Moroccan football faced a big shock: the coach Walid Regragui he resigned and officially informed the union there.
Regragui took over the national team in 2022 just before the World Cup in Qatar, where he created a sensation with the “Lions of the Atlas” by reaching the semi-finals – the best result of an African team in the history of the tournament.
In January, he also reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, but Senegal prevented a historic title. Despite that defeat, the 48-year-old expert was already leading the charge as Morocco’s most successful coach since winning the 1976 Cup of Nations.
The request to leave comes at an inconvenient time: the 2026 World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, is less than six months away. The Moroccans are in Group C with Brazil, Scotland and Haiti and many saw them as candidates for another surprise.
The association has not yet announced whether it will accept the resignation or who could take over the team. While fans debate possible successors, Regragui remains remembered as the man who took Morocco to the very edge of continental and world triumph.
