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• FIFA Approves Morocco’s Recruitment of Celta Vigo Striker Jones El-Abdellaoui
  15 April, by Said

  It is now official: player Jones El-Abdellaoui has just changed his sporting nationality by joining the Moroccan team. He could have also joined the Norwegian team.
  According to the updated FIFA file on players’ nationality changes, Jones El-Abdellaoui has officially and definitively joined the Moroccan team as his sporting nationality. He will now wear the jersey of the Atlas Lions.
  Jones El-Abdellaoui, striker for the Spanish club Celta Vigo, is expected to make his debut with the (…)

• Morocco Tops African Futsal Rankings, Climbs to 23rd Globally in FIFA World Ranking
  13 November 2020, by Ginette

  The Moroccan futsal team has risen to first place in Africa and 23rd place worldwide. This is revealed by the November "Futsal World Ranking" recognized by FIFA.
  The Moroccan national team owes this position to its victory in the last futsal African Cup of Nations held from January 28 to February 7 in Laâyoune. It had defeated the Egyptian team 5-0. The men of Hicham Dguig in the global ranking are in 23rd place with 1,267 points, according to the website of the Royal Moroccan Football (…)

• FIFA Credits Morocco’s Opening Goal Against Belgium to Romain Saiss
  29 November 2022, by Armel

  The goal that allowed the Atlas Lions to open the scoring against the Belgian Red Devils was not awarded to Abdelhamid Sabiri, but to his teammate Romain Saiss.
  FIFA has reversed its decision regarding the first goal, which allowed Walid Regragui’s protégés to gain confidence against Belgium. In the 73rd minute, with the counter stuck at 0-0, Abdelhamid Sabiri magnificently shot a free kick into the top corner.
  The goal was first awarded to him. After verification and several (…)

• Spanish Club Leganés Seeks FIFA Compensation for En-Nesyri Injury During Morocco Duty
  29 March 2019, by Said

  Injured during the training of the Moroccan team just before the friendly match against Argentina, the player Youssef En-Nesyri will probably be unavailable for several months to the great regret of Leganés, his current club.
  The Spanish club will thus lose one of its best scorers (8 goals since the start of the season), while it is fighting to maintain its place in the Spanish elite. Indeed, his case will be discussed by FIFA, which has just received the complaint from Leganés claiming (…)

• Morocco’s En-Nesyri Expected to Recover for Africa Cup of Nations Despite Knee Injury
  1 April 2019, by Said

  While rumors were talking about a several-month stoppage for the Moroccan international Youssef En-Nesyri, this is not the case, as a two to three week unavailability is now mentioned.
  "The player has a severe knee contusion pending the evolution of the situation," the Spanish club Leganés said in response to a question asked by the newspaper Le Matin, according to which the Spanish media are betting on a two to three week stoppage, synonymous with the player’s presence with the Atlas (…)

• FIFA Approves Zakaria Aboukhlal’s Switch to Morocco National Team
  12 November 2020, by Ginette

  Unlike Munir El Haddadi who is still wondering about the outcome of his change of sporting nationality, Zakaria Aboukhlal is already certain about his fate. FIFA has just granted him the possibility of playing with the Moroccan national team.
  The Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced the good news. It states that it has received "correspondence from FIFA including the acceptance of its request regarding the participation of the player Zakaria Aboukhlal in the Moroccan national (…)

• Moroccan-Dutch Footballer Anwar El Ghazi Seeks to Switch National Team Allegiance
  17 September 2022, by Said

  Anwar El Ghazi regrets having played for the Netherlands. The Dutch footballer of Moroccan origin is currently in contact with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) to change his sporting nationality.
  Better late than never. After choosing in 2015 to play for the Netherlands, against the advice of his relatives, including his parents, Anwar El Ghazi has just expressed his desire to join the Moroccan national team. "I talked to my parents and I had conversations with the Royal (…)

• Premier League Clubs Resist Early Release of African Players for AFCON 2022
  10 November 2021, by Ginette

  A few weeks before the holding of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, European clubs, especially English ones, are reluctant to release African internationals, including Moroccan players. Yet FIFA has required that African players playing in various championships be made available to their respective countries no later than December 27, but English clubs only plan to do so after Boxing Day.
  English clubs want to provoke a tug-of-war between them, FIFA, CAF and the African football (…)

• Morocco’s Rising Stars Aim to Replicate 1986 World Cup Success, FIFA Highlights
  8 April 2022, by Armel

  The International Federation of Amateur Football (FIFA) has hailed the performances of the Moroccan team, particularly its young talents who have qualified for the World Cup in Qatar, noting that Morocco is approaching the competition with solid ambitions.
  In an article written in anticipation of the World Cup, the international football body has extolled the current group of the Atlas Lions who, according to it, "dream of repeating the feat achieved in 1986 in Mexico," recalling that "at (…)

• FIFA Club World Cup: Tangier Stadium Completes Final Preparations
  21 January 2023, by Armel

  The large stadium in Tangier is ready for the Club World Cup, which starts on February 1 in Morocco. The work is finally finished and the time has come for the last adjustments required by FIFA.
  Thanks to an accelerated pace and the mobilization of all stakeholders, including the local authorities of Tangier, the jewel will be delivered on time, reports Medias 24, specifying that the teams are currently working to place the few missing chairs.
  "A FIFA mission carried out an inspection (…)