2019–20 Raja CA season

Raja CA

2019–20 season
President	Jawad Ziyat
Manager	Patrice Carteron (until 11 November 2019)[1] Jamal Sellami (from 12 November 2019)[2]
Stadium	Stade Mohamed V
Botola	Winners
Throne Cup	Round of 32
CAF Champions League	Semi-finals
Arab Club Champions Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Soufiane Rahimi (10 goals) All: Mohsine Moutouali (15 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2019–20 season is Raja CA's 71st season in existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season^{[broken anchor]} in the top flight of Moroccan football. They competing in Botola, the Throne Cup, CAF Champions League and Arab Club Champions Cup. The season started on 14 September 2019, and was scheduled to end on 1 July 2020.^[3] However, the season was suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco, then resumed in July and ended in 11 October 2020.^[4]

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2019.
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 29)	AS FAR
82	Mohamed Bouamira		GK	(1988-02-21)21 February 1988 (aged 30)	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
12	Amir El Haddaoui		GK	(1999-09-14)14 September 1999 (aged 19)	Youth system
Defenders
26	Ilias Haddad		CB	(1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 30)	AS FAR
NA	Salif Coulibaly		CB	(1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 31)	Al Ahly SC
8	Sanad Al Warfali		CB	(1992-05-17)17 May 1992 (aged 27)	Al Ahli SC
13	Badr Benoun		CB	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 25)	Youth system
25	Omar Boutayeb		RB	(1994-04-19)19 April 1994 (aged 25)	Youth system
29	Abdelilah Madkour		RB	(2000-06-11)11 June 2000 (aged 19)	Youth system
20	Abdeljalil Jbira		LB	(1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 29)	Kawkab Marrakech
4	Fabrice Ngah		LB	(1997-10-16)16 October 1997 (aged 21)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
2	Mohamed Douik		RB	(1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
NA	Zakaria Driouch		LB	(2001-01-11)11 January 2001 (aged 18)	Youth system
47	Oussama Soukhane		LB	(1999-01-11)11 January 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
Midfielders
19	Mohamed Zrida		DM	(1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
55	Abderrahim Achchakir		DM	(1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 32)	AS FAR
16	Omar Arjoune		DM	(1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (aged 23)	IR Tanger
23	Mohamed Al Makahasi		CM	(1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 24)	Moghreb Tétouan
6	Fabrice Ngoma		CM	(1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 25)	AS Vita Club
98	Zakaria El Wardi		CM	(1998-08-17)17 August 1998 (aged 21)	Moghreb Tétouan
NA	Mouad Mouchtanim		CM	(1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system
30	Ayoub Nanah		SS	(1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 26)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
5	Mohsine Moutaouali		AM / RW	(1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 33)	Al Ahli SC
18	Abdelilah Hafidi		AM	(1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 27)	Youth system
Forwards
10	Mahmoud Benhalib		LW	(1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 23)	Youth system
9	Ben Malango		ST	(1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 25)	TP Mazembe
35	Youssef Bekkari			(1999-11-30)30 November 1999 (aged 19)	Youth system
17	Hamid Ahadad		ST	(1994-11-30)30 November 1994 (aged 24)	Zamalek SC
14	Zakaria Habti		RW	(1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 21)	Youth system
11	Anas Jabroun		LW	(1997-10-07)7 October 1997 (aged 21)	Moghreb Tétouan
21	Soufiane Rahimi		LW	(1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 23)	Étoile de Casablanca
NA	Hicham Islah		RW	(1999-03-03)3 March 1999 (aged 20)	Youth system

Raja CA v Oldham Athletic

14 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	0–1	Oldham Athletic	Agadir
18:00				Stadium: Stade Adrar Attendance: 0 (close doors)

Raja CA v CD Leganés

23 July 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	0–0	CD Leganés	Tangier
20:30				Stadium: Stade Ibn Batouta

Raja CA v Real Betis

4 August 2019 Friendly	Raja CA	0–1	Real Betis	Casablanca
20:00	El Wardi  41'	Report	Raúl García 88'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Noureddine Jaafari

Updated to match played 22 July 2022
Source: Competitions

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).

Brikama United v Raja CA

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) First leg	Brikama United	3–3	Raja CA	Bakau
16:00 UTC±0	Bojang 24', 37' Manneh 45'	Report	Banoun 5', 59' Moutouali 28'	Stadium: Independence Stadium Referee: Elhadji Amadou Sy (Senegal)

Raja CA v Brikama United

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) Second leg	Raja CA	4–0 (7–3 agg.)	Brikama United	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Rahimi 17' Nanah 49', 76' Moutouali 52'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Charles Benle Bulu (Ghana)

Al-Nasr v Raja CA

15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) First leg	Al-Nasr	1–3	Raja CA	Cairo (Egypt)[note 1]
20:00 UTC+2	Sherif 71'	Report	Ngoma 51' Nanah 72' Moutouali 85'	Stadium: Petro Sport Stadium Referee: Lofti Bekouassa (Algeria)

Raja CA v Al-Nasr

28 September 2019 (2019-09-28) Second leg	Raja CA	1–1	Al-Nasr	Casablanca
19:00 UTC+1	Moutouali 8'	Report	Figongang 23'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Elsiddig Mohamed Eltreefe (Sudan)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EST	RCA	JSK	VIT
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	2	1	7	3	+4	11[a]	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	1–0	0–0
2	Raja Casablanca	6	3	2	1	6	4	+2	11[a]			0–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	JS Kabylie	6	2	1	3	3	7	−4	7			1–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	AS Vita Club	6	1	1	4	4	6	−2	4			0–2	0–1	4–1	—

Raja CA v Espérance de Tunis

30 November 2019 (2019-11-30) Matchday 1	Raja CA	0–2	Espérance de Tunis	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)		Report	Badri 8' Ouattara 15'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

AS Vita Club v Raja CA

6 December 2019 (2019-12-06) Matchday 2	AS Vita Club	0–1	Raja CA	Kinshasa
16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)		Report	Rahimi 48'	Stadium: Stade des Martyrs Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Raja CA v JS Kabylie

27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) Matchday 3	Raja CA	2–0	JS Kabylie	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Malango 51' Rahimi 54'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohamed Maarouf (Egypt)

JS Kabylie v Raja CA

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) Matchday 4	JS Kabylie	0–0	Raja CA	Tizi Ouzou
16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Stade du 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

Espérance de Tunis v Raja CA

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Matchday 5	Espérance de Tunis	2–2	Raja CA	Tunis
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Benguit 32' Ben Choug 81'	Report	Ngah 49' Banoun 67'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Raja CA v AS Vita Club

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) Matchday 6	Raja CA	1–0	AS Vita Club	Casablanca
16:00 (17:00 UTC+1)	Banoun 3'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Following the quarter-finals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the semi-finals, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May (second legs), were postponed indefinitely on 11 April 2020,^[5] and the final, originally scheduled for 29 May, was also postponed on 18 April 2020.^[6] On 30 June 2020, the CAF Executive Committee proposed that the competition would resume with a Final Four format played as single matches in a host country to be decided.^[7] However, these plans were later halted after the Cameroonian Football Federation withdrew from hosting the Final Four, and the CAF decided against hosting it in either Egypt or Morocco in the principle of fairness. On 3 August 2020, the CAF announced that the competition would resume in its original format with the semi-finals played on 25–26 September (first legs) and 2–3 October (second legs), and the final played on 16 or 17 October.^[8] On 10 September 2020, the CAF announced that at the request of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the semi-finals were rescheduled to 17–18 October (first legs) and 23–24 October (second legs), and the final to 6 November.^[9] On 22 October 2020, the CAF announced that the semi-final second leg between Zamalek and Raja, originally scheduled to be played on 24 October, was postponed to 1 November, due to Raja being required by Moroccan authorities to self-isolate until 27 October after eight players testing positive for the COVID-19 virus, with the total number of cases increasing to fourteen the following day.^[10] On 30 October 2020, the CAF announced that this match was further postponed to 4 November, the final postponed to 27 November.^[11]

Raja CA v TP Mazembe

28 February 2020 (2020-02-28) First leg	Raja CA	2–0	TP Mazembe	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)	Malango 6' Banoun 79'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

TP Mazembe v Raja CA

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) Second leg	TP Mazembe	1–0	Raja CA	Lubumbashi
13:00 (15:00 UTC+2)	Tshibangu 50'	Report		Stadium: Stade TP Mazembe Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Raja CA v Zamalek

18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) First leg	Raja CA	0–1	Zamalek	Casablanca
19:00 (20:00 UTC+1)		Report	Bencharki 18'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Zamalek v Raja CA

4 November 2020 (2020-11-04)[note 2] Second leg	Zamalek	3–1	Raja CA	Cairo
19:00 (21:00 UTC+2)	Sassi 61' Mostafa 85', 88'	Report	Malango 47'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)

Raja CA v Hilal Al-Quds

23 September 2019 (2019-09-23) First leg	Raja CA	1–0	Hilal Al-Quds	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Moutouali 12' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Beida Dahane (Mauritania)

Hilal Al-Quds v Raja CA

3 October 2019 (2019-10-03) Second leg	Hilal Al-Quds	0–2	Raja CA	Al-Ram
19:00 UTC+3		Report	Ngoma 47' Nanah 82'	Stadium: Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium Referee: Ahmed Yacoub (Jordan)

Raja CA v Wydad AC

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02) First leg	Raja CA	1–1	Wydad AC	Casablanca
19:00 UTC+1	Ngoma 48'	Report	El Haddad 33'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

Wydad AC v Raja CA

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) Second leg	Wydad AC	4–4 (5–5 (a) agg.)	Raja CA	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1	Nahiri 13' (pen.) El Hassouni 55' El Kaabi 57' Aouk 71'	Report	Moutouali 49' (pen.), 88' (pen.) Ahaddad 74' Malango 90+4'	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mahmoud El Banna (Egypt)

MC Alger v Raja CA

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) First leg	MC Alger	1–2	Raja CA	Blida
20:00 UTC+1	Frioui 29'	Report	Moutouali 58' (pen.) Malango 82'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)

Raja CA v MC Alger

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) Second leg	Raja CA	0–1	MC Alger	Casablanca
20:00 UTC+1		Report	Frioui 42' (pen.)	Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

The tournament was postponed for ten months in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, and the final was played on 21 August 2021, where Raja defeated Al-Ittihad Jeddah on penalties after a 4–4 draw to earn their second title.^[13]

Ismaily v Raja CA

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) First leg	Ismaily	1–0	Raja CA	Ismailia
18:00 UTC+2	Ben Youssef 52' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Ismailia Stadium Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Botola		Throne Cup		Champions League		Arab Club Champions
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK	MAR	Anas Zniti	34	0	25	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
	GK	MAR	Mohamed Bouamira	7	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	MAR	Amir Haddaoui	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
	DF	MAR	Ilias Haddad	15	0	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	LBY	Sanad Al Warfali	32	0	23	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Badr Benoun	27	5	19	0	1	0	7	5	0	0
	DF	MAR	Omar Boutayeb	16	0	14	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Abdelilah Madkour	15	0	11	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Abdeljalil Jbira	18	0	13	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
	DF	CMR	Fabrice Ngah	26	1	17	0	1	0	8	1	0	0
	DF	MAR	Mohamed Douik	12	0	7	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Zakaria Driouch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	MAR	Oussama Soukhane	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
	MF	MAR	Mohamed Zrida	22	0	19	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Abderrahim Achchakir	29	1	22	1	0	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Omar Arjoune	33	0	26	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Mohamed Al Makahasi	16	1	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	COD	Luamba Ngoma	24	1	14	0	1	0	9	1	0	0
	MF	MAR	Zakaria El Wardi	31	1	24	1	1	0	6	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Ayoub Nanah	24	6	17	2	1	1	6	3	0	0
	MF	MAR	Mohsine Moutaouali	35	10	24	6	1	0	10	4	0	0
	MF	MAR	Abdelilah Hafidi	23	6	18	6	0	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	MAR	Abdelkarim Namani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW	MAR	Mahmoud Benhalib	9	2	4	2	1	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	COD	Ben Malango	28	8	19	5	0	0	9	3	0	0
	FW	MAR	Youssef Bekkari	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Hamid Ahadad	28	9	22	9	1	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Zakaria El Habti	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Anas Jabroun	14	0	11	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Soufiane Rahimi	38	13	28	10	1	0	9	3	0	0
	FW	MAR	Maati Tamaiazou	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	MAR	Hicham Islah	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
	DF	MLI	Salif Coulibaly	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

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

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	B	TC	CL 1	ACC	TOTAL
5		Mohsine Moutouali	MF	6	0	4	5	15
21		Soufiane Rahimi	FW	10	0	3	0	13
9		Ben Malango	FW	5	0	3	3	11
17		Hamid Ahaddad	FW	9	0	0	1	10
30		Ayoub Nanah	FW	2	1	3	1	7
18		Abdelilah Hafidi	MF	6	0	0	0	6
13		Badr Benoun	DF	0	0	5	0	5
6		Fabrice Ngoma	MF	0	0	1	2	3
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