1972 Summer Olympics

The Moroccan national team was placed in Group A, with West Germany, Malaysia, United States. Ahmed Faras played a major role in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was the top scorer for the Moroccan national team with 3 goals scored all against Malaysia making it his first and only hat-trick for the National team.^[5][6]

1976 Africa Cup Of Nations

Morocco was placed in Group B. Morocco tied its first match against Sudan and won its second against Zaire. Morocco played the final game against Nigeria, to determine the group winner, and Morocco won by 3 goals to 1. In the final round Morocco defeated Egypt 2-1 with a goal scored by Faras in the 23rd minute. They played against Nigeria again and won 2-1 scored by Faras in the 82nd minute. Morocco was to play its final against Guinea and needed a tie to win the cup. The match ended in a tie and Morocco won the cup. Faras was named best player of the tournament and was the 2nd top goal-scorer.^[7]

International

Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morocco goal.

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List of international goals scored by Ahmed Faras^[8]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 November 1967	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Tunisia	1–1	1–1	1968 Summer Olympic qualification
2	9 June 1968		Ghana	1–0	1–1
3	30 June 1968	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana		2–1	2–1
4	21 September 1969	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Nigeria	2–1	2–1	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	28 March 1971		Niger	1–0	5–2	1972 Summer Olympic qualification
6				4–2
7	25 April 1971	Stade du 29 Juillet, Niamey, Niger		1–0	3–1
8	8 October 1971	İzmir Atatürk Stadium, İzmir, Turkey	Egypt	1–0	1–0	1971 Mediterranean Games
9	17 February 1972	Stade Demba Diop, Dakar, Senegal	Senegal	3–1	3–1	Friendly
10	25 February 1972	Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon	Congo	1–0	1–1	1972 Africa Cup of Nations
11	27 February 1972		Sudan	1–0	1–1
12	29 February 1972		Zaire	1–1	1–1
13	23 April 1972	Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia	Tunisia	2–1	3–3	1972 Summer Olympic qualification
14	30 April 1972	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Mali	1–0	2–1
15	21 May 1972	Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako, Mali		1–0	2–1
16	31 August 1972	Tuja-Stadion, Ingolstadt, Germany	Malaysia	2–0	6–0	1972 Summer Olympics
17				3–0
18				4–0
19	25 February 1973	Stade Saniat Rmel, Tétouan, Morocco	Guinea	1–0	2–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
20				2–0
21	3 June 1973		Ivory Coast	1–0	4–1
22				2–0
23	25 November 1973		Zambia	2–0	2–0
24	1 October 1974	Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus, Syria	Tunisia	2–1	2–1	1974 Kuneitra Cup
25	6 October 1974		Sudan	2–0	2–0
26	9 October 1974		Syria	1–1	1–1
27	23 February 1975	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Libya	1–0	2–1	1976 Summer Olympic qualification
28	22 March 1975	Stade Hassan-II, Fez, Morocco	Senegal	1–0	4–0	1976 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
29	13 April 1975	Kaolack, Senegal		1–2	1–2
30	14 December 1975	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Tunisia	1–0	1–0	1976 Summer Olympic qualification
31	20 February 1976	Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
32	6 March 1976	Dire Dawa Stadium, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia	Nigeria	1–0	3–1	1976 Africa Cup of Nations
33	9 March 1976	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	Egypt	1–0	2–1
34	11 March 1976		Nigeria	1–1	2–1
35	8 April 1979	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Mauritania	4–1	4–1	1980 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
36	24 June 1979	Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia, Morocco	Togo	1–0	7–0

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