Walid Regragui has named his final 26-man Morocco squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals, with the likes of Bayern Munich's Noussair Mazraoui and Chelsea's Hakim Ziyech set to star for the Atlas Lions.
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Having just succeeded Vahid Halilhodzic as the head coach of the north African giants, Regragui includes star players who were banished by the Bosnian such as Mazraoui and Ziyech.
The 47-year-old comes into the job on a high having just completed a double with Wydad Casablanca in the 2021/22 season, as he led the Moroccan outfit to a Botola Pro and CAF Champions League double.
This will be Morocco's fifth appearance at a World Cup, and the second-highest ranked African side in the competition will be out to outdo their tournament best in 1986. Ziyech is one of the players returning having competed in Russia four years ago. He is alongside Achraf Hakimi, Yassine Bounou and Youssef En-Nesyri.
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Morocco have been drawn in Group F alongside Belgium, Canada, and Croatia.
Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou (Sevilla), Munir El Kajoui (Al Wehda), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad Casablanca).
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Noussair Mazraoui (Bayern Munich), Romain Saiss (Besiktas), Achraf Dari (Brest), Badr Benoun (Qatar SC), Yahia Attiyat Allah (Wydad Casablanca), Jawad El Yamiq (Real Valladolid), Nayef Aguerd (West Ham)
Midfielders: Younes Belhanda (Adana Demirspor), Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), Azzedine Ounahi (Angers), Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria), Iselim Amallah (Standard Liege), Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Casablanca)
Forwards: Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea), Zakaria Aboukhlal (Toulouse), Walid Cheddira (Bari), Sofiane Boufal (Angers), Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla), Abde Ezzalzouli (Osasuna), Amine Harit (Marseille), Ilias Chair (QPR), Abelzrak Hamdallah (Al-Ittihad)
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