Morocco national under-23 football team

Morocco Olympic football team

Nickname(s)	Lions de l'Atlas (Atlas Lions)
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Hassan Benabicha
Captain	Driss Fettouhi
Home stadium	Stade de Marrakech
FIFA code	MAR
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.

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 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 is qualified to 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

Olympics Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1896	No football tournament	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1900	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1904	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1908	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1912	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1920	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1924	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1928	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1932	No football tournament	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1936	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1948	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1952	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1956	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1960	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Round 1	-	2	0	0	2	1	9
1968	Withdrew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Round 2	-	6	1	1	4	7	14
1976	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1980	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Round 1	-	3	1	0	2	1	4
1988	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Round 1	-	3	0	1	2	2	8
1996	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Round 1	-	3	0	0	3	1	7
2004	Round 1	-	3	1	1	1	3	3
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Round 1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7/25	-	20	3	3	14	15	45

CAF U-23 Championship

CAF U-23 Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2011	Runners-up	2	5	3	0	2	6	5
Total	1/1	–	5	3	0	2	6	5

Current squad

• Badreddine Benachour (WAC)
• Anas El Asbahi (WAC)
• Ayoub Qasmi (WAC)
• Mohamed Saidi (WAC)
• Walid El Karti (WAC)
• Reda Hajohouj (WAC)
• Aymane El Hassouni (WAC)
• Omar Boutayeb (RCA)
• Anas Ouerdani (RCA)
• Badr Benoun (RCA)
• Hamza Moussadak (RCA)
• Abdelkabir El Ouadi (RCA)
• Reda Enneoualy (FUS)
• Badr Boulahroud (FUS)
• Youness Zaidi (UST)
• Soufiane Bahja (KACM)
• Anas Lamrabat (MAT)
• Mehdi Moufeddal (HUSA)
• Hamza Mouatamid (OCK)
• Youssef Jamaaoui (OCK)
• Adam Ennaffati (LILLE)
• Youssef Essaidy (NIORT)
• Mohamed Cheikhi (FAR)
• Oussama Tannane (HERACLES)

References

National sports teams of Morocco Basketball Beach soccer Cricket Football M W M U23 M U20 M U17 Futsal Handball M W Ice hockey Rugby league Rugby union M M7 Tennis M W Volleyball Water polo Olympics Paralympics