Morocco national under-20 football team

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Morocco U-20

Nickname(s)	The Atlas Lions
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Zakaria Aboub
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
First colours Second colours
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances	11 (first in 1979)
Best result	Winners, 1997
UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances	12 (first in 2006)
Best result	Winners, 2015, 2020
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1977)
Best result	Semi Final 2005

Morocco national under-20 football team, represents Morocco in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Morocco. The current coach is Zakaria Aboub.

Honours[]

• African Youth Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1997
• Arab Cup U-20:
  • Winners (1): 2011
• UNAF U-20 Tournament:
  • Winners (2): 2015, 2020
• Islamic Solidarity Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2013

• Mediterranean Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2013

• Jeux de la Francophonie

Gold Medalists (1): 2017

• Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Winner (1): 1989

FIFA World Cup U-20[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 3 / 22
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	0	6
1979	Did Not Qualify
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Round of 16	4	1	2	1	5	4
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001
2003
2005	Fourth Place	7	3	1	3	11	10
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	canceled
2023	To Be Determined
Total	-	14	4	3	7	16	20

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations[]

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 11 / 22
Year	Result	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1979	Second round	2	0	1	1	0	2
1981	First round	2	1	0	1	1	1
1983	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	7	3
1985	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	4	3
1987	Semifinals	6	4	0	2	10	4
1989	First Round	2	1	0	1	2	2
1991	Did Not Qualify
1993	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	4	6
1995	Did Not Qualify
1997	Winner	5	3	1	1	5	2
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001
2003	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	0	5
2005	Fourth Place	5	2	3	0	8	5
2007	Did Not Qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Quarterfinals	4	2	2	0	4	0
Total	-	40	18	10	12	45	33

Tournament Records[]

UNAF U-20 Tournament record[]

UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances: 12 / 13
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Did not participate
2006	Runners-up	2	4	2	2	0	?	?
2007	Fourth Place	4	3	1	0	2	2	4
2008	Fourth Place	4	4	2	0	2	5	4
2009	Third Place	3	3	2	0	1	3	3
2010	Fourth Place	4	3	0	2	1	2	4
2011	Fourth Place	4	3	0	1	2	0	4
2012	Third Place	3	2	1	0	1	3	3
2012	Third Place	3	3	1	1	1	4	4
2014	Runner-up	2	2	1	0	1	3	3
2015	Winner	1	2	2	0	0	5	2
	canceled
2019	Fourth Place	4	4	1	2	1	3	4
2020	Winner	1	3	1	2	0	2	1
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	w	3	36	14	10	12	32?	36?

Arab Cup U-20 record[]

Arab Cup U-20
Appearances: 4 / 5
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Winner	1	5	3	2	0	6	3
2012	Group stage	-	3	1	1	1	3	3
2014	Did not participate
2020	Semi-Final	3	5	4	0	1	12	7
2021	Quarter-final	-	4	3	1	0	16	2
Total	-	-	17	11	4	2	37	15

Mediterranean Games[]

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1991	Bronze Medal	3rd	3	2	0	1	6	3
1993	Group Stage	9th	2	0	1	1	0	2
1997	Did not enter
2001	Group Stage	8th	2	1	0	1	6	4
2005	Fourth Place	4th	5	1	2	2	3	3
2009	withdrew
2013	Gold Medal	1st	5	4	1	0	12	5
2018	Bronze Medal	3rd	4	1	2	1	5	5
2022	To Be Determined
Total	1 Title	6/8	20	9	6	6	32	22

UNAF U-18 Tournament[]

UNAF U-18 Tournament
Appearances: 2 / 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2017	Runners-up	2	3	1	1	1	3	3
2019	Winner	1	4	3	1	0	7	1
Total	w	1	7	4	2	1	10	4

Jeux de la Francophonie[]

Football at the Jeux de la Francophonie record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Silver Medal	2nd	5	3	1	1	10	7
1994	Fourth Place	4th	4	2	0	2	5	6
1997	Did not enter
2001	Gold Medal	1st	6	3	3	0	12	3
2005	Group Stage	9th	3	1	0	2	4	4
2009	Bronze Medal	3rd	4	3	0	1	6	3
2013	Silver Medal	2nd	4	1	1	2	4	4
2017	Gold Medal	1st	5	3	2	0	13	1
2022	To Be Determined
Total	2 Titles	7/8	31	16	7	8	54	28

Current squad[]

The following players were called up for the 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations in Mauritania.
Update: 23 February 2021

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK		(2002-03-04)March 4, 2002 (aged 18)	Wydad AC
2	2DF	Omar El Hilali	(2003-09-12)September 12, 2003 (aged 17)	Espanyol
3	2DF		(2001-11-17)November 17, 2001 (aged 19)	Raja CA
4	2DF		(2002-01-02)January 2, 2002 (aged 19)	AMF
5	2DF		(2002-11-13)November 13, 2002 (aged 18)	Fath Union Sport
6	3MF	El Mehdi Moubarik	(2001-01-22)January 22, 2001 (aged 20)	Fath Union Sport
7	4FW	Haitam Abaida	(2002-06-01)June 1, 2002 (aged 18)	Málaga
8	3MF	Oussama Targhalline	(2002-05-20)May 20, 2002 (aged 18)	Olympique de Marseille
9	4FW		(2002-09-30)September 30, 2002 (aged 18)	Fath Union Sport
10	4FW		(2001-04-01)April 1, 2001 (aged 19)	Fath Union Sport
11	4FW		(2001-02-01)February 1, 2001 (aged 20)	Espanyol
12	1GK		(2002-01-01)January 1, 2002 (aged 19)	Strasbourg
13	3MF	Aymane Ouhatti	(2001-01-15)January 15, 2001 (aged 20)	Amiens
14	4FW		(2003-06-05)June 5, 2003 (aged 17)	Fath Union Sport
15	3MF		(2001-02-24)February 24, 2001 (aged 19)	Leganés
16	2DF		(2001-03-24)March 24, 2001 (aged 19)	Union de Touarga
17	4FW		(2001-02-21)February 21, 2001 (aged 19)	Olympic Dcheira
18	3MF		(2002-01-14)January 14, 2002 (aged 19)	AMF
19	4FW		(2002-06-28)June 28, 2002 (aged 18)	Barcelona B
20	3MF	Mohammed Amine Essahel	(2003-02-17)February 17, 2003 (aged 17)	AMF
21	3MF		(2002-02-08)February 8, 2002 (aged 19)	Ittihad Khemisset
22	1GK		(2002-09-03)September 3, 2002 (aged 18)	FC Utrecht
23	3MF		(2001-05-21)May 21, 2001 (aged 19)	DHJ
24	3MF		(2002-02-04)February 4, 2002 (aged 19)	Fath Union Sport
25	3MF		(2002-03-01)March 1, 2002 (aged 18)	Chabab Mohammédia
26	3MF		(2001-06-08)June 8, 2001 (aged 19)	Raja CA
27	2DF	Amine Ghazoini	(2001-01-09)January 9, 2001 (aged 20)	Ascoli
28	3MF		(2001-01-02)January 2, 2001 (aged 20)	AS Monaco
29	3MF		(2001-02-02)February 2, 2001 (aged 20)	Ibiza

Manager: Zakaria Aboub

Previous squads[]

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