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Morocco national beach soccer team

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Morocco
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachGilberto Da Costa de Souza
FIFA codeMAR
BSWW ranking 18 Steady (8 April 2024)[1]


First colours


Second colours
World Cup
Appearances0
CAF Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances10 (first in 2006)
Best resultThird Place (2013, 2021, 2022 and 2024)

The Morocco national beach soccer team represents Morocco in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Morocco.

History

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The national team has participated in the African Beach Soccer Championship nine times since 2006, and their best achievement is winning third place. Morocco has yet to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

In their third appearance in the Mediterranean Beach Games, Morocco managed to beat Egypt to win bronze in the 2023 Mediterranean Beach soccer.[2]

Performance in CAF championship

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CAF Beach Soccer Championship

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Current squad

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Correct as of May 2021.[8]

Coach: Mustafa El Haddaoui

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Ismail El Ouariry
2 DF   Houcine Fanchy
3 FW   Mohamed Ghailani
4 DF   Zouhair Jabbary
5 DF   Sami Iazal
6 DF   Rabi Aboutalbi
7 DF   Abdallah Zeroual
8 DF   Amine El Bidouri
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 DF   Kamal Yassine
10 FW   Nassim El Hadaoui
11 FW   Kamal El Mahrouk
12 FW   Yassir Abada
13 GK   Zakaria Souary
14 FW   Driss Ghannam
15 FW   Yassine Kerroum

Honours

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Official competitions

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Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

African Beach Games

  • Winner: 2023
  • Runners-up: 2019

Cosafa Beach Soccer

Arab Beach Soccer Championship

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up: 2016
  • Semi-finalists: 2023

Mediterranean Beach Games

Friendly Tournament

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Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament

El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup

References

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  1. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Spain win gold in Heraklion". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. ^ Ezekute, Nnamdi (18 December 2016). "Beach AFCON: Egypt Overcome Morocco 4-1, Claim Bronze". Complete Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ Soliman, Seif (14 December 2018). "2018 Beach AFCON: Egypt beat Morocco to secure third place finish". KingFut. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. ^ Isabirye, David (30 May 2021). "Morocco beat Uganda Sand Cranes to third place | AFCON beach soccer 2021". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Unstoppable Senegal clinch a fourth consecutive Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations | Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Mozambique 2022". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. ^ "CAN de beach-soccer : Le Maroc s'empare du bronze après sa victoire face au Mozambique". Hespress Français (in French). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Team Profile - Morocco". cafonline.com. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  9. ^ "COSAFA | 2024 BEACH SOCCER". Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  10. ^ "goalzz.com: Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament 2009". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  11. ^ elkhouzai (18 August 2024). "Beach Team Wins Casablanca Beach Soccer Cup". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Egypt claim Casablanca Beach Soccer Cup!". Beach Soccer. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  13. ^ "goalzz.com: Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament 2010". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  14. ^ "The beach team wins the "El Salvador League"". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
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