Algeria Names 23 Warriors for AFCON 2015

Vahid Halilhodzic has named his final 23-man team for the 2015 African Cup of Nations billed to start from January 17 - February 8 in Equatorial Guinea.

Drawn in Group C with Ghana, Senegal and South African, the 'Desert Warriors' will play their opening match on January 19 against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa.

There will be a lot of pressure on coach Halilhodzic's team to perform at the AFCON after putting up a sterling performance at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil where they reached the round of 16.

The squad includes;

Goalkeepers
Doukha Izzedine (JS Kabylie)
Rais Mbolhi (Philadelphia Union)
Mohammed Lamine Zemmamouche (USM Algiers)

Defenders
Essaid Belkalem (Trabzonspor)
Mdjid Bouguerra (Fujaira)
Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli)
Rafik Haliche (SC Qatar)
Assa Mandi Aissa (Reims)
Carl Medjani (Trabzonspor)
Mesbah Djamel Eddine (Sampdoria)
Mehdi Zeffane (Lyon)

Midfielders
Mehdi Abeid Mehdi (Newcastle)
Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham Hotspurs)
Yacine Brahimi (FC Porto)
Abdelmoumen Djabou (Club Africain du Tunis)
Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia)
Foued Kadir (Real Betis)
Mehdi Lacen (Getafe)
Saphir Tader (Sassuolo)

Strikers
Ishak Belfodil (Parma)
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester)
Islam Slimani (Sporting Lisbon)
Hilal Al Arabi Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb)