Morocco have made unwanted African football history after becoming the first nation to lose both the men's Africa Cup of Nations AFCON and the Women's Africa Cup of Nations WAFCON finals on home soil.
Softfootball gathered, on Sunday 18 January 2026, when the Atlas Lions lost 1-0 to Senegal in a chaotic AFCON 2025 final played in Rabat .
The match was tense and highly controversial, as Senegal strongly protested a penalty awarded to Morocco during added time.
