page_title: Raja Casablanca
section_title: The road roller (1995–2006)
hierarchical_section_title: Raja Casablanca / History / The road roller (1995–2006)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Effectif du Raja de Casablanca lors de la saison 1996-1997
context_page_description: Raja Club Athletic or simply as Raja is a Moroccan sports club with sections in many different disciplines based in Casablanca City, Morocco. Founded in 1949, Raja CA is a club known for the success of its football section and is the finalists in the FIFA Club World Cup 2013 The club Greens played the finals against the Bavarians giant FC Bayern Munich and which is the most titled team in the history of African Football and the Moroccan Football History. The Greens Eagles plays its meetings at Stade Mohammed V since its inauguration in 1956.
  Raja CA is the first and one of only two Arab clubs to reach the final of the FIFA Club World Cup along with Al Ain FC which achieved this feat in 2018.
  Raja CA has longstanding rivalries with some clubs, including Wydad AC
context_section_description: Unlike its two most serious competitors, who won a lot of titles in the 1950s and 1970s and then at the beginning of 1990 for the Wydad and the 1960s and 1980s for the FAR, the Rajaouis have been revealing themselves since the end of the 1980s. Raja has won 3 titles since its creation, the public had to wait almost forty years, precisely the year 1988 to see their club crowned champion of Morocco.
  In 1995, after a merger with Olympique de Casablanca, some of its players joined the Greens (Jrindou, Sellami ..). Between 1995 and 2002, the Raja became the team to beat which aligned a record of six championship titles. This auspicious period culminated in 1999 when Raja established itself as the best African team with victories in the CAF Champions League, African Super Cup and Afro-Asian Cup.
  On 18 February 1996, in the quarterfinals of the throne cup, the Raja recorded the highest score in the history of Derby and swept the Wydad (5–1), success of Sellami and two doubles from Nazir and Khalif. He then eliminated Rachad Bernoussi in the semi-finals (3–0) before defeating the FAR in the final thanks to a goal by Abdellatif Jrindou in the 119th minute.
  Two months later, and three days before the end of the championship, Guennadi Rogov's men won the title by 9 points before OC Khouribga. The Greens then double the championship cup.
  On 16 September 1996, Raja lost the final of the Cup of Arab Champion Clubs, organized in Egypt, against Al Ahly SC at the Cairo International Stadium with the score of 3–1.
  On 15 June 1997, and after a tough title race with the Wydad, the Greens led by the Romanian Alexandru Moldovan won their second championship in a row two days from the end, with 2 points ahead of their rival.
  On 14 December 1997, and after losing the first leg against Goldfields SC (1–0), the Green Eagles won their second Champions League, first edition under this new name, on penalties after winning the match (1–0) thanks to Nazir's goal in the 79th minute.
  On 15 March 1998 at Stade Mohammed V, the Raja lost the African Super Cup to Étoile du Sahel on penalties after regulation time ended with a draw of 2–2.
  On 3 May, Raja defeated HUSA in Agadir (1–0) and won the championship with a record 67 points and only one loss conceded against DH Jadida, a record also. On 8 November, despite their victory over Manning Rangers (2–1), the Greens were eliminated from the semi-finals of the Champions League, finishing 3rd in their group behind Manning Rangers and the future champion, ASEC Abidjan.
  On 25 April 1999 at Stade Mohamed V, the Greens won the Afro-Asian Cup against the Koreans from Pohang Steelers following the goal by young Zakaria Aboub (1–0), after the draw (2–2, success for Moustawdaa and Khalif) in Pohang.
  On 29 June 1999, under the direction of Oscar Fulloné, the Raja defeated the JS Massira (2–1) and won his 4th championship in a row with a total of 62 points, still closely followed by the KAC Marrakech.
  Upon returning from the 1999 Champions League final, and after a draw at Stade Père Jégo (0–0), Fulloné's men face Esperance ST at Stade El Menzah in Tunis. From the first minutes of the match, the referee whistled for a penalty and gave a red card to captain Abdellatif Jrindou who then gave his armband to Moustaoudae. The penalty was finally stopped by Mustapha Chadli, and with 10 players on the pitch, the Raja ended the game with a goalless 0–0 score. Then came the penalty shootout, and the feat of Chadli who stopped the penalty from the Tunisian goalkeeper El Ouaer and therefore offered the title to the Greens and their ticket to the club world cup in Brazil.
  Raja is the first Arab and African club to qualify for the Club World Championship, organized in Brazil. Raja is eliminated in the first round after three defeats against the Corinthians (0–2), Al Nasr (3–4, goals by Nejjary Moubarki and Karkouri) and Real Madrid (2–3, goals by Achami and Moustawdae) match in which, despite the defeat, Raja achieves a memorable performance against the best club of the twentieth century, but loses the match on a late goal from Gerem
caption: Raja in 1996
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