Morocco women's national futsal team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Morocco national futsal team.

The Morocco women's national futsal team (Arabic: المنتخب الوطني المغربي النسوي لكرة القدم داخل القاعة; French: L'équipe du Maroc féminine de futsal) represents Morocco in international women's futsal, and is governed by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF).

Morocco

Nickname(s)	The Atlas Lionesses[1] French: Lionnes de l'Atlas Arabic: لبؤات الأطلس
Association	Royal Moroccan Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Adil Sayeh
FIFA code	MAR
FIFA ranking	65 6 (11 October 2024)
Highest FIFA ranking	51 (May 2024)
Lowest FIFA ranking	65 (October 2024)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Bahrain 0–3 Morocco  (Manama, Bahrain; 2 March 2022)
Biggest win
Morocco 11–4 Greenland  (Poreč, Croatia; 15 June 2024)
Biggest defeat
Spain 10–1 Morocco  (Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain; 10 September 2024)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	0
Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	1 (First in 2025)
Best result	TBD

History

Debut

In 2021, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation launched its women's futsal team, holding its first training camp in April of the same year, as part of the federation's efforts to promote futsal and women's football in the kingdom.^[2]

A year later, coached by Hassan Rhouila, the team played its first international matches against Bahrain in Manama in March 2022, winning both games.^[3][4] In July 2022, the team played its first home matches against one of Asia's futsal powerhouses, Thailand in a doubleheader, suffering defeats in both games.^[5][6]

In September 2023, the federation parted ways with coach Rhouila to make way for the appointment of Spanish coach Sara Merino Ojeda.^[7]

With the FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup on the horizon, the Moroccan Lionesses faced Argentina in March 2024 in Salé to prepare for the qualifiers, but were defeated in both matches.^[1] Two months later, Merino was dismissed by the federation.^[8] and Adil Sayeh took over as coach.^[9]

In July 2024, the team took part in its first international tournament in Poreč, Croatia, alongside top European sides and Greenland in the Futsal Week June Cup.^[10] After finishing last in Group B, the team bounced back with a dominant 11–4 victory over Greenland to secure 5th place marking their biggest win to date.^[11] Two months later, Morocco traveled to South America to compete in the Four Nations Tournament in Xanxerê, Brazil, where they finished in last place.^[12][13]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

• results FRMF.ma

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2024

Morocco  v  Argentina

17 March Friendly

Morocco

1–6

Argentina

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Argentina

18 March Friendly

Morocco

4–5

Argentina

Salé, Morocco

Finland  v  Morocco

11 June Futsal Week June Cup GS

Finland

4–2

Morocco

Poreč, Croatia

Croatia  v  Morocco

12 June Futsal Week June Cup GS

Croatia

4–3

Morocco

Poreč, Croatia

Morocco  v  Greenland

15 June Futsal Week June Cup

Morocco

11–4

Greenland

Poreč, Croatia

Greenland  v  Morocco

16 June Futsal Week June Cup

Greenland

5–7 (9–18 agg.)

Morocco

Poreč, Croatia

Brazil  v  Morocco

6 August Grand Prix Xanxere GS

Brazil

7–0

Morocco

Xanxerê, Brazil

Paraguay  v  Morocco

7 August Grand Prix Xanxere GS

Paraguay

2–0

Morocco

Xanxerê, Brazil

Argentina  v  Morocco

9 August Grand Prix Xanxere GS

Argentina

6–2

Morocco

Xanxerê, Brazil

Argentina  v  Morocco

11 August Grand Prix Xanxere

Argentina

3–1

Morocco

Xanxerê, Brazil

Spain  v  Morocco

10 September Friendly

Spain

10–1

Morocco

Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain

Spain  v  Morocco

11 September Friendly

Spain

6–0

Morocco

Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain

Morocco  v  Bahrain

23 October Friendly

Morocco

5–1

Bahrain

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Uzbekistan

25 October Friendly

Morocco

1–4

Uzbekistan

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Bahrain

26 October Friendly

Morocco

6–1

Bahrain

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Uzbekistan

28 October Friendly

Morocco

7–5

Uzbekistan

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Iraq

29 November Friendly

Morocco

5–1

Iraq

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Iraq

1 December Friendly

Morocco

6–1

Iraq

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Czech Republic

5 December Friendly

Morocco

3–1

Czech Republic

Salé, Morocco

Morocco  v  Czech Republic

6 December Friendly

Morocco

1–2

Czech Republic

Salé, Morocco

2025

Morocco  v  Finland

14 January Friendly	Morocco	1–5	Finland	Rabat, Morocco
18:00	Hajri  36:02		Hannula  11:30 Lind  15:12, 26:28 Luotonen  24:22 Heikkilä  36:24	Stadium: Complexe Mohammed VI de football

Morocco  v  Finland

15 January Friendly	Morocco	4–3	Finland	Rabat, Morocco
18:00	Laftah  06:47 Knaidi  07:42 Zaid Alkilani  23:13 El Aoufi  32:16	Report	Heikkilä  04:39 Herranen  11:42 Enwena  30:41	Stadium: Complexe Mohammed VI de Football

Portugal  v  Morocco

11 February Friendly

Portugal

4–0

Morocco

Vila do Conde, Portugal

Morocco  v  Poland

12 February Friendly	Morocco	0–6	Poland	Vila do Conde, Portugal
		Report	Szostak  12:58, 14:33, 23:53 Pietrzyk  29:30 Bała  35:06 Chóras  37:56

Staff

Coaching staff

As of 20 December 2024

Role	Name	Start date	Ref.
Head coach	Adil Sayeh	4 mai 2024	[14]

• Staff (2025), FRMF.ma

Head coach history

Name	Years	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Hassan Rhouila	2021–2023	4	2	0	2	50%
Sara Merino Ojeda	2023–2024	2	0	0	2	0%
Adil Sayeh	2024–	20	9	0	11	45%

As of 18 January 2024

Players

Current squad

The following 18 players were called up for the friendly matches against Finland from 7 to 16 January 2025.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Kawtar Bentaleb		FUS Rabat
12	1GK	Chaimae Aasem		Wydad AC
22	1GK	Malak Fakhir		RS Berkane
31	1GK	Laila Kaiche		CS Hilal Temara
2	FP	Shaineze Ben Cherki	(1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 27)	Sporting Club de Paris
3	FP	Inès Ziat		Futsal D'Igny
4	FP	Soumia Hady	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 26)	Wydad AC
5	FP	Jasmine Demraoui	(2004-01-21) 21 January 2004 (age 21)	Besançon Académie Futsal
6	FP	Kenza Allaoui	(1999-11-02) 2 November 1999 (age 25)	KFF Gramshi
7	FP	Chirine Knaidil	(1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 30)	FUS Rabat
8	FP	Salma Miftah	(1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 (age 28)	SC Casablanca
9	FP	Rajae Lazaar		Wydad AC
10	FP	Drissia Korrych		RS Berkane
11	FP	Malak Zaid Alkilani		Wydad AC
13	FP	Nadia Lftah		Wydad AC
14	FP	Amal El Aoufi		CS Hilal Temara
15	FP	Meryem Hajri	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 30)	Union Touarga
17	FP	Ouafae Legdem		CS Hilal Temara
18	FP	Anissa Hattab		Marcouville City
19	FP	Narjiss Ahamad	(2001-07-06) 6 July 2001 (age 23)	VfR Warbeyen

Recent call-ups

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Laila Jbili				Raja Aïn Harrouda	v.  Czechia, 6 December 2024
	Siham Tadlaoui	(1989-01-26) 26 January 1989 (age 36)			Jawharat Najm Larache [fr]	v.  Czechia, 6 December 2024
	Bonnie-Lou El Bouhati	(1998-11-23) 23 November 1998 (age 26)			Orléans Futsal	v.  Czechia, 6 December 2024
	Samia Machkour				AS Roissy Futsal	v.  Czechia, 6 December 2024

Competitive record

FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup

FIFA Women's Futsal World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	Squad	Coach
2025	To be determined
Total	0/0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

See also

• Morocco women's national football team

References

1. "Argentina defeats the "Lionesses of Futsal."". a5r5br.net (in Arabic). 18 March 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
2. "Video: After its establishment, the women's futsal national team holds its first training camp". sport1.ma (in Arabic). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
3. "Friendly Match: The national women's futsal team defeats Bahrain 3-0". snrt.ma (in Arabic). 3 March 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
4. "The national women's futsal team triumphs over Bahrain". archive.frmf.ma (in Arabic). 2 March 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
5. "Futsal féminin.. La sélection marocaine battue par son homologue thaïlandaise en match amical". snrt.ma (in French). 30 July 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
6. "The Moroccan women's futsal team loses 2-0 in a friendly match against Thailand". elbotola.com (in Arabic). 29 July 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
7. "Sara Merino... Chosen by Dguig to lead the women's futsal team, aiming to follow in his footsteps". infosports.ma (in Arabic). 10 October 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
8. "Merino, coach of the women's futsal team: "I leave my position with a deep love for Morocco in my heart."". barlamanesport.com (in Arabic). 9 May 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
9. "National coach Adil Sayeh: A key figure in Moroccan futsal". matchpresse.com (in Arabic). December 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
10. "The Moroccan women's futsal national team will participate in an international tournament in Croatia from June 9 to 17, 2024". matchpresse.com (in Arabic). 5 June 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
11. "The Moroccan women's futsal team renews their victory over Greenland". anfaspress.com (in Arabic). 16 July 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
12. "Brazil debuts with a 7-0 thrashing of Morocco in the International Women's Futsal Tournament in Xanxerê". redeprincesa.com.br (in Portuguese). 6 August 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
13. "Grand Prix Xanxere: Argentina defeated Morocco and secured third place". afa.com.ar (in Spanish). 11 August 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
14. "FRMF- DTN / Pôle football diversifié: Du mouvement sur les bancs". lopinion.ma (in French). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2024.

External links

• Team's page at FRMF website