Moroccan football continues to confirm its superiority with honorable results in 2024
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
After the historic and unprecedented feat of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, national football continued its honorable and distinguished performance, in a constant process of positive and dynamic results, with the year 2024, in particular, having been marked by the winning a historic bronze medal at the Olympic Games. Games in Paris.
This distinguished achievement of the Atlas Lion Cubs has particular symbolism for Morocco, which has become an international power in the world of football, thanks to the efforts deployed at all levels, under the visionary leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
The conclusion of the participation of the Olympic team, under the leadership of coach Tariq Al-Sakitiwi, in the Paris Olympic Games was remarkable, as they achieved a crushing victory in the classification match (6-0) over her Egyptian counterpart, confirming her impressive performance, which received praise from senior sports analysts.
On the continental level, despite the exclusion from the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast of the first national team, which was one of the most important candidates to win it, the Lions of The Atlas were able to maintain their first position in the FIFA rankings at the African level, and they finished the year in fourteenth place in the world.
The Atlas Lions also demonstrated an impressive performance in the 2026 World Cup and 2025 Africa Cup qualifiers, winning every match they played in 2024.
At the club level, Nahdet Berkane’s team was able to reach the final round of the African Cup of Nations, where they were beaten by Egypt Zamalek, after achieving an exceptional performance during the stages of this African competition .
RS Berkane, winners of the African Confederation Cup in 2020 and 2022, have established themselves in recent years as one of the strongest and most important teams in Africa. Team Orange frequently reaches advanced stages in African competitions and competes against teams with a long history on the continent.
In turn, the Royal Army team reached the final of the African Women’s Champions League, which took place last November in Morocco. The team has established itself as one of the best women’s teams in Africa.
The success of the Tepe Mazembe team, which won the title at the expense of the Royal Army team, is also due to a Moroccan touch, represented by the competent Moroccan coach Lamia Boumhdi, who renewed the structure of the Congolese club, which contributed to it winning this title for the first time in its history.
This feat contributed to Boumhdi being crowned the “Best Women’s Football Coach in Africa” at the 2024 Confederation of African Football awards ceremony.
On the other hand, Morocco presented a remarkable performance during the North African Championship in the under-20 and under-17 categories.
Concerning the under-20 category, the Moroccan team demonstrated a good performance by arriving at the top of the ranking with 20 points, thus confirming its regional domination and winning the qualification card for the African Cup of Nations for this category. .
In the under-17 category, the Moroccan national team ensured its qualification for the African Cup of Nations after the North African Championship, thus confirming its great potential and the quality of the training the young people benefit from. football players in Morocco.
Indoor football, under veteran coach Hisham Al-Dakik, also had an exceptional year, having won the African Cup of Nations for the third time in a row and qualifying for the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
In addition to the successes of national football in terms of performance, the year we are preparing for has confirmed that the Kingdom has become an ideal destination for hosting major continental and international events.
The date of December 11 will remain engraved in golden ink in national sports records, after the official announcement that Morocco, Spain and Portugal will host the 2030 World Cup.
This year was also marked by the announcement that Morocco was granted the honor of hosting five editions (2025-2029) of the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup and the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup. of African men’s nations under 17 2025.
The Kingdom, which hosted the CAF awards ceremony and the African Women’s Champions League in 2024 for the third consecutive time, has established itself as a football destination par excellence, thanks to its diversified qualifications, its quality infrastructure and extensive experience in organizing major sporting events.
The various successes achieved by Moroccan football, whether in terms of the results of teams and clubs or the organization of major competitions, testify to the efforts made under the wise leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, to promote the national sport and make it a pillar of development. .
