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Morocco national football team - Definition and Overview
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Morocco

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Shirt badge/Association crest

NicknameLions de l'Atlas
(Atlas Lions)
AssociationFédération Royale
Marocaine de Football
CoachZaki Badou
Most capsNoureddine Naybet (105)
Top scorer?
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Home colours
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Away colours
First International
Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq
(Lebanon; 19 October, 1957)
Largest win
Morocco 13 - 1 Saudi Arabia
(Morocco; 6 September, 1961)
Worst defeat
Hungary 6 - 0 Morocco
(Tokyo, Japan; 11 October, 1964)
World Cup
Appearances 4 (First in 1970)
Best resultRound 2, 1986
African Nations Cup
Appearances 11 (First in 1972)
Best resultWinners, 1976

The Morocco national football team, nicknamed Lions de l'Atlas (Atlas Lions), 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 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and England. Morocco fell to eventual runner-ups West Germany on penalties in the second round.

Morocco won the African Nations Cup once, in 1976.

Contents
1 World Cup record
2 African Nations Cup record
3 Famous players
4 External links

World Cup record

African Nations Cup record

 
  • 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

Famous players

External links


National football teams of Africa (CAF)

Algeria | Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | Congo DR | Côte d'Ivoire | Djibouti | Egypt | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Libya | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Morocco | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | São Tomé and Príncipe | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan | Swaziland | Tanzania | Togo | Tunisia | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe


International Football

FIFA - World Cup - Women's World Cup - World Rankings - Player of the Year
Asia: AFC - Asian Cup | Africa: CAF - African Nations Cup
South America: CONMEBOL - Copa América | North America: CONCACAF - Gold Cup
Oceania: OFC - OFC Nations Cup | Europe: UEFA - European Championship

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