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Algeria

ALG · ALGERIA · EST. 1962

No. 01

WC 2026 Fixtures

SCHEDULE · GROUP J

GROUP_JMATCH No. 01WED JUN 17

🇦🇷ARGENTINA· ARG

×03:00

ALG ·ALGERIA🇩🇿

ARROWHEAD STADIUM · KANSAS CITYOPENING MATCH

GROUP_JMATCH No. 02TUE JUN 23

🇯🇴JORDAN· JOR

×05:00

ALG ·ALGERIA🇩🇿

LEVI'S STADIUM · SAN FRANCISCO

GROUP_JMATCH No. 03SUN JUN 28

🇩🇿ALGERIA· ALG

×04:00

AUT ·AUSTRIA🇦🇹

ARROWHEAD STADIUM · KANSAS CITY

No. 02

The Squad

PLAYERS · 26 REGISTERED

Goalkeepers

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps
1	Melvin Mastil	26	Stade Nyonnais	1
16	Oussama Benbot	31	USM Alger	2
23	Luca Zidane	28	Granada	7

Defenders

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps	Gls
2	Aïssa Mandi	34	Lille	117	7
3	Achref Abada	26	USM Alger	7	1
4	Mohamed Amine Tougai	26	Espérance de Tunis	29	2
5	Zineddine Belaïd	27	JS Kabylie	10	1
13	Jaouen Hadjam	23	Young Boys	17	3
15	Rayan Aït-Nouri	25	Manchester City	28	0
17	Rafik Belghali	24	Hellas Verona	12	1
21	Ramy Bensebaini	31	Borussia Dortmund	81	7
26	Samir Chergui	27	Paris FC	4	0

Midfielders

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps	Gls
6	Ramiz Zerrouki	28	Twente	52	3
8	Houssem Aouar	27	Al-Ittihad	20	6
10	Farès Chaïbi	23	Eintracht Frankfurt	29	3
14	Hicham Boudaoui	26	Nice	32	0
19	Nabil Bentaleb	31	Lille	59	6
22	Ibrahim Maza	20	Bayer Leverkusen	16	2
24	Yacine Titraoui	22	Charleroi	5	0

Forwards

#	Name	Age	Club	Caps	Gls
7	Riyad Mahrez	35	Al-Ahli	114	38
9	Amine Gouiri	26	Marseille	22	8
11	Anis Hadj Moussa	24	Feyenoord	14	1
12	Nadhir Benbouali	26	Győri ETO	3	1
18	Mohamed Amoura	26	VfL Wolfsburg	45	19
20	Adil Boulbina	23	Al-Duhail	11	6
25	Farès Ghedjemis	23	Frosinone	1	1

No. 03

One to Watch

DISPATCHES · THE STUDIO

Player to Watch

One name worth knowing before kick-off

Ismail BennacerMF

Age 28 · AC Milan

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Algeria's engine and captain. Bennacer controls midfield for both AC Milan and the national side with a quiet authority that belies his age — sharp in the press, precise in distribution, and capable of dictating tempo against any opposition.

No. 04

Group Standing

STANDINGS · GROUP J

GROUP · J

STANDINGS · AFTER MATCHDAY 3

№	TEAM	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	PT
1	🇩🇿ALGERIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	🇦🇷ARGENTINA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	🇦🇹AUSTRIA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	🇯🇴JORDAN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

QUALIFIED · ROUND OF 16UPDATED · JUN 14 · 22:00 CET