DR ‹ › National team coach Mohamed Ouahbi on Thursday called up 28 players for two friendly matches against Ecuador and Paraguay, scheduled for the end of March. The squad list was unveiled during a press conference held at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Maâmora, near Salé. Ouahbi will begin his tenure with the national team with a friendly against Ecuador on Friday, March 27, in Madrid, Spain, followed by a second match against Paraguay on Tuesday, March 31, in Lens, France. Both matches are part of Morocco's preparations for the 2026 World Cup, to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico, where the Atlas Lions have been drawn in Group C alongside Brazil, Scotland and Haiti. The squad features several first-time call-ups, including Issa Diop (Fulham), Redouane Halhal (Mechelen), Samir El Mourabit (Strasbourg), and Mohamed Rabii Hrimat (AS FAR), as well as U20 World Cup winners Ismaël Baouf, Yasser Zabiri and Yassine Jassim. Squad list Goalkeepers: Mehdi Benabid, Yassine Bounou, Mehdi Lahrouar Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Issa Diop, Ismaël Baouf, Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal, Redouane Halhal, Chadi Riad, Soufiane El Karouani, Anass Salah-Eddine, Noussair Mazraoui Midfielders: Azzedine Ounahi, Ismael Saibari, Bilal El Khannouss, Samir El Mourabit, Neil El Aynaoui, Oussama Targhalline, Mohamed Rabii Hrimat Forwards: Brahim Díaz, Yassine Jassim, Ayoub El Kaabi, Yasser Zabiri, Soufiane Rahimi, Abde Ezzalzouli, Chamseddine Talbi, Amine Adli
