![]() ![]() Morocco national football team in 1942 with the legend Larbi Benbarek (1917–1992) As of December 2022, Morocco is ranked as the 11th best national team in the world. They were ranked by FIFA as the top African national team for three consecutive years, from 1997 to 1999. The Atlas Lions were ranked 10th in the FIFA World Rankings in April 1998. They were knocked out by defending champions and eventual runners-up France, and placed fourth, their highest ever finish. They thus became the first African nation to ever reach the semi-finals and the third ever semi-finalist not from UEFA or CONMEBOL (after the United States in 1930 and South Korea in 2002). Morocco defied all expectations at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, topping their group containing previous runners-up Croatia, and defeating high ranking teams such as Belgium, Spain, and Portugal. However, they narrowly lost to eventual runners-up West Germany 1–0. ![]() They made history in 1986, when they were the first African national team to finish top of a group at the World Cup and first to reach the knockout stages R16. They have participated in the FIFA World Cup six times. Internationally, Morocco won the 1976 African Cup of Nations, two African Nations Championships, and a FIFA Arab Cup. The team is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, also known as FRMF. The Morocco national football team, nicknamed "the Atlas Lions", represents Morocco in men's international football competitions. ![]()
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