Morocco has participated in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 20 times, where they have won two championships.

Morocco began its participation in AFCON much later than other North African states, but quickly emerged as one of its strongest contenders. They made their debut in the 1972 African Cup of Nations, and shortly thereafter became the second North African side to win the AFCON in the 1976 tournament. Since then, they have appeared in the finals in 2004, where they were runners-up to Tunisia, and in 2025, which they won after opposing side Senegal was ruled to have forfeited the match. Notably, neither of their titles have come from actually winning their final match: the 1976 tournament was decided in a round robin final group and ended with a draw between Morocco and Guinea, and Senegal had originally beaten Morocco in the 2025 final.

Morocco had been scheduled to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, but controversially withdrew over fears of an ebola outbreak, causing their team to be disqualified from that year's tournament. They then hosted and became the champions of the 2025 tournament in a highly disputed and controversial final, which saw the Moroccans lose 1–0 at home to Senegal before handed a 3–0 victory by CAF Appeals Board two months later.https://sportaran.com/en/post/senegal-trebuet-peresmotra-resheniya-caf-skandal-vokrug-finala-kubka-afriki-2025/

Overall record

Africa Cup of Nations recordAfrica Cup of Nations qualification recordYearRoundPosition 1957Did not enterDid not enter 1959 1962WithdrewWithdrew 1963Did not qualify210156 1965Did not enterDid not enter 1968 1970Did not qualify210112 1972Group stage5th303033420296 1974Did not enterDid not enter 1976Champions 1st64201166402134 1978Group stage6th311124Qualified as defending champions 1980Third place3rd5212434211145 1982Did not qualify430184 1984412142 1986Fourth place4th512245211010 1988Fourth place4th513133Qualified as hosts 1990Did not qualify202011 1992Group stage9th2011126402114 1994Did not qualify622254 1996411224 1998Quarter-finals6th4211636420101 2000Group stage11th311112422064 20029th311134631254 2004Runners-up2nd64111446510100 2006Group stage13th30210110550177 200811th310276431061 2010Did not qualify103341413 2012Group stage12th310245632182 201310th303033210142 2015DisqualifiedOriginally qualified as hosts, then disqualified 2017Quarter-finals7th4202436510101 2019Round of 169th431041632183 2021Quarter-finals5th5311856420101 2023Round of 1611th421153430183 2025Champions1st75201216600262 2027To be determinedTo be determinedTotal2 Titles20/3581342720996712872312521686

By match

AFCON tournamentRoundDateOpponentScoreMorocco scorers 1972Group stage25 February 19721–1Faras27 February 19721–1Faras29 February 19721–1Faras 1976Group stage1 March 19762–2Fetoui, Abouali4 March 19761–0Zahraoui6 March 19763–1Faras, Tazi, ChebbakFinal round9 March 19762–1Faras, Zahraoui11 March 19762–1Faras, Guezzar14 March 19761–1Makrouh 1978Group stage6 March 19781–1Amcharrat9 March 19781–0Amcharrat11 March 19780–3 1980Group stage9 March 19801–1Tahiri13 March 19800–116 March 19801–0LabiedSemi-finals19 March 19800–1Third place21 March 19802–0Labied (2) 1986Group stage8 March 19860–011 March 19861–1Merry14 March 19861–0Chilengi (o.g.)Semi-finals17 March 19860–1Third place20 March 19862–3Rhiati, Sahil 1988Group stage13 March 19881–1Merry 16 March 19881–0El Haddaoui19 March 19880–0Semi-finals23 March 19880–1Third place23 March 19881–1 Nader 1992Group stage12 January 19920–114 January 19921–1Rokbi 1998Group stage9 February 19981–1Bahja13 January 19983–0Chiba, Elkhattabi, Fertout17 January 19981–0HadjiQuarter-finals22 January 19981–2Chiba 2000Group stage25 January 20001–0Bassir29 January 20000–03 February 20000–2 2002Group stage21 January 20020–026 January 20022–1Zerouali (2)30 January 20021–3Benmahmoud 2004Group stage27 January 20041–0Hadji31 January 20044–0Chamakh, Mokhtari, Ouaddou, El Karkouri4 February 20041–1Safri Quarter-finals8 February 20043–1 Chamakh, Hadji, ZairiSemi-finals11 February 20044–0Mokhtari (2), Hadji, BahaFinal14 February 20041–2Mokhtari 2006Group stage20 January 20060–124 January 20060–028 January 20060–0 2008Group stage21 January 20085–1Alloudi (3), Sektioui, Zerka24 January 20082–3Aboucherouane, Ouaddou28 January 20080–2 2012Group stage23 January 20121–2Kharja27 January 20122–3Kharja (2)31 January 20121–0Belhanda 2013Group stage19 January 20130–023 January 20131–1El-Arabi27 January 20132–2El Adoua, Hafidi 2017Group stage16 January 20170–120 January 20173–1Bouhaddouz, Saïss, En-Nesyri24 January 20171–0AliouiQuarter-finals29 January 20170–1 2019Group stage23 June 20191–0Keimuine (o.g.)28 June 20191–0En-Nesyri1 July 20191–0BoussoufaRound of 165 July 20191–1 En-Nesyri 2021Group stage10 January 20221–0Boufal 14 January 20222–0Amallah, Aboukhlal18 January 20222–2Boufal , HakimiRound of 1625 January 20222–1En-Nesyri, HakimiQuarter-finals30 January 20221–2 Boufal 2023Group stage17 January 20243–0Saïss, Ounahi, En-Nesyri21 January 20241–1Hakimi24 January 20241–0ZiyechRound of 1630 January 20240–2 2025Group stage21 December 20252–0Brahim, El Kaabi26 December 20251–1Brahim29 December 20253–0El Kaabi (2), BrahimRound of 164 January 20261–0BrahimQuarter-finals9 January 20262–0Brahim, SaibariSemi-finals15 January 20260–0 Final18 January 20263–0 (awarded)

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsYears (goals)1Ahmed Faras61972 (3), 1976 (3)2Youssef En-Nesyri52017, 2019 (2), 2021, 2023Brahim Díaz 2025 (5)4Youssef Mokhtari 4 2004 (4)5Khalid Labied31980 (3)Youssouf Hadji2004 (3)Soufiane Alloudi2008 (3)Houssine Kharja2012 (3)Sofiane Boufal2021 (3)Achraf Hakimi2021 (2), 2023Ayoub El Kaabi2025 (3)

Awards

AFCON Best Player 1976: Ahmed Faras

AFCON Top Scorer 1980: Khalid Labied 2004: Youssef Mokhtari 2012: Houssine Kharja 2025: Brahim Díaz

AFCON Best Goalkeeper 2025: Yassine Bounou

Team of the Tournament 1972: Allal Ben Kassou, Boujemaa Benkhrif 1976: Mohammed Al-Hazaz, Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui, Ahmed Faras 1978: Mohammed Al-Hazaz, Larbi Ihardane 1988: Tijani El Maataoui, Aziz Bouderbala 1998: Noureddine Naybet 2004: Walid Regragui, Abdeslam Ouaddou, Youssouf Hadji 2012: Houssine Kharja (substitute) 2017: Mbark Boussoufa (substitute) 2021: Achraf Hakimi 2025: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Brahim Díaz

Squads

See also Morocco at the FIFA World Cup

References

External links Africa Cup of Nations – Archives competitions – cafonline.com