Morocco national under-17 football team

Morocco U-17
Nickname(s)	Atlas Lions; أُسُودالأطلس ; ⵜⴰⵔⴰⴱⴱⵓⵓⵜ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Saïd Chiba [1]
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
First colours	Second colours
U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	3 (first in 2013)
Best result	TBD, 2023
UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances	11 (first in 2007)
Best result	Winners(4):: 2007, 2011, 2018, 2022
Arab Cup U-17
Appearances	2
Best result	Runners-Up 2022 2012
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Round of 16, 2013

The Morocco national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Morocco and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. The team competes in the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations, UNAF U-17 Tournament and the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

History

In the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco qualified to the knockout stages after finishing top in the group stages winning two matches and losing one.[2][3][4] They faced Algeria and claimed a 3–0 victory, qualifying them to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[5][6] Morocco Played Mali in the semi-final, winning 6–5 On penalties after a heroic save by Taha Benrhozil.[7][8]

Honours

UNAF U-17 Tournament:

Winners (4): 2007, 2011, 2018, 2022

Runners-up (3): 2009, 2014, 2018

Third Place (4): 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015

Arab Cup U-17

Runners-up (1): 2022

Third Place (1): 2012

Tournament Records

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers record

CAF U-16 and U-17 World Cup Qualifiers
Appearances: 1 / 5
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1985	did not participate
1987	did not participate
1989	Second Round		4	2	1	1	3	2
1991	Disqualified
1993	did not participate
Total	1/5	Second Round	4	2	1	1	3	2

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup record

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
Appearances: 1 / 17
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1985	did not participate
1987	did not participate
1989	did not qualify
1991	Disqualified
1993	did not participate
1995	did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	did not participate
2011	did not qualify
2013	Round of 16	10th	4	2	1	1	8	5
2015	did not qualify
2017
2019
2021	Cancelled
2023	Qualified
Total	1/19	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	8	5

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 3 / 13
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1995	did not qualify
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009	did not participate
2011	did not qualify
2013	Fourth Place	4th	5	2	2	1	10	5
2015	did not qualify
2017	did not qualify
2019	Group stage	7th	3	0	1	2	2	4
2021	Cancelled
2023	qualified
Total	2/14	Fourth Place	8	2	3	3	12	9

Arab Cup U-17 record

Arab Cup U-17
Appearances: 2 / 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	3
2012	Third Place	3rd	4	2	1	1	4	2
2014	did not participate
2021	Cancelled
2022	Runners-Up	2nd	6	4	1	1	7	3
Total	3/3	Third Place	13	7	3	3	14	7

UNAF U-17 Tournament record

UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances: 11 / 13
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	did not participate
2007	Winner	1st	3	2	1	0	5	1
2008	Third Place	3rd	3	1	0	2	3	5
2008	Fifth Place	5th	4	1	1	2	3	4
2009	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	3	3
2009	Third Place	3rd	2	0	2	0	1	1
2010	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	1	2	1	5
2011	Winner	1st	2	1	1	0	2	0
2012	did not participate
2012	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	1	1
2014	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	3	4
2015	Third Place	3rd	2	0	1	1	2	4
2016	Fifth Place	5th	3	1	1	1	7	5
2017	Fourth Place	4th	3	0	1	2	4	5
2018	Winner	1st	3	3	0	0	7	2
2018	Runners-up	2nd	3	2	1	0	11	2
2021	withdrew
2022	Runners-up	2nd	4	2	1	1	4	1
2022	Winner	1st	3	3	0	0	5	1
Total	16/19	3	45	19	12	14	62	44

Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Knockout stage
2	Nigeria	3	2	1	4	3	+1	6
3	South Africa	3	1	2	5	7	−2	3
4	Zambia	3	1	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

30 April 2023

20:00

Morocco	2–0	South Africa
Ait Boudlal 73' (pen.) Hanin 83'	Report

Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine

Referee: Adalbert Diouf (Senegal)

3 May 2023

17:00

Nigeria	0–1	Morocco
	Report	Maâli 2'

Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine

Referee: Ousmane Diakaté (Mali)

6 May 2023

20:00

Zambia	2–1	Morocco
Malaya 73' Mwanza 88' (pen.)	Report	Ouazane 19'

19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba

Referee: Merveil Mandekouzou Vendafara (Central Africa Republic)

Quarter finals

Winners qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

10 May 2023

20:00

Morocco	3–0	Algeria
Ouazane 28', 57' Chakir 87'

Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine

Referee: Muhammad Elmabrouk (Libya)

Semi finals

14 May 2023

20:00

Morocco	v	Mali

19 May 1956 Stadium, Annaba

Current squad

Squad for 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

Head coach: Saïd Chiba

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Taha Benrhozil	(2006-06-18)18 June 2006 (aged 16)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
2	2DF	Hamza Koutoune	(2006-09-17)17 September 2006 (aged 16)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
3	2DF	Fouad Zahouani	(2006-04-18)18 April 2006 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
4	3MF	Adam Boufandar	(2006-08-11)11 August 2006 (aged 16)	Juventus
5	2DF	Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal	(2006-04-16)16 April 2006 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
6	3MF	Adam Chakir	(2006-01-03)3 January 2006 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
7	4FW	Said Errafiy	(2006-04-23)23 April 2006 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
8	3MF	Mohamed Radouane	(2007-07-25)25 July 2007 (aged 15)	Fath US
9	4FW	Adam Hanin	(2006-01-05)5 January 2006 (aged 17)	Fath US
10	3MF	Marouane Rayan Bayad	(2006-02-25)25 February 2006 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
11	4FW	Othmane Elidrissi Erahhali	(2006-10-07)7 October 2006 (aged 16)	Darmstadt 98
12	1GK	Hamza Jlid	(2006-12-09)9 December 2006 (aged 16)	Fath US
13	2DF	Saifdine Chlaghmo	(2006-01-27)27 January 2006 (aged 17)	AS FAR
14	2DF	Mohammed Kebdani	(2006-05-13)13 May 2006 (aged 16)	AS FAR
15	2DF	Mouad Bougaizane	(2006-01-13)13 January 2006 (aged 17)	AS FAR
16	3MF	Haitam El Mousse	(2007-09-14)14 September 2007 (aged 15)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
17	3MF	Abdel Hamid Maali	(2006-03-16)16 March 2006 (aged 17)	IR Tanger
18	4FW	Zakaria Ouazane	(2006-09-24)24 September 2006 (aged 16)	Ajax
19	2DF	Smail Bakhty	(2006-11-29)29 November 2006 (aged 16)	AS FAR
20	3MF	Mohamed Amine Katiba	(2006-03-01)1 March 2006 (aged 17)	Hassania Agadir
21	3MF	Hamza El Motaouakkel	(2006-02-23)23 February 2006 (aged 17)	Mohammed VI Football Academy
22	1GK	Imrane Sadiki	(2006-01-01)1 January 2006 (aged 17)	AS FAR
23	4FW	Ayman Ennair	(2006-04-06)6 April 2006 (aged 17)	Fath US
24	3MF	Mohamed Zine El Abidine Hamony	(2006-08-05)5 August 2006 (aged 16)	Le Havre
25	4FW	Adnane El Ahmer	(2006-07-04)4 July 2006 (aged 16)	Raja CA
26	4FW	Zakaria Allaoui	(2006-04-05)5 April 2006 (aged 17)	Maghreb de Fès

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup squads

2013 FIFA U-17 WC squad

U-17 Africa Cup of Nations squads

References

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External links

(in French) Morocco under-17 football team - official site of RMFF

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