2030 World Cup I New Destination I Morocco

Rabat, Marrakech, Agadir and Casablanca offer different options for teams looking to prepare for the season in a host country of the 2030 World Cup. Discover why Morocco offers every ingredient to host your next training camp. Morocco’s role as a co-host of the 2030 FIFA World Cup, alongside Spain and Portugal, is giving clubs another reason to look closely at the country. At Authentic.Football, our interest goes beyond the tournament. We have already organised projects in Morocco, and we are building on that experience as we develop our offer for teams considering the country for their next training camp.

A successful camp brings together a suitable pitch, the right hotel and a daily schedule that works for the coaching staff. Morocco offers several ways to combine those elements. Rabat and Salé stand out for their football infrastructure; Casablanca offers a choice of city and oceanfront hotels; Marrakech has already attracted European clubs for winter preparation; and Agadir and Taghazout offer a coastal setting for training and rest.

Rabat and Salé for a programme built around football

The Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora, near Salé and Rabat, illustrates the depth of Morocco’s sporting infrastructure. Natural-grass and other training surfaces sit alongside accommodation, sports medicine and rehabilitation facilities. The attraction for a football delegation is practical: several parts of the daily programme can take place within the same complex.

Real Madrid trained there in February 2023 during the FIFA Club World Cup. That was a competition stay, rather than a pre-season camp, but it provides a documented example of a leading international club using the facilities. Casablanca with hotels to suit different team requirements

Casablanca is a significant part of our published Morocco collection. Our website already features Barceló Anfa Casablanca, Royal Mansour Casablanca, Four Seasons Hotel Casablanca and Casablanca Marriott Hotel. These properties offer different settings and facilities, allowing us to discuss the club’s priorities before narrowing the choice.

Barceló Anfa Casablanca. The hotel combines a central location with meeting rooms, a fitness area and a spa. For a team, this creates a useful basis for accommodation, staff meetings and work away from the pitch. Its suitability ultimately depends on the training arrangements and the private spaces available to the group.

Four Seasons Hotel Casablanca. An oceanfront setting gives this option a different character from a city-centre hotel. Its fitness, spa and meeting facilities make it worth considering for clubs seeking a comfortable base between sessions. We would assess room allocation, catering and travel to the selected pitch as part of the complete proposal.

Royal Mansour Casablanca. This is an option for delegations prioritising a higher level of accommodation and service. The hotel has spa and fitness facilities and several dining venues. For football use, the important next step is to agree the arrangements the squad actually needs, including privacy, meals and space for its own support staff.

Casablanca Marriott Hotel. Its fitness centre and extensive meeting facilities provide a practical starting point for a group that needs space for video analysis, coaching meetings and daily organisation. As with the other hotels, we assess the property together with the training ground and transport plan.

Casablanca also has an established football environment through clubs such as Wydad and Raja. Sevilla FC visited in May 2025 for a friendly against Wydad at the Mohammed V Stadium. This shows another reason teams travel to the city, although friendly opponents and match venues must always be agreed around the sporting calendar.

Sevilla FC face Wydad AC at Casablanca’s Mohammed V Stadium in May 2025, highlighting the city’s appeal for international football fixtures. Marrakech for winter preparation away from the usual routine

Marrakech has already hosted visiting European clubs. RKC Waalwijk held a camp there in January 2024 and played Kawkab Marrakech, a trip documented by Dutch broadcaster NOS and the Moroccan press. It is a useful example of the city’s role in winter preparation, alongside its established tourism appeal.

Our approach in Marrakech would be to secure the training solution first, then select accommodation that supports it. Two attractive hotels can produce very different camp experiences if one adds significant travel time to every session. Pitch condition, training slots and a dependable transfer route matter as much as room quality.

Quiet bedrooms, dining arrangements suited to the squad and private meeting space should guide the hotel brief. Any activities away from football can then be fitted around the coaching staff’s schedule. The aim is to give the team a change of setting while protecting its training routine.

Agadir and Taghazout for a coastal training base

Agadir and nearby Taghazout offer another proposition: a coastal base where teams can combine their football programme with time to rest between sessions. Chelsea Women travelled to Morocco for a winter camp in January 2024. The club confirmed the trip, and Moroccan newspaper Le Matin placed the team in Agadir, training at the city’s Grand Stadium.

Hyatt Regency Taghazout is already featured in our Morocco collection. The resort offers a beachfront setting, a fitness centre, spa facilities and meeting spaces. For us, these are useful building blocks for a team stay, provided they are coordinated with a suitable training ground and the squad’s daily timetable. The training field is just 5 minutes away. How we approach a Morocco training camp

Having already organised projects in Morocco, we see the next step as developing programmes around each club’s requirements. The initial brief should establish travel dates, delegation size, rooming needs, training frequency, the number and level of friendly matches, and the overall budget. That allows the destination and hotel to be selected for a clear sporting purpose.

We then consider the daily programme as a whole. Pitch access must work with meal times, transport, recovery and meetings. Friendly matches need to fit the coaching staff’s objectives, while the accommodation agreement should make clear which services and private areas are included. This is where coordination between the club, hotel and local providers matters most.

The international club visits mentioned in this article illustrate Morocco’s wider appeal. Our own work in the country forms a separate part of Authentic.Football’s experience, which we are building on as we develop further options for our clients. An opportunity for hotels that understand team requirements

For Moroccan hotels, football camps offer the possibility of multi-night group bookings and repeat business. Teams value consistency: meals served at the agreed time, kit ready for the next session, suitable meeting rooms and staff who understand that the day follows the training schedule. Properties able to deliver this can become part of a club’s recurring preparation plans.

The World Cup will bring attention to Morocco. Our focus at Authentic.Football is on helping turn that attention into programmes that work for clubs now. We see an opportunity to bring teams, hotels and sporting facilities together around a clear objective: giving players and coaches the conditions they need to prepare well.

Explore our Morocco winter collection and contact our team with your dates, delegation size and sporting requirements to discuss a tailored proposal.