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
BSWW ranking 17 Decrease2.svg 4 (9 April 2025) [1]
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First colours
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Second colours
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.

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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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

References

  1. "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 9 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  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. "COSAFA | 2024 BEACH SOCCER" . Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  10. "goalzz.com: Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament 2009". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  11. elkhouzai (18 August 2024). "Beach Team Wins Casablanca Beach Soccer Cup". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  12. "Egypt claim Casablanca Beach Soccer Cup!". Beach Soccer. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  13. "goalzz.com: Casablanca Beach Soccer Tournament 2010". www.goalzz.com. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  14. "The beach team wins the "El Salvador League"". Hespress - هسبريس جريدة إلكترونية مغربية (in Arabic). 31 March 2024. Retrieved 2 April 2024.