MOROCCO
WC98 qualifications
past
country
Africa GROUP 5
Coach : Henri MICHEL
3 participations
FIFA World Ranking (05/1998):
13th
Selection 1998 of Morocco
Goalkeeper:
Abdelkader Brazi (FAR Rabat), Driss Benzékri (RS Settat), Mustapha Chadli (Raja Casablanca).
Defenders:
Abdelilah Saber (Sporting Lisbonne/Por), Abdelkrim El Hadrioui (Benfica/Por), Lahcen Abrami (Widad Casablanca), Noureddine Naybet (Deportivo La Corogne/Esp), Rachid Neqrouz (Bari/Ita), Smahi Triki (Lausanne/Sui), Youssef Rossi (Rennes/Fra).
Midfielders:
Rachid Azzouzi (FC Cologne/All), Saïd Chiba (Compostelle/Esp), Mustapha Hadji (Deportivo La Corogne/Esp), Abderrahim Ouakili (Munich 1860/All), Jamal Sellami (Raja Casablanca), Tahar (Benfica/Por), Youssef Chipo (Porto/Por), Gharib Amzine (Mulhouse/Fra).
Forwards:
Salaheddine Bassir (Deportivo La Corogne/Esp), Ali El Khattabi (Heerenveen/P-B), Rachid Roki (SCMM Mohammédia), Abdeljilil Hadda (Club Africain/Tun).


To resume the preliminary competition
  • Morocco was exempted from the 1st round in African Area.
  • Opponents in the Second Round : Gabon, Ghana, Sierra Leone.
    MOROCCO 4-0
    2-2
    aban.
    1-0
    1-0
    2-0
    Sierra L.
    Ghana
    Gabon
    Sierra L.
    Ghana
    Gabon
    Final Table second round,
    group 5
    Pos P W D L Goals Pts
    1 6 5 1 0 14:2 16
  • Team of the Eliminatories. France98.
    Best players:
    Naybet, Hadji, Bassir,
    Typical team:
    Brazi - Saber, Rossi, Naybet, Haddrioui - Azzouzi, Chippo, Hadji, Chiba - Bassir, Bahja.


     ABRAMI Lahcen
     ARRAKI Abdellatif
     AZZOUZI Rachid
     BAHJA Ahmed
     BASSIR Salaheddine
     BOUYBOUD Abdelmajid
     CHIPPO Youssef
     EL BRAZI Abdelkader
     EL HADRIOUI Abdelkrim
     EL KHALEJ Tahar
     FERTOUT Youssef
     HABABI El Arbi
     HADDA Abdeljilil
     HADJI El Moustafa
     JRINDOU Abdellatif
     KHALIF Moustafa
     NADER Hassan
     NAZIR Abdelkrim
     NAYBET Noureddine
     RAGHIB Khalid
     ROSSI Youssef
     SABER Abdelilah
     SELLAMI Jamal
     TRIKI Smahi



    To resume the previous cups
    1994 1st round Netherlands Morocco 2-1
    1994 1st round Saudi Arabia Morocco 2-1
    1994 1st round Belgium Morocco 1-0
    1986 8th finale RFA Morocco 1-0
    1986 1st round Portugal Morocco 1-3
    1986 1st round Poland Morocco 0-0
    1970 8th finale Bulgaria Morocco 1-1
    1970 8th finale Peru Morocco 3-0
    1970 8th finale RFA Morocco 2-1
    Grading in the previous cups
    1994 1st round 23th
    1986 8th finale 11th
    1970 8th finale 14th



    MOROCCO
    Country caracteristics:
    26.000.000 inhabitants,
    710.800 km²
    City:
    Rabat
    System of government :
    Monarchy
    Time difference :
    - 2 hours with Paris
    Colors:
    red t-shirt with white borders, green short, red socks.
    Federation:
    Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football, created in 1955.
    Principals clubs:
    Raja Casablanca, Widad Casablanca, Forces armées royales (FAR), Kawkab Marrakech.
    Principals stadiums:
    Complexe Mohamed V (Casablanca, 100.000), complexe Moulay Abdallah (Rabat, 80.000), Stade d'Honneur (Oujda, 30.000), Larbi Zaouli (Casablanca, 30.000).

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