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 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	TBD
2028
2032
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: 2 / 4
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2011	Runners-up	2	5	3	0	2	6	5
2015	Did not qualify
2019
2023	Qualified as hosts
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
2006	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	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
2021	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	5	4
2025	TBD
Total	1 title	4/4	15	7	5	3	17	10

Current team status

2021 Islamic Solidarity Games

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Azerbaijan	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

Source:

8 August 2022

12:30

Morocco	3–0 (w/o)	Iran

Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

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10 August 2022

12:30

Morocco	0–2	Saudi Arabia
		Al-Johani 45+2' Al-Mutairi 90+1'

Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

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12 August 2022

12:30

Azerbaijan	2–2	Morocco
Ibrahimli 6' Abdullazade 47' (pen.)		Slim 10' Regragui 90+3'

Cumhuriyet Stadium, Konya

Current squad

Squad for 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Coach: Hicham Dmiai

The squad was announced on 27 July.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	El Mehdi Benabid	(1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 24)	FUS Rabat
2	2DF	Hamza Regragui*	(1997-06-13)13 June 1997 (aged 25)	RS Berkane
3	2DF	Mohamed Souboul	(2001-11-17)17 November 2001 (aged 20)	Raja CA
4	2DF	Nabil Marmouk	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 24)	Maghreb Fès
5	3MF	Ismail Moutaraji	(2000-02-01)1 February 2000 (aged 22)	Wydad AC
6	3MF	Amine Souane	(2001-09-17)17 September 2001 (aged 20)	MC Oujda
7	3MF	Reda Slim	(1999-10-25)25 October 1999 (aged 22)	AS FAR
8	3MF	Larbi Naji*	(1990-12-12)12 December 1990 (aged 31)	AS FAR
9	4FW	Soufiane Benjdida	(2001-09-05)5 September 2001 (aged 20)	Raja CA
10	3MF	Montasser Lahtimi	(2001-04-01)1 April 2001 (aged 21)	FUS Rabat
11	4FW	Youssef Mehri	(1999-09-07)7 September 1999 (aged 22)	Hassania Agadir
12	1GK	Rachid Ghanimi	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 21)	Rapide Oued Zem
13	2DF	Adil Tahif	(2001-02-24)24 February 2001 (aged 21)	SCC Mohammédia
14	3MF	Salaheddine Benyachou	(1999-11-30)30 November 1999 (aged 22)	Wydad AC
15	3MF	Abdellah Haimoud	(2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 21)	Wydad AC
16	3MF	Saifeddine Bouhra	(2000-03-05)5 March 2000 (aged 22)	Wydad AC
17	2DF	Oussama Raoui	(2002-11-13)13 November 2002 (aged 19)	FUS Rabat
18	2DF	Oussama Soukhane	(1999-01-11)11 January 1999 (aged 23)	Raja CA
19	4FW	Abdellah Farah	(2001-06-01)1 June 2001 (aged 21)	Raja CA
20	2DF	Mouhamed Moufid	(2000-01-12)12 January 2000 (aged 22)	AS FAR
21	3MF	Hamza El Janati	(1999-01-01)1 January 1999 (aged 23)	Maghreb Fès
22	1GK	Reda Asmama	(2002-02-08)8 February 2002 (aged 20)	Union Touarga
23	3MF	Abdelfattah Hadraf	(1998-03-22)22 March 1998 (aged 24)	Difaâ Hassani El Jadidi

* Over-aged player.

Previous squads

Football at the Summer Olympics squads

• Olympics 1992 squad
• Olympics 2000 squad
• Olympics 2004 squad
• Olympics 2012 squad

CAF U-23 Championship squads

• CAF U-23 2011 squad

Football at the Islamic Solidarity Games

• Islamic Games 2005
• Islamic Games 2013
• Islamic Games 2017
• Islamic Games 2021