ALGERIA NAME 18-MAN SQUAD FOR BRAZIL OLYMPICS.

Algeria’s Olympic coach Pierre-André Schürmann announced today his 18-man squad for this summer’s Rio Olympics. The Swiss coach opted for stability, with 12 of the 18 players selected having participated in the 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations last December.

Algeria was drawn into a difficult group D for this summer’s showdown, a group which features two-time Olympic champions Argentina, European under-21 finalists Portugal and 2015 CONCACAF runners-up Honduras.

This will be the Desert Foxes second participation in the football competition at the Olympics after making their debut in 1980, where they reached the quarter-finals.

Algeria’s 18-man squad for the Olympics:
Abdelkadir Salhi (CR Belouizdad)
Farid Chaâl (MC Alger)
Miloud Rebiaï (ES Sétif)
Ayoub Abdellaoui (USM Alger)
Ryad Keniche (ES Sétif)
Houari Ferhani (JS Kabylie)
Abdelraouf Benguit (USM Alger)
Abdelghani Demmou (MC Alger)
Zakaria Draoui (CR Belouizdad)
Haris Belkebla (Tours FC, France)
Mohamed Benkhemassa (USM Alger)
Rachid Aït Atmane (Sporting Gijon, Spain)
Sofiane Bendebka (NA Hussein Dey)
Zakaria Haddouche (ES Sétif)
Mohamed Benkablia (JS Kabylie)
Abderrahmane Meziane Bentahar (USM Alger)
Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd, Qatar)
Oussama Darfalou (USM Alger)