The senior national team begins its journey in the 2025 African Cup of Nations, on Wednesday, against the Sudanese national team from the fifth group.
This is the third official meeting between Algeria and Sudan in the space of a year, after the African Local Championship and the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025.
Bosnian coach Vladimir Petkovic raises the challenge when he meets his Ghanaian counterpart, Kwasi Appiah
The locals of Algeria, led earlier by Madjid Bougherra, found it difficult to surpass him, who was crowned “Alkan” with Ghana in 1982. During the last two matches.
Algeria was eliminated from the quarter-finals of the CHAN Championship last summer, after losing in a penalty shootout.
Meanwhile, a goalless draw decided the first round match of the Arab World Cup this month.
Appiah changes
The first Sudanese national team regained its position among the elite of the African continent, despite the exceptional circumstances that the country is experiencing as a result of the war that broke out two years ago.
The Jedi Falcons had a good run in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, as they finished the Group Two competitions in third place behind the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Senegal.
They also achieved second place in the 2025 African Cup qualifiers, behind Angola.
The Sudanese made up for their absence from the Ivory Coast tournament last year, qualifying for the CAN finals for the tenth time in its history.
Kwasi Appiah used nine professionals from Arab, Asian and European leagues in his final list.
He also retained eighteen players from the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 roster, despite being eliminated from the first round.
The two poles of local football, Al-Hilal and Al-Merreikh, are considered the reservoir of the national teams, as they provided the first team with sixteen elements.
Sudan, which won the title in the 1970 tournament, is looking forward to surpassing the first round in a difficult group that included Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, and Burkina Faso.
The current count witnesses three significant absences due to injury, led by the experienced Ramadan Ajab, Al-Merreikh defender, striker Saif Terry, and goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Mustafa.
The presence of top scorer Mohamed Abdel-Rahman “Gharbal” tops the list of the Sudanese national team in the 35th edition of the African Cup of Nations.
Al Hilal’s current top scorer and former Al Ahly Bordj Bou Arreridj player is targeting a record of equaling the tally of historic scorer Mohamed Abbas Geksa (27 goals), as he is only two goals away.
Other names stand out, such as Abdel Raouf Yacoub, Bakhit Khamis, Ammar Tayfour, and even goalkeeper Mohamed Al-Nour, the star of the penalty shootout against Algeria in the “Chan” and then in the Arab Cup match, on the same list.
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