Morocco women's national football team

Morocco
Nickname(s) Atlas Lions
Association Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Head coach Abid Oubenaissa
FIFA ranking 74 Increase3
Highest FIFA ranking 52 (July 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking 77 (December 2013)
First colours
Second colours
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
Appearances 2 (First in 1998)
Best result GS 1998, 2000

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.

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.

Results

World Cup

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Did Not Enter-------
Sweden 1995Did Not Enter-------
United States 1999Did Not Qualify-------
United States 2003Did Not Qualify-------
China 2007Did Not Qualify-------
Germany 2011Did Not Qualify-------
Canada 2015Did Not Qualify-------
Total0/7-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Championship

CAF Women's Championship
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD
1991Did Not Enter-------
1995Did Not Enter-------
Nigeria 1998Group Stage311149-5
South Africa 2000Group Stage3003113-12
Nigeria 2002Did Not Qualify-------
South Africa 2004Did Not Enter-------
Nigeria 2006Did Not Qualify-------
Equatorial Guinea 2008Did Not Qualify-------
South Africa 2010Did Not Qualify-------
Equatorial Guinea 2012Did Not Qualify-------
Namibia 2014Did Not Qualify-------
Total2/116114522-17
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Arab Cup

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.[4]

Sport equipment

References

  1. ↑ Africa - Women's Championship 2000, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
  2. ↑ Africa - Women's Championship 2000, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
  3. ↑ 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Preliminaries, from FIFAWorldcup.com, retrieved 30 May 2006
  4. ↑ "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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