Confederation CAF (Africa) Captain Driss Fettouhi | Head coach Hassan Benabicha Home stadium Stade de Marrakech | |
Nickname(s) Lions de l'Atlas
(Atlas Lions) Association Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ||
Morocco Olympic football team' represents Morocco in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF).
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History
Morocco appeared the first in the Olympic games in 1964 when they lost against Hungary and Yugoslavia respectively by the scores of 6–0 and 3–1.
The second appearance was supposed to be during the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico but Morocco refused to allow its team to play against Israel national team because of political issues. Then Ghana national team took the advantage and replaced Morocco in the final competition.
In 1972, Morocco reached the second round after a draw against USA and a win against Malaysia national team.
Morocco was very close to reach the Quarter final during the 2004 Summer Olympics but the goals difference was in the favor of U-23 Costa Rica after all the teams played their three games. Morocco is qualified to the 2012 London Olympic games after beating Egypt 3–2 in the semi-finals of the African Cup under-23 on December 7, 2012.
Morocco had organized the 2011 CAF U-23 Championship and got qualified to the 2012 Summer Olympics after reaching the final game, then the olympic team lost against Gabon by the score of 2–1 at Marrakech Stadium.
Olympic games record
See Morocco national football team#Summer Olympic Games for the results before 1992 (no age limit).
Third round
Winners qualified for 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.
Previous squads
Football at the Summer Olympics squads