Morocco national beach soccer team

The Morocco national beach soccer team represents Morocco in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, the governing body for football in Morocco.

Morocco
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationRoyal Moroccan Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
FIFA codeMAR
BSWW ranking 19 Decrease (31 December 2020)[1]


First colours


Second colours
CAF Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances9 (first in 2006)
Best resultThird Place (2013, 2021 and 2022 )

History

The national team has participated in the African Beach Soccer Championship nine times since 2006, and their best achievement is winning third place.

In their third apperance in the Mediterranean Beach Games, Morocco Managed to beat Egypt to win bronze in the 2023 Mediterranean Beach soccer.[2]

Performance in CAF championship

CAF Beach Soccer Championship

2021 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations
Main article: 2021 Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

Group B
Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mozambique 3 3 0 0 0 16 9 +7 9 Knockout stage
2  Morocco 3 2 0 0 1 10 6 +4 6
3  Egypt 3 1 0 0 2 20 13 +7 3 5th place play-off
4  Seychelles 3 0 0 0 3 6 24 −18 0
First match(es) will be played: 23 May 2021. Source: CAF
Morocco 5–1 Seychelles
  • Kerroum
  • El Hadaoui
  • Aboutalbi
  • El Mahrouk
  • Ghannam
Report
  • Bamboche
Mozambique 2–1 Morocco
  • Manuel
  • Rachide
Report
  • El Ouariry
Egypt 3–4 Morocco
  • H. Paulo
  • Hassan. M
  • A. Elshahat
Report
  • Aboutalbi
  • El Hadaoui
  • Ghannam

Semi finals

Winners qualify for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Senegal 3–2 Morocco
  • Fall
  • Diatta
  • Mendy
Report
  • Aboutalbi
  • Iazal

Third place play-off
Morocco 5–3 Uganda
  • Aboutalbi
  • El Hadaoui
  • Abada
Report
  • Wasswa
  • Lukooya

Current squad

Correct as of May 2021.[8]

Coach: Mustafa El Haddaoui

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   Ismail El Ouariry
2 DF   Houcine Fanchy
3 FW   Mohamed Ghailani
4 DF   Zouhair Jabbary
5 DF   Sami Iazal
6 DF   Rabi Aboutalbi
7 DF   Abdallah Zeroual
8 DF   Amine El Bidouri
No. Pos. Nation Player
9 DF   Kamal Yassine
10 FW   Nassim El Hadaoui
11 FW   Kamal El Mahrouk
12 FW   Yassir Abada
13 GK   Zakaria Souary
14 FW   Driss Ghannam
15 FW   Yassine Kerroum

Honours

Official competitions

Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

African Beach Games

  • Winner: 2023
  • Runners-up: 2019

Arab Beach Soccer Championship

  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up: 2016
  • Semi-finalists: 2023

Mediterranean Beach Games

Friendly Tournament

Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament

  • Champions: 2009[9]
  • Runners-up: 2022[10]
  • Third-place: 2010[11]

References
  1. "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. "Spain win gold in Heraklion". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  3. Ezekute, Nnamdi (18 December 2016). "Beach AFCON: Egypt Overcome Morocco 4-1, Claim Bronze". Complete Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. Soliman, Seif (14 December 2018). "2018 Beach AFCON: Egypt beat Morocco to secure third place finish". KingFut. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. Isabirye, David (30 May 2021). "Morocco beat Uganda Sand Cranes to third place | AFCON beach soccer 2021". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Unstoppable Senegal clinch a fourth consecutive Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations | Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Mozambique 2022". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. "CAN de beach-soccer : Le Maroc s'empare du bronze après sa victoire face au Mozambique". Hespress Français (in French). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  8. "Team Profile - Morocco". cafonline.com. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  9. "goalzz.com: Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament 2009". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  10. "Egypt claim Casablanca Beach Soccer Cup!". Beach Soccer. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  11. "goalzz.com: Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament 2010". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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