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]
| Pos | Team
|
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 | — |
| Algeria | 4–0 | Seychelles |
|---|---|---|
 34', 47' 89' |
Report |
Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)
| Ethiopia | 2–1 | Lesotho |
|---|---|---|
77' |
Report |
|
Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
| Seychelles | 1–1 | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
|
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
| Lesotho | 1–3 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
85', 90+1' |
Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
| Algeria | 7–1 | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
32', 90+3' 72' 75' 80' |
Report |
|
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
| Seychelles | 2–0 | Lesotho |
|---|---|---|
78' |
Report |
Referee: Louis Hakizimana (Rwanda)
| Lesotho | 2–1 | Seychelles |
|---|---|---|
69' |
Report |
|
Referee: Israel Mujuni (Tanzania)
| Ethiopia | 3–3 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
64' |
Report |
62' 85' (pen.) |
Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
| Seychelles | 0–2 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
62' |
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
| Lesotho | 1–2 | Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
|
Referee: Parmendra Nunkoo (Mauritius)
| Ethiopia | 2−1 | Seychelles |
|---|---|---|
52' (pen.) |
Report |
|
Referee: Brian Miiro (Uganda)
| Algeria | 6–0 | Lesotho |
|---|---|---|
17', 74' 24' 45' (pen.) |
Report |
Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)
Faouzi Ghoulam Riyad Mahrez Saphir Taïder Saladin Said Dine Suzette Yassine Benzia Ryad Boudebouz Yacine Brahimi Rachid Ghezzal Aïssa Mandi Dawit Fekadu Gatoch Panom Seyoum Tesfaye Sunny Jane Tumelo Khutlang Ralekoti Mokhahlane Bokang Mothoana Jane Thabantso Achille Henriette Nelson Laurence Gervais Waye-Hive
