Algeria national football team 2017

Algeria

2017 season

Chairmen

Khereddine Zetchi

Manager

Lucas Alcaraz

Stadium

Stade Mustapha Tchaker

Home colours

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Summary

This page summarises the Algeria national football team fixtures and results in 2017.

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Africa Cup of Nations	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7000600000000000000♠6	−1	005000000000000000000♠0.00
FIFA World Cup qualification	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	+0	!—
2019 CAN qualification	7000100000000000000♠1	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000100000000000000♠1	5000000000000000000♠0	+1	7002100000000000000♠100.00
International Friendly	7000200000000000000♠2	7000200000000000000♠2	5000000000000000000♠0	5000000000000000000♠0	7000500000000000000♠5	7000200000000000000♠2	+3	7002100000000000000♠100.00
Total	7000600000000000000♠6	7000300000000000000♠3	7000200000000000000♠2	7000100000000000000♠1	7001110000000000000♠11	7000800000000000000♠8	+3	07001500000000000000♠50.00

International debut

Players made their international debut in 2017

Pos	Player Name	Age¹	Debut match
GK	Malik Asselah	30	vs. Mauritania, January 7, 2017	International Friendly
DF	Mokhtar Belkhiter	24	vs. Mauritania, January 7, 2017	International Friendly
DF	Ramy Bensebaini	21	vs. Mauritania, January 7, 2017	International Friendly
DF	Youcef Attal	21	vs. Guinea, June 6, 2017	International Friendly
FW	Idriss Saadi	25	vs. Guinea, June 6, 2017	International Friendly

¹Note: Age when debuted.

Match results

International Friendly

7 January 2017 (2017-01-07)	Algeria	3–1	Mauritania	Blida, Algeria
17:00	Hanni 52' Bounedjah 73' Bentaleb 90+2'	Report	19' (pen.) Sidi El Hacen	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Attendance: 4.500 Referee: Boubou Traore (Mali)

6 June 2017 (2017-06-06)	Algeria	2–1	Guinea	Blida, Algeria
22:00	Hanni 38' Soudani 79'	Report	59' Camara	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Attendance: 11.000 Referee: Slim Belkhaouas (Tunisia)

Africa Cup of Nations

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Algeria	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
4	Zimbabwe	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Algeria vs Zimbabwe

Algeria v Zimbabwe

15 January 2017
17:00

Algeria	2–2	Zimbabwe
Mahrez 12', 82'	Report	Mahachi 17' Mushekwi 29' (pen.)

Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Algeria^[1]

Zimbabwe^[1]


GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi
RB	20	Mokhtar Belkhiter	28'	46'
CB	2	Aïssa Mandi (c)
CB	21	Ramy Bensebaini
LB	3	Faouzi Ghoulam
RM	7	Riyad Mahrez
CM	17	Adlène Guedioura
CM	10	Nabil Bentaleb
LM	15	El Arabi Hillel Soudani		78'
AM	11	Yacine Brahimi
CF	13	Islam Slimani
Substitutions:
DF	22	Mohamed Rabie Meftah		46'
MF	18	Rachid Ghezzal		78'
Manager:
Georges Leekens


GK	16	Tatenda Mkuruva
RB	4	Hardlife Zvirekwi
CB	5	Elisha Muroiwa
CB	2	Costa Nhamoinesu
LB	6	Onismor Bhasera
RM	10	Kudakwashe Mahachi
CM	14	Willard Katsande (c)
CM	3	Danny Phiri
LM	17	Knowledge Musona		12'
AM	20	Khama Billiat
CF	9	Nyasha Mushekwi		78'
Substitutions:
FW	7	Matthew Rusike	38'	12'
FW	13	Cuthbert Malajila		78'
Manager:
Callisto Pasuwa

Man of the Match:
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)^[2]

Assistant referees:
Jean-Claude Birumushahu (Burundi)
Aboubacar Doumbouya (Guinea)
Fourth official:
Denis Dembélé (Ivory Coast)

Algeria vs Tunisia

Algeria v Tunisia

19 January 2017
17:00

Algeria	1–2	Tunisia
Hanni 90+2'	Report	Mandi 50' (o.g.) Sliti 66' (pen.)

Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Algeria^[3]

Tunisia^[3]


GK	16	Malik Asselah
RB	22	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	31'
CB	21	Ramy Bensebaini
CB	2	Aïssa Mandi (c)
LB	3	Faouzi Ghoulam	65'
DM	17	Adlène Guedioura	14'	90+3'
CM	7	Riyad Mahrez
CM	10	Nabil Bentaleb
RW	11	Yacine Brahimi		74'
LW	18	Rachid Ghezzal		69'
CF	13	Islam Slimani
Substitutions:
FW	14	Baghdad Bounedjah		69'
MF	9	Sofiane Hanni		74'
MF	19	Mehdi Abeid		90+3'
Manager:
Georges Leekens


GK	16	Aymen Mathlouthi (c)		87'
RB	21	Hamdi Nagguez
CB	2	Syam Ben Youssef
CB	3	Aymen Abdennour
LB	12	Ali Maâloul	45+1'
DM	13	Ferjani Sassi
RW	10	Wahbi Khazri		73'
AM	23	Naïm Sliti
LW	14	Mohamed Amine Ben Amor
CF	7	Youssef Msakni
CF	9	Ahmed Akaïchi		78'
Substitutions:
DF	20	Mohamed Ali Yacoubi		73'
FW	11	Taha Yassine Khenissi		78'
GK	1	Rami Jridi		87'
Manager:
Henryk Kasperczak

Man of the Match:
Youssef Msakni (Tunisia)^[4]

Assistant referees:
Abel Baba (Nigeria)
Mohammed Abdallah Ibrahim (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)

Senegal vs Algeria

Senegal v Algeria

23 January 2017
20:00

Senegal	2–2	Algeria
Diop 43' Sow 53'	Report	Slimani 10', 52'

Stade de Franceville, Franceville
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

Senegal^[5]

Algeria^[5]


GK	16	Khadim N'Diaye
RB	14	Zargo Touré
CB	2	Kara Mbodji (c)		70'
CB	11	Cheikh N'Doye
LB	19	Saliou Ciss
CM	17	Papa Alioune Ndiaye		78'
CM	15	Papakouli Diop
AM	12	Mohamed Diamé
RW	18	Ismaïla Sarr
LW	13	Moussa Konaté		90+4'
CF	7	Moussa Sow
Substitutions:
FW	6	Famara Diedhiou	74'	70'
MF	5	Idrissa Gueye		78'
MF	20	Keita Baldé Diao		90+4'
Manager:
Aliou Cissé


GK	16	Malik Asselah
RB	22	Mohamed Rabie Meftah
CB	2	Aïssa Mandi (c)
CB	4	Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba	58'
LB	3	Faouzi Ghoulam	39'
CM	17	Adlène Guedioura
CM	10	Nabil Bentaleb	39'
RW	11	Yacine Brahimi	44'
AM	9	Sofiane Hanni		83'
LW	7	Riyad Mahrez
CF	13	Islam Slimani		80'
Substitutions:
FW	14	Baghdad Bounedjah		80'
MF	18	Rachid Ghezzal		83'
Manager:
Georges Leekens

Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)^[6]

Assistant referees:
Jerson Emiliano Dos Santos (Angola)
Arsénio Chadreque Marengula (Mozambique)
Fourth official:
Redouane Jiyed (Morocco)

2019 CAN qualification

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Final tournament
1	Benin	1	1	0	1	0	+1	3	Final tournament
3	Gambia	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0
3	Togo	1	0	1	0	1	−1	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2017. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

11 June 2017 (2017-06-11) Group D	Algeria	1–0	Togo	Blida, Algeria
22:00 UTC+1	Hanni 24'	Report		Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Third Round

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Qualification to 2018 FIFA World Cup
2	Cameroon	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Zambia	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
4	Algeria	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2016. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

28 August 2017 (2017-08-28) Group B	Zambia	v	Algeria	Ndola, Zambia
		Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)		Stadium: Levy Mwanawasa Stadium

2 September 2017 (2017-09-02) Group B	Algeria	v	Zambia	Constantine, Algeria
		Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)		Stadium: Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium

2 October 2017 (2017-10-02) Group B	Cameroon	v	Algeria	Cameroon
		Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

6 November 2017 (2017-11-06) Group B	Algeria	v	Nigeria	Algeria
		Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)

Official Squad

A 32-man provisional squad was announced on 22 December 2016.^[7]^[8] 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.^[9] On January 11, 2017, Ismaël Bennacer was called up to replace Saphir Taïder, who suffered an injury in training.^[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Chamseddine Rahmani	(1990-09-15)15 September 1990 (aged 26)	0	MO Béjaïa
2	2DF	Aïssa Mandi	(1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 25)	27	Real Betis
3	2DF	Faouzi Ghoulam	(1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 25)	30	Napoli
4	2DF	Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba	(1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 28)	11	Servette
5	2DF	Hicham Belkaroui	(1990-08-24)24 August 1990 (aged 26)	9	Espérance
6	2DF	Djamel Mesbah	(1984-10-09)9 October 1984 (aged 32)	35	Crotone
7	3MF	Riyad Mahrez	(1991-02-21)21 February 1991 (aged 25)	27	Leicester City
8	3MF	Ismaël Bennacer	(1997-12-01)1 December 1997 (aged 19)	1	Arsenal
9	3MF	Sofiane Hanni	(1990-12-29)29 December 1990 (aged 26)	2	Anderlecht
10	3MF	Nabil Bentaleb	(1994-11-24)24 November 1994 (aged 22)	22	Schalke 04
11	3MF	Yacine Brahimi	(1990-02-08)8 February 1990 (aged 26)	31	Porto
12	2DF	Mohamed Benyahia	(1992-06-30)30 June 1992 (aged 24)	0	USM Alger
13	4FW	Islam Slimani	(1988-06-18)18 June 1988 (aged 28)	46	Leicester City
14	4FW	Baghdad Bounedjah	(1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 25)	7	Al Sadd
15	4FW	El Arabi Hillel Soudani	(1987-11-25)25 November 1987 (aged 29)	39	Dinamo Zagreb
16	1GK	Malik Asselah	(1986-07-08)8 July 1986 (aged 30)	1	JS Kabylie
17	3MF	Adlène Guedioura	(1985-11-12)12 November 1985 (aged 31)	35	Watford
18	3MF	Rachid Ghezzal	(1992-05-09)9 May 1992 (aged 24)	8	Lyon
19	3MF	Mehdi Abeid	(1992-08-06)6 August 1992 (aged 24)	4	Dijon
20	2DF	Mokhtar Belkhiter	(1992-01-15)15 January 1992 (aged 24)	1	Club Africain
21	2DF	Ramy Bensebaini	(1995-04-16)16 April 1995 (aged 21)	1	Rennes
22	2DF	Mohamed Rabie Meftah	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 31)	8	USM Alger
23	1GK	Raïs M'Bolhi	(1986-04-25)25 April 1986 (aged 30)	48	Antalyaspor

Squad information

Player statistics

Correct as of 11 June 2017 (v. Togo).
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
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Raïs M'Bolhi	3	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Malik Asselah	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Chamseddine Rahmani	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Aïssa Mandi	6	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Faouzi Ghoulam	6	0	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+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	5	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+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	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Carl Medjani	2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Youcef Attal	2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+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	4	0	1+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Adlène Guedioura	6	0	3+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Riyad Mahrez	5	2	3+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Nabil Bentaleb	6	1	3+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Saphir Taïder	2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Yacine Brahimi	5	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Sofiane Feghouli	2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Ryad Boudebouz	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Baghdad Bounedjah	3	1	0+2	0	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Sofiane Hanni	6	3	1+1	1	2+1	1	1+0	1	0+0	0
	FW		Islam Slimani	5	2	3+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		El Arabi Hillel Soudani	3	1	1+0	0	0+1	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Idriss Saadi	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source:

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Player	Pos.	CAN	Fri	ACQ	TOTAL
9	Sofiane Hanni	MF	1	2	1	4
13	Islam Slimani	FW	2	0	0	2
7	Riyad Mahrez	MF	2	0	0	2
14	Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	0	1	0	1
10	Nabil Bentaleb	MF	0	1	0	1
15	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	FW	0	1	0	1
Own Goals			0	0	0	0
Totals			5	5	1	11

Assists

No.	Pos	Player	Africa Cup	Friendly	Africa Cup Qualification	Total
8	MF	Saphir Taïder	0	2	0	2
14	FW	Baghdad Bounedjah	0	1	0	1
17	MF	Adlène Guedioura	1	0	0	1
7	MF	Riyad Mahrez	1	0	0	1
9	MF	Sofiane Hanni	1	0	0	1
13	FW	Islam Slimani	0	0	1	1
15	FW	El Arbi Hillel Soudani	0	1	0	1
Total			3	4	1	8

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

R	No.	Pos	Name	Africa Cup Qualification	Total
1	23	GK	Raïs M'Bolhi	1	1
2	16	GK	Malik Asselah	0	0
3	1	GK	Chamseddine Rahmani	0	0
			TOTALS	1	1

As of 12 June 2017

References

1 2 "Tactical start list: Algeria - Zimbabwe" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (15 January 2017). "R. Mahrez has been selected as the Total Man of the Match! Well done!" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 January 2017 – via Twitter.
1 2 "Tactical start list: Algeria - Tunisia" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (19 January 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is Y. MSAKNI! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 January 2017 – via Twitter.
1 2 "Tactical start list: Senegal - Algeria" (PDF). cafonline.com. Confederation of African Football. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
↑ Confederation of African Football [@CAF_Online] (23 January 2017). "The Total Man of the Match is I.Slimani! Great performance!" (Tweet). Retrieved 23 January 2017 – via Twitter.
↑ "M. Leekens dévoile une liste élargie de 31 joueurs" (in French). faf.dz. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
↑ "CAN 2017 : Sofiane Hanni finalement convoqué" (in French). dzfoot.com. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
↑ "CAN-2017 Total : M. Leekens dévoile la liste des 23" (in French). faf.dz. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
↑ M-A-D (January 11, 2017). "CAN 2017 : Ismael Bennacer remplace Taider" (in French). DZfoot. Retrieved January 11, 2017.

Algeria national football team results
Overall results	Results All-time record Algeria team (background)
Results by years	1962–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19
Famous Matches	1980 African Cup Final (Nigeria vs Algeria) 1990 African Cup Final (Algeria vs Nigeria) Omdurman match (Egypt vs Algeria)
Years	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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