The Moroccan national football team has announced its squad for a training camp in Lisbon, under the guidance of newly appointed coach Badou Zaki. The squad, which will head to Portugal on May 20, features 27 players and includes the return of Marouane Chamakh, the experienced Crystal Palace striker, who brings his aerial ability and vast experience to the squad.
The Atlas Lions have two matches scheduled during the camp:
Mozambique
Angola
After the training camp in Portugal, the team will return to Marrakech at the end of May for a match against Senegal. They will then travel to Moscow for a match against Russia on June 6.
Here is the full list of players called up for the training camp:
Goalkeepers:
Mohamed Amsif (Augsburg)
Karim Fegrouche (Limassol)
Yassine Bounou (Atlético de Madrid)
Defenders:
Mehdi Benatia (AS Roma)
Issam El Adoua (Levante)
Achraf Lazaar (Palermo)
Zouhair Feddal (Siena)
Zakaria Bergdich (Valladolid)
Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (Montpellier)
Midfielders:
Mounir Obadi (Monaco)
Karim El Ahmadi (Aston Villa)
Abdelaziz Barrada (Al Jazira)
Younes Belhanda (Dynamo Kiev)
Nordine Amrabat (Malaga)
Omar El Kaddouri (Torino)
Nabil El Zhar (Levante)
Marouane Da Costa (Sivasspor)
Jamal Ait Ben Yedder (Auxerre)
Karim Ait Fana (Montpellier)
Aatif Chahechouhe (Sivasspor)
Forwards:
Marouane Chamakh (Crystal Palace)
Oussama Assaidi (Stoke City)
Abderrazak Hamedallah (Guangzhou)
Youssef El Arabi (Granada)
Adel Taarabt (AC Milan)
This squad will play a crucial role in Morocco’s preparation for future competitions.