Rachid Taoussi, the coach of the Moroccan national football team, has announced a preliminary squad of 38 players for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations (CAN). It’s important to note that this list will be trimmed down to a final selection of 23 players in the coming days as the team prepares for the tournament. Two notable absentees from the initial selection are the captain, Houssine Kharja, and M’Bark Boussoufa.
Here is the list of players across different positions:
Goalkeepers:
- Nadir Lamyaghri (Wydad Casablanca)
- Mohamed Amsif (Augsburg)
- Anas Zniti (Maghreb Fez)
- Khalid Askri (Raja Casablanca)
- Aziz Qinani (Moghreb Tétouan)
Defenders:
- Mehdi Benatia (Udinese)
- Younes Hammal (FAR of Rabat)
- Ahmed Kantari (Stade Brestois)
- Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier)
- Abderrahim Chakir (FAR of Rabat)
- Issam El Adoua (Vitória Guimarães)
- Abdelatif Noussair (Maghreb Fez)
- Adil Karrouchi (Raja Casablanca)
- Mickaël Basser (Bursaspor)
- Younes Belakhdar (FAR de Rabat)
- Zakarya Bergdich (RC Lens)
Midfield:
- Salahedinne Saïdi (FAR de Rabat)
- Adil Hermach (Al Hilal)
- Saïd Fettah (Wydad Casablanca)
- Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa)
- Mehdi Nemli (Moghreb Tétouan)
- Abdelaziz Barrada (Getafe)
- Younes Belhanda (Montpellier)
- Salahedinne Aqqal (FAR de Rabat)
- Adrien Regattin (Toulouse FC)
- Zakaria Labyad (Sporting Lisbon)
- Abdelilah Hafidi (Raja Casablanca)
- Mehdi Carcela (Anzhi Makhachkala)
- Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers)
- Nordin Amrabat (Galatasaray)
- Oussama Assaïdi (Liverpool)
- Youssef Kaddioui (FAR of Rabat)
Forwards:
- Abderrazak Hamdallah (OCS)
- Brahim El Bahri (FUS de Rabat)
- Mohcine Yajour (Raja Casablanca)
- Mounir El Hamdaoui (Fiorentina)
- Abdessalam Benjelloun (FUS de Rabat)
- Youssef El Arabi (Granada)
The final selection will be crucial as Morocco aims to field a competitive squad for the upcoming CAN tournament.
