RABAT, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Morocco's coach Herve Renard on Tuesday unveiled the list of the 23 players who will play the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Egypt.
The 2019 AFCON, with its new 24-team format, will be held from June 21 to July 19.
Morocco were drawn in AFCON's arguably most intriguing group along with Cote d'Ivoire, South Africa and Namibia.
The team:
Goalkeepers:
Mounir El Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad Casablanca, Morocco).
Defenders:
Marouane Da Costa (Ittihad Djeddah, Saudi Arabia), Ghanem Saiss (Wolverhampton, England), Abdelhamid Yunis (Stade Reims, France), Mehdi Benatia (Al-Duhail Sports, Qatar), Achraf Hakimi (Dortmund, Germany), Noussair Mazraoui (Ajax Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu, Turkey).
Midfielders:
Karim El Ahmadi Arroussi (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Youssef Ait Bennasser (St-Etienne, France), Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo, Italy), M'barek Boussoufa (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Fayçal Fajr (Caen, France), Nordin Amrabat (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam, Pays-Bas).
Forwards:
Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes, Spain), Soufiane Boufal (Celta Vigo, Spain), Abderazak Hamad Allah (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Khalid Boutayeb (Zamalek, Egypt), Oussama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, the Netherlands). Enditem
