Morocco Name Preliminary Squad For Qualifiers
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Morocco have named a preliminary squad of 38 players from which they will select 23 for the upcoming 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Togo in Lome on September 6.
The Atlas Lions trail group leaders Gabon by four points and have played a game more, and so desperately need the three points in Lome to keep their hopes of reaching the World Cup finals in South Africa alive.
All of the players who appeared for Morocco in the 1-1 friendly international draw with DR Congo last week have been retained, while new faces include goalkeepers Issam Badda and Khalid El Askri, and midfielder Ahmed Damiani, all of whom ply their trade in the domestic league.
Morocco Prelimnary Squad
Goalkeepers:
Nadir Lamiaghri (Wydad Athletic Club), Karim Fegrouche (Wydad Athletic Club), Brahim Zaari (FC Den Bosch), Issam Badda (Itihad Zemmouri de Khemissat), Khalid El-Askri (Forces Armees Royales)
Mickael Chretien Basser (AS Nancy-Lorraine), Brahim Nakkach (Force Armee Royale), Abdesslam Ouaddou (AS Nancy-Lorraine), Elamine Erbate (Al-Wahda FC), Mehdi Benatia El Moutaqui (Clermont Foot), Mohamed Oulhaj (Raja Club Athletic), Issam El Adoua (RC Lens), Hassan El Mouataz (K.S.C.Lokeren), Jamal Allioui (F.C Sion), Hicham Mahdoufi (Olympique de Khouribga)
Midfielders:
Houcine Kharja (Genoa F.C), Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord Rotterdam), Abderrahmane Kabous (Real Murcia CF), Youssef Safri (Qatar SC), Issam Erraqui (Force Armée Royale), Adil Hermach (RC Lens), Kamel Chafni (AJ Auxerre), Mbark Boussoufa (R.S.C. Anderlecht), Adil Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers FC), Nabil Dirar (Club Bruges KV), Adil Fahim (Maghreb Association Sportive de Fès), Merouane Zemmama (Hibernian FC), Jaouad Zairi (Olympiakos Le Pirée), Rachid Al-Hamdani (Clermont Foot), Ahmed Damiani (Difaa Hassani Jadidi)
Strikers:
Mounir El Hamdaoui (AZ Alkmaar), Youssouf Hadji (AS Nancy-Lorraine) Marouane Chamakh (Girondins de Bordeaux), Hicham Aboucherouane (Ittihad de Jeddah), Nabil Baha (FC Malaga), Mustapha Allaoui (FC Guingamp), Abdesalam Benjelloun (Hibernian FC), Adil Chihi (F.C Cologne)
