Chaymaa Mourtaji

Chaymaa Mourtaji
Mourtaji in 2024
Personal information
Full name Chaymaa Mourtaji
Date of birth (1995-12-08) 8 December 1995
Place of birth Casablanca, Morocco
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 UTS Rabat
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2020 Difaâ El Jadidi
2020–2024 Sporting Casablanca
2024–2025 AS FAR
2025– UTS Rabat
International career‡
2022– Morocco 5 (0)
2025– Morocco Futsal 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 August 2026

Chaymaa Mourtaji (Arabic: شيماء مرتاجي, pronounced [ʃi.maːʔ mər.taː.ʒi]; 8 December 1995) is a Moroccan footballer and futsal player who plays as a forward or winger for Moroccan Women's Championship D1 (Botola Féminine) club UTS Rabat and the Morocco national football and fustal teams. She previously played for Botola Féminine clubs Difaâ El Jadidi, Sporting Casablanca and AS FAR.

Club career

Sporting Casablanca

During the 2020–21 season, signed for Moroccan Women's Championship D2 (Division 2 Féminine) club Sporting Casablanca. She played a key part in their promotion to the Moroccan Women's Championship D1 (Botola Féminine) for the 2021–22 season. In the 2021–22 season, the club finished third in the league and runners-up in that season's Moroccan Women's Throne Cup. In the 2022–23 season, the club finished runners-up in the league, and she finished second in the Golden Boot race.

After finishing runners-up in the 2022–23 season, Sporting Casablanca qualified for the 2023 UNAF Women's Club Tournament (UWCT), hosted in Alexandria, Egypt. In the opening match on 24 August, Mourtaji scored a brace against Algerian side Afak Relizane in a 4–3 victory.[1] In the second match, she scored a hat-trick in a 3–1 victory over Tunisian side ASF Sousse.[2] After winning all three qualification matches at Alexandria Stadium (the third of which being), the club qualified for the CAF Women's Champions League (CWCL) that year for the first time ever. The club would go on to finish runners-up in the Champions League. In the 2023–24 season, the club finished second in the Botola once again.

AS FAR

Ahead of the 2024–25 season, signed for Botola Féminine club AS FAR, the most successful club in the league. She made her début on 24 August 2024 in a 4–0 away victory over CF Akbou at Salem Mabrouki Stadium in Rouïba, Algeria in the UWCT, which served as a qualifier for that season's Champions League.[3] That season, AS FAR won both the UWCT[4] and the Botola,[5] as well as finishing runners-up in the Champions League (which Morocco hosted).[6][7] She departed the club at the end of the season.

UTS Rabat

Ahead of the 2025–26 season, Mourtaji signed for Botola Féminine club UTS Rabat.[8]

International career

Morocco

In 2022, Mourtaji received her first call-up for Morocco by French manager Reynald Pedros for a three-match friendly series against the Republic of the Congo, Zambia and Ivory Coast on 11, 18 and 23 June, respectively, all held at Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. She made her début in the match against Congo, which ended in a 7–0 win for Morocco.[9][10][11] The matches against Zambia and Ivory Coast ended in 1–1[12][13][14] and 0–0 draws, respectively.[15][16]

Mourtaji was part of Pedros' 26-player squad for the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).[17] Morocco qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the country's first ever appearance at the FIFA Women's World Cup,[18] and went on to finish runners-up at the tournament.[19]

After missing out on the squads for the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 WAFCON (the latter of which was hosted in Morocco), Mourtaji received a call-up by Spanish manager Jorge Vilda as part of his 26-player squad for the 2026 WAFCON, which was the third consecutive edition of the tournament hosted in Morocco. Morocco qualified for the 2027 World Cup in Brazil, their second ever qualification for the tournament,[20] and eventually finished fourth.[21]

Morocco Futsal

Mourtaji received her first call-up for Morocco in futsal by manager Adil Sayeh for a match against Slovakia on 4 June 2025 at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Salé, Morocco. She scored her first international goal in the match, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[22] She was later called up for the 2025 Futsal Week Women's June Cup (FWWJC) at Finida Hall in Poreč, Croatia from 18 to 22 June 2025, in which Morocco finished third.[23] She was then selected for the 2025 Xanxerê Women's International Tournament (XWIT) at the Arena Ivo Sguissardi in Xanxerê, Santa Catarina, Brazil from 20 to 24 August 2025,[24] which Morocco finished third in.[25] She was then selected as part of Morocco's 14-player squad for the 2025 FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup in the Philippines from 21 November to 7 December 2025, which was the first edition that Morocco had qualified for.[26] Morocco finished second in Group A before being eliminated in the quarter-finals.[27]

Honours

Sporting Casablanca

AS FAR

  • Moroccan Women's Championship D1 — Champions: 2024–25
  • UNAF Women's Club Tournament — Champions: 2024
  • CAF Women's Champions League — Runners-up: 2024

Morocco

Morocco Futsal

References

  1. ↑ "مباريات اليوم الاول في التصفيات المؤهلة لدوري ابطال افريقيا للسيدات" [Day 1 matches of the CAF Women's Champions League qualifiers] (in Arabic). UNAF. 24 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "تصفيات دوري ابطال افريقيا للاندية النسائية (الجولة الثانية) – سبورتينغ الدار البيضاء ينفرد بالمركز الاول وسباق التأهل يحافظ على تشويقه للجولة الختامية" [CAF Women's Champions League Qualifiers (Matchday 2) – Sporting Casablanca takes sole possession of first place, while the race for qualification remains suspenseful heading into the final round] (in Arabic). UNAF. 27 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "تصفيات رابطة ابطال أفريقيا للاندية النسائية : الجيش الملكي المغربي يفوز على نادي أقبو الجزائري 4" [African Women's Champions League Qualifiers: Moroccan Royal Army defeats Algerian club Akbou by four] (in Arabic). UNAF. 24 August 2024. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024.
  4. ↑ Naim, Firdaous (9 September 2025). "AS FAR Women dominate UNAF, secure CAF Champions League spot". Morocco World News.
  5. ↑ El Fassi, Mohammed (4 May 2025). "AS FAR Women crowned Moroccan vhampions for the 12th time, 10th consecutive title". Fes News.
  6. ↑ Stevens, Rob (23 November 2024). "TP Mazembe win African Women's Champions League in upset". BBC News.
  7. ↑ "TP Mazembe reign as Queens of African women's club football". Confederation of African Football. 23 November 2024.
  8. ↑ UTS Rabat Women (9 September 2025). "Neuf nouvelles joueuses rejoignent notre famille, mêlant talent, expérience et ambition pour propulser notre club vers de nouveaux sommets ! 🌟 Ce savant mélange de jeunes pépites et de cadres chevronnées promet une saison explosive ! 💥 / #UTS #NouvellesRecrues #FiersDeNosValeurs 🏆⚽️" [Nine new players are joining our family, bringing a blend of talent, experience and ambition to propel our club to new heights! 🌟 This perfect mix of rising stars and seasoned veterans promises an explosive season! 💥 / #UTS #NewRecruits #ProudOfOurValues 🏆⚽️] (in French). Instagram.
  9. ↑ "Amical: les Marocaines battent les Congolaises 7 à 0" [the Moroccans beat the Congolese 7–0] (in French). Le360 Sport. 12 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Amical: les Marocaines battent les Congolaises par 7 buts à 0" [Friendly: the Moroccans beat the Congolese by 7 goals to 0] (in French). L'Opinion. 11 June 2022.
  11. ↑ Ginette (13 June 2022). "Morocco women's team dominates Congo 7-0 in AFCON warm-up match". Bladi.
  12. ↑ "CAN féminines TotalEnergies Maroc 2022 (préparation) : Maroc-Zambie (1–1)" [TotalEnergies WAFCON Morocco 2022 (preparation): Morocco vs Zambia (1–1)] (in French). Royal Moroccan Football Federation. 18 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Amical: les Marocaines font match nul avec les Zambiennes" [Friendly: the Moroccans draw with the Zambians] (in French). L'Opinion. 18 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Morocco women's national football team draw with Zambia (1–1) in friendly". Hespress. 19 June 2022.
  15. ↑ Ichi, Abderrahmane (23 June 2022). "Les Lionnes de l'Atlas terminent la préparation pour la CAN par un match nul face à la Côte d'Ivoire" (in French). Le Matin.
  16. ↑ "Les joueuses marocaines prêtes pour la CAN féminine de football ?" [Are the Moroccan players ready for WAFCON?] (in French). Bladi. 24 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "اللائحة النهائية للمنتخب الوطني لكرة القدم لكرة النسوية المشارك في كاس افريقيا" [Final squad of the women's national football team participating in the Africa Cup of Nations] (in French). Royal Moroccan Football Federation.
  18. ↑ Kalfa, David (16 July 2022). "CAN 2022 Féminine: Reynald Pedros a remporté son premier pari avec le Maroc" [2022 WAFCON: Reynald Pedros wins his first bet with Morocco] (in French). Radio France Internationale.
  19. ↑ Edwards, Piers (23 July 2022). "WAFCON 2022: South Africa beat Morocco to finally land first title". BBC Sport. BBC News.
  20. ↑ Bouachi, Chaimae (8 August 2026). "WAFCON 2026: Morocco beat South Africa 2–1, qualify for 2027 World Cup". Morocco World News.
  21. ↑ Dove, Ed (16 August 2026). "More penalty heartbreak for Morocco as Algeria claim WAFCON bronze". ESPN.
  22. ↑ "La sélection nationale féminine A de futsal fait match nul face à la Slovaquie" [Women's A national futsal team draws with Slovakia] (in French). Royal Moroccan Football Federation. 4 June 2025. Archived from the original on 19 August 2026.
  23. ↑ "La sélection féminine A de futsal participe à un tournoi amical en Croatie" [Women's A futsal team to participate in friendly tournament in Croatia] (in French). Hibapress. 21 June 2025.
  24. ↑ "Participation de l'EN futsal féminine A à un tournoi international au Brésil" [Women's A futsal NT to participate in international tournament in Brazil] (in French). Hibapress. 20 August 2025.
  25. ↑ "Xanxerê Women's International Tournament (3rd Edition)". Futsal Planet. 24 August 2025.
  26. ↑ "Official FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup squads revealed". FIFA. 14 November 2025.
  27. ↑ Tolaimate, Chadi (1 December 2025). "Spain defeats Morocco in Women's Futsal World Cup quarter-finals". Morocco World News.
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