Morocco has the highest proportion of players born overseas for any team playing at the World Cup, with 14 of the 26-man squad born overseas my favs Access and manage your favorites here ...

The Moroccan football federation have set up extensive scouting networks to track their diaspora players in Europe. (Getty Images: Julian Finney)Many were surprised that Achraf Hakimi, one of the ...

With fans relishing the on-field magic, Morocco is being cited by some as an example of how countries ranked outside Fifa's top 20 nations can successfully turn to their global diaspora to achieve ...

A Morocco supporter celebrates his national team's victory against Spain on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, on 6 December 2022 (AFP) By Samia Lokmane in Paris ...

The Atlas Lions made history at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The Morocco national football team was not only the first team from an African country to qualify for the FIFA World Cup semi-finals, they ...

But 62 per cent of Morocco’s players in their qualifying matches were born abroad, by far the highest proportion of any team going to the World Cup, says the CIES Football Observatory. The ...

Morocco has played more than 400 minutes of football at the tournament and negotiated a penalty shootout, and yet the Atlas Lions have conceded just once – and that was an unfortunate own goal ...

In 2022 Morocco became the first African and Arab national football team to reach a Fifa World Cup men’s semi-final; and Wydad AC won the Africa Champions League. The good news continued in 2023 ...

Morocco is the first North African and majority Arab nation to qualify for the Women’s World Cup. It’s hoping to pick up the baton its men’s team carried in Qatar.

Morocco supporters celebrate after their team won the Qatar 2022 World Cup round 16 football match between Morocco and Spain, at the FIFA fan zone in Doha, on December 6, 2022.

FILE - Morocco fans celebrate their team's victory against Spain in the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo ...