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

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)

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.

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[lower-alpha 1]
6	Raja Casablanca	30	13	9	8	45	33	+12	48[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 2]
7	Olympic Safi	30	10	13	7	32	28	+4	43[lower-alpha 3]
8	AS FAR	30	11	10	9	35	34	+1	43[lower-alpha 3]

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. 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. 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.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 November 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moroccan Throne Cup

Round of 32

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

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

26 September 2017 First leg	Raja Casablanca	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 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

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

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

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

2 November 2017 Second leg	Raja Casablanca	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 Casablanca	Rabat
16:00 GMT	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		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