2017–18 Raja Casablanca season

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

Raja Casablanca

2017–18 season
manager	Juan Carlos Garrido
Stadium	Stade Mohamed V
Botola	6th
Throne Cup	Champions
CAF Confederation Cup	TBD
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Overview

Pre-season

August

Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MAR	Anas Zniti (Captain)
3	FW	MAR	Hamza Toumi
4	MF	MAR	Zakaria El Hilali
12	GK	MAR	Mohamed Chennouf
13	DF	MAR	Badr Banoun
14	MF	COD	Lema Mabidi
15	FW	MAR	Mohamed Bouain
16	DF	MAR	Mohamed Oulhaj
7	FW	MAR	Zakaria Hadraf
18	FW	MAR	Abdelilah Hafidi
29	FW	MAR	Ayoub Joulal
—	FW	MAR	Ayoub Sabiri
28	MF	MAR	Karim Nouamani

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	MAR	Abdeljalil Jbira
21	DF	MAR	Adil Karrouchy
24	FW	MAR	Mahmoud Benhalib
25	DF	MAR	Omar Boutayeb
96	MF	MAR	Walid Sebbar
9	FW	MAR	Mouhcine Iajour
55	FW	MAR	Abderrahim Achchakir
26	DF	MAR	Mohamed Khaldan
17	MF	MAR	Mounir Obbadi
30	FW	MAR	Abdeladim Khadrouf

Transfers

In (summer) Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  MAR Zakaria Hadraf (from DHJ) 9 FW  MAR Mouhcine Iajour (from Al-Khor) 55 DF  MAR Abderrahim Achchakir (from AS FAR (football)) — MF  MAR Zakaria El Hilali (on loan from Chabab Rif Al Hoceima)

Out (Summer) Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  MAR Zakaria El Hachimi (to Wydad Athletic Club) 29 FW  MAR Johan Lengoualama (to Wifaq stif) — GK  MAR Hicham Allouch (Nahdat Berkane)

In (winter)

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

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

Out (winter)

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

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

Main article: 2017–18 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	Qualification for the Arab Club Champions Cup[lower-alpha 1]
5	Difaâ El Jadidi	30	13	9	8	49	33	+16	48[lower-alpha 2]
6	Raja Casablanca	30	13	9	8	45	33	+12	48[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 3]
7	Olympic Safi	30	10	13	7	32	28	+4	43[lower-alpha 4]
8	AS FAR	30	11	10	9	35	34	+1	43[lower-alpha 4]

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. Wydad Casablanca and Raja Casablanca are also qualified to the Arab Club Champions Cup.
2. 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
3. Raja CA qualified for the Confederation Cup First round as the title holders, by winning the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.
4. 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

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W		W
Position	8	4	1	2	1	2	4	4	2	4	2

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

Matches

Olympique Khouribga v Raja Casablanca

10 September 2017 1	Olympique Khouribga	1-1	Raja Casablanca	Khouribga
17:00 UTC+1	Aboubi		Banoun	Stadium: Complexe OCP Attendance: 11,000

Raja Casablanca v FAR Rabat

16 September 2017 2	Raja Casablanca	2-0	FAR Rabat	Casablanca
17:00 UTC+1	Benhalib  53', 80'			Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 43,000

Raja Casablanca v Kawkab Marrakech

23 September 2017 3	Raja Casablanca	4-0	Kawkab Marrakech	Agadir
16:00 UTC+1	Achchakir  36' Iajour  56' (72) Hafidi  58'			Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 5,000

IR Tanger v Raja Casablanca

1 October 2017 4	IR Tanger	1–1	Raja Casablanca	Tangier
16:00 UTC+1	Lebhiri  32' Serroukh  47' Naghmi  55'  63' Bouldini  84' Thioune  88' El Khaliqi  90+3'		Achchakir  23' Jbira  32' Benhalib  57' Banoun  90+3'	Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Redouane Jiyed

Raja Casablanca v Hassania Agadir

23 October 2017 5	Raja Casablanca	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

Olympic Safi v Raja Casablanca

29 October 2017 6	Olympic Safi	2-0	Raja Casablanca	Safi
15:00 GMT	El Haj  32' Hamza Khabarovsk  83'			Stadium: Stade El Massira Attendance: 5,000

Raja Casablanca v Chabab Atlas Khénifra

5 novembre 2017 7	Raja Casablanca	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

FUS Rabat v Raja Casablanca

23 November 2017 8	FUS Rabat	0-0	Raja Casablanca	Rabat
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Raja Casablanca v Rapide Oued Zem

27 November 2017 9	Raja Casablanca	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

Wydad Casablanca v Raja Casablanca

10 February 2018 10	Wydad Casablanca	1-2	Raja Casablanca	Casablanca
15:00 UTC	Omar Boutayeb  20' OG		Mouhcine Iajour  34' Badr Banoun  88'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Raja Casablanca v Difaa El Jadida

12 December 2017 11	Raja Casablanca	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

Moghreb Tétouan v Raja Casablanca

19 December 2018 12	Moghreb Tétouan	1-3	Raja Casablanca	Rabat
15:00 GMT	Anas Jabroun  59'		Mahmoud Benhalib  54' Mouhcine Iajour  74'  92'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Raja Casablanca v Chabab Rif Al Hoceima

24 December 2017 13	Raja Casablanca	1-1	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	Casablanca
15:00 GMT	Jawad El Yamiq  87'		Echcharaf  56'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Nahdat Berkane v Raja Casablanca

27 December 2017 14	Nahdat Berkane	1-0	Raja Casablanca	Berkane
14:00 GMT	Ayoub El Kaabi  28'			Stadium: Stade Municipal de Berkane

Raja Casablanca v Racing de Casablanca

30 December 2017 15	Raja Casablanca	2-0	Racing de Casablanca	Casablanca
15:00 GMT	El Msane  38' OG Mouhcine Iajour  80'			Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Raja Casablanca v Olympique Khouribga

14 February 2018 16	Raja Casablanca	4-3	Olympique Khouribga	Casablanca
15:00 GMT	Mouhcine Iajour 50'  55'  90+4' Lema Mabidi  51'		Adam Ennafati  27' Ouchen  49'  88'	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 20,000

FAR Rabat v Raja Casablanca

18 February 2018 17	FAR Rabat	2-1	Raja Casablanca	Rabat
15:00			khadrouf	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

Kawkab Marrakech v Raja Casablanca

18	Kawkab Marrakech	0-3	Raja Casablanca	Marrakech
			iajour ?? mabide ?	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

Raja Casablanca v IR Tanger

19	Raja Casablanca	1-1	IR Tanger	Casablanca
	iajour			Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Hassania Agadir v Raja Casablanca

20	Hassania Agadir	1-0	Raja Casablanca	Agadir
				Stadium: Stade Adrar

Raja Casablanca v Olympic Safi

21	Raja Casablanca	0-0	Olympic Safi	Casablanca
				Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Chabab Atlas Khénifra v Raja Casablanca

22	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	v	Raja Casablanca	Khénifra
				Stadium: Stade municipal of Khénifra

Raja Casablanca v FUS Rabat

1 Avril 2018 23	Raja Casablanca	1-2	FUS Rabat	Casablanca
18:00Gmt+1	hadraf			Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Rapide Oued Zem v Raja Casablanca

24	Rapide Oued Zem	v	Raja Casablanca	Oued Zem
				Stadium: Stade Municipalo of Oued Zem

Raja Casablanca v Wydad Casablanca

25	Raja Casablanca	v	Wydad Casablanca	Casablanca
				Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Difaa El Jadida v Raja Casablanca

26	Difaa El Jadida	v	Raja Casablanca	El Jadida
				Stadium: Stade El Abdi

Raja Casablanca v Moghreb Tétouan

27	Raja Casablanca	v	Moghreb Tétouan	Casablanca
				Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Chabab Rif Al Hoceima v Raja Casablanca

28	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima	v	Raja Casablanca	Al Hoceima
				Stadium: Stade Mimoun Al Arsi

Raja Casablanca v Nahdat Berkane

29	Raja Casablanca	v	Nahdat Berkane	Casablanca
				Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Racing de Casablanca v Raja Casablanca

30	Racing de Casablanca	v	Raja Casablanca	Casablanca
				Stadium: Stade Père-Jégo

Moroccan Throne Cup

Main article: 2017 Moroccan Throne Cup

Round of 32

Raja Casablanca v Olympique Dcheira

23 August 2017 First leg	Raja Casablanca	0-0	Olympique Dcheira	Casablanca
18:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Hamza El Fareq

Olympique Dcheira v Raja Casablanca

27 August 2017 Second leg	Olympique Dcheira	1-4 (1-4 agg.)	Raja Casablanca	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

Raja Casablanca v FUS Rabat

26 September 2017 First leg	Raja Casablanca	0-0	FUS Rabat	Rabat
18:00 UTC+1				Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 5,000

FUS Rabat v Raja Casablanca

12 October 2017 Second leg	FUS Rabat	1-2 (1-2 agg.)	Raja Casablanca	Rabat
18:00 UTC+1	Ibrahim El Bahraoui  11'		37' Zakaria Hadraf  57' Abdelilah Hafidi	Stadium: Stade de FUS Attendance: 10,000

Quarter-finals

Raja Casablanca v Chabab Atlas Khénifra

15 October 2017 First leg	Raja Casablanca	5-1	Chabab Atlas Khénifra	Casablanca
19:30 UTC+1	Iajour  5'  90+3' Hadraf  62' El Yamiq  67' Erraki  85'		79' (pen) Alioune	Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Attendance: 35,000

Chabab Atlas Khénifra v Raja Casablanca

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

Semi-finals

FAR Rabat v Raja Casablanca

26 October 2017 First leg	FAR Rabat	1-1	Raja Casablanca	Rabat
18:00 UTC+1	Mohamed el Fakih  3'		Mahmoud Benhalib  65'	Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Attendance: 30,000

Raja Casablanca v FAR Rabat

2 November 2017 Second leg	Raja Casablanca	0-0 (1-1 agg.)	FAR Rabat	Casablanca
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Stade Mohamed V

Final

Difaâ El Jadidi v Raja Casablanca

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

CAF Confederation Cup

Main article: 2018 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		Anas Zniti	18	0	9	0	9	0	0	0
22	GK		Mohamed Bouamira	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
55	GK		Aymane Chennouf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Omar Boutayeb	10	0	5	0	5	0	0	0
2	DF		Adil Karrouchy	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
3	DF		Hamza Toumi	5	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF		Badr Banoun	19	1	10	1	9	0	0	0
5	DF		Jaouad El Yamiq	16	2	8	1	8	1	0	0
24	DF		Abdeljalil Jbira	12	0	6	0	6	0	0	0
26	DF		Mohamed Khaldan	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
27	DF		Mohamed Oulhaj	11	0	5	0	6	0	0	0
Midfielders
99	MF		Issam Erraki	17	3	8	1	9	2	0	0
6	MF		Lema Mabidi	16	0	7	0	9	0	0	0
10	MF		Samson Mbingui	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Abdelilah Hafidi	12	2	5	1	7	1	0	0
28	MF		Karim Nouamani	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
12	MF		Zakaria El Hilali	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
55	MF		Abderrahim Achchakir	17	3	9	3	8	0	0	0
98	MF		Walid Sebbar	6	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
2	MF		Aiman Douni	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	MF		Ayoub Sabiri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Mohamed Douik	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Mounir Obbadi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Zakaria Hadraf	18	2	9	0	9	2	0	0
11	FW		Zouhair El Ouassli	7	0	4	0	3	0	0	0
27	FW		Ayoub Joulal	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	0
19	FW		Mouhcine Iajour	18	9	9	4	9	5	0	0
93	FW		Abdelkabir El Ouadi	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Mahmoud Benhalib	15	4	6	2	9	2	0	0
77	FW		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		Mouhcine Iajour	7	5	0	9
24	FW		Mahmoud Benhalib	2	2	0	4
7	FW		Zakaria Hadraf	0	3	0	3
99	MF		Issam Erraki	1	2	0	3
55	MF		Abderrahim Achchakir	3	0	0	3
18	MF		Abdelilah Hafidi	2	1	0	3
5	DF		Jaouad El Yamiq	1	1	0	2
13	DF		Badr Banoun	1	0	0	1
27	FW		Ayoub Joulal	0	1	0	1
93	FW		Abdelkabir El Ouadi	1	0	0	1
26	DF		Mohamed Khaldan	1	0	0	1
TOTAL				17	13	0	21

References

External links

• Official website