Morocco national under-23 football team

Morocco Olympic football team
First international
Nickname(s)	Lions de l'Atlas (Atlas Lions)
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Hassan Benabicha
Captain	Driss Fettouhi
Home stadium	Stade de Marrakech
FIFA code	MAR
Hungary 6 – 0 Morocco (Tokyo, Japan; October 11, 1964)
Biggest win
Morocco 6 – 0 Malaysia (Ingolstadt, Germany; August 31, 1972)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 6 – 0 Morocco (Tokyo, Japan; October 11, 1964) Records for competitive matches only.

Morocco Olympic football team' represents Morocco in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF).

History

Morocco appeared the first in the Olympic games in 1964 when they lost against Hungary and Yugoslavia respectively by the scores of 6–0 and 3–1.

The second appearance was supposed to be during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico but Morocco refused to allow its team to play against Israel national team because of political issues. Then Ghana national team took the advantage and replaced Morocco in the final competition.

In 1972, Morocco reached the second round after a draw against USA and a win against Malaysia national team.

Morocco was very close to reach the Quarter final during the 2004 Summer Olympics but the goals difference was in the favor of U-23 Costa Rica after all the teams played their three games. Morocco is qualified to the 2012 London Olympic games after beating Egypt 3–2 in the semi-finals of the African Cup under-23 on December 7, 2012.

Morocco had organized the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship and got qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics after reaching the final game, then the olympic team lost against Gabon by the score of 2–1 at Marrakech Stadium.

Olympic games record

See Morocco national football team#Summer Olympic Games for the results before 1992 (no age limit).

Olympics Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1992	Round 1	15	3	0	1	2	2	8
1996	Did Not Qualify
2000	Round 1	16	3	0	0	3	1	7
2004	Round 1	10	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012	Round 1	11	3	0	2	1	2	3
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020	To be determined
Total	Round 1	4/7	12	1	4	7	8	21

CAF U-23 Championship

CAF U-23 Championship Record
Appearances: 1 / 2
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2011	Runners-up	2	5	3	0	2	6	5
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	–	5	3	0	2	6	5

UNAF U-23 Tournament

UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances: 3 / 4
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2006	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	3rd Place	3
2010	Runners-up	2	3	2	0	1	6	3
2011	3rd Place	3	2	0	1	1	1	2
2015

2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification

Main article: 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification

Third round

Winners qualified for 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	1–2	Tunisia	1–0	0–2

Morocco v Tunisia

19 July 2015
18:00 UTC+1

Morocco	1–0	Tunisia
Bencharki 45' (pen.)	Report

Stade de FUS, Rabat
Referee: Fidel Gomes (Guinea-Bissau)

Tunisia v Morocco

2 August 2015
18:00 UTC+1

Tunisia	2–0	Morocco
Rjaïbi 57' Jouini 63'	Report

Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès
Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)

Current squad

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Badreddine Benachour	(1994-09-08) 8 September 1994	Wydad Casablanca
1GK	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	(1996-04-05) 5 April 1996	Nahdat Berkane

2DF	Youssef Jamaaoui	(1993-04-29) 29 April 1993	Olympique Khouribga
2DF	Mehdi Moufaddal	(1994-03-27) 27 March 1994	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
2DF	Saad Ait Lkhorsa	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	Olympic Safi
2DF	Badr Banoune	(1993-09-30) 30 September 1993	Nahdat Berkane
2DF	Hamza Moussadak	(1994-04-09) 9 April 1994	Youssoufia Berrechid
2DF	Naif Aguerd	(1996-03-30) 30 March 1996	Fath Union Sport
2DF	Mohamed Saidi	(1994-10-10) 10 October 1994	Chabab Rif Al Hoceima
2DF	Ayoub Qasmi	(1993-09-19) 19 September 1993	Wydad Casablanca

3MF	Anas Al Asbahi	(1993-01-01) 1 January 1993	Wydad Casablanca
3MF	Habib Allah Dahmani	(1993-06-15) 15 June 1993	MAS Fez
3MF	Walid El Karti	(1994-07-23) 23 July 1994	Wydad Casablanca
3MF	Youssef Essaiydy	(1994-08-16) 16 August 1994	Nahdat Berkane
3MF	Badr Boulhroud	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994	Fath Union Sport
3MF	Walid Sabbar	(1996-02-25) 25 February 1996	Raja Casablanca
3MF	Aymane El Hassouni	(1995-02-22) 22 February 1995	Wydad Casablanca
3MF	Soufiane Bahja	(1993-07-27) 27 July 1993	Kawkab Marrakech

4FW	Reda Hajhouj	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994	Wydad Casablanca
4FW	Achraf Bencharki	(1994-09-24) 24 September 1994	MAS Fez
4FW	Adam Ennafati	(1994-06-29) 29 June 1994	Fath Union Sport

Previous squads

Football at the Summer Olympics squads

References

National sports teams of Morocco

Basketball Beach soccer Cricket Football M W M U23 M U20 M U17 Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey Rugby league Rugby union M M7 Tennis M W Volleyball Water polo

Olympics Paralympics

National under-23 football teams of Africa (CAF)

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Réunion¹ Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zanzibar¹ Zimbabwe

¹Associate member of CAF but not member of FIFA

Football in Morocco

National Association
GNF

National teams

Men	National team Olympic (U-23) U-20 U-17

Women	National team U-20 U-17

League system

Men	Botola Botola 2 GNFA 1 (2 groups) GNFA 2 (4 groups)

Women	Women Division 1

Domestic cups

Men	Coupe du Trône Moroccan Super Cup

Women	Women Coupe du Trône

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
International footballers
Foreign players
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

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