The Desert Foxes World Cup Finals Squad  June 2010
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
22. Abdoun, Djamel      جمال عبدون	14 February 1986	24	M	FC Nantes, France	6	0
12. Bellaïd, Habib Mohamed	28 March 1986	24	D	US Boulogne-sur-Mer Côte d'Opale, France, on loan from Eintracht Frankfurt eV, Germany	1	0
				Also has France Youth Caps
3. Belhadj, Nadir     نذير بلحاج	18 June 1982 born in France	27	D	Portsmouth FC, England	45	4
2. Bougherra, Madjid     مجيد بوغرة	7 October 1982 born in France	27	D	Rangers FC, Scotland	41	3
7. Boudebouz, Ryad    رياض بودبوز	19 February 1990 born in France	20	M	FC Sochaux-Montbéliard, France	1	0
				Also has France Youth Caps
16. Chaouchi, Faouzi	5 December 1984	25	G	Entente Sportive de Sétif	10	0
11. Djebbour, Rafik Zoheir	8 March 1984 born in France	26	F	PAE Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos, Greece	16	3
1. Gaouaoui, Lounès	28 September 1977	32	G	ASO Chlef	48	0
9. Ghezzal, Abdelkader     عبد القادر غزال	5 December 1984	25	F	AC Siena SpA, Italy	19	3
	Abdelkader Ghezzal is suspended for the match against England following his expulsion against Slovenia in their opening World Cup match.
17. Guedioura Pons, Adlène       عدلان قديورة‎	12 November 1985	24	M	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England	2	0
5. Halliche, Rafik     رفيق حليش	2 September 1986	23	D	CD Nacional Madeira, Portugal,  on loan from Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal	17	1
21. Kadir, Foued	5 December 1983 born in France	26	M	Valenciennes FC, France	2	0
8. Lacen, Medhi Gregory Guiseppe	5 February 1984 born in France	26	M	Real Racing Club de Santander SAD, Spain	3	0
18. Laïfaoui, Abdelkader	29 July 1981	28	D	Entente Sportive de Sétif	7	0
23. M'Bolhi Ouhab, Adi Raïs Cobos Adrien	25 April 1986 born in France	24	G	PFC Slavia Sofia, Bulgaria	1	0
6. Manṣūrī, Yazīd     يزيد منصوري‎	25 February 1978 born in France	32	M	FC Lorient Bretagne Sud, France	66	0
13. Matmour, Karim      كريم مطمور	25 June 1985 born in France	24	F	Borussia VfL 1900 Mönchengladbach eV, Germany	23	2
14. Medjani, Carl       كارل مدجاني‎	15 May 1985 born in France	25	D	AC Ajaccio, France	0	0
				Also has France Youth Caps
20. Mesbah, Djamel Eddine	9 October 1984	25	M	US Lecce SpA, Italy	1	0
10. Saïfi, Rafik      رفيق صايفي‎	7 February 1975	35	F	FC Istres Ouest Provence, France	60	18
4. Yahia, Antar      عنتر يحيى‎	21 March 1982 born in France	28	D	VfL Bochum 1848 F eV, Germany	44	5
				Also has France Youth Caps
19. Yebda, Hassan      حسان يبدة	14 May 1984 born in France	26	M	Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal	10	0
				Also has France Youth Caps
15. Ziani, Karim Koceila Yanis      كريم زياني	17 August 1982 born in France	27	M	VfL Wolfsburg eV, Germany	55	4

Squad details correct up to and including Algeria's match against Slovenia on 13 June 2010.
Tallies taken from DZFoot.com

Diary

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 - Algeria's Hameur Bouazza says he is shocked at being left out of his country's preliminary World Cup squad.  The Blackpool winger was overlooked despite being one of Algeria's few established goalscorers.  Coach Rabah Saadane drafted in three uncapped former French junior internationals, leaving no place for the more established Bouazza.  

"I've got nothing against the new players but I'm disappointed with the manager,  The manager did not call me or come to see me to explain things to me like a professional.  I have always worked hard for Algeria - I feel like I have been hit with a baseball bat.  I've been through things with them - I should be with the squad and I am not."

Wednesday, 2 June 2010 - Algeria coach Rabah Saadane has dropped goalkeeper Mohamed Zemmamouche from the Desert Foxes' squad for the World Cup.  He is only member of the original 25-man party to be axed, although Lazio midfielder Mourad Meghni misses out because of injury.  Sadaane had five reserve players on standby, but none is required to make the trip.  Algeria are in Group C along with the United States, Slovenia and England, who they face in Cape Town on 18 June.   The squad list includes nine players who have switched their allegiance to the north African country after previously being capped at junior level by France.  There are only three home based players and none from newly crowned league champions Mouloudia Alger.

Thursday, 10 June 2010 - Algeria captain Yazid Mansouri has been dropped for their opening World Cup match against Slovenia on Sunday.  The 32-year-old hard-tackling midfielder will be replaced by Hassan Yebda, who will be joined in the centre of midfield by French-born Medhi Lacen.  Coach Rabah Saadane has handed the captaincy to defender Antar Yahia.  Yahia, 28, is best known for the stunning volley that secured Algerian their World Cup ticket when they beat Egypt 1-0 in a play-off in November.  Saadane, the only African coach at the first World Cup on the continent, stated that his selection had to be based on form and that meant taking tough decisions in the interests of the team.

Sunday, 13 June 2010 - Algeria lose their opening World Cup match - losing 1-0 to Slovenia.  Abdelkader Ghezzal is sent-off following two yellow cards.

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