Soccer World Cup 1986 / Morocco

This article covers the Moroccan national football team at the 1986 World Cup .

qualification

First round

Sierra Leone	-	Morocco	0: 1
Morocco	-	Sierra Leone	4-0

Second round

Morocco	-	Malawi	2-0
Malawi	-	Morocco	0-0

Third round

Egypt	-	Morocco	0-0
Morocco	-	Egypt	2-0

Final round

Morocco	-	Libya	3-0
Libya	-	Morocco	1-0

Moroccan contingent

number	Surname	Association at the time	birthday	International matches
goalkeeper
1	Badou Zaki	Wydad Casablanca	04/02/1959
12	Salahdine Hmied	FAR Rabat	09/01/1961
22nd	Abdelfettah Mouddani	AC Kenitra	07/30/1956
Defense
2	Labid Khalifa	AC Kenitra	1955
3	Abdelmajid Lamriss	FAR Rabat	02/12/1959
4th	Mustafa El Biyaz	KAC Marrakech	12/12/1960
5	Norredine Bouyahyaoui	AC Kenitra	07/01/1955
14th	Lahcen Ouadani	FAR Rabat	07/14/1959
20th	Abdellah Bidane	CODM Meknes	09/10/1965
midfield
6th	Abdelmajid Dolmy	Raja Casablanca	04/19/1953
7th	Mustafa El Haddaoui	FC Lausanne Sports	07/28/1961
8th	Aziz Bouderbala	FC Sion	December 26, 1960
10	Mohammed Timoumi	FAR Rabat	January 15, 1960
15th	Mouncif El Haddaoui	AS Sale	1962
18th	Mohammed Sahil	KAC Marrakech	10/11/1963
19th	Fadel Jilal	Wydad Casablanca	03/04/1963
21st	Abdelaziz Souleimani	Maghreb Fez	04/30/1958
attack
9	Abdelkarim Crimea	Le Havre AC	01/13/1955
11	Mustafa Merry	Valenciennes FC	04/21/1958
13	Abdelfettah Rhiati	Maghreb Fez	02/25/1963
16	Azzedine Amanallah	Besançon RC	04/07/1956
17th	Abderrazak Khairi	FAR Rabat	11/20/1962
Trainer
	José Faria		04/26/1933

Games of the Moroccan team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Morocco	3: 1	4th
2	England	3: 1	3
3	Poland	1: 3	3
4th	Portugal	2: 4	2

• Poland - Morocco 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Universitario ( Monterrey )

Spectators: 19,000

Referee: Jose Luis Martinez ( Uruguay )

Goals: none

• Morocco - England 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Tecnológico ( Monterrey )

Spectators: 20,000

Referee: Gabriel González ( Paraguay )

Goals: none

• Morocco - Portugal 3: 1 (2: 0)

Stadium: Estadio Jalisco ( Guadalajara )

Spectators: 24,000

Referee: Alan Snoddy ( Northern Ireland )

Goals: 1-0 Khairi (19th), 2-0 Khairi (26th), 3-0 Krimau (62nd), 3: 1 Diamantino (80th)

The North Africans from Morocco were the sensational winners of Group F. After two goalless draws against Poland and England, the outsider was particularly convincing in the 3-1 win over Portugal. England finished second, but only fought for this place after a 3-0 lineker hat trick. Before that, there was a disappointing 1-0 defeat against Portugal. Poland also made it to the round of 16 in third place, for which the Eastern Europeans' only goal, Smolarek's 1-0 against Portugal, was sufficient.

Round of 16

19,000

Estadio Universitario ( Monterrey )

Morocco

BR Germany

Zoran Petrovic ( Yugoslavia )

0: 1 (0: 0)

0: 1 Matthew (87.)

Germany had great difficulties against Morocco and had to wait until shortly before the end until Matthäus put a 30-meter free kick into the mesh of the North Africans, who played with a lot of respect against the uninspired Germans. The best thing about this game, in the opinion of team boss Beckenbauer after the game, was the result.