New Morocco coach Regragui has already healed some old wounds ahead of the World Cup by bringing richly talented Chelsea playmaker Hakim Ziyech back into the fold.
They will need all their top talents to hit form to make a dent, but there is plenty of attacking ingenuity and pace on display.
Here's everything you need to know about Morocco…
Coach: Walid Regragui. Spent more than a decade in French club football before management.
Captain: Romain Saiss. Reliable defender who joined Besiktas in the summer after six solid seasons with Wolves.
Star player: Achraf Hakimi. Among the world's best attacking full-backs, and has already graced Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Inter Milan and Paris Saint-Germain with distinction aged just 24.
One to watch: Hakim Ziyech. Limited to a bit-part role at Chelsea but always offers a defence-splitting pass and will be desperate to impress.
World ranking: 22
Odds: 300/1
Best thing about them: Flair, emotion and intensity in spades so never a dull moment.
Worst thing about them: Could so easily cave in on themselves under pressure.
Their prospects in three words: Shot to nothing.
Fixtures (all times GMT)
- November 23 vs Croatia (10am)
- November 27 vs Belgium (1pm)
- December 1 vs Canada (3pm)
Squad
Goalkeepers: Yassine Bono, Munir, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Romain Saiss, Nayef Aguerd, Achraf Dari, Jawad El-Yamiq, Yahia Attiat-Allal, Badr Benoun
Midfielders: Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Azzedine Ounahi, Bilel El Khanouss, Yahya Jabrane
Forwards: Hakim Ziyech, Youssef En-Nesyri, Sofiane Boufal, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Ez Abde, Anass Zaroury, Ilias Chair, Abderrazak Hamdallah, Walid Cheddira
