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Raja CA

2022–23 season
President	Aziz El Badraoui (until 26 May 2023) Mohamed Boudrika (from 26 May 2023)
Manager	Faouzi Benzarti (until 21 September 2022) Mondher Kebaier (until 7 June 2023) Josef Zinnbauer (from 8 June 2023)
Stadium	Stade Mohammed V
Botola	5th
Throne Cup	Final
Champions League	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	Hamza Khabba (8)
Biggest win	5-0 vs Vipers SC, Champions League, 10 February 2023
Biggest defeat	3–1 vs OC Safi, Botola, 28 January 2023
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2022–23 season is Raja Club Athletic's 74th season in existence and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. In addition to the domestic league, they are also participating in this season's editions of the Throne Cup and Champions League.

Raja CA kicked off the season with a 2–2 draw against Olympique Safi in the first round of Botola.

Players

First-team squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 30 January 2023.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Name	Nat.	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Anas Zniti		GK	(1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 34)	AS FAR
89	Marouane Fakhr		GK	(1989-02-11)11 February 1989 (aged 33)	Mouloudia Oujda
22	Amir El Haddaoui		GK	(1999-09-14)14 September 1999 (aged 23)	Youth system
Defenders
24	Marouane Hadhoudi		CB	(1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 30)	Difaâ El Jadidi
15	Jamal Harkass		CB	(1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 27)	Mouloudia Oujda
4	Ismael Mokadem		CB	(1995-07-26)26 July 1995 (aged 27)	Renaissance Berkane
33	Bouchaib Arrassi		CB	(2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 22)	SCC Mohammedia
16	Mohamed Nahiri		LB	(1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 31)	Unattached
3	Mahmoud Bentayg		LB	(1999-10-30)30 October 1999 (aged 23)	TAS de Casablanca
6	Zakaria Labib		LB	(2003-01-01)1 January 2003 (aged 20)	Youth system
29	Abdelilah Madkour		RB	(2000-06-11)11 June 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
27	Mohamed Boulacsoute		RB	(1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 24)	Chabab Mohammédia
25	Abdessamad Badaoui		RB	(1999-08-24)24 August 1999 (aged 23)	JS Soualem
Midfielders
18	Roger Aholou		DM	(1993-12-30)30 December 1993 (aged 29)	US Monastir
5	Ahmadou Camara		DM	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 20)	Youth system
28	Youssef Riani		DM	(1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 24)	TAS de Casablanca
8	Walid Sabbar		DM	(1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (aged 26)	Emirates Club
19	Mohamed Zrida		DM	(1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 23)	Youth system
20	Raouf Benguit		CM	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 26)	MC Alger
13	Hamza Moujahid		CM	(1995-02-01)1 February 1995 (aged 27)	AS FAR
10	Zakaria El Wardi		CM	(1998-08-17)17 August 1998 (aged 24)	Zamalek SC
23	Mohamed Al Makahasi		CM	(1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 27)	Moghreb Tétouan
81	Abdelilah Hafidi		AM	(1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 30)	Al-Hazem
Forwards
11	Nawfel Zerhouni		RW	(1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 27)	Al-Hazem
7	Zakaria Hadraf		LW	(1990-06-18)18 June 1990 (aged 32)	Difaâ El Jadidi
26	Yousri Bouzok		RW	(1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 26)	Paradou AC
14	Zakaria Habti		RW	(1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 24)	Youth system
2	Soufiane Benjdida		ST	(2001-09-05)5 September 2001 (aged 21)	Youth system
17	Hamza Khabba		ST	(1996-06-09)9 June 1996 (aged 26)	Olympic Safi
21	Houssine Rahimi		ST	(2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 20)	Youth system

New contracts

Date	Position	No.	Player	Ref.
1st August 2022	MF	23	Mohamed Al Makahasi
27 August 2022	GK	1	Anas Zniti
2 February 2023	FW	9	Soufiane Benjdida

Transfers

In

Date	Pos '	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
31 July 2022	DF	Ismael Mokadem	Renaissance Berkane	Free transfer
	MF	Said Azeroual	AS Salé	Undisclosed
	DF	Mohamed Boulacsoute	Chabab Mohammédia	Free transfer
	FW	Zakaria Hadraf	Difaâ El Jadidi	Undisclosed
1 August 2022	DF	Mahmoud Bentayg	TAS de Casablanca	66 K €
	MF	Hamza Moujahid	AS FAR	Free transfer
	FW	Yousri Bouzok	Paradou AC	Free transfer
	FW	Mehdi Boukassi	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Free transfer
	MF	Abdelhay El Forsy	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Free transfer
2 August 2022	MF	Walid Sabbar	Emirates Club	Free transfer
4 August 2022	MF	Raouf Benguit	MC Alger	Undisclosed
27 August 2022	MF	Roger Aholou	FC San Pedro	47 K €
31 August 2022	MF	Youssef Riani	TAS de Casablanca	Free Transfer
	FW	Axel Méyé	Ittihad Tanger	332 K €
	FW	Hamza Khabba	Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)	121 K € (loan with purchase option)
16 January 2023	MF	Zakaria El Wardi	Zamalek SC	Free transfer
23 January 2023	FW	Nawfel Zerhouni	Al-Hazem F.C.	Loan
29 January 2023	MF	Abdelilah Hafidi	Al-Hazem F.C.	Free transfer
31 January 2023	DF	Mohamed Ali Manali	Moghreb Tetouan	Transfer

Out

Date	Pos '	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
15 July 2022	DF	Ilias Haddad	Union de Touarga	Free transfer
31 July 2022	MF	Omar Arjoune	Al-Faisaly	Free transfer
8 August 2022	MF	Fabrice Ngoma	Al-Fahaheel FC	Free transfer
31 August 2022	MF	Zakaria El Wardi	Zamalek SC	Free transfer
	FW	Hamid Ahaddad	Wydad AC	Free transfer
	MF	Badr Boulahroud	Ohod Club	Free transfer
	MF	Youness Mokhtar	Bhayangkara F.C.	Free transfer
	FW	Peter Wilson	FK Jerv	Free transfer
	MF	Mohsine Moutouali	Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)	Free transfer
	MF	Mehdi Boukassi	Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)	Loan
	DF	Mohamed Souboul	Ittihad Tanger	Loan
	DF	Oussama Soukhane	Difaâ El Jadida	Loan
	FW	Abdellah Farah	Difaâ El Jadida	Loan
28 January 2023	FW	Axel Méyé	OC Safi	Loan
31 January 2023	GK	Gaya Merbah	IR Tanger	Loan
	MF	Abdelhay El Forsy	OC Safi	Loan
	FW	Haitam El Bahja	Fath US	Free transfer

Competitions

Overview

Updated to match played 16 July 2023
Source: Competitions

Botola

League table

1. ^ Head-to-head: Raja CA: 6 points, RS Berkane: 0 point.
2. RS Berkane qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup by winning the 2021–22 Moroccan Throne Cup.

Results summary

Last updated: 26 June 2023.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Matches

9 September 2022 Round 2	Union de Touarga	1–0	Raja CA	Rabat
18:00	El Khalej 16'	Report		Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan Attendance: 8000 Referee: Redouane Jiyed

18 September 2022 Round 3	Raja CA	1–1	Moghreb Tétouan	Casablanca
17:00	Habti 34'	Report	Kamal 55'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 40000 Referee: Nabil Berkia

Throne Cup

12 April 2023 Round of 16	Hassania Agadir	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Raja CA	Agadir
22:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 0 Referee: Yassine Bouslim
	Penalties
	Ech-Chamakh Afsal Lakhdar Boukhanfer		Hafidi Boulacsoute Harkass Habti Benjdida

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.

Second round

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) First leg	ASN Nigelec	0–2	Raja CA	Niamey
16:30 UTC+1		Report	Habti 66' Benjdida 90'	Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché Referee: Gnama Aklesso (Togo)

15 October 2022 (2022-10-15) Second leg	Raja CA	1–0 (3–0 agg.)	ASN Nigelec	Casablanca
18:00 UTC+1	Nahiri 79'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium Referee: Mashood Ssali (Uganda)

Group stage

The draw of the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RCA	SSC	HAC	VSC
1	Raja CA	6	5	1	0	17	3	+14	16	Advance to knockout stage		—	3–1	2–0	5–0
2	Simba	6	3	0	3	10	7	+3	9			0–3	—	7–0	1–0
3	Horoya	6	2	1	3	4	12	−8	7			1–3	1–0	—	2–0
4	Vipers	6	0	2	4	1	10	−9	2			1–1	0–1	0–0	—

10 February 2023 (2023-02-10) Matchday 1	Raja CA	5–0	Vipers SC	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Khabba 5' Harkass 15' Zrida 38' Bouzok 59' Aholou 71'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium Referee: Boubou Traoré (Mali)

18 February 2023 (2023-02-18) Matchday 2	Simba SC	0–3	Raja CA	Dar es Salaam
17:00 UTC+1		Report	Khabba 30' Benjdida 82' Mokadem 86' (pen.)	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Blaise Yuven Ngwa (Cameroon)

25 February 2023 (2023-02-25) Matchday 3	Raja CA	2–0	Horoya AC	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Khabba 43' Zarhouni 89'	Report		Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium Referee: Peter Waweru (Kenya)

7 March 2023 (2023-03-07) Matchday 4	Horoya AC	1–3	Raja CA	Bamako (Mali)
16:00 UTC±0	Ndiaye 70'	Report	Sabbar 6', 63' Nahiri 42'	Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars Referee: Ibrahim Kalilou Traore (Ivory Coast)

18 March 2023 (2023-03-18) Matchday 5	Vipers SC	1–1	Raja CA	Entebbe
19:00 UTC+3	Lawal 45+3'	Report	Benjdida 18'	Stadium: St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende Referee: Mohamed Athoumani (Comoros)

31 March 2023 (2023-03-31) Matchday 6	Raja CA	3–1	Simba SC	Casablanca
22:00 UTC±0	Khabba 44', 70' Boulacsoute 86'	Report	Baleke 49'	Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium Referee: Ahmad Imtehaz Heeralall (Mauritius)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

22 April 2023 (2023-04) First leg	Al Ahly	2–0	Raja CA	Cairo
19 UTC±0	Abdelmonem 45+2' Fathy 84'	Report		Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

29 April 2023 (2023-04) Second leg	Raja CA	0–0	Al Ahly	Casablanca
19 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Mohammed V Stadium Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Moataz Ibrahim (Libya)

Squad information

Goalscorers

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Botola	Throne Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Hamza Khabba	2	1	5	8
2	DF	Mohamed Nahiri	4	0	2	6
3	FW	Soufiane Benjdida	3	0	3	6
4	MF	Mohamed Zrida	3	1	1	5
5	DF	Jamal Harkass	3	0	1	4
6	FW	Yousri Bouzok	3	0	1	4
7	FW	Zakaria Habti	2	0	1	3
8	MF	Walid Sabbar	0	1	2	3
9	FW	Nawfel Zarhouni	2	0	1	3
10	DF	Mahmoud Bentayg	2	0	0	2
11	MF	Roger Aholou	1	0	1	2
12	FW	Mohamed Boulacsoute	1	0	1	2
13	FW	Zakaria Hadraf	1	0	0	1
14	DF	Ismael Mokadem	0	0	1	1
15	DF	Marouane Hadhoudi	1	0	0	1
16	DF	Bouchaib Arrassi	1	0	0	1
Own goals			2	1	0	2
Total			31	4	20	55

Clean sheets

No.	Player	Botola	Throne Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Anas Zniti	13	3	5	20
12	Gaya Merbah	1	0	1	2
Total		14	3	6	23

Notes

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