Morocco national under-20 football team

Morocco U-20

Nickname(s)	Lions de l'Atlas (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mark Wotte
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR

Morocco national under-20 football team, represents Morocco in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football, the governing body for football in Morocco. The current coach is Abdellah El Idrissi.

Honours

• African Youth Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1997
• Arab Cup U-20:
  • Winners (1): 2011
• UNAF U-20 Tournament:
  • Winners (1): 2015
• Islamic Solidarity Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2013

• Mediterranean Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2013

• Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Winner (1): 1989

Tournament Records

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 3 / 20
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
1979	Did Not Qualify
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	5	4
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001
2003
2005	Fourth Place	7	3	1	3	11	10
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
Total	-	14	4	3	7	16	20

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Record

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 10 / 19
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1979	Second round	2	0	1	1	0	2
1981	First round	2	1	0	1	1	1
1983	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	7	3
1985	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	4	3
1987	Semifinals	6	4	0	2	10	4
1989	First Round	2	1	0	1	2	2
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Winner	5	3	1	1	5	2
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001
2003	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	5
2005	Fourth Place	5	2	3	0	8	5
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019	To be determined
Total	-	36	16	8	12	41	33

Arab Cup U-20 record

Arab Cup U-20
Appearances: 2 / 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Winner	1	5	3	2	0	6	3
2012	Group stage	-	3	1	1	1	3	3
2014	Did not participate
Total	-	-	8	4	3	1	9	6

UNAF U-20 Tournament record

UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances: 9 / 9
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Runners-up	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Fourth Place	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Third Place	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Fourth Place	4	3	0	2	1	2	4
2011	Fourth Place	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Third Place	3	2	1	0	1	3	3
2012	Third Place	3	3	1	1	1	4	4
2014	Runner-up	2	2	1	0	1	3	3
2015	Winner	1	2	2	0	0	5	2
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Main article: 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gambia	1–1 (7–6 p)	Morocco	1–0	0–1

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)

Gambia	1–0	Morocco
Jobe 42'	Report

Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa-Al Mustapha (Niger)

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)

Morocco	1–0	Gambia
Ennesyri 68'	Report
Penalties
	6–7

Referee: Esam Al-Jahani (Libya)

1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 7–6 on penalties.

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ben Achour Baderdine				Wydad de Casablanca
	1GK	El Assimi Adnan				AMF
	1GK	El Jourbaoui El Mehdi Ait Oumzil				AS FAR
	2DF	Mohamed Chibi				Raja Casablanca
	2DF	Rachdi Ali				Wydad de Casablanca
		El Harouali Mohamed				Raja de Casablanca
	2DF	Kasmi Ayoub				Wydad de Casablanca
		Saidi Mohamed				AMF
		Amine Dinar				FAR Rabat
		Banoun Badr				Raja de Casablanca
		Jamaaoui Youssef				OCK
		Aljaaoui Youssef				AS FAR
	3MF	Bouden Bouazza				Wydad de Casablanca
		Elkarti Walid				OCK
	3MF	Alasbahi Anas				Wydad de Casablanca
	3MF	En-Neouali Reda				AMF
	3MF	Atiallah Omar				Wydad de Casablanca
	4FW	Ennafati Adam				Lille OSC
		Es-Saiydy Youssef				AMF
	4FW	Bhja Soufiane				KACM
		Bouchta Ayoub				RCA
	4FW	Yassine Othman				Wydad de Casablanca
		El Ouardi Adnan				WAF
		Elouadi Abdelkabir				Raja Casablanca
		Hamza Hafidi				SCO Angers

Previous squads

FIFA World Youth Championship squads

• 1997 FWYC squad
• 2005 FWYC squad