Morocco Names 49-Player Squad for Africa Cup of Nations Qualifier

This new list from the boss of the technical staff of the Atlas Lions presents surprises with the return of several elements and the entry of new players.

The first leg of this match counting for the qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations is scheduled for March 27 at the Mohammed V complex in Casablanca, while the return leg will take place four days later in Bangui.

Here is Vahid Halilhodzic’s full list:

Goalkeepers:
1. Anas Zniti (Raja Club Athletic).
2. Hicham El Majhad (Ittihad Riadi de Tanger).
3. Monir El Kajoui (FC Malaga/ESP).
4. Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad Casablanca).
5. Yassine Bounou (FC Seville/ESP).

Defenders:
6. Fouad Chafik (Dijon/FRA).
7. Issam Chebake (Malatyaspor/TUR).
8. Noussair Mazraoui (AFC Ajax/Netherlands).
9. Badr Benoun (Raja Club Athletic).
10. Saiss Ghanem (Wolverhampton/ENG).
11. Jawad El Yamiq (Real Zaragoza/ESP).
12. Samy Mmaee A Nwambebe (K Saint-Trond/BEL).
13. Nayef Aguerd (Dijon/FRA).
14. Yunis Abdelhamid (Stade Reims/FRA).
15. Zouhair Feddal (Real Betis/ESP).
16. Hamza Mendyl (Dijon/FRA).
17. Abdelkrim Baadi (Hassania Union Sport Agadir).
18. Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahçe/TUR).
19. Amir Absalem (Almere City/Netherlands).
Achraf Hakimi (BVB Dotmund/GER).

Midfielders:
20. Abdelhamid Sabiri (SC Paderborn/GER).
21. Driss Saddiki (Willem II/Netherlands).
22. Sofyan Amrabat (Hellas Verona FC/ITA).
23. Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Athletic Club).
24. Mohamed Ali Bamaamar (AS FAR).
25. Aymen Barkok (Dusseldorf/GER).
26. Faycal Fajr (Getafe FC/ESP).
27. Walid El Karti (Wydad Athletic Club).
28. Adel Taarabt (SL Benefica/POR).
29. Selim Amallah (Standard de Liège/BEL).
30. Nassim Boujellab (Schalke 04/GER).
31. Sofiane Kiyine (US Salernitana/ITA).
32. Oussama Tannane (Vitesse Arnhem/Netherlands).
33. Yassine Benrahou (Nimes/FRA).
34. Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray/TUR).
35. Hakim Ziyech (AFC Ajax/Netherlands).

Forwards:
37. Noureddine Amrabat (AL Nassr FC/KSA).
38. Mohamed Rharsalla (Solvan Bratisalava/SVQ).
39. Mehdi Carcela (Standard de Liège/BEL).
40. Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar/Netherlands).
41. Rafik Zekhnini (FC Twente/Netherlands).
42. Sofiane Boufal (Southampton/ENG).
43. Achraf Bencharki (Zamalek/EGY).
44. Karim El Berkaoui (Hassania Union Sport Agadir).
45. Oualid Azzarou (Ettifaq/KSA).
46. Rachid Alioui (Angers/FRA).
47. Youssef El Arabi (Olympiakos FC/GRE).
48. Youssef En-Nesiry (FC Seville/ESP).
49. Amine Harit (Schalke 04/GER).