The 35-year-old Naybet and a number of veteran players made coach Mohamed Fakhir’s final 23-man squad for the African cup on Tuesday.

Fakhir named six local players in the squad that predominantly consisted of Europe and Gulf based players.

Morocco were drawn in Group A alongside Ivory Coast, Libya and hosts Egypt.

Morocco Squad:

Goalkeepers: Mustapha Chadili (Moghreb Tetouan), Tarek Jarmouni (Royal Armed Forces), Nadir Lamyaghri (Wydad Casablanca)

Defenders: Talal El Karkouri (Charlton Athletic, England), El Armine Erbate (Qatar SC, Qatar), Noureddine Naybet (Tottenham Hotspur, England), Abdeslam Ouaddou (Stade Rennes, France), Houcine Ouchela (Royal Armed Forces), Walid Regragui (Racing Santander, Spain)

Midfielders: Hafid Abdessadek (Royal Armed Forces), Youssef Chippo (Al Wakra, Qatar), Noureddine Kacemi (Grenoble, France), Badr El Kaddouri (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Houssine Kharja (AS Roma, Italy), Mohamed Madihi (Wydad Casablanca), Youssef Safri (Norwich City, England), Mohamed Yaacoubi (Osasuna, Spain)

Strikers: Hicham Aboucherouane (Lille, France), Mohamed Armoumen (Kuwait SC, Kuwait), Ali Boussabon (Feyenoord, Netherlands), Marouane Chamakh (Girondins Bordeaux, France), Youssef Hadji (Stade Rennes), Jawad Zairi (Sochaux, France).