Qualified on Friday for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon after a draw against Mauritania, the Moroccan players, leading Group E with 11 points, will receive a bonus.
The Atlas Lions face the Mourabitounes of Mauritania on the pitch of the Nouakchott Olympic Stadium this Friday. With a victory, Vahid Halilhodzic’s protégés will be able to ensure their definitive qualification for the 2022 CAN.
The determination of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to bring Achraf Hakimi to Morocco does not waver in the face of the reasons cited by Inter to prevent him from traveling. The FRMF has sent a letter to Inter Milan regarding the Moroccan player whose absence could disrupt the strategy put in place by Vahid Halilhodzic.
After Munir El Haddadi, it is the turn of Moroccan player Adam Masina to join the circle of the Atlas Lions. The request of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation regarding the change of sports nationality of the player has been accepted by FIFA.
During a meeting held with the Atlas Lions, the president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), Fouzi Lekjaa, invited the players of the national under-17 team to show perseverance and take advantage of all the means available to them, in order to develop their technical, physical and tactical level.
Morocco has just made its entry for the first time on the Council of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). The election of Fouzi Lekjâa took place this Friday, on the occasion of the 43rd Ordinary and Electoral General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation will sit in the Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish speaking group alongside the Egyptian, Hani Abou Rida.
Less than two years before the departure of Swiss Gianni Infantino from the presidency of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), Fouzi Lekjâa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), could well succeed him. According to his supporters, he would have the best profile to lead the world football body and at the same time defend the interests of African countries.
Achraf Hakimi and Sofyan Amrabat will not be present at the gathering of the Atlas Lions to prepare the last two matches counting for the qualifications of the 2022 CAN . They join the long list of Moroccan internationals blocked by their clubs.
The tweets of the former Moroccan international, Abdeslam Ouaddou , in support of Kheïreddine Zetchi, president of the Algerian Football Federation and candidate for the position of member of the FIFA Executive Committee, have provoked anger and indignation from many actors in the Moroccan sports world.
While Fouzi Lekjaa , president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), is running for election to the FIFA Council, former Atlas Lion Abdeslam Ouaddou has lent his support to Kheireddine Zetchi, president of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) who has just been rehabilitated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. This has provoked the anger of Moroccans.
A few weeks before the matches against Mauritania and Burundi, counting for the qualifying rounds of the next Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), the list of players who will be part of these two expeditions is still not known. Vahid Halilhodzic , very irritated by the injuries of certain Moroccan internationals, is still in the observation phase.
Aspiring to the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), South African Patrice Motsepe has promised not to harm the interests of Morocco if he becomes president of the CAF on March 12. The candidate says he is surprised by the misinterpretation of his intentions.