2017–18 Raja CA season

Raja CA
2017–18 season
PresidentSaid Hasbane
ManagerSpain Juan Carlos Garrido
StadiumStade Mohamed V
Botola6th
Throne CupChampions
CAF Confederation CupWinners

The 2017–18 season is Raja CA's 69th season in existence and the club's 62nd consecutive season[broken anchor] in the top flight of Moroccan football. It covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Overview

Pre-season

August

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Morocco MAR Anas Zniti (Captain)
3 FW Morocco MAR Hamza Toumi
4 MF Morocco MAR Zakaria El Hilali
12 GK Morocco MAR Mohamed Chennouf
13 DF Morocco MAR Badr Banoun
14 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Lema Mabidi
15 FW Morocco MAR Mohamed Bouain
16 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Oulhaj
7 FW Morocco MAR Zakaria Hadraf
18 FW Morocco MAR Abdelilah Hafidi
29 FW Morocco MAR Ayoub Joulal
FW Morocco MAR Ayoub Sabiri
28 MF Morocco MAR Karim Nouamani
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 DF Morocco MAR Abdeljalil Jbira
21 DF Morocco MAR Adil Karrouchy
24 FW Morocco MAR Mahmoud Benhalib
25 DF Morocco MAR Omar Boutayeb
96 MF Morocco MAR Walid Sebbar
9 FW Morocco MAR Mouhcine Iajour
55 FW Morocco MAR Abderrahim Achchakir
26 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Khaldan
17 MF Morocco MAR Mounir Obbadi
30 FW Morocco MAR Abdeladim Khadrouf

Transfers

In (winter)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
MF Morocco MAR Mounir Obbadi (from OGC Nice)
FW Morocco MAR Abdeladim Khadrouf (from Wydad AC)

Out (winter)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules, some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
99 MF Morocco MAR Issam Erraki (to Al Raed)
11 FW Morocco MAR Zouheir El Ouassli (to Morocco Moghreb Tetouan)
5 DF Morocco MAR Jawad El Yamiq (to Italy Genoa)

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Oreview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Botola 9 September 2017 Matchday 1 Matchday 30 10 5 3 2 17 10 +7 050.00
Coupe du Trône 22 August 2017 18 November 2017 Round of 32 Final 8 4 4 0 14 4 +10 050.00
Total 18 9 7 2 31 14 +17 050.00

Last updated: 4 November 2017 (2017-11-04).
Source: Competitions

Botola

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 FUS Rabat 30 13 10 7 34 26 +8 49
5 Difaâ El Jadidi 30 13 9 8 49 33 +16 48[a]
6 Raja Casablanca 30 13 9 8 45 33 +12 48[a] Qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup[b]
7 Olympic Safi 30 10 13 7 32 28 +4 43[c]
8 AS FAR 30 11 10 9 35 34 +1 43[c]
Source: frmf.ma
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play points; 7) Play-off.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Difaa Jadidi finished ahead of Raja Casablanca on head-to-head goal difference: Difaa Jadidi 2–1 Raja Casablanca, Raja Casablanca 3–2 Difaa Jadidi
  2. ^ Raja CA qualified for the Confederation Cup First round as the title holders, by winning the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.
  3. ^ a b Olympic Safi finished ahead of AS FAR on head-to-head points: Olympic Safi 1–1 AS FAR, AS FAR 3–4 Olympic Safi

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
9 5 3 1 17 10  +7 18 5 1 0 15 6  +9 0 2 1 2 4  −2

Last updated: 2 October 2017 (2017-10-02).
Source: Competitive matches

Result round by round

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ResultDWWDWLLDWW
Position84121244242
Updated to match(es) played on 2 October 2017. Source: League matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

10 September 2017 1 Olympique Khouribga 1-1 Raja CA Khouribga
17:00 UTC+1
  • Aboubi
Stadium: Complexe OCP
Attendance: 11,000
16 September 2017 2 Raja CA 2-0 FAR Rabat Casablanca
17:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 43,000
23 September 2017 3 Raja CA 4-0 Kawkab Marrakech Agadir
16:00 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Adrar
Attendance: 5,000
1 October 2017 4 IR Tanger 1–1 Raja CA Tangier
16:00 UTC+1 Lebhiri Yellow card 32'
Serroukh Yellow card 47'
Naghmi 55' Yellow card 63'
Bouldini Yellow card 84'
Thioune Yellow card 88'
El Khaliqi Yellow card 90+3'
Achchakir 23'
Jbira Yellow card 32'
Benhalib Yellow card 57'
Banoun Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Redouane Jiyed
23 October 2017 5 Raja CA 2-1 Hassania Agadir Casablanca
19:30 UTC+1 Iajour 45'
Erraki 90+2' pen.
Daoudi 82' pen. Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 45,000
29 October 2017 6 Olympic Safi 2-0 Raja CA Safi
15:00 GMT El Haj 32' Hamza Khabarovsk 83' Stadium: Stade El Massira
Attendance: 5,000
5 November 2017 7 Raja CA 1-2 Chabab Atlas Khénifra Casablanca
19:00 GMT Abdelilah Hafidi 68' Youssef El omari 88' Sayer Séné 90+2' Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 25,000
27 November 2017 9 Raja CA 3-1 Rapide Oued Zem Rabat
17:00 GMT Abdelkabir El Ouadi 49' Mohamed Khaldan 79' Badr Banoun 84' Mamadou sidibé 69' Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
12 December 2017 11 Raja CA 3-2 Difaa El Jadida Rabat
16:00 GMT Jaouad El Yamiq 27' Mohamed Hamami csc 54' Mouhcine Iajour 63' Ayoub Nanah 21' Hamid Ahedad 27' Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
19 December 2018 12 Moghreb Tétouan 1-3 Raja CA Rabat
15:00 GMT
  • Anas Jabroun 59'
Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
30 December 2017 15 Raja CA 2-0 Racing de Casablanca Casablanca
15:00 GMT
Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
14 February 2018 16 Raja CA 4-3 Olympique Khouribga Casablanca
15:00 GMT
Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 20,000

Moroccan Throne Cup

Round of 32

23 August 2017 First leg Raja CA 0-0 Olympique Dcheira Casablanca
18:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Hamza El Fareq
27 August 2017 Second leg Olympique Dcheira 1-4
(1-4 agg.)
Raja CA Dcheira
16:00 UTC+1 Benhalib 14'
Hadraf 43'
Iajour 50'
Erraki 90'
Stadium: Stade Ahmed Fana
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Adil Zaourak

Round of 16

26 September 2017 First leg Raja CA 0-0 FUS Rabat Rabat
18:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
12 October 2017 Second leg FUS Rabat 1-2
(1-2 agg.)
Raja CA Rabat
18:00 UTC+1 Stadium: Stade de FUS
Attendance: 10,000

Quarter-finals

15 October 2017 First leg Raja CA 5-1 Chabab Atlas Khénifra Casablanca
19:30 UTC+1
Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 35,000
19 October 2017 Second leg Chabab Atlas Khénifra 0-2
(1-7 agg.)
Raja CA Khénifra
15:30 UTC+1 Mouhcine Iajour 3' Ayoub Joulal 90' Stadium: Stade municipal de Khénifra
Attendance: 5,000

Semi-finals

26 October 2017 First leg FAR Rabat 1-1 Raja CA Rabat
18:00 UTC+1 Mohamed El Fakih 3' Mahmoud Benhalib 65' Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Attendance: 30,000
2 November 2017 Second leg Raja CA 0-0
(1-1 agg.)
FAR Rabat Casablanca
19:30 GMT Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Final

18 November 2017 Final Difaâ El Jadidi 1-1
(1-3 p)
Raja CA Rabat
16:00 GMT Hamid Ahaddad Mouhcine Iajour Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
Attendance: 50,000

CAF Confederation Cup

Statistics

Squad statistics

Last updated on 2 November 2017.

No. Pos Nat Player Total Botola Coupe du Trône CAF Cup 2018
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Morocco MAR Anas Zniti 18 0 9 0 9 0 0 0
22 GK Morocco MAR Mohamed Bouamira 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
55 GK Morocco MAR Aymane Chennouf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Morocco MAR Omar Boutayeb 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0
2 DF Morocco MAR Adil Karrouchy 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0
3 DF Morocco MAR Hamza Toumi 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
4 DF Morocco MAR Badr Banoun 19 1 10 1 9 0 0 0
5 DF Morocco MAR Jaouad El Yamiq 16 2 8 1 8 1 0 0
24 DF Morocco MAR Abdeljalil Jbira 12 0 6 0 6 0 0 0
26 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Khaldan 7 0 4 0 3 0 0 0
27 DF Morocco MAR Mohamed Oulhaj 11 0 5 0 6 0 0 0
Midfielders
99 MF Morocco MAR Issam Erraki 17 3 8 1 9 2 0 0
6 MF Democratic Republic of the Congo COD Lema Mabidi 16 0 7 0 9 0 0 0
10 MF Gabon GAB Samson Mbingui 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF Morocco MAR Abdelilah Hafidi 12 2 5 1 7 1 0 0
28 MF Morocco MAR Karim Nouamani 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
12 MF Morocco MAR Zakaria El Hilali 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
55 MF Morocco MAR Abderrahim Achchakir 17 3 9 3 8 0 0 0
98 MF Morocco MAR Walid Sebbar 6 0 3 0 3 0 0 0
2 MF Morocco MAR Aiman Douni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 MF Morocco MAR Ayoub Sabiri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Morocco MAR Mohamed Douik 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF Morocco MAR Mounir Obbadi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
7 FW Morocco MAR Zakaria Hadraf 18 2 9 0 9 2 0 0
11 FW Morocco MAR Zouhair El Ouassli 7 0 4 0 3 0 0 0
27 FW Morocco MAR Ayoub Joulal 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0
19 FW Morocco MAR Mouhcine Iajour 18 9 9 4 9 5 0 0
93 FW Morocco MAR Abdelkabir El Ouadi 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
26 FW Morocco MAR Mahmoud Benhalib 15 4 6 2 9 2 0 0
77 FW Morocco MAR Hilaire Momi 5 0 3 0 2 0 0 0

Goalscorers

No. Pos. Nation Name Botola Coupe du Trône CAF Cup 2018 Total
12 FW Morocco Mouhcine Iajour 7 5 0 9
24 FW Morocco Mahmoud Benhalib 2 2 0 4
7 FW Morocco Zakaria Hadraf 0 3 0 3
99 MF Morocco Issam Erraki 1 2 0 3
55 MF Morocco Abderrahim Achchakir 3 0 0 3
18 MF Morocco Abdelilah Hafidi 2 1 0 3
5 DF Morocco Jaouad El Yamiq 1 1 0 2
13 DF Morocco Badr Banoun 1 0 0 1
27 FW Morocco Ayoub Joulal 0 1 0 1
93 FW Morocco Abdelkabir El Ouadi 1 0 0 1
26 DF Morocco Mohamed Khaldan 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 17 13 0 21

References