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Rabat – As they prepare for their first-ever participation in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, Morocco’s women’s football team will play two friendly games against Slovakia and Bosnia and Herzegovina this month.
The first match will be against Slovakia on February 17, while the second game against Bosnia and Herzegovina will take place on February 21.
The matches will take place in the Turkish city of Antalya, Morocco’s Football Federation (FRMF) announced on Monday.
The games come a few months ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will begin in July in New Zealand and Australia.
The Atlas Lionesses qualified for the global competition for the first time due to their spectacular performances at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) that took place in Morocco last year in July.
The Moroccan team impressed throughout the continental tournament, only losing to South Africa 1-2 in the final.
Renold Pedros, the head coach of Morocco’s women’s football squad, has called up 26 players to take part in the friendly games that will take place in Turkiye.
The list includes many of the Atlas Lionesses who made international headlines during last year’s WAFCON, including Ghizlane Chebbak from the Moroccan club AS FAR, Rosella Ayane from Englad’s Tottenham, and Fatima Tagnaout from AS FAR.
The full list is as follows:
1. Khadija Rmichi (AS FAR, Morocco)
2. Aassia Zouhir (Chabab Mohammedia, Morocco)
3. Inas Aroussa (Caen, France)
4. Zaynab El Aarari (Jawharat Najm Larache, Morocco)
5. Meryem Atiq (Viera, Spain)
6. Zineb Radouani (AS FAR, Morocco)
7. Nouhaila Benzina (AS FAR, Morocco)
8. Nisrine Chad (Lille, France)
9. Sabah Sghir (Sampdoria, Italy)
10. Yassmine Lemrabet (Levante, Spain)
11. Hanane Aït Lhaj (AS FAR, Morocco)
12. Fatima El Ghazouani (Metropolis, France)
13. Missan Bougrine (Olympique Lyon, France)
14. Nahla Nakach Elodie (Servette Chênois, Switzerland)
15. Salma Amani (Metz, France)
16. Sofia Bouftini (Renaissance Berkane, Morocco)
17. Ghizlane Chebbak (AS FAR, Morocco)
18. Samia Mesnaoui (Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
19. Kawthar Aït Omar (Fortuna, The Netherlands)
20. Rosella Ayane (Tottenham, England)
21. Fatima Tagnaout (AS FAR, Morocco)
22. Ibtissam El Jridi (Ahly Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
23. Soukaina Ouezraoui Diki (Club Bruges, Belgium)
24. Anissa Belkasmi (Orleans, France)
25. Norimane Addi (South Alabama, United States)
26. Fatima Zahra El Gharbi Berima (Europa Barcelona, Spain).
