World Cup Play-off: Morocco’s Coach Unveils Selected Players

17 March 2022 Printable Version

Salé - Morocco’s coach Vahid Halilhodzic on Thursday unveiled the list of players selected for the next two matches of the Atlas Lions against the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of the 2022 World Cup play-off.

The national team will play the first match in Kinshasa on March 25, before receiving the Congolese team in Casablanca fur days later.

Here follows the list of selected players:

- Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou (Sevilla FC - Spain), Munir El Kajoui (Hatayspor - Turkey) and Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad Casablanca - Morocco).

- Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (Paris SG - France), Sofiane Alakouch (Lausanne FC - Switzerland), Yahya Attiat Allah (Wydad Casablanca - Morocco), Adam Massina (Watford - UK), Jawad El Tamiq (Real Valladolid - Spain), Samy Mmaee (Ferencvárosi TC - Bulgaria), Soufiane Chakla (OH Louvain - Belgium), Nayef Aguerd (Stade Rennais - France) and Ghanem Saïss (Wolverhampton - UK).

- Midfielders: Soufiane Amrabat (Fiorentina - Italy), Fayçal Fajr (Sivasspor - Turkey), Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Casablanca - Morocco), Imran Louza (Watford - UK), Selim Amallah (Standard de Liège - Belgium), Azzedine Ounahi (Angers SCO - France) and Ilias Chair (Quenns Park Rangers - UK).

- Forwards: Munir Haddadi (Sevilla FC - Spain), Soufiane Boufal (Angers SCO - France), Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (FC Barcelona - Spain), Ryan Mmaee (Ferencvárosi TC, Hungary), Ayoub El Kaabi (Hatayspor - Turkey), Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC - Spain) and Tarik Tissoudali (KAA Gent - Belium).