Morocco national football team

Morocco

Nickname(s)	اسودالأطلس (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Hassan Moumen
Captain	Youssef Safri
Most caps	Abdel Majid Dolmi (124)
Top scorer	Salaheddine Bassir (27)
Home stadium	Stade Moulay Abdellah
FIFA code	MAR
FIFA ranking	64
Highest FIFA ranking	10 (April 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	64 (October 2009)
Elo ranking	46
Highest Elo ranking	17 (1999)
Lowest Elo ranking	57 (1983, 1992, 1993)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq (Lebanon; 19 October 1957)
Biggest win
Morocco 13 - 1 Saudi Arabia (Morocco; 6 September 1961)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 6 - 0 Morocco (Tokyo, Japan; 11 October 1964)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1970)
Best result	Round 2, 1986
African Nations Cup
Appearances	13 (First in 1972)
Best result	Winners, 1976

The Morocco national football team (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed أسود الأطلس (Lions of the Atlas), is the national team of Morocco and is controlled by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football. 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 second round barely losing to eventual runner-ups West Germany 1-0 in 1986. They also came within two minutes of moving out of the group stage of the the 1998 World Cup, Kjetil Rekdal's late winning goal for Norway against Brazil eliminating them.

Morocco won the African Nations Cup in 1976.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter
• 1962 - Did not qualify
• 1966 - Withdrew
• 1970 - Round 1
• 1974 to 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Round 2
• 1990 - Did not qualify
• 1994 - Round 1
• 1998 - Round 1
• 2002 to 2010 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

Results over the last 12 months

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
19 November 2008	Morocco	3-0	Zambia
11 February 2009	Morocco	0-0	Czech Republic
28 March 2009	Morocco	1-2	Gabon
31 March 2009	Angola	0-2	Morocco
7 June 2009	Cameroon	0-0	Morocco
20 June 2009	Morocco	0-0	Togo
12 August 2009	Morocco	1-1	Congo
7 September 2009	Togo	1-1	Morocco
10 October 2009	Gabon	3-1	Morocco
14 November 2009	Morocco	0-2	Cameroon

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Most Recent Squad

The following players were called up for match against Cameroon on 14 November 2009.

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Nadir Lamyaghri February 13, 1976 (1976-02-13) (age 33) 28 0 Wydad Casablanca GK Karim Fegrouch February 14, 1982 (1982-02-14) (age 27) 2 0 Wydad Casablanca GK Hakim Ait Boulmane January 8, 1982 (1982-01-08) (age 27) 0 0 Maghreb Fez DF Mehdi Benatia April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) (age 22) 7 0 Clermont Foot DF Mohammed Oulhaj January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06) (age 21) 1 0 Raja Casablanca DF Chakib Benzoukane August 7, 1986 (1986-08-07) (age 23) 1 0 PFC Levski Sofia DF Issam El Adoua September 12, 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 23) 1 0 RC Lens DF Khalid Sekkat May 12, 1984 (1984-05-12) (age 25) 0 0 Wydad Casablanca DF Zakaria Zerouali May 24, 1978 (1978-05-24) (age 31) 1 0 Raja Casablanca DF Mourad Ainy February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11) (age 29) 6 0 Raja Casablanca DF Azzeddine Hissa September 2, 1982 (1982-09-02) (age 27) 0 0 Hassania Agadir MF Adil Hermach June 27, 1986 (1986-06-27) (age 23) 2 0 RC Lens MF Karim El Ahmadi October 27, 1985 (1985-10-27) (age 24) 8 1 Feyenoord MF Issam Erraki May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 28) 1 0 FAR Rabat MF Adel Taarabt May 24, 1989 (1989-05-24) (age 20) 6 3 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. MF Nabil Dirar February 25, 1986 (1986-02-25) (age 23) 5 0 Club Brugge MF Mohammed Chihani September 13, 1982 (1982-09-13) (age 27) 0 0 Maghreb Fez MF Ahmed Demyani February 13, 1984 (1984-02-13) (age 25) 0 0 Difaa El Jadida FW Hicham Aboucherouane April 20, 1981 (1981-04-20) (age 28) 27 5 Ittihad Jeddah FW Abdessalam Benjelloun January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) (age 24) 8 3 Hibernian F.C. FW Nabil Baha October 12, 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 28) 19 4 Málaga CF FW Mustapha Allaoui May 30, 1983 (1983-05-30) (age 26) 1 0 EA Guingamp FW Omar Najdi October 24, 1986 (1986-10-24) (age 23) 0 0 Raja Casablanca

Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Khalid Askri (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) March 20, 1981 (1981-03-20) (age 28) 0 0 FAR Rabat GK Issam Badda (friendly v. Benin, August 30, 2008) May 10, 1983 (1983-05-10) (age 26) Ittihad Khemisset GK Karim Zaza (WCQ v. Togo, June 20, 2009) January 5, 1975 (1975-01-05) (age 34) Aalborg BK GK Mohammed Amsif (friendly v. Oman, September 6, 2008) February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07) (age 20) 0 0 FC Schalke 04 GK Brahim Zaari (friendly v. Angola, March 31, 2009) October 12, 1989 (1989-10-12) (age 20) 0 0 FC Den Bosch DF Youssef Rabeh (friendly v. Zambia, November 18, 2008) April 28, 1985 (1985-04-28) (age 24) 2 0 PFC Levski Sofia DF Amin Erbati (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) July 7, 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 28) 37 0 Moghreb Tétouan DF Abdeslam Ouaddou (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) November 1, 1978 (1978-11-01) (age 31) 58 3 AS Nancy DF Michaël Chrétien Basser (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 25) 23 0 AS Nancy DF Hicham Mahdoufi (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 26) 13 1 Olympique Khouribga DF Jamal Alioui (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) June 2, 1982 (1982-06-02) (age 27) FC Sion DF Youssef Tourabi (friendly v. Oman, September 6, 2008) April 18, 1989 (1989-04-18) (age 20) 1 0 Wydad Casablanca DF Talal El Karkouri (WCQ v. Gabon, March 28, 2009) July 8, 1976 (1976-07-08) (age 33) Qatar SC DF Youssef El-Akchaoui (friendly v. Czech Republic, February 11, 2009) February 18, 1981 (1981-02-18) (age 28) 2 0 NEC Nijmegen DF Badr El Kaddouri (WCQ v. Togo, June 20, 2009) January 31, 1981 (1981-01-31) (age 28) 33 0 FC Dynamo Kyiv DF Hoalid Regragui (WCQ v. Togo, June 20, 2009) September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23) (age 34) 44 1 Grenoble Foot 38 DF Hassan El Mouataz (WCQ v. Togo, June 20, 2009) September 12, 1981 (1981-09-12) (age 28) K.S.C. Lokeren DF Salaheddine Sbai (WCQ v. Mauritania, October 11, 2008) August 21, 1985 (1985-08-21) (age 24) 2 0 Nîmes Olympique DF Chemcedine El Araichi (friendly v. Angola, March 31, 2009) May 18, 1981 (1981-05-18) (age 28) 3 0 R.E. Mouscron MF Soufiane Benzouine (friendly v. Benin, August 30, 2008) August 11, 1986 (1986-08-11) (age 23) 1 0 K.A.S. Eupen MF Younes Menkari (WCQ v. Togo, June 20. 2009) January 28, 1983 (1983-01-28) (age 26) 1 0 Al-Ittifaq MF Yacine Abdessadki (friendly v. Zambia, November 18, 2008) January 1, 1981 (1981-01-01) (age 28) SC Freiburg MF Rafik Abdessamad (WCQ v. Togo, June 20, 2009) April 8, 1982 (1982-04-08) (age 27) 2 0 Al-Wahda FC MF Youssef Safri (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) January 3, 1977 (1977-01-03) (age 32) 75 8 Qatar SC MF Houssine Kharja (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) November 9, 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 27) 58 5 Genoa C.F.C. MF Kamel Chafni (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) June 11, 1982 (1982-06-11) (age 27) 4 0 AJ Auxerre MF Mbark Boussoufa (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) August 15, 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 25) 14 1 R.S.C. Anderlecht MF Youssouf Hadji (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) February 25, 1980 (1980-02-25) (age 29) 46 14 AS Nancy MF Jaouad Zairi (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) April 14, 1982 (1982-04-14) (age 27) 32 10 Olympiacos F.C. MF Rachid Hamdani (WCQ v. Togo, September 7, 2009) April 8, 1985 (1985-04-08) (age 24) 2 0 Clermont Foot MF Mohammed Berrabeh (WCQ v. Togo, September 7, 2009) December 12, 1986 (1986-12-12) (age 22) 0 0 Wydad Casablanca MF Nabil El Zhar (WCQ v. Gabon, March 28, 2009) August 27, 1986 (1986-08-27) (age 23) 8 2 Liverpool F.C. MF Abderrahmane Kabous (friendly v. Congo, Augsut 12, 2009) April 24, 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 26) 7 0 Real Murcia MF Tarik Sektioui (friendly v. Zambia, November 18, 2008) May 13, 1977 (1977-05-13) (age 32) 18 5 Ajman Club MF Merouane Zemmama (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) October 7, 1983 (1983-10-07) (age 26) 6 1 Hibernian F.C. FW Adil Chihi (friendly v. Benin, August 30, 2008) February 21, 1988 (1988-02-21) (age 21) 1 0 1. FC Köln FW Moncef Zerka (friendly v. Benin, August 30, 2008) August 30, 1981 (1981-08-30) (age 28) 12 3 FC Nantes FW Bouchaib El Moubarki (friendly v. Benin, August 30, 2008) January 12, 1978 (1978-01-12) (age 31) Moghreb Tétouan FW Marouane Chamakh (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 25) 50 15 FC Girondins de Bordeaux FW Mounir El Hamdaoui (WCQ v. Gabon, October 10, 2009) July 14, 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 25) 4 1 AZ Alkmaar

Coaches

• 1957 Larbi Ben Barek, Abdelkader Lohkmiri, Mohamed Kadmiri
• 1961-1964 Mohamed Massoun, Kader Firoud.
• 1964-1967 Mohamed Massoun, Abderrahmane Belmahjoub.
• 1968 Cluzeau, Abdellah Settati
• 1970 Blagoja Vidinić
• 1971 Abderrahmane Belmahjoub
• 1972 José Barinaga
• 1972 Abdallah El-Emmani
• 1976 Gheorghe Mărdărescu (Winner of African Nations Cup)
• 1977 Abdellah "Malaga" Antaki
• 1979 Cluzeau
• 1979-1981 Just Fontaine
• 1980 Jounane & Yabram Hamidouch
• 1981 Yabram Hamidouch
• 1983-1988 José Faria "Mehdi"
• 1988-1989 Jaime Valente
• 1989-1990 Antonio Valentín "Angelino Angelillo"
• 1990-1992 Werner Olk
• 1992 Abdelkhalek Louzani
• 1993-1994 Abdellah Ajri Blinda
• 1994 Mohammed Lamari
• 1995 Gilson Nunez
• 1995-2000 Henri Michel
• 2000 Henryk Kasperczak
• 2001 Mustapha Madih
• 2002 Humberto Coelho
• 2002-2005 Badou Zaki
• 2005 Philippe Troussier
• 2005-2007 Mohamed Fakhir
• 2007-2008 Henri Michel
• 2008-2008 Fathi Jamal (interim)
• 2008-2009 Roger Lemerre
• 2009-current Hassan Moumen

Sport equipment

• Puma AG

(previously Nike)

References

External links

• Morocco FA official site
• Moroccan National Team (Atlas-Lions)
• RSSSF archive of results
• Site for the Atlas-lions

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