Approaching the draw for the CAN 2025 scheduled for Monday in Rabat in Morocco, the African Football Confederation (CAF) unveiled the tournament logo on Saturday evening.
For this 35th edition scheduled from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026 at MoroccoCAF and the organizers have opted for a logo with the visual “Zellige”, describes as “A timeless mosaic art form”Clean in Morocco for some, or more generally to North Africa for others, and this is the heart of the debate.
On the Algerian side, the use of this symbol is thus controversial. Remember that in 2022, in a tense diplomatic context, the Fennecs had presented a Adidas training jersey With this same Zellige motif, which had caused the indignation of Morocco. The Moroccan Ministry of Culture had accused its neighbor of “Untorously appropriate the Moroccan cultural heritage” And demanded the withdrawal of this collection within fifteen days, before the tension falls.
Moroccan or Maghreb zellic?
For the press Algerianno doubt, having chosen the Zellige motif for the logo is proof that Morocco would still not have digested this episode and would seek to send a message. “” “Can 2025: Morocco puts all over the Zellige!“, Title so the media DZFoot.
-“It seems in view of the clip presented (…), that on the side of our neighbors, the association of Zellige with Algeria through football has still not passed …“, He then asserts. Before slipping that the Zellige is a “Ornamental mosaic typical of North Africa that is found both in Tlemcen (in Algeria, editor's note) to Kairouan (in Tunisia, editor's note)“. And so not only in Morocco …
While the organizers presented this logo as a celebrant “The heritage and unity of the African continent” but also “pride, resilience and hope“, It is so far failed …
