Morocco unveils 26-man squad for friendly against Libya, Gabon

Source: Xinhua| 2019-10-03 23:48:21|Editor: huaxia
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RABAT, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Morocco head coach Vahid Halilhodzic on Thursday unveiled his 26-man squad for the friendly matches against Libya and Gabon.

Morocco will play against Libya on October 11 in Oujda, and Gabon on October 15 in Tangier.

Vahid Halilhodzic, the Bosnian coach who replaced Herve Renard on August 15, said earlier that he wanted to call up new faces for those matches to tune up for the qualifiers of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which is to be held in Cameroon.

Following is Morocco's squad:

Goalkeepers: Munir El Kajoui (Malaga/Spain), Yassine Bounou (Sevilla/Spain), Anas Zniti (Raja/Morocco) and Hicham El Mejhed (Ittihad Tangier/Morocco).

Defenders: Abdelhamid Yunis (Stade Reims, France), Ghanem Saiss (Wolverhampton, England), Issam Chebbak (Malatyaspor, Turkey), Kevin Malcuit (Naples, Italy), Jawad El Yamiq (Genoa, Italy), Zouhair Feddal (Betis Sevilla, Spain), Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Hamza Mendyl (Dijon, France).

Midfielders: Selim Amallah (Standard de Liege, Belgium), Sofyan Amrabat (Hellas Verona, Italy), Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo, Italy), Ahmed Mesaoudi (Groningen, Netherlands), Faycal Fajr (Getafe, Spain), Adel Taarabt (Benfica, Portugal).

Forwards: Rachid Alioui (Angers, France), Nordin Amrabat (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Ismail El Haddad (Wydad/Morocco), Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes, Spain), Amine Harit (Schalke 04, Germany), Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, the Netherlands) and Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands). Enditem

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