SEE Presents Group D Preliminary Squads in AFCON

The whole African continent is waiting on needles and pins for one of the prominent football events that happen once every two years. With only seventeen-days to go before the 2019 African cup of nations starts. SEE highlights Preliminary Squads, Group D.

Group D, which includes Morocco, Ivory Coast, South Africa, and Namibia, will play its matches at Al Salam Stadium with its official capacity of 30,000.

The four teams named their provisional squads for the upcoming tournament, but every team should submit their final squads before the beginning of the AFCON.

It is worth mentioning that Egypt will host the African Cup of Nation from 21 June to 19 July. The hosts will play the opening match against Zimbabwe on 21 June at the Cairo stadium.

Here are the squads of group D

Morocco

Herve Renard, Morocco national football team’s coach, named his 27-man Preliminary squad for the upcoming AFCON. Renard's men will begin their campaign against Namibia on June 23.

Renard's 27-man squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Malaga, Spain), Yassine Bounou (Girona, Spain), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Wydad Athletic Club), Abdelali Mhamdi (RS Berkane, Morocco)

Defenders: Marouane Da Costa (Ittihad Jeddah, Saudi Arabia), Ghanem Saiss (Wolverhampton, England), Mehdi Benatia (Al-Duhail Sports, Qatar), Achraf Hakimi (Dortmund, Germany), Abdelhamid Yunis (Stade de Reims, France), Noussair Mazroaui (Ajax, Netherlands), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbache, Turkey.

Midfielders: Karim El Ahmadi Arroussi (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Youssef Aït Bennasser (St Etienne, France), M’barek Boussoufa (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Younès Belhanda (Galatasaray, Turkey), Fayçal Fajr (Caen, France), Abdelkrim Baadi (Hassania of Agadir, Morocco, Mehdi Bourabia (Sassuolo, Italy), Amine Harit (Schalke 04, Germany)

Forwards: Nordin Amrabat (Al-Nasr, Saudi Arabia), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Ayoub El Kaâbi (Hebei China Fortune FC, China), Khalid Boutaïb (Zamalek, Egypt), Youssef En-Nesyri (Leganes , Spain), Soufiane Boufal (Celta Vigo, Spain), Osama Idrissi (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Abderazzak Hamddalh (Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia).

[caption id="attachment_54815" align="aligncenter" width="893"] Morocco National Team[/caption]

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast coach Ibrahim Kamara announced his 27-man squad for the tournament. The Elephants will play their first match in the tournament against South Africa on June 24 at Al Salam Stadium.

Kamara's 27 - man squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Sylvain Gbohouo (TP Mazembe), Abdoul Cisse (Asec Mimosas), Ali Badra (Free State Stars), Tape Ira (FC San Pedro)

Defenders: Serge Aurier (Tottenham Hotspur), Wilfried Kanon (ADO Den Haag), Wonlo Coulibaly (Asec Mimosas), Abdoulaye Bamba (Angers), Simon Deli (Slavia Prague), Ismael Traore (Angers), Mamadou Bagayoko (Red Star), Cheikh Comara (Wydad Casablanca)

Midfielders: Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Mainz), Serey Die (Neuchatel Xamax), Jean-Michael Seri (Fulham), Victorian Angban (Metz), Franck Kessie (AC Milan), Ibrahim Sangare (Toulouse), Ismael Diomande (Caen)

Forwards: Max-Alain Gradel (Toulouse), Nicolas Pepe (Lille), Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace), Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa), Roger Assale (Young Boys Bern), Maxwel Cornet (Lyon), Yohan Boli (Sint-Truiden), Wilfried Bony (unattached)

[caption id="attachment_54821" align="aligncenter" width="886"] Ivory Coast[/caption]

South Africa

South Africa coach Stuart Baxter named his 28-man Preliminary squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Bafana Bafana will play their first match against the Elephants on June 24.

Baxter's 28-man squad

Coach: Stuart Baxter

Goalkeepers: Darren Keet (Bidvest Wits ), Rowen Williams (Supersport), Bruce Bvuma (Kaizer Chiefs).

Defenders: Daniel Cardoso (Chiefs), Rivaldo Coetzee (Sundowns), Ramahlwe Mphahlele (Chiefs), Thulani Hlatshwayo (Wits), Innocent Maela (Pirates), S’Fiso Hlanti (Wits ), Buhle Mkhawanazi (Wits), Thamsanqa Mkhize (Cape Town City )

Midfielders: Bongani Zungu (Amiens), Hlompho Kekana (Downs), Dean Furman (SS), Kamohelo Mokotjo (Brentford), Tiyani Mabunda (Downs), Thulani Serero (Vitesse), Thembinkosi Lorch (Pirates), Themba Zwane (Downs), Fortune Makaringe (Maritzburg), Ben Motshwari (Pirates), Keagan Dolly

Forwards: Lebo Mothiba (Strasbourg), Percy Tau (Royal St Union), Lars Veldwijk (Sparta Rotterdam), Lebogang Maboe (Downs), Sibusiso Vilakazi (Downs), Kermit Erasmus (CT City)

[caption id="attachment_54826" align="aligncenter" width="1067"] South Africa national team[/caption]

South Africa national team

Namibia

Ricardo Mannetti, Namibia's coach has not announced his 23-man squad yet. it is the third time for Namibia to participate in the AFCON. They will play their first match against Morocco on June 23.

[caption id="attachment_54833" align="aligncenter" width="1067"] Namibia National Team[/caption]