Morocco national under-17 football team

Morocco U-17

Nickname(s)	Atlas Lions أُسُودالأطلس ⵜⴰⵔⴰⴱⴱⵓⵓⵜ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Sergio Piernas[1]
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
First colours Second colours
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place, 2013
UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances	11 (first in 2007)
Best result	Winners, 2007, 2011, 2018
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Round of 16, 2013

The Morocco national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Morocco and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The team competes in the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, UNAF U-17 Tournament and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Honours[]

• UNAF U-17 Tournament:
  • Winners (3): 2007, 2011, 2018
  • Runners-up (2): 2009 (Tunisia), 2014
  • Third Place (4): 2008 (Tunisia), 2009 (Morocco), 2012 (Morocco), 2015

Tournament Records[]

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record[]

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record[] FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup Appearances: 1 / 17 Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1985 Did not participate 1987 1989 Did not qualify 1991 Disqualified 1993 Did not participate 1995 Did not qualify 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Did not participate 2011 Did not qualify 2013 Round of 16 10th 4 2 1 1 8 5 2015 Did not qualify 2017 2019 2021 Cancelled Total 1/19 Round of 16 4 2 1 1 8 5

CAF U-17 Championship record[] CAF U-17 Championship Appearances: 2 / 13 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1995 Did not qualify 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Did not participate 2011 Did not qualify 2013 Fourth Place 4th 5 2 2 1 10 5 2015 Did not qualify 2017 2019 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 4 2021 Cancelled Total 2/13 Fourth Place 8 2 3 3 12 9

Arab Cup U-17 record[] Arab Cup U-17 Appearances: 2 / 3 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2011 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 3 3 2012 Third Place 3rd 4 2 1 1 4 2 2014 Did not participate Total 2/3 Third Place 7 3 2 2 7 5

UNAF U-17 Tournament record[] UNAF U-17 Tournament Appearances: 11 / 13 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Did not participate 2007 Winner 1st 3 2 1 0 5 1 2008 Third Place 3rd 3 1 0 2 3 5 2008 Fifth Place 5th 4 1 1 2 3 4 2009 Runners-up 2nd 3 1 1 1 3 3 2009 Third Place 3rd 2 0 2 0 1 1 2010 Fourth Place 4th 3 0 1 2 1 5 2011 Winner 1st 2 1 1 0 2 0 2012 Did not participate 2012 Third Place 3rd 2 1 0 1 1 1 2014 Runners-up 2nd 2 1 0 1 3 4 2015 Third Place 3rd 2 0 1 1 2 4 2016 Fifth Place 5th 3 1 1 1 7 5 2017 Fourth Place 4th 3 0 1 2 4 5 2018 Winner 1st 3 3 0 0 7 2 2018 Runners-up 2nd 3 2 1 0 11 2 2021 withdrew Total 14/17 3 38 14 11 13 53 42

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations[]

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Guinea	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Senegal	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Morocco	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

15 April 2019 (2019-04-15)

19:00

Morocco	1-1	Senegal
Tawfik Bentayeb 47'	Report	Alioui Balde 88'

Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala

18 April 2019 (2019-04-18)

16:00

Cameroon	2-1	Morocco
Ismaila Seidou 73' Ismaila Seidou 90+2'	Report	Tawfik Bentayeb 22'

Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21)

16:00

Guinea	1-0	Morocco
Momo Fanyé Touré 64'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Current squad[]

Squad for 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Head coach: Jamal Sellami^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK		(2002-03-04)4 March 2002 (aged 17)	Wydad AC
2	2DF		(2002-07-24)24 July 2002 (aged 16)	Fath Union Sport
3	2DF		(2003-03-12)12 March 2003 (aged 16)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
4	3MF		(2002-04-07)7 April 2002 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
5	2DF		(2002-11-13)13 November 2002 (aged 16)	Fath Union Sport
6	3MF	Oussama Targhalline	(2002-05-20)20 May 2002 (aged 16)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
7	3MF		(2002-03-01)1 March 2002 (aged 17)	Raja Casablanca
8	3MF		(2003-02-17)17 February 2003 (aged 16)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
9	4FW		(2002-05-09)9 May 2002 (aged 16)	Málaga CF
10	3MF	Haitam Abaida	(2002-06-01)1 June 2002 (aged 16)	Málaga CF
11	4FW		(2002-01-14)14 January 2002 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
12	1GK		(2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
13	1GK		(2002-02-08)8 February 2002 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
14	2DF		(2002-02-04)4 February 2002 (aged 17)	Fath Union Sport
15	2DF		(2002-01-02)2 January 2002 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
16	3MF	Yassine Kechta	(2002-02-25)25 February 2002 (aged 17)	Le Havre AC
17	4FW		(2002-10-02)2 October 2002 (aged 16)	Genk
18	2DF		(2002-02-21)21 February 2002 (aged 17)	Troyes AC
19	2DF		(2002-01-22)22 January 2002 (aged 17)	US Orléans
20	4FW		(2002-01-10)10 January 2002 (aged 17)	Fath Union Sport
21	4FW		(2003-06-05)5 June 2003 (aged 15)	Fath Union Sport

References[]

External links[]

• (in French) Morocco under-17 football team - official site of RMFF