# 2020–21 Raja CA season

The 2020–21 season is Raja CA's 72nd season in existence and the club's 64th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They are competing in Botola, the Throne Cup, CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup and Arab Club Champions Cup. The season covered the period from December 2020 to 21 August 2021. It was the first season since 2012–13 without club captain Badr Benoun, who joined Al Ahly.
Raja CA kicked off the season with a 3–3 draw against Fath Union Sport in the first match of the league.

## Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 December 2020. 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 32) | AS FAR |
| 82 | Mohamed Bouamira | GK | (1988-02-21)21 February 1988 (aged 33) | Chabab Rif Al Hoceima |
| 12 | Amir El Haddaoui | GK | (1999-09-14)14 September 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 4 | Soumaila Ouattara | CB | (1995-07-05)5 July 1995 (aged 26) | Rahimo FC |
| 8 | Sanad Al Warfali | CB | (1992-05-17)17 May 1992 (aged 29) | Al Ahli SC |
| 20 | Abdeljalil Jbira | LB | (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 31) | Kawkab Marrakech |
| 24 | Marouane Hadhoudi | CB | (1992-02-13)13 February 1992 (aged 29) | Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi |
| 25 | Omar Boutayeb | RB | (1994-04-19)19 April 1994 (aged 27) | Youth system |
| 26 | Ilias Haddad | CB | (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 (aged 32) | AS FAR |
| 29 | Abdelilah Madkour | RB | (2000-06-11)11 June 2000 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 47 | Oussama Soukhane | LB | (1999-09-18)18 September 1999 (aged 21) | Youth system |
| 48 | Mohamed Souboul | LB | (2001-11-17)17 November 2001 (aged 19) | Youth system |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Fabrice Ngoma | CM | (1994-01-22)22 January 1994 (aged 27) | AS Vita Club |
| 8 | Badr Boulahroud | CM | (1993-04-21)21 April 1993 (aged 28) | Málaga CF |
| 16 | Omar Arjoune | DM | (1996-02-01)1 February 1996 (aged 25) | IR Tanger |
| 18 | Abdelilah Hafidi | AM | (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 29) | Youth system |
| 19 | Mohamed Zrida | DM | (1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 23 | Mohamed Al Makahasi | CM | (1995-02-05)5 February 1995 (aged 26) | Moghreb Tétouan |
| 55 | Abderrahim Achchakir | DM | (1986-12-15)15 December 1986 (aged 34) | AS FAR |
| 98 | Zakaria El Wardi | CM | (1998-08-17)17 August 1998 (aged 23) | Moghreb Tétouan |
| Forwards ||||||
| 5 | Mohsine Moutaouali | AM / RW | (1986-03-03)3 March 1986 (aged 35) | Al Ahli SC |
| 7 | Noah Sadaoui | LW | (1993-09-14)14 September 1993 (aged 27) | Mouloudia Oujda |
| 9 | Ben Malango | ST | (1993-11-10)10 November 1993 (aged 27) | TP Mazembe |
| 10 | Mahmoud Benhalib | LW | (1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 14 | Zakaria Habti | RW | (1998-02-06)6 February 1998 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 21 | Soufiane Rahimi | LW | (1996-06-02)2 June 1996 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 30 | Ayoub Nanah | SS | (1992-11-12)12 November 1992 (aged 27) | Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi |
| N/A | Houssine Rahimi | ST | (2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 23) | Youth system |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Player | From club | Transfer fee |
| 9 September 2020 | DF | Marouane Hadhoudi | Al Ahli SC | Free agent |
| 20 October 2020 | FW | Noah Sadaoui | Mouloudia Oujda | Free agent |
| 22 October 2020 | MF | Chadi Yakiri | Deportivo de la Coruna | End of loan |
| 22 October 2020 | DF | Imrane Fiddi | AS Salé | End of loan |
| 22 October 2020 | DF | Saad Lakohal | Widad Temara | End of loan |
| 22 October 2020 | DF | Abderrazak Ghazouat | JS Soualem | End of loan |
| 22 October 2020 | FW | Hicham Islah | JS Soualem | End of loan |
| 5 February 2021 | DF | Soumaila Ouattara | Rahimo FC | €50 k |
| 5 February 2021 | MF | Badr Boulahroud | Málaga CF | Free agent |
| 5 February 2021 | FW | Youssef Gharb | Siete Picos Colmenar | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Player | To club | Transfer fee |
| 12 October 2020 | FW | Hamid Ahaddad | Zamalek SC | End of loan |
| 9 November 2020 | DF | Badr Benoun | Al Ahly SC | €1,7 million |
| 24 January 2021 | DF | Mohamed Douik | RCA Zemamra | Loan |
| 24 January 2021 | DF | Imrane Fiddi | Chabab Mohammédia | Loan |
| 26 January 2021 | FW | Youssef Bekkari | RCA Zemamra | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2021 | FW | Anas Jabroun | Unattached | Released |
| 31st January 2021 | DF | Fabrice Ngah | Ceramica Cleopatra | Undisclosed |
| 5 February 2021 | DF | Zakaria Drouich | Chabab Mohammédia | Undisclosed |

## 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 | 6 December 2020 | 28 July 2021 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 056.67 |
| Throne Cup | 1st January 2021 | 3 March 2021 | Round of 32 | Quarter-final | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| CAF Champions League | 22 December 2020 | 5 January 2021 | First round | First round | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
| Confederation Cup | 14 February 2021 | 10 July 2021 | First round | Winners | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 069.23 |
| Arab Club Champions Cup | 11 January 2021 | 21 August 2021 | Semi-final | Winners | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 50 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 81 | 35 | +46 | 058.00 |
Last updated: 21 August 2021 Source: Sofascore

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Wydad AC (C) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 67 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | Raja CA | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 26 | +22 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | AS FAR | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 51 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | RS Berkane | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 45 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | Mouloudia Oujda | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 42 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 July 2021. 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 | 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 | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches

| Date | Opponents | Venue | Result | Scorers | Report |
| 6 December 2020 | Fath US | A | 3–3 | Rahimi 38' (pen.), 48' Sadaoui 72' | Report |
| 10 December 2020 | RC Oued-Zem | H | 3–2 | Rahimi 23' Malango 35' (pen.) El Wardi 48' | Report |
| 13 December 2020 | MC Oujda | H | 3–0 | Benhalib 66' Malango 69' Abdoul Ba 74' (o.g.) | Report |
| 19 December 2020 | RS Berkane | A | 1–0 | Rahimi 65' | Report |
| 26 December 2020 | Chabab Mohammédia | H | 1–0 | Rahimi 32' | Report |
| 17 February 2021 | AS FAR | A | 1–1 | Malango 74' | Report |
| 25 February 2021 | Ittihad Tanger | H | 2–0 | Sadaoui 42' Malango 90' | Report |
| 28 February 2021 | Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi | A | 0–0 | | Report |
| 7 March 2021 | Youssoufia Berrechid | H | 1–1 | Malango 73' | Report |
| 21 March 2021 | Wydad AC | A | 0–2 | | Report |
| 7 April 2021 | Hassania Agadir | H | 0–1 | | Report |
| 16 April 2021 | Moghreb Tétouan | A | 3–2 | Rahimi 45' Malango 50', 89' | Report |
| 25 April 2021 | Olympique Safi | H | 2–0 | Hafidi 4', 61' | Report |
| 2 May 2021 | RCA Zemamra | A | 1–1 | Al Warfali 56' | Report |
| 9 May 2021 | Maghreb AS | H | 1–0 | Hafidi 74' | Report |
| 12 May 2021 | Fath US | H | 1–1 | Rahimi 19' | Report |
| 20 May 2021 | MC Oujda | A | 2–0 | Malango 33' Ngoma 70' | Report |
| 27 May 2021 | SCC Mohammédia | A | 2–1 | Malango 49' Moutouali 90+8' (pen.) | Report |
| 30 May 2021 | AS FAR | H | 3–2 | Malango 32' Rahimi 53' Benhalib 89' (pen.) | Report |
| 3 June 2021 | RC Oued-Zem | A | 2–0 | Rahimi 50' (pen.) Haibour 70' (o.g.) | Report |
| 13 June 2021 | RS Berkane | H | 0–1 | | Report |
| 16 June 2021 | Ittihad Tanger | A | 3–0 | Malango 17 56 Rahimi 39' | Report |
| 24 June 2021 | Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi | H | 2–0 | Malango 49' Rahimi 63' | Report |
| 30 June 2021 | Youssoufia Berrechid | A | 0–1 | | Report |
| 3 July 2021 | Wydad AC | H | 1–2 | Rahimi 57' (pen.) | Report |
| 6 July 2021 | Hassania Agadir | A | 0–0 | | Report |
| 14 July 2021 | Moghreb Tétouan | H | 4–1 | Malango 3' Farah 55' Hafidi 66' Rahimi 70' | Report |
| 17 July 2021 | Olympique Safi | A | 2–2 | Malango 38' Ngoma 89' | Report |
| 23 July 2021 | RCA Zemamra | H | 1–0 | Rahimi 23' | Report |
| 28 July 2021 | Maghreb AS | A | 3–2 | Amila 3' Ngoma 19' Moutouali 37' | Report |

### Champions League
#### First round

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).

### Confederation Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RCA | PYR | NKA | NAM |
| 1 | Raja CA | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 18 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Pyramids | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–3 | — | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Nkana | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Namungo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout phase
##### Final

| Raja CA | JS Kabylie |
| GK | 1 | Anas Zniti (c) |
| CB | 24 | Marouane Hadhoudi |
| CB | 15 | Ilias Haddad |
| RB | 29 | Abdelilah Madkour | 90+4' |
| LB | 27 | Oussama Soukhane |
| CM | 16 | Omar Arjoune | 63' |
| CM | 17 | Zakaria El Wardi |
| RW | 10 | Mahmoud Benhalib | | 58' |
| AM | 18 | Abdelilah Hafidi | | 71' |
| LW | 21 | Soufiane Rahimi | | 90+1' |
| CF | 28 | Ben Malango | | 90+1' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Mohamed Bouamira |
| DF | 3 | Mohamed Souboul |
| DF | 20 | Abdeljalil Jbira |
| MF | 6 | Fabrice Ngoma | | 71' |
| MF | 19 | Mohamed Zrida | | 58' |
| MF | 23 | Mohamed Al Makaazi | | 90+1' |
| MF | 26 | Riad Idbouiguiguine |
| FW | 14 | Zakaria Habti |
| FW | 30 | Ayoub Nanah | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Lassaad Chabbi ||
| GK | 25 | Oussama Benbot |
| CB | 31 | Ahmed Kerroum | 84' |
| CB | 2 | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem |
| CB | 5 | Badreddine Souyad |
| RM | 22 | Walid Bencherifa |
| CM | 13 | Aziz Benabdi |
| CM | 8 | Juba Oukaci | | 69' |
| LM | 21 | Malik Raiah | | 46' |
| AM | 7 | Mohamed Benchaira |
| CF | 17 | Rédha Bensayah (c) | 34' | 76' |
| CF | 9 | Zaka | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Mohamed Idir Hadid |
| DF | 3 | Abdelmoumen Chikhi |
| DF | 4 | Bilal Tizi Bouali |
| DF | 37 | Fares Djabri |
| MF | 6 | Ammar El Orfi |
| MF | 14 | Abdussalam Tubal | | 76' |
| MF | 38 | Kouceila Boualia | | 69' |
| FW | 11 | Rezki Hamroune | | 46' |
| FW | 34 | Massinissa Nezla | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Denis Lavagne ||
* Man of the Match:
* Soufiane Rahimi (Raja CA)

### Arab Club Champions Cup
#### Semi-final

The tournament was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, thus Raja CA played the semi-final's second leg against Ismaily on January 2021 in Marrakesh, eleven months after the first leg in Egypt.

#### Final

| Al-Ittihad | Raja CA |
| GK | 45 | Marcelo Grohe |
| RB | 66 | Saud Abdulhamid | 41' |
| CB | 44 | Omar Hawsawi | 49' |
| CB | 27 | Hamdan Al-Shamrani |
| LB | 29 | Muhannad Al-Shanqeeti |
| CM | 20 | Karim El Ahmadi (c) | 66' | 72' |
| CM | 43 | Bruno Henrique |
| RW | 8 | Fahad Al-Muwallad |
| AM | 75 | Igor Coronado |
| LW | 77 | Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | | 79' |
| CF | 90 | Romarinho |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Rakan Al-Najjar |
| DF | 21 | Abdulmohsen Fallatah |
| DF | 32 | Hazim Al-Zahrani |
| MF | 16 | Abdulaziz Al-Jebreen |
| MF | 23 | Abdulrahman Al-Aboud | | 79' |
| MF | 88 | Abdulellah Al-Malki | | 72' |
| FW | 70 | Haroune Camara |
| Manager: ||
| Fábio Carille ||
| GK | 1 | Anas Zniti | 27' |
| RB | 29 | Abdelilah Madkour |
| CB | 34 | Marouane Hadhoudi |
| CB | 26 | Ilias Haddad | 85' |
| LB | 27 | Oussama Soukhane |
| CM | 16 | Omar Arjoune |
| CM | 8 | Zakaria El Wardi | 55' | 75' |
| RW | 5 | Mouhcine Moutouali (c) | | 63' |
| AM | 18 | Abdelilah Hafidi | 18' |
| LW | 21 | Soufiane Rahimi | 51' |
| CF | 10 | Mahmoud Benhalib | | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Amir El Haddaoui |
| DF | 20 | Abdeljalil Jbira |
| DF | 37 | Mohammed Naim |
| MF | 6 | Fabrice Ngoma |
| MF | 14 | Zakaria Habti | | 76' |
| MF | 19 | Mohamed Zrida | | 75' |
| FW | 9 | Moustapha Kouyaté | | 63' |
| Manager: ||
| Lassaad Chabbi ||

## Squad information
### Goals

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Champions League | Confederation Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Ben Malango | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | FW | Soufiane Rahimi | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | FW | Mahmoud Benhalib | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | Fabrice Ngoma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | Noah Sadaoui | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | AM | Abdelilah Hafidi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Mohsine Moutaouali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Zakaria El Wardi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | Ilias Haddad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Zakaria Habti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | Sanad Al Warfali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | AM | Riad Idbouiguiguine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Abdellah Farah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | Salaheddine Amila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | Total | Total | 48 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 81 |

### Assists

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Champions League | Confederation Cup | Arab Club Champions Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Soufiane Rahimi | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | AM | Abdelilah Hafidi | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | Ben Malango | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | Zakaria Habti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Omar Arjoune | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | Abdelilah Madkour | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Mahmoud Benhalib | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Abdeljalil Jbira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | Ayoub Nanah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | Mohamed Zrida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Oussama Soukhane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | AM | Mohsine Moutaouali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | Zakaria El Wardi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Mohamed Makahasi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Marouane Hadhoudi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | Mohamed Naim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | 39 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 63 |

## Club awards
### End-of-season awards

* Eagle of the Season: Anas Zniti

### Eagle of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans.
| Month | Player |
| December | Soufiane Rahimi |
| January | Not awarded |
| February | Zakaria El Wardi |
| March | Not awarded |
| April | Ben Malango |
| May | Marouane Hadhoudi |
| June | Anas Zniti |
| July | Anas Zniti |