Morocco women's national football team

The Morocco women's national football team represents Morocco in international women's football and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The team played its first international match in 1998, as part of the third Women's African Football Championship.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Morocco national football team.

Morocco
Nickname(s)Atlas Lionesses
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Football Federation
Head coachReynald Pedros
FIFA codeMAR
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 77 4 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest52 (July 2003)
Lowest92 (2009)
First international
 South Africa 1–1 Morocco 
(Pretoria, South Africa; 5 July 1998)
Biggest win
 Morocco 8–0 Lebanon 
(Alexandria, Egypt; 23 April 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Nigeria 8–0 Morocco 
(Kaduna, Nigeria; 17 October 1998)
African Championship
Appearances2 (first in 1998)
Best resultGS 1998, 2000

History

After being given a walk-over following Kenya's withdrawal from the 1998 Championship, the team made it to the finals in Nigeria, where they lost 0–8 to the hosts before beating Egypt 4–1. Morocco met fellow Women's African Football Championship debutants Republic of Congo in the final group game, with both teams having the chance to qualify for the semi-finals with a win. However, the eventual 0–0 draw sent Morocco out, as Congo qualified on better goal difference.[2]

Two years later, Morocco qualified for the African Championship in South Africa with a 6–1 aggregate victory over Algeria. However, after the team scored the first goal against Cameroon in the opening group stage match, they went on to concede 13 goals, lose all three matches, and finish last in the group.[3]

Their 2002 and 2006 campaigns were both stopped by Mali in the qualifying stages. Morocco had been seeded into the second qualifying round, but two goalless draws in Bamako and Rabat sent the tie into a penalty shoot-out which Mali won 5–4.[4] In 2004, Morocco did not enter, while a 1–6 aggregate defeat to Mali sent them out of the 2006 African Championship and the 2007 World Cup.

Achievements

Women's World Cup record
FIFA Women's World Cup finals
Appearances: 0 / 8
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did not enter
1995
1999Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023To be determined
Total--------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record
Olympic Games
Appearances: 0 / 6
Year Result GP W D L GF GA GD
1996Did Not Enter
2000
2004
2008Did Not Qualify
2012
2016Did Not Enter
2021Did Not Qualify
2024To be determined
2028
Total-0000000

Africa Women Cup of Nations record
Africa Women Cup of Nations finals
Appearances: 3 / 13
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991Did not enter
1995
1998Group stage311149−5
2000Group stage3003113−12
2002Did not qualify
2004Did not enter
2006Did not qualify
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020Cancelled
2022Qualified as hosts
Total-6114522-17
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arab Women's Championship record

Morocco lost to Algeria in the championship game of the first Arab Women's Cup in 2006 after defeating host Egypt 4–2 in the semi-finals.[5]

Arab Women's Championship
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2006Runners-up2nd4211123+9
TotalRunners-up1/14211123+9

UNAF Women's Tournament record
UNAF Women's Tournament
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA GD
2009Did not participate
2020Champion1st4400112+9
TotalChampion1/24400112+9

Honours

Regional
Champions: (1) 2020
Runners-up: (1) 2006

Sport equipment

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Kelly Lindsey

Players

Current squad
  • Head coach Kelly Lindsey named a 26-player squad to participate in the training camp due to take place at Mohammed VI football complex from 18 to 30 October 2020.
  • Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Assia Zouhair (1991-04-30) 30 April 1991 Atlas Khénifra
1GK Imane Abdelahad (1994-07-21) 21 July 1994 Ittihad Tanger
1GK Nora Chaib L'Hospitalet
2DF Nouhaila Ben Zina (1998-05-11) 11 May 1998 ASFAR
2DF Soumia Hady (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 CSMMF
2DF Siham Boukhami (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992 ASFAR
2DF Rania Salmi (1998-10-14) 14 October 1998 Atlas 05
3MF Salma Amani (1989-11-28) 28 November 1989 Dijon
3MF Élodie Nakkach (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995 Dijon
3MF Najat Badri ASFAR
4FW Ghizlane Chebbak (1991-02-19) 19 February 1991 ASFAR
4FW Ibtissam Jraidi (1989-05-01) 1 May 1989 ASFAR
4FW Mssoudy Sanaa (1999-12-30) 30 December 1999 ASFAR
4FW Hanane Aït El Haj (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 Zaragoza CFF
4FW Nour Elimane Oddah (1999-10-27) 27 October 1999 AMHS
4FW Naweal Ouinekh (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 Saint-Étienne
4FW Fatima Tagnaout (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 ASFAR
Nezha Ait Baba Hlim Municipal Laâyoune
Rahmatallah Benaziz JEO
Nourimane Addi ASFAR
Nouhaila Sedki Ittihad Tanger
Rachida Lmahi ASFAR
Chaimae El Amari HST
Ouahiba Boukhami ACFM
Soumaya Bouchiba AAT
Yassmina Elouasdi Santa Susanna

Recent call-ups
  • The following players have been called up to the Morocco squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

Previous squads
UNAF Women's Tournament

Individual records
  • Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Managers

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2020
28 January 2020 Friendly Morocco  2–1  Tunisia
31 January 2020 Friendly Morocco  6–3  Tunisia
14 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Tunisia  0–1  Morocco El Kram Stadium, El Kram
13:00 Report
18 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Tanzania  2–3  Morocco El Kram Stadium, El Kram
13:00
  • Omary Mwanahamisi  1'
  • Jolita Singanu  75'
 Report
  • Narimane Adi  8' (pen.)
  • Amani  44'
  • Asmaa Messaoudi  73'
20 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Morocco  5–0  Mauritania El Kram Stadium, El Kram
11:00
  • Amani  12'
  • Ghizlane Chebbak  20' (pen.), 38', 40'
  • Hayat Khirou  49'
 Report
22 February 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament Algeria  0–2  Morocco El Kram Stadium, El Kram
11:00 Report
  • Ghizlane Chebbak  50'
  • Jraidi  86'
26 November 2020 Friendly Ghana  3–1  Morocco Accra, Ghana
16:30 (UTC±0)
  • Kyeremeh  26'
  • Eshun  45+3'
  • Aoyem  64'
 Report
  • Chebbak  5' (pen.)
  • Ouinekh  45'
 Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Attendance: 0
30 November 2020 Friendly Ghana  v  Morocco Accra, Ghana
(UTC±0) Stadium: Accra Sports Stadium
Attendance: 0

See also

Other football codes

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  2. Goloboy, James (10 July 2000). "Africa – Women's Championship 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
  3. Duret, Sébastien (14 February 2008). Cruickshank, Mark (ed.). "Africa – Women's Championship 2000". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 May 2006.
  4. "2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Preliminaries". FIFA World Cup. FIFA. 2003. Archived from the original on 2 December 2005. Retrieved 30 May 2006.
  5. "Championnat arabe dames: Le Maroc perd en finale face à l'Algérie". Le Matin (in French). 30 April 2006. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
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