Moroccan Soccer Players Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Salaries in Botola League

The Botola clubs, most of which are threatened with bankruptcy, are unable to pay the bonuses and salaries of the players who are no longer able to meet their basic needs, reports the daily Assabah.

The discontent is particularly high at the Mouloudia d’Oujda club. The club’s players had already gone on a two-week strike and threatened the club president, Mohamed Houar, to harden the tone if he did not honor his commitments to pay the unpaid salaries and bonuses of the players since last year.

At Olympique Khouribga, the situation is the same. The players and the technical staff have not received salaries for months, despite protest movements. The case of this club is particularly critical in the sense that its president, Nizar Souktani, has just resigned and its main sponsor has drastically reduced the amount it allocated to it.

As for the players of Itiihad de Tanger, they have been without salaries for two seasons. They have even seized the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to put pressure on the club’s management. Without success. They also threaten to go on strike if the club’s management does not meet their demand.

Similarly, the Kawkab de Marrakech, Chabab Atlas de Khenifra and Wydad de Fès clubs are so indebted that they can no longer honor their commitments to the players who have started to boycott training.