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El Botola, the top professional football league in Morocco,has reached its 15th round this season, and seven coaches were already shown the door.
Five teams, under pressure from fans and frustrated by poor results, made the drastic choice to part ways with their managers.
Raja Casablanca and Moghreb Tétouan alone accounted for seven of those changes, with each team hiring and firing two managers in just 15 games.
Raja Casablanca appointed four coaches so far this season. The title holders have kicked off the season with Rusmir Cviko at the wheel.
After a disappointing run of games, Raja axed him and assigned Moroccan Abdelkrim Jnani as an interim before signing Ricardo Sá Pinto. However, the Portuguese has failed to deliver to the expectations of the demanding fan base and got sacked last week.
Hafid Abdessadek will lead the team in upcoming games pending the club finds the right leader. In a statement, the club said they are looking for a manager “matching the club’s ambitions.”
In the same context, Moghreb Tétouan has had three managers — Croatian Dalibor Starcevic, Aziz El Amri, and now Mohamed Lahkal, who is in a temporary role. The team sits second from the bottom with 10 points from two wins, four draws, and eight losses.
Despite being second in El Botola with 24 points, FAR Rabat sacked their coach, Czeslaw Michniewicz, and replaced him with Frenchman Hubert Velud.
Elsewhere, Difaa El Jadida fired Jorge Paixão after just five games, bringing in Moroccan Zakaria Aboub. The team currently sits 10th, with four wins and seven draws in 15 games.
Chabab Mohammedia, Ittihad Tanger, and Chabab Soualem are still clinging to their managers despite team struggles.
Chabab Mohammedia’s coach Redouane Dardouri has only managed to win three points in 15 matches, while Tanger’s Hilal Tayri and Soualem’s Redouane El Haimer are also on the hot seat.
Abdelkader Youmir, head of the Moroccan Coaches’ Association, told Moroccan news outlet SNRTNews that the frequent firings come down to two factors: poor results and bad hiring practices.
“It’s normal to fire a coach who isn’t delivering,” he said , adding that “clubs need to think about the reasons they hire a coach in the first place. Is it for a long-term project or just to boost short-term results? Without a clear plan, these firings will continue.”
Youmir argued that if a manager is hired for long-term goals, teams should give them time—even through losses—to build a future-ready squad. But too often, panic sets in after just a few bad results.
Source: Morocco word news
