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Morocco ascends to 37th position in FIFA ranking

July 2nd, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | 1 Comment »

Rabat, July 2 – Moroccan soccer team has ascended three places in the new world FIFA ranking, from the 40th position to the 37th, with a total of 689 points.
At the Arab level, the Moroccan team came second after Egypt, while it ranked 6th in Africa after Cameroon, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, [...]

CAN/World Cup qualifiers: Morocco bests Rwanda to lead Group

June 24th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | 2 Comments »

Casablanca, June 23 – Morocco bested Rwanda 2-0 at the fourth game of the 2010 FIFA world cup/Africa nations’ cup qualifiers to join the Amavubi Stars at the leadership.
Seeking to take revenge over Rwanda after the large 3-1 defeat in Kigali, the Moroccans put their feet down on the accelerator at [...]

CAN/World Cup qualifiers: Morocco stumbles in Rwanda

June 24th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | No Comments »

Kigali, June 16 – Moroccan squad on Saturday stumbled 1-3 before Rwanda in their third game of the 2010 FIFA world cup/Africa nations’ cup qualifiers.
14th minutes into the first half, striker Elias Ntaganda got the opener for the locals to set the stadium alight, while his teammate Labama Bokota Kamana [...]

Atlas Lions eliminate Algeria from CHAN qualifiers

May 19th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | No Comments »

(MAP) – Fes, May 19 – Moroccan National Football Team won over the Algerian side 3-1 on penalties, on Saturday, to book their ticket to the final round of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers of locally-based players.
The Atlas Lions took the lead in the 29th minute thanks to a goal [...]

Roger Lemerre appointed to lead Atlas Lions

May 13th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | 1 Comment »

(MAP) -Rabat, May 13 – Frenchman, Roger Lemerre, was picked to succeed his countryman, Henri Michel, in leading the Moroccan soccer squad, local Football Federation (FRMF) revealed in a press release.
The appointment comes after several months of negotiations on whether to opt for a Moroccan or a foreign coach, and only [...]

Morocco trash Belgium 4 -1 in a friendly in Brussels

March 26th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | 1 Comment »

(AP) -Morocco scored two goals in each half Wednesday to beat Belgium 4-1 in a friendly.
Soufiane Alloudi and Tarik Sektoui gave Morocco a 2-0 lead by the 34th minute, before Axel Witsel pulled a goal back for Belgium 16 minutes later.
Nabil El Zhar restored Morocco’s two-goal margin in the 85th after pouncing on a defensive [...]

List of the 24 Players called for Morocco’s Friendly against Belgium

March 18th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | No Comments »

Fathi Jamal has selected 24 players for the friendly of Morocco against Belgium on March 26th reported MAP.
5 Players in this squad list are from Moroccan league from which two are goalkeepers (Karim Fegrouch and Hamza Boudlal).
Also five players from the Olympic team are selected: Abdeslam Benjelloun, Rachid Hamdani, Adil Hermach, Nabil Dirar and [...]

Badou Zaki the new coach of Morocco !!!!

March 10th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | 2 Comments »

According to several sources, Badou Zaki the ex-goalkeeper of Morocco’s national team and winner of the african gold ball, will be designated as the head coach of Morocco’s squad. It will be announced tomorrow in an official press release by the Royal Moroccan Federation of Football. He will be assisted by Rachid Taoussi. In the [...]

The new coach for Morocco’s squad will be announced on Monday

March 6th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | No Comments »

The moraccan daily ” Le Matin ” has reported that the succesor for Henri Michel will be announced on Monday March 10th. Badou Zaki, Fathi Jamal, Mustapha Madih, Aziz Amri and Rachid Taoussi are all in this race to carry the Moroccan national squad to the world cup qualifying and also to the CAN 2010 [...]

24 Players called for a chance to carry the National Jersey

February 25th, 2008 | By: Mahmoud | 3 Comments »

The provisional manager of Morocco’s squad Fathi Jamal has called 24 players from the home league to a training camp in Maamora’s Center. It’s has been said that this comes to endorse Jamal Fathi’s trust in local players to carry the national team jersey. A half dozen of them will take part in the national [...]


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