2024–25 Raja CA season

Raja CA
2024–25 season
President	Adil Hala
Manager	Rusmir Cviko
Stadium	Stade Larbi Zaouli
Botola	Pre-season
Throne Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Sabir Bougrine (2); All: ; Sabir Bougrine (2)
Biggest win	5–0 v AS GNN; (Home, 24 August 2024, Champions League)
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Raja Club Athletic's 76th season 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 25 August 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	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Anas Zniti	GK	(1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 36)	AS FAR
22	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
24	Hani Amamou	CB	(1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26)	ES Tunis
28	Bouchaib Arrassi	CB	(2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 25)	Youth system
33	Mehdi Mchakhchekh	CB	(2004-02-23)23 February 2004 (aged 21)	Youth system
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
30	Ahmadou Camara	DM / CM	(2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 21)	Youth system
71	Hervé Guy	DM / CM	(1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (aged 32)	Fath US
8	Hilal Ferdaoussi	DM / CM / AM	(1999-06-23)23 June 1999 (aged 26)	Moghreb Tétouan
19	Mohamed Zrida	CM / AM / LM	(1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 26)	Youth system
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
-	Mouhsine Bodda	CM / DM	(1997-07-18)18 July 1997 (aged 27)	FC Nouadhibou
-	Federico Bikoro	CM / DM	(1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (aged 29)	Club Africain
Forwards
11	Nawfel Zerhouni	RW / LW / ST	(1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 29)	Al-Hazem
26	Yousri Bouzok	RW / LW	(1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 28)	Paradou AC
97	Marouane Zila	LW / RW	(1997-06-13)13 June 1997 (aged 28)	Chabab Mohammédia
21	Houssine Rahimi	ST	(2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 23)	Youth system
-	Pape Ousmane Sakho	LW / RW / AM	(1996-12-21)21 December 1996 (aged 28)	Quevilly-Rouen

New contracts

Date	Position	No.	Player	Ref.
20 July 2024	MF	71	Hervé Guy	^[1]

Transfers

In

Date	Pos'	Player	Moving from	Fee	Ref.
6 June 2024	GK	El Mehdi Al Harrar	SCC Mohammédia	Free agent	^[2]
6 June 2024	MF	Hilal Ferdaoussi	MA Tétouan	Free agent	^[3]
30 June 2024	FW	Houssine Rahimi	JS Soualem	End of loan
4 July 2024	DF	Abdelkrim Baadi	RS Berkane	Free agent	^[4]
21 July 2024	DF	Hani Amamou	ES Tunis	Free agent	^[5]
23 August 2024	MF	Mouhsine Bodda	FC Nouadhibou	Free agent
24 August 2024	MF	Federico Bikoro	Club Africain	Free agent
24 August 2024	FW	Pape Ousmane Sakho	Quevilly-Rouen	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	^[6]
30 June 2024	FW	Riad Benayad	Espérance de Tunis	End of loan
30 June 2024	MF	El Mehdi Moubarik	Al Ain FC	End of loan	^[7]
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

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

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Botola	30 August 2024	TBD	Matchday 1	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Throne Cup	TBD	TBD	Round of 32	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CAF Champions League	17 August 2024	TBD	First round	TBD	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Total					2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00

Last updated: 24 August 2024
Source: Sofascore

Botola

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	MA Tétouan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Olympic Safi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Raja CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	RCA Zemamra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	RS Berkane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 22 June 2024. Source: FRMF.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2a) Head-to-head goal difference if they are two teams with equal points; 2b) Goal difference if they are more than two teams with equal points; 3) Number of wins; 4) Goals scored; 5) Play-off between involved teams.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

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
Result
Position

Updated to match(es) played on 22 June 2024. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

30 August 2024 Round 1	Raja CA	–	RS Berkane	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 2	IR Tanger	–	Raja CA	Tangier
:				Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

TBC Round 3	Raja CA	–	Fath Union Sport	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 4	OC Safi	–	Raja CA	Safi
:				Stadium: Stade El Massira

TBC Round 5	Raja CA	–	RCA Zemamra	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 6	JS Soualem	–	Raja CA	Mohammedia
:				Stadium: Stade El Bachir

TBC Round 7	Raja CA	–	AS FAR	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 8	Maghreb de Fès	–	Raja CA	Fez
:				Stadium: Fez Stadium

TBC Round 9	Raja CA	–	COD Meknès	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 10	Moghreb Tétouan	–	Raja CA	Tétouan
:				Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel

TBC Round 11	Raja CA	–	Wydad AC	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 12	Hassania Agadir	–	Raja CA	Agadir
:				Stadium: Stade Adrar

TBC Round 13	Raja CA	–	Union Touarga	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 14	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	–	Raja CA	El Jadida
:				Stadium: Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium

TBC Round 15	Raja CA	–	SCC Mohammédia	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 16	RS Berkane	–	Raja CA	Berkane
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 17	Raja CA	–	IR Tanger	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 18	Fath Union Sport	–	Raja CA	Rabat
:				Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan

TBC Round 19	Raja CA	–	OC Safi	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 20	RCA Zemamra	–	Raja CA	Zemamra
:				Stadium: Stade Ahmed Choukri

TBC Round 21	Raja CA	–	JS Soualem	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 22	FAR Rabat	–	Raja CA	Rabat
:				Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

TBC Round 23	Raja CA	–	Maghreb de Fès	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 24	COD Meknès	–	Raja CA	Meknès
:				Stadium: Honneur Stadium

TBC Round 25	Raja CA	–	Moghreb Tétouan	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 26	Wydad AC	–	Raja CA	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 27	Raja CA	–	Hassania Agadir	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 28	Union Touarga	–	Raja CA	Rabat
:				Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan

TBC Round 29	Raja CA	–	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

TBC Round 30	SCC Mohammédia	–	Raja CA	Mohammedia
:				Stadium: Stade El Bachir

Throne Cup

Round of 32 1	TBC	v	TBC	TBC
BST				Stadium: TBC

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

		v	Raja CA
: UTC+1

	Raja CA	v		Casablanca
: UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Larbi Zaouli

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	Champions League	Total
1	AM	Sabir Bougrine	0	0	2	2
2	FW	Nawfel Zerhouni	0	0	1	1
3	AM	Adam Ennafati	0	0	1	1
4	MF	Mohamed Zrida	0	0	1	1
5	DF	Mohamed Boulacsoute	0	0	1	1
6	FW	Marouane Zila	0	0	1	1
7
8
9
10
Own goals			0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	7	7

Assists

Rank	Pos.	Player	Botola	Throne Cup	Champions League	Total
1	FW	Nawfel Zerhouni	0	0	3	3
2	AM	Sabir Bougrine	0	0	2	2
3	AM	Adam Ennafati	0	0	1	1
4	MF	Hervé Guy	0	0	1	1
5
6
7
8
9
10
Own goals			0	0	0	0
Total			0	0	7	7

Clean sheets

No.	Player	Botola	Throne Cup	Champions League	Total
1	Anas Zniti	0	0	1	1
Total		0	0	1	1

Notes

References

^ "الرجاء يقوم بتمديد عقد لاعبه الإيفواري هيرفي غاي لموسم إضافي". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ "الرجاء البيضاوي يتمكن من جلب حارس مرمى جديد". كازا 24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
^ "الرجاء يخطف لاعبا من الحمامة التطوانية". الرجاء يخطف لاعبا من الحمامة التطوانية (in Arabic). 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
^ FR, Hespress (2024-07-04). "Mercato: Abdelkarim Baadi rejoint le Raja Casablanca". Hespress Français - Actualités du Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ "Officiel: le Raja enrôle un Tunisien". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-23.
^ "Mercato: L'ex-Rajaoui Haashim Domingo signe officiellement au Cape Town City FC". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-23.
^ بريس, أنفاس. "العين يستعيد لاعبه المهدي مبارك من الرجاء". الكاتب (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[1] "الرجاء يقوم بتمديد عقد لاعبه الإيفواري هيرفي غاي لموسم إضافي". www.elbotola.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[2] "الرجاء البيضاوي يتمكن من جلب حارس مرمى جديد". كازا 24 (in Arabic). Retrieved 2024-06-23.

[3] "الرجاء يخطف لاعبا من الحمامة التطوانية". الرجاء يخطف لاعبا من الحمامة التطوانية (in Arabic). 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-06-23.

[4] FR, Hespress (2024-07-04). "Mercato: Abdelkarim Baadi rejoint le Raja Casablanca". Hespress Français - Actualités du Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[5] "Officiel: le Raja enrôle un Tunisien". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-23.

[6] "Mercato: L'ex-Rajaoui Haashim Domingo signe officiellement au Cape Town City FC". Le360 Sport (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-23.

[7] بريس, أنفاس. "العين يستعيد لاعبه المهدي مبارك من الرجاء". الكاتب (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-05.

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