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Umbro treated Raja the way the English treat clubs of tradition: hoops with the crest pattern in jacquard, classic diamonds on the collar and, on the back, a small shrine: the old crest embroidered below the nape, Raja Achaâb, the people's Raja, written in Arabic beneath it, and 1949 on the hem. A home shirt with the soul of a heritage piece.

The 2024/25 season was far less poetic: defending champions after an unbeaten double sealed with a 3-0 over Mouloudia Oujda, an old acquaintance of this archive, the Greens went through coaches with the seasons, Portugal's Ricardo Sá Pinto passing through in autumn, and played away from a Mohammed V under renovation while the title escaped to Berkane.

Here at Hoopster, enter the club whose name means hope: born in a neighbourhood in struggle, still the people's, just as it is embroidered on the nape.