Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic coast of the Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco,the city has a population of about 3.71 million in the urban area,and over 4.27 million in Greater Casablanca,making it the most populous city in the Maghreb region,and the eighth-largest in the Arab world.
Raja Club Athletic,widely known as Raja Casablanca or simply Raja,is a football club based in Casablanca,Morocco,that competes in Botola,the top flight of Moroccan football.
The Botola Pro,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 primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs,it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Botola 2.
Youness Bellakhder is a Moroccan footballer who plays as defender for Wydad Casablanca.
Abdelmajid Dolmy was a Moroccan professional footballer who played as a libero then as a central midfielder for Raja CA and the Moroccan national team. Nicknamed Maestro,he is widely considered one of the best players in the history of Moroccan and African football.
The Casablanca Derby is the football match in Morocco between Casablanca rivals Raja Club Athletic and Wydad Athletic Club. Traditionally played in the Stade Mohamed V,it is considered as one of the fiercest derbies in the world.
Chafik Rachadi is a Moroccan politician.
Nabila Mounib is a Moroccan politician who currently serves as a member of parliament (MP) for the Casablanca-Settat constituency in the House of Representatives. She also served as General Secretary of the Unified Socialist Party from 2012 to 2023. She is the first woman to be elected head of a Moroccan party.
Mustapha Bakkoury is a Moroccan businessman,engineer and politician. He is chairman of the board of the Moroccan Solar Energy Agency and the council president of the Casablanca-Settat region. He was born in Mohammedia,but is a native of Taounate.
Mustapha Bettache was a Moroccan professional footballer who played for clubs in Morocco and France as well as the Morocco national football team and a football manager.
Zakaria El Wardi is a professional Moroccan footballer,currently playing for Raja CA as a midfielder.
Mohamed Zrida is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Raja CA.
Jamal Harkass is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Wydad AC which he captains,and the Morocco national team.
Khalid Aït Taleb is a Moroccan medical professor and politician serving as Minister of Health of Morocco.
Sonia Terrab is a Moroccan writer,filmmaker,and activist. Her work revolves around the status of women in Moroccan society,social hypocrisy regarding the body and sexuality,and Moroccan youth.
The 2022–23 Botola Pro,also known as Botola Pro Inwi for sponsorship reasons,was the 66th season of the Premier League and the 12th under its current format of Moroccan Pro League,the top Moroccan professional league for association football clubs,since its establishment in 1956.
The 2022–23 season is Raja Club Athletic's 74th season in existence and the club's 66th consecutive season in the top flight of Moroccan football. In addition to the domestic league,they are also participating in this season's editions of the Throne Cup and Champions League.
