The Morocco national football team, nicknamed "the Atlas Lions", represents Morocco in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, also known as FRMF. The team's colors are red and green. The team is a member of both FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Internationally, Morocco won the 1976 African Cup of Nations, two African Nations Championships and the FIFA Arab Cup once. They have participated in the FIFA World Cup six times. They made history in 1986, when they were the first African national team to finish top of a group at the World Cup. However, they narrowly lost to eventual runners-up West Germany 1–0.
In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Morocco defeated Belgium 2–0 and drew with 2018 runners up Croatia to top their group undefeated, and made the quarter-finals for the first time in their history after defeating Spain in a penalty shootout, making them the first African nation to do so since Ghana in 2010, and the first Arab nation ever to do so.
The Atlas Lions were ranked 10th in the FIFA World Rankings in April 1998, the first African national team to break into the top 10. They were ranked by FIFA as the top African national team for three consecutive years, from 1997 to 1999. As of October 2022, Morocco is ranked as the 22nd best national team in the world. Also they are the first Arab nation to qualify to the World Cup quarterfinals.
Hakimi is currently on the list of the top-valued players in the FIFA 2022 World Cup, according to data from the Football Observatory.
The Moroccan player is currently playing for PSG, data from the observatory indicated that Hakimi’s transfer value stands at €80 million (MAD 886 million), placing him in 17th place among the most valued football players in the most prestigious competition.
Over the course of his career, Hakimi also played for Germany’s Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan, before moving to PSG.
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