The 2014–15 season is Raja Club Athletic's 65th season in existence, and the club's 57th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. They had a quite successful 2013–14 season where despite not winning any silverware they finished as runners-up in the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, losing the final to Bayern Munich. In addition to this, they finished as runners-up in both of domestic competitions. They finished 2nd of the league after losing on the final day and so finished 3 points behind champions, Moghreb Tetouan. They lost the Throne Cup final 5–4 on penalties in the final to Difaa El Jadida after the first 120 minutes finished level at 0–0. In the CAF Champions League, they were knocked out by Horoya AC, losing 5–4 on penalties after drawing 1–1 on aggregate.
In addition to the domestic league, they played in this season's editions of the Throne Cup, the Champions League and the Confederation Cup. Raja CA kicked off the season with a 1–1 draw against Moghreb Tétouani in the first match of the 2014–15 Botola.
Squad list No. Name Nationality Position Goalkeepers 37 Brahim Zaari GK 61 Khalid Askri GK22Mohamed BoujadGK32Hicham El AllouchGK Defenders 3 Zakaria El Hachimi RB 2 Mostafa Belamkadem CB 16 Mohamed Oulhaj CB 17 Rachid Soulaimani RB 21 Adil Karrouchy LB 27 Ismail Belmaalem CB 30 Ahmed Chagou CB20Abdeljalil JbiraLB Midfielders 7 Walid Sabbar CM 6 Mohammed Ali Bemammer CDM 18 Abdelilah Hafidi AM/LW 19 Youssef El Gnaoui AM/LW 24 Vianney Mabidé CM/AM 28 Kouko Guehi CDM31 Said Fattah CM Forwards 8Moussa Bakayoko FW 9 Hamza Abourazzouk ST 10 Salaheddine Aqqal RW11Jawad IssineFW/LW14Lys MouithysST 25 Yassine Salhi FW/AM33Christian OsaguonaST45Silvère Ganvoula ST 93 Abdelkbir El Ouadi LW
Transfers
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Player Position Moving fromDate AS SaleFAR RabatDifaâ El Jadida Mohamed BoujadGKChabab Rif Hoceima Hicham El AllouchGKOlympique Khouribga Said FattahMFWydad AC Mohammed Ali BemammerMFMaghreb Fès Jawad IssineFWWydad AC4 July 2014 Yahia KébéST Al Kharitiyath25 July 2014 Silvère Ganvoula ST 14 September 2014 Lys MouithysST Ankaraspor1st September 2014 Christian OsaguonaST Enugu Rangers10 January 2015 Moussa BakayokoFW USC Bassam13 January 2015
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Player Position Moving toDate Released FW Al-Wakrah Ismail KouchameKawkab Marrakech Issam Erraki Emirates Club Mouhcine YajourFWMoghreb Tetiouan Idrissa CoulibalyDFHassania Agadir (loan) Merouane ZemmamaMFReleased Yahia KébéSTReleased1st November 2014 Said FattahMF Kalba SC Brahim ZaariGKReleased Ismail BenlamaalemDF Al-Wakrah SC Lys MouithysST Al-Qadsiah1st January 2015
Pre-season and friendlies DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersReport26 July 2014 RCD EspagnolStade Mohamed V, Casablanca1–1Belmaalem Report2 August 2014 Algeciras CFEstadio Nuevo Mirador, Algésiras1–0El Gnaoui Report6 August 2014 Córdoba CFEstadio Nuevo Arcángel, Córdoba0–2Report9 August 2014 Elche CFEstadio Martínez Valero, Elche1–2Hafidi Report
Competitions
Overview
Botola
League table
Matches DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersReport23 August 2014Moghreb TétouanA1–1Hafidi 14 September 2014Ittihad KhemissetH1–0Kerrouchy 21 September 2014AS FARH2–1Mabidé Zekroumi 27 September 2014Difaâ El JadidiA0–319 October 2014Olympique SafiH2–0Kerrouchy Mouithys 25 October 2014Hassania AgadirA3–5Mouithys 31 October 2014Olympique KhouribgaH0–08 November 2014Kénitra ACA0–123 November 2014Maghreb FèsH1–1Hafidi 30 November 2014Wydad ACA1–27 December 2014Fath Union SportH1–0Hafidi 14 December 2014Kawkab MarrakechA2–1Mabidé Aqqal 19 December 2014Chabab Rif HoceimaH4–1Hafidi Aqqal Bemammer 28 December 2014RS BerkaneA1–1Abourazzouk 3 January 2015Chabab Atlas Khénifra H3–0Mabidé Kerrouchy Hafidi 25 January 2015Moghreb TétouanH0–11 February 2015Ittihad KhemissetA3–0Abourazzouk Hafidi Osaguona 7 February 2015AS FARA1–1Abourazzouk 18 February 2015Difaâ El JadidiH0–122 February 2015Olympique SafiA1–17 March 2015Olympique KhouribgaA1–0Jbira 22 March 2015Maghreb FèsA1–2Salhi 25 March 2015Hassania AgadirH1–2Abourazzouk 11 April 2015Wydad ACH2–2Osaguona Aqqal 14 April 2015Kénitra ACH0–025 April 2015Kawkab MarrakechH1–1Salhi 7 May 2015Fath Union SportA2–2Hafidi Guehi 10 May 2015Chabab Rif HoceimaA1–2Bakayoko 19 May 2015RS BerkaneH1–1Jbira 23 May 2015Chabab Atlas Khénifra A0–1
Throne Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersReport28 August 2014Rachad BernoussiA5–0Yahia Kébé Salaheddine Aqqal Jawad Issine 31 August 2014Rachad BernoussiH2–0Vianney Mabidé 17 September 2014AS FARH0–124 September 2014AS FARA2–3Lys Mouithys Adil Karrouchy
CAF Champions League
Preliminary round
First round
Second round
Confederation Cup
Squad information
Goals Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal. PlayerBotolaThrone CupChampions leagueConfederation CupTotal1AM Abdelilah Hafidi801092FW Christian Osaguona205183DF Adil Karrouchy313074MF Vianney Mabidé321065FW Lys Mouithys310046FW Salaheddine Aqqal310047FW Hamza Abourazzouk400048FW Yassine Salhi201039DF Yahia Kébé0300310DF Abdeljalil Jbira2010311MF Kouko Guehi1010212FW Jawad Issine0100113MF Mohammed Ali Bemammer1000114FW Abdelkabir El Ouadi0001115FW Moussa Bakayoko10001Own goals40004Total37913261
Assists PlayerBotolaThrone CupChampions leagueConfederation CupTotal1FW Yassine Salhi301152FW Salaheddine Aqqal320053DF Adil Karrouchy310044AM Abdelilah Hafidi202045FW Youssef El Gnaoui111036DF Zakaria El Hachimi110027MF Vianney Mabidé110028FW Lys Mouithys200029FW Hamza Abourazzouk2000210FW Yahia Kébé0200211FW Christian Osaguona1000112MF Kouko Guehi1000113FW Jawad Issine0010114FW Anouar El Ghaouta10001
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