Key facts about Afcon group C opponent Morocco

The Black Stars will kick start the tournament against giants Morocco on Monday, January 10 before taking on Gabon and Comoros in the other Group C matches.

Footballghana.com takes a look at some facts about Ghana’s opponent Morocco.

Popular name: Atlas Lions

Rankings: 2 Africa, 28 world

Captain: Romain Saiss

Coach: Vahid Halilhodzic (BIH)

Qualifying results: Mauritania 0-0 0-0, Burundi 1-0 3-0, Central African Republic 4-1 2-0

Scorers: 3 – Hakim Ziyech, 2 – Achraf Hakimi, Youssef en-Nesyri, 1 – Zakaria Aboukhlal, Munir el Haddadi, Noussair Mazraoui

Previous appearances: 17

Best placing: Champions 1976

Afcon squad:

Goalkeepers: Yassine Bounou (Sevilla/ESP), Monir el Kajoui (Hatayspor/TUR), Ahmed Tagnaouti (Wydad Casablanca)

Defenders: Nayef Aguerd (Rennes/FRA), Sofiane Alakouch (Metz/FRA), Badr Benoun (Al Ahly/EGY), Sofian Chakla (Leuven/BEL), Mohamed Chibi (AS FAR), Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Souffian el Karouani (Nijmegen/NED), Adam Masina (Watford/ENG), Samy Mmaee (Ferencvaros/HUN), Romain Saiss (Wolves/ENG)

Midfielders: Selim Amallah (Standard Liege/BEL), Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina/ITA), Aymen Barkok (Eintracht Frankfurt/GER), Ilias Chair (QPR/ENG), Faycal Fajr (Sivaspor/TUR), Imran Louza (Watford/ENG), Azzedine Ounahi (Angers/FRA)

Forwards: Munir el Haddadi, Youssef en-Nesyri (both Sevilla/ESP), Zakaria Aboukhlal (Alkmaar/NED), Sofiane Boufal (Angers/FRA), Ayoub el Kaabi (Hatayspor/TUR), Ryan Mmaee (Ferencvaros/HUN), Soufiane Rahimi (Al Ain/UAE), Tarik Tissoudali (La Gantoise/BEL)