Morocco national futsal team

Morocco national futsal team
The Morocco national futsal team, nicknamed Ousoud Al Atlas (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 2 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations, 3 Arab Futsal Cup and 1 Futsal Confederations Cup. They qualified for the World Cup three times, first appearing in 2012. Their best World Cup run was in the 2021, when they reached the Quarter-finals.
History
Morocco was the runner-up for the 1998 Arab Futsal Championship and the 2000 African Futsal Championship and ended in the 3rd place in the 2008 African Futsal Championship.
At the 2010 UNAF tournament, the Moroccan national team obtained the 2nd place after winning against the Algeria 7-2, the Palestinian selection 7-1, and Tunisia 4-4. In the final it will lose against Libya 4-3.
The Moroccan team will compete in the Mediterranean Futsal Cup where it will obtained 5th place. National Futsal coach Hicham Dguig will be elected as the best coach of the competition organized in Libya. The player Yahya Baya will appear in the typical team of the tournament won by Croatia.
On 24 April 2016, Morocco won its first ever african title after defeating Egypt 3-2 in the final. 4 years later, they won their second title after defeating Egypt 5-0 in the final.
On 29 May 2021, They won their first Arab cup in 2021 after defeating Egypt 4-0 in the final. In the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Morocco qualified to the knockout stages after finishing second in the group stages winning one match and drawing two. They were knocked out in the Quarter-Finals after losing 1-0 to Brazil. They went on to win the next Arab cup edition, claiming their second Arab cup title after defeating Iraq 3-0. On 5 September 2022, they were ranked 8th in the Futsal world ranking ahead of Italy and behind Kazakhstan.
On 16 September 2022, Morocco defeated Iran 4-3 in the final, to win its first ever Confederations Cup.
On 16 June 2023, Morocco defeated Kuwait 7-1 in the final, to win its third Arab cup.
Competitive record
FIFA Futsal World Cup
Futsal Confederations Cup
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Arab Futsal Championship
North African Futsal Tournament
World ranking
Rankings are calculated by Futsal World Ranking.
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up to the squad for the 2023 Arab Futsal Cup.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.
COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Retired from international futsal.
Previous squads
FIFA Futsal World Cup squads
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup squad
2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup squad
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations squad
Honours
Official competitions
Africa Futsal Cup of Nations
Champions: 2016, 2020
Runner-up: 2000
Third-place: 2008, 2004
Futsal Confederations Cup
Champions: 2022
Arab Futsal Cup
Champions: 2021, 2022, 2023
Runners-up: 1998, 2005
North African Futsal Tournament
Runners-up: 2005, 2010
Friendly Tournament
UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
Runners-up: 1998
CFA International Futsal Tournament
Champions: 2019
Futsal Week Winter Cup
Champions: 2020
Futsal Week October Cup
Champions: 2023
See also
Sport in Morocco
Morocco national football team
References
External links
Morocco FA official site
African national futsal teams
Futsal
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