2015–16 Raja CA season

Raja CA
2015–16 season
PresidentMohamed Boudrika
ManagerRuud Krol
(until 5 November)
Rachid Taoussi
StadiumStade Mohammed V
(until 26 March 2016)
BotolaRunners-up
UNAF Club CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Abdelilah Hafidi (11 goals)
All:
Abdelilah Hafidi (12 goals)
Biggest win5–1 v Hassania Agadir
(Home, 29 May 2016, Botola)

The 2015–16 season is Raja CA's 66rd season in existence and the club's 58th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They are competing in Botola, the Throne Cup and the UNAF Club Cup. It was the first season since 2004–05 without Rachid Soulaimani and since 2006–07 without Yassine Salhi.

The team's home matches were played at Stade Mohammed V until its closing for renovation on 26 March 2016.[1]

Raja CA kicked off the season with 0–1 loss against JS El Massira in the first round of the Throne Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 31 January 2016.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Name Nat. Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Anas Zniti GK (1988-10-28)28 October 1988 (aged 27) AS FAR
22 Mohamed Boujad GK (1988-02-25)25 February 1988 (aged 28) Chabab Rif Hoceima
32 Hicham El Allouch GK (1985-10-20)20 October 1985 (aged 30) Olympique Khourbiga
Defenders
2 Hamza Toumi LB (1995-01-06)6 January 1995 (aged 21) Youth system
3 Zakaria El Hachimi RB (1987-08-04)4 August 1987 (aged 28) Union Mohammedia
13 Badr Benoun CB (1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 22) Youth system
16 Mohamed Oulhaj CB (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 28) Youth system
20 Abdeljalil Jbira LB (1990-03-14)14 March 1990 (aged 26) Kawkab Marrakech
21 Adil Kerrouchy LB (1982-11-23)23 November 1982 (aged 33) Difaâ El Jadidi
25 Omar Boutayeb RB (1994-04-19)19 April 1994 (aged 22) Youth system
49 Mohamed Awal CB (1988-05-01)1 May 1988 (aged 28) Al Shabab
Midfielders
5 Soufiane Gadoume CDM (1988-07-28)28 July 1988 (aged 27) Difaâ El Jadidi
6 Mohammed Ali Bemammer CDM (1989-11-19)19 November 1989 (aged 26) Maghreb Fès
7 Walid Sabbar CM (1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (aged 20) Youth system
14 Lema Mabidi CM (1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 23) CS Sfaxien
17 Mohamed Messoudi AM (1984-01-07)7 January 1984 (aged 32) Zulte Waregem
26 Anas Soudani CM (1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 20) Youth system
30 Mouhcine Mouhtadi CDM (1996-01-17)17 January 1996 (aged 20) Youth system
55 Ahmed Jahouh CM (1988-07-31)31 July 1988 (aged 27) Moghreb Tetouan
99 Issam Erraki CM (1981-01-05)5 January 1981 (aged 35) Emirates Club
Forwards
7 Youssef Kaddioui LW/AM (1984-09-28)28 September 1984 (aged 31) Al Dhafra
8 Moussa Bakayoko FW (1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 19) USC Bassam
9 Mohamed Bouldini ST (1995-11-27)27 November 1995 (aged 20) Rachad Bernoussi
10 Michel Babatunde FW/AM (1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 23) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
11 Zouheir El Ouassli LW (1993-08-11)11 August 1993 (aged 22) Tihad AS
18 Abdelilah Hafidi LW/AM (1992-01-30)30 January 1992 (aged 24) Youth system
24 Mahmoud Benhalib LW (1996-03-23)23 March 1996 (aged 20) Youth system
25 Yassine Salhi FW/AM (1987-11-03)3 November 1987 (aged 28) Youth system
29 Mohamed Yakubu ST (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 25) Ashanti Gold
33 Christian Osaguona ST (1990-10-10)10 October 1990 (aged 25) Enugu Rangers
93 Abdelkbir El Ouadi LW (1993-02-20)20 February 1993 (aged 23) Wydad Fes
77 Nathaniel Asamoah ST (1994-02-22)22 February 1994 (aged 22) Medeama SC

Transfers

In

Date Pos Player Moving from Transfer fee Source
9 May 2015 FW Youssef Kaddioui Al Dhafra Free agent [2]
15 May 2015 MF Khaled Korbi Club Africain Free agent [3]
9 June 2015 GK Anas Zniti AS FAR Free agent [4]
17 June 2015 AM Mohamed Messoudi Zulte Waregem Free agent [5]
FW Mohamed Bouldini Rachad Bernoussi €65 k [6]
25 July 2015 DF Mohamed Awal Al Shabab Free agent [7]
12 August 2015 MF Soufiane Gadoum Difaâ El Jadidi €110 k [8]
21 August 2015 FW Mohammed Yakubu Ashanti Gold €175 k [9]
27 August 2015 FW Nathaniel Asamoah Medeama SC €328 k [10]
4 September 2015 MF Lema Mabidi CS Sfaxien Free agent [11]
7 September 2015 MF Ahmed Jahouh Moghreb Tetouan €400 k [12]
2 January 2016 FW Michel Babatunde Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Free agent [13]
16 January 2016 FW Zouheir El Ouassli Tihad AS Undisclosed [14]

Out

Date Pos Player Moving to Transfer fee Source
25 May 2015 FW Salaheddine Aqqal Kawkab Marrakech Released [15]
22 June 2015 GK Khalid Askri CR Hoceima Released [16]
26 June 2015 FW Jawad Issine CR Hoceima Released [17]
29 June 2015 DF Ahmed Chagou Kawkab Marrakech Released [18]
1 July 2015 DF Idrissa Coulibaly Arouca Free
DF Ismail Belmaalem Qatar SC €550 k
6 July 2015 MF Said Fettah AS FAR €70 k [19]
21 July 2015 DF Rachid Soulaimani - Released [20]
MF Koukou Guehi Olympique Safi End of contract
22 July 2015 MF Vianney Mabidé Moghreb Tétouan €60 k [21]
25 July 2015 FW Youssef El Gnaoui Fath US €300 k [22]
FW Silvère Ganvoula Elazigspor Undisclosed [23]
21 August 2015 FW Hamza Abourazzouk Moghreb Tétouan Free [24]
27 August 2015 MF Khaled Korbi Stade Tunisien Released [25]
15 September 2015 DF Mustapha Belmkadem MC Oujda Loan
17 December 2015 MF Mohammed Ali Bemammer Difaâ El Jadidi €80 k
1 January 2016 DF Ayoub Boucheta JS Kasbah Tadla Undisclosed
DF Hamza Moussadak Difaâ El Jadidi Undisclosed
FW Nathaniel Asamoah - Free [26]
13 January 2016 MF Walid Sabbar Kawkab Marrakech Loan
FW Mohammed Yakubu Union Aït Melloul Loan [27]
30 January 2016 FW Yassine Salhi Kuwait SC Loan (€70 k) [28]

Pre-season and friendlies

2 August 2015 Friendly Antalyaspor 1–1 Raja CA Afyon, Turkey
18:00
  • Başsan 80'
 Report
Stadium: Afyon Kocatepe Stadium
5 August 2016 Friendly Al Faisaly 0–0 Raja CA Afyon, Turkey
18:00 Report Stadium: Afyon Kocatepe Stadium
8 August 2015 Friendly Torku Konyaspor 0–0 Raja CA Konya, Turkey
18:00
Report
  • Jbira  85'
 Stadium: Torku Arena
29 January 2016 Friendly Raja CA 1–0 Misr Lel Makkasa El Jadida, Morocco
19:00
Report Stadium: Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Botola 6 September 2015 4 June 2016 Matchday 1 5th 30 13 8 9 48 30 +18 043.33
Throne Cup 24 August 2015 4 November 2015 Round of 32 Semi-finals 8 3 3 2 9 8 +1 037.50
UNAF Club Cup 14 August 2015 19 August 2015 Group stage Winners 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 066.67
Total 41 18 12 11 60 38 +22 043.90

Last updated: 4 June 2016
Source: Sofascore

Botola

Main article: 2015–16 Botola

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FUS Rabat (C) 30 16 10 4 40 21 +19 58 CAF Champions League and the Arab Club Championship
2 Wydad Casablanca 30 16 8 6 34 19 +15 56 Qualification to the CAF Champions League
3 IR Tanger 30 14 8 8 36 23 +13 50 Qualification to the CAF Confederation Cup
4 FAR Rabat 30 13 8 9 40 35 +5 47
5 Raja CA 30 13 8 9 48 30 +18 47
6 Moghreb Tétouan 30 12 7 11 34 43 −9 43
7 RSB Berkane 30 10 13 7 24 19 +5 43
8 Hassania Agadir 30 11 8 11 44 46 −2 41
9 Olympic Safi 30 9 10 11 23 27 −4 37
10 Chabab Rif Hoceima 30 10 6 14 27 34 −7 36
11 KAC Kénitra 30 10 5 15 26 37 −11 35
12 Olympique Khouribga 30 9 7 14 26 35 −9 34
13 Difaâ El Jadidi 30 7 13 10 26 30 −4 34
14 Kawkab Marrakech 30 7 9 14 23 30 −7 30
15 MC Oujda (R) 30 7 8 15 26 41 −15 29 Relegation to Botola 2
16 Maghreb Fès (R) 30 5 14 11 24 31 −7 29 Confederation Cup and relegation to Botola 2[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 June 2016. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Despite relegation, MAS Fès qualified for the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup as Coupe du Trône winners


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
30 13 8 9 48 30  +18 47 6 4 5 26 17  +9 7 4 4 22 13  +9

Last updated: 2 June 2016.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultLDWLWWLLLDWDDDDDWWWWWWLWLDWLWL
Position41414101295691111889910109634333334335
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Report
6 September 2015 Fath Union Sport A 0–2 Report
12 September 2015 Kawkab Marrakech H 1–1 El Ouadi 9' Report
4 October 2015 MC Oujda A 1–0 El Ouadi 89' Report
10 October 2015 Kénitra AC H 0–1 Report
31 October 2015 Maghreb Fès H 3–0 Kerrouchy 79' (pen.) 87' Benhalib 83' Report
8 November 2015 Chabab Rif Hoceima A 2–0 El Ouadi 46' Salhi 76' Report
17 November 2015 Moghreb Tétouan H 2–3 Jahouh 2' Salhi 86' Report
22 November 2015 AS FAR A 0–1 Report
29 November 2015 Olympique Khouribga H 1–2 Salhi 58' (pen.) Report
6 December 2015 Difaâ El Jadidi A 1–1 Bouldini 8' Report
12 December 2015 RS Berkane H 1–0 Benhalib 84' Report
20 December 2015 Wydad AC A 0–0 Report
26 December 2015 Olympique Safi H 0–0 Report
1 January 2016 Hassania Agadir A 1–1 Osaguona 17' Report
7 January 2016 Ittihad Tanger H 2–2 Jahouh 46' (pen.) Mabidi 77' Report
12 February 2016 Fath Union Sport H 1–1 Babatunde 67' Report
21 February 2016 Kawkab Marrakech A 2–0 Kaddioui 46' Mabidi 67' Report
28 February 2016 MC Oujda H 4–0 Hafidi 34' Kaddioui 40' (pen.) Babatunde 54' Awal 75' Report
5 March 2016 Kénitra AC A 3–0 El Ouasli 10' Jbira 58' Hafidi 71' Report
19 March 2016 Chabab Rif Hoceima H 2–1 Oulhaj 48' Babatunde 74' Report
27 March 2016 Maghreb Fès A 3–0 Erraki 55' Hafidi 63' 90+3' Report
3 April 2016 Moghreb Tétouan A 5–2 Benhalib 7' Erraki 32' (pen.) Hafidi 54', 82' Osaguona 80' Report
11 April 2016 AS FAR H 1–4 Erraki 52' (pen.) Report
17 April 2016 Olympique Khouribga A 3–1 Osaguona 4' El Ouasli 22' Hafidi 61' Report
23 April 2016 Difaâ El Jadidi H 0–1 Report
30 April 2016 RS Berkane A 1–1 Mabidi 6' Report
8 May 2016 Wydad AC H 3–0 Osaguona 19' Hafidi 41' Erraki 90+2' Report
22 May 2016 Olympique Safi A 0–1 Report
29 May 2016 Hassania Agadir H 5–1 Osaguona 21' 31' Hafidi 80' (pen.), 90', 90+4' Report
4 June 2016 Ittihad Tanger A 0–3 Report

Throne Cup

Round of 32

24 August 2015 Round of 32 First leg Raja CA 0–1 JS Massira Casablanca
18:00 Report
Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
28 August 2015 Round of 32 Second leg JS Massira 1–2
(2-2 agg.)		 Raja CA Laayoune
16:00
  • Thali 35'
 Report
Stadium: Sheikh Mohamed Laghdaf Stadium

Round of 16

2 September 2015 Round of 16 First leg Raja CA 1–0 Kawkab Marrakech Casablanca
16:00
  • Yakubu 53'
 Report Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
9 September 2015 Round of 16 Second leg Kawkab Marrakech 1–1
(1-2 agg.)		 Raja CA Marrakesh
18:00
Report
Stadium: Marrakesh Stadium

Quarter-finals

19 September 2015 Quarter-finals First leg Raja CA 1–1 Maghreb de Fes Casablanca
17:00
Report
Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
22 September 2015 Quarter-finals Second leg Maghreb de Fes 1–1
(2-2 agg.)
(2–4 p)		 Raja CA Fez
17:00
Report
Stadium: Fez Stadium
Penalties

Semi-finals

14 October 2015 Semi-finals First leg Raja CA 3–1 Fath Union Sport Casablanca
18:00
Report
Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
4 November 2015 Semi-finals Second leg Fath Union Sport 2–0
(3-3 agg.)		 Raja CA Rabat
18:00
Report Stadium: Stade Moulay Hassan

UNAF Club Cup

Main article: 2015 UNAF Club Cup
14 August 2015 Raja CA 1–0 Ismaily SC Casablanca
21:00 Bouldini 39' Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Amir Loussif (Tunisia)
16 August 2015 Raja CA 2–0 Club Africain Casablanca
21:00 Bouldini 32'
Iajour 88'		 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
Referee: Ibrahim Noureddin (Egypt)
19 August 2015 Raja CA 0–0 Al-Hilal Benghazi Casablanca
21:00 Stadium: Stade Mohammed V
Referee: Sadok Selmi (Tunisia)

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 UNAF Club Cup Total
1 FW Abdelilah Hafidi 11 1 0 12
2 FW Christian Osaguona 6 0 0 6
3 FW Abdelkabir El Ouadi 3 2 0 5
4 MF Issam Erraki 4 0 0 4
5 MF Ahmed Jahouh 2 2 0 4
6 FW Youssef Kaddioui 2 2 0 4
7 FW Michel Babatunde 3 0 0 3
8 FW Yassine Salhi 3 0 0 3
9 FW Mohamed Bouldini 1 0 2 3
10 FW Mahmoud Benhalib 3 0 0 3
11 MF Lema Mabidi 3 0 0 3
12 DF Adil Karrouchy 2 0 0 2
13 FW Zouheir El Ouasli 2 0 0 2
14 DF Abdeljalil Jbira 1 0 0 1
15 DF Mohamed Awal 1 0 0 1
16 DF Mohamed Oulhaj 1 0 0 1
17 AM Mohamed Messoudi 0 1 0 1
18 FW Hamza Iajour 0 0 1 1
19 FW Mohamed Yakubu 0 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
Total 48 9 3 60

Assists

Rank Pos. Player Botola Throne Cup UNAF Club Cup Total
1 AM Abdelilah Hafidi 4 2 0 6
2 AM Michel Babatunde 4 0 0 4
3 DF Zouheir El Ouasli 3 0 0 3
4 FW Zakaria El Hachimi 3 0 0 3
5 MF Issam Erraki 2 0 0 2
6 DF Abdelkabir El Ouadi 0 1 1 2
7 MF Youssef Kaddioui 1 0 1 2
8 FW Abdeljalil Jbira 2 0 0 2
9 FW Mohamed Bouldini 2 0 0 2
10 FW Anas Zniti 1 0 0 1
11 DF Lema Mabidi 1 0 0 1
12 MF Mohamed Oulhaj 0 1 0 1
13 FW Anas Soudani 1 0 0 1
14 DF Christian Osaguona 1 0 0 1
15 DF Mahmoud Benhalib 1 0 0 1

Notes

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