Raja Athletic Club, popularly known as Raja Casablanca, is another of the football giants to have embraced beach soccer, acknowledging the great opportunities the sport offers.
Three times African Champions League champions and 2013 FIFA Club World Cup runners-up, Raja Athletic Club is one of the most popular football teams in Africa, and they will now be competing on the sand, too.
The team, led by star striker Nassim El Hadaoui have been training for weeks already and even had their first friendly game with a 7-1 win over Association Sporting Temara. Goals scored by Nassim, their manager and captain. The Moroccan star talked about his feelings and opportunity:
“Being able to represent Raja Casablanca is a childhood dream. I used to play for the club, in football, in the youth categories, and being able to wear the Raja Casablanca jersey again, now in beach soccer, is something I can hardly describe”.
Nassim
El Hadaoui also made it very clear that the objective of the club is to fight for the highest goals at both national and international levels.
“Of course what we want to do is to win, because Raja is a big club. first we want to perform well at the Moroccan National Championship, and then also be able to represent the Moroccan beach soccer around the world, taking part in the most prestigious beach soccer international events”, the captain added.
Nassim
Welcome to the beach soccer family.
