One of Moroccoâ??s star players, Mbark Boussoufa has failed to make their provisional 30-man squad due to injury.
The attacking midfielder from Belgian club Anderlecht is currently injured and will only return to action towards the end of January.
Another top player who failed to make the squad is midfielder Jaouad Zairi who represented Morocco at the last two African Cup of Nations finals.
The squad is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Abdelilah Bagui (MAS Fes), Nadir Lamyaghri (Wydad Casablanca), Khalid Fouhami (Raja Casablanca), Adil Razzaki (KAC Kenitra)
Defenders: Michael Bassir (Nancy, France), Abdessamad Chahiri (Difaa El Jadida), Abdeslem Ouaddou (Valenciennes, France), Amin el Erbate (Dafra, UAE), Jamal Alioui (Sion, Switzerland), Adil Rami (Lille, France), Talal El Karkouri (Al Qatari, Qatar), Hicham El Amrani (Raja Casablanca), Badr El Kadouri (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Hicham Mahdoufi (Metallist, Ukraine), Ahmed Elouali Alami (KAC Kenitra)
Midfielders: Youssef Safri (Southampton, England), Houcine Kharja (Piacenza, Italy), Abdelkrim Kissi (Enosis Paralimini, Cyprus), Abderrahmane Kabous (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria), Othman El Assas (Gharra, Qatar), Nouredin Boukhari (Sparta Rotterdam, Holland)
Strikers: Youssef Hadji (Nancy, France), Youssef Moukhtari (MSV Duisburg, Germany), Hicham Aboucherouane (Esperance, Tunisia), Marouane Chamakh (Bordeaux, France), Soufiane Alloudi (El Ain, UAE), Tarik Sektioui (FC Porto, Portugal), Bouchaib El Moubarki (Grenoble, France), Moncef Zerka (Nancy, France), Abderrazak El Mnassfi (MA Tetouan)