2019–20 Raja CA season

Raja CA
2019–20 season
President	Jawad Ziyat
Head coach	Patrice Carteron; (until 11 November 2019); Jamal Sellami; (from 12 November 2019)
Stadium	Stade Mohamed V
Botola	Winners
Throne Cup	Round of 32
CAF Champions League	Semi-finals
Arab Club Champions Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Soufiane Rahimi (10 goals); All: ; Mohsine Moutouali (15 goals)
	← 2018–19 2019–20 →

The 2019–20 season is Raja CA's 71st season in existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They competing in Botola, the Throne Cup, CAF Champions League and Arab Club Champions Cup. The season started on 14 September 2019, and was scheduled to end on 1 July 2020.^[3] However, the season was suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco, then resumed in July and ended in 11 October 2020.^[4]

Squad list[edit]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Anas Zniti	GK	(1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 29)	AS FAR
82	Mohamed Bouamira	GK	(1988-02-21)21 February 1988 (aged 30)	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
12	Amir El Haddaoui	GK	(1999-09-14)14 September 1999 (aged 19)	Youth system
Defenders
26	Ilias Haddad	CB	(1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 30)	AS FAR
NA	Salif Coulibaly	CB	(1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 31)	Al Ahly SC
8	Sanad Al Warfali	CB	(1992-05-17)17 May 1992 (aged 27)	Al Ahli SC
13	Badr Benoun	CB	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 25)	Youth system
25	Omar Boutayeb	RB	(1994-04-19)19 April 1994 (aged 25)	Youth system
29	Abdelilah Madkour	RB	(2000-06-11)11 June 2000 (aged 19)	Youth system
20	Abdeljalil Jbira	LB	(1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 29)	Kawkab Marrakech
4	Fabrice Ngah	LB	(1997-10-16)16 October 1997 (aged 21)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
2	Mohamed Douik	RB	(1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
NA	Zakaria Driouch	LB	(2001-01-11)11 January 2001 (aged 18)	Youth system
47	Oussama Soukhane	LB	(1999-01-11)11 January 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
Midfielders
19	Mohamed Zrida	DM	(1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
55	Abderrahim Achchakir	DM	(1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 32)	AS FAR
16	Omar Arjoune	DM	(1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (aged 23)	IR Tanger
23	Mohamed Al Makahasi	CM	(1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 24)	Moghreb Tétouan
6	Fabrice Ngoma	CM	(1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 25)	AS Vita Club
98	Zakaria El Wardi	CM	(1998-08-17)17 August 1998 (aged 21)	Moghreb Tétouan
NA	Mouad Mouchtanim	CM	(1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
30	Ayoub Nanah	SS	(1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 26)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
5	Mohsine Moutaouali	AM / RW	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 33)	Al Ahli SC
18	Abdelilah Hafidi	AM	(1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 27)	Youth system
Forwards
10	Mahmoud Benhalib	LW	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 23)	Youth system
9	Ben Malango	ST	(1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 25)	TP Mazembe
35	Youssef Bekkari		(1999-11-30)30 November 1999 (aged 19)	Youth system
17	Hamid Ahadad	ST	(1994-11-30)30 November 1994 (aged 24)	Zamalek SC
14	Zakaria Habti	RW	(1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
11	Anas Jabroun	LW	(1997-10-07)7 October 1997 (aged 21)	Moghreb Tétouan
21	Soufiane Rahimi	LW	(1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 23)	Étoile de Casablanca
NA	Hicham Islah	RW	(1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system

Pre-season and friendlies[edit]

14 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Agadir
18:00				Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 0 (close doors)

17 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	7–0	CS Hilal Tarrast	Agadir
18:00	Haddad 9' Islah 16' Tamaizou 33', 35' Nanah 36' Jaadi 39' Iajour 58'			Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 0 (close doors)

20 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	4–0	Olympique Khouribga	Agadir
18:00	Islah 5' Madkour 27' Ngoma 55', 59'			Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 0 (close doors)

23 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	0–0	CD Leganés	Tangier
20:30				Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

27 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	2–0	AS Salé	Casablanca
11:00	Islah 19' Mouchtanim 57'			Stadium: Raja-Oasis Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (close doors)

30 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	1–0	Raja Beni Mellal	Casablanca
15:00	Ngah 86'			Stadium: Raja-Oasis Sports Complex Attendance: 0 (close doors)

4 August 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	0–1	Real Betis	Casablanca
20:00	El Wardi 41'	Report	Raúl García 88'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Noureddine Jaafari

Competitions[edit]

Overview[edit]

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Botola	30	17	9	4	43	23	+20	056.67	—	Winners	24 October 2019	11 October 2020
Throne Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00	Round of 32		31 August 2019
CAF Champions League	14	6	4	4	20	14	+6	042.86	Preliminary round	Semi-finals	10 August 2019	4 November 2020
Arab Club Champions Cup	7	3	2	2	10	8	+2	042.86	First round	Semi-finals	23 September 2019	16 February 2020
Total	52	26	15	11	75	48	+27	050.00

Updated to match played 22 July 2022
Source: Competitions

Botola[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Raja Casablanca (C, Q)	30	17	9	4	43	23	+20	60	Qualification for Champions League
2	Wydad Casablanca (Q)	30	17	8	5	52	28	+24	59	Qualification for Champions League
3	RS Berkane (Q)	30	15	12	3	35	23	+12	57	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	FUS Rabat	30	13	10	7	39	30	+9	49
5	Mouloudia Oujda	30	12	12	6	35	28	+7	48

Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2020. Source: frmf.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	17	9	4	43	23	+20	60	11	2	2	24	11	+13	6	7	2	19	12	+7

Last updated: 11 October 2020.
Source: Competitive matches

Result round by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 9 June 2019. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

24 October 2019 Round 1	Raja CA	2–0	Raja Beni Mellal	Casablanca
17:00	Moutouali 20' (pen.) Arjoune 25' Malango 32' 76' Rahimi 78'	Report	Ghirrane 22' Allali 78'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Dakki Reddad

5 November 2019 Round 2	Renaissance Zemamra	1–2	Raja CA	Zemamra
15:00	El Mobaraky 74'	Report	Malango 45+2' Ahaddad 71'	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Chokri Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Nhayeh

9 November 2019 Round 3	Youssoufia Berrechid	3–2	Raja CA	Berrechid
16:00	Luvumbu 13' Chaina 34' Al Hachimi 37' 58' Taik 84' Niani 92+3'	Report	Achchakir 12' Rahimi 28', 59'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berrechid Referee: Karim Sabry

11 December 2019 Round 4	Raja CA	1–0	Moghreb Tétouan	Casablanca
19:00	Ngah 55' Malango 63'	Report	Sissoko 36' 43' El Hasnaoui 82' Ettorabi 85'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Adil Zourak

27 October 2019 Round 5	Olympic Club de Safi	0–0	Raja CA	Safi
15:00	Mouaoui 52'	Report	Benoun 18' Rahimi 26'	Stadium: Stade El Massira Referee: Samir Kazaz

18 December 2019 Round 6	Raja CA	2–1	Hassania Agadir	Casablanca
17:00	Rahimi 17' Ahaddad 26' Malango 77' Haddad 83'	Report	Lirki 3' Cisse 90'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Dakki Reddad

15 December 2019 Round 7	Rapide Oued Zem	0–0	Raja CA	Oued Zem
15:00	Abouzhar 64'	Report	Zrida 21' Jbira 45'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Oued Zem Referee: Abdelaziz Lamssalek

30 December 2019 Round 8	Raja CA	0–2	Fath Union Sport	Casablanca
17:00	Medkour 82' Douik 77'	Report	Bellamri 64' Louani 44' 82' Jaadi 78' 85'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Yassine Bouslim

27 July 2020 Round 9	Difaâ El Jadidi	0–0	Raja CA	El Jadida
20:00	Hadraf 48' 75'	Report	Zrida 42' Jbira 90'	Stadium: Stade El Abdi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Samir Guezzaz

22 December 2019 Round 10	Raja CA	1–0	Wydad AC	Casablanca
15:00	Ahadad 81'	Report	Asrir 90+2' Nekkach 90+2' 90+5' El Hassouni 90+6' Kamal 90+7'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Rédouane Jiyed

15 January 2020 Round 11	Ittihad Tanger	1–4	Raja CA	Tangier
19:00	Mhannaoui 45+3' El Amraoui 46'	Report	Malango 31', 66' Benhalib 36', 48' Soukhane 73' Arjoune 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Referee: Dakki Reddad

22 January 2020 Round 12	Raja CA	1–1	Mouloudia Oujda	Casablanca
19:00	Ahaddad 13' Ngah 38' Benoun 71' Haddad 90+2'	Report	Munganga 8' Jaadi 74' Khafifi 79'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Jamal Belbassri

19 January 2020 Round 13	Nahdat Berkane	2–2	Raja CA	Berkane
19:00	Namsaoui 65' Dayo 68' Iajour 70' Laaroubi 87'	Report	Hafidi 2', 88' Benoun 90'	Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane Referee: Redouane Jiyed

17 February 2020 Round 14	Raja CA	2–1	Olympique Khouribga	Casablanca
17:00	Rahimi 44' (pen.) Nanah 77' Madkour 82'	Report	Ouerdani 5' Hajhouj 83'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Abdelaziz Lamssalek

12 February 2020 Round 15	AS FAR	1–0	Raja CA	Rabat
17:00	Chabani 55' Toungara 57' Joseph 69' Fikri 90+3'	Report	Jabroun 21'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Abderrahim El Yaacoubi

21 February 2020 Round 16	Raja Beni Mellal	1–2	Raja CA	Beni Mellal
17:00	Lghar 60' Salhi 84' (pen.) Allali 90+2'	Report	Rahimi 64' El Wardi 73' (pen.) Benoun 83'	Stadium: Stade d'honneur de Beni Mellal Referee: Hicham Tamsamani

30 July 2020 Round 17	Raja CA	3–1	Renaissance Zemamra	Casablanca
22:00	Boutayeb 13' 89' Rahimi 19' Moutouali 29' (pen.) Ahaddad 42', 69'	Report	Sarrhat 23' Kiani 55' Lamti 73' Dahdouh 75'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelaziz Lamssalek

2 August 2020 Round 18	Raja CA	2–0	Youssoufia Berrechid	Casablanca
20:00	Hafidi 50' Benoun 67' Ahaddad 72' Habti 76'	Report	Niani 19' Taik 49'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mustapha Kechaf

5 August 2020 Round 19	Moghreb Tétouan	0–0	Raja CA	Tétouan
20:00	El Ouardighi 39' Safsafi 49' Hasnaoui 90'	Report	Zrida 75'	Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Daki Reddad

8 August 2020 Round 20	Raja CA	2–0	Olympic Club de Safi	Casablanca
18:00	Achchakir 19' Rahimi 45+1' Madkour 56'	Report	Khalis 41' Sabbar 67'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelaziz Lamssalek

11 August 2020 Round 21	Hassania Agadir	0–2	Raja CA	Agadir
20:00	Cisse 60'	Report	Moutouali 23' Ahaddad 63' 73' Rahimi 64'	Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Yassine Bouslim

27 September 2020 Round 22	Raja CA	1–0	Rapide Oued Zem	Casablanca
19:15	Ahaddad 9' Moutouali 83' (pen.)	Report	El Ghafouli 90+1'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mohamed Nhayeh

19 August 2020 Round 23	Fath Union Sport	0–1	Raja CA	Rabat
20:00	Louani 45' Aït Khorsa 63'	Report	Moutouali 29' Al Makahasi 86'	Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Hicham Tamsamani

20 September 2020 Round 24	Raja CA	3–1	Difaâ El Jadidi	Casablanca
21:30	Rahimi 3' Zrida 10' Benoun 13' Al Makahasi 38' 45+1' Moutouali 58' (pen.) Al Warfali 90+1' Medkour 90+4'	Report	Amaanan 33' Askandar 84' Karnass 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Adil Zourak

24 September 2020 Round 25	Wydad AC	0–0	Raja CA	Casablanca
19:15	Arjoune 28' Al Makahasi 67' Rahimi 90+4'	Report	Najmeddine 12' Attiat Allah 40' Rahim 55'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Rédouane Jiyed

2 September 2020 Round 26	Raja CA	0–1	Ittihad Tanger	Casablanca
20:00	Achchakir 60'	Report	El Ouahabi 56' Anouar 74'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Adil Zourak

30 September 2020 Round 27	Mouloudia Oujda	2–2	Raja CA	Oujda
19:00	Sadaoui 37' Bompunga 44' Diakité 62' Harkass 71' El Hany 73'	Report	Ahaddad 3' Arjoune 52' Moutouali 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Honneur Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Abdelaziz Lamssalek

4 October 2020 Round 28	Raja CA	2–2	Nahdat Berkane	Casablanca
19:00	Rahimi 3', 90+6' Hafidi 44' Al Makahasi 71'	Report	Dayo 29' Laachir 42' Iajour 54' 67' Laâroubi 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Adil Zourak

7 October 2020 Round 29	Olympique Khouribga	1–2	Raja CA	Khouribga
19:00	Dayoum 43' Tachtach 45+1' Kalai 90+6'	Report	Hafidi 24' 59' Ahaddad 35' Nanah 37' Benoun 54' Moutouali 58'	Stadium: Complexe OCP Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Daki Reddad

11 October 2020 Round 30	Raja CA	2–1	AS FAR	Casablanca
19:00	Arjoune 27' Haddad 45+1' Hafidi 62', 90' Al Makahasi 90+6'	Report	Slim 29' Gnadou 42' Bamaamar 90+6'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Redouane Jiyed

Moroccan Throne Cup[edit]

31 August 2019 Round of 32	Raja CA	2–3	Renaissance Zemamra	Casablanca
20:00	Nanah 10' Islah 67'	Report	El Mobaraky 52' Ghabra 64' El Bahri 80'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohamed Nhayeh

Champions League[edit]

Qualifying rounds[edit]

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

Preliminary round[edit]

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) First leg	Brikama United	3–3	Raja CA	Bakau
16:00 UTC±0	Bojang 24', 37' Manneh 45'	Report	Banoun 5', 59' Moutouali 28'	Stadium: Independence Stadium Referee: Elhadji Amadou Sy (Senegal)

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) Second leg	Raja CA	4–0 (7–3 agg.)	Brikama United	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Rahimi 17' Nanah 49', 76' Moutouali 52'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Charles Benle Bulu (Ghana)

First round[edit]

15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) First leg	Al-Nasr	1–3	Raja CA	Cairo (Egypt)^{[note 1]}
20:00 UTC+2	Sherif 71'	Report	Ngoma 51' Nanah 72' Moutouali 85'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Lofti Bekouassa (Algeria)

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) Second leg	Raja CA	1–1	Al-Nasr	Casablanca
19:00 UTC+1	Moutouali 8'	Report	Figongang 23'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Elsiddig Mohamed Eltreefe (Sudan)

Group stage[edit]

Group D[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	RCA	JSK	VIT
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–2	1–0	0–0
2	Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	0–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	JS Kabylie	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7		1–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	AS Vita Club	6	1	1	4	4	6	−2	4		0–2	0–1	4–1	—

Source: CAF
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Espérance de Tunis 4, Raja Casablanca 1.

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Matchday 1	Raja CA	0–2	Espérance de Tunis	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)		Report	Badri 8' Ouattara 15'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) Matchday 2	AS Vita Club	0–1	Raja CA	Kinshasa
16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)		Report	Rahimi 48'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) Matchday 3	Raja CA	2–0	JS Kabylie	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Malango 51' Rahimi 54'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) Matchday 4	JS Kabylie	0–0	Raja CA	Tizi Ouzou
16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Matchday 5	Espérance de Tunis	2–2	Raja CA	Tunis
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Benguit 32' Ben Choug 81'	Report	Ngah 49' Banoun 67'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) Matchday 6	Raja CA	1–0	AS Vita Club	Casablanca
16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)	Banoun 3'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

knockout stage[edit]

Following the quarter-finals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the semi-finals, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May (second legs), were postponed indefinitely on 11 April 2020,^[5] and the final, originally scheduled for 29 May, was also postponed on 18 April 2020.^[6] On 30 June 2020, the CAF Executive Committee proposed that the competition would resume with a Final Four format played as single matches in a host country to be decided.^[7] However, these plans were later halted after the Cameroonian Football Federation withdrew from hosting the Final Four, and the CAF decided against hosting it in either Egypt or Morocco in the principle of fairness. On 3 August 2020, the CAF announced that the competition would resume in its original format with the semi-finals played on 25–26 September (first legs) and 2–3 October (second legs), and the final played on 16 or 17 October.^[8] On 10 September 2020, the CAF announced that at the request of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the semi-finals were rescheduled to 17–18 October (first legs) and 23–24 October (second legs), and the final to 6 November.^[9] On 22 October 2020, the CAF announced that the semi-final second leg between Zamalek and Raja, originally scheduled to be played on 24 October, was postponed to 1 November, due to Raja being required by Moroccan authorities to self-isolate until 27 October after eight players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, with the total number of cases increasing to fourteen the following day.^[10] On 30 October 2020, the CAF announced that this match was further postponed to 4 November, the final postponed to 27 November.^[11]

Quarter-finals[edit]

28 February 2020 (2020-02-28) First leg	Raja CA	2–0	TP Mazembe	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Malango 6' Banoun 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) Second leg	TP Mazembe	1–0	Raja CA	Lubumbashi
13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)	Tshibangu 50'	Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Semi-finals[edit]

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) First leg	Raja CA	0–1	Zamalek	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)		Report	Bencharki 18'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

4 November 2020 (2020-11-04)^{[note 2]} Second leg	Zamalek	3–1	Raja CA	Cairo
19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)	Sassi 61' Mostafa 85', 88'	Report	Malango 47'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Arab Club Champions Cup[edit]

First round[edit]

23 September 2019 (2019-09-23) First leg	Raja CA	1–0	Hilal Al-Quds	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Moutouali 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) Second leg	Hilal Al-Quds	0–2	Raja CA	Al-Ram
19:00 UTC+3		Report	Ngoma 47' Nanah 82'	Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium Referee: Ahmed Yacoub (Jordan)

Second round[edit]

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) First leg	Raja CA	1–1	Wydad AC	Casablanca
19:00 UTC+1	Ngoma 48'	Report	El Haddad 33'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) Second leg	Wydad AC	4–4 (5–5 (a) agg.)	Raja CA	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Nahiri 13' (pen.) El Hassouni 55' El Kaabi 57' Aouk 71'	Report	Moutouali 49' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Ahaddad 74' Malango 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

Quarter-finals[edit]

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) First leg	MC Alger	1–2	Raja CA	Blida
20:00 UTC+1	Frioui 29'	Report	Moutouali 58' (pen.) Malango 82'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) Second leg	Raja CA	0–1	MC Alger	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Frioui 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Semi-finals[edit]

The tournament was postponed for ten months in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, and the final was played on 21 August 2021, where Raja defeated Al-Ittihad Jeddah on penalties after a 4–4 draw to earn their second title.^[13]

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) First leg	Ismaily	1–0	Raja CA	Ismailia
18:00 UTC+2	Ben Youssef 52' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Squad information[edit]

Playing statistics[edit]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Throne Cup		Champions League		Arab Club Champions
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	MAR	Anas Zniti	34	0	25	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
	GK	MAR	Mohamed Bouamira	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	MAR	Amir Haddaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	MAR	Ilias Haddad	15	0	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	LBY	Sanad Al Warfali	32	0	23	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Badr Benoun	27	5	19	0	1	0	7	5	0	0
	DF	MAR	Omar Boutayeb	16	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Abdelilah Madkour	15	0	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Abdeljalil Jbira	18	0	13	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	CMR	Fabrice Ngah	26	1	17	0	1	0	8	1	0	0
	DF	MAR	Mohamed Douik	12	0	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Zakaria Driouch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Oussama Soukhane	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	MAR	Mohamed Zrida	22	0	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Abderrahim Achchakir	29	1	22	1	0	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Omar Arjoune	33	0	26	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Mohamed Al Makahasi	16	1	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	COD	Luamba Ngoma	24	1	14	0	1	0	9	1	0	0
	MF	MAR	Zakaria El Wardi	31	1	24	1	1	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Ayoub Nanah	24	6	17	2	1	1	6	3	0	0
	MF	MAR	Mohsine Moutaouali	35	10	24	6	1	0	10	4	0	0
	MF	MAR	Abdelilah Hafidi	23	6	18	6	0	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Abdelkarim Namani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW	MAR	Mahmoud Benhalib	9	2	4	2	1	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	COD	Ben Malango	28	8	19	5	0	0	9	3	0	0
	FW	MAR	Youssef Bekkari	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Hamid Ahadad	28	9	22	9	1	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Zakaria El Habti	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Anas Jabroun	14	0	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Soufiane Rahimi	38	13	28	10	1	0	9	3	0	0
	FW	MAR	Maati Tamaiazou	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Hicham Islah	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
	DF	MLI	Salif Coulibaly	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 11 October 2020
Source: footballdatabase.eu

Goalscorers[edit]

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	B	TC	CL 1	ACC	TOTAL
5	Mohsine Moutouali	MF	6	0	4	5	15
21	Soufiane Rahimi	FW	10	0	3	0	13
9	Ben Malango	FW	5	0	3	3	11
17	Hamid Ahaddad	FW	9	0	0	1	10
30	Ayoub Nanah	FW	2	1	3	1	7
18	Abdelilah Hafidi	MF	6	0	0	0	6
13	Badr Benoun	DF	0	0	5	0	5
6	Fabrice Ngoma	MF	0	0	1	2	3
10	Mahmoud Benhalib	FW	2	0	0	1	3
55	Abderrahim Achchakir	MF	1	0	0	0	1
23	Mohamed Al Makahasi	MF	1	0	0	0	1
98	Zakaria El Wardi	MF	1	0	0	0	1
4	Fabrice Ngah	DF	0	0	1	0	1
	Hicham Islah	FW	0	1	0	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0	0
Totals			43	2	20	13	78

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
12 May 2019	FW	Mohsine Moutouali	Al Ahli SC	Free transfer
14 May 2019	DF	Salif Coulibaly	Al Ahly SC	Free transfer	^[14]
21 May 2019	MF	Fabrice Ngoma	AS Vita Club	Free transfer	^[15]
27 June 2019	MF	Omar Arjoune	IR Tanger	Free transfer	^[16]
30 June 2019	FW	Ayoub Sabiri	Union Sidi Kacem	Loan Return
30 June 2019	DF	Mohamed Aymen Sadil	Youssoufia Berrechid	Loan Return
30 June 2019	DF	Ayoub Joulale	JS Soualem	Loan Return
30 June 2019	MF	Hassan Bouaïn	Maghreb de Fès	Loan Return
30 June 2019	FW	Mâati Tamaizou	Stade Marocain	Loan Return
24 July 2019	FW	Hamid Ahaddad	Zamalek SC	Loan for one year	^[17]
15 August 2019	FW	Ben Malango	TP Mazembe	Free transfer	^[18]
13 September 2019	DF	Sanad Al Warfali	Al Ahli SC	Free transfer	^[19]
14 January 2020	MF	Mohamed Al Makahasi	Moghreb Tétouan	Free transfer	^[20]^[21]

Out[edit]

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
29 May 2019	FW	Zakaria Hadraf	Damac FC	Free transfer	^[22]
9 June 2019	MF	Lema Mabidi	Unattached^[a]	Free transfer
17 June 2019	MF	Baye Ibrahima Niasse	Unattached^[b]	Free transfer (Released)
27 June 2019	DF	Mohamed Aymen Sadil	IR Tanger	Free transfer	^[25]
22 July 2019	FW	Mouhcine Iajour	Damac FC	Free transfer	^[26]
25 July 2019	MF	Salaheddine Bahi	AS FAR	Free transfer
29 July 2019	FW	Muhammad Shaban	Unattached^[c]	Free transfer (Released)
29 July 2019	GK	Mohammed Chenouf	Unattached	Free transfer (Released)
3 August 2019	DF	Mohamed Oulhaj	Unattached	Free transfer
15 August 2019	DF	Imrane Fiddi	AS Salé	Loan for one year
15 August 2019	MF	Hassan Bouain	AS Salé	Loan for one year
15 August 2019	DF	Saad Lakohal	Widad Témara	Loan for one year
11 September 2019	DF	Salif Coulibaly	Unattached^[d]	Free transfer (Released)

^ Mabidi joined Sabail FK on 14 February 2020.^[23]
^ Niasse joined Gabala FK on 31 October 2019.^[24]
^ Shaban joined Vipers SC on 8 August 2019.^[27]
^ Coulibaly joined Horoya AC on 23 January 2020.^[28]

Notes[edit]

^ Teams from Libya played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.
^ The second leg between Zamalek and Raja CA, originally scheduled to be played on 24 October 2020, 21:00 UTC+2, at Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, was postponed to 1 November 2020, due to Rajaccv being required by Moroccan authorities to self-isolate until 27 October 2020 after eight players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, with the total number of cases increasing to fourteen the following day.^[10] The match was later further postponed to 4 November 2020.^[12]

References[edit]

^ "Patrice Carteron limogé par le Raja Casablanca". L'Équipe. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Jamal Sellami nouveau coach du Raja de Casablanca". lematin.ma. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Botola - Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision". Botola - Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
^ "Morocco's "Botola" resumes after 4-month COVID-19 break". cafonline.com. 28 July 2020.
^ "Postponement of Interclubs semis & Women's qualifiers". CAF. 11 April 2020.
^ "CAF Interclubs finals postponed". CAF. 18 April 2020.
^ "CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup to resume in September with Final Four format". CAFonline. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Updated calendar for CAF Interclub competitions". CAF. 3 August 2020.
^ "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee meeting – 10 September 2020". CAF. 10 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Press Release". CAF. 22 October 2020.
^ "Press release - New dates of 2019-20 Total CAF Champions League matches". CAF. 30 October 2020.
^ "Press release - New dates of 2019-20 Total CAF Champions League matches". CAF. 30 October 2020.
^ "الاتحاد العربي يعلن موعد نهائي كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال" [The Arab Federation announces the final date of the Mohammed VI Cup for the Champions Clubs]. Kooora. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Salif Coulibaly signe au Raja Casablanca". football365.fr. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Fabrice Ngoma (AS Vita Club) signe au Raja Casablanca". football365.fr. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Omar Arjoune de retour sur le banc du Raja de Casablanca". lematin.ma. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Hamid Ahaddad, nouvelle recrue du Raja de Casablanca". fr.hespress.com. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Maroc : Ben Malango signe au Raja". 2022mag.com. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Raja : Vers un retour de Sanad Al Warfali". fr.hespress.com. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "الرجاء الرياضي يتعاقد مع محمد المكعازي". radiomars.ma. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Mohamed Makhazi s'engage avec le Raja de Casablanca". lematin.ma. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Moroccan Player Zakaria Hadraf Joins Saudi Damac Football Club". moroccoworldnews.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Lema Mabidi signe au FC Sabail et relance sa carrière". eventsrdc.com. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "İbrahima Niasse yenidən Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
^ Mountakhab.net [@mountakhabma] (June 27, 2019). "Officiel: Ayman Sadil quitte le Raja Casablanca et signe pour 3 ans à l'IR Tanger" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via Twitter.
^ "Mohcine Iajour rejoint Zakaria Hadraf au Damac FC". lematin.ma. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Muhammad Shaban: Vipers SC sign former Raja Casablanca striker". goal.com. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "Transfert : Salif Coulibaly débarque en Guinée, il signe au Horoya AC". sportsmali.net. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[table_hth_EST0.7021156482874-6] Head-to-head points: Espérance de Tunis 4, Raja Casablanca 1.

[27] Mabidi joined Sabail FK on 14 February 2020.^[23]

[29] Niasse joined Gabala FK on 31 October 2019.^[24]

[33] Shaban joined Vipers SC on 8 August 2019.^[27]

[35] Coulibaly joined Horoya AC on 23 January 2020.^[28]

[LBY-5] Teams from Libya played their home matches outside the country due to security concerns from the ongoing civil war.

[15] The second leg between Zamalek and Raja CA, originally scheduled to be played on 24 October 2020, 21:00 UTC+2, at Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, was postponed to 1 November 2020, due to Rajaccv being required by Moroccan authorities to self-isolate until 27 October 2020 after eight players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, with the total number of cases increasing to fourteen the following day.^[10] The match was later further postponed to 4 November 2020.^[12]

[1] "Patrice Carteron limogé par le Raja Casablanca". L'Équipe. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[2] "Jamal Sellami nouveau coach du Raja de Casablanca". lematin.ma. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[3] "Botola - Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision". Botola - Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

[4] "Morocco's "Botola" resumes after 4-month COVID-19 break". cafonline.com. 28 July 2020.

[CAF_0411-7] "Postponement of Interclubs semis & Women's qualifiers". CAF. 11 April 2020.

[CAF_0418-8] "CAF Interclubs finals postponed". CAF. 18 April 2020.

[CAF_0630-9] "CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup to resume in September with Final Four format". CAFonline. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[CAF_0803-10] "Updated calendar for CAF Interclub competitions". CAF. 3 August 2020.

[CAF_0910-11] "Decisions of CAF Executive Committee meeting – 10 September 2020". CAF. 10 September 2020.

[CAF_1022-12] "Press Release". CAF. 22 October 2020.

[CAF_1030-13] "Press release - New dates of 2019-20 Total CAF Champions League matches". CAF. 30 October 2020.

[14] "Press release - New dates of 2019-20 Total CAF Champions League matches". CAF. 30 October 2020.

[16] "الاتحاد العربي يعلن موعد نهائي كأس محمد السادس للأندية الأبطال" [The Arab Federation announces the final date of the Mohammed VI Cup for the Champions Clubs]. Kooora. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[17] "Salif Coulibaly signe au Raja Casablanca". football365.fr. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[18] "Fabrice Ngoma (AS Vita Club) signe au Raja Casablanca". football365.fr. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[19] "Omar Arjoune de retour sur le banc du Raja de Casablanca". lematin.ma. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[20] "Hamid Ahaddad, nouvelle recrue du Raja de Casablanca". fr.hespress.com. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[21] "Maroc : Ben Malango signe au Raja". 2022mag.com. 17 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[22] "Raja : Vers un retour de Sanad Al Warfali". fr.hespress.com. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[23] "الرجاء الرياضي يتعاقد مع محمد المكعازي". radiomars.ma. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[24] "Mohamed Makhazi s'engage avec le Raja de Casablanca". lematin.ma. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[25] "Moroccan Player Zakaria Hadraf Joins Saudi Damac Football Club". moroccoworldnews.com. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[26] "Lema Mabidi signe au FC Sabail et relance sa carrière". eventsrdc.com. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[28] "İbrahima Niasse yenidən Qəbələ də". gabalafc.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Gabala FK. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

[30] Mountakhab.net [@mountakhabma] (June 27, 2019). "Officiel: Ayman Sadil quitte le Raja Casablanca et signe pour 3 ans à l'IR Tanger" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 August 2022 – via Twitter.

[31] "Mohcine Iajour rejoint Zakaria Hadraf au Damac FC". lematin.ma. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[32] "Muhammad Shaban: Vipers SC sign former Raja Casablanca striker". goal.com. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[34] "Transfert : Salif Coulibaly débarque en Guinée, il signe au Horoya AC". sportsmali.net. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

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