The FIFA World Cup 2018 is scheduled to be held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018. A total of 64 matches will be played in 12 venues located in 11 cities.
The final will be held at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
Current World Cup squad
Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Numancia/ESP), Yassine Bounou (Girona/ESP), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Ittihad Tanger)
Defenders: Medhi Benatia (Juventus/ITA), Romain Saiss (Wolves/ENG), Manuel Da Costa (Istanbul Basaksehir/TUR), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce/TUR), Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid/ESP), Hamza Mendyl (Lille/FRA)
Midfielders: M'barek Boussoufa (Al Jazira/UAE), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord/NED), Youssef Ait Bennasser (Caen/FRA), Sofyan Amrabat (Feyenoord/NED), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray/TUR), Faycal Fajr (Getafe/ESP), Amine Harit (Schalke/GER)
Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Yeni Malatyaspor/TUR), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St Pauli/GER), Ayoub El Kaabi (RS Berkane), Mehdi Carcela (Standard Liege/BEL), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax/NED), Nordin Amrabat (Leganes/ESP), Youssef En-Nesyri (Malaga, ESP).
+ 1 reserve: Oualid El Hajjam (Amiens, FRA).
Coach for 2018:
Morocco’s coach Herve Renard.
Herve Renard
Fixtures:
June 15: vs Iran
June 20: vs Portugal
June 25: vs Spain
Past records
No. of times team has played in WC (number): 4
No. of matches played (number): 13
No. of matches won: 2
No. of matches lost: 7
No. of times lost in finals (Number): 0
No. of times world cup won (number):
No. of goals scored in WC: 12
Top 3 players to watch: Medhi Benatia, Sofiane Boufal, Hakim Ziyech
Road to WC (text): Qualified without conceding a goal as it topped the Confederation of African Football's Group C.
Player who has played most world cups (appearances): Mustafa El Hadji: 6
Player who has scored most no. of goals (Player:No. of goals): Abdelrazzak Khairi: 2
Team Analysis | Morocco — Dark horse
