Like Ivory Coast in 2024, Morocco aspires to win the next CAN on its soil from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026. After brilliant qualifiers, the Atlas Lions are eagerly awaited to win a second continental title.
In 2015, Morocco, which was to be the organizing country, had repeatedly asked the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone the CAN because of the Ebola epidemic. The supreme body of African football had refused and disqualified the Atlas Lions. Equatorial Guinea hosted the continental tournament.
Ten years later, Morocco has become a flagship country in African football, notably with its semi-final during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
An extraordinary bench
2025 will be an important year for the Moroccans who hope to shine at home during this CAN which they are organizing for the second time after 1988. Above all, the Lions have been waiting to lift the trophy since… 1976, an eternity. In 2004, they were beaten in the final by Tunisia.
Contenders for the continental title in Ivory Coast in January 2024, the Moroccans were eliminated by South Africa in the round of 16 (2-0). After a controlled group stage, marked by two victories against Tanzania and Zambia, and a draw against the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Moroccans were surprised by the South Africans. Having fallen from a height, they have since recovered.
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