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Morocco: World Cup 2018 squad

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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