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Morocco
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)أُسُودالأطلس / Igrzamn n Atlasi
(Atlas Lions)
Association[[[Royal Moroccan Football Federation|Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football]]] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) (FRMF)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa) & UAFA (Arab world)
Head coachHervé Renard
CaptainMehdi Benatia
Most capsNoureddine Naybet (115)[1]
Top scorerAhmed Faras (42)[2]
Home stadiumStade Adrar, Agadir
Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
FIFA codeMAR
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current64 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest10 (April 1998)
Lowest95 (September 2010)
First international
Morocco Morocco 3–3 Iraq 
(Lebanon; 19 October 1957)
Biggest win
Morocco Morocco 13–1 Saudi Arabia 
(Morocco; 6 September 1961)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 6–0 Morocco Morocco
(Japan; 11 October 1964)
World Cup
Appearances4 (first in 1970)
Best resultRound of 16, 1986
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances15 (first in 1972)
Best resultWinners; 1976

The Morocco national football team (Template:Lang-ar ; Tamaziǧt : Tarabbut anamur n Maghrib), nicknamed أسود الأطلس / Irzem n Atlasi (Lions of the Atlas), is the national team of Morocco. It is currently managed by Hervé Renard.

Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African and Arab 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 and Arab team to make it to second round barely losing to eventual runners-up West Germany 1–0 in 1986. They also came within two minutes of moving out of the group stage of the 1998 World Cup, Kjetil Rekdal's late winning goal for Norway against Brazil eliminating them.

After a decade-long drought, glory came back in 2012 for the Moroccan national team in when they were victorious in the 2012 Arab Nations Cup defeating Libya in the final. On 5 February 2015, The CAF Executive Committee decided to suspend the Morocco national football team from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, 2017 and 2019, and to impose on the Royal Moroccan Football Federation the regulatory fine of US$1 million, along with the sum of 8.05 million Euros in compensation for all material damage sustained by CAF, stakeholders and partners as a result of the decision not to host 2015 edition.[3] However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning Morocco may enter the tournaments.[4]

Home stadium

The Moroccan National team traditionally used the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in (Rabat) and the Stade Mohamed V in (Casablanca) as their main stadiums, but they've recently started using the new Stade de Marrakech in (Marrakech) and Stade Adrar in (Agadir).

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

Morocco's national football team participated four times in the FIFA World Cup. Their best performance was the 1986 edition when they advanced to the second round, being the first African nation to do so. In 1998, the team narrowly missed repeating the same achievement.

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter Did not enter
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962 Did Not Qualify 7 2 2 3 7 8
England 1966 Withdrew Withdrew
Mexico 1970 Group Stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 6 10 4 4 2 11 7
West Germany 1974 Did Not Qualify 10 4 3 3 12 13
Argentina 1978 2 0 2 0 2 2
Spain 1982 8 3 2 3 5 6
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 11th 4 1 2 1 3 2 8 5 2 1 12 1
Italy 1990 Did Not Qualify 6 1 3 2 4 5
United States 1994 Group Stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 5 10 7 2 1 19 4
France 1998 Group Stage 18th 3 1 1 1 5 5 6 5 1 0 14 2
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 10 6 3 1 11 3
Germany 2006 10 5 5 0 17 7
South Africa 2010 10 3 3 4 14 13
Brazil 2014 6 2 3 1 9 8
Russia 2018 To Be Determined
Qatar 2022
Total Round of 16 4/22 13 2 4 7 12 18 103 47 35 21 137 79

Summer Olympic Games

historical kit of Morocco

Since 1992, the Olympic team has been drawn from a squad with a maximum of three players over 23 years age, and the achievements of this team are not generally regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are the statistics credited to the players' international records.

Football at the Summer Olympic record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Greece 1896 No football tournament
France 1900 Did Not Enter
United States 1904
United Kingdom 1908
Sweden 1912
Belgium 1920
France 1924
Netherlands 1928
United States 1932 No football tournament
Germany 1936 Did Not Enter
United Kingdom 1948
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960 Did Not Qualify
Japan 1964 Round 1 13 2 0 0 2 1 9
Mexico 1968 Withdrew
Germany 1972 Round 2 8 6 1 1 4 7 14
Canada 1976 Did Not Qualify
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984 Round 1 12 3 1 0 2 1 4
South Korea 1988 Did Not Qualify
Spain 1992 Round 1 15 3 0 1 2 2 8
United States 1996 Did Not Qualify
Australia 2000 Round 1 16 3 0 0 3 1 7
Greece 2004 Round 1 10 3 1 1 1 3 3
China 2008 Did Not Qualify
United Kingdom 2012 Round 1 11 3 0 2 1 2 3
Brazil 2016 Did Not Qualify
Japan 2020 To be determined
Total Round 2 7/26 23 3 5 15 17 48

Minor tournaments

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Spain 1965 World Men's Military Cup Third Place 3rd 3 1 1 1 3 5
Libya 1965 Tripoli Tournament Third Place 3rd 3 1 1 1 2 1
Morocco 1966 World Men's Military Cup Runner-up 2nd 3 0 1 2 1 4
Libya 1966 Tripoli Exhibition Cup Winner 1st 4 3 0 1 4 5
Belgium 1967 World Men's Military Cup Third Place 3rd - - - - - -
Syria 1974 Kuneitra Cup Winner 1st 7 6 1 0 16 5
Malaysia 1980 Merdeka Tournament Winner 1st 8 5 2 1 15 7
France 1988 Tournoi de France Runner-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 4 3
Italy 1989 World Men's Military Cup Runner-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 3 4
Morocco 1993 World Men's Military Cup Runner-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 16 5
Morocco 1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament Third Place 3rd 2 1 1 0 4 2
Morocco 1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament Third Place 3rd 2 0 1 1 2 3
Morocco 1999 LG Cup Runner-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 2 2
Morocco 2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament Runner-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 2 5
Morocco 2002 LG Cup (Morocco) Third Place 3rd 2 1 1 0 2 0
Iran 2002 LG Cup (Iran) Third Place 3rd 2 0 2 0 1 1
Morocco 2011 LG Cup (Morocco) Third Place 3rd 2 0 1 1 1 2
Total 3 titles 17/17 52 26 13 13 78 54

Honours

Senior team

Winner (1): 1976
Runners-up (1): 2004
Third place (1): 1980
Champions (1): 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2012

Youth and Olympic teams

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2015

28 March 2015 Friendly Morocco  0–1  Uruguay Agadir, Morocco
19:00 UTC Report Cavani 51' (pen.) Stadium: Stade Adrar
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Sénégal)
9 October 2015 Friendly Morocco  0–1  Ivory Coast Agadir, Morocco
18:00 UTC Report Doumbia 59' Stadium: Stade Adrar
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Youssef Sraïri (Tunisia)
12 October 2015 Friendly Morocco  1–1  Guinea Agadir, Morocco
19:00 UTC El Kaddouri 23' (pen.) Report Yattara 20' Stadium: Stade Adrar

2016

29 March 2016 2017 ACN Q Morocco  2–0  Cape Verde Marrakech, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1 El-Arabi 54' (pen.), 61' Report Stadium: Stade de Marrakech
Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Current team status

2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 6 5 1 0 10 1 +9 16 Final tournament 2–0 1–0 2–0
2  Cape Verde 6 3 0 3 11 7 +4 9 0–1 0–1 7–1
3  Libya 6 2 1 3 8 6 +2 7 1–1 1–2 4–0
4  São Tomé and Príncipe 6 1 0 5 4 19 −15 3 0–3 1–2 2–1
Source: CAF

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  2–1  Equatorial Guinea 2–0 0–1

Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Source: FIFA

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against  Cape Verde on 26 and 29 March 2016.[5]
Caps and goals updated as March 29, 2016 after the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against Cape Verde.[6]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Yassine Bounou (1991-04-05) April 5, 1991 (age 33) 6 0 Spain Real Zaragoza
12 1GK Munir Mohand Mohamedi (1989-05-10) May 10, 1989 (age 35) 8 0 Spain Numancia
1GK Abdelali Mhamdi (1991-11-29) November 29, 1991 (age 33) 0 0 Morocco Nahdat Berkane

3 2DF Achraf Lazaar (1992-01-22) January 22, 1992 (age 32) 14 0 Italy Palermo
4 2DF Manuel da Costa (Vice-captain) (1986-05-06) May 6, 1986 (age 38) 11 0 Greece Olympiacos
15 2DF Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (1990-03-17) March 17, 1990 (age 34) 13 0 France Stade Reims
2DF Mehdi Benatia INJ (Captain) (1987-04-17) April 17, 1987 (age 37) 40 1 Germany Bayern Munich
2DF Mohamed Oulhaj (1988-01-06) January 6, 1988 (age 36) 7 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca
2DF Issam Chebake (1989-10-12) October 12, 1989 (age 35) 0 0 France Le Havre
2DF Achraf Hakimi (1998-11-04) November 4, 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Spain Real Madrid (youth)

2 3MF Oussama Tannane (1994-03-23) March 23, 1994 (age 30) 2 0 France Saint-Étienne
6 3MF Romain Saïss (1990-03-26) March 26, 1990 (age 34) 3 0 France Angers
5 3MF Youssef Aït Bennasser (1996-07-07) July 7, 1996 (age 28) 0 0 France Nancy
7 3MF Omar El Kaddouri (1990-08-21) August 21, 1990 (age 34) 20 5 Italy Napoli
8 3MF Karim El Ahmadi (1985-01-27) January 27, 1985 (age 39) 31 1 Netherlands Feyenoord
10 3MF Younès Belhanda (1990-02-25) February 25, 1990 (age 34) 34 3 Germany Schalke 04
11 3MF Sofiane Boufal (1993-09-17) September 17, 1993 (age 31) 2 0 France Lille
14 3MF Mbark Boussoufa (1984-08-15) August 15, 1984 (age 40) 38 6 Belgium Gent
16 4FW Nordin Amrabat (1987-03-31) March 31, 1987 (age 37) 27 4 England Watford
17 3MF Nabil Dirar (1986-02-25) February 25, 1986 (age 38) 16 1 France Monaco
18 3MF Hakim Ziyech (1993-03-19) March 19, 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Netherlands Twente
3MF Fayçal Fajr (1988-08-01) August 1, 1988 (age 36) 1 0 Spain Deportivo La Coruña
3MF Mounir Obbadi SUS (1983-04-04) April 4, 1983 (age 41) 18 0 France Lille

9 4FW Youssef El-Arabi (1987-06-03) June 3, 1987 (age 37) 36 15 Spain Granada
13 4FW Khalid Boutaïb (1987-04-24) April 24, 1987 (age 37) 1 0 France Gazélec Ajaccio

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Mohammed Amine El Bourkadi (1985-02-22) February 22, 1985 (age 39) 0 0 Morocco Olympique de Khouribga v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015

DF Hamza Mendyl (1998-10-21) October 21, 1998 (age 26) 0 0 France Lille (youth) v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
DF Issam El Adoua (1986-09-12) September 12, 1986 (age 38) 35 2 United Arab Emirates Al Dhafra v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
DF Zouhair Feddal (1989-01-01) January 1, 1989 (age 35) 11 0 Spain Levante v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
DF Abderrahim Achchakir (1986-02-15) February 15, 1986 (age 38) 10 0 Morocco FAR Rabat v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
DF Abdelatif Noussir (1990-02-20) February 20, 1990 (age 34) 7 0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
DF Fouad Chafik (1986-10-16) October 16, 1986 (age 38) 6 0 France Laval v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
DF Adil Karrouchy (1982-11-23) November 23, 1982 (age 42) 2 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
DF Mohamed Abarhoun (1989-05-03) May 3, 1989 (age 35) 2 0 Morocco Moghreb Tétouan v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
DF Rochdi Achenteh (1988-03-07) March 7, 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Netherlands Vitesse v.  Guinea, October 12, 2015
DF Ahmed El Messaoudi (1995-08-03) August 3, 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Belgium Standard Liège v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015

MF Abdelaziz Barrada (1989-06-19) June 19, 1989 (age 35) 28 4 France Marseille v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
MF Mehdi Carcela-González (1989-07-01) July 1, 1989 (age 35) 10 0 Portugal Benfica v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
MF Walid El Karti (1994-07-23) July 23, 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
MF Badi Aouk (1995-03-29) March 29, 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Morocco Hassania Agadir v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
MF Marwane Saâdane (1992-01-17) January 17, 1992 (age 32) 2 0 Morocco Fath Union Sport v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
MF Brahim Nekkach (1982-02-15) February 15, 1982 (age 42) 1 0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
MF Houssine Kharja (Vice-Captain) (1982-11-09) November 9, 1982 (age 42) 77 12 Romania Steaua București v.  Guinea, October 12, 2015
MF Mouhcine Moutouali (1986-03-03) March 3, 1986 (age 38) 3 0 Qatar Al-Wakrah v.  Guinea, October 12, 2015
MF Hachim Mastour (1998-06-15) June 15, 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Spain Málaga v.  Guinea, October 12, 2015
MF Oussama Assaidi (1988-08-15) August 15, 1988 (age 36) 17 2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli Dubai v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015
MF Jamel Aït Ben Idir (1984-01-10) January 10, 1984 (age 40) 3 0 Morocco Wydad Casablanca v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015
MF Zakaria Labyad (1993-03-09) March 9, 1993 (age 31) 5 0 Portugal Sporting v.  Libya, June 12, 2015

FW Abderrazak Hamdallah (1990-12-17) December 17, 1990 (age 33) 16 6 Qatar El Jaish v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
FW Yacine Bammou (1991-11-09) November 9, 1991 (age 33) 3 1 France Nantes v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
FW Abdelghani Mouaoui (1989-02-22) February 22, 1989 (age 35) 0 0 Morocco Ittihad Tanger v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
FW Mourad Batna (1990-06-27) June 27, 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Morocco Fath Union Sport v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
FW Youssef Naciri (1998-02-15) February 15, 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Spain Málaga (youth) v.  Cape Verde, March 26, 2016 PRE
FW Adnane Tighadouini (1992-11-30) November 30, 1992 (age 32) 1 0 Spain Málaga v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
FW Mouhcine Iajour (1985-06-14) June 14, 1985 (age 39) 11 4 Qatar Qatar v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
FW Moestafa El Kabir (1988-10-05) October 5, 1988 (age 36) 0 0 Turkey Gençlerbirliği v.  Equatorial Guinea, November 15, 2015
FW Aatif Chahechouhe (1986-07-02) July 2, 1986 (age 38) 10 1 Turkey Sivasspor v.  Guinea, October 12, 2015
FW Mohammed El Bouldini (1995-01-01) January 1, 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Morocco Raja Casablanca v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015
Notes
  • SUS Player is suspended
  • INJ Did not make it to the current squad due to injury
  • PRE Preliminary squad / standby

Previous squads

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach France Hervé Renard
Assistant coach France Patrice Beaumelle
Assistant coach Morocco Mustapha Hadji
Goalkeeping coach France Philippe Sence
Fitness coach France Grégory Dupont
Sporting director Morocco Aziz Bouderbala

Coaches

Source:[7]

Managers
Name Nationality Years as Manager Trophy Won
Larbi Ben Barek Morocco 1957
Mohammed Khamiri Morocco 1959
Abdelkader Lokhmiri Morocco 1959
Larbi Ben Barek Morocco 1960
Kader Firoud France 1961
Mohammed Massoun Morocco 1961–1963
Mohammed Massoun & Abderrahmane Mahjoub Morocco 1963–1967
Abderrahmane Mahjoub Morocco 1967
Guy Cluzeau & Abdellah Settati France, Morocco 1968–1969
Abdellah Settati Morocco 1969
Blagoja Vidinić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1970
José Barinaga Spain 1971–1972
Abdellah Settati Morocco 1972
Abderrahmane Mahjoub Morocco 1972–1973
Virgil Mărdărescu Romania 1974–1978 1976 African Cup of Nations
Abdellah El-Ammari Morocco 1978
Guy Cluzeau France 1979
Just Fontaine France 1979–1980
Jebrane & Yabram Hamidouch Morocco 1980
Yabram Hamidouch Morocco 1981
Abdellah El-Ammari Morocco 1982
Jaime Valente Brazil 1983
Mehdi Faria Brazil 1983–1988
Jaime Valente Brazil 1988–1989
Antonio Valentín Argentina 1989–1990
Abdellah Ajri Blinda Morocco 1990
Abdelghani El-Naciri Morocco 1990
Werner Olk Germany 1990–1992
Abdelkhalek Louzani Morocco 1992
Abdellah Ajri Blinda Morocco 1993–1994
Mohammed Lamari Morocco 1994
Gílson Nunes Brazil 1995
Henri Michel France 1995–2000
Henryk Kasperczak Poland 2000
Mustapha Madih (caretaker) Morocco 2000
Humberto Coelho Portugal 2000–2002
Badou Ezzaki Morocco 2002–2005
Philippe Troussier France 2005
Mohamed Fakhir Morocco 2006–2007
Henri Michel France 2007–2008
Fathi Jamal Morocco 2008
Roger Lemerre France 2008–2009
Hassan Moumen (caretaker) Morocco 2009–2010
Eric Gerets Belgium 2010–2012 2012 Arab Nations Cup
Rachid Taoussi Morocco 2012–2013
Hassan Benabicha (caretaker) Morocco 2013-2014
Badou Ezzaki[8] Morocco 2014–2015
Hervé Renard[9] France 2016–present

Kit suppliers

Kit provider Period
Adidas
1982-1993
Lotto
1994-1995
Umbro
1995
Lotto
1995-1997
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Puma
1998–2001
Nike
2002–2006
File:Puma AG.svg
Puma
2007–2011
Adidas
2012–present

See also

Other football codes

Notes

References

  1. ^ http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/59/centuryclub290715_neutral.pdf
  2. ^ http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/277/023/7/index.html
  3. ^ "MOROCCO FINED, BANNED FROM TWO AFCON TOURNAMENTS". Confédération Africaine de Football. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  4. ^ "Morocco win appeal over Afcon 2017 and 2019 bans". BBC Sport. 2 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Equipe Nationale A: liste finale des lions de l'Atlas face au Cap Vert". FRMF (in French). 14 Mar 2016.
  6. ^ "Liste des Joueurs". Mountakhab.net (in French). 16 Mar 2016.
  7. ^ Hassanin Mubarak. "Morocco National Team Coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  8. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27252927
  9. ^ http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35586217