Northern Ireland are to play Morocco in a friendly match at Windsor Park in Belfast on Wednesday 17 November.
Morocco will be preparing for 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Algeria, Tanzania and the Central African Republic.
Northern Ireland see the game as useful as they do not have European qualifiers between the Faroe Islands on 12 October and Serbia on 25 March.
Northern Ireland are 45th in the Fifa rankings, 50 places above Morocco.
The teams have met just once before with Colin Clarke and Jimmy Quinn scoring in Northern Ireland's 2-1 home win in a warm-up match ahead of the 1986 World Cup finals.
Nigel Worthington's men, who won their opening Euro 2012 qualifier away to Slovenia, play Italy at home on 8 October before the Faroes match four days later.
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Northern Ireland to play Morocco in Belfast friendly
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