2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group J

Group J of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the thirteen groups to decide the teams which qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Algeria, Ethiopia, Lesotho, and Seychelles.^[1]

The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, between June 2015 and September 2016.^[2]

Algeria, the group winners, qualified for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	6	5	1	0	25	5	+20	16	Final tournament	—	7–1	4–0	6–0
2	Ethiopia	6	3	2	1	11	14	−3	11		3–3	—	2–1	2–1
3	Seychelles	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4		0–2	1–1	—	2–0
4	Lesotho	6	1	0	5	5	16	−11	3		1–3	1–2	2–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

13 June 2015 (2015-06-13)

20:30 UTC+1

Algeria	4–0	Seychelles
Slimani 21' Soudani 34', 47' Bentaleb 89'	Report

Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida

Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	2–1	Lesotho
Panom 65' Saladin 77'	Report	Mothoana 41'

Bahir Dar Stadium, Bahir Dar

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)

16:30 UTC+4

Seychelles	1–1	Ethiopia
Laurence 23' (pen.)	Report	Tesfaye 52'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)

15:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	1–3	Algeria
Mokhahlane 38'	Report	Ghoulam 32' Soudani 85', 90+1'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

20:30 UTC+1

Algeria	7–1	Ethiopia
Feghouli 23', 48' Slimani 32', 90+3' Brahimi 72' Taïder 75' Ghezzal 80'	Report	Getaneh 85'

Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

26 March 2016 (2016-03-26)

16:30 UTC+4

Seychelles	2–0	Lesotho
Waye-Hive 2' Suzette 78'	Report

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

15:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	2–1	Seychelles
Jane 23' Khutlang 69'	Report	Suzette 15'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)

29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)

17:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	3–3	Algeria
Getaneh 29', 48' Fekadu 64'	Report	Slimani 43' Mandi 62' Ghoulam 85' (pen.)

Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa

Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

2 June 2016 (2016-06-02)

18:00 UTC+4

Seychelles	0–2	Algeria
	Report	Benzia 40' Soudani 62'

Stade Linité, Victoria

Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

5 June 2016 (2016-06-05)

15:00 UTC+2

Lesotho	1–2	Ethiopia
Thabantso 58'	Report	Getaneh 45', 53'

Setsoto Stadium, Maseru

Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)

3 September 2016 (2016-09-03)

16:00 UTC+3

Ethiopia	2−1	Seychelles
Getaneh 33' Saladin 52' (pen.)	Report	Henriette 20'

Hawassa International Stadium, Awasa

Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)

4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)

20:30 UTC+1

Algeria	6–0	Lesotho
Soudani 8', 38' Mahrez 17', 74' Taïder 24' Boudebouz 45' (pen.)	Report

Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida

Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

Goalscorers

7 goals

Hillal Soudani

6 goals

Getaneh Kebede

4 goals

Islam Slimani

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

References

^ "Results of AFCON 2017 qualifiers draw". CAF. 8 April 2015.
^ "Result of the drawing of lots" (PDF). CAF.
^ "FORMAT OF 2017 AFCON QUALIFIERS AND 2018 WORLD CUP". CAFonline.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.