Morocco at the FIFA World Cup explained

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

See main article: FIFA World Cup records and statistics.

FIFA World Cup recordFIFA World Cup qualification record
YearRoundPosition
1930Not a FIFA memberNot a FIFA member
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958Did not enterDid not enter
1962Did not qualify722378
1966WithdrewWithdrew
1970Group stage14th30122610442117
1974Did not qualify104331213
1978202022
1982832356
1986Round of 1611th4121328521121
1990Did not qualify613245
1994Group stage23rd30032510721194
199818th3111556510142
2002Did not qualify10631113
200610550177
2010103341413
2014623198
2018Group stage27th3012248431131
2022Fourth place4th7322658710253
To be determined To be determined
2030Qualified as co-hostsQualified as co-hosts
2034To be determinedTo be determined
Total7/23235711202711958392217583

By match

World CupRoundDateOpponentScoreResultMorocco scorersRef.
1970Group 43 June 19701–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LJarir[3]
6 June 19700–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L[4]
11 June 19701–1align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DGhazouani[5]
1986Group F2 June 19860–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"D[6]
6 June 19860–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"D[7]
11 June 19863–1align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WKhairi (2), Merry[8]
Round of 1617 June 19860–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L
1994Group F19 June 19940–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L[9]
25 June 19941–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LChaouch[10]
29 June 19941–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LNader[11]
1998Group A10 June 19982–2align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DHadji, Hadda[12]
16 June 19980–3align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L[13]
23 June 19983–0align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"WBassir (2), Hadda[14]
2018Group B15 June 20180–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L[15]
20 June 20180–1align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L[16]
25 June 20182–2align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"DBoutaïb, En-Nesyri[17]
2022Group F23 November 20220–0align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"D[18]
27 November 20222–0WSaïss, Aboukhlal[19]
1 December 20222–1WEn-Nesyri, Ziyech[20]
Round of 166 December 20220–0 D[21]
Quarter-final10 December 20221–0WEn-Nesyri[22]
Semi-final14 December 20220–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"L[23]
Third place play-off17 December 20221–2align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"LDari[24]

Record players

Most matches played

RankPlayerMatchesWorld Cups
1Achraf Hakimi102018 and 2022
Hakim Ziyech102018 and 2022
282018 and 2022
Romain Saiss82018 and 2022
Sofyan Amrabat82018 and 2022
3Sofiane Boufal72022
Selim Amallah72022
Azzedine Ounahi72022
4Yahia Attiyat Allah62022
Jawad El Yamiq62022
Yassine Bounou62018 and 2022
Mustapha Hadji61994 and 1998
5Noussair Mazraoui52022
Abdelhamid Sabiri52022
Rachid Azzouzi51994 and 1998
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui51994 and 1998
Tahar El Khalej51994 and 1998
Noureddine Naybet51994 and 1998

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerGoalsWorld Cups
1Youssef En-Nesyri32018, 2022
2Abderrazak Khairi21986
Salaheddine Bassir21998
Abdeljalil Hadda21998
5Maouhoub Ghazouani11970
Houmane Jarir11970
Abdelkrim Merry11986
Mohammed Chaouch11994
Hassan Nader11994
Mustapha Hadji11998
Khalid Boutaïb12018
Achraf Dari12022
Zakaria Aboukhlal12022
Hakim Ziyech12022
Abdelhamid Sabiri12022

Most tournament appearances

Altogether thirteen players share the record of two participations.

RankPlayerWorld Cups
1Noureddine Naybet1994, 1998
Mustapha Hadji1994, 1998
Tahar El Khalej1994, 1998
Abdelkrim El Hadrioui1994, 1998
Smahi Triki1994, 1998
Yassine Bounou2018, 2022
Achraf Hakimi2018, 2022
Sofyan Amrabat2018, 2022
Romain Saïss2018, 2022
Hakim Ziyech2018, 2022
Munir Mohamedi2018, 2022
Youssef En-Nesyri2018, 2022
Reda Tagnaouti2018, 2022

Historical performances

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

First African country to draw a match at the World Cup Finals, with 1–1 draw with Bulgaria.[25]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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

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