Algeria national football team 2018

Algeria

2018 season
Chairmen	Kheiredine Zetchi
Manager	Rabah Madjer (until 24 June 2018)[1][2] Djamel Belmadi (from 2 August 2018)[3][4]
Stadium	July 5, 1962 Stadium
Home colours Away colours

Players

Current squad

• The following 25 players were called up for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
• Match date: 18 November 2018
• Opposition:  Togo
• Caps and goals are correct as of 18 November 2018, after the match against Togo.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	GK	Raïs M'Bolhi (Captain)	25 April 1986	59	0	Al-Ettifaq
1	GK	Azzedine Doukha	5 August 1986	11	0	Al-Raed
	GK	Alexandre Oukidja	19 July 1988	0	0	Metz
	GK	Mustapha Zeghba	21 November 1990	0	0	ES Setif
21	DF	Ramy Bensebaini	16 April 1995	16	2	Rennes
	DF	Ilias Hassani	8 November 1995	1	0	Cherno More
	DF	Abdelkader Bedrane	2 April 1992	1	0	ES Sétif
3	DF	Mehdi Tahrat	24 January 1990	6	0	RC Lens
4	DF	Youcef Attal	17 May 1996	6	1	Nice
	DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	16 February 1993	3	0	Sion
5	DF	Rafik Halliche	9 February 1986	38	3	Moreirense
6	DF	Mohamed Fares	15 February 1996	4	0	SPAL
20	DF	Djamel Benlamri	25 December 1989	0	0	Al-Shabab
	DF	Mehdi Zeffane	19 May 1992	12	0	Rennes
	MF	Oussama Chita	31 October 1996	1	0	USM Alger
8	MF	Saphir Taïder	29 February 1992	45	5	Montreal Impact
22	MF	Ismaël Bennacer	1 December 1997	7	0	Empoli
7	MF	Riyad Mahrez	21 February 1991	43	10	Manchester City
10	MF	Sofiane Feghouli	26 December 1989	49	11	Galatasaray
11	MF	Yacine Brahimi	8 February 1990	45	11	Porto
12	MF	Adam Ounas	11 November 1996	3	0	Napoli
	MF	Youcef Belaili	14 March 1992	2	0	ES Tunis
	MF	Abderrahmane Meziane	7 March 1994	0	0	USM Alger
9	FW	Baghdad Bounedjah	30 November 1991	19	7	Al-Sadd
15	FW	Yassine Benzia	8 September 1994	4	1	Fenerbahçe
24	FW	Islam Slimani	18 June 1988	59	27	Fenerbahçe

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
GK	Abdelkader Salhi	19 March 1993	3	0	JS Kabylie	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
GK	Faouzi Chaouchi	5 December 1984	15	0	CA Bordj Arreridj	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
GK	Toufik Moussaoui	21 April 1991	1	0	Paradou AC	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
DF	Aïssa Mandi	22 October 1991	42	1	Real Betis	v.  Benin, 16 October 2018
DF	Mokhtar Belkhiter	15 January 1992	3	0	Club Africain	v.  Gambia, 8 September 2018
DF	Mohamed Naâmani	21 September 1990	1	0	Al-Fateh	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
DF	Islam Arous	6 August 1996	2	0	Paradou AC	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
DF	Farouk Chafaï	23 June 1990	5	1	USM Alger	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
DF	Carl Medjani	15 May 1985	62	4	Sivasspor	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
DF	Mokhtar Benmoussa	11 August 1986	6	0	USM Alger	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
MF	Nabil Bentaleb	24 November 1994	35	5	Schalke 04	v.  Benin, 16 October 2018
MF	Adlène Guedioura	12 November 1985	41	2	Nottingham Forest	v.  Benin, 16 October 2018
MF	Rachid Ghezzal	9 May 1992	16	1	Leicester City	v.  Benin, 16 October 2018
MF	Mehdi Abeid	6 August 1992	5	0	Dijon	v.  Gambia, 8 September 2018
MF	Farid Boulaya	25 February 1993	0	0	Metz	v.  Gambia, 8 September 2018
MF	Ryad Boudebouz	19 February 1990	25	2	Real Betis	v.  Gambia, 8 September 2018
MF	Zinedine Ferhat	1 March 1993	8	0	Le Havre	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
MF	Salim Boukhanchouche	6 October 1991	4	0	JS Kabylie	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
MF	Mohamed Benkhemassa	28 June 1993	2	0	USM Alger	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
MF	Sofiane Hanni	29 December 1990	10	4	Spartak Moscow	v.  Iran, 27 March 2018
FW	Oussama Darfalou	23 September 1993	0	0	Vitesse	v.  Benin, 16 October 2018
FW	Ishak Belfodil	12 January 1992	17	2	1899 Hoffenheim	v.  Benin, 16 October 2018
FW	El Arabi Hillel Soudani	25 November 1987	49	22	Nottingham Forest	v.  Gambia, 8 September 2018
FW	Farid El Mellali	5 May 1997	1	0	Angers	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
FW	Sid Ali Lakroum	6 October 1987	1	0	ES Sétif	v.  Portugal, 7 June 2018
FW	Lamine Abid	4 July 1991	2	0	CS Constantine	v.  Iran, 27 March 2018
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^RET Retired from international football.

Summary

This page summarises the Algeria national football team fixtures and results in 2018.

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2019 CAN qualification	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	050.00
International Friendly	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2	025.00
Total	8	3	1	4	14	12	+2	037.50

International debut

Players made their international debut in 2018

Pos	Player Name	Age^1	Debut match
MF	Salim Boukhanchouche	26	vs.  Tanzania, March 22, 2018	International Friendly
FW	Lamine Abid	26	vs.  Tanzania, March 22, 2018	International Friendly
MF	Farid El Melali	20	vs.  Tanzania, March 22, 2018	International Friendly
MF	Oussama Chita	22	vs.  Togo, November 18, 2018	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
DF	Djamel Benlamri	28	vs.  Togo, November 18, 2018	Africa Cup of Nations qualification

¹Note: Age when debuted.

Match results

International Friendly

22 March 2018 Friendly	Algeria	4–1	Tanzania	Algiers, Algeria
19:00 (CET)	Bounedjah  13', 80' Kapombe  44' (o.g.) Medjani  53'	Report	Kichuya  21'	Stadium: 5 July 1962 Stadium Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Mahrous Ahmed (Egypt)

27 March 2018 Friendly	Iran	2–1	Algeria	Graz, Austria
19:00 (CEST)	Azmoun  11' Taremi  19'	Report	Chafaï  56'	Stadium: Liebenauer Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

9 May 2018 Friendly	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Algeria	Cádiz, Spain
19:30 (CEST)	Al-Faraj  24' Al-Shehri  81'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza Attendance: 175 Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)

1 June 2018 Friendly	Algeria	2–3	Cape Verde	Algiers, Algeria
22:15 (CET)	Bensebaini  5' Bounedjah  30'	Report	Gomes  14' Mendes  67' Tavares  72'	Stadium: 5 July 1962 Stadium Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

7 June 2018 Friendly	Portugal	3–0	Algeria	Lisbon, Portugal
20:15 (WEST)	Guedes  17', 55' B. Fernandes  37'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 53,014 Referee: Craig Pawson (England)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Final tournament
2	Benin	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10
3	Gambia	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6
4	Togo	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

8 September 2018 Round 2	Gambia	1–1	Algeria	Bakau, Gambia
16:30 UTC±0	Ceesay  49'	Report	Bounedjah  47'	Stadium: Independence Stadium Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

12 October 2018 Round 3	Algeria	2–0	Benin	Blida, Algeria
20:45 UTC+1	Bensebaini  20' Bounedjah  73'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

16 October 2018 Round 4	Benin	1–0	Algeria	Cotonou, Benin
16:00 UTC+1	D'Almeida  16'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

18 November 2018 Round 5	Togo	1–4	Algeria	Togo
16:00 UTC±0	Laba  55'	Report	Mahrez  13', 30' Attal  28' Bounedjah  90+2'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

Squad information

Player statistics

Correct as of 18 November 2018 (v.  Togo).
Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&CAF Qualification or last friendly played

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Friendly		Africa Cup Qualification
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Raïs M'Bolhi	4	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	GK		Abdelkader Salhi	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Faouzi Chaouchi	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Aïssa Mandi	7	0	4+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Farouk Chafaï	3	1	2+1	1	0+0	0
	DF		Ramy Bensebaini	8	2	4+0	1	4+0	1
	DF		Mokhtar Belkhiter	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Carl Medjani	4	1	3+1	1	0+0	0
	DF		Mokhtar Benmoussa	4	0	1+3	0	0+0	0
	DF		Mohamed Fares	3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
	DF		Ayoub Abdellaoui	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	DF		Mehdi Tahrat	4	0	0+0	0	4+0	0
	DF		Youcef Attal	2	1	0+0	0	2+0	1
	DF		Djamel Benlamri	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Riyad Mahrez	8	2	4+0	0	3+1	2
	MF		Nabil Bentaleb	6	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Yacine Brahimi	5	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	MF		Zinedine Ferhat	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Ismaël Bennacer	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
	MF		Salim Boukhanchouche	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Mohammed Benkhemassa	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Farid El Mellali	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
	MF		Saphir Taïder	3	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
	MF		Sofiane Feghouli	4	0	0+0	0	2+2	0
	MF		Adlène Guedioura	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Oussama Chita	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Youcef Belaïli	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Adam Ounas	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
	MF		Rachid Ghezzal	3	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	FW		Baghdad Bounedjah	8	6	3+1	3	3+1	3
	FW		Sofiane Hanni	2	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Islam Slimani	4	0	1+2	0	0+1	0
	FW		El Arabi Hillel Soudani	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0
	FW		Mohamed Lamine Abid	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0
	FW		Yassine Benzia	2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	FW		Ishak Belfodil	2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0

• Source:

Goalscorers

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

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches.

Notes

References

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3. "Officiel : Belmadi nouveau selectionneur". dzfoot.com. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
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