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| Nickname(s) | لبؤات أطلس (The Atlas Lionesses ) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Royal Moroccan Football Federation | ||
| Head coach | Jorge Vilda | ||
| Captain | Ghizlane Chebbak | ||
| Most caps | Ghizlane Chebbak (77) | ||
| Top scorer | Ghizlane Chebbak (24) | ||
| Home stadium | Stade Moulay Hassan | ||
| FIFA code | MAR | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 59  (16 August 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) | ||
The Morocco women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب المغرب لكرة القدم للسيدات) 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.
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 Spain, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt.[3]
- ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Nowakowski, Wojciech (8 August 2023). "Morocco, Ireland, Portugal: All 8 Women's World Cup debutants and how far they made it". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Football row brings bitter Algeria-Morocco rivalry to forefront". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.