Raja CA in international football explained
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.
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
CAF Super Cup
Year | Competition | Opposition | Score | Attendance | Venue | Ref. |
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1998 | CAF Super Cup | Étoile du Sahel | 2–2, (2–4 p) | 60,000 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca | [26] |
2000 | CAF Super Cup | Africa Sports | 2–0 | 45,000 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca | [27] |
2019 | CAF Super Cup | Espérance de Tunis | 2–1 | 20,000 | Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Al Rayyan | [28] |
2021 | CAF Super Cup | Al Ahly | 1–1, (5–6 p) | 20,000 | Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan | [29] | |
FIFA competitions
FIFA Club World Cup
Year | Competition | Round | Opposition | Score | Attendance | Venue | Ref. |
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2000 | FIFA Club World Championship | Group stage | Corinthians | 0–2 | 23,000 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo | [30] |
Al Nassr | 3–4 | 3,000 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo | [31] |
Real Madrid | 2–3 | 18,000 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo | [32] |
2013 | FIFA Club World Cup | Play–off for quarter–final | Auckland City | 2–1 | 34,875 | Stade Adrar, Agadir | [33] |
Quarter–final | Monterrey | 2–1 | 34,579 | Stade Adrar, Agadir | [34] |
Semi–final | Atlético Mineiro | 3–1 | 35,219 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech | [35] |
Final | Bayern Munich | 0–2 | 35,219 | Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech | [36] | |
Afro–Asian Club Championship
UAFA & UNAF competitions
Finals
Details
Statistics
By season
- Pld = Played
- W = Games won
- D = Games drawn
- L = Games lost
- F = Goals for
- A = Goals against
- GS = Group stage
- PR = Preliminary round
- R1 = First round
- R2 = Second round
- PO = Play-off round
- R16 = Round of 16
- QF = Quarter-final
- SF = Semi-final
Key to colours and symbols:
style=background:gold | W | Winners |
style=background:silver | RU | Runners-up | |
By competition
CAF Competitions
Non–CAF competitions
African goals
Top goalscorers
Bold indicates player is still active at club level.
Super Hat–tricks
Hat–tricks
Braces
Notes and References
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1983 . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1989 . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1990 . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1997 . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1998 . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1999 . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2000 . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2001 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2002 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2003 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2004 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2005 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2006 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2010 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2011 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2012 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2014 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2015 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2018 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2018/19 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2019/20 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2020/21 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2021/22 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2022/23 . 2023-02-15 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: CAF Champions League table, schedule & stats Sofascore . 2024-09-22 . www.sofascore.com.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1997 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 1999 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2018 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: African Club Competitions 2020/21 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000™: Corinthians - Raja Casablanca . 2023-02-14 . www.fifa.com . en.
- Web site: FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000™: Raja Casablanca - Al Nassr FC . 2023-02-14 . www.fifa.com . en.
- Web site: FIFA Club World Championship Brazil 2000™: Real Madrid - Raja Casablanca . 2023-02-14 . www.fifa.com . en.
- Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013™: Raja Casablanca - Auckland City FC . 2023-02-14 . www.fifa.com . en.
- Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013™: Raja Casablanca - Monterrey . 2023-02-14 . www.fifa.com . en.
- Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013™: Raja Casablanca - Atlético Mineiro . 2023-02-14 . www.fifa.com . en.
- Web site: FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013™: Bayern München - Raja Casablanca . 2023-02-14 . www.fifa.com . en.
- Web site: Afro-Asian Club Championship . 2023-02-14 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: 5th Arab Club Champions Cup 1987 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: 12th Arab Club Champions Cup 1996 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: Arab Super Cup 1997 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: Prince Faysal bin Fahad Tournament for Arab Clubs 2003 . 2023-02-16 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: Arab Champions' League 2005/06 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: Arab Champions' League 2006/07 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: Arab Champions' League 2007/08 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: Arab Champions' League 2008/09 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: North African Club Competitions 2009/10 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: UAFA Club Cup 2012/13 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: MATIN . LE . Le Raja dame le pion au Club africain et remporte le tournoi . 2023-02-17 . lematin.ma . fr.
- Web site: Arab Club Championship 2018/19 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: Arab Club Championship 2019-21 . 2023-02-17 . www.rsssf.org.
- Web site: كأس الملك سلمان للأندية 2023 – الاتحاد العربي لكرة القدم . 2023-07-29 . uafa-ac.com.