A project for a friendly match between Wydad Casablanca and FC Barcelona is being studied. The match would take place in Casablanca and would involve the participation of the young FC Barcelona player, Lamine Yamal.
Mohamed (masculine) and Fatima (feminine) are the most given names of Moroccan origin in Catalonia, according to 2024 data from Idescat.
Morocco refused to admit to its territory an irregular migrant without any identity documents, who arrived at Marrakech-Menara airport on a flight from Barcelona airport. The man was accompanied by two security agents employed by a private subcontracting company providing private security services at the Spanish city’s airport.
Lamine Yamal, Barça’s Spanish gem of Moroccan origin, is expected to extend his contract until 2031 instead of 2030 as previously announced.
Qualified for the Champions League semi-finals, FC Barcelona is already preparing for the 2025/26 pre-season. The Catalan club is considering playing friendly matches in Morocco and Asia.
Moroccan striker Eliesse Ben Seghir has confided that his greatest wish is to play for FC Barcelona. A dream that the Atlas Lion wants to achieve to honor the memory of his father who wanted to see him wear the Catalan club’s jersey.
Spanish journalist Jose Antonio Ponseti revealed that he recently "almost ran over" Lamine Yamal, Barcelona’s gem of Moroccan origin.
Walid Regragui, the coach of the Moroccan national team, revisited the Lamine Yamal episode, revealing how he unsuccessfully tried to convince the Barcelona prodigy to join the Atlas Lions’ den.
Lamine Yamal , the Moroccan-origin prodigy of Barça, has once again seduced this Wednesday by scoring a goal against Borussia Dortmund (4-0) in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Sentenced to life for drug trafficking in Oman, Fátima Ofkir, a 25-year-old Spaniard today, was granted amnesty after seven years in prison. The young woman returned to Barcelona a week ago.
Morocco continues to search for young talents to strengthen its national team. The Royal Moroccan Football Federation is closely following Adam Qaroual, the barely 13-year-old gem from La Masia, Barcelona’s academy, and is said to have initiated negotiations to convince him to represent Morocco, his country of origin.
The Catalan authorities arrested in early March at the Barcelona airport a 44-year-old woman from Morocco carrying two kilos of hashish in her stomach, as she was trying to pass customs.