Sport governing body
TheRoyal Moroccan Football Federation (abbr. FRMF ;Arabic :الجامعة الملكية المغربية لكرة القدم ;French :Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football ) is the governing body forassociation football inMorocco . Founded in 1956, it joinedFIFA in 1960 and became a member ofCAF the same year. The federation administers the national football league system and oversees its top division, theBotola Pro . It is also responsible for the Morocco national football teams across all age categories and disciplines. The FRMF is headquartered inRabat and is a member of theUAFA and theUNAF .[ 2]
Africa Cup Of Nations [ edit ] On 29 January 2011, the CAF Board decided that Morocco would host the2015 Africa Cup of Nations , while the 2017 edition would be held in South Africa.[ 3]
In October 2014, thegovernment of Morocco requested a postponement of the tournament due to theEbola virus epidemic in West Africa .[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
On 1 October 2022,Morocco announced its willingness to host the2025 Africa Cup of Nations , after it was stripped fromGuinea .[ 9] [ 10] CAF announced that Morocco will host the 35th edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025.[ 11] [ 12]
[ edit ] On 15 January 2021, Morocco was announced as hosts for the2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations . This is the first time a North African Arab country has hosted the Women's Africa Cup of Nations.[ 13] 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations .[ 14] [ 15]
FIFA World Cup Bids [ edit ] In 1994,Morocco ,United States andBrazil bade to host the1994 FIFA World Cup .[ 16] United States eventually won the bid with 10 votes, Morocco in second place with 7 votes and Brazil with 2.[ 17] [ 18] 1998 FIFA World Cup . It ended with 12–7 vote forFrance allowingFrance to be host of the 16th edition of theFIFA World Cup .[ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
In 2006,Morocco made their third bid to host theFIFA World Cup .Germany was successful in winning the vote to host the2006 FIFA World Cup .[ 22] next FIFA World Cup edition but failed in doing so.[ 23] [ 24] South Africa won the bid making it the firstAfrican country to host the World Cup.[ 25] The Daily Telegraph reported thatMorocco had actually won the vote, butSouth Africa was awarded the tournament instead.[ 26]
2026 FIFA World Cup [ edit ] On 11 August 2017, was set for submission of an intention to bid, and on that day, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced that it would submit a bid for the2026 FIFA World Cup .[ 27] [ 28]
2030 FIFA World Cup [ edit ] The national football association of Morocco is scheduled to bid to host the2030 FIFA World Cup .[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32]
On 25 July 2018, Royal Moroccan Football Federation presidentFouzi Lekjaa , confirmed Morocco will apply for the2030 World Cup bid .[ 33] Royal Spanish Football Federation and thePortuguese Football Federation , were studying the possibility of adding Morocco to theirIberian Bid to host the 2030 World Cup replacingUkraine .[ 34] [ 35] [ 36]
On 4 October 2023, TheFIFA Executive Committee has unanimously accepted the Morocco-Spain-Portugal bid as a candidate to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.[ 37] [ 38] [ 39] Mohammed VI appointed Lekjaa as the Chairman of 2030 World Cup Committee.[ 40] [ 41]
Record of the Moroccan national team [ edit ] World Cup Africa cup African Nations Championship Arab Cup Youth and Olympic teams [ edit ] FIFA rejected an election in 2013, and demanded a new election in 2014.[ 42] [ 43]
Rank Name Period 1 Mohamed Yazidi 1956–1958 2 Omar Boucetta 1958–1962 3 Driss Slaoui 1962–1966 4 Majid Benjelloun 1966–1969 5 Maâti Jorio 1969–1970 6 Badreddine Snoussi 1970–1971 7 Arsalane Jadidi 1971–1974 8 Othman Slimani 1974–1978 9 Mehdi Belmejdoub 1978–1979 10 Fadoul Benzeroual 1979–1986 11 Driss Bamous 1986–1992 12 Houssaine Zemmouri 1992–1995 13 Hosni Benslimane 1995–2009[ 44] 14 Ali Fassi-Fihri(first term) 2009–2013[ 45] 15 Fouzi Lekjaa (first term) 2013[ 46] 16 Ali Fassi-Fihri(second term) 2013–2014 17 Fouzi Lekjaa (second term) 2014–present[ 47]
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