# 2017–18 Raja CA season

The 2017–18 season is Raja CA'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.

## Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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 |
* Head coach: Juan Carlos Garrido
* Assistant-coach: Mohammed Adil Erradi

## Transfers
### In (winter)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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; some limited exceptions apply. 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
### 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 | 10 September 2017 | 20 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 6th | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 043.33 |
| Coupe du Trône | 23 August 2017 | 18 November 2017 | Round of 32 | Winners | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 044.44 |
| CAF Confederation Cup | 6 March 2018 | 16 May 2018 | Preliminary round | Winners | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 45 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 044.44 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20). Source: Competitions

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |
| 6 | Raja Casablanca | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for the CAF Confederation Cup |
| 7 | Olympic Safi | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 43 | |
| 8 | AS FAR | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 43 | |
* 1 2 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
* ↑ Raja CA qualified for the Confederation Cup First round as the title holders, by winning the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup.
* 1 2 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 | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 (2018-05-20). 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | W | W |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 |

#### Matches
### CAF Confederation Cup
#### First round
#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | RCA | VIT | ASE | ADU |
| 1 | Raja Casablanca | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 11 | Quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | AS Vita Club | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 10 | Quarter-finals | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | ASEC Mimosas | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 9 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Aduana Stars | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 4 | | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — |

## Statistics
### Squad statistics

Last updated on 2 November 2017.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Botola | Botola | Coupe du Trône | Coupe du Trône | CAF Cup 2018 | CAF Cup 2018 |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAR | Anas Zniti | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAR | Mohamed Bouamira | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | MAR | Aymane Chennouf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | MAR | Omar Boutayeb | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MAR | Adil Karrouchy | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAR | Hamza Toumi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MAR | Badr Banoun | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAR | Jaouad El Yamiq | 16 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MAR | Abdeljalil Jbira | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Khaldan | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MAR | Mohamed Oulhaj | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 99 | MF | MAR | Issam Erraki | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | COD | Lema Mabidi | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | GAB | Samson Mbingui | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MAR | Abdelilah Hafidi | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | MAR | Karim Nouamani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAR | Zakaria El Hilali | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | MAR | Abderrahim Achchakir | 17 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | MAR | Walid Sebbar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | MAR | Aiman Douni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | MAR | Ayoub Sabiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MAR | Mohamed Douik | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | MAR | Mounir Obbadi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | MAR | Zakaria Hadraf | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | MAR | Zouhair El Ouassli | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | MAR | Ayoub Joulal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAR | Mouhcine Iajour | 18 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 93 | FW | MAR | Abdelkabir El Ouadi | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | MAR | Mahmoud Benhalib | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | FW | MAR | Hilaire Momi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Name | Botola | Coupe du Trône | Confederation Cup | Total |
| 12 | FW | Mouhcine Iajour | 17 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| 24 | FW | Mahmoud Benhalib | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 | DF | Badr Benoun | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | FW | Zakaria Hadraf | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | MF | Abdelilah Hafidi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 99 | MF | Issam Erraki | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 55 | MF | Abderrahim Achchakir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | Jaouad El Yamiq | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | Lema Mabidi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 26 | DF | Mohamed Khaldan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 93 | FW | Abdelkabir El Ouadi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | FW | Abdeladim Khadrouf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | Ayoub Joulal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 45 | 15 | 13 | 73 |