Algeria national football team 2020
The Algerian team in its 58th year will participate in the 2021 CAN qualification and 2022 World Cup qualification.
2020 season | |||
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Chairmen | Kheiredine Zetchi | ||
Manager | Djamel Belmadi | ||
Stadium | Stade du 5 Juillet | ||
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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 |
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GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | 25 April 1986 | 74 | 0 | ![]() | |
GK | Azzedine Doukha | 5 August 1986 | 13 | 0 | ![]() | |
GK | Alexandre Oukidja | 19 July 1988 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Aïssa Mandi (Vice-captain) | 22 October 1991 | 58 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Ramy Bensebaini | 16 April 1995 | 33 | 4 | ![]() | |
DF | Youcef Atal | 17 May 1996 | 18 | 1 | ![]() | |
DF | Djamel Benlamri | 25 December 1989 | 15 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Mehdi Tahrat | 24 January 1990 | 12 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Mohamed Farès | 15 February 1996 | 10 | 0 | ![]() | |
DF | Réda Halaïmia | 28 August 1996 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Sofiane Feghouli | 26 December 1989 | 64 | 13 | ![]() | |
MF | Riyad Mahrez (Captain) | 21 February 1991 | 60 | 17 | ![]() | |
MF | Adlène Guedioura | 12 November 1985 | 57 | 2 | ![]() | |
MF | Yacine Brahimi | 8 February 1990 | 55 | 11 | ![]() | |
MF | Ismaël Bennacer | 1 December 1997 | 24 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Mehdi Abeid | 6 August 1992 | 15 | 1 | ![]() | |
MF | Adam Ounas | 11 November 1996 | 10 | 3 | ![]() | |
MF | Haris Belkebla | 28 January 1994 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Farid Boulaya | 25 February 1993 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
MF | Mehdi Zerkane | 15 July 1999 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Baghdad Bounedjah | 30 November 1991 | 36 | 16 | ![]() | |
FW | Andy Delort | 9 October 1991 | 9 | 1 | ![]() | |
FW | Saïd Benrahma | 10 August 1995 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | |
FW | Karim Aribi | 24 June 1994 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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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DF | Mehdi Zeffane | 19 May 1992 | 15 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Abdel Medioub | 28 August 1997 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Maxime Spano | 31 October 1994 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Ayoub Abdellaoui | 16 February 1993 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Zinedine Ferhat | 1 March 1993 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Youcef Belaïli | 14 March 1992 | 18 | 5 | ![]() |
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MF | Adem Zorgane | 6 January 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Islam Slimani | 18 June 1988 | 68 | 29 | ![]() |
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FW | Hillal Soudani | 25 November 1987 | 51 | 23 | ![]() |
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INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. |
Summary
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
International Friendly | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 50.00 |
2021 CAN qualification | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
Total | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 66.67 |
International debut
Players made their international debut in 2020 1Note: Age when debuted.
Pos | Player Name | Age1 | Debut match | |
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DF | Réda Halaïmia | 24 | vs. ![]() |
International Friendly |
FW | Farid Boulaya | 27 | vs. ![]() |
International Friendly |
DF | Abdel Medioub | 23 | vs. ![]() |
International Friendly |
MF | Mehdi Zerkane | 21 | vs. ![]() |
Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
FW | Karim Aribi | 26 | vs. ![]() |
Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
1Note: Age when debuted.
Match results
9 October 2020 Friendly | Algeria ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Klagenfurt, Austria |
19:30 (CEST) | Bensebaini ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Wörthersee Stadion Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria) |
13 October 2020 Friendly | Mexico ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Hague, Netherlands |
20:00 (CEST) | Corona ![]() Lainez ![]() |
Report | Bennacer ![]() Mahrez ![]() |
Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands) |
12 November 2020 CAN qualification | Algeria ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Algiers, Algeria |
20:15 UTC+1 | Bounedjah ![]() Feghouli ![]() Mahrez ![]() |
Report | Kadewere ![]() |
Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon) |
16 November 2020 CAN qualification | Zimbabwe ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Harare, Zimbabwe |
15:00 UTC+2 | Musona ![]() Dube ![]() |
Report | Delort ![]() Mahrez ![]() |
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 |
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1 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
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 | |||
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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 |
- Source:
Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
Player | Pos. | Fri | ACQ | TOTAL |
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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 |
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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 |
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Raïs M'Bolhi | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alexandre Oukidja | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Azzedine Doukha | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Notes
References
- "Draw for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations released". CAF. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.