Morocco national rugby league team

Morocco

Team information
Nickname	Maroc
Governing body	Fédération Marocaine de Rugby League
Region	Europe
Head coach	Jerome Alonso
IRL ranking	44th
Uniforms
First colours
Team results
First international
Moldova 24–19 Morocco (18 October 1995)
Biggest win
Morocco 58–4 Serbia (25 October 2003)
Biggest defeat
Morocco 0–104 Lebanon (Perpignan, France; 1999)

The Morocco national rugby league team has been participating in international competition since 1995. Many players for the Moroccan team are drawn from the French competition.

Morocco has participated in the World Sevens (1995), Superleague World Nines (1996), Emerging Nations Tournament (1995, 2000) and Mediterranean Cup (since 2003) competitions. In 2009 Morocco won the RLEF Euro Med Challenge.

Current squad

Squad for 2019 MEA Rugby League Championship:

• Souhail Ait Alla
• Ahmed El Faiz
• Brahim Aferhane
• Ouhcham Mahdi
• Mohssin Afouks
• Ismail Edhouz
• Mbark Hani
• Yassin Oujbor
• Marouane Mounwir
• Chnikhl Youssef
• Ilias El Fezazi
• Iliass Laachiri
• Oussama El Abdioui
• Amine Belaachj
• Aissa El Hamdaoui
• Soufiane Kissi
• Ali Sambo
• Bilal Zariouh
• Naji Anas
• Ismail Edhouz
• Yassin Oujbor
• Badreddine Medkouri
• Adam Ed Diche

Competitive record

Overall

Team	First Played	Played	Win	Draw	Loss	Points For	Points Against
Belgium	2009	1	1	0	0	46	12
Cameroon	2019	1	1	0	0	8	4
Catalonia	2008	2	2	0	0	91	18
France	1999	3	0	0	3	14	198
Ireland	1995	1	0	0	1	6	42
Italy	1999	2	1	0	1	32	44
Japan	2000	1	1	0	0	14	8
Lebanon	1999	3	0	0	3	14	212
Moldova	1995	1	0	0	1	19	24
Nigeria	2019	1	0	0	1	10	38
Serbia	2003	2	1	1	0	78	24
United States	2000	1	0	0	1	10	50
Total				0	0	0	0

Results

• Morocco def. Cameroon 8-4 (2 October 2019)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 26–24 (12 October 2012)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 72–4 (28 June 2011)
• Morocco def. Belgium 46–12 (15 August 2009)
• Morocco def. Catalonia 29–6 (4 July 2009)
• Morocco def. Italy 32–10 (6 June 2009)
• Morocco def. Catalonia 62–12 (21 June 2008)
• Morocco drew with Serbia 20–20 (9 October 2004)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 48–14 (5 October 2004)
• France def. Morocco 46–6 (2 October 2004)
• Morocco def. Serbia 58–4 (25 October 2003)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 60–0 (22 October 2003)
• France def. Morocco 72–0 (19 October 2003)
• Morocco def. Japan 14–8 (15 November 2000)
• USA def. Morocco 50–10 (2000)
• France def. Morocco 80–8 (11 November 1999)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 104–0 (1999)
• Italy def. Morocco 34–0 (1999)
• Ireland def. Morocco 42–6 (20 October 1995)
• Moldova def. Morocco 24–19 (18 October 1995)

IRL Rankings

IRL Men's World Rankings
Official rankings as of 30 June 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	82
3		England	80
4		Samoa	67
5		Tonga	49
6	1	Fiji	47
7	1	Papua New Guinea	46
8		France	28
9		Lebanon	22
10		Cook Islands	20
11		Serbia	19
12		Netherlands	17
13		Italy	15
14	1	Greece	15
15	1	Malta	14
16		Ireland	14
17		Wales	13
18		Jamaica	10
19		Scotland	9
20		Ukraine	7
21		Czech Republic	7
22		Germany	6
23	3	Chile	6
24		Poland	6
25	3	Norway	6
26	1	Kenya	5
27	4	Philippines	5
28	3	South Africa	4
29		Nigeria	4
30		Ghana	4
31	2	United States	4
32	4	Montenegro	4
33	2	Brazil	3
34	2	Turkey	3
35	7	North Macedonia	3
36	2	Bulgaria	3
37	2	Cameroon	2
38	1	Spain	2
39	1	Japan	1
40	1	Albania	1
41	5	Canada	1
42	2	Colombia	1
43	2	El Salvador	1
44	1	Morocco	1
45		Russia	0
46	2	Sweden	0
47	2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
48	2	Hungary	0
49	3	Argentina	0
50		Hong Kong	0
51	3	Solomon Islands	0
52	5	Niue	0
53	1	Latvia	0
54	1	Denmark	0
55	6	Belgium	0
56	1	Estonia	0
57	6	Vanuatu	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

See also

• Rugby league in Africa