The Algeria national football team represents Algeria in men's international football, and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the 5 July Stadium in Algiers and Miloud Hadefi Stadium in Oran. Algeria joined FIFA on 1 January 1964, a year and a half after gaining independence. They are the current champions of the FIFA Arab Cup.
The Niger national football team represents Niger in international football through the Nigerien Football Federation, a member of Confederation of African Football (CAF). Niger plays in the colors of the flag of Niger, white, green and orange. Their nickname comes from the Dama gazelle, native to Niger, the Hausa name of which is Meyna or Ménas The Dama appears on their badge in the colors of the national flag.
Alhassane Keita Otchico, known as Keita, is a Guinean footballer who most recently played as a striker for American club Jacksonville Armada FC.
Association Sportive Olympique de Chlef, known as ASO Chlef or simply ASO for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Chlef, founded in 1947. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium, has a capacity of some 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Chabab Ahly Bordj Bou Arréridj, known as CA Bord Bou Arréridj or simply CABBA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Bordj Bou Arreridj, founded in 1931. The club colours are yellow and black. Their home stadium, 20 August 1955 Stadium, has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Ligue Régional I.
Iulian Sebastian Filipescu is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He debuted in Divizia A with Steaua București in 1993 and became part of a league championship winning team for seven seasons in a row from 1993 to 1999: five titles with Steaua and two with Galatasaray in Turkey. He then joined Real Betis of Spain, and played four and a half seasons there before joining FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.
Fath Union Sport, commonly called FUS or FUS Rabat, is a Moroccan professional football club based in Rabat and currently playing in the first division. The club was founded on 10 April 1946. 'Fath Union Sport' is the name of the sports club which encompasses everything from Basketball to the game of Chess.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) section of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification saw teams compete for five berths in the final tournament in South Africa. The qualification stage doubled as the qualification stage for the 2010 African Cup of Nations, with fifteen teams qualifying for the finals held in Angola.
Football is the most popular sport in Niger, a nation of over 25 million.
Abdoul Razzagui Camara is a Guinean former professional footballer who as a striker, but was also often utilized as a left-winger.
The African section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification acted as the qualifies of the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 52 teams from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) who competing for 5 spots of the 32 teams in the finals.
Alhassane "Lass" Bangoura is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Super League Greece 2 club Chania FC.
Gnaly Albert Maxwel Cornet is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a left winger and full-back for Premier League club West Ham United and the Ivory Coast national team. He has previously played in France for Metz II, Metz, Lyon II and Lyon and in England with Burnley.
Issoufou Sellsavon Dayo is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for RS Berkane and the Burkina Faso national team. Issoufou Dayo featured in the AFCON 2021 third place game against Cameroon.
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches were organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to decide the participating teams of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, the 34th edition of the international men's football championship of Africa. A total of 24 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Ivory Coast, who qualified automatically as hosts.
Issoufou is a surname and given name. Notable people with the surname include:
Pathé Ismaël Ciss is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a central or defensive midfielder for La Liga club Rayo Vallecano and the Senegal national team.
Group F of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Algeria, Uganda, Niger and Tanzania.
Abdel Rahim Alhassane Bonkan, known as just Rahim Alhassane, is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primera Federación club Recreativo Huelva. Born in Nigeria, he plays for the Niger national team.
Yanis Ali Issoufou is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.
