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Raja CA

2024–25 season
President	Adil Hala
Manager	Rusmir Cviko (until 28 September) Abdelkrim Jinani (interim, from 28 September to 9 October) Ricardo Sá Pinto (from 10 October)
Stadium	Stade Larbi Zaouli
Botola	6th
Throne Cup	Round of 32
Excellence Cup	Group stage
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Yousri Bouzok (3) All: Yousri Bouzok (3)
Biggest win	5–0 v AS GNN (Home, 24 August 2024, Champions League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2024–25 season is Raja Club Athletic's 76th season in existence and the club's 68th 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. Following the renovation of Stade Mohammed V, Raja will play all home fixtures at Stade Larbi Zaouli during this season at 25,000 capacity.

Raja CA kicked off the season with a 1–2 win over AS GNN in the first round of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.

Players

First-team squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 September 2024.

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 36)	AS FAR
12	El Mehdi Al Harrar		GK	(2000-11-30)30 November 2000 (aged 24)	Chabab Mohammédia
32	Yassine Zoubir		GK	(2002-02-24)24 February 2002 (aged 23)	Youth system
Defenders
5	Abdellah Khafifi		CB	(1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 32)	Umm Salal
4	Hani Amamou		CB	(1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 27)	ES Tunis
28	Bouchaib Arrassi		CB	(2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 25)	Youth system
16	Benaissa Benamar		CB	(1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 28)	FC Volendam
23	Yasser Baldé		CB	(1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 32)	Ratchaburi FC
27	Mohamed Boulacsoute		RB / RW / LW	(1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 26)	Chabab Mohammédia
17	Youssef Belammari		LB / LM	(1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 26)	Fath US
3	Zakaria Labib		LB	(2003-02-28)28 February 2003 (aged 22)	Youth system
2	Abdelkrim Baadi		LB / RB	(1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 29)	RS Berkane
Midfielders
6	Mouhsine Bodda		CM / DM	(1997-07-18)18 July 1997 (aged 27)	FC Nouadhibou
18	Federico Bikoro		CM / DM	(1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (aged 29)	Club Africain
19	Mohamed Zrida		CM / AM / LM	(1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 26)	Youth system
8	Hilal Ferdaoussi		DM / CM / AM	(1999-06-23)23 June 1999 (aged 26)	Moghreb Tétouan
34	Sabir Bougrine		AM / CM	(1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 28)	Espérance de Tunis
77	Adam Ennafati		AM / LW / RW	(1994-06-29)29 June 1994 (aged 31)	AS FAR
Forwards
26	Yousri Bouzok		RW / LW	(1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 28)	Paradou AC
20	Marouane Zila		LW / RW	(1997-06-13)13 June 1997 (aged 28)	Chabab Mohammédia
21	Pape Ousmane Sakho		LW / RW / AM	(1996-12-21)21 December 1996 (aged 28)	Quevilly-Rouen
24	Ayoub Maamouri		LW / RW	(2000-12-01)1 December 2000 (aged 24)	Olympique Dcheira
40	Younes Najari		RW / LW	(1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 29)	Al-Salmiya SC
11	Nawfel Zerhouni		ST / RW / LW	(1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 29)	Al-Hazem
9	Houssine Rahimi		ST	(2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 23)	Youth system
29	Abderahmane Soussi		ST	(2003-01-30)30 January 2003 (aged 22)	Akritas Chlorakas

New contracts

Date	Position	No.	Player	Ref.
20 July 2024	MF	71	Hervé Guy

Transfers

In

Date	Pos'	Player	Moving from	Fee	Ref.
6 June 2024	GK	El Mehdi Al Harrar	SCC Mohammédia	Free agent
	MF	Hilal Ferdaoussi	MA Tétouan	Free agent
30 June 2024	FW	Houssine Rahimi	JS Soualem	End of loan
4 July 2024	DF	Abdelkrim Baadi	RS Berkane	Free agent
21 July 2024	DF	Hani Amamou	ES Tunis	Free agent
23 August 2024	MF	Mouhsine Bodda	FC Nouadhibou	Free agent
24 August 2024	MF	Federico Bikoro	Club Africain	Free agent
	FW	Pape Ousmane Sakho	Quevilly-Rouen	Free agent
27 August 2024	FW	Ayoub Maamouri	Olympique Dcheira	€80 k
19 September 2024	DF	Benaissa Benamar	FC Volendam	Free agent
	DF	Yasser Baldé	Ratchaburi FC	Free agent
	FW	Abderahmane Soussi	Akritas Chlorakas	Free agent
	FW	Younes Najari	Al-Salmiya SC	Free agent

Out

Date	Pos'	Player	Moving to	Fee	Ref.
15 May 2024	MF	Zakaria El Wardi	Unattached	Released
2 June 2024	MF	Haashim Domingo	Cape Town City	Released
30 June 2024	FW	Riad Benayad	Espérance de Tunis	End of loan
	MF	El Mehdi Moubarik	Al Ain FC
8 July 2024	FW	Abdellah Farah	US Touarga	Released
12 July 2024	FW	Víctor Ábrego	C.A. Nacional Potosí	Loan
20 July 2024	DF	Ismael Mokadem	Al Ula FC	€747 k
27 July 2024	FW	El Mehdi Maouhoub	Dynamo Moscow	€1,8 million
10 August 2024	MF	Mohamed Al Makahasi	Al Wehda FC	Free agent
27 September 2024	MF	Hervé Guy	Unattached	Released
	MF	Ahmadou Camara	Khor Fakkan Club	€350 k

Pre-season and friendlies

On 4 July 2024, Raja CA announces its preparation schedule for the 2024–25 season. On 23 July, the team will fly to Tunisia where it will spend ten days before playing a friendly match against CA Bizertin. Finally, the preparation will end in Morocco with a match against Al Aïn FC.

3 August 2024 Friendly	CA Bizertin	1–1	Raja CA	Tabarka, Tunisia
17:00	Jemmali 59'		Rahimi 49'	Attendance: 0

10 August 2024 Friendly	Raja CA	0–0	Al Ain FC	Casablanca
18:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli Attendance: 0

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 19 December 2024
Source: Sofascore

Botola

League table

Results summary

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Matches

Throne Cup

Excellence Cup

The Excellence Cup is a newly created competition by the National Professional Football League (LNFP). It is open to all the clubs from the two first divisions of the 2024–25 season. Its objectives are the integration and development of young players, the gradual recovery after the breaks and the maintenance of competition during the league's interruptions.

The clubs are required to register at least 10 U23 players on the match sheet and play at least 6 U23 players throughout the match. The competition begins with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams. The first two teams qualify for the elimination phase which is played in a two-legged format and begins with the round of 16.

Group stage

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024.

First round

17 August 2024 (2024-08-17)	AS GNN	1–2	Raja CA	Niamey
16:00 UTC+1	Jules 38' (pen.)	Report	Bougrine 22' Zila 64'	Stadium: Stade Général Seyni Kountché Referee: Godfrey Nkhakananga (Malawi)

24 August 2024 (2024-08-24)	Raja CA	5–0	AS GNN	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Zrida 28' Zerhouni 33' Boulacsoute 45+2' Ennafati 54' Bougrine 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli Attendance: 10000 Referee: Abdoulaye Manet (Guinea)

Second round

15 September 2024 (2024-09-15)	Samartex	2–2	Raja CA	Accra
15:00 UTC+1	Ephson 37', 44'	Report	Zrida 19'  70'  90+4' Boulacsoute 63'	Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium Attendance: 3000 Referee: Jelly Alfred Chavani (South Africa)

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21)	Raja CA	2–0	Samartex	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Zila 40' Zerhouni 88'	Report		Stadium: Larbi Zaouli Stadium Attendance: 15000 Referee: Messie Nkounkou (Congo)

Group stage

The group stage draw was held on 7 October 2024.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MSFC	FAR	MUN	RCA
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage		—	17–18 Jan	0–0	1–0
2	AS FAR	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5			1–1	—	3–4 Jan	10–11 Jan
3	AS Maniema Union	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3			10–11 Jan	1–1	—	1–1
4	Raja CA	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1			3–4 Jan	0–2	17–18 Jan	—

1. ^ Ranked on away goals scored in head-to-head matches: Mamelodi Sundowns 1, AS FAR 0.

26 November 2024 (2024-11-26)	Raja CA	0–2	AS FAR	Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Bougrine 75	Report	Hammoudan 41' Aït Ouarkhane 90+7'	Attendance: 15000 Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

7 December 2024 (2024-12-07)	AS Maniema Union	1–1	Raja CA	Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa
14:00 UTC+1	Bakasu 79'	Report	Najjari 17'	Attendance: 5000 Referee: Mahmood Ismail (Sudan)

15 December 2024 (2024-12-15)	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	Raja CA	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
15:00 UTC+2	Rayners 65'	Report		Attendance: 10000 Referee: Pierre Atcho (Gabon)

3–4 January 2025 (2025-01)	Raja CA	v	Mamelodi Sundowns	Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1

10–11 January 2025 (2025-01)	AS FAR	v	Raja CA	Moulay Hassan Stadium, Rabat
--:-- UTC+1

17–18 January 2025 (2025-01)	Raja CA	v	AS Maniema Union	Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1

Squad information

Goals

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

Rank	Pos.	Player	Botola	Throne Cup	Excellence Cup	Champions League	Total
1	AM	Adam Ennafati	3	0	0	1	4
2	FW	Younes Najari	2	0	1	1	4
3	DF	Mohamed Boulacsoute	1	0	0	2	3
4	FW	Nawfel Zerhouni	1	0	0	2	3
5	MF	Mohamed Zrida	1	0	0	2	3
6	FW	Yousri Bouzok	3	0	0	0	3
7	AM	Sabir Bougrine	0	0	0	2	2
8	FW	Marouane Zila	0	0	0	2	2
9	DF	Youssef Belammari	1	0	0	0	1
10	FW	Pape Ousmane Sakho	1	0	0	0	1
11	FW	Abderahmane Soussi	0	0	1	0	1
12	FW	Azzeddine Laftah	0	0	1	0	1
13	FW	Oussama El Hamdaoui	0	0	1	0	1
14
15
16
Own goals			1	0	0	0	1
Total			14	0	4	12	30

Assists

Rank	Pos.	Player	Botola	Throne Cup	Excellence Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Nawfel Zerhouni	3	0	0	4	7
2	AM	Sabir Bougrine	1	0	0	2	3
3	FW	Yousri Bouzok	2	0	0	1	3
4	DF	Youssef Belammari	0	0	0	2	2
5	DF	Mohamed Boulacsoute	1	0	0	1	2
6	AM	Adam Ennafati	1	0	0	1	2
7	MF	Mohamed Zrida	2	0	0	0	2
8	MF	Hervé Guy	0	0	0	1	1
9	FW	Karim Ouhammou	0	0	1	0	1
10
11
12
13
Total			10	0	1	12	23

Clean sheets

No.	Player	Botola	Throne Cup	Excellence Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Anas Zniti	4	0	0	2	6
12	El Mehdi Al Harrar	2	0	1	0	3
Total		6	0	1	2	9

Notes

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