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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

Fathi Jamal (2008-) (interim)

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.

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

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

Famous players

Current Squad

23-man squad for 2008 African Cup of Nations.

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Nadir Lamyaghri	February 13 1976 (1976-02-13) (age 32)			Wydad Casablanca
12	GK	Khalid Fouhami	December 15 1972 (1972-12-15) (age 35)			Raja Casablanca
22	GK	Abdelillah Bagui	January 1 1978 (1978-01-01) (age 30)			Maghreb Fez
2	DF	Mickaël Chrétien	July 10 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 24)			AS Nancy
3	DF	Hicham Mahdoufi	August 5 1984 (1984-08-05) (age 24)			Dynamo Kyiv
4	DF	Abdeslam Ouaddou	November 1 1978 (1978-11-01) (age 30)			Valenciennes FC
6	DF	Amin Erbati	September 3 1981 (1981-09-03) (age 27)			Dhafra
14	DF	Abdessamad Chahiri	May 17 1982 (1982-05-17) (age 26)	1	0	Difaa El Jadida
19	DF	Jamal Alioui	February 6 1982 (1982-02-06) (age 26)			FC Sion
21	DF	Badr El Kaddouri	January 31 1981 (1981-01-31) (age 27)			Dynamo Kyiv
8	MF	Abdelkarim Kissi	May 5 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 28)			Enosis Neon Paralimni FC
10	MF	Tarik Sektioui	May 13 1977 (1977-05-13) (age 31)			F.C. Porto
13	MF	Houssine Kharja	November 9 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 26)			A.C. Siena
15	MF	Youssef Safri	January 3 1977 (1977-01-03) (age 31)			Southampton F.C.
16	MF	Youssef Mokhtari	March 5 1979 (1979-03-05) (age 29)			MSV Duisburg
18	MF	Abderrahman Kabous	April 24 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 25)			Real Murcia
7	FW	Soufiane Alloudi	July 1 1983 (1983-07-01) (age 25)			Al Ain FC
9	FW	Bouchaib El Moubarki	January 12 1978 (1978-01-12) (age 30)			Grenoble Foot 38
11	FW	Moncef Zerka	August 31 1981 (1981-08-31) (age 27)			AS Nancy
17	FW	Marouane Chamakh	January 10 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 24)			FC Girondins de Bordeaux
20	FW	Youssouf Hadji	June 3 1980 (1980-06-03) (age 28)			AS Nancy
23	FW	Hicham Aboucherouane	April 2 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 27)			Espérance Sportive de Tunis

Recent Call-ups 2008

Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Club
FW	Jaouad Zairi	April 14 1982 (1982-04-14) (age 26)	PAE Asteras Tripolis
FW	Nourdin Boukhari	June 30 1980 (1980-06-30) (age 28)	Sparta Rotterdam
FW	Mbark Boussoufa	August 15 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 24)	R.S.C. Anderlecht
MF	Mohamed El Yaagoubi	September 12 1977 (1977-09-12) (age 31)	RCD Espanyol
MF	Yacine Abdessadki	January 1 1981 (1981-01-01) (age 27)	RC Strasbourg
MF	Kamel Chafni	June 11 1982 (1982-06-11) (age 26)	AJ Auxerre
FW	Nabil Baha	October 12 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 27)	Málaga CF
DF	Adil Rami	December 7 1985 (1985-12-07) (age 22)	Lille OSC
DF	Hicham El Amrani	November 25 1985 (1985-11-25) (age 22)	Raja Casablanca
MF	Mimoun Azaouagh	November 17 1982 (1982-11-17) (age 26)	FC Schalke 04
GK	Adil Rezzaki	March 9 1979 (1979-15-09) (age 28)	KAC Kenitra
FW	Abderazzak Lemnasfi	May 3 1982 (1982-05-03) (age 26)	FAR Rabat
DF	Youssef El Akchaoui	February 18 1981 (1981-02-18) (age 27)	NEC Nijmegen