ST PETERSBURG, Russia – Iran national football team will wear their white kit in the match against Morocco in the 2018 World Cup opener.

The Moroccan team, known as the Atlas Lions, will wear the red kit.

The match has been scheduled to take place at 6pm at the St Petersburg Stadium.

Iran, making their fifth appearance in the World Cup finals, meanwhile, face Spain in Kazan on 20 June before meeting Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in Saransk five days later.