Morocco national football team
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| Nickname(s) | أسود الأطلس (Lions of the Atlas) |
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| Association | Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football |
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| Confederation | CAF (Africa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Roger Lemerre |
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| Captain | Youssef Safri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Abdelmajid Dolmy (124) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Nabil Yasini (43) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Stade Mohamed V | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | MOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 10 (April 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 49 (March 2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 17 (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 57 (1983, 1992, 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq  (Lebanon; 19 October 1957) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hungary 6 - 0 Morocco (Tokyo, Japan; 11 October 1964) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1970) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round 2, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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. Morocco is a favorite for many African supporters, making it one of the best African football teams, internationally.
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[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
[edit] Famous players
- Marouane Chamakh
- Tarik Sektioui
- Jaouad Zairi
- Larbi Benbarek
- Salaheddine Bassir
- Aziz Bouderbala
- Abdelmjid Dolmi
- Talal El Karkouri
- Ahmed Farras
- Karim El Ahmadi
- Mustapha Hadji
- Youssef Hadji
- Noureddine Naybet
- Mohammed Timoumi
- Mounir el Bakali
- Soufyan Hamich
 Morocco home kit |
 Morocco away kit |
[edit] Current Squad
The followimg players were called up for the friendly match against Zambia on 19 November 2008.
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[edit] Recent call up
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[edit] 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 Mãrdãrescu - 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 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- Roger Lemerre
[edit] Sport equipment
[edit] External links
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Union Arab de Football Association National teams competitions
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Union Arab de Football Association Clubs competitions
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Union Arab de Football Association Football teams
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2008 Africa Cup of Nations finalists
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