FIFA Futsal World Cup | 09/29 12:30 | 3 | Brazil v Morocco | L | 3-1 | |
FIFA Futsal World Cup | 09/26 12:30 | 4 | Iran v Morocco | W | 3-4 | |
FIFA Futsal World Cup | 09/22 12:30 | 3 | Morocco v Portugal | L | 1-4 | |
FIFA Futsal World Cup | 09/19 12:30 | 2 | Morocco v Panama | W | 6-3 | |
FIFA Futsal World Cup | 09/16 15:00 | 1 | Tajikistan v Morocco | W | 2-4 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 04/21 19:00 | - | Morocco v Angola | W | 5-1 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 04/19 19:00 | - | Morocco v Libya | W | 6-0 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 04/15 19:00 | - | Zambia v Morocco | W | 0-13 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 04/13 20:00 | - | Morocco v Ghana | W | 8-3 | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 04/11 20:00 | - | Morocco v Angola | W | 5-2 | |
International Friendlies | 03/31 07:00 | - | New Zealand v Morocco | W | 2-6 | |
International Friendlies | 03/30 10:00 | - | Morocco v Vietnam | D | 3-3 |
The Morocco national futsal team, nicknamed Ousoud Al Atlas (Lions of the Atlas), represents Morocco in international futsal competitions. It is affiliated to the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and is one of the strongest teams in the world.
The team has notably won 3 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations and 3 Arab Futsal Cup titles. They qualified for the World Cup four times, first appearing in 2012. Their best World Cup run was in 2021 and 2024, when they reached the quarter-finals.
Morocco were runners-up in both the 1998 Arab Futsal Championship and the 2000 African Futsal Championship and finished in third place in the 2008 African Futsal Championship.
At the 2010 UNAF tournament in Libya, the Moroccan national team recorded comprehensive wins against Algeria 7-2, and Palestine 7-1, and a 4-4 draw against Tunisia. However, they lost against Libya 4-3 in the final and finished as runners-up.
That same year, the Moroccan team also competed in the Mediterranean Futsal Cup which also took place in Libya. After finishing second in their group with 4 points, the Atlas Lions fell to a 1-5 defeat against the eventual champions Croatia. The Moroccans would bounce back in the placement play-offs, where they defeated both Bosnia and Herzegovina 5-3 and Lebanon 6-2 to claim fifth place. Hicham Dguig won the best coach award while the player Yahya Baya featured in the team of the tournament.
On 24 April 2016, Morocco won its first ever African title after defeating Egypt 3-2 in the final. Four years later, they successfully defended their title on home soil with a 5-0 win against the Pharaohs in the final.
On 29 May 2021, They won their first Arab cup title after defeating hosts Egypt 4-0 in the final. In the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Morocco qualified to the knockout stages for the first time after finishing second in the group stage with 5 points following a 6-0 win against Solomon Islands and two draws against both Thailand and the eventual champions Portugal. They were knocked out in the quarter-finals after narrowly losing 1-0 to Brazil. The following year, they claimed their second Arab cup title after defeating Iraq 3-0. On 5 September 2022, they were ranked 8th in the Futsal world ranking ahead of Italy and behind Kazakhstan.
In September 2022, Morocco took part in the Continental Futsal Championship, a yearly friendly tournament hosted by Thailand. After a 2-2 draw against the hosts and a 4-2 win against fellow African side Mozambique in the first round, Morocco edged past Finland 4-1 in the semi-final. In the final, the Atlas Lions defeated Iran 4-3 to win their first title.
On 16 June 2023, Morocco defeated Kuwait 7-1 in the final, to win its third Arab cup title, becoming the outright most successful team in the competition in the process.
Morocco qualified for the 2024 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations with the country later being awarded the hosting rights of the tournament for the second consecutive time following the withdrawal of Mozambique. After topping their group with ease, with notably a 13-0 thrashing of Zambia in their last group game (their opponent's all-time worst defeat to date). The hosts lifted the trophy for the third time in a row after beating Angola 5-1 in the final, thus tying with Egypt as the most successful teams in the competition.