{"id":14475,"date":"2019-03-21T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=14475"},"modified":"2019-04-20T02:21:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T02:21:40","slug":"who-are-rs-berkane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/who-are-rs-berkane\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are RS Berkane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/gm-berkane.jpg\" width=\"409\" height=\"220\"><\/p>\n<p>In its illustrious history, Gor Mahia has played against three teams from Egypt, one from Tunisia, one from Libya and two from Algeria. But never has Gor Mahia faced off with a Moroccan side. The clash with RC Berkane on April 28 will be the first.<\/p>\n<p>Renaissance Sportive de Berkane was formed in 1938 and is based in the city of Berkane in Northeastern Morocco. They have been one of the revelations in the 2018-2019 CAF Confederations cup. They qualified for the CAF cup by virtue of winning the 2018 Moroccan cup.<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t have much of a history in African competition or even in the Moroccan league where they were promoted back to the top flight in 2012.<br \/>\nBut their form in continental competition has been excellent. They have been very solid at home: In the opening round, they recorded wins of 3-0 against Al Ittihad of Libya and then a 5-1 win over AS Diaraf of Senegal<br \/>\nIn the group stage, they topped a group that had two more illustrious teams from Morocco: Hassania Agadir and current defending champions Raja Casablanca. AS Otoho of Congo-Brazzavile was the other team in the group. Berkane were impressive, collecting eleven points and assuring top spot in the group with one game left. Most impressive were their 4-2 win over defending champions Raja Casablanca and the 3-0 win over AS Otoho.<\/p>\n<p>Their domestic form on the other hand is poor. They are currently in 9th place in the Moroccan league standings, well behind league leaders Wydad Casablanca. Last season they were 9th at the end of the season while in the season before that, they finished fourth.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 503px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/berkane2.jpg\" width=\"503\" height=\"241\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">They play their home matches at the 15,000 seat Stade Municipal de Berkane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Their most dangerous threat is Togolese striker Kodjo Laba who has scored 5 goals in the competition including a double against Raja Casablanca. Laba has also played 23 times for the Togolese national team, finding the back of the net 11 times.<\/p>\n<p>The other dangerman to watch is midfielder Alain Traore. The 30 year old Burkinabe international spent a lot of his younger years in France, playing for Auxerre, Lorient and Monaco. He also spent a season in Turkey playing for Kayserispor followed by a season at top Qatari side Al Markiya.<\/p>\n<p>RC Berkane have no players in the Morocco national team which is comprised largely of French, Belgian and Dutch players of Moroccans descent. The CHAN cup is reserved for home based players. In the 2018 Morocco squad, there was one RC Berkane player (Ayub al Kaabi). He has since left the club to go play in China.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 438px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/muguna-hussein-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"438\" height=\"292\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kenneth Muguna and Francis Kahata in action against NA Hussein Dey of Algeria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whereas Gor Mahia has historically recorded below par results against North African sides, there recent form is encouraging. Last year Kogalo forced a draw at home against eventual Africa champions Esperance and lost the second goal by an unlucky goal. 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