Morocco national futsal team

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox National futsal team The Morocco national futsal team, nicknamed أسود الأطلس (Lions of the Atlas), represents Morocco in international futsal competitions. It is affiliated to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and is one of the strongest teams in the world.

The team has notably won 3 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations and 3 Arab Futsal Cup titles. They qualified for the World Cup four times, first appearing in 2012. Their best World Cup run was in 2021 and 2024, when they reached the quarter-finals.[1]

History

Morocco were runners-up in both the 1998 Arab Futsal Championship and the 2000 African Futsal Championship[2] and finished in third place in the 2008 African Futsal Championship.[3]

At the 2010 UNAF tournament in Libya, the Moroccan national team recorded comprehensive wins against Algeria 7-2, and Palestine 7-1, and a 4-4 draw against Tunisia. However, they lost against Libya 4-3 in the final and finished as runners-up.[4]

That same year, the Moroccan team also competed in the Mediterranean Futsal Cup which also took place in Libya. After finishing second in their group with 4 points, the Atlas Lions fell to a 1-5 defeat against the eventual champions Croatia. The Moroccans would bounce back in the placement play-offs, where they defeated both Bosnia and Herzegovina 5-3 and Lebanon 6-2 to claim fifth place. Hicham Dguig won the best coach award while the player Yahya Baya featured in the team of the tournament.

On 24 April 2016, Morocco won its first ever African title after defeating Egypt 3-2 in the final.[5] Four years later, they successfully defended their title on home soil with a 5-0 win against the Pharaohs in the final.[6][7]

On 29 May 2021, They won their first Arab cup title after defeating hosts Egypt 4-0 in the final.[8] In the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Morocco qualified to the knockout stages for the first time after finishing second in the group stage with 5 points following a 6-0 win against Solomon Islands and two draws against both Thailand and the eventual champions Portugal.[9] They were knocked out in the quarter-finals after narrowly losing 1-0 to Brazil.[10][11] The following year, they claimed their second Arab cup title after defeating Iraq 3-0.[12][13] On 5 September 2022, they were ranked 8th in the Futsal world ranking ahead of Italy and behind Kazakhstan.[14]

In September 2022, Morocco took part in the Continental Futsal Championship, a yearly friendly tournament hosted by Thailand. After a 2-2 draw against the hosts and a 4-2 win against fellow African side Mozambique in the first round, Morocco edged past Finland 4-1 in the semi-final. In the final, the Atlas Lions defeated Iran 4-3 to win their first title.[15][16][17]

On 16 June 2023, Morocco defeated Kuwait 7-1 in the final, to win its third Arab cup title, becoming the outright most successful team in the competition in the process.[18]

Morocco qualified for the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations with the country later being awarded the hosting rights of the tournament for the second consecutive time following the withdrawal of Mozambique.[19] After topping their group with ease, with notably a 13-0 thrashing of Zambia in their last group game (their opponent's all-time worst defeat to date).[20] The hosts lifted the trophy for the third time in a row after beating Angola 5-1 in the final, thus tying with Egypt as the most successful teams in the competition.[21][22]

Competitive record

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA GD
Template:Flagicon 1989 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 1992
Template:Flagicon 1996
Template:Flagicon 2000 Did not qualify
Template:Flagicon 2004
Template:Flagicon 2008
File:Flag of Thailand (TIS 982 draft standard).svg 2012 Group stage 3 0 0 3 5 15 −10
Template:Flagicon 2016 3 0 0 3 6 14 −8
Template:Flagicon 2021 Quarter-finals 5 2 2 1 13 7 +6
Template:Flagicon 2024 5 3 0 2 16 15 +1
Total 4/10 16 5 2 9 40 51 −11

Futsal Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:Flagicon 2009 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2013
Template:Flagicon 2014
Total 0/3 - - - - - - -

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:Flagicon 1996 Did not enter
Template:Flagicon 2000 Runners-up 3 1 1 1 24 12 +12
2004 Semi-Finals 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8
Template:Flagicon 2008 Third place 6 4 0 2 20 11 +9
Template:Flagicon 2011 Cancelled
Template:Flagicon 2016 Champions 5 4 0 1 17 10 +7
Template:Flagicon 2020 Champions 5 5 0 0 23 1 +22
Template:Flagicon 2024 Champions 5 5 0 0 37 6 +31
Total 6/7 25 19 1 5 124 51 +73

Arab Futsal Cup

Arab Futsal Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:Flagicon 1998 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 30 19 +11
Template:Flagicon 2005 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 30 15 +15
Template:Flagicon 2007 Fourth Place 5 2 0 3 12 18 −6
Template:Flagicon 2008 Did not participate
Template:Flagicon 2021 Champions 5 5 0 0 26 2 +24
Template:Flagicon 2022 Champions 6 6 0 0 46 6 +40
Template:Flagicon 2023 Champions 6 6 0 0 32 6 +26
Total 6/7 38 27 0 5 176 66 +110

North African Futsal Tournament

North African Futsal Tournament record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD
Template:Flagicon 2005 Runners-up 4 2 0 2 23 8 +15
Template:Flagicon 2009 Did not participate
Template:Flagicon 2010 Runners-up 4 3 0 1 21 5 +16
Total 2/3 8 5 0 3 44 13 +31

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Morocco's head-to-head record in the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

World ranking

FIFA published the Futsal World Ranking for the first time in May 2024.[23][24]

Africa World Country Points
1 6 File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 1430.55
2 37 File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 1098.56
3 47 File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola 1054.42
4 50 File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1046.24
5 51 File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1041.84
6 62 File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 999.11
7 76 File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast 974.01
8 90 File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia 954.34
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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the 2023 Arab Futsal Cup.

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Recent call-ups

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INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
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Previous squads

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Honours

Official competitions

Africa Futsal Cup of Nations

Arab Futsal Cup

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  • Script error: No such module "sort". Runners-up: 1998, 2005

UEFS Futsal Men's Championship

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Friendly Tournaments

CFA International Futsal Tournament

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Futsal Week Winter Cup

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Continental Futsal Championship

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Rabat International Futsal Tournament

  • Script error: No such module "sort". Champions: 2023,[28] 2025[29]

Croatia International Futsal Tournament

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Vietnam International Futsal Tournament (Ho Chi Minh City)

  • Script error: No such module "sort". Champions: 2024[31]

See also

References

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External links

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