Morocco national under-23 football team

Morocco Olympic football team (u23)

Nickname(s)	Lions de l'Atlas (Atlas Lions)
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Bernard Simondi
Captain	Achraf Hakimi
Home stadium	Stade de Marrakech
FIFA code	MAR
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.

The 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).

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^{[clarification needed]} 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
1992	Round 1	15	3	0	1	2	2	8
1996	Did Not Qualify
2000	Round 1	16	3	0	0	3	1	7
2004	Round 1	10	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did Not Qualify
2012	Round 1	11	3	0	1	2	2	3
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020	Did Not Qualify
2024
2028
Total	Round 1	4/7	12	1	3	8	8	21

* 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
2011	Runners-up	2	5	3	0	2	6	5
2015	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	–	5	3	0	2	6	5

UNAF U-23 Tournament[]

UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances: 3 / 4
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	3rd Place	3
2010	Runners-up	2	3	2	0	1	6	3
2011	3rd Place	3	2	0	1	1	1	2
2015	Postponed

Islamic Solidarity Games[]

Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Silver Medal	2nd	5	2	2	1	4	2
2010	Cancelled
2013	Gold Medal	1st	4	3	0	1	6	3
2017	Group Stage	5th	3	1	2	0	2	1
2022	To Be Determined
Total	1 Title	3/3	12	6	4	2	12	6

Current team status[]

2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification[]

Third round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Morocco	1–2		1–1	0–1

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		(1990-11-24)24 November 1990 (aged 26)	AS FAR
2		Fahd Moufi	(1996-05-05)5 May 1996 (aged 21)	Sedan
3			(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 23)	OC Safi
4		Achraf Dari	(1999-05-06)6 May 1999 (aged 18)	Wydad Casablanca
5			(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
8			(1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 18)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
9			(1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 22)	Wydad Casablanca
10			(1996-12-05)5 December 1996 (aged 20)	IR Tanger
11		Houssam Amaanan (c)	(1994-05-12)12 May 1994 (aged 22)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
12	1GK		(1997-01-06)6 January 1997 (aged 20)	KAC Kénitra
13			(1996-07-31)31 July 1996 (aged 20)	RS Berkane
14			(1994-12-05)5 December 1994 (aged 22)	Chabab Larache
15		Jamal Harkass	(1995-11-24)24 November 1995 (aged 21)	MC Oujda
16			(1995-03-02)2 March 1995 (aged 22)	OC Safi
17			(1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 22)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi
18			(1995-07-01)1 July 1995 (aged 21)	MC Oujda
19			(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			(1996-05-12)12 May 1996 (aged 20)	Moghreb Tétouan
22			(1995-05-14)14 May 1995 (aged 21)	Raja Casablanca
23			(1994-07-25)25 July 1994 (aged 22)	CR Salmi

Previous squads[]

References[]