against Congolese TP Mazembe . In 2014, the Egyptian club Al Ahly obtained its first confederation cup by beating the Ivorian club Séwé FC . In 2015, Étoile du Sahel again won the cup by beating South African club Orlando Pirates . TP Mazembe achieved the double in 2016 and 2017, beating Algerian club MO Béjaïa and South African SuperSport United respectively. Moroccan club Raja CA won in 2018 against Congolese AS Vita Club . In 2019, Zamalek SC beat Moroccan RS Berkane in
238-431: The first two edition of the throne cup after defeating Wydad AC in both finals. 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
255-513: The prize money to be shared between the top 8 clubs. Below are the current broadcast rights holders of this competition: Club Africain Club Africain ( Arabic : النادي الإفريقي ), known as CA for short, is a Tunisian professional football club based in Tunis . The club was founded in 1920 and its colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Stade Hammadi Agrebi , has
272-431: The third-placed-finished club in the domestic leagues of the top twelve-ranked associations discounting/excluding the present year/season. The competition is played into two phases; the qualification phase and the main phase. The competition begins with a preliminary round and then a first qualifying round played in a "trim-down" knock-out format with the away goals rule serving as tiebreakers. The winners will face
289-407: The winner of the aforementioned competition in the following season's CAF Super Cup . Moroccan clubs have the highest number of victories (seven titles), followed by Tunisia with five. Morocco has the largest number of winning teams, with five clubs having won the title. The competition has been won by 13 clubs, five of which have won it more than once. Club Sfaxien is the most successful club in
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