The Algerian Football Federation is close to completing the procedures for changing the sports nationality of promising professional players, and they are scheduled to join the Algerian national team camp next September, according to media outlets issued today, Monday, August 5.
Algeria will play two matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers during September, against Equatorial Guinea and Liberia.
With the start of preparations for the upcoming Greens camp, reports indicated that coach Vladimir Petkovic gave the Algerian Federation the green light to complete the naturalization of promising players, and it is likely that the Federation President, Walid Saadi, will complete the process within days.
Aouchiche and Farsi on the doorstep of the Algerian national team
According to Algerian radio, both Adil Aouchiche, the playmaker for English club Sunderland, and Mohamed Farsi, the midfielder for American club Columbus, are on the verge of joining the upcoming Algerian national team camp, after completing most of the naturalization procedures.
Aouchiche (22 years old) has been active with Sunderland since last summer, coming from Lorient, France, with a contract extending until 2028. It is worth noting that the player – whose market value is close to 2.5 million euros – graduated from the Paris Saint-Germain Academy, where he spent about 7 years.
Last season in the English Premier League with the Black Cats, Aouchiche scored 3 goals and provided 2 assists.
As for Farsi (24 years old), he is spending his third consecutive season with the Columbus team, as he was promoted from the reserve team to the first team in 2022. During that period, the Algerian player played 75 matches in all tournaments, and made 13 goal contributions.
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Last season in the American League, Farsi scored 3 goals and provided 3 assists with Columbus.
Aouchiche played 48 matches in the various age groups of the French national team, while Farsi joined the Canadian youth team on 4 occasions, the last of which was in 2021, without any of the players playing matches with the first team of France or Canada.
Saadi has recently continued to attract Algerian dual nationality talents, most notably Houssem Aouar, Rayan Ait Nouri and Amine Gouiri, and is currently aiming to strengthen the ranks of the national team. Greens With new players, in anticipation of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Algeria national team matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers
Algeria national team opens its journey in the qualifiers Africa Cup 2025 Which will be held in Morocco, next September, and will play against Equatorial Guinea and Liberia on the 5th and 10th of the same month, and the rest of the matches are as follows:
- Round 1 (Algeria x Guinea A) September 5
- Round 2 (Algeria x Liberia) September 10
- Round 3 (Algeria x Togo) October 11
- Round 4 (Algeria x Togo) October 15
- Round 5 (Algeria x Guinea A) November 11
- Round 6 (Algeria x Liberia) November 15.
