List of Raja CA managers

Raja Club Athletic (Arabic: نادي الرجاء الرياضي, romanized: Nādī ar-Rajāʾ ar-Riyāḍī), commonly referred to as Raja CA, is a professional sports club based in Casablanca, Morocco.

This chronological list comprises all the managers who have held this position in the first team of Raja CA throughout its history since their foundation on 20 March 1949. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the significant achievements accomplished under his care. Caretaker managers are included, where known, as well as those who have been in permanent charge.

History

Being one of the founders of Raja CA, Mohamed Naoui was player-manager between 1949 and 1954, and is to date the only one to have held this position. The first coach was Abdelkader Jalal who led Raja between 1951 and 1954. In September 1956, Kacem Kacemi qualified with the team to the first edition of Botola, after three victories in the play-offs. Raja was the first team to do so since their qualifying match was played at 8:30 am on 7 October 1956.

The club's longest-serving manager was Père Jégo, he managed the team three times during 11 years (1957–1965, 1965-1967 and 1968–1969). The most successful manager of the club's history is Oscar Fulloné with six trophies, five won between 1998 and 2000, and one between in 2006.[1]

Père Jégo, Alexandru Moldovan, M'hamed Fakhir and José Romão are the only ones to have coached the team during three spells or more (excluding temporary spells). Mohamed Tibari gained Raja's first trophy in 1974, while Fernando Cabrita earned their first Botola in 1988. Raja then won its first Champions League with Rabah Saâdane in 1989, his second with Vahid Halilhodžić in 1997 and secured his third star with Oscar Fullone in 1999.

Head coaches

Père Jégo, an emblematic figure and initiator of Raja's style of play, he coached the club for more than 11 years. He is decorated here by King Mohammed V in 1957 when he was managing Raja CA
Rabah Saâdane, winner of the 1989 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Vahid Halilhodžić, winner of the Botola-Champions League double in 1998.
Oscar Fulloné is the most successful manager in the club's history winning 6 trophies in three seasons.
Henri Michel, winner of the 2003 CAF Cup.
José Romão, the third Portuguese manager to win the Botola with Raja
M'hamed Fakhir is the most successful Moroccan manager in the club's history with 4 trophies
Faouzi Benzarti arrived a few days before the 2013 World Cup and reached the final
Juan Carlos Garrido won the 2017 Throne Cup and the 2018 Confederation Cup, Raja's first continental title for 15 years.
Jamal Sellami won the 2019–20 Botola, Raja's first league title in seven years

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Josef Zinnbauer won the 2024 historic invincible-double

This is a complete list of all the managers in the history of Raja CA since 1949.

Table headers
  • Nationality – If the manager played international football as a player, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the manager's nationality is given as their country of birth.
  • From – The year of the manager's first game for Raja CA.
  • To – The year of the manager's last game for Raja CA.
  • Honours – The trophies won while managing Raja CA.
Key
Raja CA Managers
Manager Nationality From To Honours Notes
Mohamed Naouip  Morocco 20 March 1949 November 1951 – [2]
Abdelkader Jalal  Morocco November 1951 September 1956 – [3]
Kacem Kacemi  Morocco September 1956 September 1956 –
Abdelkader Jalal[C]  Morocco September 1956 January 1957 –
Père Jégo  Morocco January 1957 1965 – [4]
Larbi Ben Barek  Morocco 1965 1965 –
Père Jégo  Morocco 1965 1967 –
Mohamed Jabrane[C]  Morocco 1967 1967 –
Abdelhak El Kadmiri  Morocco 1967 1968 – [5]
Père Jégo  Morocco 1968 1969 –
Abderrahman Mahjoub  Morocco 1969 1970 –
Abdelkader Lakhmiri  Morocco 1970 1971 – [6]
Pál Orosz  Hungary 1971 1973 –
Mohamed Roudani  Morocco 1973 1973 –
Mohamed Tibari  Morocco 1973 1975 1973–74 Throne Cup
Petre Mindru  Romania 1975 1976 –
Dobromir Tashkov  Bulgaria 1976 1978 1976–77 Throne Cup
Houmane Jarir  Morocco 1978 1979 – [7]
Pál Orosz  Hungary 1979 1981 – [8]
Mustapha Bettache  Morocco 1981 1981 –
Mohamed Tibari  Morocco 1981 1982 1981-82 Throne Cup [9]
Houmane Jarir  Morocco 1982 1983 –
Dobromir Tashkov  Bulgaria 1983 1984 –
Ion Motroc  Romania 1984 1985 –
Mohamed Ammari  Morocco 1985 1986 – [10]
Hassan Hormat Allah  Morocco 1986 1986 –
Mohamed Ammari  Morocco 1986 1987 –
Fernando Cabrita  Portugal July 1987 February 1989 1987-88 Botola
Rabah Saâdane  Algeria February 1989 6 May 1990 1989 African Cup of Champions Clubs [11]
M'hamed Fakhir[C]  Morocco 7 May 1990 June 1990 –
Fernando Cabrita  Portugal June 1990 February 1991 –
Abdellah Settati  Morocco February 1991 March 1991 – [12]
M'hamed Fakhir[C]  Morocco March 1991 April 1991 –
Fernando Cabrita  Portugal April 1991 February 1992 –
Mohamed Nejmi[C]  Morocco February 1992 March 1992 –
Abdellah Blinda  Morocco March 1992 June 1992 – [13]
Valentin Ivanov  Russia June 1992 March 1993 –
M'hamed Fakhir  Morocco March 1993 June 1993 –
Meziane Ighil  Algeria June 1993 June 1994 –
Jean Thissen  Belgium June 1994 June 1995 – [14]
Evgeni Rogov  Russia June 1995 February 1996 –
M'hamed Fakhir[C]  Morocco February 1996 April 1996 1995-96 Throne Cup [15]
Evgeni Rogov  Russia April 1996 June 1996 1995-96 Botola
Victor Razamovski  Russia July 1996 September 1996 –
Rabah Saâdane  Algeria September 1996 October 1996 –
Alexandru Moldovan  Romania October 1996 July 1997 1996-97 Botola
Mohamed Ammari  Morocco July 1997 October 1997 –
Hamid Bouchetta[C]  Morocco October 1997 November 1997 –
Vahid Halilhodžić  Bosnia and Herzegovina November 1997 June 1998 1997-98 Botola
1997 CAF Champions League 		[16]
Slavoljub Muslin  Serbia June 1998 November 1998 –
Oscar Fulloné  Argentina November 1998 January 2000 1998-99 Botola
1999 CAF Champions League
1998 Afro-Asian Club Championship 		[17]
Fathi Jamal[C]  Morocco January 2000 February 2000 – [18]
Oscar Fulloné  Argentina February 2000 June 2000 1999-2000 Botola
2000 CAF Super Cup
Fathi Jamal[C]  Morocco June 2000 14 August 2000 – [19]
Valdeir Vieira  Brazil 14 August 2000 3 November 2000 –
Alexandru Moldovan  Romania 4 November 2000 5 March 2001 –
Silvester Takač  Serbia 5 March 2001 28 May 2001 2000-01 Botola [20]
Mohamed Nejmi[C]  Morocco 28 May 2001 10 June 2001 –
Fathi Jamal[C]  Morocco 10 June 2001 16 September 2001 –
Yuri Sebastienko  Ukraine 16 September 2001 4 October 2001 – [21]
Fathi Jamal[C]  Morocco 4 October 2001 28 November 2001 –
Mohamed Nejmi[C]  Morocco 28 November 2001 7 January 2002 – [22]
Walter Meeuws  Belgium 7 January 2002 28 January 2003 – [23]
Henri Michel  France 30 January 2003 11 March 2004 2003 CAF Cup
2001-02 Throne Cup 		[24]
Acácio Casimiro  Portugal 11 March 2004 2 July 2004 2003-04 Botola [25]
Alain Fiard  France 2 July 2004 23 November 2004 – [26]
Mohamed Nejmi[C]  Morocco 23 November 2004 8 December 2004 – [27]
Henri Stambouli  France 8 December 2004 15 July 2005 – [28]
Alexandru Moldovan  Romania 15 July 2005 18 October 2005 2005 Throne Cup [29]
Jamal Sellami[C]  Morocco 18 October 2005 20 December 2005 – [30]
Oscar Fulloné  Argentina 20 December 2005 16 November 2006 2005–06 Arab Champions League [31]
Redouane Hajry[C]  Morocco 16 November 2006 6 December 2006 – [32]
Paco Fortes[33]  Spain 6 December 2006 3 April 2007 –
Mohamed Nejmi[C]  Morocco 3 April 2007 12 June 2007 – [34]
Jean-Yves Chay  France 12 June 2007 18 May 2008 – [35]
José Romão  Portugal 22 May 2008 30 June 2009 2008-09 Botola [36]
Carlos Mozer  Brazil 6 July 2009 19 October 2009 – [37]
José Romão  Portugal 20 October 2009 12 June 2010 – [38]
Henri Michel  France 13 June 2010 6 October 2010 – [39]
M'hamed Fakhir  Morocco 11 October 2010 8 July 2011 2010-11 Botola [40]
Ilie Balaci  Romania 14 July 2011 15 September 2011 – [41]
Abdellatif Jrindou[C]  Morocco 15 September 2011 24 September 2011 – [42]
Bertrand Marchand  France 24 September 2011 8 June 2012 – [43]
M'hamed Fakhir  Morocco 10 June 2012 28 November 2013 2012 Throne Cup
2012-13 Botola 		[44]
Faouzi Benzarti  Tunisia 6 December 2013 28 May 2014 – [45]
Abdelhak Benchikha  Algeria 1 June 2014 23 September 2014 – [46]
José Romão  Portugal 24 September 2014 4 May 2015 – [47]
Fathi Jamal[C]  Morocco 5 May 2015 11 June 2015 – [48]
Ruud Krol  Netherlands 12 June 2015 4 November 2015 2015 UNAF Club Cup [49]
Rachid Taoussi  Morocco 5 November 2015 13 July 2016 – [50]
M'hamed Fakhir  Morocco 9 August 2016 25 May 2017 – [51]
Abdelhak Benchikha  Algeria 1 June 2017 15 June 2017 – [52]
Juan Carlos Garrido  Spain 20 June 2017 28 January 2019 2017 Throne Cup
2018 CAF Confederation Cup 		[53]
Youssef Safri[C]  Morocco 28 January 2019 30 January 2019 – [54]
Patrice Carteron  France 30 January 2019 10 November 2019 2019 CAF Super Cup [55]
Jamal Sellami  Morocco 11 November 2019 6 April 2021 2019-20 Botola [56]
Mohamed Bekkari[C]  Morocco 6 April 2021 13 April 2021 – [57]
Lassaad Chabbi  Tunisia 13 April 2021 9 November 2021 2021 CAF Confederation Cup
2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup 		[58]
Marc Wilmots  Belgium 11 November 2021 20 February 2022 – [59]
Mohamed Bekkari[C]  Morocco 20 February 2022 28 February 2022 – [60]
Rachid Taoussi  Morocco 28 February 2022 23 June 2022 – [60]
Bouchaib El Moubarki[C]  Morocco 23 June 2022 7 July 2022 – [61]
Faouzi Benzarti  Tunisia 7 July 2022 21 September 2022 – [62]
Mondher Kebaier  Tunisia 24 September 2022 7 June 2023 – [63]
Josef Zinnbauer  Germany 8 June 2023 24 July 2024 2023–24 Botola
2023–24 Throne Cup 		[64]
Rusmir Cviko  Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 July 2024 27 September 2024 – [65]
Abdelkrim Jinani[C]  Morocco 27 September 2024 9 October 2024 – [66]
Ricardo Sá Pinto  Portugal 10 October 2024 20 December 2024 – [67]
Hafid Abdessadek[C]  Morocco 20 December 2024 Present – [68]
As of 20 December 2024


By nationality

Nationality Number
 Morocco 29
 France 6
 Portugal 4
 Romania 4
 Algeria 3
 Belgium 3
 Russia 3
 Tunisia 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
 Brazil 2
 Serbia 2
 Spain 2
 Argentina 1
 Bulgaria 1
 Germany 1
 Hungary 1
 Netherlands 1
 Ukraine 1
Total 68

Trophies

Name National Regional Continental Intercontinental Total
Botola TC ACC ASC NAC CL CCC CC SC ACWC FCWC AACC
Argentina Oscar Fulloné 2 – 1 – – 1 – – 1 – – 1 6
Morocco M'hamed Fakhir 2 2 – – – – – – – – – – 4
Germany Josef Zinnbauer 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – 2
Tunisia Lassaad Chabbi – – 1 – – – 1 – – – – – 2
Spain Juan Carlos Garrido – 1 – – – – 1 – – – – – 2
France Henri Michel – 1 – – – – – 1 – – – – 2
Romania Alexandru Moldovan 1 1 – – – – – – – – – – 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić 1 – – – – 1 – – – – – – 2
Morocco Mohamed Tibari – 2 – – – – – – – – – – 2
Morocco Jamal Sellami 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1
France Patrice Carteron – – – – – – – – 1 – – – 1
Netherlands Ruud Krol – – – – 1 – – – – – – – 1
Portugal José Romão 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1
Portugal Acácio Casimiro 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1
Serbia Silvester Takač 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1
Russia Evgeni Rogov 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1
Algeria Rabah Saâdane – – – – – 1 – – – – – – 1
Portugal Fernando Cabrita 1 – – – – – – – – – – – 1
Bulgaria Dobromir Tashkov – 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1
Total 13 9 2 0 1 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 34

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