Morocco national under-17 football team

Morocco U-17

Nickname(s)	أُسُودالأطلس (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mustapha Madih
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
First colours Second colours
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place, 2013
UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances	11 (first in 2007)
Best result	Winners, 2007, 2011
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 (2): 2007, 2011
  • Runners-up (2): 2009 (Tunisia), 2014
  • Third Place (4): 2008 (Tunisia), 2009 (Morocco), 2012 (Morocco), 2015

Tournament Records

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 Total 1/17 Round of 16 4 2 1 1 8 5

CAF U-17 Championship record CAF U-17 Championship Appearances: 1 / 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 To be determined Total 1/13 Fourth Place 5 2 2 1 10 5

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers Appearances: 1 / 5 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1985 Did not participate 1987 1989 Second Round 4 2 1 1 3 2 1991 Disqualified 1993 Did not participate Total 1/5 Second Round 4 2 1 1 3 2

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 - - - - - 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 Total 11/13 Winner 28 - - - - -

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

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification

First round

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

Mauritania  v  Morocco

25 June 2016 (2016-06-25) 22:00

Mauritania	1–0	Morocco
Cheikh  73'	Report

Stade Olympique, Nouakchott Referee: Raymond Coker (Sierra Leone)

Morocco  v  Mauritania

2 July 2016 (2016-07-02) 21:45

Morocco	2–0	Mauritania
Abessi  8', 90+2'	Report

Stade Prince Moulay Al Hassan, Rabat Referee: Lahlou Benbraham (Algeria)

Morocco won 2–1 on aggregate.

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guinea	2–2 (3–2 p)	Morocco	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)

Guinea  v  Morocco

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 16:00

Guinea	1–1	Morocco
Touré  50'	Report	Ait Ouarkhan  13'

Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry Referee: Boureima Sanogo (Burkina Faso)

Morocco  v  Guinea

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 21:00

Morocco	1–1	Guinea
Wahib  44'	Report	Sylla  69'
	Penalties
	2–3

Stade El Abdi, El Jadida Referee: Mahmoud Ahmed Mohamed Bassiouny (Egypt)

2–2 on aggregate. Guinea won 3–2 on penalties.

Current squad

Squad for 2016 UNAF U-17 Tournament.^[1]

Zakaria Ayyat (WAC)
Omar Boubkry (WAC)
Abdelaziz El Achchab (WAC)
Ismail Moutarajji (WAC)
Abdessamad Abessi (FUS)
Houssam Loufissi (FUS)
Riad Idboukikine (RCA)
Chadi Yakiry (RCA)
Mohamed Naim (RCA)
Anouar Benchaoui (DHJ)
Mohamed Iskander (DHJ)
Mouad Ajendouz (AMF)
Abderrahmane Kernane (AMF)
Aymane Mourid (AMF)
Abdelwahed Wahib (AMF)
Ismail Tamir (MAT)
Ahmed Achuchats (MAT)
Zayd Dakiouken (MAT)
Khalid Ait Ourkham (FAR)
Karim Ait Mohamed (HUSA)
Abdelghani El Bachir (Ajax)
Yanis Salmi (RC Lens)
Soufiane Triki (RC Bastia)
Ayyoub Zyadi (Atletico Canada/ Espagne)
Ayoub Boulila (RW Essen)
Issam El Maach (Helmond)

References

1. ↑ "U17: LA LISTE DES 26 CONVOQUÉS POUR LE TOURNOI DE L’UNAF". lionsdelatlas.ma. May 26, 2016. 

External links

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