Canada v Morocco, 04 July 2026

Score3-0 to Morocco
RefereeMichael Oliver
CompetitionFIFA World Cup Finals - Round of 16
VenueNRG Stadium, Houston TX
Attendance68,777

View Canada v Morocco head to head

Kick-off: 12.00pm local . Head to Head Played: 5 Canada won: 0 Drawn: 1 Morocco won: 4 Canada scored: 4 Morocco scored: 13 . FIFA World Ranking: Canada 30th, Morocco 7th . This was the second meeting at a FIFA World Cup tournament. Morocco won the final group game in Doha, Qatar in 2022 (2-1).

0 Canada

Manager: Jesse Marsch

3 Morocco

Manager: Mohamed Ouahbi

Goals:

Goals:

Azzedine Ounahi 50 G
Azzedine Ounahi 82 G
Soufiane Rahimi 90+8 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau
Defender Luc De Fougerolles
Defender Alistair Johnston
Defender/Midfielder Ali Ahmed
Defender/Midfielder Moïse Bombito
Defender/Midfielder Richie Laryea
Defender/Midfielder Niko Sigur
Midfielder Stephen Eustáquio (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Tajon Buchanan
Forward Jonathan David
Forward Tani Oluwaseyi

Starting lineup:

Yassine Bounou Goalkeeper
Issa Diop Defender
Achraf Hakimi Defender (captain)
Redouane Halhal Defender
Noussair Mazraoui Defender/Midfielder
Ayyoub Bouaddi Midfielder
Brahim Díaz Midfielder
Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder
Bilal El Khannous Midfielder
Azzedine Ounahi Midfielder
Ismael Saibari Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Cyle Larin for Tani Oluwaseyi 63
Promise David for Ali Ahmed 79
Jacob Shaffelburg for Richie Laryea 79
Jayden Nelson for Tajon Buchanan 87
Jonathan Osorio for Niko Sigur 87

Substitutions:

Soufiane Rahimi for Ismael Saibari 22
Sofyan Amrabat for Ayyoub Bouaddi 63
Chemsdine Talbi for Bilal El Khannous 63
Samir El Mourabet for Azzedine Ounahi 87
Marwane Saâdane for Issa Diop 87

Cards:

Richie Laryea 40 Y
Jonathan David 43 Y
Luc De Fougerolles 49 Y
Cyle Larin 67 Y

Cards:

Redouane Halhal 20 Y
Achraf Hakimi 40 Y
Azzedine Ounahi 45 Y
Bilal El Khannous 45+6 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Owen Goodman
Goalkeeper Dayne St Clair
Defender Derek Cornelius
Defender Joel Waterman
Defender/Midfielder Alphonso Davies
Defender/Midfielder Alfie Jones
Midfielder Mathieu Choinière
Midfielder Jonathan Osorio
Midfielder Nathan Saliba
Midfielder Jacob Shaffelburg
Midfielder/Forward Liam Millar
Midfielder/Forward Jayden Nelson
Forward Promise David
Forward Cyle Larin

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Munir El Kajoui
Goalkeeper Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
Defender Chadi Riad
Defender Anass Salah-Eddine
Defender/Midfielder Youssef Belammari
Defender/Midfielder Zakaria El Ouahdi
Defender/Midfielder Marwane Saâdane
Midfielder Sofyan Amrabat
Midfielder Samir El Mourabet
Midfielder Gessime Yassine
Midfielder/Forward Ayoube Amaimouni
Midfielder/Forward Amine Sbaï
Midfielder/Forward Chemsdine Talbi
Forward Ayoub El Kaabi
Forward Soufiane Rahimi

Comments:

Following their first-ever knockout phase win, this was Canada’s first-ever game in the Round of 16 at a FIFA World Cup tournament. . The Canucks had scored in their six preceding games at the FIFA World Cup finals after failing to score in their first four. . They had previously lost games at the NRG Stadium in Houston in the CONCACAF Gold Cup against Haiti in the Quarter-finals in 2019 and Mexico in the Semi-finals in 2021. . Canada named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. Ismaël Koné was unavailable due to injury (fractured tibia).

Comments:

Having reached the Round of 16 in consecutive participations at the FIFA World Cup for the first time, Morocco had now become the first CAF (African) nation to reach the Quarter-finals in consecutive editions. . Azzedine Ounahi had now become the first player to score two or more goals in a game at the FIFA World Cup finals for the Atlas Lions since Salahedine Bassir against Scotland in Saint-Etienne, France in 1998. . Montreal-born Yassine Bounou had now become the first-ever goalkeeper to play against the country of his birth in two editions of FIFA World Cup tournaments (previously in 2022 in Doha, Qatar). [c/o MrChiping]

0 Canada

Manager: Jesse Marsch

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Maxime Crépeau
Defender Luc De Fougerolles
Defender Alistair Johnston
Defender/Midfielder Ali Ahmed
Defender/Midfielder Moïse Bombito
Defender/Midfielder Richie Laryea
Defender/Midfielder Niko Sigur
Midfielder Stephen Eustáquio (captain)
Midfielder/Forward Tajon Buchanan
Forward Jonathan David
Forward Tani Oluwaseyi

Substitutions:

Cyle Larin for Tani Oluwaseyi 63
Promise David for Ali Ahmed 79
Jacob Shaffelburg for Richie Laryea 79
Jayden Nelson for Tajon Buchanan 87
Jonathan Osorio for Niko Sigur 87

Cards:

Richie Laryea 40 Y
Jonathan David 43 Y
Luc De Fougerolles 49 Y
Cyle Larin 67 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Owen Goodman
Goalkeeper Dayne St Clair
Defender Derek Cornelius
Defender Joel Waterman
Defender/Midfielder Alphonso Davies
Defender/Midfielder Alfie Jones
Midfielder Mathieu Choinière
Midfielder Jonathan Osorio
Midfielder Nathan Saliba
Midfielder Jacob Shaffelburg
Midfielder/Forward Liam Millar
Midfielder/Forward Jayden Nelson
Forward Promise David
Forward Cyle Larin

Comments:

Following their first-ever knockout phase win, this was Canada’s first-ever game in the Round of 16 at a FIFA World Cup tournament. . The Canucks had scored in their six preceding games at the FIFA World Cup finals after failing to score in their first four. . They had previously lost games at the NRG Stadium in Houston in the CONCACAF Gold Cup against Haiti in the Quarter-finals in 2019 and Mexico in the Semi-finals in 2021. . Canada named 14 of a possible 15 substitutes. Ismaël Koné was unavailable due to injury (fractured tibia).

3 Morocco

Manager: Mohamed Ouahbi

Goals:

Azzedine Ounahi 50 G
Azzedine Ounahi 82 G
Soufiane Rahimi 90+8 G

Starting lineup:

Yassine Bounou Goalkeeper
Issa Diop Defender
Achraf Hakimi Defender (captain)
Redouane Halhal Defender
Noussair Mazraoui Defender/Midfielder
Ayyoub Bouaddi Midfielder
Brahim Díaz Midfielder
Neil El Aynaoui Midfielder
Bilal El Khannous Midfielder
Azzedine Ounahi Midfielder
Ismael Saibari Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Soufiane Rahimi for Ismael Saibari 22
Sofyan Amrabat for Ayyoub Bouaddi 63
Chemsdine Talbi for Bilal El Khannous 63
Samir El Mourabet for Azzedine Ounahi 87
Marwane Saâdane for Issa Diop 87

Cards:

Redouane Halhal 20 Y
Achraf Hakimi 40 Y
Azzedine Ounahi 45 Y
Bilal El Khannous 45+6 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Munir El Kajoui
Goalkeeper Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
Defender Chadi Riad
Defender Anass Salah-Eddine
Defender/Midfielder Youssef Belammari
Defender/Midfielder Zakaria El Ouahdi
Defender/Midfielder Marwane Saâdane
Midfielder Sofyan Amrabat
Midfielder Samir El Mourabet
Midfielder Gessime Yassine
Midfielder/Forward Ayoube Amaimouni
Midfielder/Forward Amine Sbaï
Midfielder/Forward Chemsdine Talbi
Forward Ayoub El Kaabi
Forward Soufiane Rahimi

Comments:

Having reached the Round of 16 in consecutive participations at the FIFA World Cup for the first time, Morocco had now become the first CAF (African) nation to reach the Quarter-finals in consecutive editions. . Azzedine Ounahi had now become the first player to score two or more goals in a game at the FIFA World Cup finals for the Atlas Lions since Salahedine Bassir against Scotland in Saint-Etienne, France in 1998. . Montreal-born Yassine Bounou had now become the first-ever goalkeeper to play against the country of his birth in two editions of FIFA World Cup tournaments (previously in 2022 in Doha, Qatar). [c/o MrChiping]