Morocco’s World Cup Qualifier Squad: Saïss Returns, Harit Omitted

Excluded since March, Romain Saïss is on Regragui’s list for the matches against Zambia and Congo, made public this Tuesday, May 28. On the other hand, the Moroccan coach did not call up Amine Harit for these matches, due to the drop in form of the attacking midfielder who did not shine this season at Olympique de Marseille. The coach of the Atlas Lions has summoned the majority of the players who played the friendly matches against Angola (1-0) and Mauritania (0-0) last March.

In the context of the 2026 World Cup African qualifiers which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico, Morocco shares group E with Tanzania, Zambia, Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Atlas Lions won against Tanzania (2-0) on November 21, in the second round. Achraf Hakimi and his teammates face Zambia on June 7 at home, and the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 11 in Brazzaville, for the third and fourth rounds.

Here is the list of called up players:

Goalkeepers (3)

Yassine Bounou, Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
Munir El Kajoui, Al-Wehda (Saudi Arabia)
El Mehdi Benabid, AS FAR (Morocco)

Defenders (9)

Achraf Hakimi, Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Noussair Mazraoui, Bayern Munich (Germany)
Nayef Aguerd, West Ham (England)
Chadi Riad, Real Betis (Spain)
Abdel Abqar, Deportivo Alavés (Spain)
Mohamed Chibi, Pyramids FC (Egypt)
Achraf Dari, Sporting de Charleroi (Belgium)
Romain Saïss, Al-Shabab (Saudi Arabia)
Yahia Attiat Allah, FK Sochi (Russia)

Midfielders (8)

Sofyan Amrabat, Manchester United (England)
Azzedine Ounahi, Olympique de Marseille (France)
Bilal El Khannouss, KRC Genk (Belgium)
Brahim Diaz, Real Madrid (Spain)
Amir Richardson, Stade de Reims (France)
Oussama El Azzouzi, FC Bologna (Italy)
Ismael Saibari, PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Oussama Traghalline, Le Havre (France)

Forwards (7)

Hakim Ziyech, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Ilias Akhomach, Villarreal (Spain)
Youssef En-Nesyri, Sevilla FC (Spain)
Ayoub El Kaabi, Olympiacos (Greece)
Amine Adli, Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Eliesse Ben Seghir, AS Monaco (France)
Soufiane Rahimi, Al-AIn FC (United Arab Emirates)