The Foxes' head coach, Djamel Belmadi has named a side which will be captained by Riyad Mahrez will be looking to win the title once again after their historic victory at AFCON 2019 where Algeria defeated Senegal in the finals of the competition.

Algeria will be in group D alongside Angola, Burkina Faso, and Mauritania.

Goalkeepers
Anthony Mandrea
Rais Mbolhi
Oussama Benbot

Defenders
Youcef Atal
Kévin Guitoun
Rayan Aït-Nouri
Yasser Larouci
Aïssa Mandi
Mohamed Amine Tougaï
Ramy Bensebaïni
Ahmed Touba
Zineddine Belaïd

Midfielders
Nabil Bentaleb
Sofiane Feghouli
Houssem Aouar
Farès Chaïbi
Ramiz Zerrouki
Hicham Boudaoui
Ismaël Bennacer

Forwards
Riyad Mahrez
Adam Ounas
Mohammed Amoura
Amine Gouiri
Youcef Belaïli
Baghdad Bounedjah
Islam Slimani

Other countries have also released their list of players for AFCON 2023

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As the continent of Africa awaits its biggest football competition, the Africa Cup of Nations will be held next year (2024) in Cote D'Ivoire. Notjustok has decided to highlight the top ten teams in Africa based on their market value.

These values are gotten from the website of Transfer Market, a sports media and news company that is based in Germany.

Here is the top ten list;

(10 ) DR Congo: €96 Million

(9) Egypt: €112 Million

(8) Cameroon: €127 Million

(7) Mali: €153 Million

(6) Algeria: €185 Million

(5) Senegal: €221 Million

(4) Ghana: €241 Million

(3) Ivory Coast: €251 Million

(2) Morocco: €307 Million

(1) Nigeria: €339 Million

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Notjustok has decided to highlight the top five longest unbeaten streaks in International football.

What is an unbeaten Streak?

This is a situation where a football club or when a country goes on a very long time without having to experience any form of defeat.

(5) Algeria: (35)

The Desert foxes enjoyed a remarkable unbeaten run that span for four years which started from 2018 to 2022, during that period they won the Africa Cup of Nations beating the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the finals.

(4) Argentina: (35)

The South American football powerhouse are currently on a fantastic unbeaten run across all competition which ranges from World Cup qualifiers to friendly games. The team which is led by Lionel Messi started their run from 2019 till date. They won the Copa America during this fantastic run of games.

(3) Spain: (35)

The winners of the 2010 FIFA World Cup which was hosted in South Africa also enjoyed a long unbeaten streak during their dominance in Europe and World football. The run lasted for two years which was from 2007-2009.

(2) Brazil: (35)

The Samba boys have been tagged as the favourites to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup which will be hosted in Qatar. The team enjoyed an unbeaten run which lasted for three years from 1993-1996, they won the 1994 World Cup which was hosted by the United States of America during that run.

(1) Italy: (37)

The reigning Champions of the European Championship enjoyed an amazing unbeaten streak also for three years, the same number as the Brazilians. However, the Italians were Champions of the Euro 2020 competition but failed to qualify for the World Cup.

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The list had some supportedrs frowned at it because some of the names on the team list were the usual suspects. These Nigerians expected that at least some new players would have been given a new look by the head coach.

Algeria will use the friendly game as a preparation for the African Cup of Nations for players who are based in their local based clubs.

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The representation of the African teams had varied from one to three and the highest number from the continent is five which has been the situation to date. Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Tunisia and Morocco will be representing Africa at Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Notjustok has decided to highlight the success of African teams that have qualified beyond the first round of the FIFA World Cup.

(1) Morocco: ( Mexico' 86)

Morocco became the first African team to advance to the knockout stage ot the FIFA World Cup by reaching the second round. They achieved this feat at the 1986 World Cup which was hosted in Mexico. Fans of the North Africans will hope their team can replicate such performance in Qatar.

(2) Cameroon: ( Italy'90)

The West African country also achieved this feat at the 1990 FIFA World Cup which was hosted in Italy. The Indomitable Lions reached the Quater-finals of the tournament. They also wrote their names in the history books by becoming the first African country to beat the defending Champions (Argentina) . They also became the first team to win a World Cup match with just nine players (1-0) vs Argentina.

(3) Nigeria: ( USA' 94, France'98, Brazil' 2014)

The Super Eagles were impressive at the USA 1994 World Cup as they qualified from their group to advance to the second round of the competition. They also repeated such a feat at the next world cup which was hosted in France at the 1998 World Cup becoming the first African team to advance the knockout stage for the second consecutive competition.

Nigeria also wrote their name in the history books as it became the first African nation to reach the Round of 16 thrice, this was achieved during the 2014 World Cup hosted in Brazil where they lost to France.

(4) Senegal: ( Korea/Japan 2002)

The Terenga Lions as they are popularly called, shocked the world at the 2002 Korea Japan World Cup by beating defending nation France in their opening group game. The debutants reached the Quater final of the competition where they lost on the golden goal rule against Uruguay.

(5): Ghana: (Germany 2006 & South Africa 2010)

The Black Stats gave Africa a good representation at the first World Cup that was hosted in Africa. The West African team were minutes away from becoming the first African team to reach the Semi-finals but a missed penalty from Asamoah Gyang in the last minute of the extra time against Uruguay ended that dream. They also became the first African team to reach the quater-finals after reaching the Round of 16 in the previous world cup.

(6) Algeria : ( Brazil' 2014)

The North Africans have qualified for the knockout stage just once which was at the World Cup hosted in Brazil. They reached the round of 16 of the competition where they lost to the eventual winners of the tournament ( Germany)

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Algeria drew their opening game against Sierra Leone. The North Africans were left stunned in their second game against Equatorial Guinea.

Algeria needed a win in their last game against Ivory Coast but that dream did not see the light of day as they were beaten by 3-1 by the Elephants. The defending champions were two goals behind at halftime. A goal from Nicolas Pepe in the second half put an end to the .contest.

Mahrez missed a penalty to compound the woes of Algeria. Sofiane Bendebka scored a consolation goal but it was a little too late

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