2015 AFRICA CUP - ALGERIA - ABEID AND BELKALEM OUT OF SQUAD
GROUP C - FIXTURES
19 January: vs South Africa in Mongomo
23 January: vs Ghana in Mongomo
27 January: vs Senegal in Malabo
22-year-old Abeid has a toe injury and Trabzonspor defender Essaïd Belkalem is out with a hamstring problem.
Both players were called up by Algeria coach Christian Gourcuff in his final squad for the Nations Cup to be held in Equatorial Guinea starting on 17 January.
Abeid, who featured for Algeria in Olympic qualifying in 2011, was one of five changes to Algeria's 23-man World Cup party.
Ishak Belfodil, Foued Kadir, goalkeeper Doukha Izzeddine and Mehdi Zeffane were also brought in.
BBC African Footballer of the Year Yacine Brahimi has also been included, as well as veteran defender Madjid Bougherra.
But goalkeeper Cedric Si Mohamed, Hassan Yebda and Nabil Ghilas were left out by Gourcuff, despite having been part of the World Cup squad that reached the last 16 for the first time in Brazil last summer.
Ahmed Kashi and Liassine Cadamuro have been named on a list of seven reserves, and may be brought in to replace Abeid and Belkalem although Algeria are yet to confirm their two replacements.
The Algerians are in Group C at the 2015 Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea with Ghana, Senegal and South Africa for the 17 January to 8 February finals.
Algeria squad:
Goalkeepers:
Rais Mbolhi
(Philadelphia Union, USA)
Doukha Izzeddine
(JS Kabylie)
Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche
(USM Alger)
Defenders:
Madjid Bougherra
(Fujaira, UAE)
Faouzi Ghoualm
(Napoli, Italy)
Rafik Halliche
(SC Qatar, Qatar)
Aissa Mandi
(Stade Reims, France)
Carl Medjani
(Trabzonspor, Turkey)
Djamel Mesbah
(Sampdoria, Italy)
Mehdi Zeffane
(Lyon, France)
Midfielders:
Nabil Bentaleb
(Tottenham, England)
Yacine Brahimi
(Porto, Portugal)
Medhi Lacen
(Getafe, Spain)
Saphir Taider
(Sassuolo, Italy)
Foued Kadir
(Real Betis, Spain)
Forwards:
Abdelmoumene Djabou
(Club Africain, Tunisia)
Sofiane Feghouli
(Valencia, Spain)
Riyad Mahrez
(Leicester City, England)
Islam Slimani
(Sporting Lisbon, Portugal)
Hilal Soudani
(Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia)
Ishak Belfodil
(Parma, Italy)
Reserves:
Liassine Cadamuro
(Osasuna, Spain)
Adlene Guedioura Adlane
(Watford, England)
Mehdi Mostefa
(Lorient, France)
Walid Mesloub
(Lorient, France)
Ryad Boudebouz
(SC Bastia, France)
Ahmed Kashi
(Metz, France)
Baghdad Bounedjah
(Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia)
Note: Squad temporarily reduced to 21 players after withdrawal of Essaid Belkalem and Mehdi Abeid through injury.
Algeria