According to several media, Moroccan coach Walid Regragui submitted his resignation after Morocco's failure in the CAN 2025 final at home against Senegal. The Moroccan Football Federation then denied this. The start of a new soap opera?

Published on: 02/06/2026 - 2:31 p.m. Modified on: 02/06/2026 - 5:56 p.m.

End clap for Walid Regragui at the head of the Atlas Lions? According to Foot Mercato and RMC Sports, the charismatic Morocco coach has submitted his resignation to his federation (FRFM), which must accept it, or not. According to these same sources, the coach has avenues to bounce back in the Saudi championship.

A little later on Friday February 6, the Moroccan Federation published a press release where it “categorically denies this information”.

In three and a half years, the coach has a more than decent record: a World Cup semi-final in 2022 – historic for an African team, the first CAN final for his team since 2004 and a record series of 19 consecutive victories.

To a panenka of the title

But the failure in the CAN 2025 final left its mark. The 50-year-old technician had not come far from bringing a historic trophy to the country which had been waiting for him since 1976, but the chaos at the end of the match and a failed panenka from Brahim Diaz decided otherwise.

During the post-match press conference, he assured “that he was the only one responsible for the failure”.

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