Raja Club Athletic (Morocco) and AS Vita Club (DR Congo), Who Have a Remarkable Record and Have Displayed High Technical Abilities
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FINAL 2018 1st LEG: 25.11.2018 - CASABLANCA - 19:00 GMT 2nd LEG: 02.12.2018 - KINSHASA - 19:00 GMT FINAL 2018 Demande du 18-10 ¤ SP PPR ¤ 176 x 250 mm ¤ Visuel:FOOTBALL TOGETHER AFRICAIN ¤ Parution= ¤ Remise le=18/oct./2018 Total, partenaire FOREWORD du football africain FOREWORD BY CAF PRESIDENT THE LUCKY STAR Football, particularly African football, has this characteristic of offering us an incredible show of wonder and satisfaction on a regular basis. The same can be said for the Total CAF Confederation Cup 2018, which has overcome all predictions by offering a superb final between two clubs, Raja Club Athletic (Morocco) and AS Vita Club (DR Congo), who have a remarkable record and have displayed high technical abilities. We should, once again, enjoy this spectacular event with the belief that we will proudly live through historical moments. We will celebrate the winner and congratulate the loser. Regardless of the ultimate outcome of this final, we will celebrate the lucky star of African #FootballTogether football. CAF President Ahmad Ahmad CAF FLASH | PAGE 3 TOHS_1810331_CAF_FRE_COUPE DU MONDE_JEUNE AFRIQUE_176x250.indd 1 22/10/2018 17:55 RAJA CLUB ATHLETIC RAJA CLUB ATHLETIC RAJA CLUB ATHLETIC Boulevard Omar Al-Khayam, Oasis Casablanca Tel: Phone+212 (22) 259 954Fax +212 (22) 988 584 Website: www.rajaclubathletic.ma Founded: 1949 Nickname: Green Eagles Home Ground: Mohamed V Stadium President: Jawad Zayat Honours MOROCCAN PREMIER LEAGUE (11) 1988, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2013 MOROCCAN CUP (COUPES DU TRÔNE) (7) 1974, 1977, 1982, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2012 RAJA CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (3) 1989, 1997, 1999 CLUB ATHLETIC CAF CUP (1) GROUP PHASE - GROUP A 2003 06.05.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 0: 0 16.05.2018 Dormaa Aduana (Ghana) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 3:3 CAF SUPER CUP (1) 18.07.2018 Abidjan ASEC (Cote d’Ivoire) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 0:1 2000 29.07.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs ASEC (Cote d’Ivoire) 4:0 19.08.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 2:0 AFRO-ASIAN CUP (1) 29.08.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs Aduana (Ghana) 6:0 1998 FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP Group A Runner-up: 2013 TEAM P W D L GF GA GD PTS 1 Raja C.A. 6 3 2 1 14 5 +9 11 Journey to the final 2 AS Vita 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 3 ASEC 6 3 0 3 6 8 -2 9 1/16 TH ROUND 06.03.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs Nouadhibou (Mauritania) 1:1 4 Aduana 6 1 1 4 5 15 -10 4 17.03.2018 Nouakchott Nouadhibou (Mauritania) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 2:4 QUARTER-FINAL 16.09.2018 Brazzaville CARA (Congo) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 1:2 PLAYOFFS 23.09.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs CARA (Congo) 1:0 07.04.2018 Lusaka Zanaco (Zambia) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 0:2 18.04.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs Zanaco (Zambia) 3:0 SEMI-FINAL 03.10.2018 Aba Enyimba (Nigeria) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 0:1 24.10.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs Enyimba (Nigeria) 2:1 PAGE 4 | CAF FLASH CAF FLASH | PAGE 5 ASSOCIATION SPORTIVE VITA CLUB ASSOCIATION SPORTIVE VITA CLUB ASSOCIATION SPORTIVE VITA CLUB Kinshasa www.asvitaclubkin.com Founded: 1935 Nickname: Les Dauphins Noirs Home Ground: Stade des Martyrs, Kinshasa President: Gabriel Amisi Kumba Honours DR CONGO PREMIER LEAGUE (14) 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2015, 2018. Runner-up (3): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016 ASSOCIATION SPORTIVE DR CONGO CUP (9) 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2001 VITA CLUB DR CONGO SUPER CUP (1) GROUP PHASE - GROUP A 2015. 06.05.2018 Casablanca Raja C.A. (Morocco) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 0: 0 16.05.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs ASEC (Cote d’Ivoire) 3:1 18.07.2018 Dormaa Aduana (Ghana) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 2:1 CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (1) 29.07.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs Aduana (Ghana) 2:0 1973 19.08.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs Raja C.A. (Morocco) 2:0 29.08.2018 Abidjan ASEC (Cote d’Ivoire) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 2:0 Journey to the final Group A CAF Champions League TEAM P W D L GF GA GD PTS Raja C.A. 6 3 2 1 14 5 +9 11 PRELIMINARY ROUND 1 11.02.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs Mighty Wanderers (Malawi) 4-0 2 AS Vita 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 21.02.2018 Blantyre Mighty Wanderers (Malawi) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 1:2 3 ASEC 6 3 0 3 6 8 -2 9 Aduana 6 1 1 4 5 15 -10 4 1/16 TH ROUND 4 07.03.2018 El Jadida Difaa El Jadidi (Morocco) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 1:0 QUARTER-FINAL 18.03.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs Difaa El Jadida (Morocco) 2:2 16.09.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs RS Berkane (Morocco) 3:1 *AS Vita lost 3-2 on aggregate, relegated to the playoffs of the Total CAF Confederation Cup 23.09.2018 Berkane RS Berkane (Morocco) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 1:1 PLAYOFFS SEMI-FINAL 07.04.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs CS La Mancha (Congo) 1:0 03.10.2018 Port Said Al Masry (Egypt) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 0:0 17.04.2018 Pointe-Noire CS La Mancha (Congo) vs AS Vita (DR Congo) 1:5 24.10.2018 Kinshasa AS Vita (DR Congo) vs Al Masry (Egypt) 4:0 PAGE 6 | CAF FLASH CAF FLASH | PAGE 7 DREAM. 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SHARE THE PASSION www.qnet.net #QNETAFRICA www.facebook.com/QnetAfricaOicial PROFILE OF HOst CITIES PROFILE OF HOst CITIES CASABLANCA AL-DAR AL-BAYDA (THE WHITE HOUSE) • Population: 3.5 million • Largest city in Morocco • Casablanca is located in the western part of the country, and is home to the Hassan II Mosque, which has the tallest minaret in the world. • Casablanca, Arabic Al-Dār al-Bayḍā, or Dar al-Beïda, is the principal port of Morocco, on the North African Atlantic seaboard. • One of the largest artificial ports in the world • The town was called ‘Casa Branca’, meaning ‘white house’ in Portuguese. • Casablanca came to prominence as one of the most important cities of the Berber Barghawata kingdom in the mid-8th century. • Today, the city is slowly growing as one of the major global tourist destinations. • The two most popular football clubs are based in Casablanca: Raja and Wydad • The Casablanca derby is a derby between the Moroccan football clubs Raja and Wydad. Matches are played in the Stade Mohamed V, often containing a fierce and vibrant crowd. KINSHASA • Population: 11.6 million • Formerly known as Leopoldville, Kinshasa is located on the Congo River. • The Democratic Republic of Congo gained its independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960. Residents celebrate Independence Day as a public holiday each June 30. • It is the Congo’s largest city and its administrative, communications, and commercial centre. • Modern Kinshasa is an educational and cultural center and is the seat of Lovanium University of Kinshasa (1954), which has an archaeological museum, the National School of Law and Administration, a telecommunications school, a research center for tropical medi- cine, and a museum of Africana. • There is a large stadium (seating capacity about 70,000). Kinshasa is famous as a center for modern African music. PAGE 10 | CAF FLASH CAF FLASH | PAGE 11 PROFILE OF COach + SQuaD List PROFILE OF COach + SQuaD List JUAN CARLOS GARRIDO RAJA CLUB ATHLETIC # NAME POS Date of Birth 1 ANAS ZNITI GK 28.08.1988 2 ABDERRAHIM ACHCHAKIR MF 15.12.1986 4 SAND MASAUD M MASAUD DF 17.05.1992 5 JAWAD EL YAMIQ DF 29.02.1992 6 SAAD LAKOHAL MF 05.04.1998 7 ZAKARIA HADRAF FW 12.03.1990 8 MOHAMED DOUIK FW 15.09.2017 9 MOUSSINE IAJOUR FW 14.06.1985 10 SAIFEDDINE ALAMI FW 19.11.1992 Date of Birth: 29 March 1969 11 ANAS JABROUN FW 07.10.1997 Country: Spain 12 MOHAMED CHENNOUF GK 14.05.1994 Previous jobs: El Puig, Onda, Villareal (all in Spain), Club Brugge (Belgium), Real Betis (Spain), 13 BADR BENOUN (C) DF 30.09.1993 Al Ahly (Egypt), Al Ettifaq (Saudi Arabia) 14 MABIDI LEMA MF 11.06.1993 15 HASSAN BOUAIN FW 24.04.1999 Garrido is famous for his days at Egyptian giants, Al Ahly, guiding the Red Devils to win the 16 MOHAMED OULHAJ DF 06.01.1988 CAF Confederation Cup in 2014. He also won the Egyptian Super Cup the previous season 17 MOUNIR OBBADI MF 04.04.1983 before ending his romance with the Cairo giants. 18 ABDELILAH HAFIDI FW 30.01.1992 The Spaniard was appointed Head Coach of Raja Club Athletic in June 2017 replacing 19 BAYE IBRAHIMA NIASSE MF 18.04.1988 Algerian Abdelhak Benchika. He made in instant impact winning the Coupe du Trône 20 ABDELJALIL JBIRA DF 01.09.1990 (Moroccan version of FA Cup), after edging Difaa El Jadidi on penalties.