Morocco's Head Coach Unveils Squad for U20 AFCON Egypt-2025

Morocco's Head Coach Unveils Squad for U20 AFCON Egypt-2025
Friday 18 April 2025 - 14:42

Morocco’s head coach of Morocco’s U20 national football team Mohamed Ouahbi unveiled, on Friday, the squad of 26 players summoned to take part in the Africa Cup of Nations (U20 AFCON 2025), to be held from April 27 to May 18 in Egypt.

The U20 national team has been drawn in Group B of this continental competition, which includes Morocco, African champions in 1997, as well as Nigeria, Tunisia and Kenya.

Here follows the squad of players selected:

— Goalkeepers :

Yanis Benchaouch (AS Monaco/France), Ibrahim Gomis (Olympic Marseille/France), Abdelhakim Mesbahi (AS FAR)

— Defenders :

Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal (Amiens SC/France), Smail Bakhty (Sturm Graz/Austria), Ismael Baouf (Anderlecht/Belgium), Issa Habri (Stade Rennes/France), Ahmed Khatir (SK Beveren/Belgium), Hamza Koutoune (OGC Nice/France), Julien Mesbahi (FC Twente/Netherlands), Fouad Zahouani (Union Touarga)

— Midfielders :

Ismaël Aouad (RC Lens/France), Amine Boukamir (Charleroi SC/Belgium), Anass El Makkaoui (FUS Rabat), Naoufel El Hannach (PSG/France), Houssam Essadak (Union Touarga), Reda Laalaoui (FUS Rabat), Saad El Haddad (Venezia FC/Italy)

— Forwards :

Ayman Erguigue (SD Huesca/Spain), Adam El Mokhtari (Elche/Spain), Ilias Boumassaoudi (FC Den Bosch/Netherlands), Mouad Dahak (Union Touarga), Jones Abdellaoui (RC Celta Vigo Fortuna/Spain), Adnane Kharroubi (SM Caen/France), Othmane Maama (Montpellier/France), Mohamed Yassir Zabiri (Famalicao/Portugal).

AH

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