Jordan World Cup 2026 preview: Players to watch, group matches and squad

Key points

• Jordan make their first World Cup appearance after recently making the finals at the 2023 Asian Cup and 2025 Arab Cup.
• Previous World Cup appearances: 0 Player to watch: Mousa Tamari FIFA world ranking: 63 Jordan are appearing at the World Cup finals for the first time, with their Moroccan coach Jamal Sellami hoping that his players can emulate the heroics of The Atlas Lions four years ago.
• “In big competitions, many teams can surprise.
• My country, Morocco, reached the semifinals in the last World Cup,” the Reuters news agency quoted him as saying during a training camp in Antalya, Turkiye, in late March.
• “That gives us belief.” While a run to the semifinals might be a little bit optimistic, Jordan are coming into the tournament on a good run of form.