The 2019–20 season is Raja CA's 71st season in existence and the club's 63rd consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They competing in Botola, the Throne Cup,

CAF Champions League The CAF Champions League, known for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and formerly the African Cup of Champions Clubs, is an annual football club competition organized by the Confederation of African Football and co ...

and

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. The season started on 14 September 2019, and was scheduled to end on 1 July 2020. However, the season was suspended in March 2020, due to

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, then resumed in July and ended in 11 October 2020.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 August 2019.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

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Botola The Botola Pro ( ar, البطولة الاحترافية, translit=al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Moroccan football league system, it is the country's prima ...

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Botola

League table

Results summary

Result round by round

Matches

Moroccan Throne Cup

Champions League

Qualifying rounds

In the qualifying rounds, each tie will be played on a home-and-away

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basis. If the aggregate score will be tied after the second leg, the

away goals rule The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaker, tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the ...

was applied, and if still tied,

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will not be played, and the penalty shoot-out will be used to determine the winner (Regulations III. 13 & 14).

Preliminary round

First round

Group stage

Group D

knockout stage

Following the quarter-finals, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, the semi-finals, originally scheduled for 1–2 May (first legs) and 8–9 May (second legs), were postponed indefinitely on 11 April 2020, and the final, originally scheduled for 29 May, was also postponed on 18 April 2020. On 30 June 2020, the CAF Executive Committee proposed that the competition would resume with a Final Four format played as single matches in a host country to be decided. However, these plans were later halted after the

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withdrew from hosting the Final Four, and the CAF decided against hosting it in either Egypt or Morocco in the principle of fairness. On 3 August 2020, the CAF announced that the competition would resume in its original format with the semi-finals played on 25–26 September (first legs) and 2–3 October (second legs), and the final played on 16 or 17 October. On 10 September 2020, the CAF announced that at the request of the

Royal Moroccan Football Federation The Royal Moroccan Football Federation ( ar, الجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم), (french: Fédérarion Royale marocaine de football) is the governing body of football in Morocco. It was established in 1956. It beca ...

, the semi-finals were rescheduled to 17–18 October (first legs) and 23–24 October (second legs), and the final to 6 November. On 22 October 2020, the CAF announced that the semi-final second leg between

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and

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, originally scheduled to be played on 24 October, was postponed to 1 November, due to Raja being required by Moroccan authorities to self-isolate until 27 October after eight players testing positive for the

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, with the total number of cases increasing to fourteen the following day. On 30 October 2020, the CAF announced that this match was further postponed to 4 November, the final postponed to 27 November.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Arab Club Champions Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

The tournament was postponed for ten months in 2020 due to

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, and the final was played on 21 August 2021, where

defeated

Al-Ittihad Jeddah Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabian Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد العربي السعودي), referred to as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1927. The club has spent its entire history in the to ...

on penalties after a 4–4 draw to earn their second title.

Squad information

Playing statistics

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Goalscorers

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Mohsine Moutouali Mohsine Moutaouali ( ar, محسن متولي; born 3 March 1986, in Casablanca) is a Moroccan footballer who is currently playing as an attacking midfielder for Botola side Hassania Agadir. He can also play as a right winger. Club career In 20 ...

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Soufiane Rahimi Soufiane Rahimi ( ar, سفيان رحيمي; born 2 June 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al Ain and the Morocco national team. He started his professional career playing for Raja CA. Club career Raja ...

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Hamid Ahaddad Hamid Ahadad (born 2 July 1995) is a Moroccan footballer currently playing for Botola club Wydad AC as a forward. International career International goals :''Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first.'' Honours Raja Casablanca * ...

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Badr Benoun Badr Benoun (also spelt as Badr Banoune; ar, بدر بانون; born 30 September 1993) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Qatar Stars League club Qatar SC and the Morocco national team. He is nicknamed "Sultan ...

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Mahmoud Benhalib Mahmoud Benhalib ( ar, محمود بنحليب; born 23 March 1996) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi). Club career Benhalib started his career in Raja Casablanca and made his senior debut in ...

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Transfers

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Salif Coulibaly Salif Coulibaly (born 13 May 1988) is a Malian footballer who plays for Horoya AC, as a central defender. Club career Born in Bamako, Coulibaly has played for Djoliba, Esteghlal Khuzestan, TP Mazembe and Al Ahly. In January he was set to move t ...

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AS Vita Club Association Sportive Vita Club, more commonly known as AS Vita Club, AS V. Club or simply Vita Club, is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. History AS Vita Club was founded in 1935 by Honoré Essabe under the name of ''Renaissance'' in ...

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Stade Marocain Stade Marocain is a Moroccan football club currently playing in the second division. The club was founded in 1919 and they play at the Stade Ahmed Chhoude. The club is one of three clubs in the based in the capital of Morocco, Rabat. The two ot ...

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Zamalek SC Zamalek Sporting Club ( ar, نادي الزمالك للألعاب الرياضية), commonly referred to as Zamalek, is an Egyptian sports club based in Giza. It is one of the most successful football clubs in Africa and the Middle East, an ...

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TP Mazembe Tout Puissant Mazembe, commonly referred to as TP Mazembe, is a Congolese professional football club based in Lubumbashi. History Tout Puissant Mazembe, the first sports club from the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a value of at least $10 ...

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Sanad Al Warfali Sanad Masoud Mohammed Masoud Al Warfali ( ar, سند الورفلي; also spelled Al-Ouarfali : born 17 May 1992) is a Libyan footballer who plays as a defender for Al-Ittihad and the Libya national team. International career Al Warfali score ...

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Damac FC Damac Football Club ( ar, ضمك, Ḍamak) is a Saudi Arabian professional sports club based in Khamis Mushait, that currently competes in the Saudi Professional League, the top division of Saudi Arabian football. Founded in 1972, their home v ...

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Lema Mabidi Lema Mabidi (born 11 June 1993) is a Congolese professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Iraqi club Al-Diwaniya FC. Honours AS Vita Club: * CAF Champions League: Runner up 2014 Raja Casablanca * Moroccan Throne Cup: 2017 ...

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Mouhcine Iajour Mouhcine Iajour ( ar, محسن ياجور; born 14 June 1986) is a Moroccan football striker who currently plays for RS Berkane and the Moroccan national team. In 2013, Iajour became the first African footballer to be FIFA Club World Cup's to ...

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Mohamed Oulhaj Mohamed Oulhaj ( ar, محمد أولحاج; born 6 January 1988 in Al Hoceima) is a former Moroccan footballer, who played as a defender for Raja Casablanca. Club career Jean-Yves Chay was the coach of Raja Casablanca when Oulhaj played his ...

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Notes

References

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