Algeria national football team 2017
2017 season | |||
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Chairmen | Kheiredine Zetchi | ||
Manager | (until 24 January 2017)[1] (from 13 April 2017)[2] (until 11 October 2017) (from 18 October 2017)[3] | ||
Stadium | Stade Mustapha Tchaker Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium July 5, 1962 Stadium | ||
Top goalscorer | Yacine Brahimi (4 goals) | ||
Highest home attendance | 35,000 (vs. Zambia, 5 September 2017) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 4,500 (vs. Mauritania, 7 January 2017) | ||
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Players
Current squad
The 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier games against Nigeria on November 10 2017 and the International FIFA Friendly against Central African Republic on November 14 2017.
Caps and goals updated as of 10 November 2017 after the game against Nigeria .
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up to the Algeria squad at least once within the last 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | 25 April 1986 | 55 | 0 | v. | |
GK | Toufik Moussaoui | 21 April 1991 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
GK | Mehdi Jeannin | 20 April 1991 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
GK | Malik Asselah | 8 July 1986 | 3 | 0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
DF | Ramy Bensebaini INJ | 16 April 1995 | 8 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Mohamed Fares | 15 February 1996 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Abdelkader Bedrane | 2 April 1992 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Brahim Boudebouda | 28 August 1990 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Youcef Attal INJ | 17 May 1996 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Ilias Hassani | 8 November 1995 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Mehdi Zeffane | 19 May 1992 | 11 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Djamel Mesbah | 9 October 1984 | 36 | 1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
DF | Mohamed Meftah | 5 May 1985 | 11 | 0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
DF | Hicham Belkaroui | 24 August 1990 | 9 | 0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
DF | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 15 January 1992 | 2 | 0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
DF | Mohamed Benyahia | 30 June 1992 | 0 | 0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
DF | Faouzi Ghoulam INJ | 1 February 1991 | 37 | 5 | v. | |
MF | Nabil Bentaleb INJ | 24 November 1994 | 29 | 5 | v. | |
MF | Sofiane Feghouli | 26 December 1989 | 45 | 11 | v. | |
MF | Saphir Taïder INJ | 29 February 1992 | 42 | 5 | v. | |
MF | Rachid Ghezzal | 9 May 1992 | 13 | 1 | v. | |
MF | Sofiane Bendebka | 9 August 1992 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Sofiane Daham | 15 January 1996 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Abderrahmane Meziane | 7 March 1994 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Adlène Guedioura | 12 November 1985 | 40 | 2 | v. | |
MF | Adam Ounas | 11 November 1996 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Ryad Boudebouz | 19 February 1990 | 25 | 2 | v. | |
MF | Mehdi Abeid | 6 August 1992 | 3 | 0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
FW | Hillel Soudani INJ | 25 November 1987 | 45 | 22 | v. | |
FW | Ishak Belfodil | 12 January 1992 | 14 | 2 | v. | |
FW | Oussama Darfalou | 23 September 1993 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Idriss Saadi | 8 February 1992 | 2 | 0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | |
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. |
Summary
This page summarises the Algeria national football team fixtures and results in 2017.
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Africa Cup of Nations | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 0.00 |
FIFA World Cup qualification | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0.00 |
2019 CAN qualification | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
International Friendly | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 100.00 |
Total | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 36.36 |
International debut
Players made their international debut in 2017
1Note: Age when debuted.
Match results
International Friendly
7 January 2017 | Algeria | 3–1 | Blida, Algeria | |
17:00 | Hanni Bounedjah Bentaleb |
Report | Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Attendance: 4.500 Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali) |
Africa Cup of Nations
Group stage
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage | |
2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | ||
3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | ||
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 |
Algeria vs Zimbabwe
Algeria[4]
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Zimbabwe[4]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Algeria vs Tunisia
Algeria | 1–2 | |
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Hanni |
Report |
Algeria[6]
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Tunisia[6]
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Man of the Match:
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Senegal vs Algeria
Senegal[8]
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Algeria[8]
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Final tournament | |
2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 10 | ||
3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 5 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 13 | Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | ||
2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 8 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 | 3–1 | |||
3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | |||
4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 4 | 3–0[lower-alpha 1] | 0–1 | 1–1 | — |
- FIFA awarded Algeria a 3–0 win as a result of Nigeria fielding the ineligible player Shehu Abdullahi, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Abdullahi failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.[10]
2 September 2017 Group B | Zambia | 3–1 | Lusaka, Zambia | |
15:00 UTC+2 | Mwila Mwepu |
Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Stadium: National Heroes Stadium Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Hélder Martins de Carvalho (Angola) |
5 September 2017 Group B | Algeria | 0–1 | Constantine, Algeria | |
20:30 UTC+1 | Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali) |
7 October 2017 Group B | Cameroon | 2–0 | Yaoundé, Cameroon | |
17:00 UTC+1 | N'Jie Pangop |
Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Stadium: Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia) |
10 November 2017 Group B | Algeria | 3–0 Awarded[note 1] | Constantine, Algeria | |
20:30 UTC+1 | Brahimi |
Report (FIFA) Report (CAF) |
Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon) |
Official Squad
A 32-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2016.[11][12] The final squad was announced on 31 December 2016, with Ayoub Azzi, Ishak Belfodil, Ismaël Bennacer, Yassine Benzia, Sofiane Feghouli, Houari Ferhani, Carl Medjani, Adam Ounas and Idriss Saadi being left out of the team.[13] On January 11, 2017, Ismaël Bennacer was called up to replace Saphir Taïder, who suffered an injury in training.[14]
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club |
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1 | GK | Chamseddine Rahmani | 15 September 1990 (aged 26) | 0 | |
2 | DF | Aïssa Mandi | 22 October 1991 (aged 25) | 27 | |
3 | DF | Faouzi Ghoulam | 1 February 1991 (aged 25) | 30 | |
4 | DF | Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba | 5 March 1988 (aged 28) | 11 | |
5 | DF | Hicham Belkaroui | 24 August 1990 (aged 26) | 9 | |
6 | DF | Djamel Mesbah | 9 October 1984 (aged 32) | 35 | |
7 | MF | Riyad Mahrez | 21 February 1991 (aged 25) | 27 | |
8 | MF | Ismaël Bennacer | 1 December 1997 (aged 19) | 1 | |
9 | MF | Sofiane Hanni | 29 December 1990 (aged 26) | 2 | |
10 | MF | Nabil Bentaleb | 24 November 1994 (aged 22) | 22 | |
11 | MF | Yacine Brahimi | 8 February 1990 (aged 26) | 31 | |
12 | DF | Mohamed Benyahia | 30 June 1992 (aged 24) | 0 | |
13 | FW | Islam Slimani | 18 June 1988 (aged 28) | 46 | |
14 | FW | Baghdad Bounedjah | 30 November 1991 (aged 25) | 7 | |
15 | FW | El Arabi Hillel Soudani | 25 November 1987 (aged 29) | 39 | |
16 | GK | Malik Asselah | 8 July 1986 (aged 30) | 1 | |
17 | MF | Adlène Guedioura | 12 November 1985 (aged 31) | 35 | |
18 | MF | Rachid Ghezzal | 9 May 1992 (aged 24) | 8 | |
19 | MF | Mehdi Abeid | 6 August 1992 (aged 24) | 4 | |
20 | DF | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 15 January 1992 (aged 24) | 1 | |
21 | DF | Ramy Bensebaini | 16 April 1995 (aged 21) | 1 | |
22 | DF | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | 5 May 1985 (aged 31) | 8 | |
23 | GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | 25 April 1986 (aged 30) | 48 |
Squad information
Player statistics
Correct as of 14 November 2017 (v.
Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&CAF Qualification or last friendly played
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Africa Cup | Friendly | Africa Cup Qualification | World Cup Qualifiers | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | 6 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Malik Asselah | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Abdelkader Salhi | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
GK | Faouzi Chaouchi | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
GK | Chamseddine Rahmani | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Aïssa Mandi | 11 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Faouzi Ghoulam | 8 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Farouk Chafaï | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Hicham Belkaroui | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Mohamed Benyahia | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Ramy Bensebaini | 8 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Djamel Mesbah | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Mokhtar Belkhiter | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Liassine Cadamuro | 4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Carl Medjani | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Youcef Attal | 4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
DF | Ilias Hassani | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Mohamed Salim Fares | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Chemseddine Nessakh | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Ayoub Abdellaoui | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
DF | Islam Arous | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
DF | Houari Ferhani | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Mehdi Abeid | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Rachid Ghezzal | 6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | ||
MF | Adlène Guedioura | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Riyad Mahrez | 8 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Nabil Bentaleb | 8 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Saphir Taïder | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Yacine Brahimi | 9 | 4 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | ||
MF | Sofiane Feghouli | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Ryad Boudebouz | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Adam Ounas | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
MF | Zinedine Ferhat | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
MF | Ismaël Bennacer | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||
MF | Raouf Benguit | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||
MF | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Baghdad Bounedjah | 5 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
FW | Sofiane Hanni | 10 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
FW | Islam Slimani | 9 | 3 | 3+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | ||
FW | El Arabi Hillel Soudani | 6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | ||
FW | Idriss Saadi | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||
FW | Ishak Belfodil | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
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Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
No. | Player | Pos. | CAN | Fri | ACQ | WCQ | TOTAL |
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9 | Sofiane Hanni | MF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
13 | Islam Slimani | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Riyad Mahrez | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Baghdad Bounedjah | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Nabil Bentaleb | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
15 | El Arbi Hillel Soudani | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Yacine Brahimi | MF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Assists
No. | Pos | Player | Africa Cup | Friendly | Africa Cup Qualification | World Cup Qualifiers | Total |
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8 | MF | Saphir Taïder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
14 | FW | Baghdad Bounedjah | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | MF | Adlène Guedioura | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | MF | Riyad Mahrez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | MF | Sofiane Hanni | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | FW | Islam Slimani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | FW | El Arbi Hillel Soudani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches.
R | No. | Pos | Name | Africa Cup | Friendly | Africa Cup Qualification | World Cup Qualifiers | Total |
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1 | 23 | GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | 16 | GK | Malik Asselah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 1 | GK | Chamseddine Rahmani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
- As of 12 June 2017
Notes
- FIFA awarded Algeria a 3–0 win as a result of Nigeria fielding the ineligible player Shehu Abdullahi, after the match had ended in a 1–1 draw. Abdullahi failed to serve a one-game ban after receiving two yellow cards in the qualifying competition.[10]
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