New Delhi, June 9 -- Morocco arrive at the FIFA World Cup 2026 as Africa's greatest footballing story in history. The Atlas Lions became the first African nation to reach a World Cup semi-final in Qatar 2022. They are now ranked 8th in the world.

New head coach Mohamed Ouahbi inherits a squad that has reached a level entirely different. This is a team no longer content with simply making history. They want to win it.

Morocco have appeared at 6 World Cups across their history. Their first appearance came in Mexico in 1970. For decades, they struggled to translate promise into results.

They failed to qualify in 2006, 2010 and 2014 consecutively. A group-stage exit in the 2018 Russia tournament offered little hint of what was to come. The...