Algeria name roster ahead of Libya clash

Oct 4, 2012 3:50:00 PM

A list of 25 players was published on Thursday by the Fennec Foxes coach to face the Mediterranean Knights next week in the return leg of the 2013 Afcon qualifying

Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic has released his squad for the second leg of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final qualifying round against Libya scheduled to hold on October 14 in Blida.

Half a dozen key players have been sidelined due to injuries and suspension issues, prompting the Bosnian coach to recall home based midfielder Yacine Bezzaz and Khaled Lemmouchia both of whom have been absent for more than two years.

Hocine El Orfi of USM Alger will be debuting with the team while Parma striker Ishak Belfodil, who was expected to join the outfit for the first time after he was cleared by Fifa last week, did not make the final list. The football federation says the 20-year-old player is still mending from an injury sustained during a league match.

Buoyed up by the latest Fifa ranking which puts Algeria at 24th position and second on the continent behind Cote D’Ivoire, their best ever, the North Africans expect to consolidate their one-goal advantage from the first leg to qualify for the South Africa 2013 after they failed to reach the Gabon / Equatorial Guinea 2012.

Squad

Name	Club
Goalkeepers:
Azzedine Doukha	USM Harrach
Rais Mbolhi	unattached
Cedric Si Mohamed	JSM Bejaia
Mohamed Zemmamouche	USM Alger
Defenders:
Essaid Belkalem	JS Kabylie
Mokhtar Benmoussa	USM Alger
Liassine Cadamuro	Real Sociedad
Farouk Chafai	USM Alger
Abderrahmane Hachoud	MC Alger
Rafik Halliche	Academica
Carl Medjani	Ajaccio
Midfielders:
Yassine Bezzaz	Constantine
Hameur Bouazza	Racing Santander
Ryad Boudebouz	Sochaux
Abdelmoumene Djabou	Club Africain
Sofiane Feghouli	Valence
Adlene Guedioura	Nottingham Forest
Foued Kadir	Valenciennes
Khaled Lemmouchia	Club Africain
Mehdi Mostefa	Ajaccio
Hocine El Orfi	USM Alger
Saad Tedjar	USM Alger
Forwards:
Mohamed Amine Aoudia	ES Setif
Islam Slimani	CR Belouizdad
Hilal Soudani	Vitoria Guimaraes

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