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• Moroccan Star Badr Banoun Faces 6-Match Ban and Fine for Referee Confrontation
  4 January 2019, by Said

  Accused of having made insults towards a referee, the Moroccan international Badr Banoun has just been heavily sanctioned by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).
  The Raja de Casablanca player has been given a six-match suspension, the FRMF announced on its website. He will also have to pay a fine of 20,000 dirhams.
  Badr Banoun had violently confronted the referee during the match that pitted his team against that of the Renaissance of Berkane, during which he had been sent off (…)

• Moroccan Football Club Presidents Win Seats in Parliament Election
  11 September 2021, by Ginette

  There will not only be businessmen, politicians or filmmakers in the Moroccan parliament. Sports association and federation officials were elected on Wednesday and will sit in the House of Representatives.
  For some of these new elected officials, it is a first experience. Before Wednesday, September 8, they were only football club officials. This is the case of the president of Wydad de Casablanca, Said Naciri, a candidate of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), elected in the (…)

• Raja Casablanca Secures Second Place in CAF Champions League Group with 1-0 Win
  3 February 2020, by Bladi.net

  Raja of Casablanca, already qualified for the quarter-finals, dominated, this Saturday, the Congolese club AS Vita club (1-0), in the match counting for the 6th day of group D. This match took place at the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca.
  The Rajaouis did not have too much trouble before getting rid of AS Vita. They held the Congolese in check by scoring the only goal of the match as early as the 3rd minute, thanks to a nice action by the central defender, Badr Banoune.
  Although (…)

• Moroccan Soccer Fans Chant for Gaza as Israel-Hamas Conflict Continues
  28 October 2023, by Sylvanus

  As the fight between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas continues, the Qatari media Al Jazeera celebrates in its own way the moving chant of the supporters of Raja Casablanca in favor of Palestine.
  "Rajawi Falastini". Al Jazeera highlighted this song sung by the supporters of Raja Casablanca in favor of Palestine in the stadiums, but also during demonstrations gathering thousands of people in Rabat and other Moroccan cities to condemn the Israeli aggression against Gaza. In (…)

• Moroccan Soccer Match in Jeopardy as Two Players Test Positive for COVID-19
  5 August 2020, by Ginette

  The match between Maghreb de Tétouan (MAT) and Raja de Casablanca is at risk of being canceled. Two MAT players have tested positive for Coronavirus.
  The news of the contamination of these two players is a cold shower for Maghreb de Tétouan, who was working to resume the competition.
  According to Le360, "defender Hamza El Moussaoui and Kamal Belarbi are the two infected players". Pending a second test, they will be placed in isolation.

• Police Officer Dies in Fatal Fall at Casablanca Soccer Derby
  3 November 2019, by Kamal

  A tragic incident occurred on Saturday, November 2, during the 16th final match of the Mohammed VI Champions Cup, at the Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca.
  A riot police officer was killed during the Casablanca derby that pitted Raja against Wydad. According to the Akhbarona website, the police officer suffered a fatal fall from a height of about 7 meters.
  He would have apparently lost his balance, according to the first elements of the investigation. Rushed to the Ibn Rochd University (…)

• Casablanca Derby Marred by Hooligan Violence; Multiple Arrests Made
  25 December 2019, by Ginette

  Violence in stadiums between supporters continues to occur. On Sunday, after the derby that pitted Raja against Wydad of Casablanca at the Mohammed V sports complex, acts of hooliganism broke out between the supporters of the two teams, causing significant material damage.
  Several arrests of people involved in these acts have already been made. It was a confrontation between supporters of the two teams, with stone throwing, near the stadium and on certain streets of the city. Two people (…)

• Moroccan Club Raja Casablanca Clinches CAF Super Cup with 2-1 Victory
  29 March 2019, by Said

  A new African title for the Moroccan club Raja of Casablanca, which today won the CAF Super Cup football by beating the Esperance de Tunis team 2-1.
  The Raja goals were scored by Abellilah Hafidi in the 22nd minute in the top corner after, it must be recognized, a collective action. The second conversion was the work of Badr Banoun after a very nice heel kick in the 65th minute of the match.
  It is worth noting the very good goal opportunity of Youssef Blaili in the 58th minute exactly (…)

• Arab Clubs Cup Draw: Moroccan Giants Raja and WAC Learn Group Stage Opponents
  30 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  On Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Rabat, in a palace in the city, the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) conducted the draw for the 32nd edition of the Arab Clubs Cup. "Raja" and WAC will therefore have to prepare to face their respective opponents, the Palestinian club "Hilal al Qods" and the Sudanese "Al Merreikh".
  While "Raja" has inherited a small fry for its debut, the "Hilal all Qods", the "Reds", 20-time champions of the Moroccan Cup, will face a formidable challenger, "Al (…)

• Moroccan Premier League Kicks Off: Moghreb Tétouan Faces Chabab Mohammedia in Season Opener
  4 December 2020, by Ginette

  The opening of the Botola Pro 1 will take place this Friday with a match opposing Moghreb de Tétouan to Chabab Mohammedia at the Moulay Abdellah complex in Rabat. The 2020-2021 edition, despite the coronavirus pandemic, offers football fans very attractive matches.
  The inaugural match is highly anticipated by football fans, who are impatient to see the current form of the Tétouan club. Last season was rather difficult for the club, which did not shine as usual. According to the daily Al (…)