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	56th
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 match against France on 22 February 2025:

• Mouadh Bida (Avignon)
• Hakim Ed Dermoune (Avignon)
• Zakaria Hammouch (Avignon)
• Ayoub Mesyani (Avignon)
• Anas Naji (Avignon)
• Adam Ed-Diche (Ferals)
• Kais Lafifi (Palau)
• Yannis Hamri (Salon de Provence)
• Yassin Nidouarab (Salon de Provence)
• Yliass Lamarti (Toulouse)
• Yassin Messaoudi (Toulouse)
• Yassine Al Gannfoufi (Villefranche)
• Yannis Ahcini (Villegailhenc)
• Yanis Hettat (Villegailhenc)
• Hamza Bachoukh (Villeneuve)
• Houcine Fakir (Villeneuve)
• Sofiane Hemissi (Villeneuve)
• Abdelaziz Damen (XIII Catalan)

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	4	0	0	4	24	232
Ireland	1995	1	0	0	1	6	42
Italy	1999	2	1	0	1	32	44
Japan	2000	1	1	0	0	12	8
Lebanon	1999	5	0	0	6	44	392
Moldova	1995	1	0	0	1	19	24
Nigeria	2019	1	0	0	1	10	38
Serbia	2003	3	2	1	0	122	30
United States	2000	1	0	0	1	10	50
Total		25	8	1	16	426	954

Source:

Results

• Moldova def. Morocco 24–19 (18 October 1995)
• Ireland def. Morocco 42–6 (20 October 1995)
• France def. Morocco 80–8 (11 November 1999)
• Italy def. Morocco 34–0 (14 November 1999)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 104–0 (17 November 1999)
• Morocco def. Japan 12–8 (15 November 2000)
• USA def. Morocco 50–10 (20 November 2000)
• France def. Morocco 72–0 (19 October 2003)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 60–0 (22 October 2003)
• Morocco def. Serbia 58–4 (25 October 2003)
• France def. Morocco 46–6 (2 October 2004)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 48–14 (5 October 2004)
• Morocco drew with Serbia 20–20 (9 October 2004)
• Morocco def. Serbia 44–6 (23 February 2008)
• Morocco def. Catalonia 62–12 (21 June 2008)
• Morocco def. Italy 32–10 (6 June 2009)
• Morocco def. Catalonia 29–6 (4 July 2009)
• Morocco def. Belgium 46–12 (15 August 2009)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 72–4 (28 June 2011)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 78–0 (2 July 2011)
• Lebanon def. Morocco 30–26 (12 October 2012)
• Morocco def. Cameroon 8-4 (2 October 2019)
• Nigeria def. Morocco 38–10 (5 October 2019)
• France def. Morocco 34–10 (22 February 2025)

Source:

IRL Rankings

IRL Men's World Rankings
Official rankings as of December 2024
Rank	Change	Team	Pts %
1		Australia	100
2		New Zealand	86
3		England	84
4	1	Tonga	63
5	1	Samoa	54
6	1	Papua New Guinea	53
7	1	Fiji	44
8		France	30
9	2	Serbia	23
10		Cook Islands	22
11	1	Netherlands	22
12	5	Wales	18
13	2	Malta	17
14	6	Ukraine	13
15	1	Greece	12
16	7	Lebanon	12
17	4	Italy	11
18	2	Ireland	9
19	1	Jamaica	8
20	1	Czech Republic	8
21	2	Chile	8
22	3	Scotland	7
23	4	Philippines	7
24	7	United States	7
25	1	Poland	5
26	2	South Africa	5
27	5	Germany	5
28	3	Norway	5
29	4	Brazil	4
30	4	Kenya	4
31	10	Canada	4
32		Montenegro	4
33	2	North Macedonia	3
34	15	Argentina	3
35	5	Albania	2
36		Bulgaria	2
37	7	Ghana	2
38	9	Nigeria	2
39	5	Turkey	1
40	3	Cameroon	1
41	2	Japan	1
42	4	Spain	1
43	1	Colombia	1
44	1	El Salvador	0
45		Russia	0
46	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0
47	3	Hong Kong	0
48	3	Solomon Islands	0
49	8	Vanuatu	0
50		Niue	0
51	1	Latvia	0
52	2	Denmark	0
53	2	Belgium	0
54	4	Estonia	0
55	9	Sweden	0
56	12	Morocco	0
57	9	Hungary	0
Complete rankings at INTRL.SPORT

See also

• Rugby league in Africa