Morocco's passion for football was showcased at the men's World Cup last year, when the Atlas Lions defied all expectations and reached the semifinals in Qatar. That energy is now flowing into the women's game.
The Moroccan diaspora reaches far across the globe, including a sizeable community numbering close to 10,000 in Australia.
It means there should be no shortage of red-clad fans in the stands for Morocco's opener against Germany on Monday. And captain Ghizlane Chebbak wants to give them something to cheer about.
"We don't want to go to the World Cup just to participate," she told DW. "We want to be the team that no one bets on but that ends up surprising everyone."
"Moroccan culture combines influences from their Amazigh roots, Arab migration, European colonization and African identity.
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