- Morocco women's national football team
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Morocco Nickname(s) Atlas Lions Association Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football Head coach Slimani Alaoui FIFA ranking 71 Highest FIFA ranking 52 (July 2003) Lowest FIFA ranking 71 (May 2010) Home coloursAway coloursFirst international South Africa 1 – 1 Morocco
Pretoria, South Africa; 5 July 1998Biggest win Morocco 8 – 0 Lebanon
Alexandria, Egypt; 23 April 2006Biggest defeat Nigeria 8 – 0 Morocco
Kaduna, Nigeria; 17 October 1998Appearances (First in -) Best result - Appearances (First in -) Best result - 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.
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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.
World Cup record
World Cup Finals Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD 1991
Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 1995
Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 1999
Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2003
Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2007
Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2011
Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2015
To Be Determined - - - - - - - Total 0/6 - - - - - - - - *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Performance in Africa Women's Championship
CAF Women's Championship Year Round GP W D* L GS GA GD 1991 Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 1995 Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 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
Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2010
Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - Total 2/9 6 1 1 4 5 22 -17 - *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Arab Women's 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]
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References and notes
- ^ Africa - Women's Championship 2000, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
- ^ Africa - Women's Championship 2000, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
- ^ 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Preliminaries, from FIFAWorldcup.com, retrieved 30 May 2006
- ^ "Championnat arabe dames: Le Maroc perd en finale face à l'Algérie" (in French). Le Matin. 30 April 2006. http://www.lematin.ma/Actualite/Journal/Article.asp?origine=jrn&idr=114&id=63221. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
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