Morocco national football team
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| Nickname(s) | أُسُودالأطلس / Igrzamn n Atlasi (Atlas Lions) |
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| Association | Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ||
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) & UAFA (Arab world) | ||
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||
| Head coach | Badou Ezzaki | ||
| Captain | Mehdi Benatia | ||
| Most caps | Noureddine Naybet (115) | ||
| Top scorer | Ahmed Faras (42)[citation needed] | ||
| Home stadium | Stade Adrar, Agadir | ||
| FIFA code | MAR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 76  1 (7 January 2016) |
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| Highest | 10 (April 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 95 (September 2010) | ||
| First international | |||
 Morocco 3–3 Iraq  (Lebanon; 19 October 1957) |
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| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1970) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16, 1986 | ||
| Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 15 (First in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Winners; 1976 | ||
The Morocco national football team (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم ; Tamaziǧt : Tarabbut anamur n Maghrib), nicknamed أسود الأطلس / Irzem n Atlasi (Lions of the Atlas), is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Badou Ezzaki. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African and 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 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. Glory came back in 2012 for the Moroccan National Team 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.[1] However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning Morocco may enter the tournaments.[2]
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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).
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
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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.
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 1930 |
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 1962 |
Did Not Qualify | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
 1966 |
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 1970 |
Group Stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | ||
 1974 |
Did Not Qualify | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||
 1978 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
 1982 |
8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1986 |
Round of 16 | 11th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
 1990 |
Did Not Qualify | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
 1994 |
Group Stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | ||
| 1998 |
Group Stage | 18th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
  2002 |
Did not qualify | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2006 |
10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 7 | ||||||||||
 2010 |
10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | ||||||||||
 2014 |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | ||||||||||
 2018 |
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 2022 |
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| Total | Round of 16 | 4/20 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 103 | 47 | 35 | 21 | 137 | 79 | ||
Summer Olympic Games
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.
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
 1896 |
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| 1900 |
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 1920 |
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 1928 |
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| 1932 |
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 1936 |
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 1952 |
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 1956 |
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| 1960 |
Did Not Qualify | |||||||
| 1964 |
Round 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 1968 |
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| 1972 |
Round 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
 1976 |
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 1980 |
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| 1984 |
Round 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1988 |
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| Total | Round 2 | 3/19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
Africa Cup of Nations
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Minor tournaments
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
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| 23x15px 1965 World Men's Military Cup | Third Place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
 1965 Tripoli Tournament |
Third Place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1966 World Men's Military Cup |
Runner-up | 2nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 1966 Tripoli Exhibition Cup |
Winner | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1967 World Men's Military Cup |
Third Place | 3rd | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 1974 Kuneitra Cup |
Winner | 1st | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
 1980 Merdeka Tournament |
Winner | 1st | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 |
| 1988 Tournoi de France |
Runner-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 1989 World Men's Military Cup |
Runner-up | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1993 World Men's Military Cup |
Runner-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| 1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament |
Third Place | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament |
Third Place | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 LG Cup |
Runner-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament |
Runner-up | 2nd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 LG Cup (Morocco) |
Third Place | 3rd | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
 2002 LG Cup (Iran) |
Third Place | 3rd | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 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
- Champions (1):
2012
Youth and Olympic teams
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- Pan Arab Games (2): 1961, 1985
- Islamic Solidarity Games (1): 2013
- Mediterranean Games (2): 1983, 2013
- Jeux de la Francophonie (1): 2001
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (1): 1997
- Arab Cup U-20 (1): 2011
- UNAF U-20 Tournament (1): 2015
- UNAF U-17 Tournament (2): 2007, 2011
- Danone Nations Cup (1): 2015
Fixtures and results
2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
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2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
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| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Morocco |
2–1 |  Equatorial Guinea |
2–0 | 0–1 |
Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Source: FIFA
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Squad
Current squad
The following players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Equatorial Guinea on 12 and 15 November 2015.[3]
Caps and goals updated as November 15, 2015 after the friendly match against Equatorial Guinea
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 |
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| GK | Abdelali Mhamdi | November 29, 1991 | 0 | 0 | Kawkab Marrakech |
v. Libya, June 12, 2015 |
| GK | Mohamed El Yousfi | January 18, 1991 | 1 | 0 | Moghreb Tétouan |
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| DF | Rochdi Achenteh | March 7, 1988 | 3 | 0 | Vitesse |
v.  Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| DF | Manuel da Costa | May 6, 1986 | 9 | 0 |  Olympiacos |
v.  São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015 |
| DF | Ahmed El Messaoudi | August 3, 1995 | 1 | 0 | Standard Liège |
v. São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015 |
| DF | Ayoub El Khaliqi | September 11, 1986 | 10 | 1 | FAR Rabat |
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| MF | Mounir Obbadi INJ | April 4, 1983 | 17 | 0 | Lille |
v. Equatorial Guinea, November 12, 2015 |
| MF | Karim El Ahmadi INJ | January 27, 1985 | 29 | 1 | Feyenoord |
v. Equatorial Guinea, November 12, 2015 |
| MF | Houssine Kharja (Vice-Captain) | November 9, 1982 | 78 | 13 |  Steaua București |
v. Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| MF | Nabil Dirar | February 25, 1986 | 14 | 1 | Monaco |
v. Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| MF | Hachim Mastour | June 15, 1998 | 1 | 0 | Málaga |
v. Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| MF | Younès Belhanda | February 25, 1990 | 32 | 3 |  Dynamo Kyiv |
v. Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| MF | Mouhcine Moutouali | March 3, 1986 | 7 | 2 | Al-Wakrah |
v. Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| MF | Jamel Aït Ben Idir | January 10, 1984 | 3 | 0 | Wydad Casablanca |
v. São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015 |
| MF | Oussama Assaidi | August 15, 1988 | 17 | 2 |  Al-Ahli Dubai |
v. São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015 |
| MF | Nordin Amrabat | March 31, 1987 | 26 | 4 | Málaga |
v. São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015 |
| MF | Zakaria Labyad | March 9, 1993 | 5 | 0 |  Sporting |
v. Libya, June 12, 2015 |
| MF | Sofiane Boufal | September 17, 1993 | 0 | 0 | Lille |
v. Libya, June 12, 2015 |
| MF | Mbark Boussoufa | August 15, 1984 | 36 | 6 | Lokomotiv Moscow |
training camp, March 2015 |
| MF | Iliass Bel Hassani | September 16, 1992 | 0 | 0 | Heracles Almelo |
training camp, March 2015 |
| MF | Ismaïl Aissati | August 16, 1988 | 2 | 0 | Terek Grozny |
training camp, March 2015 |
| MF | Adel Taarabt | May 24, 1989 | 18 | 4 | Benfica |
training camp, March 2015 |
| MF | Mehdi Carcela-González | July 1, 1989 | 9 | 0 | Benfica |
training camp, March 2015 |
| MF | Sofyan Amrabat | August 21, 1996 | 0 | 0 | Utrecht |
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| FW | Abderrazak Hamdallah | October 17, 1990 | 16 | 7 | El Jaish |
v. Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| FW | Aatif Chahechouhe | July 2, 1986 | 9 | 1 |  Sivasspor |
v. Guinea, October 12, 2015 |
| FW | Mohammed El Bouldini | January 1, 1995 | 0 | 0 | Raja Casablanca |
v. São Tomé and Príncipe, September 5, 2015 |
| FW | Mourad Batna | June 27, 1990 | 0 | 0 | Fath Union Sport |
v. Libya, June 12, 2015 |
| FW | Marouane Chamakh | January 10, 1984 | 64 | 18 | Crystal Palace |
training camp, March 2015 |
| FW | Youness Mokhtar | August 29, 1991 | 0 | 0 |  Al-Nassr FC |
training camp, March 2015 |
| FW | Karim Aït-Fana | February 25, 1989 | 3 | 0 | Montpellier |
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- INJ = Did not make it to the current squad due to injury
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Coaches
Source:[4]
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| Name | Nationality | Years as Manager | Trophy Won |
| Larbi Ben Barek | |
1957 | |
| Mohammed Khamiri | |
1959 | |
| Abdelkader Lokhmiri | |
1959 | |
| Larbi Ben Barek | |
1960 | |
| Kader Firoud | |
1961 | |
| Mohammed Massoun | |
1961–1963 | |
| Mohammed Massoun & Abderrahmane Mahjoub | |
1963–1967 | |
| Abderrahmane Mahjoub | |
1967 | |
| Guy Cluzeau & Abdellah Settati | , |
1968–1969 | |
| Abdellah Settati | |
1969 | |
| Blagoja Vidinić |  |
1970 | |
| José Barinaga | |
1971–1972 | |
| Abdellah Settati | |
1972 | |
| Abderrahmane Mahjoub | |
1972–1973 | |
| Virgil Mărdărescu | |
1974–1978 | 1976 African Cup of Nations |
| Abdellah El-Ammari | |
1978 | |
| Guy Cluzeau | |
1979 | |
| Just Fontaine | |
1979–1980 | |
| Jebrane & Yabram Hamidouch | |
1980 | |
| Yabram Hamidouch | |
1981 | |
| Abdellah El-Ammari | |
1982 | |
| Jaime Valente | |
1983 | |
| Mehdi Faria | |
1983–1988 | |
| Jaime Valente | |
1988–1989 | |
| Antonio Valentín | |
1989–1990 | |
| Abdellah Ajri Blinda | |
1990 | |
| Abdelghani El-Naciri | |
1990 | |
| Werner Olk | |
1990–1992 | |
| Abdelkhalek Louzani | |
1992 | |
| Abdellah Ajri Blinda | |
1993–1994 | |
| Mohammed Lamari | |
1994 | |
| Gílson Nunes | |
1995 | |
| Henri Michel | |
1995–2000 | |
| Henryk Kasperczak |  |
2000 | |
| Mustapha Madih (caretaker) | |
2000 | |
| Humberto Coelho | |
2000–2002 | |
| Badou Ezzaki | |
2002–2005 | |
| Philippe Troussier | |
2005 | |
| Mohamed Fakhir | |
2006–2007 | |
| Henri Michel | |
2007–2008 | |
| Fathi Jamal | |
2008 | |
| Roger Lemerre | |
2008–2009 | |
| Hassan Moumen (caretaker) | |
2009–2010 | |
| Eric Gerets | |
2010–2012 | 2012 Arab Nations Cup |
| Rachid Taoussi | |
2012–2013 | |
| Hassan Benabicha (caretaker) | |
2013-2014 | |
| Badou Ezzaki[5] | |
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| Puma | 1998–2001 |
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| Puma | 2007–2011 |
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See also
- Morocco A' national football team
- Morocco national under-23 football team
- Morocco national under-20 football team
- Morocco national under-17 football team
- Morocco women's national football team
Other football codes
Notes
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