ALGIERS: West Ham midfielder Sofiane Feghouli and defender Carl Medjani have been dropped as new Algeria coach Georges Leekens unveiled his 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.
Feghouli has scored 11 goals in 42 appearances for Algeria including a goal in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil which helped his country advance to the last 16.
The 27-year-old, a reported target by French club Marseille, has however played a peripheral role for West Ham since his arrival in England last summer.
Medjani, 31, who has 54 caps and plays in Spain for Leganes, is absent for the first time since the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Africa Cup of Nations takes place in Gabon from January 14 to February 5 with Algeria — the 1990 winners — in a tough group alongside Tunisia, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
Algeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Raïs Ouhab M’bolhi (Antalyaspor/TUR), M. Asselah (JS Kabylie/ALG), C. Rahmani (MO Bejaia/ALG)
Defenders: M. Belkhiter (Club Africain/TUN), M. Rabie Meftah (USM Alger/ALG), A. Mandi (Real Betis Balonpié/ESP), H. Belkaroui (Esperance Tunis/TUN), L. Cadamuro (Servette/SUI), M. Benyahia (USM Alger/ALG), R. Bensebaïni (Rennes/FRA), F. Ghoulam (Napoli/ITA), Djamel Eddine Mesbah (Crotone/ITA)
Midfielders: A. Guedioura (Watford/ENG), S. Taïder (Bologne/ITA), N. Bentaleb (Schalke 04/GER), M. Abeid (Dijon/FRA), Y. Brahimi (FC Porto/POR), R. Ghezzal (Lyon/FRA)
Strikers: I. Slimani (Leicester/ENG), R. Mahrez (Leicester/ENG), Hillal El Arabi Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO), B. Bounedjah (Al Sadd/QAT), S. Hanni (Anderlecht/BEL)
Feghouli has scored 11 goals in 42 appearances for Algeria including a goal in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil which helped his country advance to the last 16.
The 27-year-old, a reported target by French club Marseille, has however played a peripheral role for West Ham since his arrival in England last summer.
Medjani, 31, who has 54 caps and plays in Spain for Leganes, is absent for the first time since the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Africa Cup of Nations takes place in Gabon from January 14 to February 5 with Algeria — the 1990 winners — in a tough group alongside Tunisia, Senegal and Zimbabwe.
Algeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Raïs Ouhab M’bolhi (Antalyaspor/TUR), M. Asselah (JS Kabylie/ALG), C. Rahmani (MO Bejaia/ALG)
Defenders: M. Belkhiter (Club Africain/TUN), M. Rabie Meftah (USM Alger/ALG), A. Mandi (Real Betis Balonpié/ESP), H. Belkaroui (Esperance Tunis/TUN), L. Cadamuro (Servette/SUI), M. Benyahia (USM Alger/ALG), R. Bensebaïni (Rennes/FRA), F. Ghoulam (Napoli/ITA), Djamel Eddine Mesbah (Crotone/ITA)
Midfielders: A. Guedioura (Watford/ENG), S. Taïder (Bologne/ITA), N. Bentaleb (Schalke 04/GER), M. Abeid (Dijon/FRA), Y. Brahimi (FC Porto/POR), R. Ghezzal (Lyon/FRA)
Strikers: I. Slimani (Leicester/ENG), R. Mahrez (Leicester/ENG), Hillal El Arabi Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO), B. Bounedjah (Al Sadd/QAT), S. Hanni (Anderlecht/BEL)
