# 2024–25 Raja CA season

The 2024–25 season is Raja Club Athletic's 76th season in existence and the club's 68th 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. Following the renovation of Stade Mohammed V, Raja will play all home fixtures at Stade Larbi Zaouli during this season at 25,000 capacity.
Raja CA kicked off the season with a 1–2 win over AS GNN in the first round of the 2024–25 CAF Champions League.

## Players
### First-team squad

Players and squad numbers last updated on 19 September 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 36) | AS FAR |
| 12 | El Mehdi Al Harrar | GK | (2000-11-30)30 November 2000 (aged 24) | Chabab Mohammédia |
| 32 | Yassine Zoubir | GK | (2002-02-24)24 February 2002 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| Defenders ||||||
| 5 | Abdellah Khafifi | CB | (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 32) | Umm Salal |
| 4 | Hani Amamou | CB | (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 27) | ES Tunis |
| 28 | Bouchaib Arrassi | CB | (2000-01-06)6 January 2000 (aged 25) | Youth system |
| 16 | Benaissa Benamar | CB | (1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 28) | FC Volendam |
| 23 | Yasser Baldé | CB | (1993-01-12)12 January 1993 (aged 32) | Ratchaburi FC |
| 27 | Mohamed Boulacsoute | RB / RW / LW | (1998-09-23)23 September 1998 (aged 26) | Chabab Mohammédia |
| 17 | Youssef Belammari | LB / LM | (1998-09-20)20 September 1998 (aged 26) | Fath US |
| 3 | Zakaria Labib | LB | (2003-02-28)28 February 2003 (aged 22) | Youth system |
| 2 | Abdelkrim Baadi | LB / RB | (1996-04-16)16 April 1996 (aged 29) | RS Berkane |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Mouhsine Bodda | CM / DM | (1997-07-18)18 July 1997 (aged 27) | FC Nouadhibou |
| 18 | Federico Bikoro | CM / DM | (1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (aged 29) | Club Africain |
| 19 | Mohamed Zrida | CM / AM / LM | (1999-02-01)1 February 1999 (aged 26) | Youth system |
| 8 | Hilal Ferdaoussi | DM / CM / AM | (1999-06-23)23 June 1999 (aged 26) | Moghreb Tétouan |
| 34 | Sabir Bougrine | AM / CM | (1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 28) | Espérance de Tunis |
| 77 | Adam Ennafati | AM / LW / RW | (1994-06-29)29 June 1994 (aged 31) | AS FAR |
| Forwards ||||||
| 26 | Yousri Bouzok | RW / LW | (1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 28) | Paradou AC |
| 20 | Marouane Zila | LW / RW | (1997-06-13)13 June 1997 (aged 28) | Chabab Mohammédia |
| 21 | Pape Ousmane Sakho | LW / RW / AM | (1996-12-21)21 December 1996 (aged 28) | Quevilly-Rouen |
| 24 | Ayoub Maamouri | LW / RW | (2000-12-01)1 December 2000 (aged 24) | Olympique Dcheira |
| 40 | Younes Najari | RW / LW | (1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 29) | Al-Salmiya SC |
| 11 | Nawfel Zerhouni | ST / RW / LW | (1995-09-25)25 September 1995 (aged 29) | Al-Hazem |
| 9 | Houssine Rahimi | ST | (2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 23) | Youth system |
| 29 | Abderahmane Soussi | ST | (2003-01-30)30 January 2003 (aged 22) | Akritas Chlorakas |

### New contracts

| Date | Position | No. | Player | Ref. |
| 20 July 2024 | MF | 71 | Hervé Guy | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos' | Player | Moving from | Fee |
| 6 June 2024 | GK | El Mehdi Al Harrar | SCC Mohammédia | Free agent |
| 6 June 2024 | MF | Hilal Ferdaoussi | MA Tétouan | Free agent |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | Houssine Rahimi | JS Soualem | End of loan |
| 4 July 2024 | DF | Abdelkrim Baadi | RS Berkane | Free agent |
| 21 July 2024 | DF | Hani Amamou | ES Tunis | Free agent |
| 23 August 2024 | MF | Mouhsine Bodda | FC Nouadhibou | Free agent |
| 24 August 2024 | MF | Federico Bikoro | Club Africain | Free agent |
| 24 August 2024 | FW | Pape Ousmane Sakho | Quevilly-Rouen | Free agent |
| 27 August 2024 | FW | Ayoub Maamouri | Olympique Dcheira | €80 k |
| 19 September 2024 | DF | Benaissa Benamar | FC Volendam | Free agent |
| 19 September 2024 | DF | Yasser Baldé | Ratchaburi FC | Free agent |
| 19 September 2024 | FW | Abderahmane Soussi | Akritas Chlorakas | Free agent |
| 19 September 2024 | FW | Younes Najari | Al-Salmiya SC | Free agent |

### Out

| Date | Pos' | Player | Moving to | Fee |
| 15 May 2024 | MF | Zakaria El Wardi | Unattached | Released |
| 2 June 2024 | MF | Haashim Domingo | Cape Town City | Released |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | Riad Benayad | Espérance de Tunis | End of loan |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | El Mehdi Moubarik | Al Ain FC | End of loan |
| 8 July 2024 | FW | Abdellah Farah | US Touarga | Released |
| 12 July 2024 | FW | Víctor Ábrego | C.A. Nacional Potosí | Loan |
| 20 July 2024 | DF | Ismael Mokadem | Al Ula FC | €747 k |
| 27 July 2024 | FW | El Mehdi Maouhoub | Dynamo Moscow | €1,8 million |
| 10 August 2024 | MF | Mohamed Al Makahasi | Al Wehda FC | Free agent |
| 27 September 2024 | MF | Hervé Guy | Unattached | Released |
| 27 September 2024 | MF | Ahmadou Camara | Khor Fakkan Club | €350 k |
| 14 January 2025 | GK | Anas Zniti | Al Wasl | Released |
| 11 February 2025 | MF | Mohamed Zrida | Al-Ittihad Tripoli | €500 k |
| 13 February 2025 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | Al-Ittihad Tripoli | €400 k |

## Pre-season and friendlies

On 4 July 2024, Raja CA announces its preparation schedule for the 2024–25 season. On 23 July, the team will fly to Tunisia where it will spend ten days before playing a friendly match against CA Bizertin. Finally, the preparation will end in Morocco with a match against Al Aïn FC.
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 | 31 August 2024 | TBD | Matchday 1 | TBD | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 037.50 |
| Throne Cup | TBD | TBD | Round of 32 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Excellence Cup | 4 September 2024 | TBD | Group stage | TBD | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 040.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 17 August 2024 | 19 January 2025 | First round | Group stage | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 39 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 041.03 |
Last updated: 10 March 2025 Source: Sofascore

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | RCA Zemamra | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 40 |
| 6 | MAS Fès | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 38 |
| 7 | Raja CA | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 36 |
| 8 | Olympic Safi | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 35 |
| 9 | Difaâ El Jadidi | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 32 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | W | L | D | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | W | D | D | W | | | | | | |
| Position | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | |

#### Matches
### Excellence Cup

The Excellence Cup is a newly created competition by the National Professional Football League (LNFP). It is open to all the clubs from the two first divisions of the 2024–25 season. Its objectives are the integration and development of young players, the gradual recovery after the breaks and the maintenance of competition during the league's interruptions.
The clubs are required to register at least 10 U23 players on the match sheet and play at least 6 U23 players throughout the match. The competition begins with a group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams. The first two teams qualify for the elimination phase which is played in a two-legged format and begins with the round of 16.

#### Group stage

Groupe A ranking :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kénitra AC | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 8 |
| 2 | Olympique Khouribga | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 7 |
| 3 | Raja CA | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 7 |
| 4 | Moghreb Tétouan | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 4 |

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

The draw of the qualifying rounds was held on 11 July 2024.

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

The group stage draw was held on 7 October 2024.
Group B
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FAR | MSFC | RCA | MUN |
| 1 | AS FAR | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Raja CA | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 8 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | AS Maniema Union | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## 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 | Excellence Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | AM | Adam Ennafati | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | Houssine Rahimi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | Younes Najari | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | Mohamed Boulacsoute | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Zrida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | Yousri Bouzok | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | AM | Sabir Bougrine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Marouane Zila | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Ayoub Maamouri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Youssef Belammari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Pape Ousmane Sakho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | Abderahmane Soussi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Benaissa Benamar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | Abdelkrim Baadi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | Anouar Aalam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | Mansour Nachet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Azzeddine Laftah | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Oussama El Hamdaoui | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | | | | | | | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 26 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 47 |

### Assists

| Rank | Pos. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Excellence Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 1 | FW | Nawfel Zerhouni | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | AM | Adam Ennafati | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | Youssef Belammari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | AM | Sabir Bougrine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | Yousri Bouzok | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | Ayoub Maamouri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | Mohamed Boulacsoute | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | Mohamed Zrida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Pape Ousmane Sakho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Younes Najari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Hervé Guy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | Karim Ouhammou | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | 19 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

| No. | Player | Botola | Throne Cup | Excellence Cup | Champions League | Total |
| 12 | El Mehdi Al Harrar | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 1 | Anas Zniti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 |