| 2017–18 season | ||||
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| President | Said Hasbane | |||
| manager | ||||
| Stadium | Stade Mohamed V | |||
| Botola | 6th | |||
| Throne Cup | Champions | |||
| CAF Confederation Cup | Winners | |||
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The 2017–18 season is Raja CA's 69th season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.
Overview
Pre-season
August
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Head coach: Juan Carlos Garrido
- Assistant-coach: Mohammed Adil Erradi
Transfers
In (summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out (Summer)Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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In (winter)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out (winter)
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Pre-season and friendlies
Competitions
Oreview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | |||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Botola | 9 September 2017 | Matchday 1 | Matchday 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 50.00 | |
| Coupe du Trône | 22 August 2017 | 18 November 2017 | Round of 32 | Final | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 50.00 |
| Total | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 14 | +17 | 50.00 | ||||
Last updated: 4 November 2017.
Source: Competitions
Botola
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 4 | FUS Rabat | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 49 | |
| 5 | Difaâ El Jadidi | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 48[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 6 | Raja Casablanca | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 48[lower-alpha 1] | Qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 2] |
| 7 | Olympic Safi | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 43[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 8 | AS FAR | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 43[lower-alpha 3] |
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.
Notes:
- 1 2 Difaa Jadidi finished ahead of Raja Casablanca on head-to-head goal difference: Difaa Jadidi 2–1 Raja Casablanca, Raja Casablanca 3–2 Difaa Jadidi
- ↑ Raja CA qualified for the Confederation Cup First round as the title holders, by winning the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.
- 1 2 Olympic Safi finished ahead of AS FAR on head-to-head points: Olympic Safi 1–1 AS FAR, AS FAR 3–4 Olympic Safi
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
Last updated: 2 October 2017.
Source: Competitive matches
Result round by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| 10 September 2017 1 | Olympique Khouribga | 1-1 | Raja CA | Khouribga |
| 17:00 UTC+1 |
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Stadium: Complexe OCP Attendance: 11,000 |
| 16 September 2017 2 | Raja CA | 2-0 | FAR Rabat | Casablanca |
| 17:00 UTC+1 |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 43,000 |
| 23 September 2017 3 | Raja CA | 4-0 | Kawkab Marrakech | Agadir |
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 5,000 |
| 1 October 2017 4 | IR Tanger | 1–1 | Raja CA | Tangier |
| 16:00 UTC+1 | Lebhiri Serroukh Naghmi Bouldini Thioune El Khaliqi |
Achchakir Jbira Benhalib Banoun |
Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Redouane Jiyed |
| 23 October 2017 5 | Raja CA | 2-1 | Hassania Agadir | Casablanca |
| 19:30 UTC+1 | Iajour Erraki |
Daoudi |
Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 45,000 |
| 29 October 2017 6 | Olympic Safi | 2-0 | Raja CA | Safi |
| 15:00 GMT | El Haj |
Stadium: Stade El Massira Attendance: 5,000 |
| 5 November 2017 7 | Raja CA | 1-2 | Chabab Atlas Khénifra | Casablanca |
| 19:00 GMT | Abdelilah Hafidi |
Youssef El omari |
Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 25,000 |
| 23 November 2017 8 | FUS Rabat | 0-0 | Raja CA | Rabat |
| 19:00 GMT | Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium |
| 27 November 2017 9 | Raja CA | 3-1 | Rapide Oued Zem | Rabat |
| 17:00 GMT | Abdelkabir El Ouadi |
Mamadou sidibé |
Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 16,000 |
| 10 February 2018 10 | Wydad Casablanca | 1-2 | Raja CA | Casablanca |
| 15:00 UTC |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 12 December 2017 11 | Raja CA | 3-2 | Difaa El Jadida | Rabat |
| 16:00 GMT | Jaouad El Yamiq |
Ayoub Nanah |
Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 18,000 |
| 19 December 2018 12 | Moghreb Tétouan | 1-3 | Raja CA | Rabat |
| 15:00 GMT |
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Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium |
| 24 December 2017 13 | Raja CA | 1-1 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | Casablanca |
| 15:00 GMT |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 27 December 2017 14 | RS Berkane | 1-0 | Raja CA | Berkane |
| 14:00 GMT |
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Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane |
| 30 December 2017 15 | Raja CA | 2-0 | Racing de Casablanca | Casablanca |
| 15:00 GMT |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 14 February 2018 16 | Raja CA | 4-3 | Olympique Khouribga | Casablanca |
| 15:00 GMT |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 20,000 |
| 18 February 2018 17 | FAR Rabat | 2-1 | Raja CA | Rabat |
| 15:00 | Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium |
| 25 February 2018 18 | Kawkab Marrakech | 0-3 | Raja CA | Marrakech |
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Stadium: Stade de Marrakech |
| 2 March 2018 19 | Raja CA | 1-1 | IR Tanger | Casablanca |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 10 March 2018 20 | Hassania Agadir | 1-0 | Raja CA | Agadir |
| Stadium: Stade Adrar |
| 29 March 2018 21 | Raja CA | 0-0 | Olympic Safi | Casablanca |
| Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 1 April 2018 23 | Raja CA | 1-2 | FUS Rabat | Casablanca |
| 18:00 Gmt+1 |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 14 April 2018 25 | Raja CA | 1-1 | Wydad Casablanca | Casablanca |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 22 April 2018 26 | Difaa El Jadida | 2-1 | Raja CA | El Jadida |
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Stadium: Stade El Abdi |
| 25 April 2018 22 | Chabab Atlas Khénifra | 2-3 | Raja CA | Khénifra |
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Stadium: Stade municipal of Khénifra |
| 28 April 2018 27 | Raja CA | 0-0 | Moghreb Tétouan | Casablanca |
| Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 2 May 2018 24 | Rapide Oued Zem | 3-1 | Raja CA | Oued Zem |
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Stadium: Stade Municipalo of Oued Zem |
| 9 May 2018 28 | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima | 0-0 | Raja CA | Al Hoceima |
| Stadium: Stade Mimoun Al Arsi |
| 12 May 2018 29 | Raja CA | 2-1 | RS Berkane | Casablanca |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
| 20 May 2018 30 | Racing de Casablanca | 1-2 | Raja CA | Casablanca |
| Stadium: Stade Père-Jégo |
Moroccan Throne Cup
Round of 32
| 23 August 2017 First leg | Raja CA | 0-0 | Olympique Dcheira | Casablanca |
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hamza El Fareq |
Round of 16
| 26 September 2017 First leg | Raja CA | 0-0 | FUS Rabat | Rabat |
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 5,000 |
| 12 October 2017 Second leg | FUS Rabat | 1-2 (1-2 agg.) | Raja CA | Rabat |
| 18:00 UTC+1 |
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Stadium: Stade de FUS Attendance: 10,000 |
Quarter-finals
| 15 October 2017 First leg | Raja CA | 5-1 | Chabab Atlas Khénifra | Casablanca |
| 19:30 UTC+1 |
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Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 35,000 |
| 19 October 2017 Second leg | Chabab Atlas Khénifra | 0-2 (1-7 agg.) | Raja CA | Khénifra |
| 15:30 UTC+1 | Mouhcine Iajour |
Stadium: Stade municipal de Khénifra Attendance: 5,000 |
Semi-finals
| 26 October 2017 First leg | FAR Rabat | 1-1 | Raja CA | Rabat |
| 18:00 UTC+1 | Mohamed El Fakih |
Mahmoud Benhalib |
Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 30,000 |
| 2 November 2017 Second leg | Raja CA | 0-0 (1-1 agg.) | FAR Rabat | Casablanca |
| 19:30 GMT | Stadium: Stade Mohamed V |
Final
| 18 November 2017 Final | Difaâ El Jadidi | 1-1 (1-3 p) | Raja CA | Rabat |
| 16:00 GMT | Hamid Ahaddad | Mouhcine Iajour | Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 50,000 |
CAF Confederation Cup
Statistics
Squad statistics
Last updated on 2 November 2017.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Botola | Coupe du Trône | CAF Cup 2018 | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
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| 1 | GK | Anas Zniti | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | GK | Mohamed Bouamira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | GK | Aymane Chennouf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Omar Boutayeb | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Adil Karrouchy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Hamza Toumi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Badr Banoun | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Jaouad El Yamiq | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Abdeljalil Jbira | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Mohamed Khaldan | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | DF | Mohamed Oulhaj | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 99 | MF | Issam Erraki | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Lema Mabidi | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Samson Mbingui | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | MF | Abdelilah Hafidi | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 28 | MF | Karim Nouamani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | MF | Zakaria El Hilali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 55 | MF | Abderrahim Achchakir | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | MF | Walid Sebbar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | MF | Aiman Douni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | MF | Ayoub Sabiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Mohamed Douik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MF | Mounir Obbadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Zakaria Hadraf | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Zouhair El Ouassli | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Ayoub Joulal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Mouhcine Iajour | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | FW | Abdelkabir El Ouadi | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 26 | FW | Mahmoud Benhalib | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 77 | FW | Hilaire Momi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Goalscorers
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | Botola | Coupe du Trône | CAF Cup 2018 | Total |
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| 12 | FW | Mouhcine Iajour | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | |
| 24 | FW | Mahmoud Benhalib | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | FW | Zakaria Hadraf | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 99 | MF | Issam Erraki | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 55 | MF | Abderrahim Achchakir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 18 | MF | Abdelilah Hafidi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | DF | Jaouad El Yamiq | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | DF | Badr Banoun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | FW | Ayoub Joulal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 93 | FW | Abdelkabir El Ouadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 26 | DF | Mohamed Khaldan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 17 | 13 | 0 | 21 | |||