Morocco is in Group B alongside Spain, Portugal and Iran.
French head coach Herve Renard has selected the following 23 players to be part of Morocco’s official 2018 World Cup team:
Player | Position | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Munir Mohamedi | Keeper | 29 | 25 | 0 | Numancia 🇪🇦 |
Yassine Bounou | Keeper | 27 | 10 | 0 | Girona 🇪🇦 |
Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti | Keeper | 22 | 2 | 0 | Ittihad Tanger 🇲🇦 |
Achraf Hakimi | Right back | 19 | 7 | 1 | Real Madrid 🇪🇦 |
Nabil Dirar | Right back | 32 | 34 | 3 | Fenerbahce 🇹🇷 |
Manuel da Costa | Centre back | 32 | 25 | 1 | Istanbul BB 🇹🇷 |
Romain Saiss | Centre back | 28 | 21 | 1 | Wolverhampton 🏴 |
Mehdi Benatia (c) | Centre back | 31 | 54 | 2 | Juventus 🇮🇹 |
Badr Banoun | Centre back | 24 | 9 | 1 | Raja Casablanca 🇲🇦 |
Hamza Mendyl | Left back | 20 | 11 | 0 | Lille 🇫🇷 |
Karim El Ahmadi | Midfielder | 33 | 48 | 1 | Feyenoord 🇳🇱 |
Sofyan Amrabat | Midfielder | 21 | 4 | 0 | Feyenoord 🇳🇱 |
Youssef Ait Bennasser | Midfielder | 21 | 11 | 0 | Caen 🇫🇷 |
Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez | Midfielder | 28 | 19 | 1 | Standard Liege 🇧🇪 |
Faycal Fajr | Midfielder | 29 | 21 | 2 | Getafe 🇪🇦 |
Hakim Ziyech | Midfielder | 25 | 15 | 8 | Ajax 🇳🇱 |
Amine Harit | Midfielder | 20 | 3 | 0 | Schalke 04 🇩🇪 |
Mbark Boussoufa | Midfielder | 33 | 56 | 7 | Al-Jazira 🇦🇪 |
Younes Belhanda | Midfielder | 28 | 44 | 3 | Galatasaray 🇹🇷 |
Nordin Amrabat | Forward | 31 | 41 | 4 | Leganes 🇪🇦 |
Khalid Boutaib | Forward | 31 | 15 | 7 | Malatyaspor 🇹🇷 |
Aziz Bouhaddouz | Forward | 31 | 13 | 3 | St. Pauli 🇩🇪 |
Ayoub El Kaabi | Forward | 24 | 8 | 10 | RS Berkane 🇲🇦 |
Potential Morocco starting XI (4-2-3-1):
Munir – Dirar, Benatia, Saïss, Hakimi – Ahmadi, Boussoufa – Belhanda, Ziyech, Amarabat – Boutaib
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