Morocco Announces 27-Man Squad for Africa Cup of Nations Preparation

27 May 2019 – bySaid · 1 min read

A pre-list of 27 players has just been unveiled by the coach of the Moroccan national football team, Hervé Renard. These players are called up for the training camp at the National Football Center (CNF) of Maâmoura starting June 2.

Absent from the field for several weeks due to an injury, Achraf Hakimi will make his big comeback among the Atlas Lions. The presence of Abderazak Hamad Allah, in open conflict for months with the coach but impossible not to summon given his performances within the Saudi club of Al Nasr, is also noted.

Here is, moreover, the list of the 27 players:

Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Gerona, Spain), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad of Casablanca), Abdelali M’Hamdi (Renaissance of Berkane).

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), 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), 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), Abdelkrim Baâdi (Hassania d’Agadir), Amine Harit (Schalke 04, Germany), Ayoub El Kaâbi (Hebei China Fortune FC, China), Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands).

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Football Africa Cup of Nations Atlas Lions