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Ouahbi calls up Oufkir for Morocco

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Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi has called up Ayoub Oufkir for the first time and recalled Youssef En-Nesyri, Soufiane El Karouani, Reda Belahyane and Amine Sbai. Morocco will face Niger on 13 and 17 November in Casablanca and Rabat in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, according to Mountakhab.net.

Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi has called up Ayoub Oufkir for the first time with the Atlas Lions for the November camp, according to Mountakhab.net.

Youssef En-Nesyri, Soufiane El Karouani, Reda Belahyane and Amine Sbai have returned to the national team. Azzedine Ounahi, Ismaël Saibari, Ayoub El Kaabi and Soufiane Rahimi are absent through injury, according to Mountakhab.net.

Morocco will face Niger in Casablanca on 13 November and Rabat on 17 November, in the third and fourth rounds of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Ismaël Saibari’s injury had already been reported before this call-up, in an article about his absence against Niger.

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