Morocco national under-17 football team

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.

Morocco U-17

Nickname(s)	Atlas Lions أُسُودالأطلس ⵜⴰⵔⴰⴱⴱⵓⵓⵜ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Sergio Piernas[1]
Home stadium	Stade Mohamed V
FIFA code	MAR
First colours Second colours
Africa U-17 Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2013)
Best result	Fourth place, 2013
UNAF U-17 Tournament
Appearances	11 (first in 2007)
Best result	Winners, 2007, 2011
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Round of 16, 2013

Honours

• UNAF U-17 Tournament:
  • Winners (2): 2007, 2011, 2018
  • Runners-up (2): 2009 (Tunisia), 2014
  • Third Place (4): 2008 (Tunisia), 2009 (Morocco), 2012 (Morocco), 2015

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
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 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 To be determined Total 1/19 Round of 16 4 2 1 1 8 5

CAF U-17 Championship record CAF U-17 Championship Appearances: 1 / 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 2019 Group stage 7th 3 0 1 2 2 4 2021 Qualified as hosts Total 2/13 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 Total 2/3 Third Place 7 3 2 2 7 5

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 Total 14/17 3 38 14 11 13 53 42

• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cameroon	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage and 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2	Guinea	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Senegal	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Morocco	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

First match(es) will be played on 15 April 2019. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 April 2019

19:00

Morocco	1-1	Senegal
Tawfik Bentayeb  47'	Report	Alioui Balde  88'

Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala

18 April 2019

16:00

Cameroon	2-1	Morocco
Ismaila Seidou  73' Ismaila Seidou  90+2'	Report	Tawfik Bentayeb  22'

Chamazi Stadium, Mbagala

21 April 2019

16:00

Guinea	1-0	Morocco
Momo Fanyé Touré  64'	Report

National Stadium, Dar es Salaam

Current squad

Squad for 2019 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Coach: Jamal Sellami

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	GK	Taha Mourid	04.03.2002		Wydad Casablanca
12	GK	Alaa Bellaarouche	01.01.2002		AMF
13	GK	Reda Asmama	08.02.2002		AMF
3	DF	Anas Nanah	12.03.2003		AMF
5	DF	Oussama Raoui	13.11.2002		FUS Rabat
14	DF	Achraf Ramzi	04.02.2002		FUS Rabat
15	DF	Youssef Oujdal	02.01.2002		AMF
4	MF	Akram Nakach	07.04.2002		AMF
8	MF	Mohammed Amine Essahel	17.02.2003		AMF
10	MF	Haitam Abaida	1 June 2002 (aged 16)		Málaga CF
9	FW	Bilal Ouacharaf	09.05.2002		Málaga CF
11	FW	Tawfik Bentayeb	14.01.2002		AMF
21	FW	Maouhoub El Mehdi	05.06.2003		FUS Rabat

References

1. "Sergio Piernas, Morocco U-17 coach: "The Moroccan player has a very special spirit of belonging to the national team"". Atalayar. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

External links

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