Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco is one of Africa's major force in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Historically, Morocco participated in the AFCON much later than other North African states. However, once Morocco made debut in 1972, Morocco emerged and became a fearsome power of the tournament, becoming the second North African side to win the AFCON at 1976.[1] However, ever since the win, Morocco's best performance was only runners-up in 2004.[2] Morocco therefore, became the underachiever in the AFCON, in spite of their rich, prestigious records.

Morocco was initially scheduled to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, but was later ruled out after the fear of Ebola outbreak controversy.[3]

Records
Africa Cup of Nations record Africa Cup of Nations Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
1957Did not enter Did not enter
1959
1962Withdrew Withdrew
1963Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 5 6
1965Did not enter Did not enter
1968
1970Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 1 2
1972Group Stage5th303033 4 2 0 2 9 6
1974Did not enter Did not enter
1976Champions 1st6420116 6 4 0 2 13 4
1978Group Stage6th311124 Qualified as defending champions
1980Third Place3rd521243 4 2 1 1 14 5
1982Did not qualify 4 3 0 1 8 4
1984 4 1 2 1 4 2
1986Fourth Place4th512245 2 1 1 0 1 0
1988Fourth Place4th513133 Qualified as hosts
1990Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1
1992Group Stage9th201112 6 4 0 2 11 4
1994Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 5 4
1996 4 1 1 2 2 4
1998Quarter-finals6th421163 6 4 2 0 10 1
2000 Group stage 11th 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 6 4
2002 9th 3 1 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 2 5 4
2004Runners-up2nd6411144 6 5 1 0 10 0
2006 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 0 1 10 5 5 0 17 7
2008 11th 3 1 0 2 7 6 4 3 1 0 6 1
2010Did not qualify 10 3 3 4 14 13
2012 Group Stage 12th 3 1 0 2 4 5 6 3 2 1 8 2
2013 10th 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 2
2015Disqualified Originally qualifies as hosts, then disqualified
2017Quarter-finals7th420243 6 5 1 0 10 1
2019Round of 169th431041 6 3 2 1 8 3
2021To be determined To be determined
2023
2025
Total 1 Title 17/32 65 24 23 18 74 58 106 56 27 23 164 77

List of Morocco's performances
AFCON tournament Date Location Opponent Score Scorers Round
1972 25 February 1972 Douala  Congo 1–1 Ahmed Faras Group stage
27 February 1972  Sudan 1–1 Ahmed Faras
29 February 1972  Zaire 1–1 Ahmed Faras
1976 1 March 1976 Dire Dawa  Sudan 1–1 Mustapha Fetoui, Ahmed Abouali Group stage
4 March 1976  Zaire 1–0 Abdel Ali Zahraoui
6 March 1976  Nigeria 3–1 Ahmed Faras, Abdellah Tazi, Larbi Chebbak
9 March 1976 Addis Ababa  Egypt 2–1 Ahmed Faras, Abdel Ali Zahraoui Final round
11 March 1976  Nigeria 2–1 Ahmed Faras, Redouane Guezzar
14 March 1976  Guinea 1–1 Ahmed Makrouh
1978 6 March 1978 Kumasi  Tunisia 1–1 Hassan Amcharrat Group stage
9 March 1978  Congo 1–0 Hassan Amcharrat
11 March 1978  Uganda 0–3
1980 9 March 1980 Ibadan  Guinea 1–1 Tahir Mustapha Group stage
13 March 1980  Algeria 0–1
16 March 1980  Ghana 1–0 Khalid Labied
19 March 1980 Lagos  Nigeria 0–1 Semi-finals
21 March 1980  Egypt 2–0 Khalid Labied (x2) Third place
1986 8 March 1986 Alexandria  Algeria 0–0 Group stage
11 March 1986  Cameroon 1–1 Abdelkrim Merry
14 March 1986  Zambia 1–0 Jones Chilengi (o.g.)
17 March 1986 Cairo  Egypt 0–1 Semi-finals
20 March 1986  Ivory Coast 2–3 Abdelfettah Rhiati, Mohammed Sahil Third place
1988 13 March 1988 Casablanca  Zaire 1–1 Abdelkrim Merry (p) Group stage
16 March 1988  Algeria 1–0 Mustafa El Haddaoui
19 March 1988  Ivory Coast 0–0
23 March 1988  Cameroon 0–1 Semi-finals
23 March 1988  Algeria 1–1
(3–4 p)		 Hassan Nader Third place
1992 12 January 1992 Dakar  Cameroon 0–1 Group stage
14 January 1992  Zaire 1–1 Said Rokbi
1998 9 February 1998 Bobo-Dioulasso  Zambia 1–1 Ahmed Bahja Group stage
13 January 1998  Mozambique 3–0 Saïd Chiba, Ali Elkhattabi, Youssef Fertout
17 January 1998 Ouagadougou  Egypt 1–0 Mustapha Hadji
22 January 1998  South Africa 1–2 Saïd Chiba Quarter-finals
2000 25 January 2000 Lagos  Congo 1–0 Salaheddine Bassir Group stage
29 January 2000  Tunisia 0–0
3 February 2000  Nigeria 0–2
2002 21 January 2002 Ségou  Ghana 0–0 Group stage
26 January 2002  Burkina Faso 2–1 Hicham Zerouali (x2)
30 January 2002  South Africa 1–3 Rachid Benmahmoud (p)
2004 27 January 2004 Monastir  Nigeria 1–0 Youssouf Hadji Group stage
31 January 2004 Sfax  Benin 4–0 Marouane Chamakh, Youssef Mokhtari, Abdeslam Ouaddou, Talal El Karkouri
4 February 2004 Sousse  South Africa 1–1 Youssef Safri (p)
8 February 2004 Sfax  Algeria 3–1 (a.e.t.) Marouane Chamakh, Youssouf Hadji, Jawad Zairi Quarter-finals
11 February 2004 Sousse  Mali 4–0 Youssef Mokhtari (x2), Youssouf Hadji, Nabil Baha Semi-finals
14 February 2004 Radès  Tunisia 1–2 Youssef Mokhtari Final
2006 20 January 2006 Cairo  Ivory Coast 0–1 Group stage
24 January 2006  Egypt 0–0
28 January 2006  Libya 0–0
2008 21 January 2008 Accra  Namibia 5–1 Soufiane Alloudi (x3), Tarik Sektioui, Monsef Zerka Group stage
24 January 2008  Guinea 2–3 Hicham Aboucherouane, Abdeslam Ouaddou
28 January 2008  Ghana 0–2
2012 23 January 2012 Libreville  Tunisia 1–2 Houssine Kharja Group stage
27 January 2012  Gabon 2–3 Houssine Kharja (x2)
31 January 2012  Niger 1–0 Younès Belhanda
2013 19 January 2013 Johannesburg  Angola 0–0 Group stage
23 January 2013 Durban  Cape Verde 1–1 Youssef El-Arabi
27 January 2013  South Africa 2–2 Issam El Adoua, Abdelilah Hafidi
2017 16 January 2017 Oyem  DR Congo 0–1 Group stage
20 January 2017  Togo 3–1 Aziz Bouhaddouz, Romain Saïss, Youssef En-Nesyri
24 January 2017  Ivory Coast 1–0 Rachid Alioui
29 January 2017 Port-Gentil  Egypt 0–1 Quarter-finals
2019 23 June 2019 Cairo  Namibia 1–0 Itamunua Keimuine (o.g.) Group stage
28 June 2019  Ivory Coast 1–0 Youssef En-Nesyri
1 July 2019  South Africa 1–0 Mbark Boussoufa
5 July 2019  Benin 1–1
(1–4 p)		 Youssef En-Nesyri Round of sixteen

Squads

References
  1. "CAN – Historique : 1976, le Maroc sur le toit de l'Afrique". December 19, 2014.
  2. "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". February 14, 2004 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  3. Kingsley, Patrick (November 11, 2014). "Morocco disqualified from next year's Africa Cup of Nations" – via www.theguardian.com.
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