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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	Henri Michel
Captain	Talal El Karkouri
Most caps	Noureddine Naybet (115)
Top scorer	Salaheddine Bassir (43)
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
FIFA ranking	39
Highest FIFA ranking	10 (April 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	48 (April 2007)
Elo ranking	44
Highest Elo ranking	17 (1999)
Lowest Elo ranking	57 (1983, 1992, 1993)
Home colours 　 Away colours
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	12 (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.

Contents 1 Last and next games 2 World Cup record 3 African Nations Cup record 4 Famous players 5 Current squad 6 Curent squad under 23 7 Player with dual nationality 8 Coaches 9 Sport equipment 10 External links

• Last game:  Morocco 3-0 Senegal  - Créteil, France - 21 November 2007. (Friendly)

• Next game:  Morocco - Zambia  - Rabat, Morocco - 12 January 2008. (Friendly)

• 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

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 - qualified

• Salaheddine Bassir
• Aziz Bouderbala
• Abdelmjid Dolmi
• Talal El Karkouri
• Ahmed Farras
• Mustapha Hadji
• Youssef Hadji
• Noureddine Naybet
• Mohammed Timoumi
• Badou Zaki

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Tarik Jarmouni February 14, 1973 (1973-02-14) (age 34) FAR Rabat GK Nadir Lamyaghri February 13, 1976 (1976-02-13) (age 31) Wydad Casablanca GK Karim Fegrouch Wydad Casablanca DF Badr El Kaddouri January 31, 1981 (1981-01-31) (age 26) Dynamo Kyiv DF Abdeslam Ouaddou January 11, 1978 (1978-01-11) (age 29) Valenciennes FC DF Mickaël Chrétien July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 23) AS Nancy DF Talal El Karkouri July 8, 1976 (1976-07-08) (age 31) Qatar Sports Club DF Amin Erbati January 1, 1981 (1981-01-01) (age 26) Qatar Sports Club DF Jamal Alioui February 6, 1982 (1982-02-06) (age 25) FC Sion MF Hicham Mahdoufi August 5, 1984 (1984-08-05) (age 23) FC Metalist Kharkiv MF Moha September 12, 1977 (1977-09-12) (age 30) Espanyol MF Youssef Safri January 3, 1977 (1977-01-03) (age 30) Southampton F.C. MF Youssouf Hadji June 3, 1980 (1980-06-03) (age 27) AS Nancy MF Abdelkarim Kissi May 5, 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 27) Enosis Neon Paralimni MF Yacine Abdessadki January 1, 1981 (1981-01-01) (age 26) RC Strasbourg MF Mehdi Taouil May 20, 1983 (1983-05-20) (age 24) Kilmarnock FC MF Kamel Chafni June 11, 1982 (1982-06-11) (age 25) AJ Auxerre FW Bouchaib El Moubarki October 1, 1978 (1978-1978-01) (age 28) Grenoble Foot 38 FW Mbark Boussoufa August 15, 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 23) R.S.C. Anderlecht FW Hassan Souari December 24, 1984 (1984-12-24) (age 23) Olympique Khouribga FW Nourdin Boukhari June 30, 1980 (1980-06-30) (age 27) Sparta Rotterdam FW Marouane Chamakh January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 23) FC Girondins de Bordeaux FW Mimoun Azaouagh November 7, 1982 (1982-11-07) (age 25) Schalke 04 FW Tarik Sektioui May 13, 1977 (1977-05-13) (age 30) FC Porto FW Jaouad Zairi April 14, 1982 (1982-04-14) (age 25) Asteras Tripolis MF Abderrahman Kabous CSKA Sofia FW Soufiane Alloudi July 1, 1983 (1983-07-01) (age 24) Raja de Casablanca DF Abdessamad Chahiri May 17, 1982 (1982-05-17) (age 25) Difaa El Jadida MF Youssef Mokhtari March 25, 1979 (1979-03-25) (age 28) MSV Duisburg MF Hicham Aboucherouane April 2, 1981 (1981-04-02) (age 26) Espérance Sportive de Tunis FW Moncef Zerka August 30, 1981 (1981-08-30) (age 26) AS Nancy

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club GK Mohammed Amine El Bourkadi February 22, 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 22) Raja de Casablanca DF Ahmed Kantari June 28, 1985 (1985-06-28) (age 22) RC Strasbourg DF Chakib Benzoukane August 7, 1986 (1986-08-07) (age 21) Levski Sofia DF Youssef Rabeh April 13, 1985 (1985-04-13) (age 22) Levski Sofia DF Mehdi Benatia April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) (age 20) Olympique Marseille MF Adil Hermach June 27, 1986 (1986-06-27) (age 21) RC Lens MF Karim El Ahmadi January 27, 1985 (1985-01-27) (age 22) FC Twente MF Soufiane Benzouine Racing de Santander MF Ibrahim Maaroufi January 18, 1989 (1989-01-18) (age 18) Inter Milan FW Nabil El Zhar August 27, 1986 (1986-08-27) (age 21) Liverpool F.C. FW Abdessalam Benjelloun January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) (age 22) Hibernian F.C. FW Nabil Dirar February 25, 1986 (1986-02-25) (age 21) K.V.C Westerlo MF Rachid Hamdani April 8, 1985 (1985-04-08) (age 22) Clermont Foot FW Adil Chihi February 21, 1988 (1988-02-21) (age 19) 1. FC Cologne MF Salah Sbai A.F.C. Tubize FW Fouad Dahmoune FC Girondins de Bordeaux FW Hakim El Bounadi FC Sochaux-Montbéliard MF Youssef Sekour FC Girondins de Bordeaux FW Alharbi El Jadeyaoui LB Châteauroux FW Brahim El Bahri Le Mans Union Club 72 FW Mounir El-Hamdaoui July 14, 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 23) AZ Alkmaar FW Rachid Bouaouzan February 20, 1984 (1984-02-20) (age 23) Wigan Athletic

• Ismail Aissati

• 1957 Larbi Ben Barek, Abdelkader Lohkmiri, Mohamed Kadmiri
• 1961-1964 Mohamed Massoun, Kader Firoud.
• 1964-1967 Mohamed Massoun, Belmahjoub.
• 1968 Cluzeau, Abdellah Settati
• 1970 Blagoja Vidinić
• 1971 Abderrahman Bel-Mahjoub
• 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 Olk Werner
• 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 Mohammed Fakhir
• 2007 Henri Michel

• Puma AG

• Morocco FA official site
• Moroccan National Team (The Atlas Lions) not the official site!
• RSSSF archive of results

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