African Qualifiers for 2022 World Cup (Group I): Morocco’s Coach Unveils List of Selected Players

30 September 2021 Printable Version

Casablanca - Morocco’s coach Vahid Halilhodzic on Thursday unveiled the list of players selected for the next three matches of the Atlas Lions against Guinea Bissau (Matchday 3 and 4) and Guinea Conakry for (Matchday 2) of group I of the African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The national team will receive Guinea Bissau on October 6 and 9, respectively, in Rabat and Casablanca, before facing the Guinean selection on October 12 in Rabat, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) said in a statement published on its website.

Here follows the list of selected players:

- Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou (Sevilla FC), Mounir El Kajoui (Hatayspor), Anas Zniti (Raja Casablanca) and Sami Tlemcani (Chelsea FC).

- Defenders: Soufiane Chakla (Villareal), Samy Mmaee (Ferencváros TC), Ghanem Saïss (Wolverhampton), Nayef Aguerd (Stade Rennais), Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Ayoub El Amloud (Wydad Casablanca), Souffian El Karouani (NEC Nijmegen) and Adam Massina (Watford).

- Midfielders: Fayçal Fajr (Sivasspor), Soufiane Amrabat (Fiorentina), Aymane Barkok (Frankfort), Abdou Harroui (FC Sassuolo), Slim Amallah (Standard de Liège), Ilias Chair (Quenns Park Rangers) and Imran Louza ( Watford).

- Forwards: Soufiane Boufal (Angers SCO), Achraf Bencharki (Zamalek), Munir Haddadi (Sevilla FC), Zakaria Boukhlal (AZ Alkmaar), Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC), Ryan Mmaee (Ferencvárosi TC), Ayoub El Kaabi (Hatayspor) and Soufiane Rahimi (Al-Ain FC).