List of Morocco football players in foreign leagues

This is a complete List of Moroccan football players in foreign leagues, i.e. association football players who have played in foreign leagues.

Morocco national football team
From Left to Right:
Stand Up : Adel Taarabt (QPR) - Hadji (AS Nancy) - Lamyaghri (Wydad Casablanca) - Chamakh (Arsenal) - Benatia (Udinese) - ()
Sitting Kharja (Inter Milan) (C) - El Kaddouri (Dynamo Kyiv) - Basser (AS Nancy) - Belhanda (Montpellier) - Boussoufa (Anderlecht).
Morocco national football team
From Left to Right:
Stand Up : Belhanda (Galatasaray) - Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - El Kaabi (RS Berkane) - Mohamedi (Numancia) - Benatia (Juventus) (C)
Sitting Harit (Schalke 04) - Ziyech (CFC) - Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) - Boussoufa (Al-Jazira) - El Ahmadi (Feyenoord).

The history of Moroccan players in Europe edit

A large number of Moroccan players played in Europe, especially in France, Belgium and the Netherlands due to the presence of a large Moroccan community there, In the fifties of the twentieth century, there was a Moroccan player who impressed in Europe, especially with Atlético Madrid, who was Larbi Benbarek even though he was playing with the France national team because Morocco was under French protection, Benbarek won La Liga title twice in 1949–50 and 1950–51. In the fifties and beginning of the sixties another Moroccan star appeared Hassan Akesbi, is considered the best Moroccan scorer in European Leagues with 173 goals and the first Moroccan to win a title in Europe when Akesbi won Ligue 1 title with Reims in 1962.

In terms of titles, a large number of Moroccan players achieved titles most of them Badr El Kaddouri with 14 titles five Leagues, four cups and five Super Cup, followed by Sofian Benzouien with 10 titles, all in Luxembourg with F91 Dudelange with seven Leagues more than any other Moroccan player and three cups. Then comes Younès Belhanda with 9 titles five Leagues, three cups and one Super Cup. In terms of the five major Leagues Medhi Benatia won the Bundesliga twice with Bayern Munich and Serie A twice with Juventus More than any other Moroccan player, As for the other players who achieved the league titles in the top 5 leagues in Europe, Salaheddine Bassir and Noureddine Naybet won La Liga in 1999–2000 with Deportivo La Coruña and Ligue 1 six times was won by Hassan Akesbi, Marouane Chamakh and three players in 2011–12 they are Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Karim Aït-Fana, Younès Belhanda with Montpellier, and the last winner was Nabil Dirar in 2016–17.

At the level of individual titles Mbark Boussoufa won the award for best player in Belgium three times, The first with Gent as for the second and third with Anderlecht, in the Netherlands, the Moroccan players won the award for the best player three times through Mounir El Hamdaoui, Karim El Ahmadi and Hakim Ziyech. as for the level scorers There are five players who have won the top scorer El Hamdaoui is the first Moroccan to achieve the top scorer award in the Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar season 2008–09. As for more who won the top scorer award, he is Omar Er Rafik twice in Luxembourg with FC Differdange 03. as for more than play games just in the leagues there Karim El Ahmadi with 376 games, Abdelkrim Merry 337 games, Marouane Chamakh 333 games, Noureddine Naybet 329 games and finally Mbark Boussoufa 322 games. on the other hand more than hat-tricks record is Samir Hadji 8 all hat-tricks with Fola Esch then Omar Er Rafik by 7 and finally Hassan Akesbi by 6 hat-tricks. At the level of countries have made Moroccan players 29 titles in the Netherlands, which are thirteen Eredivisie, ten KNVB Cup and six Johan Cruijff-schaal after that Luxembourg twenty one title, fourteen League and seven cups and finally Portugal nineteen titles, eight Primeira Liga, one Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and five Supertaça. Other countries where the Moroccan players at least won one title is the 17th state in the following figure Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine, Spain, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, Russia and Turkey.

Gallery edit

Moroccan descent players played for other national teams edit

  • Khalid Boulahrouz was born in Maassluis, Netherlands to a family of Moroccan descent. He has eight siblings. As a youngster he went to the youth academies of Ajax and Haarlem. When he was sixteen his father died and he had to take responsibility for his family.[1]
  • Ibrahim Afellay is of Moroccan Riffian descent; his parents left their hometown Al Hoceima in the 1960s to work in the Netherlands. He grew up in Overvecht, a neighbourhood in Utrecht with a large immigrant population.[2] Afellay and his brother, Ali, were brought up by their mother, Habiba, after his father died when he was young.,[3] his family are Moroccan Dutch. After both the Moroccan and the Netherlands national teams managers selected him for their squads, he was caught in the dilemma to either play for the Moroccan national team, because of his Moroccan descent, or to play for the Dutch team, the Netherlands being his place of birth and residence. He ultimately decided to play for the Netherlands national team despite the heavy competition for places in midfield.[4]
  • Adil Rami was born in the city of Bastia on the island of Corsica to Moroccan parents. As a youth, his family moved to the mainland, eventually settling in the southern coast city of Fréjus, where his mother worked as a member of the city council. Rami is the third of four children and has two sisters and one brother.,[5] Rami is a French international, having made his debut on 11 August 2010 in a friendly match against Norway. Prior to representing France, he drew interest from the Moroccan national team. Ahead of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, Rami was offered a chance to play with Morocco at the competition by manager Henri Michel. However, Rami declined the offer, citing his ambition to play for France.[6] He has stated on several occasions that he would prefer to "represent Morocco within the France team".[7]

European League edit

List All-time top appearances of Moroccan players in European League edit

List of Moroccan players with 200 or more appearances in European League top leval
R. Player European Club(s) Apps
1 Karim El Ahmadi Twente (89) – Feyenoord (227) – Aston Villa (51) 376
2 Abdelkrim Merry Bastia (93) – Lille (35) – Metz (36) – Strasbourg (24) – Tours (35) – Le Havre (34) – Saint-Etienne (30) – Matra Racing (50) 337
3 Marouane Chamakh Bordeaux (230) – Arsenal (40) – West Ham United (3) – Crystal Palace (60) 333
4 Younès Belhanda Montpellier (127) – Nice (31) – Dynamo Kyiv (56) – Schalke 04 (15) – Galatasaray (99) – Adana Demirspor (0) 329
5 Noureddine Naybet Nantes (34) – Sporting CP (54) – Deportivo La Coruña (211) – Tottenham Hotspur (30) 329
6 Nabil Dirar Westerlo (57) – Club Brugge (116) – Monaco (76) – Fenerbahçe (73) – Kasımpaşa (0) 322
7 Mbark Boussoufa Gent (68) – Anderlecht (148) – Anzhi Makhachkala (68) – Lokomotiv Moscow (39) 322
8 Karim Zaza FC København (78) – Odense BK (79) – Brøndby IF (49) – Aalborg BK (114) 320
9 Mehdi Carcela Standard Liège (233) – Anzhi Makhachkala (31) – Benfica (20) – Granada (22) – Olympiacos (6) 310
10 Nordin Amrabat VVV-Venlo (33) – PSV (56) – Kayserispor (39) – Galatasaray (34) – Málaga (59) – Leganés (30) – Watford (47) 298
11 Hassan Akesbi Nîmes Olympique (204) – Reims (78) – Monaco (11) 293
12 Nourdin Boukhari Sparta (108) – Ajax (69) – Breda (55) – AZ (10) – Waalwijk (26) – Nantes (9) – Kasımpaşa (4) – Wisła Kraków (9) 290
13 Youssouf Hadji Nancy (161) – Bastia (61) – Rennes (57) –Elazığspor (6) 285
14 Hassan Nader Mallorca (45) – Farense (201) – Benfica (17) 263
15 Adil Ramzi Willem II (52) – PSV (49) – Twente (32) – AZ (32) – Utrecht (15) – Roda JC Kerkrade (76) 256
16 Youssef El-Arabi Caen (41) – Granada (130) – Olympiacos (69) 240
17 Mehdi Taouil Kilmarnock (107) – Heart of Midlothian (55) – Sivasspor (73) – AZAL (5) 240
18 Hakim Ziyech Heerenveen (36) – Twente (68) – Ajax (112) – Chelsea (23) 239
19 Ali Elkhattabi Sparta (84) – Heerenveen (41) – AZ (94) – RBC Roosendaal (19) 238
20 Aziz Bouderbala Sion (88) – St. Gallen (21) – Racing Club Paris (49) – Lyon (54) – Estoril (24) 236
21 Larbi Benbarek Marseille (62) – Stade Français (60) – Atlético Madrid (113) 235
22 Ismaïl Aissati PSV (44) – Twente (14) – Ajax (36) – Vitesse (29) – Antalyaspor (26) – Alanyaspor (12) – Terek Grozny (64) 225
23 Mustafa El Haddaoui Lausanne Sports (23) – AS Saint-Étienne (33) – OGC Nice (58) – RC Lens (60) – Angers SCO (34) 208
(Italics denotes players still playing in European League; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League)

Correct as of 30 June 2021 (UTC)

Moroccan players and European Competitions edit

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

List of Moroccan players with 20 or more appearances in European competitions
# Name Games Date of debut Debut against Date of
last match
Final match
against
C1 C2 C3 SC TOTAL
1 Nabil Dirar 25 37 62 18 Sep 2008   Young Boys 7 Aug 2018   Benfica
2 Mehdi Carcela 21 37 58 18 Dec 2008   VfB Stuttgart 12 Dec 2019   Arsenal
3 Younès Belhanda 25 29 54 29 Jul 2010   Győri ETO 11 Dec 2019   Paris Saint-Germain
4 Mbark Boussoufa 17 35 52 13 Sep 2006   Lille OSC 14 Mar 2013   Newcastle United
5 Hakim Ziyech 29 20 49 2 Aug 2012   Rapid București 20 Feb 2020   Getafe CF
6 Marouane Chamakh 30 19 49 25 Sep 2003   Petržalka 4 Dec 2012   Olympiacos
7 Badr El Kaddouri 32 14 46 12 Dec 2002   Beşiktaş 26 July 2011   Rubin Kazan
8 Medhi Benatia 31 13 44 15 Sep 2011   Stade Rennais 2 Oct 2018   Young Boys
9 Manuel da Costa 12 24 36 31 Oct 2006   Galatasaray 16 Aug 2018   Burnley
10 Tarik Sektioui 11 18 29 16 Sep 2004   PAOK 7 Apr 2009   Manchester United
11 Karim El Ahmadi 4 18 22 20 Sep 2007   Getafe CF 1 Nov 2017   Shakhtar Donetsk

Correct as of 11 March 2020 (UTC)

List All-time top goalscorers for the Moroccan players in European Leagues edit

List of Moroccan players with 50 or more goals
R. Player European Leagues Club(s) Goals
1 Hassan Akesbi Nîmes Olympique (119) – Reims (48) – Monaco (6) 173
2 Omar Er Rafik FC Differdange 03 (104) – F91 Dudelange (7) – Jeunesse Esch (5) 116
3 Larbi Benbarek Marseille (17) – Stade Français (43) – Atlético Madrid (56) 116
4 Samir Hadji Fola Esch (110) 110
5 Youssef El-Arabi Caen (17) – Granada (44) – Olympiacos (41) 102
6 Abdelkrim Merry Bastia (22) – Lille (12) – Metz (23) – Strasbourg (3) – Tours (6) – Le Havre (17) – Saint-Etienne (9) – Matra Racing (10) 102
7 Hassan Nader Mallorca (7) – Farense (87) – Benfica (7) 101
8 Ali Elkhattabi Sparta (37) – Heerenveen (12) – AZ (31) – RBC Roosendaal (1) 81
9 Mbark Boussoufa Gent (16) – Anderlecht (48) – Anzhi Makhachkala (11) – Lokomotiv Moscow (3) 78
10 Mounir El Hamdaoui SBV Excelsior (2) – Willem II (3) – AZ (51) – Ajax (13) – Fiorentina (4) – Málaga (3) 76
11 Marouane Chamakh Bordeaux (56) – Arsenal (8) – Crystal Palace (7) 71
12 Youssouf Hadji Nancy (39) – Bastia (13) – Rennes (9) 61
13 Aziz Bouderbala Sion (25) – St. Gallen (1) – Racing Club Paris (15) – Lyon (10) – Estoril (4) 55
14 Nourdin Boukhari Sparta (21) – Ajax (14) – Breda (12) – Waalwijk (1) – Nantes (2) – Wisła Kraków (1) 51
(Italics denotes players still playing professional football; Bold denotes players still playing in the European League)
As of 30 June 2021

List All-time top goalscorers for the Moroccan players in European Competitions edit

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

List of Moroccan players with 5 or more goals in European competitions
# Name Goals Date of debut Debut against Date of
last goal
Final goal
against
C1 C2 C3 SC TOTAL
1 Marouane Chamakh 8 9 17 26 Feb 2004   Grodzisk Wielkopolski 19 Oct 2010   Shakhtar Donetsk
2 Omar Er Rafik 15 15 5 Jul 2012   NSÍ Runavík 30 Jun 2016   Cliftonville
3 Hakim Ziyech 10 2 1 13 20 Oct 2016   Celta de Vigo 11 Aug 2021   Villarreal
4 Youssef El-Arabi 6 5 11 27 Aug 2019   Krasnodar 18 Mar 2021   Arsenal
5 Mbark Boussoufa 1 5 6 28 Jul 2009   Sivasspor 14 Feb 2013   Hannover 96
6 Nabil Dirar 5 5 28 Jul 2011   Qarabağ 3 Aug 2017   Sturm Graz

Correct as of 11 August 2021 (UTC)

List of Moroccan players hat-tricks in European League edit

Position key: GKGoalkeeper; DFDefender; MFMidfielder; FWForward; 4 – Player scored four goals; 6 – Player scored six goals; * – The home team

 
Mounir El Hamdaoui scored three hat-trick in Eredivisie and the first Moroccan to score a hat-trick in La Liga.[9]
Player Position For Against Result Date League Ref
Abdelkader Hamiri FW AS Cannes* SR Colmar 4–2 17 April 1949 Ligue 1 [10]
Mohamed Mahjoub FW Olympique de Marseille* SO Montpellier 6–3 29 May 1949 Ligue 1 [11]
Mohammed Abderrazack FW OGC Nice* FC Sochaux 4–0 27 February 1955 Ligue 1 [12]
Hassan Akesbi4 FW Nîmes Olympique* AS Troyes 5–2 13 November 1955 Ligue 1 [13]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique* Angers SCO 3–1 12 May 1957 Ligue 1 [14]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique RC Strasbourg* 5–1 19 October 1958 Ligue 1 [15]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique Toulouse FC* 4–2 15 February 1959 Ligue 1 [16]
Hassan Akesbi FW Nîmes Olympique* AS Monaco FC 5–1 16 September 1959 Ligue 1 [17]
Hassan Akesbi4 FW Nîmes Olympique* OGC Nice 5–1 4 October 1959 Ligue 1 [18]
Abdelkrim Merry FW FC Metz* FC Tours 5–1 18 December 1982 Ligue 1 [19]
Abdelkrim Merry FW FC Metz* FC Rouen 3–2 22 January 1983 Ligue 1 [20]
Abdelkrim Merry4 FW Le Havre AC* SC Toulon 4–3 25 October 1985 Ligue 1 [21]
Hassan Nader FW Farense* Salgueiros 4–1 22 May 1994 Primeira Liga [22]
Hicham Zerouali FW Aberdeen Dundee* 1–4 29 September 2001 SPL [23]
Marouane Chamakh FW Girondins de Bordeaux* OGC Nice 5–1 14 August 2004 Ligue 1 [24]
Mounir El Hamdaoui FW AZ Alkmaar Willem II* 5–2 27 September 2008 Eredivisie [25]
Mounir El Hamdaoui FW AZ Alkmaar Vitesse Arnhem* 3–0 27 February 2010 Eredivisie [26]
Mounir El Hamdaoui FW AZ Alkmaar* RKC Waalwijk 6–2 13 March 2010 Eredivisie [27]
Oussama Assaidi FW Heerenveen* Twente 6–2 12 December 2010 Eredivisie [28]
Omar Er Rafik4 FW Differdange 03* UN Käerjeng 97 5–0 21 August 2011 BGL Ligue [29]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03* Kayl-Tétange 4–1 29 April 2012 BGL Ligue [30]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03 Jeunesse Canach* 3–1 16 September 2012 BGL Ligue [31]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Aalesund* Lillestrøm 7–1 13 May 2013 Tippeligaen [32]
Mounir El Hamdaoui FW Málaga* Rayo Vallecano 5–0 15 September 2013 La Liga [33]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03* Hamm Benfica 3–0 3 October 2013 BGL Ligue [34]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Aalesund Viking* 3–1 25 October 2013 Tippeligaen [35]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Granada* Málaga 3–1 8 November 2013 La Liga [36]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch Victoria Rosport* 5–1 1 March 2015 BGL Ligue [37]
Moestafa El Kabir FW Gençlerbirliği* Kasımpaşa 5–2 4 April 2015 Süper Lig [38]
Oussama Tannane4 FW Heracles* Cambuur 6–1 22 August 2015 Eredivisie [39]
Sofiane Boufal FW Lille* Gazélec Ajaccio 4–2 16 April 2016 Ligue 1 [40]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Granada* Levante 5–1 21 April 2016 La Liga [41]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch UN Käerjeng 97* 4–0 7 August 2016 BGL Ligue [42]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03 UN Käerjeng 97* 5–3 4 December 2016 BGL Ligue [43]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch* UNA Strassen 5–0 5 March 2017 BGL Ligue [44]
Omar Er Rafik FW Differdange 03* UN Käerjeng 97 6–2 7 May 2017 BGL Ligue [45]
Omar Er Rafik5 FW Differdange 03* Victoria Rosport 6–2 21 May 2017 BGL Ligue [46]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch* Differdange 03 6–3 15 October 2017 BGL Ligue [47]
Samir Hadji4 FW Fola Esch* US Esch 9–0 30 March 2018 BGL Ligue [48]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch* Etzella Ettelbruck 6–0 21 October 2018 BGL Ligue [49]
Samir Hadji FW Fola Esch Victoria Rosport* 4–1 4 November 2018 BGL Ligue [50]
Youssef En-Nesyri FW Leganés* Real Betis 3–0 10 February 2019 La Liga [51]
Samir Hadji4 FW Fola Esch* Rumelange 7–0 14 April 2019 BGL Ligue [52]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Olympiacos Lamia* 4–0 12 January 2020 Super League 1 [53]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Olympiacos* Atromitos 4–0 17 October 2020 Super League 1 [54]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Olympiacos* Volos 4–1 5 December 2020 Super League 1 [55]
Youssef En-Nesyri FW Sevilla* Real Sociedad 3–2 9 January 2021 La Liga [56]
Youssef En-Nesyri FW Sevilla* Cádiz CF 3–0 23 January 2021 La Liga [57]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Olympiacos Atromitos* 3–0 15 December 2021 Super League 1 [58]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Olympiacos AEK Athens* 3–2 17 May 2022 Super League 1 [59]

Moroccan players Titles in European clubs edit

This statistics of Moroccan players who won titles in Europe where the player must be Moroccan whether he played for the Morocco national football team or from a Moroccan father and mother. He has never been represent another country, but if he plays for another national team and then plays for the Moroccan team he is considered a Moroccan player, and the same thing if he played with teams under-23, under-20 and under-17.

Bold Still playing competitive football in Europe

# Name League Cup Others Europe TOTAL
1 Badr El Kaddouri   2003, 2004, 2007, 2009   2012   2003, 2005, 2006, 2007   2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 14
2 Sofian Benzouien[N 3]   2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019   2012, 2016, 2019 10
= Younès Belhanda[N 1]   2012   2015, 2016   2018, 2019   2014, 2015   2019   2019 9
= Medhi Benatia[N 1]   2015, 2016   2017, 2018, 2019   2016   2017, 2018   2018 9
= Achraf Hakimi[N 4]   2021   2022   2017   2019   2022   2017, 2017, 2018 8
= Mehdi Carcela[N 3]   2009   2016   2011, 2018   2009   2016, 2016 7
= Noussair Mazraoui[N 2]   2019, 2021, 2022   2019, 2021   2019   2022 7
= Yassine Benajiba   2014, 2016, 2017, 2018   2013, 2016 6
= Moha Rharsalla   2019, 2020, 2021   2018, 2020, 2021 6
= Mbark Boussoufa[N 2]   2007, 2010   2008   2015   2007, 2010 6
= Noureddine Naybet   2000   2002   1995   2000, 2002   1995 6
= Hakim Ziyech[N 2]   2019   2019   2019   2021, 2021, 2021 6
8 Tarik Sektioui   2007, 2008, 2009   2009   2006 5
= Manuel da Costa[N 1]   2007. 2008   2016, 2017   2006 5
= Marouane Chamakh[N 1]   2009   2007, 2009, 2008, 2009 5
= Karim Zaza[N 5]   2005, 2008   1995, 1997, 2005 5
12 Ismaïl Aissati[N 2]   2006, 2008, 2012   2010 4
= Youssef Chippo   1998, 1999   1998   1998 4
= Nourdin Boukhari[N 2]   2011   2006   2002, 2005 4
= Youssef El-Arabi[N 1]   2020, 2021, 2022   2020 4
16 Mourad Hdiouad   2004, 2006   2006 3
= Omar Er Rafik   2018   2014, 2015 3
= Mounir El Hamdaoui[N 2]   2009, 2011   2009 3
= Zakaria Labyad[N 2]   2019   2012, 2019 3
= Omar El Kaddouri[N 3]   2019   2018 , 2019 3
= Nordin Amrabat[N 2]   2013   2014   2013 3
= Karim El Ahmadi[N 2]   2017   2016   2017 3
= Chakib Benzoukane   2009   2007, 2009 3
= Sofyan Amrabat[N 2]   2018   2017, 2018 3
23 Samir Hadji[N 1]   2013, 2015 2
= Abdelilah Saber   2000   2000 2
= Rachid Hamdani[N 1]   2013   2006 2
= Khalid Fouhami   2000   2000 2
= Adil Ramzi   2001, 2003 2
= Youssef Rabeh   2009   2009 2
= Yacine Abdessadki[N 1]   2001   2005 2
= Mehdi Bourabia[N 1]   2015   2017 2
= Youssef En-Nesyri   2020, 2023 2
= Yassine Bounou   2020, 2023 2
30 Salaheddine Bassir   2000 1
= Abdelhamid El Kaoutari[N 1]   2012 1
= Karim Aït-Fana[N 1]   2012 1
= Nabil Dirar   2017 1
= Adel Taarabt   2019 1
= Hassan Akesbi   1962 1
= Rachid Tiberkanine[N 3]   2009 1
= Jaouad Zairi   2011 1
= Hassan Souari   2009 1
= Akram Roumani   2002 1
= Adil Rhaili   2015 1
= El Mehdi Sidqy   2010 1
= Nabil Baha[N 1]   2011 1
= Hassan Nader   1996 1
1 Talal El Karkouri   2004 1
= Issam El Adoua   2013 1
= Houssine Kharja[N 1]   2011 1
= Mehdi Taouil[N 1]   2012 1
= Khalid Sinouh[N 2]   2012 1
= Aziz Bouderbala   1986 1
= Smahi Triki   1998 1
= Abdelfettah Boukhriss   2011 1
= Faouzi El Brazi   2001 1
= Mohammed Chaouch   1997 1
= Adnane Tighadouini[N 2]   2017 1
= Abdessalam Benjelloun   2007 1
= Merouane Zemmama   2007 1

Summary edit

List by League edit

R. League Titles Winning Years
1   Eredivisie 15 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 x2, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019 x3, 2021, 2022
2   National Division 14 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 x2, 2015, 2016 x2, 2017 x2, 2018 x3, 2019
3   Primeira Liga 8 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2019
4   Superleague Greece 7 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
=   Ligue 1 7 1962, 2009, 2012 x3, 2017, 2022
6   Ukrainian Premier League 6 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2016
7   Belgian Pro League 4 2002, 2007, 2009, 2010
8   Süper Lig 3 2013, 2018, 2019
=   Serie A 3 2017, 2018, 2021
=   Slovak Super Liga 3 2019, 2020, 2021
=   A Group 3 2009 x3
11   Bundesliga 2 2015, 2016
=   Danish Superliga 2 2005, 2008
=   La Liga 2 2000 x2
14   Moldovan National Division 1 2015
=   Ekstraklasa 1 2011
=   Azerbaijan Premier League 1 2009
=   Scottish Premier League 1 2012
=   Liga I 1 2000

List by Cup edit

R. Cup Titles Winning Years
1   KNVB Cup 11 2001, 2006, 2010, 2012 x2, 2016, 2017, 2018–19 x3, 2021
=   Luxembourg Cup 7 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 x2, 2019
2   Ukrainian Cup 6 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015
4   Taça de Portugal 5 1995, 1996, 1998, 2009, 2013
5   Danish Cup 3 1995, 1997, 2005
=   Belgian Cup 3 2008, 2011, 2018
=   Coupe de France 3 1997, 2001, 2004
=   Coppa Italia 3 2011, 2017, 2018
=   Greek Cup 3 2011, 2018 , 2019
=   Slovak Super Liga 3 2018, 2020, 2021
11   Bulgarian Cup 2 2004, 2006
=   Turkish Cup 2 2014, 2019
=   Swiss Cup 2 1986, 1998
11   DFB-Pokal 1 2016
=   Russian Cup 1 2015
=   Copa del Rey 1 2002
=   Cypriot Cup 1 2013
=   Cupa României 1 2000
=   Polish Cup 1 2010
=   Scottish Cup 1 2012

List by League Cup edit

R. Super Cup Titles Winning Years
1   Coupe de la Ligue 5 2005, 2006 x2, 2007, 2009
2   Scottish League Cup 2 2007 x2
3   Taça da Liga 1 2016

List by Super Cup edit

R. Super Cup Titles Winning Years
1   Johan Cruijff-schaal 7 2002, 2005, 2009, 2017 x2, 2018, 2019
2   Supertaça 5 1995, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2016
=   Bulgarian Supercup 5 2006, 2007, 2009 x2, 2015
=   Ukrainian Super Cup 5 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
5   Belgian Super Cup 3 2007, 2009, 2010
=   Supercopa de España 3 2000, 2002, 2017
=   Trophée des Champions 3 2008, 2009, 2022
8   Turkish Super Cup 2 2013, 2017
9   Supercoppa Italiana 1 2018

List by intercontinental Cup UEFA edit

R. Intercontinental Cup Titles Winning Years
1 UEFA Europa League 4 2020 x2, 2023 x2
2 UEFA Champions League 2 2018, 2021
= UEFA Super Cup 2 2017, 2021
= FIFA Club World Cup 2 2017, 2021

Individual Honours edit

Most expensive transfers in the history of Moroccan players edit

Achraf Hakimi owner of the most expensive transfer deal for Moroccan player from Inter Milan to Paris Saint-Germain for 60 million euros.
As of 1 August 2020; during the 2020 summer transfer window.
  Fee broke the Moroccan record at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the national club record
  Fee broke the record for an African
  Fee broke the record for a Moroccan teenager at the time of the transfer
List of Most expensive transfers in the history of Moroccan players with more than 15 Million Euro.
R. Year Player Fee
(M )
From To Ref
1 2021 Achraf Hakimi €60   Inter Milan   Paris Saint-Germain [60][61]
2 2020 Hakim Ziyech €40   Ajax   Chelsea [62][63]
= 2020 Achraf Hakimi €40   Real Madrid   Inter Milan [64][65]
4 2022 Nayef Aguerd €35   Rennes   West Ham United [66]
5 2014 Medhi Benatia €26   Roma   Bayern Munich [67][68]
6 2020 Youssef En-Nesyri €20   Leganés   Sevilla [69]
= 2016 Medhi Benatia €20   Bayern Munich   Juventus [70][71]
8 2016 Sofiane Boufal £16   Lille   Southampton [72][73][74]

History of Moroccan players in the rest of the world Leagues edit

League statistics rest of the world edit

List of Moroccan players with 100 or more appearances since the 1999–2000 season
R. Player Rest of the world Club(s) Apps
1 Mehdi Ballouchy   Salt Lake (46) – Colorado (77) – New York Red Bulls (51) – San Jose (11) – New York City (24) –   Vancouver (7) 216
2 Adil Hermach   Al-Hilal (59) –   Al-Wahda (33) – Al Dhafra (47) – Ajman (24) 163
3 Anouar Diba   Al-Wakrah (92) – Lekhwiya (6) – Al Kharaitiyat (49) –   Al-Nasr (16) 163
4 Tarik El Janaby   Sriwijaya (30) –   Pahang FA (38) –   Al Ahli Club (47) –   Sheikh Russel KC (35) 150
5 Abderrazak Hamdallah   Guangzhou R&F (32) –   El Jaish (23) – Al-Rayyan SC (20) –  Al-Nassr (60) 135
6 Issam El Adoua   Al Qadsia (18) –   Chongqing Lifan (29) –   Al Dhafra (53) 100
List of Moroccan players with 50 or more goals
R. Player Rest of the world Club(s) Goals
1 Abderrazak Hamdallah   Guangzhou R&F (25) –   El Jaish (21) – Al-Rayyan SC (18) –  Al-Nassr (63) 127
2 Youssef El-Arabi   Al-Hilal (12) –   Al-Duhail (76) 88
3 Tarik El Janaby   Sriwijaya (14) –   Pahang FA (20) –   Al Ahli Club (18) –   Sheikh Russel KC (7) 59
4 Adil Ramzi   Al-Wakrah (47) – Umm Salal (4) 51
As of 30 May 2021

List of Moroccan players hat-tricks in the rest of the world Leagues edit

Position key: GKGoalkeeper; DFDefender; MFMidfielder; FWForward; 4 – Player scored four goals; 5 – Player scored five goals; * – The home team

Player Position For Against Result Date League Ref
Anouar Diba MF Al-Wakrah* Qatar SC 3–1 18 October 2008 Qatar Stars League [75]
Hicham Aboucherouane FW Al-Ittihad* Al-Watani 7–2 15 December 2008 Saudi Professional League [76]
Adil Ramzi FW Al-Wakrah* Al Shamal 7–0 5 November 2009 Qatar Stars League [77]
Hicham Aboucherouane FW Al-Ittihad* Al Hazm 5–2 6 January 2010 Saudi Professional League [78]
Abdelkarim Benhania4 FW Al-Wahda* Al-Fateh 6–0 28 January 2010 Saudi Professional League [79]
Soufiane Alloudi FW Al Wasl FC Emirates Club* 5–4 7 May 2010 UAE Pro-League [80]
Anouar Diba4 MF Al-Wakrah Al-Sailiya* 5–2 12 March 2011 Qatar Stars League [81]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Al-Hilal Al-Qadisiyah* 5–4 20 October 2011 Saudi Professional League [82]
Monsef Zerka FW Tanjong Pagar Warriors FC* 6–1 27 February 2013 S.League [83]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Guangzhou R&F Shanghai Shenxin* 3–1 22 March 2014 Chinese Super League [84]
Monsef Zerka FW Tanjong Pagar Young Lions* 3–2 26 March 2014 S.League [85]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Guangzhou R&F* Hangzhou Greentown 6–2 30 March 2014 Chinese Super League [86]
Mounir El Hamdaoui FW Umm Salal* Al-Gharafa 4–4 27 February 2016 Qatar Stars League [87]
Mouhcine Iajour FW Al-Ahli Al-Duhail* 5–4 10 April 2016 Qatar Stars League [88]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Al-Duhail* Al-Arabi 4–1 28 October 2016 Qatar Stars League [89]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Al-Duhail* Al-Shahania 10–0 21 December 2016 Qatar Stars League [90]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Al-Duhail* Al-Khor 6–0 3 February 2017 Qatar Stars League [91]
Mourad Batna FW Emirates Club Shabab* 4–0 4 February 2017 UAE Pro-League [92]
Yassine Salhi4 FW Dhafra* Dibba 5–0 15 April 2017 UAE Pro-League [93]
Youssef El-Arabi4 FW Al-Duhail* Al-Ahli 6–1 15 October 2017 Qatar Stars League [94]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Al-Duhail* Al-Kharaitiyat 8–2 19 November 2017 Qatar Stars League [95]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Al-Duhail Qatar SC* 6–0 13 January 2018 Qatar Stars League [96]
Rachid Tiberkanine FW Al-Sailiya Al-Kharaitiyat* 5–0 4 November 2018 Qatar Stars League [97]
Youssef El-Arabi FW Al-Duhail SC* Al-Shahania 5–1 8 November 2018 Qatar Stars League [98]
Abderrazak Hamdallah4 FW Al-Nassr* Al-Raed 4–0 14 December 2018 Saudi Professional League [99]
Abderrazak Hamdallah4 FW Al-Nassr Al-Wehda* 4–0 16 March 2019 Saudi Professional League [100]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Al-Nassr Al-Raed* 5–0 4 April 2019 Saudi Professional League [101]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Al-Nassr Al-Hazem* 3–0 11 May 2019 Saudi Professional League [102]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Al-Nassr Al-Fayha* 4–1 28 December 2019 Saudi Professional League [103]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Al-Nassr Al-Shabab* 4–2 14 February 2020 Saudi Professional League [104]
Karim El Berkaoui4 FW Al-Raed* Damac 4–2 31 January 2021 Saudi Professional League [105]
Abderrazak Hamdallah FW Al-Ittihad Al Ahli* 4–3 26 February 2022 Saudi Professional League [106]

Moroccan players Titles In the rest of the world clubs edit

Bold Still playing competitive football In the rest of the world League

Summary edit

List by League edit

R. League Titles Winning Years
1   Saudi Professional League 8 1996 x2, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2018, 2019
2   Qatar Stars League 6 1997, 2003, 2004, 2000, 2017, 2018
3   Egyptian Premier League 2 2018, 2019
4   Kuwaiti Premier League 1 2011
=   UAE Pro-League 1 2017
=   Bangladesh Premier League 1 2013

List by Cup edit

R. Cup Titles Winning Years
1   Emir of Qatar Cup 7 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2018, 2019 x2
2   Tunisian Cup 3 2002, 2007, 2008
3   UAE President's Cup 1 2009
=   Kuwait Emir Cup 1 2016
=   Egypt Cup 1 2019
=   Algerian Cup 1 2001

List by League Cup edit

R. League Cup Titles Winning Years
1   Saudi Crown Prince Cup 4 1995, 1997, 2001, 2012
2   Qatar Crown Prince Cup 2 1998, 2018
3   UAE League Cup 1 2018

List by Super Cup edit

R. Super Cup Titles Winning Years
1   Sheikh Jassim Cup 2 1998, 2000
=   Egyptian Super Cup 2 2017, 2020
3   Saudi Super Cup 1 2018
=   UAE Super Cup 1 2018

List Top goalscorers Moroccan players In the rest of the world clubs edit

Rank player Titles League Top goalscorers Years
1 Abderrazak Hamdallah 3   2016 (21 goals), (El Jaish SC),   2019 (34 goals), (Al-Nassr), 2020 (29 goals), (Al-Nassr)
= Youssef El-Arabi 2   2017 (24 goals), (Lekhwiya), 2018 (26 goals), (Lekhwiya)
3 Ahmed Bahja 1   1997 (21 goals), (Al-Ittihad)
= Hussein Amotta 1   1998 (10 goals), (Al-Sadd SC)
= Rachid Rokki 1   2003 (15 goals), (Al-Khor SC)
= Hicham Aboucherouane 1   2009 (12 goals), (Al-Ittihad)
= Walid Azaro 1   2018 (18 goals), (Al Ahly)

Notes edit

  1. ^
    Born in France
  2. ^
    Born in Netherlands
  3. ^
    Born in Belgium
  4. ^
    Born in Spain
  5. ^
    Born in Denmark

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