Morocco national football team
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| Nickname(s) | أُسُودالأطلس (Lions of the Atlas) |
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| Association | Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Eric Gerets | ||
| Captain | Houssine Kharja | ||
| Most caps | Noureddine Naybet (115) | ||
| Top scorer | Ahmed Faras (42)[citation needed] | ||
| Home stadium | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | MAR | ||
| FIFA ranking | 61 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 10 (April 1998) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 95 (September 2010) | ||
| Elo ranking | 74 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 17 (December 1998) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 70 (September 2010) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Morocco 3–3 Iraq  (Lebanon; 19 October 1957) |
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| Biggest win | |||
Morocco 13–1 Saudi Arabia  (Morocco; 6 September 1961) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Hungary 6–0 Morocco (Japan; 11 October 1964) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1970) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16, 1986 | ||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 14 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Winners; 1976 | ||
The Morocco national football team (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم), nicknamed أسود الأطلس (Lions of the Atlas), is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and England. They were also the first African team to make it to second round barely losing to eventual runner-ups West Germany 1–0 in 1986. They also came within two minutes of moving out of the group stage of the 1998 World Cup, Kjetil Rekdal's late winning goal for Norway against Brazil eliminating them.
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[edit] Home stadium
The Moroccan National team traditionally used the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium (Rabat) and the Stade Mohamed V (Casablanca) as their main stadiums, but recently started using the new Marrakech stadium, as the last four home games were held there.
[edit] World Cup record
Morocco's national football team participated four times in the FIFA World Cup. Their best performance was the 1986 edition when they advanced to the second round, being the first African nation to do so. In 1998, the team narrowly missed repeating the same achievement.
| FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1930 |
Did Not Enter | |||||||
 1934 |
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 1938 |
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 1950 |
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 1954 |
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 1958 |
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 1962 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1966 |
Withdrew | |||||||
 1970 |
Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
 1974 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1978 |
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 1982 |
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| 1986 |
Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
 1990 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 1994 |
Group Stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1998 |
Group Stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
  2002 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 2006 |
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 2010 |
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 2014 |
To Be Determined | |||||||
 2018 |
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 2022 |
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| Total | Round of 16 | 4/19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 |
[edit] African Cup of Nations Record
[edit] Results since 2010,2011 and 2012
[edit] Squad
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly against Burkina Faso on February 29, 2012. Caps and goals updated as January 31, 2012.
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[edit] Recent call-ups
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[edit] FIFA World Cup 2010 Qualification
Morocco finished bottom of their qualifying group and failed to qualify for the World Cup.
- 1st Group Stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Morocco |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 |
 Rwanda |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 |
 Mauritania |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
 Ethiopia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ethiopia played four matches in this group, before FIFA announced the immediate suspension of the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) on 29 July 2008.[1] On 12 September 2008, FIFA excluded the EFF from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the results of their matches were cancelled.[2] While it was not clear if they were also explicitly excluded from the 2010 African Cup of Nations, their failure to complete the remaining fixtures effectively eliminated them from the tournament.
- Final Group Stage - Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Cameroon |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 |
 Gabon |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 |
 Togo |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 |
| Morocco |
6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
[edit] African nations cup 2012 Qualification
Morocco finished 1st in their group and qualified for African nations cup automatically.
- Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Morocco |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 11 |
 Central African Republic |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
 Algeria |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 8 |
 Tanzania |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 5 |
| 4 September 2010 21:00 UTC±0 |
Morocco |
0–0 | Central African Republic |
Stade Moulay Abdellah, Rabat Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali) |
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| Report |
| 9 October 2010 16:00 UTC+3 |
Tanzania |
0–1 (0–1) | Morocco |
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam Referee: Seechurn Rajindraparsad (Mauritius) |
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| Report | El Hamdaoui  43' |
| 27 March 2011 20:30 UTC+1 |
Algeria |
1–0 (1–0) | Morocco |
Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba Referee: Seechurn Rajindraparsad (Mauritius) |
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| Yebda 5' (pen.) |
| 4 June 2011 21:00 UTC+1 |
Morocco |
4–0 (2–0) | Algeria |
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech |
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| Benatia 25' Chamakh 38'Hadji 60'Assaidi 68' |
| 4 September 2011 21:00 UTC±0 |
Central African Republic |
0–0 | Morocco |
Central African Republic |
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| Report |
| 9 October 2011 16:00 UTC+3 |
Morocco |
3–1 (1–1) | Tanzania |
Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam Referee: Seechurn Rajindraparsad (Mauritius) |
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| Chamakh 20',Taarabt 63',Boussoufa 90' |
Report | Sadala 40' |
[edit] African nations cup 2012
Morocco finished 3rd in their group and were knocked out of the 28th edition of the African Nations Cup at the first hurdle.
- Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Gabon |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
 Tunisia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Morocco |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
 Niger |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
| 23 January 2012 20:00 |
Morocco |
1 – 2 | Tunisia |
Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville Attendance: 18,000[3] Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa) |
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| Kharja 86' |
Report | Korbi 34' Msakni 75' |
| 27 January 2012 20:00 |
Gabon |
3 – 2 | Morocco |
Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia) |
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| Aubameyang 77' Cousin 80'Mbanangoyé 90+7' |
Kharja 25', 90+1' (pen.) |
| 31 January 2012 19:00 |
Niger |
0 – 1 | Morocco |
Stade d'Angondjé, Libreville Attendance: 4,000[3] Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar) |
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| Report | Belhanda 79' |
[edit] Coaches
Larbi Ben Barek, Abdelkader Lohkmiri, Mohamed Kadmiri (1957–1961)- Mohamed Massoun, Kader Firoud (1961–1964)
- Mohamed Massoun, Abderrahmane Belmahjoub (1964–1967)
Cluzeau, Abdellah Settati (1968–1970)
Blagoja Vidinić (1970–1971)- Abderrahmane Belmahjoub (1971)
José Barinaga (1972)- Abdallah El-Emmani (1972–1976)
Gheorghe Mărdărescu (1976–1977) (Winner of African Nations Cup)- Abdallah Ben Barek "Malaga" (1977)
- Cluzeau (1979)
- Just Fontaine (1979–1981)
- Yabram Hamidouch (1981)
José Faria "Mehdi" (1983–1988)- Jaime Valente (1988–1989)
Antonio Valentín "Angelino Angelillo" (1989–1990)
Werner Olk (1990–1992)- Abdelkhalek Louzani (1992-1993)
- Abdellah Ajri Blinda (1993–1994)
- Mohammed Lamari (1994)
- Gilson Nunez (1995)
- Henri Michel (1995–2000)
Henryk Kasperczak (2000)- Mustapha Madih (2001)
Humberto Coelho (2002)- Badou Zaki (2002–2005)
- Philippe Troussier (2005)
- Mohamed Fakhir (2005–2007)
- Henri Michel (2007–2008)
- Fathi Jamal (2008)
- Roger Lemerre (2008–2009)
- Hassan Moumen (2009–2010)
Eric Gerets (2010–)
Source: [4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ethiopian Football Federation suspended". FIFA. 2008-07-29. http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=eth/news/newsid=835129.html#ethiopian+football+federation+suspended. Retrieved 2008-07-29.[dead link]
- ^ "Ethiopia excluded from the preliminary competition". FIFA. 2008-09-12. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/organisation/media/newsid=879416.html#ethiopia+excluded+from+preliminary+competition. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ^ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedespn_2012_afcon; see Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text - ^ Hassanin Mubarak. "Morocco National Team Coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/maro-coach.html. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
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