Wahbi Calls Up Ayoub Oufkir for First Time .. Reinstates En-Nesyri and Belhaj to National Team
National coach Mohamed Wahbi announced on Wednesday the list of players called up for the training camp starting on November 9, in preparation for the matches against Niger in the third and fourth rounds of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Wahbi revealed the "Atlas Lions" roster during a press conference held at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maamoura, where several prominent names were absent due to injuries, including Ismail Sabari, Ayoub El Kaabi, and Sofiane Rahimi. The list saw the first-time call-up of player Ayoub Oufkir, along with the return of Youssef En-Nesyri and Reda Belhaj.
The national team will face their Niger counterpart on November 13 at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, with a rematch scheduled for November 17 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in the capital, Rabat.
Full Call-Up List:
Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou – Munir Mohamedi – Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti – Alaa Bellaroush.
Defenders: Nayef Aguerd – Noussair Mazraoui – Salah Eddine Aaness – Sofiane Krouni – Redouane Halhal – Issa Diop – Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal – Achraf Hakimi – Ali Maamer.
Midfielders: Ayyoub Bouaddi – Nail Al-Ainawi – Osama Trigaline – Bilal El Khannous – Reda Belhaj – Abdullah Wazan – Amin Sebai.
Forwards: Ibrahim Diaz – Yassine Jassim – Abde Ezzalzouli – Youssef En-Nesyri – Yasser Zbiri – Ayoub Oufkir.
