Morocco national football team


















































































































Morocco
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)
أُسُود الأطلس / Igrzamn n Atlasi
(Atlas Lions)
Association
Fédération royale marocaine de football (FRMF)
Confederation
CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation
UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach Hervé Renard
Captain Medhi Benatia
Most caps

Noureddine Naybet (115)
Top scorer
Ahmed Faras (42)
Home stadium Various
FIFA code MAR

















First colours














Second colours



FIFA ranking
Current 40 Steady(20 December 2018)[1]
Highest 10 (April 1998)
Lowest 95 (September 2010)
Elo ranking
Current 36 Increase 9 (20 December 2018)[2]
Highest 17 (December 1998)
Lowest 81 (May 2013)
First international

 Morocco 3–3 Iraq 
(Beirut, Lebanon; 19 October 1957)
Biggest win

 Morocco 13–1 Saudi Arabia 
(Casablanca, Morocco; 6 September 1961)
Biggest defeat

 Hungary 6–0 Morocco 
(Tokyo, Japan; 11 October 1964)
World Cup
Appearances 5 (first in 1970)
Best result Round of 16 (1986)
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances 16 (first in 1972)
Best result Champions (1976)
African Nations Championship
Appearances 3 (first in 2014)
Best result Champions (2018)

The Morocco national football team,[a] nicknamed "Lions of the Atlas" (Arabic: أسود الأطلس‎ / Irzem n Atlasi), 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 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 the 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.


Morocco qualified for the 2018 World Cup, making it their first time in 20 years.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Recent results and forthcoming fixtures


    • 2.1 2018


    • 2.2 2019




  • 3 Current team status


    • 3.1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification




  • 4 Players and Technical staff


    • 4.1 Current squad


    • 4.2 Recent call-ups


    • 4.3 Previous squads


    • 4.4 Current technical staff




  • 5 Home stadium


  • 6 Competitive record


    • 6.1 FIFA World Cup


    • 6.2 Africa Cup of Nations


    • 6.3 Olympic games record


    • 6.4 Mediterranean Games


    • 6.5 Pan Arab Games


    • 6.6 Arab Nations Cup


    • 6.7 Minor tournaments




  • 7 Honours


    • 7.1 Senior team


    • 7.2 Youth and Olympic teams




  • 8 FIFA ranking history


  • 9 Coaches


  • 10 Kit suppliers


  • 11 See also


    • 11.1 Other football codes




  • 12 Notes


  • 13 References


  • 14 External links





History



Recent results and forthcoming fixtures




2018



Serbia  v  Morocco


















Morocco  v  Uzbekistan


















Morocco  v  Ukraine


















Morocco  v  Slovakia


















Estonia  v  Morocco


















Morocco  v  Iran


















Portugal  v  Morocco


















Spain  v  Morocco


















Morocco  v  Malawi


















Morocco  v  Comoros


















Comoros  v  Morocco


















Morocco  v  Cameroon


















Tunisia  v  Morocco


















2019



Malawi  v  Morocco


















Morocco  v TBD







2019 2019 AFCON
Morocco  v TBD



Morocco  v TBD







2019 2019 AFCON
Morocco  v TBD



Morocco  v TBD







2019 2019 AFCON
Morocco  v TBD



Current team status



2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification





























































































Pos
Team

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
Qualification









1

 Morocco (Q)
5
3
1
1
8
3
+5
10

Final tournament



2–0

1–0

3–0
2

 Cameroon
5
2
2
1
3
3
0
8


1–0


18–26 Mar '19

1–0
3

 Comoros
5
1
2
2
5
6
−1
5



2–2

1–1


2–1
4

 Malawi (E)
5
1
1
3
2
6
−4
4


23 Mar '19

0–0

1–0


Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2018. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.


Players and Technical staff



Current squad



  • The following 26 players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification and friendly match.


  • Match date: 16 & 20 November 2018


  • Opposition:  Cameroon &  Tunisia


  • Caps and goals are correct as of: 20 November 2018, after the match against Tunisia.


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No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
12

1GK

Munir Mohand Mohamedi

(1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 29)
33
0

Spain Málaga
1

1GK

Yassine Bounou

(1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 27)
14
0

Spain Girona
22

1GK

Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti

(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996 (age 22)
2
0

Morocco Wydad Casablanca

5

2DF

Medhi Benatia (Captain)

(1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 31)
61
2

Italy Juventus
17

2DF

Nabil Dirar

(1986-02-25) 25 February 1986 (age 32)
39
3

Turkey Fenerbahçe
4

2DF

Manuel da Costa

(1986-05-06) 6 May 1986 (age 32)
34
1

Turkey İstanbul Başakşehir
6

2DF

Romain Saïss

(1990-03-26) 26 March 1990 (age 28)
32
1

England Wolverhampton Wanderers
2

2DF

Achraf Hakimi

(1998-11-04) 4 November 1998 (age 20)
18
1

Germany Borussia Dortmund
3

2DF

Noussair Mazraoui

(1997-11-14) 14 November 1997 (age 21)
3
0

Netherlands Ajax
25

2DF

Oualid El Hajjam

(1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 (age 27)
2
0

France Amiens
26

2DF
Achraf Dari

(1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 (age 19)
0
0

Morocco Wydad Casablanca

14

3MF

Mbark Boussoufa (Vice-captain)

(1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 (age 34)
65
7

Unattached
8

3MF

Karim El Ahmadi

(1985-01-27) 27 January 1985 (age 33)
60
1

Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
10

3MF

Younès Belhanda

(1990-02-25) 25 February 1990 (age 28)
52
5

Turkey Galatasaray
16

3MF

Nordin Amrabat

(1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 31)
52
5

Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
11

3MF

Fayçal Fajr

(1988-08-01) 1 August 1988 (age 30)
30
3

France Caen
7

3MF

Hakim Ziyech

(1993-03-19) 19 March 1993 (age 25)
23
12

Netherlands Ajax
15

3MF

Youssef Aït Bennasser

(1996-07-07) 7 July 1996 (age 22)
17
0

France Monaco
18

3MF

Amine Harit

(1997-06-18) 18 June 1997 (age 21)
7
0

Germany Schalke 04
23

3MF

Sofiane Boufal

(1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 25)
8
0

Spain Celta
24

3MF

Abdelilah Hafidi

(1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 26)
5
1

Morocco Raja Casablanca
21

3MF

Oussama Idrissi

(1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 22)
0
0

Netherlands AZ

13

4FW

Khalid Boutaïb

(1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 31)
23
9

Turkey Yeni Malatyaspor
19

4FW

Youssef En-Nesyri

(1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 21)
22
6

Spain Leganés
9

4FW

Ayoub El Kaabi

(1993-06-26) 26 June 1993 (age 25)
8
2

China Hebei China Fortune
20

4FW

Walid Azaro

(1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 23)
7
0

Egypt Al Ahly


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

DF

Hamza Mendyl

(1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 21)
16
0

Germany Schalke 04
v.  Comoros, 13 October 2018

DF

Nayef Aguerd

(1996-03-30) 30 March 1996 (age 22)
2
0

France Dijon
v.  Comoros, 13 October 2018

DF

Badr Banoun

(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993 (age 25)
9
1

Morocco Raja Casablanca

2018 FIFA World Cup PRE

DF

Mohamed Nahiri

(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 28)
11
0

Morocco Wydad Casablanca
v.  Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018


MF

Ismail Haddad

(1990-08-03) 3 August 1990 (age 28)
13
2

Morocco Wydad Casablanca
v.  Comoros, 13 October 2018

MF

Sofyan Amrabat

(1996-08-21) 21 August 1996 (age 22)
8
0

Belgium Club Brugge
v.  Comoros, 13 October 2018

MF

Salaheddine Saidi

(1987-02-06) 6 February 1987 (age 31)
7
0

Morocco Wydad Casablanca
v.  Comoros, 13 October 2018

MF

Mehdi Bourabia

(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 27)
1
0

Italy Sassuolo
v.  Comoros, 13 October 2018

MF

Mehdi Carcela-González

(1989-07-01) 1 July 1989 (age 29)
22
1

Belgium Standard Liège

2018 FIFA World Cup

MF

Zakaria Labyad

(1993-03-09) 9 March 1993 (age 25)
4
0

Netherlands Ajax
v.  Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018

MF

Yassin Ayoub

(1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 24)
0
0

Netherlands Feyenoord
v.  Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018


FW

Achraf Bencharki

(1994-09-24) 24 September 1994 (age 24)
8
1

France Lens
v.  Malawi, 8 September 2018

FW

Yacine Bammou

(1991-09-11) 11 September 1991 (age 27)
7
1

France Caen
v.  Malawi, 8 September 2018

FW

Aziz Bouhaddouz

(1987-01-29) 29 January 1987 (age 31)
17
3

Saudi Arabia Al-Batin

2018 FIFA World Cup



SUS Player is suspended
INJ Did not make it to the current squad due to injury
DEC Player declined the call-up to the squad
PRE Preliminary squad / standby




Previous squads












Current technical staff



































Position
Name
Head coach

France Hervé Renard
Technical director

Morocco Nasser Larguet
Assistant coach

France Patrice Beaumelle
Assistant coach

Morocco Mustapha Hadji
Goalkeeping coach

Morocco Abdelkader Bouhaddouz
Fitness coach

Morocco Hakim El Saïd
Sporting director

Morocco Aziz Bouderbala


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, Stade Adrar in Agadir, Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangier and Fez Stadium in Fez.



Competitive record



FIFA World Cup



Morocco's national football team has participated five 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
Part of  France
Part of  France

Italy1934

France1938

Brazil 1950

Switzerland 1954

Sweden 1958

did not enter

did not enter

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
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
Group Stage
27th
3
0
1
2
2
4
8
4
3
1
13
1

Qatar 2022

To be determined







Canada Mexico United States 2026

To be determined






Total
Round of 16
5/21
16
2
5
9
14
22
116
53
41
22
159
80


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Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations Qualification record
Year
Round
Position

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

Sudan 1957

Did not enter

Did not enter

United Arab Republic 1959

Ethiopia 1962

Withdrew

Withdrew

Ghana 1963

Did not qualify
2
1
0
1
5
6

Tunisia 1965

Did not enter

Did not enter

Ethiopia 1968

Sudan 1970

Did not qualify
2
1
0
1
1
2

Cameroon 1972
Group Stage 5th 3 0 3 0 3 3
4
2
0
2
9
6

Egypt 1974

Did not enter

Did not enter

Ethiopia 1976
Winner 1st 6 4 2 0 11 6
6
4
0
2
13
4

Ghana 1978
Group Stage 6th 3 1 1 1 2 4

Qualified as defending champions

Nigeria 1980
Third Place 3rd 5 2 1 2 4 3
4
2
1
1
14
5

Libya 1982

Did not qualify
4
3
0
1
8
4

Ivory Coast 1984
4
1
2
1
4
2

Egypt 1986
Fourth Place 4th 5 1 2 2 4 5
2
1
1
0
1
0

Morocco 1988
Fourth Place 4th 5 1 3 1 3 3

Qualified as hosts

Algeria 1990

Did not qualify
2
0
2
0
1
1

Senegal 1992
Group Stage 9th 2 0 1 1 1 2
6
4
0
2
11
4

Tunisia 1994

Did not qualify
6
2
2
2
5
4

South Africa 1996
4
1
1
2
2
4

Burkina Faso 1998
Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 6 3
6
4
2
0
10
1

Ghana Nigeria 2000
Group Stage 11th 3 1 1 1 1 2
4
2
2
0
6
4

Mali 2002
Group Stage 9th 3 1 1 1 3 4
6
3
1
2
5
4

Tunisia 2004
Runner-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 14 4
6
5
1
0
10
0

Egypt 2006
Group Stage 13th 3 0 2 1 0 1

10

5

5

0

17

7

Ghana 2008
Group Stage 11th 3 1 0 2 7 6
4
3
1
0
6
1

Angola 2010

Did not qualify

10

3

3

4

14

13

Gabon Equatorial Guinea 2012
Group Stage 12th 3 1 0 2 4 5
6
3
2
1
8
2

South Africa 2013
Group Stage 10th 3 0 3 0 3 3
2
1
0
1
4
2

Equatorial Guinea 2015

Disqualified

Originally qualifies as hosts, then disqualified

Gabon 2017
Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 4 3
6
5
1
0
10
1
2019
Qualified

5

3

1

1

8

3

Ivory Coast 2021

To be determined







Guinea 2023

To be determined






Total
1 Title
16/31
61
21
22
18
70
57
106
56
27
23
164
77



















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


  • Africa Cup of Nations


Winner: 1976

Runners-up: 2004

Third place: 1980


  • Arab Nations Cup

Champions: 2012

  • African Nations Championship

Champions: 2018


Youth and Olympic teams





  • Pan Arab Games: 1961, 1985


  • Mediterranean Games: 1983, 2013


  • Jeux de la Francophonie: 2001, 2017


  • Islamic Solidarity Games: 2013


  • Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: 1997


  • Arab Cup U-20: 2011


  • UNAF U-20 Tournament: 2015


  • UNAF U-17 Tournament: 2007, 2011, 2018



FIFA ranking history

























































1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
30
33
38
27
15
13
24
28
36
35
38
33
36
39
39
41
67
79
61
74
73
81
75
57
40


Coaches


Source:[3]














































































































































































































































Managers
Name
Nationality
Years as manager
Trophy won

Larbi Ben Barek

Morocco
1957

Mohammed Khamirib & Abdelkader Lokhmiri

Morocco
1959


Larbi Ben Barek

Morocco
1960


Kader Firoud

France
1961

Mohammed Massoun & Abderrahmane Mahjoub

Morocco
1961–1967

Guy Cluzeau & Abdellah Settati

France & Morocco
1968–1969


Blagoja Vidinić

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1970


José Barinaga

Spain
1971–1972


Abderrahmane Mahjoub

Morocco
1972–1973


Virgil Mărdărescu

Romania
1974–1978

1976 African Cup of Nations
Guy Cluzeau

France
1979


Just Fontaine

France
1979–1980

Jebrane & Yabram Hamidouch

Morocco
1980–1981

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


Werner Olk

Germany
1990–1992


Abdellah Ajri Blinda

Morocco
1993–1994


Mohammed Lamari

Morocco
1994


Gílson Nunes

Brazil
1995


Henri Michel

France
1995–2000


Henryk Kasperczak

Poland
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[4]

Morocco
2014–2015


Hervé Renard[5]

France
2016–present



Kit suppliers







































Kit provider
Period

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Adidas
1982–1993

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Lotto
1994–1995

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Umbro
1995

Lotto logo.jpeg
Lotto
1995–1997

Puma
1998-2002

Logo NIKE.svg
Nike
2003–2006

Puma
2007–2011

Adidas Logo.svg
Adidas
2012–present



Morocco national team in 2012



See also



  • Cultural significance of the Atlas lion

  • 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



  • Morocco national futsal team

  • Morocco national beach soccer team



Notes





  1. ^ In Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم‎. In Tamaziǧt: Tarabbut anamur n Maghrib.




References





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  3. ^ Hassanin Mubarak. "Morocco National Team Coaches". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2012.


  4. ^ "Morocco name former player Badou Zaki as new coach". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.


  5. ^ "Morocco unveil Frenchman Herve Renard as coach". bbc.com. BBC Sport. 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.




External links




  • Official website of Morocco's FA

  • FIFA profile

  • RSSSF archive of results


















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