Raja CA in international football

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Raja CA in international football
Mouhcine Iajour 07-02-2014.jpg
Mouhcine Iajour, pictured here in February 2014, is Raja CA's all-time leading goalscorer in international competitions with 25 goals
Club Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA
Most appearances Anas Zniti (93)
Top scorer Mouhcine Iajour (25)
First entry 1983 African Cup Winners' Cup
Latest entry 2024–25 CAF Champions League
Titles
Champions League
3
Confederation Cup
2
CAF Cup
1
Super Cup
2
Afro-Asian Cup
1

Raja Club Athletic (Arabic: نادي الرجاء الرياضي, romanized:Nādī ar–Rajāʾ ar–Riyāḍī) is a professional sports club based in Casablanca, Morocco. They played their first ever international match in 17 September 1950 in the North African Cup and won by walkover. The club played in a CAF-organized competition for the first time in 1983 and took part in the now-defunct African Cup Winners' Cup as Throne Cup winners and lost 1–0 on aggregate to Senegalese side ASF Police. It was their only participation in this competition. Raja CA is the Moroccan club with the most African appearances.

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Raja CA has had the most success in the African Cup, winning the trophy for three times. Raja won the inaugural season under the revamped CAF Champions League title and format in 1997. The club has also won the last edition of the CAF Cup in 2003 before it was merged with the African Cup Winners' Cup, the Confederation Cup in 2018 and 2021, the Super Cup in 2000 and 2019, the Afro-Asian Cup in 1998, the Arab Club Champions Cup in 2006 and 2021 and the UNAF Club Cup in 2015. Raja has also participated in two FIFA Club World Cups with their best performance being the second place in 2013. Raja CA, with 12 trophies, is the most successful team in Morocco and the third in Africa in international club football.

In the tables (N) symbolises neutral ground, (a) away goals and (P) penalty shoot-out. The first score is always Raja CA's.

CAF Competitions

C1, C2 & C3

Omar Nejjary against Fello Star in the 2010 Champions League Omar Nejjary vs Fello Star 2010.jpg
Omar Nejjary against Fello Star in the 2010 Champions League
Pape Cire Dia against Petro de Luanda in the 2010 Champions League Cire Dia vs Petro Atletico 2010.jpg
Pape Ciré Dia against Petro de Luanda in the 2010 Champions League
Bouchaib El Moubarki against Coton Sport in the 2011 Champions League Bouchaib El Moubarki vs Coton Sport 2011.jpg
Bouchaib El Moubarki against Coton Sport in the 2011 Champions League
Mouhcine Iajour against Horoya AC in the 2014 Champions League Mouhcine Iajour vs Horoya AC 2014.jpg
Mouhcine Iajour against Horoya AC in the 2014 Champions League
Yassine Salhi against Kaizer Chiefs in the 2015 Champions League Yassine Salhi 05-04-2015.jpg
Yassine Salhi against Kaizer Chiefs in the 2015 Champions League
Christian Osaguona scoring the second goal against Diables Noirs in the 2015 Champions League Christian Osaguona scoring vs Diables noirs.jpg
Christian Osaguona scoring the second goal against Diables Noirs in the 2015 Champions League
Yassine Salhi against ES Setif in the 2015 Champions League Yassine Salhi 19-04-2015.jpg
Yassine Salhi against ES Sétif in the 2015 Champions League
SeasonCompetitionRoundOppositionHomeAway Aggregate Ref.
1983 African Cup Winners' Cup First round Flag of Senegal.svg ASF Police 0–0 0–10–1 [1]
1989 African Cup of Champions Clubs First round Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2–0 0–1 2–1 [2]
Second round Flag of Gabon.svg JAC Port–Gentil 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Quarter–final Flag of the People's Republic of the Congo.svg Inter Club Brazzaville 2–0 0–12–1
Semi–final Flag of Cameroon.svg Tonnerre Yaoundé 2–0 2–2 4–2
Final Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran 1–0 0–1 1–1 (2–4 p)
1990 African Cup of Champions ClubsFirst round Flag of Liberia.svg Mighty Barolle 2–0 1–2 3–2 [3]
Second round Flag of Cameroon.svg RC Bafoussam w/o [a]
1997 CAF Champions League First round Flag of Senegal.svg SONACOS 3–1 2–0 5–1 [4]
Second round Flag of Gabon.svg Mbilinga FC 3–0 1–1 4–1
Group stage Flag of Algeria.svg USM Alger 0–2 2–2 1st place
Flag of Angola.svg Primeiro de Agosto 4–0 1–1
Flag of South Africa.svg Orlando Pirates 1–0 2–1
Final Flag of Ghana.svg Obuasi Goldfields 1–0 0–1 1–1 (5–4 p)
1998 CAF Champions LeagueFirst round Flag of Benin.svg Mogas 90 FC 6–0 0–0 6–0 [5]
Second round Flag of Senegal.svg AS Douanes 2–0 1–2 3–2
Group stage Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 0–1 1–1 3rd place
Flag of South Africa.svg Manning Rangers 2–1 0–1
Flag of Tanzania.svg Young Africans 6–0 3–3
1999 CAF Champions LeagueFirst round Flag of Senegal.svg ASEC Ndiambour 4–0 0–14–1 [6]
Second round Flag of Mali.svg Djoliba AC 2–1 1–2 3–3 (7–6 p)
Group stage Flag of Ghana.svg Hearts of Oak 1–0 0–0 1st place
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1–1 1–0
Flag of Nigeria.svg Shooting Stars 1–0 0–1
Final Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 0–0 0–0 0–0 (4–2 p)
2000 CAF Champions LeagueFirst round Flag of Benin.svg Dragons de l'Ouémé 3–1 2–2 5–3 [7]
Second round Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2001 CAF Champions LeagueFirst round Flag of Burkina Faso.svg USFA Ouagadougou 2–0 1–33–3 (a) [8]
Second round Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg TP Mazembe 2–1 0–2 2–3
2002 CAF Champions LeagueFirst round Flag of The Gambia.svg Wallidan FC 2–1 3–1 5–2 [9]
Second round Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Étoile du Congo 3–0 2–3 5–3
Group stage Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2003).svg TP Mazembe 1–0 0–2 1st place
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 2–1 3–3
Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2–1 2–1
Semi–final Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 4–0 0–2 4–2
Final Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 0–0 0–1 0–1
2003 CAF Cup First round Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Étoile Filante 4–0 3–2 7–2 [10]
Second round Flag of Gabon.svg FC 105 Libreville 6–1 1–2 7–3
Quarter–final Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Black Rhinos 5–1 1–1 6–2
Semi–final Flag of Nigeria.svg Enugu Rangers 4–1 0–2 4–3
Final Flag of Cameroon.svg Cotonsport Garoua 2–0 0–0 2–0
2004 CAF Champions LeagueFirst round Flag of Senegal.svg ASC Jeanne d'Arc 2–0 0–2 2–2 (4–5 p) [11]
2005 CAF Champions LeagueFirst round Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2003-2006).svg DC Motema Pembe 2–0 1–1 3–1 [12]
Second round Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports 1–0 1–1 2–1
Group stage Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1–1 0–1 2nd place
Flag of South Africa.svg Ajax Cape Town 1–1 3–0
Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba 1–0 0–2
Semi–final Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 0–1 0–1 0–2
2006 CAF Champions LeaguePreliminary round Flag of Mauritania.svg ASC El Ahmedi w/o [b] [13]
First round Flag of Zimbabwe.svg CAPS United 1–0 w/o [c]
First round Flag of Burundi.svg AS Inter Star 7–0 1–2 8–2
Second round Flag of Algeria.svg JS Kabylie 1–0 1–3 2–3
2006 CAF Confederation Cup Play–off round Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 0–0 0–2 0–2
2010 CAF Champions League Preliminary round Flag of Guinea.svg Fello Star 1–1 3–1 4–2 [14]
First round Flag of Angola.svg Petro de Luanda 1–1 0–1 1–2
2011 CAF Champions League Preliminary round Flag of Chad.svg Tourbillon 10–1 w/o [d] [15]
First round Flag of Mali.svg Stade Malien 1–0 1–2 2–2
Second round Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 1–1 (5–4 p) [e]
Group stage Flag of Ghana.svg Cotonsport Garoua 0–0 1–2 4th place
Flag of Sudan.svg Al–Hilal 0–0 0–1
Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba 0–0 0–2
2012 CAF Champions League First round Flag of Ghana.svg Berekum Chelsea 3–0 0–5 3–5 [16]
2014 CAF Champions League Preliminary round Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Diamond Stars 6–0 2–1 8–2 [17]
First round Flag of Guinea.svg Horoya AC 1–0 0–1 1–1 (4–5 p)
2015 CAF Champions League Preliminary round Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Diables Noirs 4–0 2–2 6–2 [18]
First round Flag of South Africa.svg Kaizer Chiefs 2–0 1–0 3–0
Second round Flag of Algeria.svg ES Sétif 2–2 2–2 4–4 (1–4 p)
2015 CAF Confederation Cup Play–off round Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 2–0 0–3 2–3
2018 CAF Confederation Cup First round Flag of Mauritania.svg FC Nouadhibou 1–1 4–2 5–3 [19]
Play–off round Flag of Zambia.svg Zanaco 3–0 2–0 5–0
Group stage Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 0–0 0–2 1st place
Flag of Ghana.svg Aduana Stars 6–0 3–3
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ASEC Mimosas 4–0 1–0
Quarter–final Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg CARA Brazzaville 1–0 2–13–1
Semi–final Flag of Nigeria.svg Enyimba 2–1 1–0 3–1
Final Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 3–0 1–3 4–3
2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup First round Flag of Gabon.svg Cercle Mbéri Sportif 5–0 0–1 5–1 [20]
Play–off round Flag of Namibia.svg African Stars 1–0 1–1 2–1
Group stage Flag of Morocco.svg Hassania Agadir 0–0 1–1 3rd place
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg AS Otôho 0–0 4–1
Flag of Morocco.svg RS Berkane 2–4 0–0
2019–20 CAF Champions League Preliminary round Flag of The Gambia.svg Brikama United 4–0 3–3 7–3 [21]
First round Flag of Libya.svg Al Nasr 1–1 3–1 4–2
Group stage Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 0–2 2–2 2nd place
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 1–0 1–0
Flag of Algeria.svg JS Kabylie 2–0 0–0
Quarter–final Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg TP Mazembe 2–0 0–1 2–1
Semi–final Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 0–1 1–3 1–4
2020–21 CAF Champions League First round Flag of Senegal.svg Teungueth 0–0 0–0 0–0 (1–3 p) [22]
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup Play–off round Flag of Tunisia.svg US Monastir 1–0 0–1 1–1 (6–5 p)
Group stage Flag of Tanzania.svg Namungo 1–0 3–0 1st place
Flag of Zambia.svg Nkana 2–0 2–0
Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 2–0 3–0
Quarter–final Flag of South Africa.svg Orlando Pirates 4–0 1–1 5–1
Semi–final Flag of Egypt.svg Pyramids 0–0 0–0 0–0 (5–4 p)
Final Flag of Algeria.svg JS Kabylie 2–1 (N)
2021–22 CAF Champions League Second round Flag of Liberia.svg LPRC Oilers 2–0 2–0 4–0 [23]
Group stage Flag of Algeria.svg ES Sétif 1–0 1–0 1st place
Flag of South Africa.svg AmaZulu 1–0 2–0
Flag of Guinea.svg Horoya AC 1–0 1–2
Quarter–final Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1–1 1–2 2–3
2022–23 CAF Champions League Second round Flag of Niger.svg ASN Nigelec 1–0 2–0 3–0 [24]
Group stage Flag of Uganda.svg Vipers SC 5–0 1–1 1st place
Flag of Tanzania.svg Simba SC 3–1 3–0
Flag of Guinea.svg Horoya AC 2–0 3–1
Quarter–final Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0–0 0–2 0–2
2024–25 CAF Champions League Preliminary round Flag of Niger.svg AS GNN 5–0 2–1 7–1 [25]
Second round Flag of Ghana.svg Samartex 2–0 2–2 4–2
Group stage Flag of South Africa.svg Mamelodi Sundowns 1–0 0–1 3rd place
Flag of Morocco.svg AS FAR 0–2 1–1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Maniema Union 1–0 1–1


CAF Super Cup

YearCompetitionOppositionScoreAttendanceVenueRef.
1998 CAF Super Cup Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 2–2, (2–4 p)60,000 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca [26]
2000 CAF Super Cup Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports 2–045,000 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca [27]
2019 CAF Super Cup Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 2–120,000 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan [28]
2021 CAF Super Cup Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1–1, (5–6 p)20,000 Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan [29]

FIFA competitions

FIFA Club World Cup

YearCompetitionRoundOppositionScoreAttendanceVenueRef.
2000 FIFA Club World Championship Group stage Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians 0–223,000 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo [30]
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Nassr 3–43,000Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo [31]
Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid 2–318,000Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo [32]
2013 FIFA Club World Cup Play–off for quarter–final Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 2–134,875 Stade Adrar, Agadir [33]
Quarter–final Flag of Mexico.svg Monterrey 2–134,579Stade Adrar, Agadir [34]
Semi–final Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Mineiro 3–135,219 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech [35]
Final Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 0–235,219Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech [36]

Afro–Asian Club Championship

YearCompetitionRoundOppositionHomeAway Aggregate Ref.
1998 Afro–Asian Club Championship Final Flag of South Korea.svg Pohang Steelers 1–02–23–2 [37]

UAFA & UNAF competitions

Omar Nejjary against Al-Taliya in the 2008-09 Arab Champions League Raja de Casablanca vs Al Taliya, Arabian Champions League, October 29 2008-08.jpg
Omar Nejjary against Al–Taliya in the 2008–09 Arab Champions League
Mohsine Moutouali against ES Setif in the 2009 North African Cup of Champions Mohsine Moutouali 27-10-2009.jpg
Mohsine Moutouali against ES Sétif in the 2009 North African Cup of Champions
Chamseddine Chtibi against CA Bizertin in the 2012-13 UAFA Club Cup DSC 9674 (8108098921).jpg
Chamseddine Chtibi against CA Bizertin in the 2012–13 UAFA Club Cup
SeasonCompetitionRoundOppositionHomeAway Aggregate Ref.
1987 Arab Club Champions Cup Groupe stage Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 1–4 3rd place [38]
Flag of Algeria.svg JE Tizi Ouzou 0–0
1996 Arab Club Champions CupGroupe stage Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Hilal Riyadh 1–1 1st place [39]
Flag of Jordan.svg Al Wehdat 4–0
Flag of Sudan.svg Al Hilal Omdurman 5–0
Semi–final Flag of Palestine.svg Shabab Rafah 7–0
Final Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1–3
1997 Arab Super Cup Groupe stage Flag of Morocco.svg Olympique Khouribga 0–0 4th place [40]
Flag of Jordan.svg Al Faisaly 1–2
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0–2
2003 Arab Unified Club Championship Groupe stage Flag of Egypt.svg ENPPI 1–1 2nd place [41]
Flag of Jordan.svg Al Faisaly 1–0
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Ettifaq 0–2
Flag of Bahrain.svg Riffa 4–3
Semi–final Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait SC 0–3
2005–06 Arab Champions League Round of 32 Flag of Syria.svg Al–Wahda 1–0 1–1 2–1 [42]
Round of 16 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 0–2 3–0 3–2
Quarter–final Flag of Kuwait.svg Al Qadsia 3–0 0–1 3–1
Semi–final Flag of Sudan.svg Al Hilal 5–0 3–0 [f] 8–0
Final Flag of Egypt.svg ENPPI 1–0 2–1 3–1
2006–07 Arab Champions LeagueRound of 32 Flag of Palestine.svg Markaz Tulkarem 8–0 6–0 14–0 [43]
Round of 16 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Ahli 3–3 1–1 4–4 (a)
2007–08 Arab Champions LeagueRound of 32 Flag of Palestine.svg Shabab Rafah w/o [g] [44]
Round of 16 Flag of Sudan.svg Al Merrikh 3–1 2–2 5–3
Group stage Flag of Jordan.svg Al Faisaly 0–0 1–1 3rd place
Flag of Algeria.svg ES Sétif 1–0 0–2
Flag of Syria.svg Al Majd 0–0 1–1
2008–09 Arab Champions LeagueRound of 32 Flag of Syria.svg Al–Taliya 4–0 2–2 6–2 [45]
Round of 16 Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Sfax 0–1 0–0 0–1
2009 North African Cup of Champions Semi–final Flag of Algeria.svg ES Sétif 1–1 0–2 1–3 [46]
2012–13 UAFA Cup Play–off second round Flag of Tunisia.svg CA Bizertin 4–0 0–2 4–2 [47]
Quarter–final Flag of Iraq.svg Al–Quwa Al–Jawiya 2–0 1–1 3–1
Semi–final Flag of Kuwait.svg Al–Arabi 2–2 1–1 3–3 (a)
2015 UNAF Club Cup Groupe stage Flag of Egypt.svg Ismaily 1–0 Champions [48]
Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain 2–0
Flag of Libya.svg Al Hilal Benghazi 0–0
2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup Round of 32 Flag of Lebanon.svg Salam Zgharta 1–1 2–1 3–1 [49]
Round of 16 Flag of Egypt.svg Ismaily 0–0 0–0 0–0 (4–2 p)
Quarter–final Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 0–2 1–0 1–2
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup Round of 32 Flag of Palestine.svg Hilal Al–Quds 1–0 2–0 3–0 [50]
Round of 16 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 1–1 4–4 5–5 (a)
Quarter–final Flag of Algeria.svg MC Alger 0–1 2–1 2–2 (a)
Semi–final Flag of Egypt.svg Ismaily 3–0 0–1 3–1
Final Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Ittihad 4–4, (4–3 p) (N)
2023 Arab Club Champions CupGroupe stage Flag of Algeria.svg CR Belouizdad 2–1 1st place [51]
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait SC 2–0
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Al-Wahda 1–0
Quarter–final Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Nassr 1–3

Finals

YearCompetitionOpposing TeamScoreVenue
1989 African Cup of Champions Clubs Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran 1–1, (4–2 p)Two-legged
1996 Arab Club Champions Cup Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1–3 Cairo International Stadium (Cairo)
1997 Champions League Flag of Ghana.svg Obuasi Goldfields 1–1, (5–4 p)Two-legged
1998 CAF Super Cup Flag of Tunisia.svg Étoile du Sahel 2–2, (2–4 p) Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)
1998 Afro–Asian Club Championship Flag of South Korea.svg Pohang Steelers 3–2 on aggregateTwo-legged
1999 Champions League Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 0–0, (4–3 p)Two-legged
2000 CAF Super Cup Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports 2–0 Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)
2002 Champions League Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek 0–1 on aggregateTwo-legged
2003CAF Cup Flag of Cameroon.svg Cotonsport Garoua 2–0 on aggregateTwo-legged
2006 Arab Champions League Flag of Egypt.svg ENPPI 3–1 on aggregateTwo-legged
2013 FIFA Club World Cup Flag of Germany.svg Bayern Munich 0–2 Stade de Marrakech (Marrakech)
2015 UNAF Club Cup Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain 2–0 Stade Mohammed V (Casablanca)
2018 Confederation Cup Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club 4–3 on aggregateTwo-legged
2019 CAF Super Cup Flag of Tunisia.svg Espérance de Tunis 2–1 Thani bin Jassim Stadium (Al Rayyan)
2021 Confederation Cup Flag of Algeria.svg JS Kabylie 2–1 Stade de l'Amitié (Cotonou)
2021 Arab Club Champions Cup Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Ittihad Jeddah 4–4, (4–3 p) Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (Rabat)
2021 CAF Super Cup Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1–1, (5–6 p) Ahmad bin Ali Stadium (Al Rayyan)

Details

3 December 1989 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1st leg Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of Algeria.svg MC Oran Casablanca, Morocco
17:00  UTC±0
  • Diagne Soccerball shade.svg50'
 Report Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Badara Sène (Senegal)
15 December 1989 African Cup of Champions Clubs 2nd leg MC Oran Flag of Algeria.svg 1–0
(2–4 p)		 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Oran, Algeria
17:00  UTC±0
Report Stadium: Stade du 19 Juin
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Mohamed Hafez (Egypt)
Penalties
16 September 1996 Arab Club Champions Cup Al-Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 3–1 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Cairo, Egypt
19:00  UTC±0 Tolba Soccerball shade.svg2'
Khashaba Soccerball shade.svg49' (pen.)
Walid Soccerball shade.svg89'		 Report Soccerball shade.svg27' Bassir Stadium: Cairo International Stadium
Attendance: 40,000
30 November 1997 Champions League 1st leg Obuasi Goldfields Flag of Ghana.svg 1–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Obuasi, Ghana
16:00  UTC±0
Report Stadium: Len Clay Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Sinko Zeli (Ivory Coast)
11 April 1999 Afro-Asian Cup 1st leg Pohang Steelers Flag of South Korea.svg 2–2 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Pohang, South Korea
01:00  UTC±0
Report
Stadium: Pohang Steel Yard
Attendance: 20,000
25 April 1999 Afro-Asian Cup 2nd leg Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of South Korea.svg Pohang Steelers Casablanca, Morocco
16:00  UTC±0
Report Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
27 November 1999 Champions League 1st leg Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 0–0 Flag of Tunisia.svg ES Tunis Casablanca, Morocco
16:00  UTC±0 Stadium: Stade Père Jégo
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mathabella Petros (South Africa)
12 December 1999 Champions League 2nd leg ES Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 0–0
(3–4 p)		 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Tunis, Tunisia
16:00  UTC±0 Stadium: Stade El Menzah
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Manuel Monteiro Duarte (Cape Verde)
Penalties
5 March 2000 CAF Super Cup Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 2–0 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Africa Sports Casablanca, Morocco
16:00  UTC±0 El Moubarki Soccerball shade.svg52'
Armoumen Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
30 November 2002 Champions League 1st leg Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 0–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Zamalek Casablanca, Morocco
19:00  UTC±0 (Report) Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
13 December 2002 Champions League 2nd leg Zamalek Flag of Egypt.svg 1–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Cairo, Egypt
17:00  UTC±0 Abdel Hamid Soccerball shade.svg45+4' (Report) Stadium: Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Attendance: 67,310
Referee: Abdel Hakim Shelmani (Libya)
9 November 2003 CAF Cup 1st leg Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 2–0 Flag of Cameroon.svg Cotonsport Garoua Casablanca, Morocco
19:00  UTC±0 Bidoudane Soccerball shade.svg11'
Diallo Soccerball shade.svg72'		 Report Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Falla N'Doye (Senegal)
23 November 2003 CAF Cup 2nd leg Cotonsport Garoua Flag of Cameroon.svg 0–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Garoua, Cameroon
16:00  UTC±0 Report Stadium: Roumdé Adjia Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Reda El Beltagi (Egypt)
18 April 2006 Arab Champions League 1st leg ENPPI Flag of Egypt.svg 1–2 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Cairo, Egypt
16:00  UTC±0 Abdel-Aaty Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.) Report Alloudi Soccerball shade.svg11'
Soulaimani Soccerball shade.svg68'		Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Salim Mahmoud (Jordan)
6 May 2006 Arab Champions League 1st leg Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 1–0 Flag of Egypt.svg ENPPI Casablanca, Morocco
19:00  UTC±0 Alloudi Soccerball shade.svg67' Report Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia)
21 December 2013 FIFA Club World Cup Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg 2–0 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Marrakech, Morocco
19:30 UTC±0 Dante Soccerball shade.svg7'
Thiago Soccerball shade.svg22'		 Report Stadium: Stade de Marrakech
Attendance: 37,774
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
16 August 2015 UNAF Club Cup Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 2–0 Flag of Tunisia.svg Club Africain Casablanca, Morocco
21:00  UTC±0 Bouldini Soccerball shade.svg32'
Iajour Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Ibrahim Noureddin (Egypt)
25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) Confederation Cup 1st leg Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 3–0 Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg AS Vita Club Casablanca, Morocco
20:00  UTC+1
Report Stadium: Stade Mohamed V
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Maguette N'Diaye (Senegal)
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) Confederation Cup 2nd leg AS Vita Club Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg 3–1 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Kinshasa, RD Congo
20:00  UTC+1
Stadium: Stade des Martyrs
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) CAF Super Cup Espérance de Tunis Flag of Tunisia.svg 1–2 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Doha, Qatar
19:00  UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Thani bin Jassim Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
10 July 2021 (2021-07-10) Confederation Cup Raja CA Flag of Morocco.svg 2–1 Flag of Algeria.svg JS Kabylie Cotonou, Bénin
20:00  UTC+1
Report
Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
22 December 2021 (2021-12-22) CAF Super Cup Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 1–1
(6–5 p)		 Flag of Morocco.svg Raja CA Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00  UTC+1 Taher Soccerball shade.svg90' Report Ibrahim Soccerball shade.svg13' (o.g.)Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala Ngambo (DR Congo)
Penalties

Statistics

As of match played 19 January 2025

By season

Raja CA record in African football by season
SeasonCompetitionPldWDLGFGAGDRound
1983 African Cup Winners' Cup 201101-1R1
1989 African Cup of Champions Clubs 10433106+4W
1990 African Cup of Champions Clubs210132+1R2
1997 CAF Champions League12732209+11W
1998 CAF Super Cup 101022+0RU
1998 CAF Champions League10433219+12GS
1998 Afro–Asian Club Championship 211032+1W
1999 CAF Champions League12543115+6W
2000 FIFA Club World Championship 300359-4GS
2000 CAF Super Cup110020+2W
2000 CAF Champions League421175+2R2
2001 CAF Champions League420256-1R2
2002 CAF Champions League148242416+8RU
2003 CAF Cup 106222610+16W
2004 CAF Champions League210122+0R1
2005 CAF Champions League12444119+2SF
2006 CAF Champions League5302115+6R2
2006 CAF Confederation Cup 201102-2PO
2010 CAF Champions League412154+1R2
2011 CAF Champions League10244149+5GS
2012 CAF Champions League210135-2R1
2013 FIFA Club World Cup 430175+2RU
2014 CAF Champions League430193+6R1
2015 CAF Champions League6330136+7R2
2015 CAF Confederation Cup210123-1PO
2018 CAF Confederation Cup1611323413+21W
2019 CAF Super Cup110021-1W
2018–19 CAF Confederation Cup10352148+6GS
2019–20 CAF Champions League146442014+6SF
2020–21 CAF Champions League202000+0R1
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup13931213+18W
2021 CAF Super Cup101011+0RU
2021–22 CAF Champions League10712135+8QF
2022–23 CAF Champions League10721207+13QF
2024–25 CAF Champions League10532158+7GS
Total2271125956356195+161


By competition

CAF Competitions

Raja CA record in CAF competitions
CompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played
CAF Champions League 21159764142237132 2024–25
CAF Confederation Cup 543241277129 2020–21
CAF Super Cup 4422074 2021
CAF Cup (defunct)1106222610 2003
African Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)1201101 1983
Total322181085852341176

Non–CAF competitions

Raja CA record in Non–CAF competitions
CompetitionSeasonsPlayedWonDrawnLostGoals ForGoals AgainstLast season played
FIFA Club World Cup 273041214 2013
Arab Club Champions Cup 116328221311363 2023
Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct)1211032 1998
UNAF Club Cup (defunct)1321030 2015
North African Cup of Champions (defunct)1201113 2009
Arab Super Cup (defunct)1301214 1997
Total178034262013386

African goals

As of match played 19 January 2025

Top goalscorers

Bold indicates player is still active at club level.

RankPlayerNationalityYears CCL CAC CCC SC AACC FCWC Total
1 Mouhcine Iajour Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2004–2007
2012–2014
2017–2019		910––221
2 Mahmoud Benhalib Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2016–2021215–––17
3 Hicham Aboucherouane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2001–2007
2010–2011		96–––15
Mustapha Moustawdae Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1988–200013––1115
5 Soufiane Rahimi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2018–2021310–––13
6 Mohsine Moutouali Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2007–2014
2019–2022		9–––110
7 Badr Benoun Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2014–2020531––9
Mustapha Bidoudane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2002–200654–––9
Ben Malango Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  RD Congo 2019–202136–––9
10 Réda Ryahi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1997–20008––––8
Bouchaib El Moubarki Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1999–2001
2010–2012		6–1–18
12 Abdelilah Hafidi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2011–2022
2023		231–17

Super Hat–tricks

DatePlayerMatchScoreTime of goals
20 September 1998 Flag of Morocco.svg Réda Ryahi Raja CA – Young Africans 6–072', 75', 82', 90'
3 April 1999 Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Moustawdae Raja CA – ASEC Ndiambour 4–013', 46', 64', 74'
7 February 2014 Flag of Morocco.svg Mouhcine Iajour Raja CA – Diamond Stars 6–08', 46', 66', 82'

Hat–tricks

DatePlayerMatchScoreTime of goals
1 April 2006 Flag of Morocco.svg Mustapha Bidoudane Raja CA – Inter Star 7–012', 38', 48'
28 January 2011 Flag of Morocco.svg Hassan Tair Raja CA – Tourbillon FC 10–111', 29', 51'

Braces


Notes

  1. ↑ Some RC Bafoussam players took part in the 1990 World Cup, so Raja accepted the postponement of the match. CAF reschedules the first leg for July 25, a date which does not correspond to the club's calendar. Raja refused to travel to Cameroon and was disqualified.
  2. ↑ ASC El Ahmedi withdrew and Raja advanced to the next round
  3. ↑ CAPS United were ejected after the first leg for giving false information about two Malawian players in their first round match against AS Inter Star. AS Inter Star were re-instated.
  4. ↑ Tourbillon withdrew after the first leg.
  5. ↑ The match was scheduled to be played over one leg in Casablanca due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire
  6. ↑ Al-Hilal were sanctioned with a 3-0 loss after the pitch was invaded and the referee was assaulted by the club's supporters
  7. ↑ Shabab Rafah couldn't obtain licenses from the colonial authorities to go out to the West Bank and from there to Morocco

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