# 2023–24 Raja CA season

The 2023–24 season is Raja Club Athletic's 75th season in existence and the club's 67th 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 Arab Club Champions Cup. For the majority of the season, the club's matches were played at Stade Municipal de Berrechid due to the renovation of Stade Mohammed V for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
Raja CA kicked off the season with a 2–1 win over CR Belouizdad in the first group stage of the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup. On 14 June 2024, after a 0–3 win against MC Oujda in the last round, Raja were crowned champions ending the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in the history of the league and breaking the record of points (72). On July 1, Raja beat AS FAR once again in the Throne Cup final to secure the third domestic double of its history.

## Players
### First-team squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2024. 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 35) | AS FAR |
| 32 | Yassine Zoubir | GK | (2002-02-24)24 February 2002 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 22 | Mohamed Baayou | GK | (1993-01-11)11 January 1993 (aged 31) | AS FAR |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | Abdellah Khafifi | CB | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 31) | Umm Salal |
| 4 | Ismael Mokadem | CB | (1995-07-26)26 July 1995 (aged 28) | Renaissance Berkane |
| 28 | Bouchaib Arrassi | CB | (2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 24) | Youth system |
| 33 | Mehdi Mchakhchekh | CB | (2004-02-23)23 February 2004 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 27 | Mohamed Boulacsoute | RB / RW / LW | (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 25) | Chabab Mohammédia |
| 17 | Youssef Belammari | LB / LM | (1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 25) | Fath US |
| 3 | Zakaria Labib | LB | (2003-02-28)28 February 2003 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | El Mehdi Moubarik | DM / CM | (2001-01-22)22 January 2001 (aged 23) | Al Ain FC |
| 30 | Ahmadou Camara | DM / CM | (2003-08-01)1 August 2003 (aged 20) | Youth system |
| 19 | Mohamed Zrida | CM / AM / LM | (1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 10 | Zakaria El Wardi | DM / CM / AM | (1998-08-17)17 August 1998 (aged 25) | Zamalek SC |
| 23 | Mohamed Al Makahasi | CM / DM | (1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 29) | Moghreb Tétouan |
| 31 | Haashim Domingo | AM / CF | (1995-08-13)13 August 1995 (aged 28) | Mamelodi Sundowns |
| 34 | Sabir Bougrine | AM / CM | (1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 27) | Espérance de Tunis |
| 77 | Adam Ennafati | AM / LW / RW | (1994-06-29)29 June 1994 (aged 30) | AS FAR |
| 71 | Hervé Guy | DM / CM | (1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (aged 32) | Fath US |
| Forwards ||||||
| 11 | Nawfel Zerhouni | RW / LW / ST | (1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 27) | Al-Hazem |
| 26 | Yousri Bouzok | RW / LW | (1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 27) | Paradou AC |
| 97 | Marouane Zila | LW / RW | (1997-06-13)13 June 1997 (aged 27) | Chabab Mohammédia |
| 49 | El Mehdi Maouhoub | ST | (2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 21) | Fath US |
| 21 | Víctor Ábrego | ST / LW | (1997-02-11)11 February 1997 (aged 27) | Universitario de Vinto |
| 9 | Riad Benayad | ST | (1996-11-02)2 November 1996 (aged 27) | Espérance de Tunis |

### New contracts

| Date | Position | No. | Player |
| 4 June 2023 | MF | 18 | Roger Aholou |
| 12 July 2023 | GK | 1 | Anas Zniti |
| 23 August 2023 | FW | 26 | Yousri Bouzok |
| 2 September 2023 | DF | 27 | Mohamed Boulacsoute |
| 8 September 2023 | GK | 89 | Marouane Fakhr |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos ' | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 21 June 2023 | AM | Haashim Domingo | Mamelodi Sundowns | Undisclosed |
| 21 June 2023 | DF | Abdellah Khafifi | Umm Salal | Free agent |
| 2 July 2023 | MF | Youssef Belammari | Fath US | Free agent |
| 18 July 2023 | AM | Adam Ennafati | AS FAR | Free agent |
| 22 July 2023 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | Al-Hazem F.C. | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2023 | GK | Mohamed Baayou | AS FAR | Free agent |
| 21 August 2023 | FW | Aymen Hussein | Al Jazira | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2023 | AM | Sabir Bougrine | Espérance de Tunis | Free agent |
| 31 August 2023 | FW | El Mehdi Maouhoub | Fath US | $300k |
| 7 September 2023 | FW | Marouane Zila | SCC Mohammédia | Free agent |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Mehdi Boukassi | FC Haka | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | MF | Abdelhay El Forsy | OC Safi | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Axel Méyé | OC Safi | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | Gaya Merbah | IR Tanger | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Mohamed Souboul | IR Tanger | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Oussama Soukhane | Difaâ El Jadidi | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Abdellah Farah | Difaâ El Jadidi | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Gibril Sillah | JS Soualem | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | GK | Youssef Lahouizi | JS Soualem | End of loan |
| 1 July 2023 | DF | Mohamed Naim | JS Massira | End of loan |
| 19 December 2023 | FW | Víctor Ábrego | Universitario de Vinto | Undisclosed |
| 19 December 2023 | MF | Hervé Guy | Fath US | Free agent |
| 13 January 2024 | DF | Anouar Tamoun | AS FAR | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2024 | DF | Zakaria Labib | JS Soualem | End of loan |

### Out

| Date | Pos ' | Player | Moving to | Fee | Ref. |
| 28 May 2023 | MF | Abdelraouf Benguit | CR Belouizdad | Released | |
| 28 June 2023 | FW | Gibril Sillah | Azam FC | $100k | |
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Hamza Khabba | Al-Arabi SC | End of loan | |
| 10 July 2023 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | Al-Hazem F.C. | End of loan | - |
| 10 July 2023 | DF | Marouane Hadhoudi | Sabah FC | End of contract | |
| 10 July 2023 | MF | Abdelilah Hafidi | Unattached | End of contract | - |
| 23 July 2023 | DF | Mohamed Ali Manali | Unattached | Released | - |
| 25 July 2023 | DF | Mohamed Nahiri | Unattached | End of contract | |
| 25 July 2023 | FW | Zakaria Hadraf | Unattached | Released | |
| 25 July 2023 | DF | Oussama Soukhane | Fath US | Released | |
| 26 July 2023 | FW | Zakaria Habti | Unattached | Released | - |
| 31 July 2023 | GK | Gaya Merbah | IR Tanger | $400k | |
| 12 August 2023 | DF | Mahmoud Bentayg | AS Saint-Étienne | $600k | |
| 13 August 2023 | DF | Walid Sabbar | Unattached | End of contract | |
| 17 August 2023 | DF | Abdelilah Madkour | RS Berkane | End of contract | |
| 18 August 2023 | GK | Marouane Fakhr | Unattached | Released | |
| 18 August 2023 | GK | Amir El Haddaoui | Unattached | Released | |
| 18 August 2023 | GK | Youssef Lahouizi | Unattached | Released | |
| 27 August 2023 | FW | Soufiane Benjdida | Standard de Liège | Undisclosed | |
| 28 August 2023 | DF | Jamal Harkass | Unattached | Released | |
| 7 September 2023 | DF | Ayoub Chaboud | MA Tétouan | Undisclosed | |
| 3 October 2023 | FW | Aymen Hussein | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Released | |
| 24 December 2023 | DF | Abdessamad Badaoui | Unattached | Released | |
| 27 December 2023 | MF | Roger Aholou | Espérance de Tunis | Released | |
| 31 December 2023 | DF | Mohamed Souboul | SC Bastia | $200k | |
| 31 January 2024 | GK | Marouane Fakhr | RCA Zemamra | Released | |

### Loans in

| Start date | End date | Pos ' | Player | Moving from | Fee | Ref. |
| 18 August 2023 | End of season | MF | El Mehdi El Moubarik | Al Ain FC | None | |
| 31 January 2024 | End of season | FW | Riad Benayad | Espérance de Tunis | None | |

### Loans out

| Start date | End date | Pos ' | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 2 September 2023 | End of season | MF | Abdelhay El Forsy | RCA Zemamra | None |
| 7 September 2023 | End of season | FW | Abdellah Farah | MA Tétouan | None |
| 7 September 2023 | End of season | MF | Taha El Achbili | CAY Berrechid | None |
| 8 September 2023 | End of season | DF | Zakaria Labib | JS Soualem | None |
| 8 September 2023 | End of season | FW | Houssine Rahimi | JS Soualem | None |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Botola | 28 August 2023 | 14 June 2024 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 070.00 |
| Throne Cup | 30 March 2024 | 1 July 2024 | Round of 32 | Winners | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 100.00 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 28 July 2023 | 6 August 2023 | Group stage | Quarter-finals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 71 | 25 | +46 | 074.36 |
Last updated: 1 July 2024 Source: Sofascore

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Raja CA (C, Q) | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 72 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | AS FAR (Q) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 71 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | RS Berkane (Q) | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 52 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Union de Touarga (Q) | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 44 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Olympic Safi | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 44 | |
* 1 2 Union de Touarga finished ahead of Olympic Safi and Wydad AC on head-to-head points: Union de Touarga 7, Olympic Safi 6, Wydad AC 4

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches
### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Raja CA | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Al-Wahda | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | CR Belouizdad | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Kuwait SC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

#### Knockout phase
## Squad information

    As of match played 1 July 2024

### Goals

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Arab Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Yousri Bouzok | 14 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | El Mehdi Maouhoub | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | AM | Adam Ennafati | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | FW | Riad Benayad | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | Zakaria El Wardi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | AM | Sabir Bougrine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | Youssef Belammari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | Mohamed Zrida | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Bouchaib Arrassi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Abdellah Khafifi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF | Mohamed Boulacsoute | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Mohamed Al Makahasi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Ismael Mokadem | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Houssine Rahimi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Abdessamad Badaoui | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | 52 | 13 | 6 | 71 |

### Assists

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Arab Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Yousri Bouzok | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | AM | Adam Ennafati | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | AM | Sabir Bougrine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | DF | Youssef Belammari | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | Mohamed Boulacsoute | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Mohamed Zrida | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Mohamed Al Makahasi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | El Mehdi Maouhoub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | Zakaria Labib | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 31 | 8 | 3 | 42 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Competition | Minutes | Score after goals | Result | Date |
| Nawfel Zerhouni | Ittihad Tanger | Botola | 3', 62', 73' | 1–0, 4–0, 6–0 | 6–1 (H) | 28 December 2023 |
| Yousri Bouzok | Ittihad Tanger | Botola | 16', 28', 68' | 2–0, 3–0, 5–0 | 6–1 (H) | 28 December 2023 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Arab Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | Anas Zniti | 17 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 89 | Marouane Fakhr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 17 | 2 | 2 | 21 |