The Royal Moroccan Football Federation ( FRMF; ; ) is the governing body for association football in Morocco. Founded in 1956, it joined FIFA in 1960 and became a member of CAF the same year. The federation administers the national football league system and oversees its top division, the Botola Pro. It is also responsible for the Morocco national football teams across all age categories and disciplines. Headquartered in Rabat, the FRMF is a member of the UAFA and the UNAF.
History
Africa Cup of Nations On 29 January 2011, the CAF Board decided that Morocco would host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, while the 2017 edition would be held in South Africa.
In October 2014, the government of Morocco requested a postponement of the tournament due to the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. After the matter was discussed at the executive committee meeting on 2 November 2014, CAF decided to keep the date of the tournament, while also asking for a clarification from the Royal Moroccan Football Federation of whether they still wish to host the tournament. On 8 November, Morocco failed to meet this deadline to confirm it would host the tournament. Three days later CAF confirmed that Morocco would not host the tournament and a new host would be chosen from a list of countries which have expressed interest. Morocco, who had previously qualified as hosts, were disqualified from participation at the tournament.
On 1 October 2022, Morocco announced its willingness to host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, after it was stripped from Guinea. On 27 September 2023, CAF announced that Morocco will host the 35th edition of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025.
Women's Africa Cup of Nations On 15 January 2021, Morocco was announced as hosts for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations. This is the first time a North African Arab country has hosted the Women's Africa Cup of Nations. After a successful event, Morocco was given the right to host the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
FIFA World Cup Bids In 1994, Morocco, United States and Brazil bade to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The United States eventually won the bid with 10 votes, Morocco in second place with 7 votes and Brazil with 2. Morocco was set to bid on the upcoming 1998 FIFA World Cup. It ended with 12–7 vote for France allowing France to be host of the 16th edition of the FIFA World Cup.
In 2006, Morocco made their third bid to host the FIFA World Cup. Germany was successful in winning the vote to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Morocco continued its attempt to host the next FIFA World Cup edition but failed in doing so. South Africa won the bid making it the first African country to host the World Cup. On 6 June 2015, The Daily Telegraph reported that Morocco had actually won the vote, but South Africa was awarded the tournament instead.
2026 FIFA World Cup
On 11 August 2017, Morocco was set for submission of an intention to bid, and on that day, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced that it would submit a bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In March 2018, the Morocco 2026 bid committee stated their plan to spend $16 billion on preparing for the tournament, including building new transportation infrastructure, 21 new hospitals, a large number of new hotels and leisure facilities and building and/or renovating new stadiums.
2030 FIFA World Cup
The national football association of Morocco bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. On 15 June 2018, the bid was led by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, who officially confirmed it.
On 25 July 2018, Royal Moroccan Football Federation president Fouzi Lekjaa, confirmed Morocco would apply for the 2030 World Cup bid. On 10 March 2023, the Royal Spanish Football Federation and the Portuguese Football Federation announced they were studying the possibility of adding Morocco to their Iberian Bid to host the 2030 World Cup, replacing Ukraine.
On 4 October 2023, the FIFA Executive Committee unanimously accepted the Morocco–Spain–Portugal bid as a candidate to host the 2030 World Cup. King Mohammed VI appointed Lekjaa as the chairman of the 2030 World Cup committee.
Record of the Moroccan national team
Men
World Cup 7 participations: 1970, 1986, 1994 1998, 2018, 2022, 2026 Best result: 4th Place (2022) Africa Cup of Nations Champions: 1976, 2025 2nd place: 2004 3rd place: 1980 4th place: 1986, 1988 African Nations Championship Champions: 2018, 2020, 2024 Arab Cup Champions: 2012, 2025
Women
Women's World Cup 1 participation: 2023 Best result: Round of 16 (2023) Women's Africa Cup of Nations 2nd place: 2022, 2024
Youth and Olympic teams
Africa U-23 Cup of Nations Champions: 2023 Olympic Games Bronze: 2024 FIFA U-20 World Cup Champions: 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Champions: 1997 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations Champions: 2025 UNAF U-20 Tournament Champions: 2015, 2020, 2024 UNAF U-20 Women's Tournament Champions: 2019, 2023, 2025 Arab Cup U-20 Champions: 1989, 2011 Mediterranean Games Champions: 1983, 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie Champions: 2001, 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Champions: 2013 Pan Arab Games Champions: 1961, 1985 UNAF U-17 Tournament Champions: 2007, 2011, 2018, 2022
Presidents Rang Nom Période 1 Ahmed Lyazidi 1956-1957 2 Omar Boucetta 1957-1962 3 Driss Slaoui 1962-1966 4 Majid Benjelloun 1966-1969 5 Maâti Jorio 1969-1970 6 Badreddine Snoussi 1970-1971 7 Arsalane Jadidi 1971-1974 8 Othman Slimani 1974-1978 9 Colonel Mehdi Belmejdoub 1978-1979 10 Fadoul Benzeroual 1979-1986 11 Colonel Driss Bamous 1986-1992 12 Colonel Major Houssaine Zemmouri 1992-1995 13 Général Hosni Benslimane 1995-2009 14 Ali Fassi-Fihri 2009-2013 15 Fouzi Lekjaa depuis 2014 (reconduit en 2022)
General Secretaries Rang Nom Période1 Sitel Aïssaoui 1956-19572 Ahmed Antifit 1957-19703 Hammou Tahra Jelloul 1970-19714 Colonel Mehdi Belmejdoub 1971-19775 Alaoui 1977-19786 Mohamed Hourane 1978-1986 7 Mohamed Doumou 1986-1992- Mohamed Hourane 1992-1994 8 Mohamed Lamrani 1995-19999Karim El Alem 1999-200110 Mohamed Moufid 2002-200411 Ahmed Ammor 2004-200612 Larbi Bencheikh 2006-200813 Khalid Laâraïchi 2009-201114 Tarek Najem 2012-2025
References
External links
Morocco at FIFA.com (archived)