Morocco national football team

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Morocco

Nickname(s)

Lions de l'Atlas
(Lions of the Atlas)

Association

Fédération Royale
Marocaine de Football

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Roger Lemerre

Captain

Talal El Karkouri

Most caps

Noureddine Naybet (115)

Top scorer

Salaheddine Bassir (43)

Home stadium

Stade Mohamed V

FIFA code

MAR

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

10 (April 1998)

Lowest FIFA ranking

49 (March 2008)

Elo ranking

Highest Elo ranking

17 (1999)

Lowest Elo ranking

57 (1983, 1992, 1993)





First kit





Second kit

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, nicknamed Lions de l'Atlas (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 once, in 1976.

1 World Cup record
2 African Nations Cup record
3 Famous players
4 Current Squad
5 Coaches
6 Sport equipment
7 External links

[edit] 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 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 - Did not enter
1959 - Did not enter
1962 - Withdrew
1963 - Did not qualify
1965 - Did not enter
1968 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1972 - Round 1
1974 - Did not qualify
1976 - Champions
1978 - Round 1
1980 - Third place
1982 - Did not qualify

1984 - Did not qualify
1986 - Fourth place
1988 - Fourth place
1990 - Did not qualify
1992 - Round 1
1994 - Did not qualify
1996 - Did not qualify
1998 - Quarterfinals
2000 - Round 1
2002 - Round 1
2004 - Second place
2006 - Round 1
2008 - Round 1

[edit] Famous players

[edit] Current Squad

The following players were called for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification in June 2008.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Tarik El Jarmouni	December 30, 1977 (1977-12-30) (age 30)			FAR Rabat
GK	Karim Fegrouch	January 1, 1982 (1982-01-01) (age 26)	0	0	Wydad Casablanca
GK	Nadir Lamyaghri	February 13, 1976 (1976-02-13) (age 32)			Al-Wahda FC
DF	Mourad Aïni	February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11) (age 28)	1	0	Raja Casablanca
DF	Michaël Chrétien Basser	October 7, 1984 (1984-10-07) (age 23)			AS Nancy
DF	Badr El Kaddouri	July 1, 1981 (1981-31-01) (age 26)			FC Dynamo Kyiv
DF	Amin Erbati	July 7, 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 26)			Olympique Marseille
DF	Salaheddine Sbai	August 21, 1985 (1985-08-21) (age 22)			R. Charleroi S.C.
MF	Mbark Boussoufa	August 15, 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 23)			R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Karim El Ahmadi	January 27, 1985 (1985-01-27) (age 23)			Feyenoord
MF	Nabil El Zhar	August 27, 1986 (1986-08-27) (age 21)			Liverpool F.C.
MF	Issam Erraki	November 27, 1981 (1981-11-27) (age 26)			FAR Rabat
MF	Rachid Hamdani	April 8, 1985 (1985-04-08) (age 23)			AS Nancy
MF	Adil Hermach	June 27, 1986 (1986-06-27) (age 21)			RC Lens
MF	Houssine Kharja	November 9, 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 25)			A.C. Siena
MF	Youness Mankari	February 4, 1983 (1983-02-04) (age 25)			Wydad Casablanca
MF	Mohammed Oulhaj	January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06) (age 20)			Raja Casablanca
MF	Youssef Safri	January 3, 1977 (1977-01-03) (age 31)			Southampton F.C.
MF	Nabil Dirar	February 25, 1986 (1986-02-25) (age 22)			Club Brugge K.V.
FW	Hicham Aboucherouane	April 2, 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 27)			Espérance Sportive de Tunis
FW	Soufiane Alloudi	July 1, 1983 (1983-07-01) (age 24)			Al Ain FC
FW	Abdessalam Benjelloun	January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) (age 23)			Hibernian F.C.
FW	Marouane Chamakh	January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 24)			FC Girondins de Bordeaux
FW	Tarik Sektioui	May 13, 1977 (1977-05-13) (age 31)			F.C. Porto
FW	Brahim El Bahri	March 19, 1986 (1986-03-19) (age 22)			Le Mans Union Club 72