Morocco national football team

Morocco
Nickname(s)	أُسُودالأطلس / Igrzamn n Atlasi; (Atlas Lions)
Association	Fédération; Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Adam Sonebi
Most caps	Noureddine Naybet (115)
Top scorer	Ahmed Faras
Home stadium	Stade Adrar, Agadir; Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
FIFA code	MAR
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	57 (12 January 2017)
Highest	10 (April 1998)
Lowest	95 (September 2010)
Elo ranking
Current	60 (29 January 2017)
Highest	17 (December 1998)
Lowest	81 (May 2013)
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 ; (Japan; 11 October 1964)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1970)
Best result	Round of 16, 1986
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	16 (first in 1972)
Best result	Champions, 1976

The Morocco national football team^[1] nicknamed the Lions of the Atlas, 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 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.

After a decade-long drought, glory came back in 2012 for the Moroccan national team in when they were victorious in the 2012 Arab Nations Cup defeating Libya in the final. On 5 February 2015, The CAF Executive Committee decided to suspend the Morocco national football team from the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, 2017 and 2019, and to impose on the Royal Moroccan Football Federation the regulatory fine of US$1 million, along with the sum of 8.05 million Euros in compensation for all material damage sustained by CAF, stakeholders and partners as a result of the decision not to host 2015 edition.^[2] However, the ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, meaning Morocco may enter the tournaments.^[3]

Home stadium[edit]

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) and Stade Adrar in (Agadir).

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA World Cup[edit]

Morocco's national football team participated four 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
1930	Did not enter								Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962	Did Not Qualify								7	2	2	3	7	8
1966	Withdrew								Withdrew
1970	Group Stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	6	10	4	4	2	11	7
1974	Did Not Qualify								10	4	3	3	12	13
1978									2	0	2	0	2	2
1982									8	3	2	3	5	6
1986	Round of 16	11th	4	1	2	1	3	2	8	5	2	1	12	1
1990	Did Not Qualify								6	1	3	2	4	5
1994	Group Stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	2	5	10	7	2	1	19	4
1998	Group Stage	18th	3	1	1	1	5	5	6	5	1	0	14	2
2002	Did not qualify								10	6	3	1	11	3
2006									10	5	5	0	17	7
2010									10	3	3	4	14	13
2014									6	2	3	1	9	8
2018	To Be Determined
2022	To Be Determined
Total	Round of 16	4/22	13	2	4	7	12	18	103	47	35	21	137	79

Summer Olympic Games[edit]

historical kit of Morocco

Since 1992, the Olympic team has been drawn from a squad with a maximum of three players over 23 years age, and the achievements of this team are not generally regarded as part of the national team's records, nor are the statistics credited to the players' international records.

Football at the Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1896	No football tournament
1900	Did Not Enter
1904
1908
1912
1920
1924
1928
1932	No football tournament
1936	Did Not Enter
1948
1952
1956
1960	Did Not Qualify
1964	Round 1	13	2	0	0	2	1	9
1968	Withdrew
1972	Round 2	8	6	1	1	4	7	14
1976	Did Not Qualify
1980	Did Not Qualify
1984	Round 1	12	3	1	0	2	1	4
1988	Did Not Qualify

1992	Round 1	15	3	0	1	2	2	8
1996	Did Not Qualify
2000	Round 1	16	3	0	0	3	1	7
2004	Round 1	10	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012	Round 1	11	3	0	2	1	2	3
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020	To be determined
Total	Round 2	7/26	23	3	5	15	17	48

Africa Cup of Nations[edit]

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
1957	Did not enter								Did not enter
1959	Did not enter								Did not enter
1962	Withdrew								Withdrew
1963	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	5	6
1965	Did not enter								Did not enter
1968	Did not enter								Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify								2	1	0	1	1	2
1972	Group Stage	5th	3	0	3	0	3	3	4	2	0	2	9	6
1974	Did not enter								Did not enter
1976	Winner	1st	6	4	2	0	11	6	6	4	0	2	13	4
1978	Group Stage	6th	3	1	3	1	2	4	Qualified as defending champions
1980	Third Place	3rd	5	2	1	2	4	3	4	2	1	1	14	5
1982	Did not qualify								4	3	0	1	8	4
1984	Did not qualify								4	1	2	1	4	2
1986	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	2	2	4	5	2	1	1	0	1	0
1988	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	3	1	3	3	Qualified as hosts
1990	Did not qualify								2	0	2	0	1	1
1992	Group Stage	9th	2	0	1	1	1	2	6	4	0	2	11	4
1994	Did not qualify								6	2	2	2	5	4
1996	Did not qualify								4	1	1	2	2	4
1998	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	2	1	1	6	3	6	4	2	0	10	1
2000	Group Stage	11th	3	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	2	0	6	4
2002	Group Stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	4	6	3	1	2	5	4
2004	Runner-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	14	4	6	5	1	0	10	0
2006	Group Stage	13th	3	0	2	1	0	1	10	5	5	0	17	7
2008	Group Stage	11th	3	1	0	2	7	6	4	3	1	0	6	1
2010	Did not qualify								10	3	3	4	14	13
2012	Group Stage	12th	3	1	0	2	4	5	6	3	2	1	8	2
2013	Group Stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3	2	1	0	1	4	2
2015	Withdrew, disqualified or did not enter								Withdrew, disqualified or did not enter
2017	Quarter-Finals	7th	4	2	0	2	4	3	6	5	1	0	10	1
2019	To Be Determined
2021
2023
Total	1 Title	15/30	57	19	22	16	66	54	106	56	27	23	164	77

African Nations Championship[edit]

African Nations Championship record									African Nations Championship qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify								4	1	2	1	5	6
2011	Did not qualify								2	0	2	0	3	3
2014	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	7	6	2	1	1	0	1	0
2016	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	4	2	4	3	1	0	11	3
2018	To Be Determined
2020	To Be Determined
Total	Quarter-finals	2/4	7	2	3	2	11	8	12	5	6	1	20	12

Arab Nations Cup[edit]

Arab Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1963	Did not participate
1964
1966
1985
1988
1992
1998	Group Stage	5th	2	1	0	1	2	2
2002	Semi Final	4th	5	1	2	2	5	6
2009	Cancelled
2012	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	11	2
Total	1 Title	3/9	12	6	3	2	18	10

Pan Arab Games[edit]

Football at the Pan Arab Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1953	Did not enter
1957	Fourth Place	4th	4	2	2	0	12	6
1961	Gold Medal	1st	5	5	0	0	26	6
1965	Did not enter
1976	Gold Medal	1st	6	4	2	0	12	-
1985	Silver Medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	9	3
1992	Did not enter
1997
1999
2004	No football tournament
2007	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
Total	2 Titles	4/11	20	14	5	1	59	15

Islamic Solidarity Games[edit]

Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Silver Medal	-	5	2	2	1	4	2
2010	Cancelled
2013	Gold Medal	-	4	3	0	1	6	3
2017	To Be Determined
Total	1 Title	2/2	9	5	2	2	10	5

Jeux de la Francophonie[edit]

Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Silver Medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	10	7
1994	Fourth Place	4th	4	2	0	2	5	6
1997	Did not enter
2001	Gold Medal	1st	6	3	3	0	12	3
2005	Group Stage	9th	3	1	0	2	4	4
2009	Bronze Medal	3rd	4	3	0	1	6	3
2013	Silver Medal	2nd	4	1	1	2	4	4
2017	To Be Determined
2021	To Be Determined
Total	1 Title	6/7	26	13	5	8	41	27

Mediterranean Games[edit]

Football at the Mediterranean Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not enter
1955
1959
1963	Fourth Place	4th	4	2	0	2	4	6
1967	Group Stage	7th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1971	Fourth Place	4th	4	2	1	1	3	2
1975	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	4	0	3	2
1979	Group Stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	3
1983	Gold Medal	1st	5	3	1	0	8	2
1987	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2
1991	Bronze Medal	3rd	3	2	0	1	6	3
1993	Group Stage	9th	2	0	1	1	0	2
1997	Did not enter
2001	Group Stage	8th	2	1	0	1	6	4
2005	Fourth Place	4rd	5	1	2	2	3	3
2009	withdrew
2013	Gold Medal	1st	5	4	2	0	12	5
2018	To Be Determined
2021	To Be Determined
Total	2 Titles	12/17	28	3	10	15	20	47

Minor tournaments[edit]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1965 World Men's Military Cup	Third Place	3rd	3	1	1	1	3	5
1965 Tripoli Tournament	Third Place	3rd	3	1	1	1	2	1
1966 World Men's Military Cup	Runner-up	2nd	3	0	1	2	1	4
1966 Tripoli Exhibition Cup	Winner	1st	4	3	0	1	4	5
1967 World Men's Military Cup	Third Place	3rd	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974 Kuneitra Cup	Winner	1st	7	6	1	0	16	5
1980 Merdeka Tournament	Winner	1st	8	5	2	1	15	7
1988 Tournoi de France	Runner-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	4	3
1989 World Men's Military Cup	Runner-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	4
1993 World Men's Military Cup	Runner-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	16	5
1996 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Third Place	3rd	2	1	1	0	4	2
1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Third Place	3rd	2	0	1	1	2	3
1999 LG Cup	Runner-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	2	2
2000 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Runner-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	2	5
2002 LG Cup (Morocco)	Third Place	3rd	2	1	1	0	2	0
2002 LG Cup (Iran)	Third Place	3rd	2	0	2	0	1	1
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[edit]

Senior team[edit]

Africa Cup of Nations

Winner (1):

1976

Runners-up (1):

2004

Third place (1):

1980

Arab Nations Cup

Champions (1):

2012

Youth and Olympic teams[edit]

Pan Arab Games (2): 1961, 1985
Islamic Solidarity Games (1): 2013
Mediterranean Games (2): 1983, 2013
Jeux de la Francophonie (1): 2001
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations (1): 1997
Arab Cup U-20 (1): 2011
UNAF U-20 Tournament (1): 2015
UNAF U-17 Tournament (2): 2007, 2011

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures[edit]

2016[edit]

26 March 2016 2017 ACN Q	Cape Verde	0–1	Morocco	Praia, Cape Verde
16:00 UTC−01:00		Report	El-Arabi 26' (pen.)	Stadium: Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde Referee: Neant Alioum (Cameroon)

29 March 2016 2017 ACN Q	Morocco	2–0	Cape Verde	Marrakech, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	El-Arabi 54' (pen.), 61'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

27 May 2016 Friendly	Morocco	2–0	Congo	Tangier, Morocco
19:00 UTC+1	Ziyech 4', 55' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade de Tanger Referee: Issa Sy (Senegal)

3 June 2016 2017 ACN Q	Libya	1–1	Morocco	Radès, Tunisia
19:00 UTC+1	Al-Werfalli 90+1'	Report	Dirar 36'	Stadium: Stade de Radès Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

31 August 2016 Friendly	Albania	0–0	Morocco	Shkodër, Albania
19:30 UTC+1		Report		Stadium: Loro Boriçi Stadium Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

4 September 2016 2017 ACN Q	Morocco	2–0	São Tomé and Príncipe	Rabat, Morocco
20:00 UTC+1	Ziyech 55' (pen.) Bouhaddouz 83'	Report		Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

8 October 2016 2018 FWC Q	Gabon	0–0	Morocco	Franceville, Gabon
17:30 UTC+1		Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)		Stadium: Stade de Franceville Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

11 October 2016 Friendly	Morocco	4–0	Canada	Marrakech, Morocco
20:00 UTC	Carcela 12' Ziyech 65', 81' Alioui 87'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

12 November 2016 2018 FWC Q	Morocco	0–0	Ivory Coast	Marrakech, Morocco
20:30 UTC		Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)		Stadium: Stade de Marrakech Referee: Bernard Camille ()

15 November 2016 Friendly	Morocco	2–1	Togo	Marrakech, Morocco
20:00 UTC	Boutaïb 16', 58'	Report	Ayité 9'	Stadium: Stade de Marrakech

2017[edit]

4 January 2017 Friendly	Morocco	1–0	Burkina Faso	Rabat, Morocco
16:00 UTC+1	Bencharki 45'	Report		Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

9 January 2017 Friendly	Morocco	0–1	Finland	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
14:00 UTC+4		Report	Ojala 45+1'	Stadium: Tahnoun bin Mohammed Stadium Referee: Sultan Abdulrazaq Ibrahim Al Marzouqi (United Arab Emirates)

16 January 2017 CAN 2017	DR Congo	1–0	Morocco	Oyem, Gabon
20:00	Kabananga 55'	Report		Stadium: Stade d'Oyem Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

20 January 2017 CAN 2017	Morocco	3–1	Togo	Oyem, Gabon
20:00	Bouhaddouz 14' Saïss 21' En-Nesyri 72'	Report	Dossevi 5'	Stadium: Stade d'Oyem Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

24 January 2017 CAN 2017	Morocco	1–0	Ivory Coast	Oyem, Gabon
20:00	Alioui 64'	Report		Stadium: Stade d'Oyem Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

29 January 2017 CAN 2017	Egypt	1–0	Morocco	Port-Gentil, Gabon
20:00	Kahraba 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Port-Gentil Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

13 June 2017 2019 ACN Q	Cameroon	v	Morocco	Cameroon

28 August 2017 2018 FWC Q	Morocco	v	Mali	Morocco
		CAF Report

2 September 2017 2018 FWC Q	Mali	v	Morocco	Bamako, Mali
		CAF Report		Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars

2 October 2017 2018 FWC Q	Morocco	v	Gabon	Morocco
		CAF Report

6 November 2017 2018 FWC Q	Ivory Coast	v	Morocco	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
		CAF Report		Stadium: Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Current team status[edit]

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification				/
1	Cameroon (Q)	Qualified as host	—	5–13 Jun '17	3–11 Sep '18	5–13 Nov '18
2	Morocco	Final tournament	8–16 Oct '18	—	19–27 Mar '18	3–11 Sep '18
3	Malawi		3–11 Sep '18	5–13 Nov '18	—	5–13 Jun '17
4	Winners 2		19–27 Mar '18	3–11 Sep '18	8–16 Oct '18	—

First match(es) will be played on 5 June 2017. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)[edit]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	2–1	Equatorial Guinea	2–0	0–1

Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the third round. Source: FIFA

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup	—	6 Nov	2 Sep	3–1
2	Morocco	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		0–0	—	2 Oct	28 Aug
3	Gabon	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2		28 Aug	0–0	—	6 Nov
4	Mali	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1		2 Oct	2 Sep	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Squad[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players were called up for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations final squad on 4 January 2017.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Caps and goals updated as of 29 January 2017 after the match against Egypt.^[7]

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
12	1GK	Munir Mohamedi	(1989-05-10) May 10, 1989 (age 27)	17	0	Numancia
1	1GK	Yassine Bounou	(1991-04-05) April 5, 1991 (age 25)	8	0	Girona
22	1GK	Yassine El Kharroubi	(1990-03-29) March 29, 1990 (age 26)	2	0	Lokomotiv Plovdiv

5	2DF	Medhi Benatia (Captain)	(1987-04-17) April 17, 1987 (age 29)	49	1	Juventus
17	2DF	Nabil Dirar	(1986-02-25) February 25, 1986 (age 30)	25	2	Monaco
4	2DF	Manuel Da Costa (3rd Captain)	(1986-05-06) May 6, 1986 (age 30)	22	0	Olympiacos
6	2DF	Romain Saïss	(1990-03-26) March 26, 1990 (age 26)	13	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
3	2DF	Fouad Chafik	(1986-10-16) October 16, 1986 (age 30)	9	0	Dijon
2	2DF	Hamza Mendyl	(1997-10-21) October 21, 1997 (age 19)	9	0	Lille
10	2DF	Faycal Rherras	(1993-04-07) April 7, 1993 (age 23)	2	0	Heart of Midlothian
18	2DF	Amine Atouchi	(1992-07-01) 1 July 1992 (age 24)	1	0	Wydad Casablanca

14	3MF	Mbark Boussoufa	(1984-08-15) 15 August 1984 (age 32)	47	6	Al Jazira
8	3MF	Karim El Ahmadi	(1985-01-27) January 27, 1985 (age 32)	40	1	Feyenoord
16	3MF	Omar El Kaddouri	(1990-08-21) August 21, 1990 (age 26)	27	5	Empoli
19	3MF	Mounir Obbadi	(1983-04-04) April 4, 1983 (age 33)	22	0	Lille
21	3MF	Mehdi Carcela-González	(1989-07-01) July 1, 1989 (age 27)	16	1	Granada
11	3MF	Fayçal Fajr	(1988-08-01) August 1, 1988 (age 28)	12	0	Deportivo La Coruña
15	3MF	Youssef Aït Bennasser	(1996-07-07) July 7, 1996 (age 20)	7	0	Nancy

9	4FW	Youssef El-Arabi	(1987-02-03) 3 February 1987 (age 29)	41	15	Lekhwiya
7	4FW	Youssef En Nesyri	(1997-07-01) July 1, 1997 (age 19)	11	1	Malaga
23	4FW	Rachid Alioui	(1992-06-18) 18 June 1992 (age 24)	9	2	Nîmes
20	4FW	Aziz Bouhaddouz	(1987-01-29) January 29, 1987 (age 30)	8	2	FC St. Pauli
13	4FW	Khalid Boutaïb	(1987-04-24) 24 April 1987 (age 29)	7	2	Strasbourg

^[8]

Recent call-ups[edit]

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
GK	Mohamed Amsif	(1989-02-07) February 7, 1989 (age 27)	8	0	IRT	v. Albania, August 31, 2016

DF	Ismail Haddad	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 22)	3	0	Wydad Casablanca	2017 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad
DF	Mohamed Nahiri	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 25)	1	0	FUS Rabat	2017 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad
DF	Achraf Lazaar	(1992-01-22) January 22, 1992 (age 25)	17	0	Newcastle United	v. Togo, November 15, 2016
DF	Abdelhamid El Kaoutari	(1990-03-17) March 17, 1990 (age 26)	13	0	Bastia	v. Togo, November 15, 2016
DF	Zouhair Feddal	(1989-01-01) January 1, 1989 (age 28)	11	0	Alavés	v. Togo, November 15, 2016
DF	Yunis Abdelhamid	(1987-09-28) September 28, 1987 (age 29)	2	0	Dijon	v. Canada, October 11, 2016
DF	Achraf Hakimi	(1998-11-04) November 4, 1998 (age 18)	1	0	Real Madrid B	v. Canada, October 11, 2016

MF	Nordin Amrabat	(1987-03-31) March 31, 1987 (age 29)	34	4	Watford	2017 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad
MF	Sofiane Boufal	(1993-09-17) September 17, 1993 (age 23)	3	0	Southampton	2017 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad
MF	Younès Belhanda	(1990-02-25) February 25, 1990 (age 26)	36	3	Nice	2017 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad
MF	Hakim Ziyech	(1993-03-19) March 19, 1993 (age 23)	9	5	Ajax	v. Togo, November 15, 2016
MF	Nabil El Zhar	(1986-08-27) August 27, 1986 (age 30)	10	2	Las Palmas	v. Canada, October 11, 2016
MF	Ismail H'Maidat	(1995-06-16) June 16, 1995 (age 21)	1	0	Vicenza	v. Canada, October 11, 2016
MF	Ouasim Bouy	(1993-06-11) June 11, 1993 (age 23)	0	0	Palermo	v. Libya, June 6, 2016

FW	Oussama Tannane	(1994-03-23) March 23, 1994 (age 22)	6	0	Saint-Étienne	2017 Africa Cup of Nations preliminary squad
FW	Yacine Bammou	(1991-11-09) November 9, 1991 (age 25)	4	1	Nantes	v. São Tomé and Príncipe, September 4, 2016
FW	Ryan Mmaee	(1997-04-01) April 1, 1997 (age 19)	1	0	Standard Liège	v. São Tomé and Príncipe, September 4, 2016
FW	Aatif Chahechouhe	(1986-07-02) July 2, 1986 (age 30)	10	1	Fenerbahce	v. Albania, August 31, 2016

Notes

^SUS Player is suspended
^INJ Did not make it to the current squad due to injury
^PRE Preliminary squad / standby

Previous squads[edit]

African Cup of Nations squads

Football at the Summer Olympics squads

From 1992, under-23 squad

FIFA World Cup squads

Personnel[edit]

Current technical staff[edit]

Position	Name
Head coach	Hervé Renard
Assistant coach	Patrice Beaumelle
Assistant coach	Mustapha Hadji
Goalkeeping coach	Philippe Sence
Fitness coach	Grégory Dupont
Sporting director	Aziz Bouderbala

Coaches[edit]

Source:^[9]

Managers
Name	Nationality	Years as Manager	Trophy Won
Larbi Ben Barek		1957
Mohammed Khamiri		1959
Abdelkader Lokhmiri		1959
Larbi Ben Barek		1960
Kader Firoud		1961
Mohammed Massoun		1961–1963
Mohammed Massoun & Abderrahmane Mahjoub		1963–1967
Abderrahmane Mahjoub		1967
Guy Cluzeau & Abdellah Settati	,	1968–1969
Abdellah Settati		1969
Blagoja Vidinić		1970
José Barinaga		1971–1972
Abdellah Settati		1972
Abderrahmane Mahjoub		1972–1973
Virgil Mărdărescu		1974–1978	1976 African Cup of Nations
Abdellah El-Ammari		1978
Guy Cluzeau		1979
Just Fontaine		1979–1980
Jebrane & Yabram Hamidouch		1980
Yabram Hamidouch		1981
Abdellah El-Ammari		1982
Jaime Valente		1983
Mehdi Faria		1983–1988
Jaime Valente		1988–1989
Antonio Valentín		1989–1990
Abdellah Ajri Blinda		1990
Abdelghani El-Naciri		1990
Werner Olk		1990–1992
Abdelkhalek Louzani		1992
Abdellah Ajri Blinda		1993–1994
Mohammed Lamari		1994
Gílson Nunes		1995
Henri Michel		1995–2000
Henryk Kasperczak		2000
Mustapha Madih (caretaker)		2000
Humberto Coelho		2000–2002
Badou Ezzaki		2002–2005
Philippe Troussier		2005
Mohamed Fakhir		2006–2007
Henri Michel		2007–2008
Fathi Jamal		2008
Roger Lemerre		2008–2009
Hassan Moumen (caretaker)		2009–2010
Eric Gerets		2010–2012	2012 Arab Nations Cup
Rachid Taoussi		2012–2013
Hassan Benabicha (caretaker)		2013–2014
Badou Ezzaki^[10]		2014–2015
Hervé Renard^[11]		2016–present

Kit suppliers[edit]

Kit provider	Period
Adidas	1982–1993
Lotto	1994–1995
Umbro	1995
Lotto	1995–1997
Puma	1998–2001
Nike	2002–2006
Puma	2007–2011
Adidas	2012–present

References[edit]

^ (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم‎‎ ; Tamaziǧt : Tarabbut anamur n Maghrib), nicknamed أسود الأطلس / Irzem n Atlasi (Lions of the Atlas),
^ "MOROCCO FINED, BANNED FROM TWO AFCON TOURNAMENTS". Confédération Africaine de Football. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
^ "Morocco win appeal over Afcon 2017 and 2019 bans". BBC Sport. 2 April 2015.
^ "Liste des lions de l'Atlas pour le stage de préparation à la CAN 2017" (in French). frmf.ma. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^ "Maroc : Tannane forfait pour la CAN" (in French). afrik-foot.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ "Liste finale pour la CAN Total, Gabon 2017" (in French). frmf.ma. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ "Liste des Joueurs". Mountakhab.net (in French). 16 Mar 2016.
^ http://www.cafonline.com/fr-fr/competitions/31theditionofafricancupofnationtotal,gabon2017/teamdetails/playerlist.aspx?TeamsIDs=quPkAv3VFPzh%2bsrwHfJIPL20VCA%2fyHFWvsfWIp5GcijGtt9dQqiRu8h9laWj4NHQ
^ Hassanin Mubarak. "Morocco National Team Coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2012.
^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27252927
^ http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35586217

External links[edit]

[1] (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم‎‎ ; Tamaziǧt : Tarabbut anamur n Maghrib), nicknamed أسود الأطلس / Irzem n Atlasi (Lions of the Atlas),

[2] "MOROCCO FINED, BANNED FROM TWO AFCON TOURNAMENTS". Confédération Africaine de Football. 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2015-02-07.

[3] "Morocco win appeal over Afcon 2017 and 2019 bans". BBC Sport. 2 April 2015.

[4] "Liste des lions de l'Atlas pour le stage de préparation à la CAN 2017" (in French). frmf.ma. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[5] "Maroc : Tannane forfait pour la CAN" (in French). afrik-foot.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[6] "Liste finale pour la CAN Total, Gabon 2017" (in French). frmf.ma. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[7] "Liste des Joueurs". Mountakhab.net (in French). 16 Mar 2016.

[8] ttp://www.cafonline.com/fr-fr/competitions/31theditionofafricancupofnationtotal,gabon2017/teamdetails/playerlist.aspx?TeamsIDs=quPkAv3VFPzh%2bsrwHfJIPL20VCA%2fyHFWvsfWIp5GcijGtt9dQqiRu8h9laWj4NHQ

[9] Hassanin Mubarak. "Morocco National Team Coaches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 February 2012.

[10] ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27252927

[11] ttp://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35586217

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