Two Moroccan internationals feature prominently in the ranking of the most valued African players published by Transfermarkt, a website specializing in the evaluation of footballers.
Zakaria Aboukhlal made his big comeback to the Moroccan national team during the match against Gabon for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Absent from the field since last season due to an injury, the player marked his return with a remarkable entry in the 62nd minute, replacing Brahim Diaz, who scored a brace during the match.
Despite Morocco’s crushing victory over Gabon (5-1) on Friday evening, Walid Regragui , the national coach, is not claiming victory.
The Moroccan team once again demonstrated its striking power by largely defeating Gabon (5-1) during the fifth round of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Moroccan international Hakim Ziyech expressed his gratitude to Moroccan supporters despite his non-selection by Walid Regragui for the next matches of the Atlas Lions.
The Atlas Lions will cross swords this Friday evening at 8pm, at the Franceville stadium, with the Gabonese Panthers for the 5th round of the 2025 CAN qualifiers.
The Moroccan national football team will face the Gabonese team as part of the fifth round of qualifications for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. What time and on which channels can you watch this live match on Friday?
Declared unfit due to injury, Azzedine Ounahi could ultimately participate in the match against Gabon, scheduled for Friday in Franceville as part of the qualifications for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The coach of the Moroccan national team, Walid Regragui, explained the non-selection of Hakim Ziyech for the upcoming matches against Gabon and Lesotho, counting for the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, assuring that he made this decision to preserve the player who is returning from injury.
In great form this season, Nayef Aguerd is attracting the interest of big clubs like Real Madrid who want to secure his services during the next winter transfer window. Real Sociedad, the club where the Moroccan defender is on loan without a purchase option, would also like to sign him permanently.
Dual-national players of Moroccan origin playing in Europe are considering reconsidering their decision to play for the Atlas Lions due to what they consider "marginalization and exclusion" by national team coach Walid Regragui.
Couhaib Driouech, young winger of PSV Eindhoven, declined the call-up of the Netherlands U21 team, suggesting that he had made the final choice to represent Morocco. However, the situation is far from settled.