Morocco moved up one place to 12th in the world in the International Football Federation (FIFA) rankings, published Thursday June 20.
With 1669.44 points, the Atlas Lions remain in first place in Africa ahead of Senegal, which occupies 18th place, with 1623.34 points. Furthermore, the national team also retains first position at the Arab level, ahead of Qatar, 35th, with 1504.06 points.
At the global level, Argentina still remains at the top of the FIFA rankings, followed by France and Belgium.
In 2022, Morocco made a spectacular jump of eleven places to climb to 11th place in the International Football Federation rankings. Before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, Morocco was in 22nd place in the same FIFA rankings.
Coming 4th at the World Cup, the Atlas Lions had climbed no less than 11 places. After the historic feat of the national team, Patrice Motsepe, president of the African Football Confederation, wanted to thank King Mohammed VI for his constant support for football and for everything he does for Moroccan and African football. .
The president of CAF did not hide his joy following the feat of the Lions which he described as“historical”. He also claimed that “Africa was proud of Morocco” which made an entire continent vibrate during this month of the World Cup, and that this course must be an example to follow and a source of inspiration for the rest of the nations of the continent.
FIFA unanimously selected the Morocco-Spain-Portugal file as the sole candidacy for the organization of the 2030 Football World Cup. Morocco has submitted its candidacy five times to host the FIFA World Cup. The last is that of 2026, after the unsuccessful attempts of 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2010, lost against the United States, France, Germany and finally South Africa.
