The Atlas Lions are due to meet Gabon in Rabat on Wednesday 15 November.
Diba, a striker with NAC Breda, and NEC Nijmegen defender El Akchaoui are in line for their first cap, as is French-born Nancy midfielder Mickael Chretien. Fakhir has also recalled Faozui El Brazi from French Ligue 2 club Istres to the squad for the first time in more than two years.
Morocco, who currently top Group 12 of 2008 Nations Cup qualifying, next play a competitive match against Zimbabwe in March. Gabon, meanwhile, have to wait until June next year for their Group 1 Nations Cup qualifier. Both nations are in three-team qualifying groups.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Mustapha Chadili (Moghreb Tetouan), Tarek Jarmouni (Royal Armed Forces), Nadir Lamyaghri (Wydad Casablanca)
Defenders: Aziz Ben Askar (Al Shamal, Qatar), Youssef El Akchaoui (NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands), Faouzi El Brazi (Istres, France), Talal El Karkouri (Charlton Athletic, England), El Armine Erbate (Qatar SC, Qatar), Hicham Mahdoufi (Olympique Khouribga)
Midfielders: Yassine Abdessadki (Racing Strasbourg, France), Zakaria Aboub (Istres, France), Mickael Chretien (Nancy, France), Badr El Kaddouri (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Abdelkrim Kissi (SC Heerenveen, Netherlands), Youssef Safri (Norwich City, England), Moncef Zerka (Nancy, France)
Forwards: Noureddine Boukhari (Nantes, France), Mbark Boussoufa (Anderlecht, Belgium), Maroune Chamakh (Girondins Bordeaux, France), Anouar Diba (NAC Breda, Netherlands), Bouchaib El Moubarki (Al Rayyan, Qatar), Youssef Hadji (Stade Rennes, France), Hassan Souari (Istres, France) |
