Raja Beni Mellal is a Moroccan

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club currently playing in the second division

Botola 2 Botola Pro D2 Inwi, commonly known as Botola 2 (formerly the ''Groupement National de Football 2''), is the second division of the Moroccan football league system, Moroccan football league, behind the Botola, Morocco's highest football league. It ...

. The club was founded in 1956 and is based in the city of

Beni Mellal Beni Mellal () is a city in north-central Morocco. It is the capital of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region and has a population of 192,676 (2014 census). It sits at the foot of Jbel Tassemit (2247 m), next to the plains of Beni Amir. The modern ...

History

Raja Beni Mellal was founded in 1956 by Monsieur Abdellatif Mesfioui after the alliance of a set of clubs of the city of

they included the Ittihad Al Mellali et La Mouloudia. Abdellatif Mesfioui was the first president of the club following the merger between the Ittihad and Mouloudia. The club businesses still have the final of the Champions Cup Maghreb against

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. Best Presidents of the club's history to date were Lhaj Jilali Lasri (1973–1974 and 1974–1975) and his son Lhaj Abdelwahed Lasri (2010–2011 and 2011–2012) where during their activity there have been the best four seasons in the history of Raja Beni Mellal.

Honours

Domestic

League

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** Winners (1): 1973–74 *

** Winners (1): 2011–12 ** Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2018–19 *

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** Winners (2): 2007–08, 2010–11

Cup

* Throne Cup ** Semi-finalists (5): 1964–65, 1970–71, 1994–95, 2012–13, 2019–20 * Excellence Cup ** Group stage: 2024–25

International

* Maghreb Champions Cup **Runners-up (1): 1974–75 *

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**Semi-finalists (1): 1974

External links

Club logo

References

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