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Raja Club Athletic

2012–13 season
Raja players against Wydad AC during the Throne Cup semi-final
President	Mohamed Boudrika
Manager	Mohamed Fakhir
Stadium	Stade Mohamed V
Botola	Champions
Coupe du Trône	Winners
Arab Champions League	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: Mouhcine Yajour (9) All: Mouhcine Yajour (12)
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The 2012–13 season is Raja Club Athletic's 64th season in existence and the club's 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football.

The team finished 4th last season and will be hoping to finish 1st so that they have the opportunity to play in the 2013 Club World Cup which is being held in Morocco. They start the season off with a new president Mohamed Boudrika who brought back manager Mohamed Fakhir who had previous spells with Raja CA winning the league and Moroccan Cup as they were looking at bringing back the glory.

Players

First team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Yassine El Had		GK
61	Khalid Askri		GK
Defenders
2	Mohamed Chibi		RB
3	Zakaria El Hachimi		CB
4	Ahmed Rahmani		CB
6	Abdelfettah Boukhriss		CB
16	Mohamed Oulhaj		CB/LB
17	Rachid Soulaimani		RB/LB
21	Adil Karrouchy		LB
30	Redouane Derdouri		LB
81	Amin Erbati (captain)		CB
	Marouane Hadhoudi		CB
Midfielders
5	Mouhcine Moutouali		RW
7	Adel Chedli		CM
8	Chemseddine Chtibi		CM
18	Abdelilah Hafidi		LW
24	Ismail Kouchame		CM
26	Vianney Mabide		CM
28	Kouko Guehi		CM
Forwards
9	Abdelmajid Eddine Jilani		FW
10	Badr Kachani		ST
11	Hamza Abourazzouk		ST
19	Ismail Bassour		ST
20	Mouhcine Yajour		ST
25	Yassine Salhi		ST

Reserve team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeepers
	Mohamed Boujad		GK
	Amine Zaid		GK
Defenders
	Badr Benoun		CB
	Mohamed-Amine El Aqmari		CB
	Anas El Asbahi		LB
	Mohamed El Harouali		RB
	Omar Arjoune		RB
	Sadd Kabbah		RB
Midfielders
	Othmane Aswab		MF
	Ayoub Boucheta		MF
	Walid Sebbar		MF
	Yassine Jlayji		MF
Strikers
	Yassine Wakili		ST
	Achraf Gwirih		ST
	Soufiane Saadane		ST
	Yassine Feqhaoui		ST

Transfers

In

#	Position	Player	Transferred from	Date
5	MF	Mouhcine Moutouali	Emirates Club	7 June 2012
21	LB	Adil Karrouchi	Difaa El Jadida	7 June 2012
9	FW	Abdelmajid Eddine	CODM de Meknès	9 June 2012
	CM	Ismail Kouchame	Olympique Khouribga	11 June 2012
	CB	Marouane Hadhoudi	Raja CA Espoirs	12 June 2012
30	LB	Redouane Derdouri	KAC Marrakech	12 June 2012
4	CB	Ahmed Rahmani	Mouloudia Club of Oujda	13 June 2012
20	ST	Mouhcine Yajour	Wydad Casablanca	14 June 2012
19	ST	Ismail Bassour	US Témara	14 June 2012
3	CB	Zakaria El Hachami	Union de Mohammédia	14 June 2012
10	ST	Badr Kachani	FUS Rabat	15 June 2012
8	CM	Chemseddine Chtibi	MAS Fez	19 June 2012
	CB	Abdelfettah Boukhriss	FUS Rabat	14 July 2012
24	CM	Vivien Mabide	Difaa El Jadida	15 July 2012
11	ST	Hamza Abourazzouk	MAS Fez	17 July 2012
7	CM	Adel Chedli	Etoile du Sahel	21 July 2012

Out

#	Position	Player	Transferred to	Date
	GK	Younes Ataba	End of Contract	12 June 2012
	GK	Tarik El Jarmouni	End of Contract	15 June 2012
	CM	Abdelhak Ait Larif	Released	15 June 2012
	RW	Zakaria Chaabani	Released	15 June 2012
	RW	Idriss Belaamri	Released	15 June 2012
	FW	Zakaria Jaouhari	Released	15 June 2012
	FW	Alhassane Issoufou	Released	15 June 2012
	FW	Hassan Tir	Al-Shoalah	23 July 2012
	FW	Samir Malcuit	MAS Fez	31 July 2012
	RW	Soufiane Talal	MAS Fez	31 July 2012
	CM	Abdessamad Ouhakki	Ajman Club	3 August 2012
	ST	Hassan Souari	Renaissance de Berkane	14 August 2012
	ST	Soufiane Alloudi	Widad Fez	20 August 2012
	ST	Adama Bakayoko	Widad Fez	20 August 2012
	CB	Rabii Houbry	Termination of Contract	10 September 2012
	CM	Abdelhak Talhaoui	Termination of Contract	10 September 2012

Loan out

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Loaned To
	Younes Houwassli		GK	FAR Rabat
	Omar Diop		RB	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
	Ismail Belmaalem		CB	Baniyas SC
	Mohamed Achraf Salim		LB	CODM Meknes
	Ismail Bassour		ST	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
	Yassine Wakili		ST	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 25 December 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Coupe du Trone		Arab Champions League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MAR	Yassine El Had	5	0	3+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
2	DF	MAR	Mohamed Chibi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	MAR	Zakaria El Hachami	11	0	7+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	MAR	Ahmed Rahmani	4	0	0+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	MF	MAR	Mouhcine Moutouali	15	4	8+0	2	5+0	2	2+0	0
6	DF	MAR	Abdelfettah Boukhriss	14	1	8+2	1	0+1	0	2+1	0
7	MF	TUN	Adel Chedli	18	0	10+0	0	3+2	0	2+1	0
8	MF	MAR	Chemseddine Chtibi	14	1	7+4	1	0+2	0	0+1	0
9	FW	MAR	Abdelmajid Eddine Jilani	15	4	4+8	4	0+1	0	1+1	0
10	FW	MAR	Badr Kachani	12	0	0+10	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
11	ST	MAR	Hamza Abourazzouk	24	7	9+6	5	2+3	1	1+3	1
16	DF	MAR	Mohamed Oulhaj	26	2	17+0	2	5+0	0	4+0	0
17	DF	MAR	Rachid Soulaimani	18	0	11+1	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
18	MF	MAR	Abdelilah Hafidi	22	9	15+0	4	4+1	3	2+0	2
20	FW	MAR	Mouhcine Yajour	24	9	9+6	6	5+0	1	3+1	2
21	DF	MAR	Adil Karrouchi	23	0	14+0	0	5+0	0	4+0	0
24	MF	CTA	Vivien Mabide	24	2	14+1	2	5+0	0	4+0	0
25	FW	MAR	Yassine Salhi	13	4	4+5	3	0+2	1	2+0	0
26	MF	MAR	Ismail Kouchame	5	1	3+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
28	MF	CIV	Kouko Guehi	25	0	16+0	0	5+0	0	4+0	0
30	DF	MAR	Redouane Derdouri	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
61	GK	MAR	Khalid Askri	22	0	14+0	0	4+0	0	4+0	0
81	DF	MAR	Amin Erbati	19	0	11+0	0	5+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	MAR	Marouane Hadhoudi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	MAR	Younes Houwassli	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	MAR	Omar Diop	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	MAR	Ismail Belmaalem	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	MAR	Mohammed Achraf Salim	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	MAR	Ismail Bassour	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	MAR	Yassine Wakili	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

• Source:

– Out on loan – Sold

Top scorers

Place	Nationality	Number	Name	Botola Pro	Coupe du Trone	Arab Champions League	Total
1		20	Yajour	7	1	2	10
2		18	Hafidi	5	3	1	9
3		11	Abourazzouk	5	1	1	7
4		5	Moutouali	3	2	0	5
5		25	Salhi	3	1	0	4
		9	Jilani	4	0	0	4
6		6	Boukhriss	1	0	1	2
		16	Oulhaj	2	0	0	2
		24	Mabide	2	0	0	2
7		8	Chtibi	1	0	0	1
		26	Kouchame	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	34	8	5	47

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Number	Name	Botola		Coupe du Trone		Arab Champions League		Total
	GK	61	Khalid Askri	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
	GK	1	Yassine El Had	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	3	Zakaria El Hachimi	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	4	Ahmed Rahmani	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	5	Mouhcine Moutouali	4	0	2	0	1	0	7	0
	DF	6	Abdelfettah Boukhriss	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	7	Adel Chedli	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
	MF	8	Chemseddine Chtaibi	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	ST	9	Abdelmajid Eddine	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	ST	10	Badr Kachani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	ST	11	Hamza Abourazzouk	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	16	Mohamed Oulhaj	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	17	Rachid Soulaimani	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
	ST	18	Abdelilah Hafidi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	ST	20	Mouhcine Yajour	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	21	Adil Karrouchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	24	Vivien Mabide	4	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
	ST	25	Yassine Salhi	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	ST	26	Ismail Kouchame	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
	MF	28	Kouko Guehi	4	1	2	0	0	0	6	1
	DF	81	Amin Erbate	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
			TOTALS	43	2	14	1	2	1	59	4

Competitions

Friendly matches

First team matches

With Lots of new signings coming in Raja CA prepared a lot of Friendly Matches to get the team ready for the new season. Raja had a very good pre-season winning most of their matches and only losing once.

9 July 2012	Olympique du Kef	1–1	Raja CA	Stade 7 Novembre du Kef, Tunisia
20:00			Malcuit 7'

13 July 2012	Étoile du Sahel	0–1	Raja CA	Stade Olympique de Sousse, Tunisia
21:00			Chtibi 82'

17 July 2012	Raja CA	3–1	Athletic Bilbao	Stade Mohamed V, Morocco
20:45	Moutouali 12' (pen.) Karrouchi 22' Yajour 52'		Toquero 49'

21 July 2012	Raja CA	2–1	Racing de Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V, Morocco
23:00	Moutouali 53', 56'		Baabi 60'

28 July 2012	Raja CA	0–8	Barcelona	Stade de Tanger, Morocco
22:00			Alexis 12', 40' Messi 34', 37', 45' Dani Alves 58' (pen.) Sergi Gómez 87' Deulofeu 89'	Referee: Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

7 August 2012	Raja CA	1–1	JS Kabylie	Stade Mohamed V, Morocco
23:00	Moutouali 64p'		40'

10 August 2012	Raja CA	4–1	CODM Meknes	Raja-Oasis Sports Complex, Casablanca, Morocco
15:00	Hafidi 32' Erbati 60' Moutouali 74' Abourazzouk 82'		69'

14 August 2012	Raja CA	3–1	Raja Beni Mellal	Raja-Oasis Sports Complex, Casablanca, Morocco
16:00	Yajour 58' Kachani 72' Moutouali 80'		Denkir 39'

16 August 2012	Raja CA	2–1	JS Saoura	Complexe Wellness, Bouskoura, Morocco
15:00	Jilani 39p' Salhi 55'		10'

11 October 2012	Raja CA	3–0	US Mohammedia	Raja-Oasis Sports Complex, Casablanca, Morocco
15:00	Jilani 19p', 80 ' Abourazzouk 35p'

24 October 2012	Raja CA	1–1	Youssoufia Berrechid	Raja-Oasis Sports Complex, Casablanca, Morocco
15:00	Abourazzouk 60'		55'

2012 Tournoi Antifi

The tournament is held in honor of the late Ahmed Antifi, a former leader of the hosts Racing de Casablanca and former vice-president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.

Teams:

• Racing de Casablanca (Hosts)
• Raja CA
• Wydad Casablanca
• FUS Rabat
• FAR Rabat
• Maghreb Fez
• Difaa El Jadida
• Moghreb Tetouan

Group stage

1. 1 point deducted?

22 August 2012	Racing de Casablanca	1–1 (3–4 p)	Raja CA	Stade Père-Jégo, Morocco
17.00	Bouizi 59'		Kachani 27'

24 August 2012	Raja CA	0–3	FUS Rabat	Stade Père-Jégo, Morocco
15.00			Abu Zuhair 29' Mamadou 74' 90'

Botola

League table

1. Difaa El Jadida qualified for the Confederation Cup as winner of the 2013 Moroccan Throne Cup.

Results

16 September 2012	Raja CA	3–0	FUS Rabat	Stade Mohamed V
15:00	Yajour 54', 88' Hafidi 78'			Attendance: 42,000

23 September 2012	Raja Beni Mellal	0–1	Raja CA	Complexe Sportif Municipal, Tadla
16:00			Mabide 50'	Attendance: 10,500

29 September 2012	Raja CA	4–2	Kenitra AC	Stade Mohamed V
19:00	Oulhaj 14' Yajour 18', 61' Moutouali 44'		Biat 31', 86'	Attendance: 50,000

6 October 2012	Widad Fez	0–2	Raja CA	Complexe Sportif de Fès, Fes
18:00			Hafidi 31' Abourazzouk 68'	Attendance: 10,000

2 November 2012	Raja CA	2–2	Olympic Safi	Stade Mohamed V
20:00	Salhi 84' Moutouali 88' (pen.)		Hamdallah 23' Oulhaj 79'	Attendance: 35,000

11 November 2012	Hassania Agadir	1–0	Raja CA	Stade Al Inbiaâte, Agadir
16:00	Lebhij 45' (pen.)			Attendance: 10,000

21 November 2012	CODM Meknes	0–1	Raja CA	Stade d'Honneur, Meknes
18:00			Hafidi 76'	Attendance: 25,000

1 December 2012	Raja CA	2–1	Olympique Khouribga	Stade Père Jégo
14:00	Abourazzouk 57' Jilani 64'		Nafae 90'	Attendance: 12,000

5 December 2012	Raja CA	3–1	Moghreb Tetouan	Stade Mohamed V
20:00	Jilani 29' Yajour 46' Boukhriss 57'		Traoré 90'	Attendance: 45,000

16 December 2012	Raja CA	1–1	Wydad Casablanca	Stade Mohamed V
14:00	Abourazzouk 68'		Ondama 16'	Attendance: 70,000

20 December 2012	FAR Rabat	1–1	Raja CA	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
19:00	Mrani 22'		Hafidi 20' Koucham  52'  Kouko  90+1'	Attendance: 45,000

25 December 2012	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	1–1	Raja CA	Stade Mimoun Al Arsi, Al Hoceima
20:00	Diop 80'		Oulhaj 90'	Attendance: 11,000

30 December 2012	Raja CA	3–2	Renaissance de Berkane	Stade Mohamed V
15:00	Chtibi 45' Jilani 86' Salhi 90+1'		Sahmoudi 32' , 68' Largou  83'	Attendance: 25,000

6 January 2013	Difaa El Jadida	1–4	Raja CA	Stade El Abdi, El Jadida
14:30	57'		Abourazzouk 11' Mabide 37' Salhi 41' Koucham 90+1'	Attendance: 15,000

16 February 2013	Kenitra AC	1–1	Raja CA	Stade Municipal, Kenitra
16:00	El Karoui 16'		Abourazzouk 54'	Attendance: 15,000

20 February 2013	Raja CA	3–0	Raja Beni Mellal	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
19:00	Hafidi 18' Yajour 69' Moutouali 72'			Attendance: 38,000

24 February 2013	Raja CA	2–1	Widad Fez	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
15:00	Yajour 49' Jilani 83'		Saadi 80' (pen.)	Attendance: 40,000

3 March 2013	Raja CA	3–0	CODM Meknes	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
18:00	Salhi 9' (pen.) Yajour 16', 39'		Anis 43'	Attendance: 35,000

18 March 2013	Raja CA	2–0	Hassania Agadir	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
19:00	Salhi 14' Oulhaj 24'

23 March 2013	Olympic Safi	1–2	Raja CA	Stade El Massira
15.00	Madi 79'		Chedli 54' Oulhaj  86'  Kachani 90+3'	Attendance: 19,000

30 March 2013	Moghreb Tetouan	1–0	Raja CA	Saniat Rmel, Tétouan
15:00	El Baraka 7'			Attendance: 10,000

11 April 2013	Raja CA	1–1	FAR Rabat	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
19:00	Abourazzouk 90'		Kaddioui 45' Aqqal  90'	Attendance: 47,000

16 April 2013	Olympique Khouribga	1–3	Raja CA	Complexe OCP, Khouribga
16:00	Grada 56'		Abourazzouk 18' Karrouchy 87' Salhi 90'	Attendance: 10,000

21 April 2013	Raja CA	2–1	Maghreb Fez	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
15:00	Abourazzouk 53' Salhi 70' (pen.)		Malcuit 49' Zekroumi  68'	Attendance: 43,000

28 April 2013	Wydad Casablanca	1–1	Raja CA	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
14:30	Sekkat 30'		Mankari 63'	Attendance: 51,000

12 May 2013	Raja CA	3–1	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
14:30	Chtibi 9' Hafidi 26' Abourazzouk 38'		El Omari 72'	Attendance: 34,000

21 May 2013	Renaissance de Berkane	1–1	Raja CA	Berkane Municipal Stadium , Berkane
16:30	Baltham 90+6'		Kouko 2'	Attendance: 10,000

25 May 2013	Raja CA	2–1	Difaa El Jadida	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca
15:00	Karrouchy 67' Moutouali 90' (pen.)		Hadraf 13' Jawad  88'	Attendance: 55,000

20 December 2012	FUS Rabat	0–2	Raja CA	Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat
19:00			Chtibi 19' Mabide 65'	Attendance: 9,500

Coupe du Trone

Round of 32

26 August 2012	Olympic Safi	0–2	Raja CA	Stade El Massira
16.00			Abourouzouk 35' Moutouali 90+1' (pen.) Askri  47'

Round of 16

1 September 2012	Raja CA	2–1	Hassania Agadir	Stade Mohammed V
20.00	Hafidi 9' Yajour 45'		Patrick 74'

Quarter final

16 October 2012	KAC Marrakech	0–1	Raja CA	Stade de Marrakech
20.00			Hafidi 64'

Semi final

6 November 2012	Wydad Casablanca	1–3	Raja CA	Stade Mohammed V
14:00	Ondama 82'		Moutouali 89' (pen.) Salhi 115' Hafidi 118'	Attendance: 80,000

Final

Arab Champions League

First round

20 October 2012 1st Leg	Raja CA	4–0	CA Bizertin	Stade Mohamed V, Morocco
20:00	Yajour 17', 38' Hafidi 79' Abourazzouk 89'			Attendance: 40,000

25 November 2012 2nd Leg	CA Bizertin	2–0	Raja CA	Stade 15 October, Tunisia
13:30	Otmani 8'		Chedli  44'

Quarter final

8 February 2013 1st Leg	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	1–1	Raja CA	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Stadium, Iraq
12:00	56'		Boukhriss 82'

27 February 2013 2nd Leg	Raja CA	2–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Stade Mohamed V
19:00	Salhi 34' Eddine 88'			Attendance: 45,000

Semi final

12 March 2013 1st Leg	Al-Arabi	1–1	Raja CA	Sabah Al-Salem Stadium, Al-Mansouriah (Kuwait City)
17:00	63'		Hafidi 82'

4 April 2013 2nd Leg	Raja CA	2–2	Al-Arabi	Stade El Abdi, El Jadida
18:00	Moutouali 68' 72'		88' 90'	Attendance: 15000

Reserve team matches

Preseason

The reserve team also had a lot of Pre-season matches to build a strong team.

Elite 1: Espoirs

Challenge Espoirs

Last 16

Quarter – Final

Overall statistics

	Total	Home	Away	Neutral
Games played	22	9	12	1
Games won	15	7	7	1*
Games drawn	5	2	3	0
Games lost	2	0	2	0
Biggest win	4–0 (vs. CA Bizertin )	4–0 (vs. CA Bizertin)	3–1 (vs. Wydad Casablanca)	1–1 (5–4 on penalties) (vs. FAR Rabat )
Biggest loss	2–0 (vs. CA Bizertin )		2–0 (vs. CA Bizertin )
Clean sheets	9	2	6	1
Goals scored	40	24	16	0
Goals conceded	16	9	7	0
Goal difference	+24	+15	+9	0
Average GF per game	1.82	2.67	1.33	0
Average GA per game	0.73	1	0.58	0
Winning rate	15/22 (68.18%)	7/9 (77.78%)	7/12 (58.33%)	1/1* (100%)
Most appearances	22	Mohamed Oulhaj
Top scorer	8	Mouhcine Iajour & Abdelilah Hafidi

Last updated: 6 January 2013
Source: Competitive matches

Won on Penalties

Club

Current technical staff

References

External links

• Official website (in French)

• Raja CA seasons