Morocco Unveils Squad for Upcoming Matches Against Malawi and Argentina

In this list, there are new players from the Botola, as well as the arrival of Oussama Idrissi, who announced a few weeks ago his intention to play with the [Atlas Lions] instead of the [Oranje]. We also note the absence of other players, either due to injury, like Nabil Dirar, or due to lack of playing time, like Hamza Mendyl. However, the latter has been called up by the U23s.

Despite his statements a few months ago that he did not trust players playing in Arab leagues, the coach has called up some veteran players who have gone there for a small golden retirement, but he probably had no choice. Here is the complete list:

Goalkeepers:
Mounir El Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Gerona, Spain), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad de Casablanca, Morocco).

Defenders:
Marouane Da Costa (Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Ghanem Saiss (Wolverhampton, England), Medhi Benatia (Al-Duhail Sports, Qatar), Achraf Hakimi (Dortmund, Germany), Mazraoui Noussair (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), El Hajjam Oualid (Amiens SC, France), Fouad Chafik (Dijon, France), Badr Banoun (Raja de Casablanca).

Midfielders:
Karim El Ahmadi Arroussi (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Youssef Aït Bennasser (St-Etienne, France), M’barek Boussoufa (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Younès Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Fayçal Fajr (Caen, France), Amine Harit (Schalke 04, Germany), Sofiane Amrabet (Club Bruges, Belgium), Anuar Tuhami (Valladolid, Spain), Abdelkrim Baadi (Hassania d’Agadir, Morocco), Oualid El Hajjam (Amiens FC, France), Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo, Italy).

Forwards:
Nordin Amrabat (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Ayoub El Kaâbi (Hebei China Fortune FC, China), Khalid Boutaïb (Zamalek, Egypt), Rachid Alioui (Nîmes, France), Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes, Spain), Soufiane Boufal (Celta Vigo, Spain), Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Abdelilah Hafidi (Raja de Casablanca, Morocco), Ismail El Haddad (Wydad de Casablanca, Morocco), Zakaria Hadraf (Raja de Casablanca).