Algeria has Released It Squad For AFCON 2017

Algeria has named its 23-man squad for the African Nations Cup finals in Gabon. The Desert Foxes will be without two of their key players, West Ham’s Sofia Fegholi and Carl Medjani. Feghouli had featured in just seven league games for his club West Ham United this season making national team coach to leave him out.

Medjani has been with the team for the past ten years, plays as a defensive midfieder for Spanish club CD Leganés and has served as Algeria captain. The North Africans have been placed in a tough group B which includes Tunisia, Senegal and Zimbabwe.

Algeria will begin its campaign against Zimbabwe on 15 January.

Full squad:

Goalkeepers: Rais Ouhab M’bolhi (Antalyaspor, Turkey), Malik Asselah (JS Kabylie, Algeria), Chemseddine Rahmani (MO Bejaia, Algeria)

Defenders: Mokhtar Belkhiter (Club Africain ,Tunisia), Mohamed Rabie Meftah (USM Alger, Algeria), Aissa Mandi (Real Betis, Spain), Hicham Belkaroui (Esperance, Tunisia), Liassine Cadamuro (Servette Geneva, Switzerland) , Mohamed Benyahia (USM Alger, Algeria), Ramy Bensebaïni (Stade Rennes, France), Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli, Italy), Djamel Eddine Mesbah (FC Crotone ,Italy)

Midfielders: Adlène Guedioura (Watford, England), Saphir Taïder (Bologna, Italy), Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke 04, Germany), Mehdi Abeid (Dijon, France), Yassin Brahimi (FC Porto, Portugal), Rachid Ghezzal (Olympique Lyon, France)

Forwards: Islam Slimani (Leicester City, England), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City, England), Hilal Soudani El Arabi (Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia), Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd, Qatar), Sofiane Hanni (Anderlecht, Belgium)