Morocco women's national football team

Morocco

Nickname(s)	Atlas Lions
Association	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Head coach	Abid Oubenaissa
FIFA code	MAR
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	75 4 (25 March 2016)
Highest	52 (July 2003)
Lowest	92 (2009)
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

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup
Appearances: 0 / 7
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999	Did not qualify
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	To be determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

African Championship

CAF Women's Championship
Appearances: 2 / 12
Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998	Group stage	3	1	1	1	4	9	-5
2000	Group stage	3	0	0	3	1	13	-12
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Did not enter
2006	Did not qualify
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
Total	-	6	1	1	4	5	22	-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]

Arab Women's Championship
Appearances: 1 / 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Runners-up	2	4	2	1	1	12	3
Total	-	-	4	2	1	1	12	3

UNAF Women's Tournament

UNAF Women's Tournament
Appearances: 0 / 1
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2009	Did not participate
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sport equipment

• Puma AG

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.

External links

• Official website
• FIFA profile