Morocco at the Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco are one of Africa's major forces in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Historically, Morocco participated in the AFCON much later than other North African states. However, once Morocco made their debut in 1972, Morocco emerged and became a fearsome power of the tournament, becoming the second North African side to win the AFCON at 1976.[1] However, ever since the win, Morocco's best performance was only runners-up in 2004.[2] Morocco therefore, became the underachiever in the AFCON, in spite of their rich, prestigious records.

Morocco was initially scheduled to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, but was later ruled out after the fear of Ebola outbreak controversy.[3]

Overall record

See also: Africa Cup of Nations records and statistics
Africa Cup of Nations record Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Did not enter Did not enter
United Arab Republic 1959
Ethiopia 1962 Withdrew Withdrew
Ghana 1963 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 5 6
Tunisia 1965 Did not enter Did not enter
Ethiopia 1968
Sudan 1970 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 1 2
Cameroon 1972 Group stage 5th 3 0 3 0 3 3 4 2 0 2 9 6
Egypt 1974 Did not enter Did not enter
Ethiopia 1976 Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 11 6 6 4 0 2 13 4
Ghana 1978 Group stage 6th 3 1 1 1 2 4 Qualified as defending champions
Nigeria 1980 Third place 3rd 5 2 1 2 4 3 4 2 1 1 14 5
Libya 1982 Did not qualify 4 3 0 1 8 4
Ivory Coast 1984 4 1 2 1 4 2
Egypt 1986 Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 4 5 2 1 1 0 1 0
Morocco 1988 Fourth place 4th 5 1 3 1 3 3 Qualified as hosts
Algeria 1990 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 1 1
Senegal 1992 Group stage 9th 2 0 1 1 1 2 6 4 0 2 11 4
Tunisia 1994 Did not qualify 6 2 2 2 5 4
South Africa 1996 4 1 1 2 2 4
Burkina Faso 1998 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 1 1 6 3 6 4 2 0 10 1
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Group stage 11th 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 6 4
Mali 2002 9th 3 1 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 2 5 4
Tunisia 2004 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 14 4 6 5 1 0 10 0
Egypt 2006 Group stage 13th 3 0 2 1 0 1 10 5 5 0 17 7
Ghana 2008 11th 3 1 0 2 7 6 4 3 1 0 6 1
Angola 2010 Did not qualify 10 3 3 4 14 13
Equatorial Guinea Gabon 2012 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 4 5 6 3 2 1 8 2
South Africa 2013 10th 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 1 0 1 4 2
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Disqualified Originally qualified as hosts, then disqualified
Gabon 2017 Quarter-finals 7th 4 2 0 2 4 3 6 5 1 0 10 1
Egypt 2019 Round of 16 9th 4 3 1 0 4 1 6 3 2 1 8 3
Cameroon 2021 Quarter-finals 5th 5 3 1 1 8 5 6 4 2 0 10 1
Ivory Coast 2023 Round of 16 11th 4 2 1 1 5 3 4 3 0 1 8 3
Morocco 2025 Qualified as hosts Qualified as hosts
Kenya Tanzania Uganda 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 1 Title 20/35 74 29 25 20 87 66 122 66 31 25 190 84

By match

  •   – Win
  •   – Draw
  •   – Lose
AFCON tournament Round Date Opponent Score Morocco scorers
Cameroon 1972 Group stage 25 February 1972  Congo 1–1 Faras
27 February 1972  Sudan 1–1 Faras
29 February 1972  Zaire 1–1 Faras
Ethiopia 1976 Group stage 1 March 1976  Sudan 1–1 Fetoui, Abouali
4 March 1976  Zaire 1–0 Zahraoui
6 March 1976  Nigeria 3–1 Faras, Tazi, Chebbak
Final round 9 March 1976  Egypt 2–1 Faras, Zahraoui
11 March 1976  Nigeria 2–1 Faras, Guezzar
14 March 1976  Guinea 1–1 Makrouh
Ghana 1978 Group stage 6 March 1978  Tunisia 1–1 Amcharrat
9 March 1978  Congo 1–0 Amcharrat
11 March 1978  Uganda 0–3 –
Nigeria 1980 Group stage 9 March 1980  Guinea 1–1 Mustapha
13 March 1980  Algeria 0–1 –
16 March 1980  Ghana 1–0 Labied
Semi-finals 19 March 1980  Nigeria 0–1 –
Third place 21 March 1980  Egypt 2–0 Labied (2)
Egypt 1986 Group stage 8 March 1986  Algeria 0–0 –
11 March 1986  Cameroon 1–1 Merry
14 March 1986  Zambia 1–0 Chilengi (o.g.)
Semi-finals 17 March 1986  Egypt 0–1 –
Third place 20 March 1986  Ivory Coast 2–3 Rhiati, Sahil
Morocco 1988 Group stage 13 March 1988  Zaire 1–1 Merry (p)
16 March 1988  Algeria 1–0 El Haddaoui
19 March 1988  Ivory Coast 0–0 –
Semi-finals 23 March 1988  Cameroon 0–1 –
Third place 23 March 1988  Algeria 1–1
(3–4 p) 		Nader
Senegal 1992 Group stage 12 January 1992  Cameroon 0–1 –
14 January 1992  Zaire 1–1 Rokbi
Burkina Faso 1998 Group stage 9 February 1998  Zambia 1–1 Bahja
13 January 1998  Mozambique 3–0 Chiba, Elkhattabi, Fertout
17 January 1998  Egypt 1–0 Hadji
Quarter-finals 22 January 1998  South Africa 1–2 Chiba
Ghana Nigeria 2000 Group stage 25 January 2000  Congo 1–0 Bassir
29 January 2000  Tunisia 0–0 –
3 February 2000  Nigeria 0–2 –
Mali 2002 Group stage 21 January 2002  Ghana 0–0 –
26 January 2002  Burkina Faso 2–1 Zerouali (2)
30 January 2002  South Africa 1–3 Benmahmoud (p)
Tunisia 2004 Group stage 27 January 2004  Nigeria 1–0 Hadji
31 January 2004  Benin 4–0 Chamakh, Mokhtari, Ouaddou, El Karkouri
4 February 2004  South Africa 1–1 Safri (p)
Quarter-finals 8 February 2004  Algeria 3–1 (a.e.t.) Chamakh, Hadji, Zairi
Semi-finals 11 February 2004  Mali 4–0 Mokhtari (2), Hadji, Baha
Final 14 February 2004  Tunisia 1–2 Mokhtari
Egypt 2006 Group stage 20 January 2006  Ivory Coast 0–1 –
24 January 2006  Egypt 0–0 –
28 January 2006  Libya 0–0 –
Ghana 2008 Group stage 21 January 2008  Namibia 5–1 Alloudi (3), Sektioui, Zerka
24 January 2008  Guinea 2–3 Aboucherouane, Ouaddou
28 January 2008  Ghana 0–2 –
Equatorial Guinea Gabon 2012 Group stage 23 January 2012  Tunisia 1–2 Kharja
27 January 2012  Gabon 2–3 Kharja (2)
31 January 2012  Niger 1–0 Belhanda
South Africa 2013 Group stage 19 January 2013  Angola 0–0 –
23 January 2013  Cape Verde 1–1 El-Arabi
27 January 2013  South Africa 2–2 El Adoua, Hafidi
Gabon 2017 Group stage 16 January 2017  DR Congo 0–1 –
20 January 2017  Togo 3–1 Bouhaddouz, Saïss, En-Nesyri
24 January 2017  Ivory Coast 1–0 Alioui
Quarter-finals 29 January 2017  Egypt 0–1 –
Egypt 2019 Group stage 23 June 2019  Namibia 1–0 Keimuine (o.g.)
28 June 2019  Ivory Coast 1–0 En-Nesyri
1 July 2019  South Africa 1–0 Boussoufa
Round of 16 5 July 2019  Benin 1–1
(1–4 p) 		En-Nesyri
Cameroon 2021 Group stage 10 January 2022  Ghana 1–0 Boufal
14 January 2022  Comoros 2–0 Amallah, Aboukhlal
18 January 2022  Gabon 2–2 Boufal (p), Hakimi
Round of 16 25 January 2022  Malawi 2–1 En-Nesyri, Hakimi
Quarter-finals 30 January 2022  Egypt 1–2 (a.e.t.) Boufal (p)
Ivory Coast 2023 Group stage 17 January 2024  Tanzania 3–0 Saïss, Ounahi, En-Nesyri
21 January 2024  DR Congo 1–1 Hakimi
24 January 2024  Zambia 1–0 Ziyech
Round of 16 30 January 2024  South Africa 0–2 –

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Goals Years (goals)
1 Ahmed Faras 6 1972 (3), 1976 (3)
2 Youssef En-Nesyri 5 2017, 2019 (2), 2021, 2023
3 Khalid Labied 3 1980 (3)
Youssouf Hadji 2004 (3)
Youssef Mokhtari 2004 (3)
Soufiane Alloudi 2008 (3)
Houssine Kharja 2012 (3)
Sofiane Boufal 2021 (3)
Achraf Hakimi 2021 (2), 2023

Awards

AFCON Top Scorer

Team of the Tournament

Squads

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Tunisia win Cup of Nations". February 14, 2004 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
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