Morocco Announces 23-Man Squad for 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

11 June 2019 – bySaid@Bladi · 1 min read

The list of 23 Moroccan players selected for the Africa Cup of Nations, which is to be played in a few days in Egypt, has finally been unveiled by the Atlas Lions coach Hervé Renard. The absence of Amine Harit, Anas Zniti, Ayoub El Kaabi and Abdelkrim Baadi is noted.

The national coach has therefore decided to trust the veterans with of course Medhi Benatia, Hakim Ziyech, Marouane Da Costa, M’bark Boussoufa or Younès Belhanda.

Here is the complete list:

Goalkeepers

Mounir El Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad de Casablanca).

Defenders

Marouane Da Costa (Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Ghanem Saiss (Wolverhampton, England), Abdelhamid Yunis (Stade Reims, France), Mehdi Benatia (Al-Duhail Sports, Qatar), Achraf Hakimi (Dortmund, Germany).

Midfielders

Karim El Ahmadi Arroussi (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Youssef Aït Bennasser (St-Etienne, France), Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo, Italy), M’barek Boussoufa (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Younès Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Fayçal Fajr (Caen, France), Nordin Amrabat (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Mazraoui Noussair (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Forwards

Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes, Spain), Soufiane Boufal (Celta Vigo, Spain), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü, Turkey), Abderazak Hamad Allah (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Khalid Boutayeb (Zamalek, Egypt) and Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands).

Category: Sport

Keywords:

Football Africa Cup of Nations Atlas Lions Hervé Renard