FIFA World Cup 2018: Morocco team, records, fixtures

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

Provisional squad:

Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Numancia, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Ittihad Tanger);

Defenders: Mehdi Benatia (Juventus, Italy), Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England), Manuel Da Costa (Basaksehir, Turkey), Badr Benoun (Raja Casablanca), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce, Turkey), Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid, Spain), Hamza Mendyl (Lille, France);

Midfielders: M'bark Boussoufa (Al Jazira, UAE), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Youssef Ait Bennasser (Caen, France), Sofyan Amrabat (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Faycal Fajr (Getafe, Spain), Amine Harit (Schalke, Germany);

Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Malatyaspor, Turkey), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St. Pauli, Germany), Ayoub El Kaabi (Renaissance Berkane), Nordin Amrabat (Leganes, Spain), Mehdi Carcela (Standard de Liege, Belgium), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax, Netherlands).

Coach for 2018:

Morocco’s coach Herve Renard.   | Photo Credit: AP

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): 0

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