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Morocco at the FIFA World Cup

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For the women's team, see Morocco at the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Morocco national team at the 2018 World Cup in Russia

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.

The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase (officially called the World Cup Finals). The qualification phase, which currently takes place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation (or nations) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.

Morocco have qualified for the final stages of the FIFA World Cup on six occasions, which were in 1970, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2018 and 2022.[1] Their best performance was in 2022 when they finished in fourth place, thus becoming both the first African and Arab nation to reach a semi-final at a World Cup.[2]

Morocco is set to become the second African nation, the second MENA nation and the first North African nation to host the World Cup when it was granted host status for the 2030 edition alongside the two European countries Portugal and Spain.

Overall record

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Main article: FIFA World Cup records and statistics
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Not a FIFA member Not a FIFA member
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Did not enter Did not enter
Chile 1962 Did not qualify 7 2 2 3 7 8
England 1966 Withdrew Withdrew
Mexico 1970 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 2 6 10 4 4 2 11 7
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify 10 4 3 3 12 13
Argentina 1978 2 0 2 0 2 2
Spain 1982 8 3 2 3 5 6
Mexico 1986 Round of 16 11th 4 1 2 1 3 2 8 5 2 1 12 1
Italy 1990 Did not qualify 6 1 3 2 4 5
United States 1994 Group stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 5 10 7 2 1 19 4
France 1998 18th 3 1 1 1 5 5 6 5 1 0 14 2
South Korea Japan 2002 Did not qualify 10 6 3 1 11 3
Germany 2006 10 5 5 0 17 7
South Africa 2010 10 3 3 4 14 13
Brazil 2014 6 2 3 1 9 8
Russia 2018 Group stage 27th 3 0 1 2 2 4 8 4 3 1 13 1
Qatar 2022 Fourth place 4th 7 3 2 2 6 5 8 7 1 0 25 3
Canada Mexico United States 2026 To be determined To be determined
Morocco Portugal Spain 2030 Qualified as co-hosts Qualified as co-hosts
Saudi Arabia 2034 To be determined To be determined
Total Fourth place 7/23 23 5 7 11 20 27 119 58 39 22 175 83

By match

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World Cup Round Date Opponent Score Result Morocco scorers Ref.
Mexico 1970 Group 4 3 June 1970  West Germany 1–2 L Jarir [3]
6 June 1970  Peru 0–3 L — [4]
11 June 1970  Bulgaria 1–1 D Ghazouani [5]
Mexico 1986 Group F 2 June 1986  Poland 0–0 D — [6]
6 June 1986  England 0–0 D — [7]
11 June 1986  Portugal 3–1 W Khairi (2), Merry [8]
Round of 16 17 June 1986  West Germany 0–1 L — [7]
United States 1994 Group F 19 June 1994  Belgium 0–1 L — [9]
25 June 1994  Saudi Arabia 1–2 L Chaouch [10]
29 June 1994  Netherlands 1–2 L Nader [11]
France 1998 Group A 10 June 1998  Norway 2–2 D Hadji, Hadda [12]
16 June 1998  Brazil 0–3 L — [13]
23 June 1998  Scotland 3–0 W Bassir (2), Hadda [14]
Russia 2018 Group B 15 June 2018  Iran 0–1 L — [15]
20 June 2018  Portugal 0–1 L — [16]
25 June 2018  Spain 2–2 D Boutaïb, En-Nesyri [17]
Qatar 2022 Group F 23 November 2022  Croatia 0–0 D — [18]
27 November 2022  Belgium 2–0 W Saïss, Aboukhlal [19]
1 December 2022  Canada 2–1 W En-Nesyri, Ziyech [20]
Round of 16 6 December 2022  Spain 0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p) D — [21]
Quarter-final 10 December 2022  Portugal 1–0 W En-Nesyri [22]
Semi-final 14 December 2022  France 0–2 L — [23]
Third place play-off 17 December 2022  Croatia 1–2 L Dari [24]

Squads

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Record players

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Most matches played

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Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Achraf Hakimi 10 2018 and 2022
Hakim Ziyech 10 2018 and 2022
2 Youssef En-Nesyri 8 2018 and 2022
Romain Saiss 8 2018 and 2022
Sofyan Amrabat 8 2018 and 2022
3 Sofiane Boufal 7 2022
Selim Amallah 7 2022
Azzedine Ounahi 7 2022
4 Yahia Attiyat Allah 6 2022
Jawad El Yamiq 6 2022
Yassine Bounou 6 2018 and 2022
Mustapha Hadji 6 1994 and 1998
5 Noussair Mazraoui 5 2022
Abdelhamid Sabiri 5 2022
Rachid Azzouzi 5 1994 and 1998
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui 5 1994 and 1998
Tahar El Khalej 5 1994 and 1998
Noureddine Naybet 5 1994 and 1998

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Goals World Cups
1 Youssef En-Nesyri 3 2018, 2022
2 Abderrazak Khairi 2 1986
Salaheddine Bassir 2 1998
Abdeljalil Hadda 2 1998
5 Maouhoub Ghazouani 1 1970
Houmane Jarir 1 1970
Abdelkrim Merry 1 1986
Mohammed Chaouch 1 1994
Hassan Nader 1 1994
Mustapha Hadji 1 1998
Khalid Boutaïb 1 2018
Achraf Dari 1 2022
Zakaria Aboukhlal 1 2022
Hakim Ziyech 1 2022
Abdelhamid Sabiri 1 2022

Most tournament appearances

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Altogether thirteen players share the record of two participations.

Rank Player World Cups
1 Noureddine Naybet 1994, 1998
Mustapha Hadji 1994, 1998
Tahar El Khalej 1994, 1998
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui 1994, 1998
Smahi Triki 1994, 1998
Yassine Bounou 2018, 2022
Achraf Hakimi 2018, 2022
Sofyan Amrabat 2018, 2022
Romain Saïss 2018, 2022
Hakim Ziyech 2018, 2022
Munir Mohamedi 2018, 2022
Youssef En-Nesyri 2018, 2022
Reda Tagnaouti 2018, 2022

Historical performances

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The Morocco team had many records and facts which had done during its participations in the world cup.

  • 1970: First African country to draw a match at the World Cup Finals, with 1–1 draw with Bulgaria.[25]
  • 1986: First African and Arab team to reach round of 16.[26]
  • 1986: First African and Arab team to top the group stage.[27]
  • 1998: Youssef Chippo of Morocco. first African to score an own goal at the World Cup, in the 2–2 draw against Norway on 10 June 1998.
  • 2018: Sofyan Amrabat of Morocco, who came on as a substitute for his brother Nordin Amrabat in the 76th minute in the group match against Iran, is the first player in World Cup history to come in for his brother.[28]
  • 2022: First African team to reach 7 points at the group stage.
  • 2022: First Arab nation to advance to the quarter-finals by defeating Spain 3–0 in a penalty shoot-out.[29][30]
  • 2022: Morocco becomes first African and first Arab nation to reach semi-finals following a 1–0 victory over Portugal.[31]
  • 2022: Walid Regragui of Morocco, first African and Arab manager to reach the quarter-finals[32] and the semi-finals.[33]
  • 2022: First African team to play 7 matches in one edition.
  • 2022: First African team to achieve fourth place in the tournament.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "World Cup Record". Planet World Cup. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ Smyth, Rob (17 December 2022). "Croatia 2-1 Morocco: World Cup 2022 third-place playoff – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  3. ^ "World Cup 1970 finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Peru vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary - June 6, 1970 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary - June 11, 1970 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Morocco vs. Pakistan - Football Match Report - June 2, 1986 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b "World Cup 1986 finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. ^ Kasraoui, Safaa. "Flashbacks to Morocco's 1986 World Cup Historic Win Against Portugal". Morocco World News. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  9. ^ "purtghal vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary - June 19, 1994 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Saudi Arabia vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary - June 25, 1994 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Morocco vs. Netherlands - Football Match Summary - June 29, 1994 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Morocco vs. Norway - Football Match Summary - June 10, 1998 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Brazil vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary - June 16, 1998 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Craig Brown: Scotland's defeat to Morocco in 1998 was no humiliation | Ewan Murray". The Guardian. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  15. ^ Mather, Victor (15 June 2018). "After Morocco Own Goal, Iran Wins World Cup Slugfest". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Portugal vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary - June 20, 2018 - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Spain 2-2 Morocco: Spain top Group B after dramatic turnaround". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Luke Modric denied as Croatia are held by Morocco in goalless draw". The Telegraph. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  19. ^ "Belgium vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary". ESPN. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  20. ^ "Canada vs. Morocco - Football Match Summary". ESPN. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  21. ^ "Morocco vs. Spain - Football Match Summary". ESPN. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Morocco vs. Portugal - Football Match Summary". ESPN. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  23. ^ "France 2-0 Morocco: World Cup 2022 semi-final – as it happened". the Guardian. 2022-12-14. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  24. ^ Singh •, Sanjesh. "Croatia Beats Morocco 2-1, Wins Third-Place Game of 2022 World Cup". NBC New York. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
  25. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Remembering African World Cup records ahead of the draw". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  26. ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Remembering African World Cup records ahead of the draw". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
  27. ^ Sengupta, Somnath (2018-04-22). "How Morocco's 1986 World Cup campaign changed African football forever". These Football Times. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  28. ^ "Stats of the Day – 16 June 2018" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  29. ^ "Morocco stuns Spain on penalty kicks to advance at World Cup". CBC Sports. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  30. ^ "World Cup: Morocco becomes first Arab country to ever reach quarterfinals". Al Arabiya English. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  31. ^ "Morocco 1-0 Portugal: World Cup 2022 quarter-final – live reaction". The Guardian. 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  32. ^ "2022 World Cup stats: Ramos joins Eusebio, overtakes Ronaldo on WC debut". ESPN. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  33. ^ AfricaNews. "Walid Regragui, first African coach to qualify for World Cup quarter-finals". Africa News. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
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