Morocco national under-20 football team

Morocco U-20

Nickname(s)	Lions de l'Atlas (Lions of the Atlas)
Association	Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mark Wotte
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR

Morocco national under-20 football team, represents Morocco in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football, the governing body for football in Morocco. The current coach is Abdellah El Idrissi.

Honours

• African Youth Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1997
• Arab Cup U-20:
  • Winners (1): 2011
• UNAF U-20 Tournament:
  • Winners (1): 2015
• Islamic Solidarity Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2013

• Mediterranean Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2013

• Palestine Cup of Nations for Youth

Winner (1): 1989

Tournament Records

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record FIFA U-20 World Cup Appearances: 3 / 20 Year Result GP W D L GS GA 1977 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 0 6 1979 Did Not Qualify 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 Round of 16 4 1 2 1 5 4 1999 Did Not Qualify 2001 2003 2005 Fourth Place 7 3 1 3 11 10 2007 Did Not Qualify 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Total - 14 4 3 7 16 20

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Record Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Appearances: 10 / 19 Year Result GP W D L GS GA 1979 Second round 2 0 1 1 0 2 1981 First round 2 1 0 1 1 1 1983 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 7 3 1985 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 1 4 3 1987 Semifinals 6 4 0 2 10 4 1989 First Round 2 1 0 1 2 2 1991 Did Not Qualify 1993 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 4 6 1995 Did Not Qualify 1997 Winner 5 3 1 1 5 2 1999 Did Not Qualify 2001 2003 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 0 5 2005 Fourth Place 5 2 3 0 8 5 2007 Did Not Qualify 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 To be determined Total - 36 16 8 12 41 33

Arab Cup U-20 record Arab Cup U-20 Appearances: 2 / 2 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2011 Winner 1 5 3 2 0 6 3 2012 Group stage - 3 1 1 1 3 3 2014 Did not participate Total - - 8 4 3 1 9 6

UNAF U-20 Tournament record UNAF U-20 Tournament Appearances: 9 / 9 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Runners-up 2 - - - - - - 2008 Fourth Place 4 - - - - - - 2009 Third Place 3 - - - - - - 2010 Fourth Place 4 3 0 2 1 2 4 2011 Fourth Place 4 - - - - - - 2012 Third Place 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 2012 Third Place 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 2014 Runner-up 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2015 Winner 1 2 2 0 0 5 2 Total - - - - - - - -

2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification

Second round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gambia	1–1 (7–6 p)	Morocco	1–0	0–1

Gambia  v  Morocco

21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)

Gambia	1–0	Morocco
Jobe  42'	Report

Referee: Abdoulaye Rhissa-Al Mustapha (Niger)

Morocco  v  Gambia

12 June 2016 (2016-06-12)

Morocco	1–0	Gambia
Ennesyri  68'	Report
	Penalties
	6–7

Referee: Esam Al-Jahani (Libya)

1–1 on aggregate. Gambia won 7–6 on penalties.

Current squad

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Ben Achour Baderdine				Wydad de Casablanca
	1GK	El Assimi Adnan				AMF
	1GK	El Jourbaoui El Mehdi Ait Oumzil				AS FAR
	2DF	Mohamed Chibi				Raja Casablanca
	2DF	Rachdi Ali				Wydad de Casablanca
		El Harouali Mohamed				Raja de Casablanca
	2DF	Kasmi Ayoub				Wydad de Casablanca
		Saidi Mohamed				AMF
		Amine Dinar				FAR Rabat
		Banoun Badr				Raja de Casablanca
		Jamaaoui Youssef				OCK
		Aljaaoui Youssef				AS FAR
	3MF	Bouden Bouazza				Wydad de Casablanca
		Elkarti Walid				OCK
	3MF	Alasbahi Anas				Wydad de Casablanca
	3MF	En-Neouali Reda				AMF
	3MF	Atiallah Omar				Wydad de Casablanca
	4FW	Ennafati Adam				Lille OSC
		Es-Saiydy Youssef				AMF
	4FW	Bhja Soufiane				KACM
		Bouchta Ayoub				RCA
	4FW	Yassine Othman				Wydad de Casablanca
		El Ouardi Adnan				WAF
		Elouadi Abdelkabir				Raja Casablanca
		Hamza Hafidi				SCO Angers

Previous squads

FIFA World Youth Championship squads

• 1997 FWYC squad
• 2005 FWYC squad

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