France vs. Morocco: Head-to-head record and past meetings

France and Morocco met for the seventh time in history in the quarter-finals of World Cup 2026, with Didier Deschamps' side ultimately booking their place in the semi-finals.

Kylian Mbappe missed the chance to open the scoring from the spot when his penalty was saved, but the forward did eventually put France ahead before Ousmane Dembele sealed a 2-0 win for Deschamps' team.

Following the quarter-final tie in Boston, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between them.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 7

France wins: 5

Draws: 1

Morocco wins: 1

Forever linked both politically and culturally as a result of colonisation, France and Morocco may have a complicated relationship but it has been pretty one-sided on the pitch.

After Les Bleus narrowly won the first official meeting, a 1988 clash at the Tournoi de France, their first friendly fixture came at Marseille's Velodrome in January 1999.

As an all-conquering French team built towards what would be a successful Euro 2000 campaign, Youri Djorkaeff scored the reigning world champions' only goal.

The pair also met twice at the King Hassan II Tournament in Casablanca, a now-defunct event that took place sporadically from 1996 to 2008.

There, the European side lost 6-5 on penalties after a 2-2 draw - with Djorkaeff missing his spot kick - and recorded a 5-1 victory over their North African counterparts.

Then, in late 2007, a late goal for either side capped off a 2-2 friendly draw at Stade de France; it would be 15 years before they met again.

On that occasion, the countries' first competitive encounter carried incredibly high stakes. Paired together in an unexpected World Cup semi-final, underdogs Morocco were riding the crest of a wave.

Though the Atlas Lions had roared into the final four at Qatar 2022, their old foes finally put a stop to that surge, winning 2-0 thanks to goals from Theo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani.

That scoreline was repeated in their World Cup 2026 quarter-final meeting, with goals from Mbappe and Dembele sealing a 2-0 win for France.