Algeria’s national football team coach, Vladimir Petković, has unveiled the squad set for the two matches against Togo in the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, which included 26 players, and carried some surprises, and the Swiss coach adhered to his firm convictions regarding some of the players.
And he scored Algeria national team An ideal start in the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers, when they won by two unanswered goals in the first round match against Equatorial Guinea, on September 5, at the “Miloud Haddi” stadium in Oran Governorate, west of the Algerian capital. Both goals for the “Greens” were scored by Houssem Aouar. And Amin Goueiri.
The “Desert Warriors” succeeded in returning with three points from the Liberian capital, Monrovia, on September 10, when they beat the Liberian national team 3-0, in a match that took place on an artificial grass pitch, with Algeria’s goals scored by Amine Guiri, Adam Zarqan and Baghdad Bounedjah.
The Algerian national team occupies the lead in Group E with 6 points, ahead of runner-up Togo with four points, while the Equatorial Guinea national team occupies third place with one point, ahead of the bottom team, Liberia, on goal difference.
Algeria receives Togo national team At the May 19 Stadium in Annaba Governorate, on October 10, in the third round of qualifiers, before traveling to Lomé to face the Togolese national team 4 days later in the fourth round at the “Kegi” Stadium.
The Algerian national team roster carried resounding surprises, especially in the goalkeeping position, which was known for excluding goalkeepers Anthony Mandria and Alexandre Okidja, especially the latter, who returned from international retirement only last month, and replacing them with goalkeepers Osama Ben Bout, the goalkeeper of USM Algiers, and Zakaria Boulfaya, the goalkeeper of the Constantine club.
Petkovic attributed the absence of goalkeeper Mandria from the Algerian national team roster to urgent family problems, noting that he had spoken to him and decided not to invite him to this camp, while Okidja’s absence was due to his lack of technical readiness.
The list also included the call-up of Ibrahim Maza for the first time, with the return of Badr Al-Din Bouanani and Ahmed Touba, who returned strongly this season with French club Nice and Belgian club Michelin, while USMA defender Saadi Redouani participated for the first time to replace injured defender Youssef Ata
Algeria national team roster for the two matches against Togo in the 2025 African Nations qualifiers
- Goalkeeping:Osama Bin Bout, Alexis Kunduz, and Zakaria Bouhalfaya;
- Defense line:Saïd Redouani, Mohamed Farsi, Rayan Ait Nouri, Joan Hajjam, Ahmed Touba, Mohamed Amine Madani, Mohamed Amine Tougay, Ramy Ben Sabaini and Issa Mandi;
- Midfield:Ramez Zarrouqi, Ahmed Qandousi, Hisham Boudawi, and Adam Zarqan;
- Offensive line:Ibrahim Maza, Houssem Aouar, Mohamed Amoura, Said Benrahma, Badr Eddine Bouanani, Riad Mahrez, Anis Haj Moussa, Yassine Ben Zia, Amine Gouiri and Baghdad Bounedjah.
