The Moroccan U20 football team will play three friendly matches against Ghana and Sierra Leone at the Mohammed VI Football Complex, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) indicates.
The national team will face Ghana on 20 and 24 March and Sierra Leone on the 22nd of the same month.
These matches are part of the preparations of the Atlas Lion Cubs for the final phase of the U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which will be held from 26 April to 18 May in Côte d'Ivoire.
The Moroccan team has been placed in Group B, alongside Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa. Thirty players have been called up by national team coach Mohammed Ouahbi in anticipation of these friendly matches.
Here is the list of called-up players: Ibrahim Gomez (Olympique de Marseille/France), Yanis Benchaouch (AS Monaco/France), Faiçal El Meziani (RKC Waalwijk/Netherlands), Ismail Aouad (Lens/France), Aymane Arkik (Huesca/Spain), Ismail El Bakhti (SK Sturm Graz/Austria), Ismail Baouf (Anderlecht/Belgium), Adam Benaissa (Elche/Spain), Ilyas Boumassoudi (Den Bosh/Netherlands), Ilyas Daou (Anderlecht/Belgium), Samir El Mourabit (Strasbourg/France), Naoufal El Hanach (PS Germain/France), Aissa Habri (Stade Rennais/France), Ilyas Hosni (Le Havre/France), Ahmed Khatir (SK Beveren/Belgium), Hamza Koutoun (Nice/France), Ali Maamar (Anderlecht/Belgium), Othmane Maama (Montpellier/France), Saad El Haddad (Venezia FC/Italy), Yassir Zabiri (FC Famalicão/Portugal), Mouad Dahak (Union Touarga), Anas El Makaoui (FUS Rabat), Houssam Saddak (Union Touarga), Mohammed Amine Katiba (Hassania Agadir), Reda El Allaoui (FUS Rabat), Fouad Zahouani (Union Touarga), Abdelhakim El Mesbahi (AS FAR), Soufiane Karoui (Nacional/Portugal), Aymane Zouine (Inter Milan/Italy) and Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal (Amiens/France).
The national team will face Ghana on 20 and 24 March and Sierra Leone on the 22nd of the same month.
These matches are part of the preparations of the Atlas Lion Cubs for the final phase of the U20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which will be held from 26 April to 18 May in Côte d'Ivoire.
The Moroccan team has been placed in Group B, alongside Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa. Thirty players have been called up by national team coach Mohammed Ouahbi in anticipation of these friendly matches.
Here is the list of called-up players: Ibrahim Gomez (Olympique de Marseille/France), Yanis Benchaouch (AS Monaco/France), Faiçal El Meziani (RKC Waalwijk/Netherlands), Ismail Aouad (Lens/France), Aymane Arkik (Huesca/Spain), Ismail El Bakhti (SK Sturm Graz/Austria), Ismail Baouf (Anderlecht/Belgium), Adam Benaissa (Elche/Spain), Ilyas Boumassoudi (Den Bosh/Netherlands), Ilyas Daou (Anderlecht/Belgium), Samir El Mourabit (Strasbourg/France), Naoufal El Hanach (PS Germain/France), Aissa Habri (Stade Rennais/France), Ilyas Hosni (Le Havre/France), Ahmed Khatir (SK Beveren/Belgium), Hamza Koutoun (Nice/France), Ali Maamar (Anderlecht/Belgium), Othmane Maama (Montpellier/France), Saad El Haddad (Venezia FC/Italy), Yassir Zabiri (FC Famalicão/Portugal), Mouad Dahak (Union Touarga), Anas El Makaoui (FUS Rabat), Houssam Saddak (Union Touarga), Mohammed Amine Katiba (Hassania Agadir), Reda El Allaoui (FUS Rabat), Fouad Zahouani (Union Touarga), Abdelhakim El Mesbahi (AS FAR), Soufiane Karoui (Nacional/Portugal), Aymane Zouine (Inter Milan/Italy) and Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal (Amiens/France).