Raja Club Athletic and AS FAR are among the 15 clubs confirmed for the CAF Confederation Cup group stage ahead of the draw on 28 October. For Moroccan supporters, Raja’s late breakthrough against El Kanemi Warriors has turned a tense qualification night into a fresh continental campaign to follow.
- Raja beat El Kanemi Warriors 2–0 and advanced 4–2 on aggregate.
- AS FAR also appear in CAF’s confirmed group-stage field.
- CAF listed 15 qualified clubs on 26 October, with one place unresolved.
- The draw is scheduled for 11:00 GMT on 28 October.
Two late goals give Raja a clear ending
CAF’s match report identifies Aymen Barkok’s late free-kick and Marian Huja’s stoppage-time goal as the decisive second-leg contributions in Casablanca. The opening meeting had finished 2–2, leaving the return match to settle qualification.
The timing explains why the final aggregate score can look more comfortable than the route to it. For most of the second leg, the margin on the night remained narrow enough for a single incident to alter the conversation. Raja eventually supplied the goals that removed the uncertainty.
There is a useful distinction between managing a qualification position and winning a match convincingly. The first concerns what the rules require across the tie. The second concerns the score recorded on the night. Raja finished with both an advance and a victory, but the late breakthrough should remain part of the explanation.
The draw still has one open question
In its 26 October qualification update, CAF confirmed Raja, AS FAR, Al Ahly and CS Sfaxien among the clubs through. The organiser said one group-stage place remained to be resolved.
That last detail matters when a completed graphic begins circulating. An illustration containing 16 named clubs can appear authoritative while going beyond the confirmed announcement. The responsible update should identify the unresolved place rather than filling it with an assumption.
The Cairo draw is scheduled at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters, with this competition’s ceremony preceding the Champions League draw. Supporters should check the competition name as well as the start time: two ceremonies on the same day can easily be confused in a shared screenshot.
Other qualifiers change the competitive picture
CAF’s summary records Al Ahly’s 6–1 aggregate progress against Kitara, while Red Arrows advanced against Kaizer Chiefs after a penalty shootout. Those contrasting routes show why the draw should be approached through the actual qualification stories rather than a ranking based entirely on familiar names.
A dominant aggregate result provides one kind of evidence. Surviving a shootout provides another. Neither should be treated as a complete forecast of how a club will handle a group. The sample is limited, the opponents differ, and the next phase asks teams to sustain results rather than solve a single two-legged problem.
Our assessment is that Moroccan clubs’ immediate priority after qualification is to build consistency around the continental schedule. Domestic fixtures do not disappear when a group campaign begins. The challenge becomes managing both competitions without allowing an emotional “big night” narrative to replace the practical work of collecting points.
The calendar moves attention towards November
According to CAF’s interclub calendar, group play opens in the 27–29 November window. Exact fixture arrangements should be checked after the draw, including the venue and timezone attached to each game.
Readers following Raja domestically can use our Botola Pro centre. Keep those league results separate from the Confederation Cup campaign: the same club participates, but the points and qualification consequences belong to different competitions.
The most useful next update will therefore contain confirmed groups and an approved fixture list. Until those are available, celebrating qualification is justified; declaring the route to a later round straightforward is premature.
Quick questions
How did Raja’s tie finish?
They advanced 4–2 on aggregate after a 2–0 second-leg win.
Were all 16 places confirmed in CAF’s latest update?
No. The 26 October announcement listed 15 confirmed qualifiers.
Will this result change Botola points?
No. It belongs to a separate continental competition.
Sources
- CAF: Raja’s second-leg victory
- CAF: confirmed qualifiers and draw timing
- CAF: 2026/27 competition calendar
Reporting checked on 26 October 2026. Match details and future schedules may change. Analysis is the author’s interpretation of the cited information. The featured image is a contextual AI illustration, not a photograph of the reported event.