Morocco national football team

Nickname	Lions de l'Atlas (Atlas Lions)
Association	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Coach	Philippe Troussier
Most caps	Noureddine Naybet (105)
Top scorer	?
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Morocco 3 - 3 Iraq (Lebanon; 19 October 1957)
Largest win Morocco 13 - 1 Saudi Arabia (Morocco; 6 September 1961)
Worst defeat Hungary 6 - 0 Morocco (Tokyo, Japan; 11 October 1964)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1970)
Best result	Round 2, 1986
African Nations Cup
Appearances	12 (First in 1972)
Best result	Winners, 1976

The Morocco national football team, nicknamed Lions de l'Atlas (Atlas Lions), is the national team of Morocco and is controlled by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football. They were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and England. Morocco fell to eventual runner-ups West Germany 1-0 in the second round.

Morocco have won the African Nations Cup once, in 1976.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1958 - Did not enter
  
• 1962 - Did not qualify
  
• 1966 - Withdrew
  
• 1970 - Round 1
  
• 1974 to 1982 - Did not qualify
  
• 1986 - Round 2
  
• 1990 - Did not qualify
  
• 1994 - Round 1
  
• 1998 - Round 1
  
• 2002 - Did not qualify
  
• 2006 - Did not qualify

African Nations Cup record

1957 - Did not enter 1959 - Did not enter 1962 - Withdrew 1963 - Did not qualify 1965 - Did not enter 1968 - Did not enter 1970 - Did not qualify 1972 - Round 1 1974 - Did not enter 1976 - Champions 1978 - Round 1 1980 - Third place

1982 - Did not qualify 1984 - Did not qualify 1986 - Fourth place 1988 - Fourth place 1990 - Did not qualify 1992 - Round 1 1994 - Did not qualify 1996 - Did not qualify 1998 - Quarterfinals 2000 - Round 1 2002 - Round 1 2004 - Second place 2006 - Qualified

Famous players

• Mustapha Hadji
  
• Badou Zaki
  
• Noureddine Naybet
  
• Mohammed Timoumi
  
• Abdelmjid Dolmi
  
• Youssef Safri
  
• Aziz Bouderbala
  
• Mustapha Haddaoui