Morocco national beach soccer team

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Morocco
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Association Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coachGilberto Da Costa de Souza
FIFA code MAR
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First colours
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World Cup
Appearances0
CAF Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances10 (first in 2006 )
Best resultThird Place (2013, 2021, 2022 and 2024)

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.

Contents

History

The national team has participated in the African Beach Soccer Championship nine times since 2006, and their best achievement is winning third place. Morocco has yet to qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

In their third appearance 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

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

Honours

Official competitions

Africa Beach Soccer Cup of Nations

African Beach Games

Cosafa Beach Soccer

Arab Beach Soccer Championship

Mediterranean Beach Games

Friendly Tournament

Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament

El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup

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