The Royal Moroccan Football Federation is moving to a new phase of its digital transformation, launching an international tender to acquire and install next-generation IT infrastructure at a cost exceeding 37.8 million dirhams, according to technical documents reviewed by the media.
Driven by its president Fouzi Lekjaa, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation has entrusted the National Agency for Public Facilities with overseeing the project as delegated contracting authority.
The program is divided into four separate lots, with estimated budgets of more than 13.3 million dirhams for the first, 4.6 million for the second, 16.2 million for the third and around 3.75 million dirhams for the fourth.
The investment targets the federation’s headquarters as well as the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora, including its hotel facilities.
It forms part of a broader strategy to equip Moroccan football with a modern, secure and scalable digital ecosystem aligned with international standards.
At the core of the project is the creation of a new generation data centre designed to strengthen the federation’s capacity to process, store and protect strategic data.
The aim is to ensure service continuity and safeguard sensitive information at a time of rising cyber threats and stricter requirements for digital governance.
The specifications highlight the replacement of outdated and fragmented infrastructure, including older Cisco Catalyst and HP equipment that no longer meets current performance or security standards. Some more recent systems, particularly Huawei equipment, will be retained and integrated into the new architecture.
Technically, the project предусматривает a hyperconverged infrastructure made up of at least six nodes, offering advanced computing and storage capabilities with high levels of availability, redundancy and scalability without service interruption. The platform will include encryption, data replication and centralised management functions.
The federation also plans to deploy S3 compatible object storage with an initial capacity of 150 terabytes, expandable horizontally, alongside high speed network equipment ranked among market leaders by Gartner benchmarks. Cybersecurity features prominently, with advanced backup and recovery solutions designed to counter ransomware attacks and enable rapid business continuity.
A long term archiving system based on a backup robot scalable beyond 1,000 terabytes will complete the setup. Beyond the technology itself, the project includes system migration, testing, staff training and skills transfer to ensure long term autonomy.
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