The 2012–13 season is Raja Club Athletic's 64th season in existence and the club's 56th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football.
The team finished 4th last season and will be hoping to finish 1st so that they have the opportunity to play in the 2013 Club World Cup which is being held in Morocco. They start the season off with a new president Mohamed Boudrika who brought back manager Mohamed Fakhir who had previous spells with Raja CA winning many titles.
Raja CA kicked off the season with 0–2 win against Olympique Safi in the first round of the Throne Cup.
Players
First team squad No. Name Nationality Position Goalkeepers 1 Yassine El Had GK 61 Khalid Askri GK Defenders 2 Mohamed Chibi RB 3 Zakaria El Hachimi CB 4 Ahmed Rahmani CB 6 Abdelfettah Boukhriss CB 16 Mohamed Oulhaj CB/LB 17 Rachid Soulaimani RB/LB 21 Adil Karrouchy LB 30 Redouane Derdouri LB 81 Amin Erbati (captain) CB Marouane Hadhoudi CB Midfielders 5 Mouhcine Moutouali RW 7 Adel Chedli CM 8 Chemseddine Chtibi CM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi LW 24 Ismail Kouchame CM 26 Vianney Mabidé CM 28 Kouko Guehi CM Forwards 9 Abdelmajid Eddine Jilani FW 10 Badr Kachani ST 11 Hamza Abourazzouk ST 19 Ismail Bassour ST 20 Mouhcine Yajour ST 25 Yassine Salhi ST
Reserve team squad No. Name Nationality Position Goalkeepers Mohamed Boujad GK Amine Zaid GK Defenders Badr Benoun CB Mohamed-Amine El Aqmari CB Anas El Asbahi LB Mohamed El Harouali RB Omar Arjoune RB Sadd Kabbah RB Midfielders Othmane Aswab MF Ayoub Boucheta MF Walid Sebbar MF Yassine Jlayji MF Strikers Yassine Wakili ST Achraf Gwirih ST Soufiane Saadane ST Yassine Feqhaoui ST
Technical staff
Transfers
In
#Position Player Transferred fromDate 5 Emirates Club 21 Difaa El Jadida 9 CODM de Meknès Olympique Khouribga Raja CA Espoirs 30 KAC Marrakech 4 Mouloudia Club of Oujda 20 Wydad Casablanca 19 US Témara 3 Union de Mohammédia 10 FUS Rabat 8 MAS Fez FUS Rabat 24 Difaa El Jadida 11 MAS Fez 7 Etoile du Sahel
Out
#Position Player Transferred toDate End of Contract End of Contract Released Released Released Released Released Al-Shoalah MAS Fez MAS Fez Ajman Club Renaissance de Berkane Widad Fez Widad Fez Termination of contract Termination of contract
Loan out No. Name Nationality Position Loaned To Abderrahmane El Houasli GK FAR Rabat Oumar Diop RB Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Ismail Belmaalem CB Baniyas SC Mohamed Achraf Salim LB CODM Meknes Ismail Bassour ST Chabab Rif Al Hoceima Yassine Wakili ST Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
Pre-season
Friendly matches Following several new player signings, Raja CA scheduled a series of friendly matches to prepare for the new season. The club had a very good pre-season winning most of their matches and only losing once.
2012 Tournoi Antifi The tournament is held in honor of the late Ahmed Antifi, a former leader of the hosts Racing de Casablanca and former vice-president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation.
Teams: Racing de Casablanca (Hosts) Raja CA Wydad Casablanca FUS Rabat FAR Rabat Maghreb Fez Difaa El Jadida Moghreb Tetouan
Group stage
Competitions
Overview
Botola
League table
Results
Coupe du Trone
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarter final
Semi final
Final
Arab Champions League
First round
Quarter final
Semi final
Overall statistics {|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! !Total ! Home ! Away ! Neutral |- |align=left| Games played || 22 || 9 || 12 || 1 |- |align=left| Games won || 15 || 7 || 7 || 1* |- |align=left| Games drawn || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 |- |align=left| Games lost || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 |- |align=left| Biggest win || 4–0 (vs. CA Bizertin )|| 4–0 (vs. CA Bizertin) || 3–1 (vs. Wydad Casablanca) ||1–1 (5–4 on penalties) (vs. FAR Rabat ) |- |align=left| Biggest loss || 2–0 (vs. CA Bizertin ) || || 2–0 (vs. CA Bizertin ) || |- |align=left| Clean sheets || 9 || 2 || 6 || 1 |- |align=left| Goals scored || 40 || 24 || 16 || 0 |- |align=left| Goals conceded || 16 || 9 || 7 || 0 |- |align=left| Goal difference || +24 || +15 || +9 ||0 |- |align=left| Average per game || || || || |- |align=left| Average per game || || || || |- |align=left| Winning rate || 15/22 (%) || 7/9 (%) || 7/12 (%) || 1/1* (%) |- |align=left| Most appearances || 22 || align=left colspan=3| Mohamed Oulhaj |- |align=left| Top scorer || 8 || align=left colspan=3| Mouhcine Iajour & Abdelilah Hafidi
[*] Won on Penalties
Reserve team matches
Preseason The reserve team also had a lot of Pre-season matches to build a strong team.
Elite 1: Espoirs
Challenge Espoirs Last 16Quarter – Final
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
[L] – Out on loan [S] – Sold
Top scorers PlaceNationalityNumberNameBotola ProCoupe du TroneArab Champions LeagueTotal120Yajour71210218Hafidi5319311Abourazzouk511745Moutouali3205525Salhi31049Jilani400466Boukhriss101216Oulhaj200224Vianney Mabidé200278Chtibi100126Kouchame1001TOTALS348547
Disciplinary record NationalityPositionNumberNameBotolaCoupe du TroneArab Champions LeagueTotalGK61Khalid Askri10010011GK1Yassine El Had00100010DF3Zakaria El Hachimi30100040DF4Ahmed Rahmani00100010MF5Mouhcine Moutouali40201070DF6Abdelfettah Boukhriss20000020MF7Adel Chedli10000111MF8Chemseddine Chtibi20100030ST9Abdelmajid Eddine30000030ST10Badr Kachani10000010ST11Hamza Abourazzouk10100020DF16Mohamed Oulhaj00100010DF17Rachid Soulaimani40100050ST18Abdelilah Hafidi20000020ST20Mouhcine Yajour20001030DF21Adil Karrouchy10000010MF24Vianney Mabidé40300070ST25Yassine Salhi10001020ST26Ismail Kouchame11000011MF28Kouko Guehi41200061DF81Amin Erbate50000050TOTALS43214121594
References
External links