Raja Beni Mellal is a Moroccan

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currently playing in the second division

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. The club was founded in 1956 and is located in the town of

Beni Mellal Beni Mellal ( ar, بني ملال}, ber, ⴰⵢⵜ ⵎⵍⵍⴰⵍ, Ayt Mellal) is a city in north-central Morocco. It is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region and has a population of 192,676 (2014 census). It sits at the foot of Jbe ...

History

Raja Beni Mellal was founded in 1956 by Monsieur Abdellatif Mesfioui after the alliance of a set of clubs of the city of

they included the Ittihad Al Mellali et La Mouloudia. Abdellatif Mesfioui was the first president of the club following the merger between the Ittihad and Mouloudia. The club businesses still have the final of the Champions Cup Maghreb against

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. Best Presidents of the club's history to date were Lhaj Jilali Lasri (1973-1974 and 1974–1975) and his son Lhaj Abdelwahed Lasri (2010-2011 and 2011–2012) where during their activity there have been the best four seasons in the history of Raja Beni Mellal.

Honours

Maghreb Champions Cup The Maghreb Champions Cup was a North African football competition organized by the Union Maghrebine de Football (UMF) and which regrouped the winners of the leagues from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya (only in the first edition). Mauritania ...

**Runner-up: 1975 * Moroccan Championship (1) **Champion: 1974

External links

Club logo

References

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