<p>Morocco are no strangers to the FIFA World Cup, with the men qualifying for six editions since the tournament’s inception in 1930, culminating in a fourth-place finish in last year’s competition in Qatar - their finest ever performance.</p>
<p>Although it is their first excursion onto the Women’s tournament, the Atlas Lionesses are looking to emulate the success of their male counterparts and, so far, they’ve been giving the Moroccan support plenty to cheer about.</p>
<p>Morocco played their first match at the 1998 Women’s AFCON, making them relative newcomers to international women’s football, and the first few decades of their existence passed without making much of a mark. However, the tables were turned spectacularly at the 2022 WAFCON, when Morocco stunned the rest of Africa by placing second on home-soil, breaking the three-times winning streak of Nigeria while they were at it.</p>
<p>Their performance earned them a first ever Women’s World Cup campaign, which they will open in Melbourne against two-time champions, Germany.</p>