Moroccan national football team
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| Nickname(s) | أُسُودالأطلس / Igrzamn n Atlasi (Atlas Lions) |
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| Association | Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) |
| Head coach | Hervé Renard |
| Captain | Medhi Benatia |
| Most caps | Noureddine Naybet (115) |
| Top scorer | Ahmed Faras (42) |
| Home stadium |
Stade Adrar, Agadir Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech |
| FIFA code | MAR |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 53  4 (6 April 2017)
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| Highest | 10 (April 1998) |
| Lowest | 95 (September 2010) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 56 (29 March 2017) |
| Highest | 17 (December 1998) |
| Lowest | 81 (May 2013) |
| First international | |
 Morocco 3–3 Iraq  (Lebanon; 19 October 1957) |
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| Biggest win | |
Morocco 13–1 Saudi Arabia  (Morocco; 6 September 1961) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Hungary 6–0 Morocco (Japan; 11 October 1964) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1970) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 1986 |
| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 16 (first in 1972) |
| Best result | Champions, 1976 |
The Morocco national football team nicknamed the Lions of the Atlas, is the national team of Morocco. It is currently managed by Hervé Renard.
Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and England. They were also the first African team to make it to second round barely losing to eventual runners-up West Germany 1–0 in 1986. They also came within two minutes of moving out of the group stage of the 1998 World Cup, Kjetil Rekdal's late winning goal for Norway against Brazil eliminating them.
After a decade-long drought, glory came back in 2012 for the Moroccan national team in when they were victorious in the 2012 Arab Nations Cup.
The Moroccan National team traditionally used the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in (Rabat) and the Stade Mohamed V in (Casablanca) as their main stadiums, but they've recently started using the new Stade de Marrakech in (Marrakech) and Stade Adrar in (Agadir).
Morocco's national football team participated four times in the FIFA World Cup. Their best performance was the 1986 edition when they advanced to the second round, being the first African nation to do so. In 1998, the team narrowly missed repeating the same achievement.
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