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Morocco Names 27-Man Squad for Friendlies Against Burkina Faso and Niger

Wednesday 28 August 2019, by Sylvanus

The list of 27 Moroccan players for the friendly matches scheduled at the Grand Stadium of Marrakech against Burkina Faso and Niger, respectively, in September 2019, has just been unveiled by national coach Vahid Halilhodzic.

Here is the list of selected players:

Goalkeepers:

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

Defenders:

Omar Boutaib (Raja de Casablanca),
Fouad Chafik (Dijon, France),
Issam Chebake (Yeni Malatyaspor, Turkey),
Badr Banoun (Raja de Casablanca),
Jawad Yamiq (Genoa, Italy),
Ghanem Saiss (Wolverhampton, England),
Abdelhamid Yunis (Stade Reims, France),
Abdelkarim Baadi (Hassania d’Agadir),
Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü, Turkey).

Midfielders:

Youssef Aït Bennasser (St-Etienne, France),
Sofyan Amrabat (Hellas Verona, Italy),
Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo, Italy),
Younès Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey),
Walid El Karti (Wydad de Casablanca),
Mehdi Oubila (HUSA).

Forwards:

Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands),
Nordin Amrabat (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia),
Adel Taarabt (Benfica, Portugal),
Walid Azaro (Al Ahly, Egypt),
Rachid Alioui (Angers, France),
Mehdi Carcela (Standard de Liège, Belgium),
Amine Harit (Schalke04, Germany),
Soufiane Boufal (Southampton, England).