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Morocco World Cup Squad 2022 Full list
🚨 FULL SQUAD LIST #DimaMaghrib 🇲🇦 #FIFAWorldCupQualifiers #WCQ2022 #FRMF #Morocco pic.twitter.com/4yRme5MjsV
— Équipe du Maroc (@EnMaroc) August 26, 2021
1. Yassine Bounou
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: Sevilla (SPAIN)
Age: 31
Caps: 46
Quick bio:
Yassine spent most of his career in Spain, making over 100 La Liga appearances for Girona and Sevilla, and 56 in Segunda División for Zaragoza and Girona. He won the UEFA Europa League with Sevilla in 2020. A full international for Morocco since 2013, Bounou has represented his nation at two FIFA World Cup and three Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. He previously played for the under-23 team at the 2012 Olympics.
2. Munir El Haddadi Mohamed
Position: Goal keeper
Current Club: Al Wehda (KSA)
Age:33
Caps: 43
Quick bio:
Born in Spain to Moroccan parents, Munir earned one cap for the Spain national team against Macedonia in 2014. He switched his allegiance to Morocco in 2021, following FIFA's change of rules that year, and went on to represent the side at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
3. Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
Position: Goalkeeper
Current Club: Wydad (MOROCCO)
Age: 26
Caps: 3
Quick bio:
In May 2018 he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and on 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
4. Achraf Hakimi
Position: Defender
Current Club: PSG (FRANCE)
Age: 24
Caps: 54
Quick bio:
Born in Spain to parents from Morocco, Hakimi represented Morocco at various youth levels, before making his international debut in 2016 aged 17, after previously being capped by the nations' youth teams at under-20. He was chosen in Morocco's squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 and 2021.
5. Noussair Mazraoui
Position:Defender
Current Club: Bayern Munich (GERMANY)
Age: 24
Caps: 15
Quick bio:
Mazraoui grew up in Alphen aan de Rijn and started playing for local club AVV Alphen at age 4. He moved to Alphense Boys three years later, where he only played for a year before being invited to play in the youth academy of Ajax.
6. Romain Saiss
Position: Defender
Current Club: Besiktas (TURKEY)
Age: 32
Caps: 66
Quick bio:
Saïss began his career with Valence, then played for Le Havre and Clermont of Ligue 2, and Angers of Ligue 1 before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2016. He made 206 appearances and scored 15 goals, before moving to Beşiktaş in 2021.
7. Nayef Aguerd
Position: Defender
Current Club: West Ham (ENGLAND)
Age: 26
Caps: 22
Quick bio:
Aguerd made his debut for the Morocco national team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Albania on 31 August 2016.
8. Achraf Dari
Position: Defender
Current Club: Brest (FRANCE)
Age: 23
Caps: 4
Quick bio:
Dari represented Morocco at various youth levels, before making his international debut in 2021. He was chosen in Morocco's squads for the FIFA Arab Cup in 2021.
9. Jawad El-Yamiq
Position: Defender
Current Club: Valladolid (SPAIN)
Age: 30
Caps: 12
Quick bio:
Jawad was born on 29 July 1992 in Morocco, specifically in the city of Wadi Zem. He later joined the Olympique Khouribga team training center and played in the Moroccan National Championship, where he was known for his defensive strength and physical toughness. El Yamiq represented Morocco in the 2018 African Nations Championship, helping his country to achieve the first chan title for Morocco.
10. Yahia Attiyat Allah
Position:Defender
Current Club: Wydad (MOROCCO)
Age: 27
Caps: 2
Quick bio:
Born in Safi, Morocco Yahia has played 7 matches for the Moroccan national team and has not scored any goal.
11. Badr Benoun
Position:Defender
Current Club: Qatar SC (QATAR)
Age: 29
Caps: 3
Quick bio
In 2013, Benoun won a gold medal at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games after defeating Indonesia 2–1 in the final. On 7 October 2017, he made his international debut for Morocco in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Gabon at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, replacing Medhi Benatia in a 3–0 victory.
12. Sofyan Amrabat
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Fiorentina (ITALY)
Age: 26
Caps: 39
Quick bio:
He represented the Netherlands internationally at youth level in 2010, before switching allegiance to Morocco's youth national team in 2013, representing them at senior level from 2017.
13. Selim Amallah
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Standard Liege (BELGIUM)
Age: 25
Caps: 24
Quick bio:
Amallah was born in Belgium and is of Moroccan and Italian descent.He chose to represent the Morocco national team at the international level and made his competitive debut in a 0–0 draw with Mauritania on 15 November 2019 in qualification match for the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations.
14. Abdelhamid Sabiri
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Sampdoria (ITALY)
Age: 25
Caps: 2
Quick bio
Sabiri has previously played for Sportfreunde Siegen, 1. FC Nürnberg, Huddersfield Town and SC Paderborn. Born in Morocco, he has represented Germany at under-21 level, before switching allegiance to Morocco in 2022.
15. Azzedine Ounahi
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Angers (FRANCE)
Age: 22
Caps: 10
Quick bio:
On 23 December 2021, Vahid Halilhodžić invited Ounahi to be part of the finals in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Ounahi made his professional debut for the Morocco national team in the 2021 African Cup of Nations in a 1–0 victory against Ghana on 10 January 2022. In his fourth match with Morocco, he managed to score a double in a 4–1 victory against DR Congo in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round, which marked his first goal with the national team.
16. Bilel El Khanouss
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Genk (BELGIUM)
Age: 18
Caps: 0
Quick bio:
Born in Belgium, El Khannous is of Moroccan descent. A former youth international for Belgium, El Khannous switched to represent the Morocco U20s.
17. Yahya Jabrane
Position: Midfielder
Current Club: Wydad (MOROCCO)
Age: 31
Caps: 5
Quick bio:
Yahya was awarded as the Best Player in Botola for the year 2022.
18. Hakim Ziyech
Position: Forward
Current Club: Chelsea (ENGLAND)
Age: 24
Caps: 43
Quick bio:
Originally eligible to play for the Netherlands or Morocco at international level, he represented Morocco at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and 2022 FIFA World Cup. Ziyech is known for his finishing, dribbling, long passes, technique, and ability from free kicks. In 2019, he was selected as one of the 20 best players in the UEFA Champions League for the 2018–19 season.
19. Youssef En-Nesyri
Position:Forward
Current Club: Sevilla (SPAIN)
Age: 25
Caps: 50
Quick bio:
En-Nesyri has spent his entire professional footballing career in Spain, representing Málaga, Leganés and Sevilla. He has made over 150 La Liga appearances and scored over 40 goals. He made his international debut in 2016 aged 18, after previously being capped by the nation's youth teams at under-20 and under-23 levels.
20. Sofiane Boufal
Position: Forward
Angers (FRANCE)
Age: 29
Caps: 32
Quick bio:
Boufal represented Morocco at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He was one of two Moroccan players to fail to score in their 4–1 penalty shootout defeat to Benin in the Round of 16
21. Zaharia Aboukhlal
Position: Forward
Current Club: Toulouse (FRANCE)
Age:24
Caps: 12
Quick bio:
Born in the Netherlands, Aboukhlal was born to a Moroccan mother and Libyan father. He is a former youth international for the Netherlands. He decided not to represent the Netherlands but the Morocco national team Because of his growing up among the Moroccan community residing in the Netherlands, he was called up to represent in November 2020. He was called up for the Libyan National Team but refused.
22. Abdessamad Ezzalzouli
Position: Forward
Current Club: Osasuna (SPAIN)
Age: 20
Caps: 2
Quick bio:
Born in Morocco, Ezzalzouli moved to Spain with his family at the age of seven to live and started his football youth career in the neighborhood of Carrús, in the city of Elche.
23. Anass Zaroury
Position: Forward
Current Club: Burnley (ENGLAND)
Age: 22
Caps: 1
Quick bio:
Born in Belgium, Zaroury is of Moroccan descent. He is a former youth international for Belgium, having played with them up to the Belgium U21s. On 16 November 2022, Zaroury was officially invited to join the Moroccan national team, during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar,in which he replaced Amine Harit, who suffered an injury one week before the World Cup starts.
24. Ilias Chair
Position: Forward
Current Club: QPR (ENGLAND)
Age:25
Caps: 11
Quick bio:
Chair was born in Belgium and is of Moroccan descent. He was called up to the Morocco U20 squad for a week-long training camp in Rabat in June 2017.Chair represented the Morocco U23s in a 1–0 friendly defeat to the Senegal U23s on 23 March 2018.
25. Abderrazak Hamdallah
Position: Forward
Current Club: Al Ittihad (KSA)
Age: 31
Caps: 18
Quick bio:
Born in Safi, Morocco, Hamdallah was the youngest of seven children of the family.
26. Walid Cheddira
Position: Forward
Current Club: Bari (ITALY)
Age: 24
Caps: 2
Quick bio:
Cheddira was born in Italy and is of Moroccan descent. He was called up to play for the Morocco national team for two friendlies against Chile and Paraguay on 23 and 27 September 2022, respectively; he made his debut against Chile as a second-half substitute in a 2–0 win.
Honorable mentions.
The biggest absences from the final list are:
Amine Harit (Olympique Marseille)
Younes Belhanda (Adana Demirspor)
Nordin Amrabat (AEK Athens)
Hamza Mendyl (OH Leuven)
Munir El Haddadi (Getafe)
Zouhair Feddal (Real Valladolid)
Harit, a tricky and fast sprinter winger for French side Olympique Marseille was originally named in the squad, but he suffered an injury before the tournament and was forced to withdraw from the final squad. He was replaced by Anass Zaroury who plays for Burnley FC in England.
It should be noted that the only player who had never been previously called up for the national team was midfielder Bilel El Khanouss, who plies his trade with Belgian side Genk.
Morocco World Cup Results.
Saturday, December. 10
Morocco vs Portugal (1:0)
Al Thumama stadium
Tuesday, December. 6
Morocco vsSpain 0 (0:0 _ 3-0 penalties AET)
Education City stadium
Thursday, December. 1
Canada vs Morocco (1:2)
Al Thumama stadium
Sunday, November. 27
Belgium Vs Morocco (0:2)
Al Thumama stadium
Wednesday, November. 23
Morocco Vs Croatia (0:0)
Al Bayt stadium
Mesut Ozil expresses solidality with the Atlas lions of Morocco.
Former Arsenal forward through his Twitter account tweeted, "Proud! What a team! What an achievement for the African continent & the Muslim world. Great to see such a fairytale is still possible in modern football - this will give so many people so much power & hope."
Morocco managed to reach the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup having concedes just a single goal when they played against Canada in the group stages.
Besides being the first African country to reach the semi-finals of this competition, Morocco is also the first Arab nation to reach this far.
Proud 🤲🏼 What a team! 🇲🇦❤️ What an achievement for the African continent & the Muslim world 🤲🏼 Great to see such a fairytale is still possible in modern football - this will give so many people so much power & hope ❤️❤️⚽ #Morocco #WorldCup #Qatar2022
— Mesut Özil (@M10) December 10, 2022
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