Moroccan Football Clubs Face Financial Crisis as COVID-19 Losses Mount

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has planned a meeting on the eve of the new season to reflect on the strategies to be adopted to manage the coming months of the competition. The past months have been difficult for each of the clubs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Al Akhbar, the losses recorded exceed 200 million dirhams for all the first and second division teams. The subsidies paid by the local authorities will not come anytime soon, and the sponsors, who are going through serious difficulties, will have to think twice before putting their hand in their pocket.

To all this difficulty is added the absence of the public, the complaints filed by certain players and executives against their club. In short, the coronavirus pandemic has generated many difficulties that are likely to intensify if the fears of a second wave of contamination become a reality. Many clubs are going through difficult times because they have been affected by the coronavirus. This is the case of Mouloudia d’Oujda, RSB, IRT, MAT and Olympique de Safi, the same source specifies.