World Cup 2026

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• Morocco Coach Regragui Faces Potential Dismissal After World Cup Qualifier Matches
  3 April 2024, by Sylvanus

  The days of Walid Regragui, coach of the Atlas Lions, are numbered. If his protégés do not perform well in the matches against Zambia and Congo scheduled for next June as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) will terminate the contract.
  The unsatisfactory performances of the Moroccan national team against Angola (1-0) and Mauritania (0-0) and their early elimination from the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN Côte d’Ivoire 2023) have put Walid (…)

• Morocco’s World Cup Prep: Sevilla FC Trio to Join Atlas Lions for Key Qualifiers
  27 May 2021, by Jérôme

  National coach Vahid Halilhodzic will call up the Moroccan internationals of Sevilla FC, Youssef En-Nesyri, Yassine Bounou and Munir El Haddadi, for the next gathering of the Atlas Lions. This is what the Andalusian club announced on its Twitter account.
  The information was accompanied by a photo of the Moroccan national football team. As part of its preparations for the World Cup qualifiers, the national team will face Ghana (June 8) and Burkina Faso (June 12).
  The complete list of (…)

• Morocco Calls Up Injured Talbi and Sahraoui for World Cup Qualifiers
  19 March, by Prince

  Despite his hamstring injury, Chemsdine Talbi should join the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora for the preparation camp for the matches against Niger and Tanzania, scheduled for March 21 and 25 as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
  According to the site "Kooora", Talbi suffered a hamstring injury during a match with his club, Club Bruges, and is suffering from muscle overload. The coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui, who summoned the young player for the (…)

• Peru to Face World Cup Semi-Finalists Morocco in Madrid Friendly
  28 January 2023, by Prince

  The Peruvian national football team will face the Moroccan national team in a friendly match on March 28, in preparation for the 2026 World Cup qualification matches.
  Peru will cross swords with Morocco, a semi-finalist of the World Cup in Qatar. The match will take place on March 28, 2023 in Madrid, just three days after their friendly match against Germany on March 25 in Mainz, reports Trome.
  The Moroccan team made history at the World Cup in Qatar by becoming the first African team (…)

• Morocco Faces Zambia Challenge in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Group
  14 July 2023, by Said

  The draw for the upcoming matches of the Moroccan national team as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers took place yesterday in Côte d’Ivoire. Despite an apparently easy group, the Atlas Lions will have to be wary.
  The opponent who seems the most formidable for a direct qualification will be Zambia, a former African champion (2012), who had already given the Moroccans trouble during the qualifications for the 1994 World Cup. At the time, Zambia, led by Kalusha Bwaliya, had lost in (…)

• Morocco’s World Cup Qualifier Match Canceled as Eritrea Withdraws from Tournament
  10 November 2023, by Said

  The Moroccan national football team will ultimately not face the Eritrean team. This is what FIFA has just confirmed on its website.
  The match counting for the first day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers was scheduled for November 16 at the Grand Stade d’Agadir.
  A few weeks ago, the local press had reported that the Eritrean federation had announced that the national team had withdrawn from the World Cup qualifiers due to the lack of a large stadium capable of hosting competitions and (…)

• Morocco Calls Up Saint-Étienne’s Bouchouari as Injured Ounahi Withdraws from National Team
  14 November 2023, by Prince

  Benjamin Bouchouari has been called up for the ongoing gathering of the Atlas Lions, replacing Azzedine Ounahi, who is injured, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced on Monday.
  Injured in the back, Azzedine Ounahi is unavailable for the moment and has already missed several matches with his club, Olympique de Marseille. The Moroccan Federation has chosen Benjamin Bouchouari, midfielder of AS Saint-Étienne, to replace him in the Moroccan team.
  Bouchouari, 21, has already (…)

• Morocco’s Amrabat Vows Strong World Cup 2026 Campaign as Qualifiers Begin
  18 November 2023, by Sylvanus

  The Atlas Lions will face Tanzania on November 21 in Dar Es Salaam as part of the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and are also preparing for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be held in Côte d’Ivoire in 2024. Challenges that Sofyan Amrabat promises his teammates and him will take up.
  "We lived an extraordinary World Cup (2022 World Cup, ed.). But it’s not over. We are now starting a new adventure, new challenges... in the next World Cup," Amrabat said in a brief interview published (…)

• Morocco Kicks Off 2026 World Cup Qualifiers Against Tanzania: Match Time and Lineup Preview
  21 November 2023, by Said

  Morocco faces Tanzania this Tuesday, November 21 as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers to be held in the United States and Canada. This match is scheduled live tonight at 8pm.
  The Atlas Lions make their debut tonight against a Tanzanian team ready to take on the semi-finalists of the last World Cup. Walid Regragui, the coach of Morocco, will undoubtedly rely on a squad that should not change much compared to Qatar. We should therefore find Yassine Bounou, Saiss, Aguerd or even Amrabat. (…)

• Morocco Kicks Off World Cup 2026 Qualifiers with 2-0 Win Over Tanzania
  22 November 2023, by Sylvanus

  Morocco won (0-2) Tuesday on the pitch of Tanzania for its first match in the race for qualification for the 2026 World Cup. Enough to delight the coach of the Atlas Lions, Walid Regragui.
  "It’s not just the climate that can worry about this game, Tanzania has a very good team. It’s not easy to beat them at home. We did the job, as they say. We know that everyone is waiting for us. It’s always good to start with a win in qualifiers, especially away and before the 2023 CAN. Congratulations (…)