Morocco national under-17 football team

Morocco U-17

Nickname(s)	أُسُودالأطلس (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Sergio Piernas
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
First colours Second colours
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place, 2013
UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances	11 (first in 2007)
Best result	Winners, 2007, 2011
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Round of 16, 2013

The Morocco national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Morocco and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The team competes in the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, UNAF U-17 Tournament and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Honours

• UNAF U-17 Tournament:
  • Winners (2): 2007, 2011, 2018
  • Runners-up (2): 2009 (Tunisia), 2014
  • Third Place (4): 2008 (Tunisia), 2009 (Morocco), 2012 (Morocco), 2015

Tournament Records

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers
Appearances: 1 / 5
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	Did not participate
1987
1989	Second Round		4	2	1	1	3	2
1991	Disqualified
1993	Did not participate
Total	1/5	Second Round	4	2	1	1	3	2

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
Appearances: 1 / 17
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	Did not participate
1987
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Disqualified
1993	Did not participate
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	Did not participate
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	8	5
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019
2021	To be determined
Total	1/19	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	8	5

CAF U-17 Championship record

CAF U-17 Championship
Appearances: 1 / 13
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1995	Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	Did not participate
2011	Did not qualify
2013	Fourth Place	4th	5	2	2	1	10	5
2015	Did not qualify
2017
2019	Qualified
2021	Qualified as hosts
Total	1/13	Fourth Place	5	2	2	1	10	5

Arab Cup U-17 record

Arab Cup U-17
Appearances: 2 / 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2012	Third Place	3rd	4	2	1	1	4	2
2014	Did not participate
Total	2/3	Third Place	7	3	2	2	7	5

UNAF U-17 Tournament record

UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances: 11 / 13
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Did not participate
2007	Winner	1st	3	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	3	5
2008	Fifth Place	5th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2009	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	3
2009	Third Place	3rd	2	0	2	0	1	1
2010	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	1	2	1	5
2011	Winner	1st	2	1	1	0	2	0
2012	Did not participate
2012	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	1	1
2014	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	4
2015	Third Place	3rd	2	0	1	1	2	4
2016	Fifth Place	5th	3	1	1	1	7	5
2017	Fourth Place	4th	3	-	-	-	-	-
2018	Winner	1st	3	3	0	0	7	2
2018	Runners-up	2nd	2	2	1	0	11	2
Total	14/16	Winner	37	-	-	-	-	-

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

Main article: 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Cameroon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Morocco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 15 April 2019. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 April 2019 (2019-04-15)

19:00

Morocco	v	Senegal
	Report

Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala

18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)

16:00

Cameroon	v	Morocco
	Report

Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)

16:00

Guinea	v	Morocco
	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Current squad

Squad for 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Coach: Jamal Sellami

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Taha Mourid	04.03.2002		Wydad Casablanca
12	1GK	Alaa Bellaarouche	01.01.2002		AMF
13	1GK	Reda Asmama	08.02.2002		AMF
3	2DF	Anas Nanah	12.03.2003		AMF
5	2DF	Oussama Raoui	13.11.2002		FUS Rabat
14	2DF	Achraf Ramzi	04.02.2002		FUS Rabat
15	2DF	Youssef Oujdal	02.01.2002		AMF
4	3MF	Akram Nakach	07.04.2002		AMF
8	3MF	Mohammed Amine Essahel	17.02.2003		AMF
10	3MF	Haitam Abaida	(2002-06-01)1 June 2002 (aged 16)		Málaga CF
9	4FW	Bilal Ouacharaf	09.05.2002		Málaga CF
11	4FW	Tawfik Bentayeb	14.01.2002		AMF
21	4FW	Maouhoub El Mehdi	05.06.2003		FUS Rabat

External links

• (in French) Morocco under-17 football team - official site of RMFF