TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2025: Know Your Team: Morocco – CAFOnline.com

Morocco will participate in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals, hosted by Total Energy, as they seek to win their second continental title on home soil and make up for what they missed previously.
The Atlas Lions will have a new mission to prove their strength and the form they showed at the end of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, especially as Moroccan fans expect a lot from them, following their disappointing exit in the last edition of the continental competition.
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How they qualified for the finals
 Morocco qualified for the 2025 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations as the hosts, but participated in the qualifiers in a formal capacity. They finished top of Group B, which included Gabon, Lesotho, and the Central African Republic, with 6 wins and a perfect 18 points, making them the only African team to achieve this number of victories in the qualifiers.
 
Coach: Walid Al-Rajaghi
Walid Regragui, a 49-year-old former international player for the Atlas Lions, has coached the Moroccan national team and managed Moroccan clubs during his coaching career, including FUS Rabat, Wydad Casablanca, and Qatar’s Al Duhail.
Coach Walid Regragui led his country to international success during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he achieved an exceptional record. No African team had ever progressed as far as Morocco did, reaching the semi-finals and defeating several strong teams. Regragui managed to quickly form a strong unit with the “Atlas Lions”.
Walid Regragui aims to win the continental title with Morocco, having already raised the flag of Morocco and Africa as a whole during the World Cup in Qatar.
 
Key players to follow
 
TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations campaign
The Moroccan national team has often stood out during its participation in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, often reaching the advanced stages of the competition. Despite being crowned continental champions only once in 1976, Morocco has reached the final twice, finished third once, and placed fourth twice, with the hope of securing a second continental title at home in this edition of the tournament.
 
What to expect:
The Moroccan national team is expected to be one of the main contenders for the title of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations especially since the finals will be held in Morocco. The team will benefit from home advantage and support from the public, which could greatly assist them in winning a title that has been absent from their trophy cabinet for 49 years.
 
Did you know?
 The Moroccan national team remains the only African team to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup, in the 2022 edition in Qatar, finishing fourth. This unprecedented achievement for African teams makes Morocco eager to prove its brilliance and move past its earlier setback in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d’Ivoire, Total Energy, aiming to perform strongly in the finals, held at home and in front of their own fans.
 

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