Walid Regragui unveiled, this Thursday, November 10, his list of summoned for the 2022 World Cup. In total, the national coach has chosen to include 26 players in his list for Qatar, including the return to grace of Abderrazak Hamdallah .
This list marks the return, long awaited by Moroccan public opinion, of the striker of Al-Ittihad (Saudi Arabia), bderrazak Hamdallah, whose last appearance with the national team dates back to the preparation camp for CAN 2019.
Having forged a reputation as a formidable center-forward in his club career, Hamdallah will be called upon to overcome the offensive inefficiency that has often been the Atlas Lions’ Achilles’ heel.
Similarly, Regragui endorsed the return, also demanded by the sporting public, of Hakim Ziyech, already called up for the expanded list, unveiled in September.
In addition, three national championship players are among the national coach’s choices, namely goalkeeper Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti, defender Yahya Attiat Allah and midfielder Yahya Jabrane, all part of the Wydadie armada that won the last League. African champions.
The list is also marked by the presence of young attacking midfielder Bilal El Khannouss (KRC Genk / Belgium), just 18 years old, and one of the few Moroccan players to wear the jersey of the national team at this age.
The Moroccan coach, on the other hand, chose to dismiss the trio of attackers Ryan Mmaee (Ferencváros / HUN), Munir El Haddadi (Getafe / ESP) and Ayoub El Kaabi (Hatayspor / TUR).
In Qatar, Ziyech, Hakimi and their teammates will try to go as far as their predecessors in 1986, when Morocco was the first African team in history to reach an 8th final of the World Cup.
Poured into group F, he will face Croatia, Belgium and Canada.
Here is the full list of players called up
Guardians:
Yassine Bounou (Sevilla FC)
Mounir El Kajoui (Al Wehda)
Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad of Casablanca)
Defenders:
Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain)
Yahia Attiat Allah (Wydad of Casablanca)
Noussair Mazraoui (Bayern Munich)
Ghanem Saiss (Besiktas)
Nayef Aguerd (West Ham)
Badr Benoun (Qatar SC)
Achraf Dari (Brestois Stadium)
Jawad El Yamiq (Real Valladolid)
Environments :
Bilal El Khannouss (Genk)
Abdelhamid Sabiri (Sampdoria)
Yahya Jabrane (Wydad of Casablanca)
Azzedine Ounahi (Angers SCO)
Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina)
Selim Amallah (Liège Standard)
Forwards:
Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea)
Amine Harit (Olympique de Marseille)
Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla FC)
Ilias Chair (Queens Park Rangers)
Zakaria Aboukhlal (Toulouse)
Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Osasuna)
Soufiane Boufal (Angers)
Walid Cheddira (Bari)
Abderrazak Hamdallah (Ittihad Jeddah)