Morocco women's national football team
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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.
Nickname(s) | لبؤات أطلس (Lionesses of Atlas) | ||
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Association | Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ||
Head coach | Jorge Vilda | ||
Captain | Ghizlane Chebbak | ||
Most caps | Ghizlane Chebbak (73) | ||
Top scorer | Ghizlane Chebbak (23) | ||
Home stadium | Stade Moulay Hassan | ||
FIFA code | MAR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 58 2 (15 March 2024)[1] | ||
Highest | 52 (July – August 2003) | ||
Lowest | 83 (July 2019) | ||
First international | |||
South Africa 1–1 Morocco (Pretoria, South Africa; 5 July 1998) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Morocco 8–0 Lebanon (Alexandria, Egypt; 23 April 2006) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Nigeria 8–0 Morocco (Kaduna, Nigeria; 17 October 1998) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) | ||
Best result | Round of 16 (2023) | ||
Women's Africa Cup of Nations | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 1998) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2022) |
They have participated in the FIFA Women's World Cup once, in 2023. They made history in the same tournament,[2] 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.[3]