The coach of the Atlas Lions, Rachid Taoussi, has revealed the list of Moroccan players who will participate in a friendly match against South Africa on October 11. This match will mark the inauguration of the new Agadir stadium, which is also set to host CAN 2015 matches. Notable returns to the team include Adel Taarabt, who submitted a letter of apology to rejoin the selection, and Mounir El Hamdaoui. However, Ahmed Kantari did not make the selection.
The squad is as follows:
Goalkeepers:
- Yassine Bounou (Atlético Madrid)
- Anas Zniti (AS FAR)
- Mohamed Amsif (Augsburg)
Defenders:
- Mehdi Benatia (AS Roma)
- Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier)
- Issam El Adoua (Levante UD)
- Abdelatif Noussair (Moghreb de Fez)
- Zakarya Bergdich (Real Valladolid)
- Zouhair Feddal (Siena)
- Mohamed Oulhaj (Raja Casablanca)
- Adil Karrouchi (Raja Casablanca)
Midfielders:
- Adel Taarabt (Fulham)
- Abdelaziz Barrada (Al Jazira)
- Younes Belhanda (Dynamo Kiev)
- Omar El Kaddouri (Torino)
- Salahdine Saidi (AS FAR)
- Mounir Obbadi (AS Monaco)
- Mohammed Berrabeh (WAC)
- Abdelillah Hafidi (Raja Casablanca)
- Said Fettah (WAC)
Forwards:
- Abderrazak Hamdallah (Aalesund FK)
- Abdeslam Benjelloun (Fath Rabat)
- Mounir El Hamdaoui (Malaga)
- Youssef El Arabi (Granada)