# 2013–14 Raja CA season

The 2013–14 season is Raja Club Athletic's 65th season in existence and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football.
In the previous season, the team won both of Morocco's domestic competitions. They won the Botola Pro title by finishing four points ahead of AS FAR. They won the Coupe du Trône title by beating the same opponent 5–4 on penalties in the final. Their season wasn't all glory as they lost in the UAFA Club Cup at the semi-final stage, losing on away goals to Al-Arabi SC of Kuwait.
In addition to the domestic league, they played in this season's editions of the Throne Cup, the Champions League and the Confederation Cup. Raja CA kicked off the season with a 1–1 draw against Olympique Safi in the first match of the league.

## First-team squad

| No. | Name | Position |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Yassine El Had | GK |
| 37 | Brahim Zaari | GK |
| 61 | Khalid Askri | GK |
| Defenders ||||
| 3 | Zakaria El Hachami | RB |
| 4 | Badr Banoune | CB |
| 14 | Hamza Moussadak | CB |
| 16 | Mohamed Oulhaj | CB/LB |
| 17 | Rachid Soulaimani | RB/LB |
| 21 | Adil Karrouchy | LB |
| 27 | Ismail Belmaalem | CB |
| 31 | Idrissa Coulibaly | CB |
| Midfielders ||||
| 5 | Mouhcine Moutouali(captain) | RW |
| 8 | Mohamed Amine El Aqmari | CM |
| 18 | Abdelilah Hafidi | LW |
| 24 | Vianney Mabidé | CM |
| 26 | Ismail Kouchame | CM |
| 28 | Kouko Guehi | CDM |
| 55 | Merouane Zemmama | CM |
| 99 | Issam Erraki | CM |
| Forwards ||||
| 11 | Hamza Abourazzouk | ST |
| 20 | Mouhcine Yajour | ST |
| 25 | Yassine Salhi | ST |
| 93 | Abdelkbir El Ouadi | FW |

## Transfers
### In

| Position | Player | Transferred from | Date |
| MF | Issam Erraki | Al-Raed | 12 June 2013 |
| DF | Idrissa Coulibaly | FC Istres | 13 June 2013 |
| MF | Merouane Zemmama | Middlesbrough | 27 August 2013 |
| MF | Abdelkbir El Ouadi | Widad Fez | 1 January 2014 |

### Out

| Position | Player | Transferred to | Date |
| MF | Adel Chedli | Retired | 31 May 2013 |
| DF | Ahmed Rahmani | Released | 1 January 2014 |
| DF | Redouane Derdouri | Released | 1 January 2014 |
| MF | Déo Kanda | Released | 1 January 2014 |
| MF | Chemseddine Chtibi | Released | 1 January 2014 |
| FW | Abdelmajid Eddine Jilani | Released | 1 January 2014 |
| FW | Badr Kachani | Released | 1 January 2014 |

## 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 | 25 August 2013 | 25 May 2014 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 053.33 |
| Throne Cup | 7 September 2013 | 18 Novemver 2013 | Round of 32 | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 080.00 |
| FIFA Club World Cup | 11 December 2013 | 21 December 2013 | Play-offs | Runners-up | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 075.00 |
| CAF Champions League | 7 February 2014 | 8 March 2014 | Preliminary round | First round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 43 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 23 | +42 | 060.47 |
Last updated: 25 May 2014 Source: Sofascore

### Botola
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Moghreb Tétouan (C) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 58 | Qualification to Club World Cup and Champions League |
| 2 | Raja Casablanca | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 15 | +25 | 55 | Qualification to Champions League |
| 3 | FUS Rabat | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 48 | Qualification to Confederation Cup |
| 4 | Kawkab Marrakech | 30 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 48 | |
| 5 | Difaâ El Jadida | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 45 | |
* ↑ RSB Berkane qualified for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup as runners-up of the 2014 Coupe du Trône since winners FUS de Rabat qualified for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.

#### Results
### Overall statistics

| | Total | Home | Away | Neutral |
| Games played | 43 | 19 | 18 | 5 |
| Games won | 26 | 15* | 8 | 3 |
| Games drawn | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1* |
| Games lost | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Biggest win | 6 - 0 (vs. Diamond Stars ) | 6 - 0 (vs. Diamond Stars ) | 3 - 1 (vs. FAR Rabat) | 3 - 1 (vs. Atletico Mineiro ) |
| Biggest loss | 0 - 2 (vs. Bayern Munich) | | 1-0 (vs. 8 different teams) | 0 - 2 (vs. Bayern Munich ) |
| Clean sheets | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Goals scored | 65 | 41 | 17 | 7 |
| Goals conceded | 23 | 6 | 12 | 5 |
| Goal difference | +42 | +35 | +5 | +2 |
| Average GF per game | 1.51 | 2.16 | 0.89 | 1.4 |
| Average GA per game | 0.53 | 0.32 | 0.63 | 1 |
| Winning rate | 26/43 (60.47%) | 15/19 (78.95%) | 8/19 (44.44%) | 3/5* (60%) |
| Most appearances | 39 | Khalid Askri | Khalid Askri | Khalid Askri |
| Top scorer | 16 | Mouhcine Moutouali | Mouhcine Moutouali | Mouhcine Moutouali |
Last updated: 25 May 2014 Source: Competitive matches
[*] Lost one match on Penalties

## Squad statistics
### Top scorers

| Place | Number | Name | Botola Pro | Coupe du Trone | African Champions League | Club World Cup | Total |
| 1 | 5 | Moutouali | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 20 | Yajour | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 24 | Mabidé | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | 28 | Kouko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | 18 | Hafidi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| | | Chtibi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 21 | Karrouchy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | 99 | Erraki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | 25 | Salhi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| | 3 | El Hachimi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Abourazzouk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | 27 | Belmaalem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | 55 | Zemmama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | 93 | El Ouadi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Déo Kanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| | | TOTALS | 40 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 65 |