Morocco
Coach
Walid Regragui
World Cup Appearances
7
Best Finish
Semi-finals (2022)
Complete Team Guide
Morocco name their World Cup 2026 squad under new coach Mohamed Ouahbi, who took charge in March after Walid Regragui resigned following the AFCON final defeat to Senegal. Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri are both absent. Nine players from the historic 2022 semi-final squad return, led by Achraf Hakimi and Sofyan Amrabat, who is racing to be fit after surgery. Brahim Díaz, who scored 5 goals at the AFCON, carries Morocco's creative ambitions into a Group C that opens against Brazil.
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Road to 2026
Morocco no longer arrive at major tournaments as a feel-good outsider alone. FIFA's Morocco team profile notes that the Atlas Lions topped Group E in CAF qualifying and became the first African nation to secure a place at World Cup 2026 thanks to a 5-0 win over Niger on 5 September. After the 2022 semi-final run, the question has shifted from whether Morocco belong at this level to how far they can push it again.
Key Players
Achraf Hakimi
Defender
Paris Saint-Germain
Hakimi remains the side's most explosive individual threat and one of the few full-backs in world football who can completely change a match from deep areas.
Brahim Díaz
Attacking Midfielder
Real Madrid
Brahim gives Morocco more subtle attacking craft between the lines and helps them avoid becoming too reliant on transitions alone.
Youssef En-Nesyri
Forward
Fenerbahçe
En-Nesyri's movement in the box still matters enormously in the type of tight, low-margin games Morocco often play.
Noussair Mazraoui
Defender
Manchester United
Mazraoui adds balance and top-level club experience to a back line that has become one of Morocco's foundations.
Yassine Bounou
Goalkeeper
Al-Hilal
Bounou remains a tournament goalkeeper in the truest sense: calm, experienced and capable of defining knockout ties.
Goalkeepers
Yassine Bounou
Al Hilal
Munir El Kajoui
RS Berkane
Reda Tagnaouti
AS Far
Defenders
Noussair Mazraoui
Manchester United
Anass Salah-Eddine
PSV Eindhoven
Youssef Belammari
Al Ahly
Achraf Hakimi
Paris Saint-Germain
Zakaria El Ouahdi
Racing Genk
Chadi Riad
Crystal Palace
Nayef Aguerd
Marseille
Redouane Halhal
KV Mechelen
Issa Diop
Fulham
Midfielders
Samir El Mourabet
Strasbourg
Ayyoub Bouaddi
Lille
Neil El Aynaoui
AS Roma
Sofyan Amrabat
Real Betis
Azzedine Ounahi
Girona
Bilal El Khannouss
Stuttgart
Ismael Saibari
PSV Eindhoven
Attackers
Abde Ezzalzouli
Real Betis
Chemsdine Talbi
Sunderland
Soufiane Rahimi
Al Ain
Ayoub El Kaabi
Olympiacos
Brahim Díaz
Real Madrid
Gessime Yassine
Strasbourg
Ayoube Amaimouni
Eintracht Frankfurt
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