# 2022–23 Raja CA season

The 2022–23 season is Raja Club Athletic's 74th season in existence and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. In addition to the domestic league, they are also participating in this season's editions of the Throne Cup and Champions League.
Raja CA kicked off the season with a 2–2 draw against Olympique Safi in the first round of Botola.

## Players
### First-team squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 30 January 2023. 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 |
| 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 | Ismael 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 Boulacsoute | 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 |
| 5 | Ahmadou Camara | DM | (2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 28 | Youssef Riani | DM | (1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 24) | TAS de Casablanca |
| 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 |
| 10 | Zakaria El Wardi | CM | (1998-08-17)17 August 1998 (aged 24) | Zamalek SC |
| 23 | Mohamed Al Makahasi | CM | (1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 27) | Moghreb Tétouan |
| 81 | Abdelilah Hafidi | AM | (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 30) | Al-Hazem |
| Forwards ||||||
| 11 | Nawfel Zerhouni | RW | (1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 27) | Al-Hazem |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 17 | Hamza Khabba | ST | (1996-06-09)9 June 1996 (aged 26) | Olympic Safi |
| 21 | Houssine Rahimi | ST | (2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 20) | Youth system |

### New contracts

| Date | Position | No. | Player |
| 1st August 2022 | MF | 23 | Mohamed Al Makahasi |
| 27 August 2022 | GK | 1 | Anas Zniti |
| 2 February 2023 | FW | 9 | Soufiane Benjdida |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos ' | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 31 July 2022 | DF | Ismael Mokadem | Renaissance Berkane | Free transfer |
| 31 July 2022 | MF | Said Azeroual | AS Salé | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2022 | DF | Mohamed Boulacsoute | Chabab Mohammédia | Free transfer |
| 31 July 2022 | FW | Zakaria Hadraf | Difaâ El Jadidi | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2022 | DF | Mahmoud Bentayg | TAS de Casablanca | 66 K € |
| 1 August 2022 | MF | Hamza Moujahid | AS FAR | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | Yousri Bouzok | Paradou AC | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2022 | FW | Mehdi Boukassi | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Free transfer |
| 1 August 2022 | MF | Abdelhay El Forsy | Chabab Atlas Khénifra | Free transfer |
| 2 August 2022 | MF | Walid Sabbar | Emirates Club | Free transfer |
| 4 August 2022 | MF | Raouf Benguit | MC Alger | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2022 | MF | Roger Aholou | FC San Pedro | 47 K € |
| 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) | 121 K € (loan with purchase option) |
| 16 January 2023 | MF | Zakaria El Wardi | Zamalek SC | Free transfer |
| 23 January 2023 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | Al-Hazem F.C. | Loan |
| 29 January 2023 | MF | Abdelilah Hafidi | Al-Hazem F.C. | Free transfer |
| 31 January 2023 | DF | Mohamed Ali Manali | Moghreb Tetouan | Transfer |

### Out

| Date | Pos ' | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 15 July 2022 | DF | Ilias Haddad | Union de Touarga | Free transfer |
| 31 July 2022 | MF | Omar Arjoune | Al-Faisaly | Free transfer |
| 8 August 2022 | MF | Fabrice Ngoma | Al-Fahaheel FC | Free transfer |
| 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 |
| 31 August 2022 | DF | Mohamed Souboul | Ittihad Tanger | Loan |
| 31 August 2022 | DF | Oussama Soukhane | Difaâ El Jadida | Loan |
| 31 August 2022 | FW | Abdellah Farah | Difaâ El Jadida | Loan |
| 28 January 2023 | FW | Axel Méyé | OC Safi | Loan |
| 31 January 2023 | GK | Gaya Merbah | IR Tanger | Loan |
| 31 January 2023 | MF | Abdelhay El Forsy | OC Safi | Loan |
| 31 January 2023 | FW | Haitam El Bahja | Fath US | Free transfer |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | 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 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 036.67 | — | 5th place | 4 September 2022 | 23 June 2023 |
| Throne Cup | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 060.00 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 15 March 2023 | 15 July 2023 |
| Champions League | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 077.78 | Second round | Quarter-final | 8 October 2022 | 29 April 2023 |
| Total | 44 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 047.73 |
Updated to match played 16 July 2023 Source: Competitions

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Fath Union Sport | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 16 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Olympic Club de Safi | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 28 | +6 | 47 | |
| 5 | Raja CA | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 26 | +5 | 44 | |
| 6 | RS Berkane | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 44 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 7 | Hassania Agadir | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 39 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Raja CA: 6 points, RS Berkane: 0 point.
* ↑ RS Berkane qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup by winning the 2021–22 Moroccan Throne Cup.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 26 June 2023. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results 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 | 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 | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Matches
### CAF Champions League
#### Qualifying rounds

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 9 August 2022.

##### Second round
#### Group stage

The draw of the group stage was held on 12 December 2022.
Group C
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RCA | SSC | HAC | VSC |
| 1 | Raja CA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Simba | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–3 | — | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Horoya | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 7 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Vipers | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 2 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Quarter-finals
## Squad information
### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | Hamza Khabba | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | DF | Mohamed Nahiri | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | FW | Soufiane Benjdida | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | MF | Mohamed Zrida | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | DF | Jamal Harkass | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | FW | Yousri Bouzok | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Zakaria Habti | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Walid Sabbar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Nawfel Zarhouni | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | Mahmoud Bentayg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | Roger Aholou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | FW | Mohamed Boulacsoute | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | Zakaria Hadraf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Ismael Mokadem | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Marouane Hadhoudi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Bouchaib Arrassi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 31 | 4 | 20 | 55 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | Anas Zniti | 13 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| 12 | Gaya Merbah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 14 | 3 | 6 | 23 |