Morocco’s Football Federation Sets New Rules for National Coach Selection

Nothing will ever be the same again. This is what emerges from this announced meeting, for several days, to decide on the future of national football. Regarding the sports assessment, the President of the FRMF, Fouzi Lekjaâ, thinks that it is quite mediocre, especially at the level of the National Technical Directorate and women’s football. According to him, the results of the efforts made were far from the expectations of the Federation, relays media24.com.

To correct the situation, it now requires from all the people recruited, in the technical staff of the teams, all categories combined, a residence in Rabat. Moreover, they are required to work full-time and every day at the Maâmoura National Football Center. They will only be allowed three weeks of vacation, authorized by the FRMF, for the year.

In addition, everyone recognizes the work done by Renard, despite this "abrupt elimination, after the full card achieved by the selection during the group stage". For the President of the Federation, "the French technician has done a tremendous amount of work to get a team that was ranked 80th in the world back on track". He also highlighted the efforts made by the coach for a qualification in the quarter-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup and for another at the World Cup, after 20 years of absence. However, it was decided to integrate the Botola players into the national team.