Algeria add five more players to pre-World Cup training camp in Switzerland

Algeria coach Rabah Saadane has added five players to his pre-World Cup list of 25 that will get together for a training camp at Crans Montana in Switzerland on May 13-27

Out to Africa: Nadir Belhadj is part of Algeria's 30-man squad for the World Cup, where they face England

ES Setif trio Lazhar Hadj Aissa, Hocine Metref and Khaled Lemmouchia will join the squad, as will Mohamed Meftah of JS Kabylie and Amri Chadli, who has just signed for recently promoted Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern.

Algeria, who are due to play warm-up games against Ireland in Dublin and the United Arab Emirates, have been drawn in Group C at the World Cup finals in South Africa alongside England, Slovenia and the United States.

Each competing country is allowed a 23-man World Cup squad, which has to be submitted to FIFA, world football's ruling body, no later than June 1.

Squad: Lounes Gaouaoui, Faouzi Chaouchi, Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche, M’bolhi Rais Ouheb, Abdelkader Laifaoui, Madjid Bougherra, Carl Medjani, Rafik Halliche, Antar Yahia, Habib Belaid, Nadir Belhadj, Djamel Mesbah, Hassan Yebda, Medhi Lacen, Yazid Mansouri, Adlene Guedioura, Riad Boudebouz, Djamel Abdoun, Fouad Kadir, Mourad Meghni, Karim Ziani, Karim Matmour, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Rafik Djebbour, Rafik Saifi, Lazhar Hadj Aissa, Hocine Metref, Khaled Lemmouchia, Mohamed Meftah, Amri Chadli