Morocco national under-23 football team
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| Nickname(s) | Lions de l'Atlas (Atlas Lions) |
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| Association | Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (Royal Moroccan Football Federation) |
| Confederation | CAF (AFRICA) |
| Head coach |  Pim Verbeek |
| Captain | Driss Fettouhi |
| Home stadium | Stade de Marrakech |
| FIFA code | MAR |
Morocco Olympic football team' represents Morocco in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF).
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[edit] History
Morocco appeared the first in the Olympic games in 1964 when they lost against Hungary and Yugoslavia respectively by the scores of 6-0 and 3-1.
The second appearance was supposed to be during the 1968 in Mexico but Morocco refused to allow to its team to play against Israel because of some political problems. Then Ghana took the advantage and replaced Morocco in the final competition.
In 1972, Morocco reached the second round after a draw against USA and a win against Malaysia.
Morocco was very close to reach the Quarter final during the 2004 Summer Olympics but the goals difference was in the favor of Costa Rica after all the teams played their tree games. Morocco is qualified to the 2012 London Olympic games after beating Egypt 3-2 in the semi-finals of the African Cup under-23 on December 7, 2012.
Morocco had organized the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship and got qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics after reaching the final game, then the olympic team lost against Gabon by the score of 2-1 at Marrakech Stadium.
[edit] Olympic games record
| Olympics Record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1896 |
No football tournament | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1900 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1904 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1908 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1912 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1920 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1924 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1928 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1932 |
No football tournament | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1936 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1948 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1952 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1956 |
Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1960 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1964 |
Round 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
 1968 |
Withdrew | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1972 |
Round 2 | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
 1976 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1980 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1984 |
Round 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 1988 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1992 |
Round 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 1996 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 |
Round 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
 2004 |
Round 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
 2008 |
Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 |
Qualified | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7/25 | - | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 45 |
[edit] CAF U-23 Championship
| CAF U-23 Championship Record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 2011 |
Runners-up | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 1/1 | - | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
[edit] Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship
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