Morocco national football team

Morocco

Nickname(s)	اسودالأطلس (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Eric Gerets
Captain	Marouane Chamakh
Most caps	Noureddine Naybet (115)
Top scorer	Ahmed Faras (42)
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
FIFA ranking	82
Highest FIFA ranking	10 (April 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	82 (July 2010)
Elo ranking	T 61
Highest Elo ranking	17 (1999)
Lowest Elo ranking	61 (November 2009)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
First international
Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq (Lebanon; 19 October 1957)
Biggest win
Morocco 13 - 1 Saudi Arabia (Morocco; 6 September 1961)
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

Morocco vs Germany in the world cup Mexico 1986

Results over the last 12 months

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
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
11 August 2010	Morocco	2-1	Equatorial Guinea
3 September 2010	Morocco	-	Central African Republic
8 October 2010	Tanzania	-	Morocco

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Current squad

The following players were called up for friendly match against Equatorial Guinea on 11 August 2010.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Nadir Lamyaghri February 13, 1976 (1976-02-13) (age 35) 32 0 Wydad Casablanca GK Karim Fegrouche February 14, 1982 (1982-02-14) (age 29) 2 0 Wydad Casablanca GK Ahmed Mohamadina March 10, 1984 (1984-03-10) (age 26) 0 0 Olympique Khouribga DF Mehdi Benatia April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) (age 23) 8 0 Udinese DF Mohammed Oulhaj January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06) (age 23) 2 0 Raja Casablanca DF Chakib Benzoukane August 7, 1986 (1986-08-07) (age 24) 1 0 Levski Sofia DF Hicham Mahdoufi August 5, 1983 (1983-08-05) (age 27) 14 1 Raja Casablanca DF Michaël Chrétien Basser July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 26) 23 0 Nancy DF Rachid Soulaimani February 21, 1982 (1982-02-21) (age 28) 0 0 Raja Casablanca DF Adil Kerrouchy May 17, 1982 (1982-05-17) (age 28) 0 0 Difaa El Jadida MF Adil Hermach June 27, 1986 (1986-06-27) (age 24) 4 0 Lens MF Karim El Ahmadi October 27, 1985 (1985-10-27) (age 25) 8 1 Feyenoord MF Issam Erraki May 1, 1981 (1981-05-01) (age 29) 0 0 Al-Wahda MF Adel Taarabt May 24, 1989 (1989-05-24) (age 21) 7 3 Queens Park Rangers MF Nabil El Zhar August 27, 1986 (1986-08-27) (age 24) 8 2 Liverpool MF Youssouf Hadji February 25, 1980 (1980-02-25) (age 30) 46 16 Nancy MF Mbark Boussoufa August 15, 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 26) 14 1 Anderlecht MF Houssine Kharja November 9, 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 28) 58 5 Genoa MF Mohammed Berrabeh October 2, 1985 (1985-10-02) (age 25) 0 0 Wydad Casablanca MF Hassan Alla November 24, 1980 (1980-11-24) (age 30) Le Havre MF Yassine Lakhal August 24, 1989 (1989-08-24) (age 21) 0 0 Moghreb Tétouan FW Nabil Baha October 12, 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 29) 19 4 Málaga FW Badr Kachani January 2, 1990 (1990-01-02) (age 21) 0 0 FUS Rabat FW Mounir El Hamdaoui July 14, 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 26) 4 1 Ajax FW Marouane Chamakh January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 27) 50 15 Arsenal FW Soufiane Alloudi July 1, 1983 (1983-07-01) (age 27) 16 7 Al-Ain FW Abdelmoulla Berrabeh April 21, 1990 (1990-04-21) (age 20) 0 0 Raja Casablanca

Coaches

Marouane Chamakh, who plays for Arsenal F.C. and the Moroccan team.

Mounir El Hamdaoui striker of Ajax and the Moroccan team

• 1957-1961 Larbi Ben Barek, Abdelkader Lohkmiri, Mohamed Kadmiri
• 1961-1964 Mohamed Massoun, Kader Firoud.
• 1964-1967 Mohamed Massoun, Abderrahmane Belmahjoub.
• 1968-1970 Cluzeau, Abdellah Settati
• 1970-1971 Blagoja Vidinić
• 1971-1971 Abderrahmane Belmahjoub
• 1972-1972 José Barinaga
• 1972-1976 Abdallah El-Emmani
• 1976-1977 Gheorghe Mărdărescu (Winner of African Nations Cup)
• 1977-1977 Abdallah Ben Barek "Malaga"
• 1979-1979 Cluzeau
• 1979-1981 Just Fontaine
• 1981-1981 Yabram Hamidouch
• 1983-1988 José Faria "Mehdi"
• 1988-1989 Jaime Valente
• 1989-1990 Antonio Valentín "Angelino Angelillo"
• 1990-1992 Werner Olk
• 1992-1992 Abdelkhalek Louzani
• 1993-1994 Abdellah Ajri Blinda
• 1994-1994 Mohammed Lamari
• 1995-1995 Gilson Nunez
• 1995-2000 Henri Michel
• 2000-2000 Henryk Kasperczak
• 2001-2001 Mustapha Madih
• 2002-2002 Humberto Coelho
• 2002-2005 Badou Zaki
• 2005-2005 Philippe Troussier
• 2005-2007 Mohamed Fakhir
• 2007-2008 Henri Michel
• 2008-2009 Roger Lemerre
• 2009-2010 Hassan Moumen
• 2010-present Eric Gerets

References

External links

• Morocco FA official site
• Maroc Football
• Moroccan National Team (Atlas-Lions)
• RSSSF archive of results

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