Morocco national football team

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Morocco
Nickname(s)	أُسُودالأطلس (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Walid Regragui
Captain	Romain Saïss
Most caps	Abdelmajid Dolmy (142)
Top scorer	Ahmed Faras (42)
Home Stadium	Stade de Marrakech
FIFA code	MAR
FIFA ranking	22 1 (6 October 2022)
Highest FIFA ranking	10 (April 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	95 (September 2010)
Elo ranking	43 (20 June 2018)
Highest Elo ranking	17 (December 1998)
Lowest Elo ranking	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 6–1 Morocco (Tokyo, Japan; 11 October 1964)
World Cup appearances	6 (First in 1970)
Best result	Fourth place, 2022
Africa Cup of Nations appearances	16 (First in 1972)
Best result	Winners, 1976

The Morocco national football team, nicknamed "Lions of the Atlas" (Arabic: أسود الأطلس‎ / Irzem n Atlasi), is the national association football team of Morocco and is controlled by Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the government body for football in Morocco. It is currently managed by Walid Regragui.

Results and fixtures

2017

2018 WCQ 1 September 2017	Morocco	6–0	Mali	Rabat, Morocco
21:00 UTC+01:00	Ziyech  19' (pen.), 61' Boutaïb  27' Hakimi  72' Fajr  86' Mahi  88'	Report (CAF) Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Stade Moulay Abdellah Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

2018 WCQ 5 September 2017	Mali	0–0	Morocco	Bamako, Mali
20:00 UTC+01:00		Report (CAF) Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

2018 WCQ 7 October 2017	Morocco	3–0	Gabon	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+01:00	Boutaïb  38', 56', 72'	Report (CAF) Report (FIFA)		Stadium: Stade Mohamed V Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Friendly 10 October 2017	South Korea	1–3	Morocco	Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
14:30 UTC+01:00	Son  66' (pen.)	Report	Tannane  7', 11' Haddad  46'	Stadium: Tissot Arena Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

2018 WCQ 11 November 2017	Ivory Coast	0–2	Morocco	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
17:30 UTC+00:00		Report (CAF) Report (FIFA)	Dirar  25' Benatia  30'	Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

2018

Friendly 23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)	Serbia	1–2	Morocco	Turin, Italy
20:30 UTC+1	Tadić  37'	Report	Ziyech  29' (pen.) Boutaïb  40'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

Friendly 27 March 2018	Morocco	2–0	Uzbekistan	Casablanca, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	El Kaabi  4' da Costa  43'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mohammed V Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal)

Friendly 31 May 2018	Morocco	0–0	Ukraine	Geneva, Switzerland
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

Friendly 4 June 2018	Morocco	2–1	Slovakia	Geneva, Switzerland
20:00 UTC+2	El Kaabi  64' Belhanda  74'	Report	Greguš  59'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Lionel Tschudi (Switzerland)

Friendly 9 June 2018	Estonia	1–3	Morocco	Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 UTC+3	Purje  76'	Report	Belhanda  11' Ziyech  38' (pen.) En-Nesyri  72'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 4,756 Referee: Marius Avram (Romania)

2018 World Cup 15 June 2018	Morocco	0–1	Iran	Saint Petersburg, Russia
18:00 UTC+3		Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)	Bouhaddouz  90+5' (o.g.)	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 62,548 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

2018 World Cup 20 June 2018	Portugal	1–0	Morocco	Moscow, Russia
15:00 UTC+3	Ronaldo  4'	Report (FIFA) Report (BBC)		Stadium: Luzhniki Stadium Attendance: 78,011 Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

2018 World Cup 25 June 2018	Spain	v	Morocco	Kaliningrad, Russia
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Kaliningrad Stadium

2019 AFCONQ 7 September 2018	Morocco	v	Malawi	Morocco
		Report

2019 AFCONQ 10 October 2018	Morocco	v	Comoros	Morocco
		Report

2019 AFCONQ 13 October 2018	Comoros	v	Morocco	Comoros
		Report

2019 AFCONQ 16 November 2018	Morocco	v	Cameroon	Morocco
		Report

2019

2019 AFCONQ 22 March 2019	Malawi	v	Morocco	Malawi
		Report

Squad

Current squad

• The following 23 players were called up for the 2018 FIFA World Cup:
• Match date: 15 - 20 – 25 June 2018
• Opposition: Iran, Portugal and Spain
• Caps and goals are correct as of 20 June 2018, after the match against Portugal.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Yassine Bounou	5 April 1991 (1991-04-05)	11	0	Girona
12	1GK	Munir Mohamedi	10 May 1989 (1989-05-10)	29	0	Numancia
22	1GK	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	5 April 1996 (1996-04-05)	2	0	IR Tanger
2	2DF	Achraf Hakimi	4 November 1998 (1998-11-04)	12	1	Real Madrid
3	2DF	Hamza Mendyl	21 October 1997 (1997-10-21)	13	0	Lille
4	2DF	Manuel da Costa	6 May 1986 (1986-05-06)	30	1	İstanbul Başakşehir
5	2DF	Medhi Benatia (Captain)	17 April 1987 (1987-04-17)	59	2	Juventus
6	2DF	Romain Saïss	26 March 1990 (1990-03-26)	27	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
17	2DF	Nabil Dirar	25 February 1986 (1986-02-25)	35	3	Fenerbahçe
7	3MF	Hakim Ziyech	19 March 1993 (1993-03-19)	20	9	Ajax
8	3MF	Karim El Ahmadi	27 January 1985 (1985-01-27)	52	1	Feyenoord
10	3MF	Younès Belhanda	25 February 1990 (1990-02-25)	49	5	Galatasaray
11	3MF	Fayçal Fajr	1 August 1988 (1988-08-01)	24	2	Getafe
14	3MF	Mbark Boussoufa (Vice-captain)	15 August 1984 (1984-08-15)	61	7	Al-Jazira
15	3MF	Youssef Aït Bennasser	7 July 1996 (1996-07-07)	14	0	Caen
16	3MF	Nordin Amrabat	31 March 1987 (1987-03-31)	46	4	Leganés
18	3MF	Amine Harit	18 June 1997 (1997-06-18)	7	0	Schalke 04
21	3MF	Sofyan Amrabat	21 August 1996 (1996-08-21)	7	0	Feyenoord
23	3MF	Mehdi Carcela-González	1 July 1989 (1989-07-01)	21	1	Standard Liège
9	4FW	Ayoub El Kaabi	26 June 1993 (1993-06-26)	12	11	RS Berkane
13	4FW	Khalid Boutaïb	24 April 1987 (1987-04-24)	19	7	Yeni Malatyaspor
19	4FW	Youssef En-Nesyri	1 June 1997 (1997-06-01)	16	2	Málaga
20	4FW	Aziz Bouhaddouz	29 January 1987 (1987-01-29)	16	3	St. Pauli

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 8 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up DF Badr Banoun 30 September 1993 (1993-09-30) 9 1 Raja Casablanca 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE DF Oualid El Hajjam 19 February 1991 (1991-02-19) 1 0 Amiens 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE DF Mohamed Nahiri 29 October 1990 (1990-10-29) 11 0 Wydad Casablanca v. Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018 DF Fouad Chafik 16 October 1986 (1986-10-16) 10 0 Dijon v. Ivory Coast, 11 November 2017 DF Jawad El Yamiq 29 February 1992 (1992-02-29) 13 4 Genoa v. Ivory Coast, 11 November 2017 PRE MF Noussair Mazraoui 14 November 1997 (1997-11-14) 0 0 Ajax 2018 FIFA World Cup PRE MF Sofiane Boufal 17 September 1993 (1993-09-17) 6 0 Southampton v. Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018 MF Salaheddine Saidi 6 February 1987 (1987-02-06) 6 0 Wydad Casablanca v. Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018 MF Zakaria Labyad 9 March 1993 (1993-03-09) 4 0 Ajax v. Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018 MF Yassin Ayoub 6 March 1994 (1994-03-06) 0 0 Utrecht v. Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018 MF Ismail Haddad 3 August 1990 (1990-08-03) 12 2 Wydad Casablanca v. Ivory Coast, 11 November 2017 PRE FW Yacine Bammou 11 September 1991 (1991-09-11) 7 1 Nantes v. Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018 FW Walid Azaro 6 October 1995 (1995-10-06) 5 0 Al Ahly v. Uzbekistan, 27 March 2018 FW Rachid Alioui 28 June 1992 (1992-06-28) 9 2 Nîmes v. Ivory Coast, 11 November 2017 FW Achraf Bencharki 24 September 1994 (1994-09-24) 8 1 Al-Hilal v. Ivory Coast, 11 November 2017 FW Mimoun Mahi 13 March 1994 (1994-03-13) 2 1 Groningen v. Ivory Coast, 11 November 2017 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 Current technical staff Position Name Head coach Walid Regragui Assistant coach Rachid Benmahmoud Gharib Amzine Goalkeeping coach Omar Harrak Fitness coach Edu Gonzalez Video Analyst Moussa El Habachi Technical director Chris Van Puyvelde Honours Africa Cup of Nations Winner (1): 1976 Runners-up (1): 2004 Third place (1): 1980 Arab Nations Cup Champions (1): 2012 African Nations Championship Champions (1): 2018 External links Morocco Moroccan competitions · Moroccan Coaches · Moroccan players · Moroccan Stadiums International football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Federations · Codes Confederation Competitions AFC Asian Cup CAF Africa Cup of Nations CONCACAF Gold Cup CONMEBOL Copa América OFC Nations Cup UEFA European Championship Non-FIFA N.F.-Board · Viva World Cup Confederation of African Football Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Congo · Côte d'Ivoire · Djibouti · DR Congo · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Réunion† · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zanzibar† · Zimbabwe † Associate member - Not a member of FIFA Morocco – 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group stage 1. Bounou 2. Achraf 3. Mendyl 4. Da Costa 5. Benatia (c) 6. Saïss 7. Ziyech 8. El Ahmadi 9. El Kaabi 10. Belhanda 11. Fajr 12. Munir 13. Boutaïb 14. Boussoufa 15. Aït Bennasser 16. N. Amrabat 17. Dirar 18. Harit 19. En-Nesyri 20. Bouhaddouz 21. S. Amrabat 22. Tagnaouti 23. Carcela Manager:   Hervé Renard Morocco – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations 1. Bounou 2. Hakimi 3. Masina 4. Amrabat 5. Aguerd 6. Saïss 7. Louza 8. Ounahi 9. El Kaabi 10. El Haddadi 11. Fajr 12. Munir 13. Chair 14. Aboukhlal 15. Amallah 16. Barkok 17. Boufal 18. Chakla 19. En-Nesyri 20. Alakouch 21. El Karouani 22. Tagnaouti 23. R. Mmaee 24. S. Mmaee 25. Chibi 26. Benoun 27. Rahimi 28. Tissoudali Manager:   Vahid Halilhodžić Morocco – 2022 FIFA World Cup – Fourth place 1. Bounou 2. Hakimi 3. Mazraoui 4. Amrabat 5. Aguerd 6. Saïss (c) 7. Ziyech 8. Ounahi 9. Hamdallah 10. Zaroury 11. Sabiri 12. Munir 13. Chair 14. Aboukhlal 15. Amallah 16. Ezzalzouli 17. Boufal 18. El Yamiq 19. En-Nesyri 20. Dari 21. Cheddira 22. Tagnaouti 23. El Khannous 24. Benoun 25. Attiyat Allah 26. Jabrane Manager:   Regragui