Morocco at the FIFA World Cup - wikipedia Morocco at the FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men 's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ), the sport 's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. The tournament consists of two parts, the qualification phase and the final phase ( officially called the World Cup Finals ). The qualification phase, which currently take place over the three years preceding the Finals, is used to determine which teams qualify for the Finals. The current format of the Finals involves 32 teams competing for the title, at venues within the host nation ( or nations ) over a period of about a month. The World Cup Finals is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final. Morocco have qualified for the final stages of the FIFA World Cup on five occasions. Contents 1 World Cup record 2 By match 3 Squads 4 Record Players 5 Top goalscorers 6 References 7 External links World Cup record FIFA World Cup record Year Round Position Pld GF GA 1930 to 1958 Did Not Enter 1962 Did Not Qualify 1966 Withdrew 1970 Group Stage 14th 0 6 1974 to 1982 Did Not Qualify 1986 Round of 16 11th Did Not Qualify 1994 Group Stage 23rd 0 0 5 1998 Group Stage 18th 5 5 2002 to 2014 Did Not Qualify 2018 Qualified 2022 To Be Decided Total Round of 16 5 / 21 13 7 12 18 By match World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Scorers 1970 Group stage West Germany 1 -- 2 Jarir Peru 0 -- 3 & -- Bulgaria 1 -- 1 Ghazouani 1986 Group stage Poland 0 -- 0 & -- England 0 -- 0 & -- Portugal 3 -- 1 Khairi ( 2 ), Krimau Round of 16 West Germany 0 -- 1 & -- 1994 Group stage Belgium 0 -- 1 & -- Saudi Arabia 1 -- 2 Chaouch Netherlands 1 -- 2 Nader 1998 Group stage Norway 2 -- 2 Hadji, Hadda Brazil 0 -- 3 & -- Scotland 3 -- 0 Bassir ( 2 ), Hadda Squads Morocco squad -- 1970 FIFA World Cup 1 Ben Kassou 2 Lamrani 3 Benkhrif 4 Khassouni ( c ) 5 Slimani 6 Mahroufi 7 Ghandi 8 Bamous 9 Faras 10 El Filali 11 Ghazouani 12 Hazzaz 13 Fadili 14 Jarir 15 Dahane 16 Choukri 17 Alaoui 18 El Khiati 19 Ouaraghli Coach : Vidinić Morocco squad -- 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Zaki ( c ) 2 Khalifa 3 Lamriss 4 El Biyaz 5 Bouyahyaoui 6 Dolmy 7 Mustafa El Haddaoui 8 Bouderbala 9 A. Merry 10 Timoumi 11 M. Merry 12 Hmied 13 Rhiati 14 Ouadani 15 Mouncif El Haddaoui 16 Amanallah 17 Khairi 18 Sahil 19 Jilal 20 Bidane 21 Souleimani 22 Mouddani Coach : Faria Morocco squad -- 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Azmi ( c ) 2 Abdellah 3 El Hadrioui 4 El Khalej 5 Triki 6 Naybet 7 Hadji 8 Azzouzi 9 Chaouch 10 El Haddaoui 11 Daoudi 12 Dghay 13 Bahja 14 Masbahi 15 Hababi 16 Nader 17 Laghrissi 18 Neqrouz 19 Bouyboud 20 Kachloul 21 Samadi 22 Alaoui Coach : Blinda Morocco squad -- 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 El Brazi 2 Saber 3 El Hadrioui 4 Rossi 5 Triki 6 Naybet ( c ) 7 Hadji 8 Chiba 9 Hadda 10 Ouakili 11 El Khattabi 12 Benzekri 13 Neqrouz 14 Bassir 15 Abrami 16 Azzouzi 17 Amzine 18 Chippo 19 Sellami 20 El Khalej 21 Rokki 22 Chadili Coach : Michel Record Players No. Name Matches World Cups Mustapha Hadji 6 1994 and 1998 Rachid Azzouzi 5 1994 and 1998 Abdelkrim El Hadrioui 5 1994 and 1998 Tahar El Khalej 5 1994 and 1998 Noureddine Naybet 5 1994 and 1998 6 Aziz Bouderbala 1986 Noureddine Bouyahyaoui 1986 Abdelmajid Dolmy 1986 Labid Khalifa 1986 Abderrazak Khairi 1986 Krimau 1986 Abdelmajid Lamriss 1986 Mohammed Timoumi 1986 Badou Zaki 1986 Mustafa El Haddaoui 1986 and 1994 Smahi Triki 1994 and 1998 Top goalscorers No. Name Goals World Cups Abderrazak Khairi 1986 Salaheddine Bassir 1998 Abdeljalil Hadda 1998 Maouhoub Ghazouani 1970 Houmane Jarir 1970 Krimau 1986 Mohammed Chaouch 1994 Hassan Nader 1994 Mustapha Hadji 1998 References Jump up ^ `` World Cup Record ''. Planet World Cup. Retrieved 19 February 2014. External links Morocco at FIFA Countries at the FIFA World Cup Team appearances Teams with no appearances All - time table AFC Australia China Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates CAF Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia CONCACAF Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States CONMEBOL Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay OFC New Zealand UEFA Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark East Germany England France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name ( s ). Have been member of multiple confederations. Team and national federation no longer exist. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morocco_at_the_FIFA_World_Cup&oldid=812686288 '' Categories : Morocco at the FIFA World Cup Countries at the FIFA World Cup Morocco national football team Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 29 November 2017, at 07 : 42. About Wikipedia

Question: how many times has morocco been to the world cup
Answer: five