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| Morocco vs Tanzania - AFCON 2023/24 , January 17 2024 Live |
Tonight it is Morocco vs Tanzania Live , an AFCON 2023/24 match-up that gets things underway in the Group F of the ongoing AFCON 2023/24, the match takes place at the Laurent Pokou Stadium in San Pédro, Côte d'Ivoire , with Kick off at 8:00 PM EAT or Saa mbili kamili Usiku in Tanzania.
Tanzania's Taifa Stars and Morocco's Atlas Lions are no Strangers to each other having previously met on 21st of November 2023 at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in a 2026 World Cup qualifying Group E Fixture. The Atlas Lions won that hard fought fixture with a final score of Tanzania's Taifa Stars 0 - 2 Morocco , with goals coming from Hakim Ziyech an own Goal from Lusajo Mwaikenda.
The Reverse World Cup qualifying Fixture ( Morocco vs Tanzania ) is set to take place on 24th March , 2025 in Morocco.
Morocco vs Tanzania - AFCON 2023/24 - The Qualifying Routes
Tanzania finished second in Group F during the AFCON 2023 qualifying stages. With eight points out of a possible eighteen points, they were a huge eight points behind leaders of the group, Algeria. The final Group Standings left out from AFCON 2023 the national teams of Niger, who were placed last in the group with two points, and Uganda, who ended with seven points in Group F.
Tanzania's Taifa Stars route to AFCON 2023/24
- First Match: Niger (1-1) Tanzania
- Second Match: Tanzania (0-2) Algeria
- Third Match: Uganda (0-1) Tanzania
- Fourth Match: Tanzania (0-1) Uganda
- Fifth Match: Tanzania (1-0) Niger
- Sixth Match: Algeria (0-0) Tanzania
Tanzania has participated in two previous AFCON Competitions (1980 and 2019), so it would be premature to assume that Adel Amrouche's Taifa Stars would contend for the AFCON championship this year, but the good thing about Football is that anything is possible.
Morocco's Atlas lions, who are Africa’s highest-ranked team route to AFCON 2023 qualification was more straight forward. They emerged on top of Group K of AFCON 2023 qualification, surpassing South Africa, Liberia, together with Zimbabwe who were disqualified by FIFA for engaging in political meddling in football affairs.
Title-Wise Morocco have a lackluster record compared to other African Footbal Giants, but this will be their 19th AFCON appearance. They have only won the AFCON Title once, in 1976, and lost the 2004 AFCON Finals match to Tunisia , in the only other AFCON finals Appearance.However Tanzania must keep in mind,that they will be playing Morocco, a team that made history in Qatar 2022 by being the first African nation to go to the World Cup semifinals.
Tanzania 'Taifa Stars' AFCON 2023/24 final Squad of 27:-
Goalkeepers: Kwesi Kawawa (IFK Haninge/Sweden), Beno Kakolanya (Singida Fountain Gate FC), Aishi Manula (Simba SC)
Defenders: Ibrahim Hamad (Young Africans SC), Mohamed Hussein (Simba SC), Bakari Mwamnyeto (Young Africans SC), Dickson Job (Young Africans SC), Abdi Banda (Richards Bay/South Africa), Lusajo Mwaikenda (Azam FC), Miano Danilo (Villena CF/ Netherlands), Haji Mnoga (Aldershot Town/England), Abdulmalik Zakaria (Namungo FC), Novatus Miroshi (FC Shakhtar Donetsk/Ukraine)
Midfielders: Mzamiru Yassin (Simba SC), Sospeter Bajana (Azam FC), Mohamed Sagaf (Boreham Wood FC/England), Ben Starkie (Basford United/England), Tarryn Allarakhia (Wealdstone /England), Feisal Salum (Azam FC), Maurice Abraham (RFK Novi Sad/Serbia), Himid Mao (Tala'ea El Gaish/Egypt), Mudathir Yahya Abbas (Young Africans SC)
Forwards: Kibu Dennis (Simba SC), Simon Msuva (Unattached), Mbwana
Samatta (PAOK/Greece), Cyprian Kachwele (White Caps/USA), Kokola Charles
M’mombwa ( Macarthur FC/Australia)
Morocco 'Atlas Lions' final squad of 27 for AFCON 2023:
Goalkeepers: Yassine Bonou (Al-Hilal), El Mehdi Benabid (Far Rabat), M. Mohand (Al Wehda)
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Noussair Mazraoui (Bayern Munich), Nayef Aguerd (West Ham), Ghanem Saiss (Al-Shabab), Yunis Abdelhamid (Reims), Yahya Attiat Allah (Wydad), Abdelkabir Abqar (Alaves), Chadi Riad (Real Betis), Mohamed Chibi (Pyramids)
Midfielders: Sofyan Amrabat (Manchester United), I. Saibari (PSV), Azzeddine Ounahi (Marsella), Amine Harit (Galatasaray), Bilal El Khannouss (Genk), Selim Amallah (Valencia), Oussama El Azzouzi (Bolohna), A. Richardson (Reims)
Forwards: Hakim Ziyech (Galatasaray), Ez Abde (Real Betis), Tarik Tissoudali (Gent), Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos), Youssef En-Nesyri (Sevilla), Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen), Sofiane Boufal (Al Rayyan)
