Algeria's national football team coach, Vladimir Petkovi\u0107, is set to announce the final squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup during a press conference tomorrow, Sunday. The highly anticipated presser will take place at the Mohamed Salah conference hall within the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki.<\/p>\n
The announcement is of significant importance as the global football event draws nearer. The Swiss coach will unveil a list of 26 players who will represent Algeria in the World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Speculation surrounds the squad, with media reports suggesting the potential absence of prominent players like Isma\u00ebl Bennacer due to technical and tactical reasons, and striker Baghdad Bounedjah for disciplinary issues.<\/p>\n
The press conference is scheduled to commence at 3:00 PM, followed by an open training session for media and fans at 5:00 PM at the Nelson Mandela Stadium. This session aims to rally support for the team ahead of the international tournament.<\/p>\n
The Desert Foxes will commence their World Cup campaign with a challenging match against the reigning champions, Argentina, followed by encounters with Austria and Jordan in the group stage. Prior to the tournament, Algeria will play two friendly matches against the Netherlands and Bolivia on June 3rd and 10th, respectively, as part of their final preparations.<\/p>\n
Related topics:<\/strong> Algeria national football team, Algeria World Cup 2026, Vladimir Petkovi\u0107, Algeria squad announcement, Algeria football news, Algeria<\/p>\n DZWatch provides English-language coverage of Algeria-focused developments for international readers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Algerian national football team coach Vladimir Petkovi\u0107 to reveal the 26-player squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including details on press…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}