Morocco national team fixtures, results, squad and stats

The Morocco National Football Team represents Morocco in men’s international football. Commonly known as the Atlas Lions, the team plays its home matches at stadiums such as Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Mohammed V Stadium, and Adrar Stadium. Morocco is one of Africa’s most followed national teams with a strong football culture.

The Morocco National team was founded in 1928 and is run by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF). It has been part of CAF since 1959 and joined FIFA in 1960, making it a long-standing member of global football. Morocco competes in major tournaments across Africa and the world. Find out more about the Morocco National Football Team players, results, standings and stats exclusively on SportPesa.

Profile overview

Category	Details
Official name	Morocco National Football Team
Popular name	Atlas Lions (أُسُودُ الأَطلَس)
Governing body	Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF)
Continental federation	CAF – Africa
Regional zone	UNAF – North Africa
Team manager	Walid Regragui
Morocco national football team captain	Achraf Hakimi
Record appearance holder	Noureddine Naybet (115 caps)
All-time leading scorer	Ahmed Faras (36 goals)
Home ground	Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
FIFA abbreviation	MAR

A brief history & legacy of the Morocco national football team

Origin and milestones

Established in 1955, the Morocco national football team played its first match in 1957, finishing in a 3–3 draw against Iraq. In 1970, they became the first African nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, a major moment in African football history. Since then, the Morocco national team has regularly represented Africa in several World Cups and continental competitions.

Golden moments (World Cup, AFCON)

The Morocco soccer team has recorded major achievements, including winning the 1976 Africa Cup of Nations, making them the second North African country to lift the title. At the 1986 FIFA World Cup, the Moroccan soccer team made history as the first African and Arab side to reach the knockout stage. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Morocco impressed the world by defeating Spain and Portugal. This win got them to the semi-finals, becoming the first African and Arab nation to achieve this milestone.

Morocco national team squad 2026

This table gives more details on the Moroccan football players including their ages and home teams.

Shirt No.	Full Name	Age	Club	Appearances	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Yassine Bounou	34	Al Hilal	8	0
Defenders
2	Achraf Hakimi Mouh	27	Paris Saint-Germain	6	0
3	Noussair Mazraoui	28	Manchester United	3	0
6	Romain Paul Saïss	35	Al-Sadd	2	0
18	Jawad El Yamiq	33	Al Najma	4	0
25	Adam Masina	32	Torino	3	0
15	Mohamed Chibi	32	Pyramids FC	1	0
5	Nayef Aguerd	29	Olympique de Marseille	7	1
Midfielders
8	Azzedine Ounahi	25	Girona FC	5	2
10	Brahim Abdelkader Díaz	26	Real Madrid	6	1
4	Sofyan Amrabat	29	Real Betis	6	0
11	Ismael Saibari	24	PSV Eindhoven	6	3
23	Bilal El Khannouss	21	VfB Stuttgart	7	1
28	Youssef Belammari	27	Raja Casablanca	3	0
24	Neil El Aynaoui	24	AS Roma	3	0
14	Oussama Targhalline	23	Feyenoord	3	0
Forwards
20	Ayoub El Kaabi	32	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	4
19	Youssef En-Nesyri	28	Fenerbahçe	7	2
13	Eliesse Ben Seghir	20	Bayer Leverkusen	7	1
7	Hamza Igamane	23	Lille OSC	4	2
9	Soufiane Rahimi	29	Al Ain FC	4	1
17	Abde Ezzalzouli	24	Real Betis	4	0
16	Ilias Akhomach	21	Villarreal CF	2	0
21	Chemsdine Talbi	—	Sunderland AFC	—	—

Home stadiums

The Morocco soccer team mainly hosts its home games at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat. After a complete renovation, the stadium reopened in September 2025 and now holds around 68,700 supporters. It has been selected as one of the venues for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The team has previously played home matches at stadiums like Adrar Stadium in Agadir.

Match results

Fixture	Result	Date Played
Morocco vs Tanzania	1–0 (Win)	04/01/26
Zambia vs Morocco	0–3 (Win)	29/12/25
Morocco vs Mali	1–1 (Draw)	26/12/25
Morocco vs Comoros	2–0 (Win)	21/12/25
Jordan vs Morocco	2–3 (Win)	18/12/25
Morocco vs United Arab Emirates	3–0 (Win)	15/12/25
Morocco vs Syria	1–0 (Win)	11/12/25
Morocco vs Saudi Arabia	1–0 (Win)	08/12/25
Oman vs Morocco	0–0 (Draw)	05/12/25

Morocco FC fixtures

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Fixture	Date Scheduled	Kick-off Time
Cameroon vs Morocco	09/01/2026	22:00
Brazil vs Morocco	14/06/2026	01:00
Scotland vs Morocco	20/06/2026	01:00
Morocco vs Haiti	25/06/2026	01:00

Morocco FC standings

This table shows the Morocco National Football team standings in the World Cup Qualifiers table.

Rank	Team	MP	Won	Drawn	Losses	GF	GA	GD	Points
Group E
1	Morocco	8	8	0	0	22	2	+20	24
2	Niger	8	5	0	3	11	10	+1	15
3	Tanzania	8	3	1	4	6	7	−1	10
4	Zambia	8	3	0	5	10	10	0	9
5	Congo	8	0	1	7	4	24	−20	1

Rank	Team	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
Group F
1	Ivory Coast	10	8	2	0	25	0	+25	26
2	Gabon	10	8	1	1	22	9	+13	25
3	Gambia	10	4	1	5	27	18	+9	13
4	Kenya	10	3	3	4	18	14	+4	12
5	Burundi	10	3	1	6	13	13	0	10
6	Seychelles	10	0	0	10	2	53	−51	0

Rank	Team	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
Group G
1	Algeria	10	8	1	1	24	8	+16	25
2	Uganda	10	6	0	4	14	9	+5	18
3	Mozambique	10	6	0	4	14	17	−3	18
4	Guinea	10	4	3	3	11	8	+3	15
5	Botswana	10	3	1	6	12	16	−4	10
6	Somalia	10	0	1	9	3	20	−17	1

Rank	Team	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Points
Group H
1	Tunisia	10	9	1	0	22	0	+22	28
2	Namibia	10	4	3	3	13	10	+3	15
3	Liberia	10	4	3	3	13	11	+2	15
4	Equatorial Guinea	9	3	2	4	8	12	−4	11
5	Malawi	9	3	1	5	8	10	−2	10
6	São Tomé and Príncipe	10	1	0	9	5	26	−21	3

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Walid Regragui
Assistant Coach	Rachid Benmahmoud
Assistant Coach	Abdel Bouhazama
Goalkeeping Coach	Houcine Mouelhi
Fitness Coach	Aymen Chabane
Video Analyst	Moussa El Habachi
Technical Director	Abdelilah Moussaoui
Technical Director	Fathi Jamal

Morocco national football team stats

Top appearances

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Noureddine Naybet	115	4	1990–2006
2	Ahmed Faras	94	36	1966–1979
3	Achraf Hakimi	90	11	2016–present
4	Youssef En-Nesyri	89	25	2016–present
5	Romain Saïss	86	3	2012–present
6	Yassine Bounou	84	0	2013–present
7	Houssine Kharja	79	13	2003–2015
7	Youssef Safri	79	9	1999–2009
9	Ezzaki Badou	78	0	1979–1992
10	Abdelmajid Dolmy	76	5	1973–1988

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Ahmed Faras	36	94	0.38	1966–1980
2	Ayoub El Kaabi	32	64	0.50	2018–present
3	Salaheddine Bassir	27	59	0.46	1994–2002
4	Hakim Ziyech	25	64	0.39	2015–present
4	Youssef En-Nesyri	25	89	0.28	2016–present
6	Abdeljalil Hadda	19	49	0.39	1995–2002
7	Hassan Amcharrat	18	39	0.46	1971–1979
7	Marouane Chamakh	18	65	0.28	2003–2014
9	Abdeslam Laghrissi	17	35	0.49	1984–1995
10	Youssef El-Arabi	16	47	0.34	2010–2021
10	Youssouf Hadji	16	64	0.25	2003–2012

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Competitive records

FIFA World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
1930 – 1958	Did not participate
1962
1966
1970	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	2	6
1974	Did not qualify
1978
1982
1986	Round of 16	11th	4	1	2	1	3	2
1990	Did not quality
1994	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	2	5
1998	Group stage	18th	3	1	1	1	5	5
2002	Did not qualify
2006
2010
2014
2018	Group stage	27th	3	0	1	2	2	4
2022	Fourth place	4th	7	3	2	2	6	5
2026	Qualified
2030	Qualified as co-hosts

African Nations Championship

Year	Round	Position	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2014	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	2	1	7	6
2016	Group stage	10th	3	1	1	1	4	2
2018	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	16	2
2020	Champions	1st	6	5	1	0	15	3
2022	Qualified, but did not participate
2024	Champions	1st	7	5	1	1	13	6

Africa Cup of Nations

Year	Round	Position	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
2000	Group stage	11th	3	1	1	1	1	2
2002	Group stage	9th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2004	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	14	4
2006	Group stage	13th	3	0	2	1	0	1
2008	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	7	6
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	4	5
2013	Group stage	10th	3	0	3	0	3	3
2015	Disqualified
2017	Quarter-finals	7th	4	2	0	2	4	3
2019	Round of 16	9th	4	3	1	0	4	1
2021	Quarter-finals	5th	5	3	1	1	8	5
2023	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	5	3
2025	Quarter-finals	TBD	4	3	1	0	7	1
2027	To be determined

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
1896–1956	Did not participate
1960	Did not participate
1964	Round 1	13	2	0	0	2	1	9
1968	Qualified, but withdrew
1972	Round 2	8	6	1	1	4	7	14
1976	Did not qualify
1984	Round 1	12	3	1	0	2	1	4
1988	Did not qualify

Mediterranean Games

Year	Round	Position	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
1963	Fourth place	4th	4	2	0	2	4	6
1967	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1975	Fourth place	4th	5	1	4	0	3	2
1979	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	3
1983	Gold Medal	1st	4	3	1	0	8	2
1987	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	2	2

Arab Games

Year	Round	Position	GP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
1957	Fourth place	4th	4	2	2	0	12	6
1961	Gold Medal	1st	5	5	0	0	26	6
1976	Gold Medal	1st	6	4	2	0	12	0
1985	Silver Medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	9	3

FIFA Arab Cup

Year	Round	Position	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
1998	Group stage	5th	2	1	0	1	2	2
2002	Third place	3rd	5	1	2	2	5	6
2012	Champions	1st	5	4	1	0	11	2
2021	Quarter-finals	5th	4	3	1	0	11	2

Minor tournaments

Year	Tournament	Position	MP	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
1958	Djamila Bouhired Tournament	Third place	3	2	1	0	3	3
1964	Tripoli Fair Tournament	Third place	3	4	2	0	5	5
1965	World Military Cup	Third place	3	1	1	1	3	5
1965	Tripoli Fair Tournament	Third place	3	1	1	1	2	1
1966	World Military Cup	Runners-up	2	0	1	2	1	4
1966	Tripoli Fair Tournament	Winners	1	3	0	1	4	5
1974	Kuneitra Cup	Winners	1	6	1	0	16	5
1980	Merdeka Tournament	Winners	1	5	2	1	15	7
1982	Beijing International Friendship Tournament	Winners	1	1	4	0	7	6
1985	Nehru Cup	Semi-finals	3	2	1	1	7	3
1987	President’s Cup Football Tournament	Group stage	6	2	0	3	6	6
1988	Tournoi de France	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	4	3
1989	World Military Cup	Runners-up	2	1	1	1	3	4
1993	World Military Cup	Runners-up	2	4	0	1	16	5
1994	Friendship Tournament	Runners-up	2	1	2	0	4	3
1996	Friendship Tournament	Runners-up	2	1	1	1	4	3
1996	King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Third place	3	1	1	0	4	2
1998	King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Third place	3	0	1	1	2	3
1999	LG Cup (Morocco)	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	2
2000	King Hassan II International Cup Tournament	Runners-up	2	1	0	1	2	5
2001	Friendship Tournament	Winners	1	1	2	0	6	4
2002	LG Cup (Morocco)	Third place	3	1	1	0	2	0
2002	LG Cup (Iran)	Third place	3	0	2	0	1	1
2004	Qatar International Friendship Tournament	Winners	1	4	0	1	9	4
2011	LG Cup (Morocco)	Third place	3	0	1	1	1	2
2015	Toulon Tournament	Runners-up	2	2	2	1	9	7

Awards and honors

Category	Type	Title	Season
Continental	Africa Cup of Nations	Champions	1976
	Africa Cup of Nations	Runners-up	2004
	Africa Cup of Nations	Third place	1980
	African Nations Championship	Champions	2018, 2020, 2024
Subregional	Arab Cup / FIFA Arab Cup	Champions	2012, 2025
	Arab Games	Gold Medal	1961, 1976
	Arab Games	Silver Medal	1985
	Mediterranean Games	Gold Medal	1983
	Mediterranean Games	Third place	1991
Friendly	Kuneitra Cup	Champions	1974
	Friendship Tournament	Champions	2001
	Friendship Tournament	Runner-up	1994, 1996
Awards	African National Team of the Year	Awarded	1985, 1986, 1997, 2023
Orders & Decorations	Morocco	Officers of the Order of National Merit	2004
Orders & Decorations	Morocco	Officers of the Order of the Throne	20/12/2022

FAQs about Morocco FC

Who is the best player in the Morocco football team?

The best player in the Morocco football team is Achraf Hakimi. He is regarded as one of the top right-backs globally, was named the 2025 African Player of the Year.

Who is the captain of Morocco National Football Team 2025?

The Moroccan captain in 2025 was Achraf Hakimi.

Who is the 16 year old soccer player in Morocco?

Morocco has two standout 16-year-old football talents. Ibrahim Rabbaj of Chelsea’s academy and Abdellah Ouazane, a youth international midfielder who joined Real Madrid’s Castilla after starring for Morocco U17.

Who is number 10 in Morocco football?

The number 10 for the Morocco national football team is Brahim Díaz, an attacking midfielder for Real Madrid.

Conclusion

The Morocco national football team remains one of the strongest teams in African football. With a strong squad, clear leadership, and consistent performances, the Atlas Lions continue to compete at the top level. Stay tuned on SportPesa for reliable updates covering Morocco’s fixtures, results, stats, and standings throughout the season.

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