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Revision as of 19:04, 3 January 2008
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| Nickname(s) | Lions de l'Atlas (Lions of the Atlas) | ||
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| Association | Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Henri Michel | ||
| Captain | Talal El Karkouri | ||
| Most caps | Noureddine Naybet (115) | ||
| Top scorer | Salaheddine Bassir (43) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade Mohamed V | ||
| FIFA code | MAR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 39 | ||
| Highest | 10 (April 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 48 (April 2007) | ||
| First international | |||
 Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq  (Lebanon; 19 October, 1957) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Morocco 13 - 1 Saudi Arabia  (Morocco; 6 September, 1961) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Hungary 6 - 0 Morocco (Tokyo, Japan; 11 October, 1964) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1970) | ||
| Best result | Round 2, 1986 | ||
| African Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Winners, 1976 | ||
The Morocco national football team, nicknamed Lions de l'Atlas (Lions of the Atlas), is the national team of Morocco and is controlled by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football. 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 the 1998 World Cup, Kjetil Rekdal's late winning goal for Norway against Brazil eliminating them.
Morocco won the African Nations Cup once, in 1976.
World Cup record
- 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter
- 1962 - Did not qualify
- 1966 - Withdrew
- 1970 - Round 1
- 1974 to 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Round 2
- 1990 - Did not qualify
- 1994 - Round 1
- 1998 - Round 1
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Did not qualify
African Nations Cup record
Famous players
- larbi ben barak
- Just Fontaine
- Salaheddine Bassir
- Aziz Bouderbala
- Abdelmjid Dolmi
- Talal El Karkouri
- Ahmed Farras
- Mustapha Hadji
- Youssef Hadji
- Noureddine Naybet
- Mohammed Timoumi
- Badou Zaki
Current squad
provisional 30-man squad for 2008 African Cup of Nations.
Recent Call Ups 2007
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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| MF | Yacine Abdessadki | January 1, 1981 |  RC Strasbourg
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| FW | Jaouad Zairi | April 14, 1982 |  Asteras Tripolis
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| GK | Tarik Jarmouni | February 14, 1973 | FAR Rabat
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| GK | Karim Fegrouch | Wydad Casablanca
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| MF | Moha | September 12, 1977 |  Espanyol
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| MF | Mehdi Taouil | May 20, 1983 |  Kilmarnock FC
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| MF | Kamel Chafni | June 11, 1982 | AJ Auxerre
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| FW | Mbark Boussoufa | August 15, 1984 |  R.S.C. Anderlecht
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| FW | Hassan Souari | December 24, 1984 | Olympique Khouribga
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| FW | Mimoun Azaouagh | November 7, 1982 |  Schalke 04
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Curent squad under 23
Player with dual nationality
Coaches
- 1957
Larbi Ben Barek, Abdelkader Lohkmiri, Mohamed Kadmiri - 1961-1964 Mohamed Massoun, Kader Firoud.
- 1964-1967 Mohamed Massoun, Belmahjoub.
- 1968
Cluzeau, Abdellah Settati - 1970
Blagoja Vidinić - 1971 Abderrahman Bel-Mahjoub
- 1972
José Barinaga - 1972 Abdallah El-Emmani
- 1976
Gheorghe Mãrdãrescu - 1977 Abdellah "Malaga" Antaki
- 1979 Cluzeau
- 1979-1981 Just Fontaine
- 1980 Jounane & Yabram Hamidouch
- 1981 Yabram Hamidouch
- 1983-1988
José Faria "Mehdi" - 1988-1989 Jaime Valente
- 1989-1990
Antonio Valentín "Angelino Angelillo" - 1990-1992
Olk Werner - 1992 Abdelkhalek Louzani
- 1993 Abdellah Ajri "Blinda"
- 1994 Mohammed Lamari
- 1995 Gilson Nunez
- 1995-2000 Henri Michel
- 2000
Henryk Kasperczak - 2001 Mustapha Madih
- 2002
Humberto Coelho - 2002-2005 Badou Zaki
- 2005 Philippe Troussier
- 2005 Mohammed Fakhir
- 2007 Henri Michel
Sport equipment
External links
- Morocco FA official site
- Moroccan National Team (The Atlas Lions) not the official site!
- RSSSF archive of results
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