Morocco women's national football team
women's national association football team representing Morocco
The Morocco women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم للسيدات, French: Équipe du Maroc féminine de football) is a group of female football players from Morocco. They play football against other countries and are organized by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. They had there first math in 1998 during the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
| Nickname(s) | لبؤات أطلس (Lionesses of Atlas) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ||
| Head coach | Reynald Pedros | ||
| Captain | Ghizlane Chebbak | ||
| Top scorer | Ghizlane Chebbak (21) | ||
| Home stadium | Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | MAR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 79  1 (7 December 2018)[1] | ||
| Highest | 52 (July – August 2003) | ||
| Lowest | 83 (July 2019) | ||
| 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) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2023) | ||
| Women's Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1998) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2022) | ||
They have been in the FIFA Women's World Cup one time. In 2023, they did something special by getting to the next round after finishing second in their group. But in the next round, they lost to France.
Morocco's biggest rivals are Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt.[2]
References
changeCitations
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ↑ "Football row brings bitter Algeria-Morocco rivalry to forefront". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
