Morocco national football team

Morocco
Nickname(s)	أسود الأطلس; (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Fédération Royale; Marocaine de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Youssef Safri
Most caps	Abdel Majid Dolmi (124)
Top scorer	Salaheddine Bassir (27)
Home stadium	Stade Moulay Abdellah
FIFA code	MAR
FIFA ranking	55
Highest FIFA ranking	10 (April 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	55 (June 2009)
Elo ranking	46
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	13 (First in 1972)
Best result	Winners, 1976

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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.

[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

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

[edit] Results over the last 12 months

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team
14 June 2008	Rwanda	3-1	Morocco
21 June 2008	Morocco	2-0	Rwanda
30 August 2008	Morocco	3-1	Benin
6 September 2008	Oman	0-0	Morocco
11 October 2008	Morocco	4-1	Mauritania
19 November 2008	Morocco	3-0	Zambia
11 February 2009	Morocco	0-0	Czech Republic
28 March 2009	Morocco	1-2	Gabon
31 March 2009	Angola	0-2	Morocco
7 June 2009	Cameroon	0-0	Morocco
20 June 2009	Morocco	0-0	Togo

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[edit] Most Recent Squad

The following players were called up for the world cup 2010 qualifier match against Togo on 20 June 2009.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Karim Zaza	January 9, 1975 (1975-01-09) (age 34)	5	0	Aalborg Boldspilklub
GK	Karim Fegrouch	February 14, 1982 (1982-02-14) (age 27)	2	0	Wydad Casablanca
GK	Nadir Lamyaghri	February 13, 1976 (1976-02-13) (age 33)	28	0	Wydad Casablanca

DF	Hassan El Mouataz	September 21, 1981 (1981-09-21) (age 27)	1	0	Lokeren
DF	Mohammed Oulhaj	January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06) (age 21)	1	0	Raja Casablanca
DF	Michaël Chrétien Basser	July 10, 1984 (1984-07-10) (age 25)	23	0	Nancy
DF	Hoalid Regragui	September 23, 1975 (1975-09-23) (age 33)	44	1	Grenoble
DF	Issam El Adoua	September 12, 1986 (1986-09-12) (age 22)	0	0	RC Lens
DF	Mehdi Benatia	April 17, 1987 (1987-04-17) (age 22)	4	0	Clermont
DF	Badr El Kaddouri	January 31, 1981 (1981-01-31) (age 28)			Dynamo Kyiv
DF	Elamine Erbate	July 7, 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 28)	37	0	Al-Wahda

MF	Houssine Kharja	November 9, 1982 (1982-11-09) (age 26)	58	5	Genoa
MF	Youssouf Hadji	February 25, 1980 (1980-02-25) (age 29)			Nancy
MF	Rafik Abdessamad	April 8, 1982 (1982-04-08) (age 27)	2	0	Wydad Casablanca
MF	Younes Menkari	January 28, 1983 (1983-01-28) (age 26)	3	0	Wydad Casablanca
MF	Nabil Dirar	February 25, 1986 (1986-02-25) (age 23)	5	0	Club Brugge
MF	Merouane Zemmama	October 7, 1983 (1983-10-07) (age 25)	5	1	Hibernian
MF	Karim El Ahmadi	October 27, 1985 (1985-10-27) (age 23)	6	0	Feyenoord
MF	Kamel Chafni	June 11, 1982 (1982-06-11) (age 27)	4	0	Auxerre

FW	Mounir El Hamdaoui	July 14, 1984 (1984-07-14) (age 24)	4	1	AZ Alkmaar
FW	Nabil Baha	October 12, 1981 (1981-10-12) (age 27)			Málaga CF

[edit] Recent call-up 2009

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Mohamed Amsif	February 7, 1989 (1989-02-07) (age 20)	0	0	FC Schalke 04
GK	Brahim Zaari	October 12, 1989 (1989-10-12) (age 19)	0	0	FC Den Bosch
DF	Chemcedine El Araichi	May 18, 1981 (1981-05-18) (age 28)	3	0	Mouscron
DF	Youssef Rabeh	April 13, 1985 (1985-04-13) (age 24)	2	0	Levski Sofia
DF	Youssef El Akchaoui	February 18, 1981 (1981-02-18) (age 28)	1	0	N.E.C. Nijmegen
DF	Mourad Ainy	February 11, 1980 (1980-02-11) (age 29)	6	0	Raja Casablanca
MF	Youssef Safri	January 1, 1977 (1977-01-01) (age 32)	75	8	Qatar Sports Club
MF	Abderrahman Kabous	April 24, 1983 (1983-04-24) (age 26)	7	0	Real Murcia
MF	Jaouad Zairi	April 14, 1982 (1982-04-14) (age 27)	30	10	Olympiacos
MF	Mbark Boussoufa	August 15, 1984 (1984-08-15) (age 24)	12	1	Anderlecht
MF	Adel Taarabt	May 24, 1989 (1989-05-24) (age 20)	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur
MF	Nabil El Zhar	August 27, 1986 (1986-08-27) (age 22)	8	2	Liverpool
FW	Abdessalam Benjelloun	January 28, 1985 (1985-01-28) (age 24)	7	3	Roeselare
FW	Marouane Chamakh	January 10, 1984 (1984-01-10) (age 25)	50	15	Girondins de Bordeaux
FW	Mustapha Allaoui	May 30, 1983 (1983-05-30) (age 26)	0	0	FAR Rabat