The Algerian team played its last match of the year 2023 on Sunday, 19 November, bringing back three points from the victory in Maputo against the selection of Mozambique on the second day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. 10 matches in the year 2023 without defeat, i.e. with seven wins and three draws.
The year 2023 was full of victories and goals that the Algerian football team experienced, still under the reign of national coach Djamel Belmadi. This is also his fourth year without a loss, after 2019, 2020 and 2021. In fact, Algeria has not lost a match since a defeat in a friendly match against the Swedish selection. A match played in Malmö in November 2022.
It is important to note that during these ten matches in 2023, Fenix captain Riyad Mahrez and his teammates scored 18 goals, including 5 goals against Cape Verde in October. On the other hand, they conceded 6 goals, but never conceded more than one goal in a match. In total, there are 7 players of the national team who have scored goals in 2023, knowing that two of the 18 goals scored were scored by opponents against their camps.
Algeria 2023 squad: Slimani and Amoura scored 3 goals each
In fact, it is attackers Islam Slimani and Mohammed Amin Amoura who have scored three goals in 2023. As far as other scorers on the Algerian team are concerned, there are five of them who have scored 2 goals during the year, including Houssem Aouar. , Riyad Mahrez, Fares Chaabi, Ramiz Zerouki and Baghdad Bounedjah. As far as the two goals scored against their camps are concerned, it is a Nigerian player who gave Algeria the lead in March 2023, and a Somali player, most recently in Algiers.
There is no question of talking only about the scorers without mentioning the people who served these goals on a silver platter. In fact, there are five Algerians who have assisted their scoring teammates and their captain, the Al Ahly SC star, remains the best decisive passer as he was the author on five occasions. He followed the tireless Yousef Atal with two assists. We then get Mohamed Amin Amoura, Adam Onas and Islam Slimani with one assist each.
Algeria team: 42 players were called up, 3 of whom did not play any minutes
Which player has played the most with the Algerian team? It is easy to guess that it is SM Caen goalkeeper, Anthony Mandrea who is securing his status as the Greens’ No. 1 goalkeeper, having played the most 720 minutes or 8 full matches, having missed the match against Niger Were. in March against Tunisia and in June against Tunisia in Annaba. He is followed by Riyad Mahrez with 683 minutes, Fares Chaabi with 639 minutes and Aissa Mandi with 632 minutes.
In total, the Algeria team coach called up 42 players in 2023, of which 3 were never included, namely Alexandre Okidja, Ossama Benbout and Bachir Belloumi. It should be noted that former players played very little in 2023, such as scorer Islam Slimani (230 minutes), but also Baghdad Bounedjah (282 minutes), Sofiane Feghouli (248 minutes) and especially Youssef Belali (95 minutes). . Among the young international players, some have established themselves such as Fares Chaabi (639 minutes), Ramiz Zerouqi (493 minutes), Mohamed Amin Amoura (400 minutes) and Rayan Ait Nouri (360 minutes).
Source : https://sparkchronicles.com/a-year-full-of-victories-and-goals-for-the-algerian-team/
