📸 Morocco, National football team: Photo Gallery (Photo: 25)

The Morocco national football team (Arabic: المنتخب المغربي لكرة القدم) represents Morocco in men's international football. It is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), the governing body for football in Morocco. It has been affiliated with FIFA since 1960, with CAF since 1959, and with UNAF since 2005. The team is known as the Atlas Lions. They play home matches at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat and train at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Salé.

Morocco is regarded as one of Africa’s most successful national football teams. They have won four continental titles, including the 1976 African Cup of Nations and the African Nations Championship in 2018, 2020 and 2024. Morocco has also qualified for the FIFA World Cup on seven occasions. In 1986, they made history as the first African team to top a World Cup group and advance to the knockout stage, where they were eliminated 1–0 by eventual runner-up West Germany. Thirty-six years later, at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Morocco topped a group that included Croatia, Canada and Belgium. They then went on to defeat Spain and Portugal, becoming the first African and first Arab team to reach a World Cup semi-final. They were also the third World Cup semi-finalist from outside Europe or South America. In 2025, Morocco set a world record for the longest winning streak in international football, achieving 19 consecutive victories across all competitions.

The Atlas Lions were ranked 10th in the FIFA World Rankings in April 1998. They were Africa’s highest-ranked national team for three consecutive years, from 1997 to 1999, and have again occupied that position since December 2022. As of January 19 2026, Morocco is ranked 8th in the world, the highest African run since Nigeria's in 1994.

Morocco is set to become the second African nation, the second MENA nation, and the first North African nation to host the FIFA World Cup, after being chosen as a co-host for the 2030 edition alongside Portugal and Spain.