Morocco  national team manager Vahid Halihodzic has announced a 46-man squad ahead of the upcoming international break which included Zamalek duo Boutaib and Bencharki as well as Al Ahly’s Azarou.

Halihodzic was announced as the new Atlas Lions manager  after Herve Renard left his managerial job following their disappointing AFCON campaign where they were eliminated in the round of 16

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The 67-year-old will have his first challenge with Morocco in September as they face Burkina Faso and Niger during their camp between September 1 and 10.

The squad saw the inclusion of Zamalek’s Khaled Boutaib  despite his injury and Achraf Bencharki  as well as Al Ahly’s Walid Azarou . Schalke’s Amine Harit and Manchester City youngster Nail Touaizi also made the cut.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou, Munir Mohanad, Anas Zniti, Ahmed Tagnaouti.

Defenders: Nabil Dirar, Omar Boutayeb, Mohamed Nahiri, Fouad Chafik, Essam Chebake, Mehdi Benatia, Badr Benoun, Jawad El Yamiq, Marouane Da Costa, Ghanem Saiss, Nayef Aguerd, Yunis Abdelhamid, Zouhair Feddal, Saad Lagrou, Abdelkarim Baadi, OUALID El Hajjam.

Midfielders: Sofyan Amrabat, Nordin Amrabat, Karim Al Ahmadi, Youssef Ait Bennasser, Yahya Jabrane, Mehdi Bourabia, Anuar Tuhami, Faycal Fajr Mehdi Oubilla, Walid El Karti, Mbark Boussoufa, Younes Belhanda, Hakim Ziyech, Adel Taarabt, Amine Harit, Soufiane Boufal, Mohamed Ihattaren, Mehdi Carcela, Oussama Idrissi, Ismail El Haddad.

Forwards: Rachid Aliouli, Walid Azarou, Ayoub el Kaabi, Nabil Touaizi, Khales Boutaib, Achrac Bencharki.