Morocco women's national football team
| Nickname(s) | Atlas Lions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football | ||
| Head coach | Abid Oubenaissa | ||
| FIFA code | MAR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 73  1 (26 August 2016) | ||
| Highest | 52 (July 2003) | ||
| Lowest | 92 (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 | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 1998) | ||
| Best result | GS 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.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3] 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.
Results
FIFA Women's World Cup
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| Appearances: 0 / 7 | |||||||||
| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
 1995
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 1999 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2003
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| 2007
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 2011
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 2015
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 2019 |
To be determined | ||||||||
 2023
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| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Summer Olympic Games
| Football at the Summer Olympic record | ||||||||
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| Appearances: 0 / 6 | ||||||||
| Year | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1996 |
Did Not Enter | |||||||
 2000
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 2004
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| 2008 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
 2012
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 2016 |
Did Not Enter | |||||||
 2020 |
To be determined | |||||||
| Total | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Africa Women's Championship
| CAF Women's Championship | |||||||||
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| Appearances: 2 / 12 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GD | |
| 1991 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1995
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 1998 |
Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | -5 | |
 2000 |
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | -12 | |
| 2002 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2004 |
Did not enter | ||||||||
| 2006 |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
 2008
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| 2010
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| 2012
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 2014
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 2016
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| Total | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22 | -17 | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Arab Women's Championship
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.[4]
| Arab Women's Championship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 1 / 1 | ||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 2006 |
Runners-up | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Total | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
UNAF Women's Tournament
| UNAF Women's Tournament | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 0 / 1 | |||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 2009 |
Did not participate | ||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
First round
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mali 
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2–1 |  Morocco
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0–0 | 2–1 |
Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.
Sport equipment
References
- ^ Africa - Women's Championship 2000, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
- ^ Africa - Women's Championship 2000, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
- ^ 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Preliminaries, from FIFAWorldcup.com, retrieved 30 May 2006
- ^ "Championnat arabe dames: Le Maroc perd en finale face à l'Algérie". Le Matin (in French). 30 April 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Eliminatoires de la CAN Féminine Cameroun 2016 – Défaite de l'Equipe Nationale face au Mali" (in French). FMRF. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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