Morocco women's national futsal team

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.^[3]

A year later, coached by Hassan Rhouila, the team played its first international matches against Bahrain in Manama in March 2022, winning both games.^[4][5] 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.^[6][7]

In September 2023, the federation parted ways with coach Rhouila to make way for the appointment of Spanish coach Sara Merino Ojeda.^[8]

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.^[9] and Adil Sayeh took over as coach.^[10]

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.^[11] 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.^[12] Two months later, Morocco traveled to South America to compete in the Four Nations Tournament in Xanxerê, Brazil, where they finished in last place.^[13][14]

In the 2025 Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco qualified to the knockout stages after finishing top in the group stage with 6 points following a 8-1 win against Namibia and 7-1 win against Cameroon.^[15][16] In the Semi-final, Morocco defeated Angola 5-1, thus qualifying to the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup.^[17]

Morocco reached the quarterfinals in the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in the Philippines.^[18]

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

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Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

As of 20 December 2024

Role	Name	Start date	Ref.
Head coach	Adil Sayeh	4 May 2024	[19]

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As of 5 April 2025

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–	25	11	0	14	44%

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 28)	Sporting Club de Paris
3	FP	Inès Ziat		Futsal D'Igny
4	FP	Soumia Hady	(1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 (age 27)	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 26)	KFF Gramshi
7	FP	Chirine Knaidil	(1994-02-19) 19 February 1994 (age 31)	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 31)	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 24)	VfR Warbeyen

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 27)			Orléans Futsal	v.  Czechia, 6 December 2024
	Samia Machkour				AS Roissy Futsal	v.  Czechia, 6 December 2024

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2025	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	5	14
Total	Quarter-finals	1/1	4	2	0	2	5	14

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
2025	Champions	4	4	0	0	23	5	+18
Total	1/1	4	4	0	0	23	5	+18

• Women's Futsal Africa Cup of Nations
  • Champions: 2025