Zaki (middle) invited three uncapped players

Morocco have called up 19 European-based professionals for their crunch African Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone in Freetown on 29 March.

The list includes three uncapped players - Aziz Benaskar from Laval in the French second division, Swedish-based Driss Asmar and Ali El Omari from Portuguese club Gil Vicente.

Coach Badou Ezaki said he will fortify the squad with locally-based players when he selects his final squad next Wednesday.

There is a return to the squad for Moncef Zerka of Nancy, who earned a single cap in 2001 but injury keeps out Adil Ramzi, the playmaker from PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands.

Morocco have won both of their opening Nations Cup qualifiers against Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, as is the case with Sierra Leone.

Morocco squad

Noureddine Naybet (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain), Abdeslem Ouaddou (Fulham, England), Talal El Karkouri (Sunderland, England), Abdelilah Saber (Napoli, Italy), Moha Ya�koubi (Osasuna, Spain), Samir Boughanem (Racing Ferrol, Spain), Abdelkrim Kaissi (FC Kazan, Russia), Mourad Hdioued (Litex Lovech, Bulgaria), Nabil Baha (Naval de Maio, Portugal), Jaoud Zairi (Sochaux, France), Tarek Chihab (FC Zurich, Switzerland), Oulaid Regragui (Ajaccio, France), Youssef Chippo (Coventry City, England), Abdelilah Fahmi (Lille, France), Ali El Omari (Gil Vicente, Portugal), Faouzi El Brazi (FC Twente, Netherlands), Moncef Zerka (Nancy, France), Aziz Benaskar (Laval, France) and Driss Asmar (Malmo, Sweden)

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