2022–23 Raja CA season

Raja CA
2022–23 season
President	Aziz El Badraoui
Manager	Mondher Kebaier; (from 24 September 2022)
Stadium	Stade Mohammed V
Botola	Pre-season
Throne Cup	Round of 32
Champions League	Second round
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season is Raja CA's 74th season in their existence and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. Wydad participated in this season's edition of the Botola, the Champions League and the Throne Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 22 July 2022.
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 34)	AS FAR
12	Gaya Merbah	GK	(1994-07-22)22 July 1994 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad
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	Ismail 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 Boulacsout	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
28	Youssef Riani	DM	(1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 24)	TAS de Casablanca
38	Ahmadou Ama Camara	DM	(2003-05-08)8 May 2003 (aged 19)	Youth system
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
23	Mohamed Al Makaazi	CM	(1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 27)	Moghreb Tétouan
2	Abdelhay El Forsy	AM	(1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 24)	Chabab Atlas Khénifra
Forwards
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
30	Haitam El Bahja	RW	(1993-12-23)23 December 1993 (aged 29)	JS Soualem
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
11	Axel Méyé	ST	(1995-06-06)6 June 1995 (aged 27)	IR Tanger
17	Hamza Khabba	ST	(1996-06-09)9 June 1996 (aged 26)	Olympic Safi
21	Houcine Rahimi	ST	(2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 20)	Youth system

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Botola	7	2	3	2	6	6	+0	028.57	—	To be confirmed	4 September 2022	In Progress
Throne Cup	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—	Round of 32	To be confirmed	In Progress	In Progress
Champions League	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00	Second round	To be confirmed	8 October 2022	In Progress
Total	9	4	3	2	9	6	+3	044.44

Updated to match played 8 October 2022
Source: Competitions

Botola

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Olympic Club de Safi	7	3	2	2	9	9	0	11
8	Maghreb de Fès	7	2	3	2	8	7	+1	9
9	Raja CA	7	2	3	2	6	6	0	9
10	Difaâ El Jadidi	7	2	3	2	7	10	−3	9
11	Moghreb Tétouan	7	1	5	1	9	9	0	8

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2022. 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
7	2	3	2	6	6	0	9	2	2	0	5	3	+2	0	1	2	1	3	−2

Last updated: 22 July 2022.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	L	D	D	W	L	W
Position	5	12	11	11	10	11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

4 September 2022 Round 1	Raja CA	2–2	Olympic Safi	Casablanca
20:30	Nahiri 33' (pen.) Harkass 47'	Report	Najjari 8' Diarra 21'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohamed Zerzay

9 September 2022 Round 2	Union de Touarga	1–0	Raja CA	Rabat
18:00	El Khalej 16'	Report		Stadium: Stade Belvédère 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 Referee: Nabil Berkia

30 September 2022 Round 4	SCC Mohammédia	0–0	Raja CA	Mohammedia
20:30		Report		Stadium: Stade El Bachir Referee: Karim Sabri

19 October 2022 Round 5	Raja CA	1–0	Hassania Agadir	Casablanca
20:30	Nahiri 97' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Yassine Bouslim

23 October 2022 Round 6	Wydad AC	2–1	Raja CA	Casablanca
16:00	El Hassouni 56' Zola 80'		Nahiri 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Samir Guezzaz

29 October 2022 Round 7	Raja CA	1–0	FUS Rabat	Casablanca
16:00	El Bassil 2' (o.g.)			Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Hamza El Fareq

5 November 2022 Round 8	JS Soualem	–	Raja CA	Mohammédia
16:00				Stadium: Stade El Bachir

TBD Round 9	Raja CA	–	Maghreb de Fès	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 10	Olympique Club de Khouribga	–	Raja CA	Khouribga
:				Stadium: Complexe OCP

TBD Round 11	Raja CA	–	IR Tanger	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 12	RS Berkane	–	Raja CA	Berkane
:				Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane

TBD Round 13	Raja CA	–	MC Oujda	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 14	Raja CA	–	FAR Rabat	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 15	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	–	Raja CA	El Jadida
:				Stadium: Stade El Abdi

TBD Round 16	OC Safi	–	Raja CA	Safi
:				Stadium: Stade El Massira

TBD Round 17	Raja CA	–	Union de Touarga	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 18	Moghreb Tétouan	–	Raja CA	Tétouan
:				Stadium: Stade Saniat Rmel

TBD Round 19	Raja CA	–	SCC Mohammédia	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 20	Hassania Agadir	–	Raja CA	Agadir
:				Stadium: Stade Adrar

TBD Round 21	Raja CA	–	Wydad AC	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 22	FUS Rabat	–	Raja CA	Rabat
:				Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan

TBD Round 23	Raja CA	–	JS Soualem	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 24	Maghreb de Fès	–	Raja CA	Fez
:				Stadium: Fez Stadium

TBD Round 25	Raja CA	–	OC Khouribga	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 26	IR Tanger	–	Raja CA	Tangier
:				Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

TBD Round 27	Raja CA	–	RS Berkane	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

TBD Round 28	MC Oujda	–	Raja CA	Oujda
:				Stadium: Honneur Stadium

TBD Round 29	FAR Rabat	–	Raja CA	Rabat
:				Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

TBD Round 30	Raja CA	–	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi	Casablanca
:				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

Throne Cup

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still tied, extra time will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

Second round

8 October 2022 (2022-10-08) First leg	ASN Nigelec	0–2	Raja CA	Niamey, Niger
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	ASN Nigelec	Casablanca, Morocco
18:00 UTC+1	Nahiri 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V

Group stage

Group X

10–11 February 2023 (2023-02) Matchday 1	Raja CA	v	X4	Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

17–18 February 2023 (2023-02) Matchday 2	X3	v	Raja CA
--:--

24–25 February 2023 (2023-02) Matchday 3	Raja CA	v	X2	Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

7–8 March 2023 (2023-03) Matchday 4	X2	v	Raja CA
--:--

17–18 March 2023 (2023-03) Matchday 5	X4	v	Raja CA
--:--

31 March – 1 April 2023 (2023) Matchday 6	Raja CA	v	X3	Casablanca
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Hammadi Agrebi

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Throne Cup		Champions League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	MAR	Anas Zniti	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
12	GK	ALG	Gaya Merbah	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
22	GK	MAR	Amir El Haddaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	GK	MAR	Marouane Fakhr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
24	DF	MAR	Marouane Hadhoudi	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
15	DF	MAR	Jamal Harkass	8	1	6	1	0	0	2	0
4	DF	MAR	Ismail Mokadem	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF	MAR	Mohamed Nahiri	6	4	5	3	0	0	1	1
3	DF	MAR	Mahmoud Bentayg	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	MAR	Abdelilah Madkour	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
25	DF	MAR	Abdessamad Badaoui	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	MAR	Mohamed Boulacsout	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	MAR	Zakaria Labib	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	MAR	Bouchaib Arrassi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
18	MF	TOG	Roger Aholou	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	MAR	Walid Sabbar	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
13	MF	MAR	Hamza Moujahid	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	MAR	Mohamed Al Makaazi	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	MAR	Mohamed Zrida	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	ALG	Raouf Benguit	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
2	MF	MAR	Abdelhay El Forsy	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	MAR	Youssef Riani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	GUI	Amadou Ama Camara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	MAR	Zakaria Hadraf	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
26	FW	ALG	Yousri Bouzok	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
14	FW	MAR	Zakaria Habti	6	2	4	1	0	0	2	1
2	FW	MAR	Soufiane Benjdida	9	1	7	0	0	0	2	1
11	FW	GAB	Axel Méyé	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW	MAR	Hamza Khabba	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
30	FW	MAR	Haitam El Bahja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW	MAR	Houcine Rahimi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 7 September 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

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

No.	Player	Pos.	B	CL 1	TOTAL
16	Mohamed Nahiri	DF	3	1	4
14	Zakaria Habti	FW	1	1	2
9	Soufiane Bejdida	FW	0	1	1
15	Jamal Harkass	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	1
Totals			6	3	9

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
31 July 2022	DF	Ismail Mokadem	Renaissance Berkane	Free transfer
31 July 2022	MF	Said Azeroual	AS Salé	Free transfer
31 July 2022	DF	Mohamed Boulacsout	Chabab Mohammédia	Free transfer
31 July 2022	FW	Zakaria Hadraf	Difaâ El Jadidi	Free transfer	^[2]
1 August 2022	DF	Mahmoud Bentayg	TAS de Casablanca	Free transfer
1 August 2022	MF	Hamza Moujahid	AS FAR	Free transfer
1 August 2022	FW	Yousri Bouzok	Paradou AC	Free transfer	^[3]
1 August 2022	FW	Mehdi Boukassi	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Free transfer	^[3]
1 August 2022	FW	Abdelhay El Forsy	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Free transfer
2 August 2022	MF	Walid Sabbar	Emirates Club	Free transfer	^[4]
4 August 2022	MF	Raouf Benguit	MC Alger	Free transfer	^[5]
8 August 2022	FW	Peter Wilson	Olympiakos Nicosia	Free transfer	^[6]
31 August 2022	MF	Youssef Riani	TAS de Casablanca	Free Transfer
31 August 2022	FW	Axel Méyé	Ittihad Tanger	332 K €
31 August 2022	FW	Hamza Khabba	Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)	Loan (with purchase option)

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To 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	^[7]
8 August 2022	MF	Fabrice Ngoma	Al-Fahaheel FC	Free transfer	^[8]
31 August 2022	MF	Zakaria El Wardi	Zamalek SC	Free transfer
31 August 2022	FW	Hamid Ahaddad	Wydad AC	Free transfer
31 August 2022	MF	Badr Boulahroud	Ohod Club	Free transfer
31 August 2022	MF	Youness Mokhtar	Bhayangkara F.C.	Free transfer
31 August 2022	FW	Peter Wilson	FK Jerv	Free transfer
31 August 2022	MF	Mohsine Moutouali	Al Ahli SC (Tripoli)	Free transfer
31 August 2022	MF	Mehdi Boukassi	Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)	Loan	^[9]
31 August 2022	DF	Mohamed Soboul	Ittihad Tanger	Loan
31 August 2022	DF	Oussama Soukhane	Difaâ El Jadida	Loan
31 August 2022	FW	Abdellah Farah	Difaâ El Jadida	Loan

Notes

References

^ Amine Raad (24 September 2022). "Raja de Casablanca : Mondher Lakbaier remplace officiellement Benzarti". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2022..
^ "Le Raja Casablanca officialise trois arrivées". sportnewsafrica.com. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Mercato : Yousri Bouzok et Mehdi Boukassi signent au Raja Casablanca". dzfoot.com. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Walid Sebbar revient au Raja". snrtnews.com. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Abdelraouf Benguit signe au Raja Casablanca". mediafootdz.dz. 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
^ "Le Raja de Casablanca signe l'attaquant libérien Peter Wilson". morocco.dayfr.com. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Omar Arjoun s'engage avec Al Faysali". snrtnews.com. 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Fabrice Ngoma file au Koweït et signe au club d'Al Fahaheel". snrtnews.com. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ https://www.kooora.com/?team=1126&mode=p. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] Amine Raad (24 September 2022). "Raja de Casablanca : Mondher Lakbaier remplace officiellement Benzarti". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 24 September 2022..

[2] "Le Raja Casablanca officialise trois arrivées". sportnewsafrica.com. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[mercato-yousri-bouzok-et-mehdi-boukassi-signent-au-raja-casablanca-3] "Mercato : Yousri Bouzok et Mehdi Boukassi signent au Raja Casablanca". dzfoot.com. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[4] "Walid Sebbar revient au Raja". snrtnews.com. 2 August 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[5] "Abdelraouf Benguit signe au Raja Casablanca". mediafootdz.dz. 4 August 2022. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.

[6] "Le Raja de Casablanca signe l'attaquant libérien Peter Wilson". morocco.dayfr.com. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[7] "Omar Arjoun s'engage avec Al Faysali". snrtnews.com. 31 July 2022. Archived from the original on 1 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[8] "Fabrice Ngoma file au Koweït et signe au club d'Al Fahaheel". snrtnews.com. 8 August 2022. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

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