Algeria national football team 2020

The Algerian team in its 58th year will participate in the 2021 CAN qualification and 2022 World Cup qualification.

Algeria

2020 season
Chairmen	Kheiredine Zetchi
Manager	Djamel Belmadi
Stadium	Stade du 5 Juillet
Home colours Away colours

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification against Zimbabwe on 12 and 16 November 2020.
• Caps and goals are correct as of 12 November 2020, after the match against Zimbabwe.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Raïs M'Bolhi	25 April 1986	74	0	Al-Ettifaq
	GK	Azzedine Doukha	5 August 1986	13	0	Al-Raed
	GK	Alexandre Oukidja	19 July 1988	3	0	Metz
	DF	Aïssa Mandi (Vice-captain)	22 October 1991	58	1	Betis
	DF	Ramy Bensebaini	16 April 1995	33	4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	DF	Youcef Atal	17 May 1996	18	1	Nice
	DF	Djamel Benlamri	25 December 1989	15	0	Lyon
	DF	Mehdi Tahrat	24 January 1990	12	0	Abha
	DF	Mohamed Farès	15 February 1996	10	0	Lazio
	DF	Réda Halaïmia	28 August 1996	3	0	Beerschot
	MF	Sofiane Feghouli	26 December 1989	64	13	Galatasaray
	MF	Riyad Mahrez (Captain)	21 February 1991	60	17	Manchester City
	MF	Adlène Guedioura	12 November 1985	57	2	Al-Gharafa
	MF	Yacine Brahimi	8 February 1990	55	11	Al-Rayyan
	MF	Ismaël Bennacer	1 December 1997	24	1	Milan
	MF	Mehdi Abeid	6 August 1992	15	1	Nantes
	MF	Adam Ounas	11 November 1996	10	3	Cagliari
	MF	Haris Belkebla	28 January 1994	3	0	Brest
	MF	Farid Boulaya	25 February 1993	1	0	Metz
	MF	Mehdi Zerkane	15 July 1999	1	0	Bordeaux
	FW	Baghdad Bounedjah	30 November 1991	36	16	Al-Sadd
	FW	Andy Delort	9 October 1991	9	1	Montpellier
	FW	Saïd Benrahma	10 August 1995	4	0	West Ham United
	FW	Karim Aribi	24 June 1994	1	0	Nîmes

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
DF	Mehdi Zeffane	19 May 1992	15	0	Krylia Sovetov Samara	v.  Mexico, 13 October 2020
DF	Abdel Medioub	28 August 1997	1	0	Tondela	v.  Mexico, 13 October 2020
DF	Maxime Spano	31 October 1994	0	0	Valenciennes	v.  Mexico, 13 October 2020
DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	16 February 1993	6	0	Sion	v.  Botswana, 18 November 2019
MF	Zinedine Ferhat	1 March 1993	8	0	Nîmes	v.  Mexico, 13 October 2020
MF	Youcef Belaïli	14 March 1992	18	5	Qatar	v.  Botswana, 18 November 2019
MF	Adem Zorgane	6 January 2000	0	0	PAC	v.  Botswana, 18 November 2019
FW	Islam Slimani	18 June 1988	68	29	Leicester City	v.  Botswana, 18 November 2019
FW	Hillal Soudani	25 November 1987	51	23	Olympiacos	v.  Botswana, 18 November 2019
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^RET Retired from international football.

Summary

Overview

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
International Friendly	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	050.00
2021 CAN qualification	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100.00
Total	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	066.67

International debut

Players made their international debut in 2020 ¹Note: Age when debuted.

Pos	Player Name	Age^1	Debut match
DF	Réda Halaïmia	24	vs.  Nigeria, October 9, 2020	International Friendly
FW	Farid Boulaya	27	vs.  Nigeria, October 9, 2020	International Friendly
DF	Abdel Medioub	23	vs.  Nigeria, October 9, 2020	International Friendly
MF	Mehdi Zerkane	21	vs.  Zimbabwe, November 12, 2020	Africa Cup of Nations qualification
FW	Karim Aribi	26	vs.  Zimbabwe, November 12, 2020	Africa Cup of Nations qualification

¹Note: Age when debuted.

Match results

9 October 2020 Friendly	Algeria	1–0	Nigeria	Klagenfurt, Austria
19:30 (CEST)	Bensebaini  6'	Report		Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

13 October 2020 Friendly	Mexico	2–2	Algeria	Hague, Netherlands
20:00 (CEST)	Corona  43' Lainez  86'	Report	Bennacer  45' Mahrez  67'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

12 November 2020 CAN qualification	Algeria	3–1	Zimbabwe	Algiers, Algeria
20:15 UTC+1	Bounedjah  31' Feghouli  42' Mahrez  67'	Report	Kadewere  79'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

16 November 2020 CAN qualification	Zimbabwe	2–2	Algeria	Harare, Zimbabwe
15:00 UTC+2	Musona  43' Dube  82'	Report	Delort  34' Mahrez  38'	Stadium: National Sports Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood (Sudan)

2021 CAN qualification

Group H

The draw took place on 18 July 2019, 18:30 CAT (UTC+2), in Cairo, Egypt.[1] A total of 52 teams entered the tournament, including the hosts Cameroon, while Eritrea and Somalia chose to not enter the qualifiers.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria (Q)	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10	Qualify for final tournament
2	Zimbabwe	4	1	2	1	5	6	−1	5
3	Botswana	4	1	1	2	2	3	−1	4
4	Zambia	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3

Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2020. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Squad information

Player statistics

Correct as of 16 November 2020 (v.  Zimbabwe).
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	3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
	GK		Alexandre Oukidja	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	GK		Azzedine Doukha	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Djamel Benlamri	2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	DF		Aïssa Mandi	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Mehdi Tahrat	3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Maxime Spano	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Réda Halaïmia	4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	DF		Ramy Bensebaini	4	1	2+0	1	2+0	0
	DF		Mohamed Fares	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	DF		Abdel Medioub	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
	MF		Ismaël Bennacer	3	1	1+0	1	2+0	0
	MF		Riyad Mahrez	4	3	2+0	1	2+0	2
	MF		Sofiane Feghouli	3	1	1+0	0	2+0	1
	MF		Haris Belkebla	3	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
	MF		Adlène Guedioura	3	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
	MF		Mehdi Abeid	3	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
	MF		Mehdi Zerkane	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Adam Ounas	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
	FW		Baghdad Bounedjah	3	1	1+0	0	1+1	1
	FW		Andy Delort	3	1	1+1	0	1+0	1
	FW		Saïd Benrahma	3	0	1+1	0	1+0	0
	FW		Farid Boulaya	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Yacine Brahimi	4	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
	FW		Karim Aribi	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0

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Goalscorers

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

Player	Pos.	Fri	ACQ	TOTAL
Riyad Mahrez	MF	1	2	3
Baghdad Bounedjah	FW	0	1	1
Andy Delort	FW	0	1	1
Sofiane Feghouli	MF	0	1	1
Ismaël Bennacer	MF	1	0	1
Ramy Bensebaini	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals		0	0	0
Totals		3	5	8

Assists

Player	Pos.	Fri	ACQ	TOTAL
Sofiane Feghouli	MF	1	0	1
Riyad Mahrez	MF	0	1	1
Réda Halaïmia	MF	0	1	1
Saïd Benrahma	FW	0	1	1
Ramy Bensebaini	DF	1	0	1
Andy Delort	FW	1	0	1
Totals		3	3	6

Clean sheets

Player	Fri	ACQ	TOTAL
Raïs M'Bolhi	0	0	0
Alexandre Oukidja	1	0	1
Azzedine Doukha	0	0	0
Totals	1	0	1

Notes

References

1. "Draw for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations released". CAF. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.