The Morocco women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم للسيدات, French: Équipe du Maroc féminine de football) represents Morocco in international women's football and is managed by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The team played its first international match in 1998, as part of the third Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

They have participated in the FIFA Women's World Cup once, in 2023. They made history in the same tournament, qualifying to the knock-out stages after placing second in the group stages before they fell short in the Round of 16 to France.

The traditional rivals of Morocco are mainly Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt.

History

On 26 April 2006, Morocco made their first ever final in the 2006 Arab Women's Championship, defeating Egypt 4–2 in the semi-final. They lost the final 1–0 against Algeria.

2020s

On 22 February 2020, Morocco lionesses managed to win the 2020 UNAF Women's Cup after defeating Algeria 2–0 to top the final standings.

After hiatus and lack of achievement, the Women's AFCON was expanded to 12 teams, starting from 2020, but due to COVID-19 pandemic, the first edition was held in Morocco 2022 instead. Using this home advantage, Morocco restarted its women's football structure, rebuilt its women's team that has long been neglected. With greater interest, Morocco was able to create history by reaching the semi-finals in their home soil. With this achievement, Morocco made a history as the first Arab country to qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup, debuting in 2023. Morocco went on to make another historic chapter as the first North African and Arab country to participate in the final of a continental tournament by beating African powerhouse and three-times defending champions Nigeria on penalties. However, Morocco could not finish its dream in the final after losing to an experienced South African side, whose two goals crushed the Moroccan dream to win the title.

In their first ever FIFA Women's World Cup, Morocco qualified to the Knockout-stages after placing second in their group, losing their first match 6–0 to Germany and winning both their second and third match 1–0 respectively against South Korea and Colombia. Thus, becoming the lowest ranked nation to qualify for the Knock-out stages. They ended their journey in the Round of 16, after losing 4–0 to France.

On 12 October 2023, Spanish coach Jorge Vilda was announced as the new head coach of the Moroccan women's team. On 14 November 2023, Morocco was nominated for the 2023 Best African Women’s National Team of the Year by CAF.

Nicknames

The Morocco women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Atlas Lionesses".

Home stadium

Morocco's home matches were held at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, managed by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The stadium served as the home ground for AS FAR and frequently hosted matches for the men's team. Situated in Rabat, Morocco, this iconic venue has been the stage for numerous significant tournaments. Among these, the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations stands out as a significant event, where Morocco showcased their prowess by playing all their matches at this stadium and even reached the final. Though they lost to South Africa in the final, the stadium will forever be remembered for witnessing Morocco's historic qualification to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.

Kit suppliers

Morocco's home colours are most red shirts and green shorts and socks, away colours are usually all white or all green.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

2024

sources: "Morocco Results and Fixtures". Soccerway.com. "Morocco – Soccer – Team Profile". globalsportsarchive.

Coaching staff

Manager history

• Kelly Lindsey (2020)
• Reynald Pedros (2020–2023)
• Jorge Vilda (2023–present)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2024 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying game against  Zambia on 5 and 9 April 2024.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including (5 December 2023).

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Previous squads

FIFA Women's World Cup

• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

Africa Women Cup of Nations

• 2000 African Women's Championship squad
• 2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations squad

UNAF Women's Tournament

• 2020 UNAF Women's Tournament squad

Malta International Women's Football Tournament

• 2022 Malta International Women's Football Tournament squads

Player records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of (22 February 2024).

Top goalscorers

Most capped players

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Women's Africa Cup of Nations

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All-Africa Games

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.

UNAF Women's Tournament

Honours

Continental

• Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Runners-up: (1) 2022

Regional

• UNAF Women's Tournament

Champions: (1) 2020

• Arab Women's Championship

Runners-up: (1) 2006

• Aisha Buhari Cup

Runners-up: (1) 2021

International

• Malta International Women's Football Tournament

Champions: (1) 2022

Awards

• African Women's National Team of the Year

Second place: 2022, 2023

All−time record against FIFA recognized nations

The list shown below shows the Morocco national football team all−time international record against opposing nations.
*As of xxxxxx after match against xxxx.

Key

See also

• Sport in Morocco
  • Football in Morocco
    • Women's football in Morocco
• Morocco women's national under-17 football team
• Morocco women's national under-20 football team
• Cultural significance of the Atlas lion
• Morocco national football team
• Morocco A' national football team
• Morocco national under-23 football team
• Morocco national under-20 football team
• Morocco national under-17 football team

Other football codes

• Morocco national futsal team
• Morocco national beach soccer team

References

Notes

Citations

External links

• Official website only (in Arabic and French)
• Morocco profile at FIFA.com