Rapide Oued Zem

Rachid Soulaimani is the clearest example: he started out at Rapide before moving on to Raja Casablanca, then came back to finish his career where he began.

The season that changed how the club is remembered came in 2016-17, when Rapide won the Botola 2 title under coach Mohamed Bakary, a former Raja Casablanca player. They marked their first-ever top-flight win with a victory over Chabab Atlas Khénifra, the side that has since become their sharpest local rival. In that debut season, 2017-18, they finished eighth, still the best league placing in the club's history. Their run in the Coupe du Trône peaked a year later, in 2018-19, when they reached the quarter-finals before Moghreb de Tétouan ended it.

The top flight did not hold. Rapide came down after the 2021-22 season, finished 11th in Botola 2 in 2023-24, and dropped again in 2024-25, this time into the Championnat National Amateur, the third tier. The Stade Municipal de Oued Zem, where they have always played, holds 3,000.

What stays constant is the town itself and a squad that keeps producing players before losing them elsewhere.