Morocco national under-23 football team

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).

Morocco Olympic football team (u23)
Nickname(s)Lions de l'Atlas
(Atlas Lions)
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachBernard Simondi
CaptainAchraf Hakimi
Home stadiumStade de Marrakech
FIFA codeMAR
First colours
Second colours
First international
 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.

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 qualified for 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
Football at the Summer Olympic record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1992Round 115301228
1996Did Not Qualify
2000Round 116300317
2004Round 110311133
2008Did Not Qualify
2012Round 111301223
2016Did Not Qualify
2020TBD
2024
2028
TotalRound 14/712138821

* Under-23 tournament since 1992.

CAF U-23 Championship
CAF U-23 Championship Record
Appearances: 1 / 2
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
2011Runners-up2530265
2015Did Not Qualify-------
2019Did Not Qualify-------
Total-–530265

UNAF U-23 Tournament
UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances: 3 / 4
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
2006--------
20073rd Place3
2010Runners-up2320163
20113rd Place3201112
2015Postponed

Islamic Solidarity Games
Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2005 Silver Medal2nd522142
2010Cancelled
2013 Gold Medal1st430163
2017Group Stage5th312021
2022To Be Determined
Total1 Title3/312642126

Current team status

2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification
Main article: 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification

Third round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Morocco  1–2  Mali 1–1 0–1
Morocco 1–1 Mali
 Report
Referee: Daouda Guèye (Senegal)
Mali 1–0 Morocco
 Report
Referee: Omar Sallah (Gambia)

Mali won 2–1 on aggregate.

Current squad

Squad for 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Head coach: Jamal Sellami

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Yassine El Houasli (1990-11-24)24 November 1990 (aged 26) AS FAR
2 Fahd Moufi (1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 21) Sedan
3 Saad Aitkhorsa (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 23) OC Safi
4 Achraf Dari (1999-05-06)6 May 1999 (aged 18) Wydad Casablanca
5 Zakaria Al Ayoud (1995-05-08)8 May 1995 (aged 22) Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
6 Walid Sabbar (1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (aged 21) Raja Casablanca
7 Mohamed Kamal (1995-10-24)24 October 1995 (aged 21) AS FAR

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9 Aymane El Hassouni (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 22) Wydad Casablanca
10 Ahmed Chentouf (1996-12-05)5 December 1996 (aged 20) IR Tanger
11 Houssam Amaanan (c) {{{club}}}|club=Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi|clubnat=Morocco}}
12 1GK Achraf Sidki (1997-01-06)6 January 1997 (aged 20) KAC Kénitra
13 Yassine Mahyou (1996-07-31)31 July 1996 (aged 20) RS Berkane
14 Hamza Errahli (1994-12-05)5 December 1994 (aged 22) Chabab Larache
15 Jamal Harkass (1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 21) MC Oujda
16 Yahya Attiat-Allal (1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 22) OC Safi
17 Chouaib El Maftoul (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 22) Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
18 Anas Soudani (1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 21) MC Oujda
19 Hamza Goudali (1996-10-15)15 October 1996 (aged 20) OC Safi
20 Zouhair El Moutaraji (1996-04-01)1 April 1996 (aged 21) Wydad Casablanca
21 Soufian Yakhlef (1996-05-12)12 May 1996 (aged 20) Moghreb Tétouan
22 Mohamed Chennouf (1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 21) Raja Casablanca
23 Zakaria Benlamachi (1994-07-25)25 July 1994 (aged 22) CR Salmi

Previous squads

References
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