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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Morocco national football team.

Morocco
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Atlas Lionesses
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Football Federation
Head coachReynald Pedros
FIFA codeMAR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 59 Steady (16 August 2024)[1]
Highest52 (July 2003)
Lowest92 (2009)
First international
 South Africa 1–1 Morocco 
(Pretoria, South Africa; 5 July 1998)
Biggest win
 Morocco 8–0 Lebanon 
(Alexandria, Egypt; 23 April 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 8–0 Morocco 
(Kaduna, Nigeria; 17 October 1998)
African Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
Best resultGS 1998, 2000

The Morocco women's national football team represents Morocco in international women's football and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The team played its first international match in 1998, as part of the third Women's African Football Championship.

History

After being given a walk-over following Kenya's withdrawal from the 1998 Championship, the team made it to the finals in Nigeria, where they lost 0–8 to the hosts before beating Egypt 4–1. Morocco met fellow Women's African Football Championship debutants Republic of Congo in the final group game, with both teams having the chance to qualify for the semi-finals with a win. However, the eventual 0–0 draw sent Morocco out, as Congo qualified on better goal difference.[2]

Two years later, Morocco qualified for the African Championship in South Africa with a 6–1 aggregate victory over Algeria. However, after the team scored the first goal against Cameroon in the opening group stage match, they went on to concede 13 goals, lose all three matches, and finish last in the group.[3]

Their 2002 and 2006 campaigns were both stopped by Mali in the qualifying stages. Morocco had been seeded into the second qualifying round, but two goalless draws in Bamako and Rabat sent the tie into a penalty shoot-out which Mali won 5–4.[4] In 2004, Morocco did not enter, while a 1–6 aggregate defeat to Mali sent them out of the 2006 African Championship and the 2007 World Cup.

Home stadium

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup finals
Appearances: 0 / 8
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did not enter
Sweden 1995
United States 1999 Did not qualify
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023 To be determined
Total - - - - - - - -
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Appearances: 0 / 6
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
United States 1996 Did Not Enter
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Did Not Qualify
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 Did Not Enter
Japan 2021 Did Not Qualify
France 2024 To be determined
United States 2028
Total - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Africa Women Cup of Nations record

Africa Women Cup of Nations finals
Appearances: 2 / 13
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991 Did not enter
1995
Nigeria 1998 Group stage 3 1 1 1 4 9 −5
South Africa 2000 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12
Nigeria 2002 Did not qualify
South Africa 2004 Did not enter
Nigeria 2006 Did not qualify
Equatorial Guinea 2008
South Africa 2010
Equatorial Guinea 2012
Namibia 2014
Cameroon 2016
Ghana 2018
2020 Cancelled
Total - 6 1 1 4 5 22 -17
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arab Women's Championship record

Morocco lost to Algeria in the championship game of the first Arab Women's Cup in 2006 after defeating host Egypt 4–2 in the semi-finals.[5]

Arab Women's Championship
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Egypt 2006 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 1 1 12 3 +9
Total Runners-up 1/1 4 2 1 1 12 3 +9

UNAF Women's Tournament record

UNAF Women's Tournament
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
Tunisia 2009 Did not participate
Tunisia 2020 Champion 1st 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9
Total Champion 1/2 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9

Honours

Regional

Champions: (1) 2020
Runners-up: (1) 2006

Sport equipment

Coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Kelly Lindsey

Players

Current squad

  • Head coach Kelly Lindsey named a 26-player squad to participate in the training camp due to take place at Mohammed VI football complex from 18 to 30 October 2020.
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Assia Zouhair (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 (age 33) Morocco Atlas Khénifra
1GK Imane Abdelahad (1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 (age 30) Morocco Ittihad Tanger
1GK Nora Chaib Spain L'Hospitalet
2DF Nouhaila Ben Zina (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 (age 26) Morocco ASFAR
2DF Soumia Hady (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 26) Morocco CSMMF
2DF Siham Boukhami (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992 (age 32) Morocco ASFAR
2DF Rania Salmi (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 (age 25) Morocco Atlas 05
3MF Salma Amani (1989-11-28) 28 November 1989 (age 34) France Dijon
3MF Élodie Nakkach (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 (age 29) France Dijon
3MF Najat Badri Morocco ASFAR
4FW Ghizlane Chebbak (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 (age 33) Morocco ASFAR
4FW Ibtissam Jraidi (1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 (age 35) Morocco ASFAR
4FW Mssoudy Sanaa (1999-12-30) 30 December 1999 (age 24) Morocco ASFAR
4FW Hanane Aït El Haj (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 29) Spain Zaragoza CFF
4FW Nour Elimane Oddah (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 (age 24) Morocco AMHS
4FW Naweal Ouinekh (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27) France Saint-Étienne
4FW Fatima Tagnaout (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 (age 25) Morocco ASFAR
Nezha Ait Baba Hlim Morocco Municipal Laâyoune
Rahmatallah Benaziz Morocco JEO
Nourimane Addi Morocco ASFAR
Nouhaila Sedki Morocco Ittihad Tanger
Rachida Lmahi Morocco ASFAR
Chaimae El Amari Morocco HST
Ouahiba Boukhami Morocco ACFM
Soumaya Bouchiba Morocco AAT
Yassmina Elouasdi Spain Santa Susanna

Recent call-ups

  • The following players have been called up to the Morocco squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Previous squads

UNAF Women's Tournament

Individual records

Main article: List of Morocco women's international footballers
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Managers

Results and fixtures

Main article: Morocco women's national football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2020

28 January 2020 Friendly Morocco  2–1  Tunisia
31 January 2020 Friendly Morocco  6–3  Tunisia
14 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Tunisia  0–1  Morocco El Kram Stadium, El Kram
13:00 Report
  • Sanaa 63'
18 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Tanzania  2–3  Morocco El Kram Stadium, El Kram
13:00
  • Omary Mwanahamisi 1'
  • Jolita Singanu 75'
 Report
  • Narimane Adi 8' (pen.)
  • Amani 44'
  • Asmaa Messaoudi 73'
20 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Morocco  5–0  Mauritania El Kram Stadium, El Kram
11:00
  • Amani 12'
  • Ghizlane Chebbak 20' (pen.), 38', 40'
  • Hayat Khirou 49'
 Report
22 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Algeria  0–2  Morocco El Kram Stadium, El Kram
11:00 Report
  • Ghizlane Chebbak 50'
  • Jraidi 86'
26 November 2020 Friendly Ghana  3–1  Morocco Accra, Ghana
16:30 (UTC±0)
Report
Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Attendance: 0
30 November 2020 Friendly Ghana  v  Morocco Accra, Ghana
(UTC±0) Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Attendance: 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ Goloboy, James (10 July 2000). "Africa – Women's Championship 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
  3. ^ Duret, Sébastien (14 February 2008). Cruickshank, Mark (ed.). "Africa – Women's Championship 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
  4. ^ "2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Preliminaries". FIFA World Cup. FIFA. 2003. Archived from the original on 2 December 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2006.
  5. ^ "Championnat arabe dames: Le Maroc perd en finale face à l'Algérie". Le Matin (in French). 30 April 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
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