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Flag of Algeria Algeria
Algerian FA (logo)
Nickname(s) الأفناك (Fennec Foxes)
الخُضر (The Greens)
Association Algerian Football Federation
Confederation CAF (Africa)
Head coach Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Vladimir Petković
Captain Riyad Mahrez
Most caps Lakhdar Belloumi (101)
Top scorer Abdelhafid Tasfaout (35)
Home Stadium Stade 5 Juillet 1962
FIFA code ALG
FIFA ranking 46 Decrease 2
Highest FIFA ranking 15 (October 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking 103 (June 2008)
Elo ranking 44
Highest Elo ranking 8 (December 1981)
Lowest Elo ranking 85 (October 2018
World Cup appearances 4 (First in 1982)
Best result Round of 16, 2014
Africa Cup of Nations appearances 19 (First in 1968)
Best result Winners, 1990, 2019
ALG 1ALG 2


The Algeria national football team is the national association football team of Algeria and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation.

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following players were selected for the 2022 World Cup qualification matches against Cameroon on 25 and 29 March 2022.

Caps and goals updated as of 29 March 2022, after the match against Cameroon.

# Pos Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Moustapha Zeghba 21 November 1990 (1990-11-21) (age 34) 1 0 Flag of Saudi Arabia Damac
16 1GK Alexandre Oukidja 19 July 1988 (1988-07-19) (age 36) 6 0 Flag of France Metz
23 1GK Raïs M'Bolhi 25 April 1986 (1986-04-25) (age 38) 89 0 Flag of Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq
2 2DF Aïssa Mandi 22 October 1991 (1991-10-22) (age 33) 74 3 Flag of Spain Villarreal
3 2DF Houcine Benayada 8 August 1992 (1992-08-08) (age 32) 9 0 Flag of Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
4 2DF Djamel Benlamri 25 December 1989 (1989-12-25) (age 35) 30 0 Flag of Qatar Qatar
5 2DF Mehdi Tahrat 24 January 1990 (1990-01-24) (age 35) 16 0 Flag of Qatar Al-Gharafa
9 2DF Youcef Laouafi 1 March 1996 (1996-03-01) (age 28) 0 0 Flag of Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
15 2DF Abdelkader Bedrane 2 April 1992 (1992-04-02) (age 32) 13 0 Flag of Tunisia Espérance
20 2DF Youcef Atal 17 May 1996 (1996-05-17) (age 28) 27 1 Flag of France Nice
21 2DF Ahmed Touba 13 March 1998 (1998-03-13) (age 26) 3 1 Flag of Netherlands Waalwijk
2DF Ramy Bensebaini 16 April 1995 (1995-04-16) (age 29) 47 5 Flag of Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
6 3MF Ramiz Zerrouki 26 May 1998 (1998-05-26) (age 26) 14 1 Flag of Netherlands Twente
12 3MF Sofiane Bendebka 9 August 1992 (1992-08-09) (age 32) 13 2 Flag of Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh
14 3MF Hicham Boudaoui 23 September 1999 (1999-09-23) (age 25) 10 0 Flag of France Nice
17 3MF Adlène Guedioura 12 November 1985 (1985-11-12) (age 39) 63 2 Flag of England Burton Albion
22 3MF Ismaël Bennacer 1 December 1997 (1997-12-01) (age 27) 37 2 Flag of Italy Milan
3MF Sofiane Feghouli 26 December 1989 (1989-12-26) (age 35) 76 19 Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
7 4FW Riyad Mahrez (captain) 21 February 1991 (1991-02-21) (age 33) 75 26 Flag of England Manchester City
8 4FW Saïd Benrahma 10 August 1995 (1995-08-10) (age 29) 17 1 Flag of England West Ham United
10 4FW Youcef Belaïli 14 March 1992 (1992-03-14) (age 32) 36 6 Flag of France Brest
11 4FW Ishak Belfodil 12 January 1992 (1992-01-12) (age 33) 20 2 Flag of Germany Hertha BSC
13 4FW Islam Slimani 18 June 1988 (1988-06-18) (age 36) 85 40 Flag of Portugal Sporting CP
18 4FW Rachid Ghezzal 9 May 1992 (1992-05-09) (age 32) 20 2 Flag of Turkey Beşiktaş
19 4FW Mohamed Benyettou 1 November 1989 (1989-11-01) (age 35) 0 0 Flag of Qatar Al-Wakrah

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up to the Algeria squad at least once within the last 12 months.

INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
RET Retired from international football.
WD Player withdrew from the roster for non-injury related reasons
COV Player withdrew from the roster due to COVID-19
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Azzedine Doukha 5 August 1986 (1986-08-05) (age 38) 15 0 Flag of Algeria JS Kabylie v. Flag of Tunisia Tunisia, 11 June 2021
DF Réda Halaïmia 28 August 1996 (1996-08-28) (age 28) 6 0 Flag of Belgium Beerschot 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF Ilyes Chetti 22 January 1995 (1995-01-22) (age 30) 3 0 Flag of Tunisia Espérance 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF Mohamed Amine Tougai 22 January 2000 (2000-01-22) (age 25) 0 0 Flag of Tunisia Espérance 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
DF Naoufel Khacef 27 October 1997 (1997-10-27) (age 27) 2 0 Flag of Portugal Tondela v. Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso, 7 September 2021
MF Yacine Brahimi 8 February 1990 (1990-02-08) (age 34) 60 11 Flag of Qatar Al-Rayyan 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
MF Haris Belkebla 28 January 1994 (1994-01-28) (age 31) 10 0 Flag of France Brest 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
MF Farid Boulaya 25 February 1993 (1993-02-25) (age 31) 8 1 Flag of France Metz 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
MF Adem Zorgane 6 January 2000 (2000-01-06) (age 25) 5 0 Flag of Belgium Charleroi 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
MF Mehdi Abeid 6 August 1992 (1992-08-06) (age 32) 19 1 Flag of United Arab Emirates Al-Nasr v. Flag of Tunisia Tunisia, 11 June 2021
MF Mehdi Zerkane 15 July 1999 (1999-07-15) (age 25) 1 0 Flag of France Bordeaux v. Flag of Tunisia Tunisia, 11 June 2021
FW Baghdad Bounedjah 24 November 1991 (1991-11-24) (age 33) 52 22 Flag of Qatar Al-Sadd 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW Adam Ounas 11 November 1996 (1996-11-11) (age 28) 16 5 Flag of Italy Napoli 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW Mohamed El Amine Amoura 9 May 2000 (2000-05-09) (age 24) 2 0 Flag of Switzerland Lugano 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
FW Andy Delort 9 October 1991 (1991-10-09) (age 33) 11 2 Flag of France Nice v. Flag of Burkina Faso Burkina Faso, 7 September 2021
FW Zinedine Ferhat 1 March 1993 (1993-03-01) (age 31) 12 0 Flag of France Nîmes v. Flag of Tunisia Tunisia, 11 June 2021
FW Hillal Soudani 25 November 1987 (1987-11-25) (age 37) 52 24 Flag of Saudi Arabia Damac v. Flag of Botswana Botswana, 29 March 2021

Coaching staff[]

Main article:List of Algeria national football team managers
Position Name
Head coach Flag of Algeria Djamel Belmadi
Assistant coach Flag of Algeria Salmane Ben Ali
Assistant coach Flag of Algeria Madjid Bougherra
Goalkeeping coach Flag of Algeria Aziz Bouras
Fitness coach Flag of Algeria Amara Merouani
First team Doctor Flag of Algeria Mohamed Soltani

Managers[]

Main article:List of Algeria international managers

Honours[]

Winners (2): 1990, 2019

External links[]

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Algeria – 2010 FIFA World Cup

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Algeria – 2014 FIFA World Cup – Round of 16

1. Si Mohamed 2. Bougherra (c) 3. Ghoulam 4. Belkalem 5. Halliche 6. Mesbah 7. Yebda 8. Lacen 9. Ghilas 10. Feghouli 11. Brahimi 12. Medjani 13. Slimani 14. Bentaleb 15. Soudani 16. Zemmamouche 17. Cadamuro 18. Djabou 19. Taïder 20. Mandi 21. Mahrez 22. Mostefa 23. M'Bolhi Manager:  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić

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Algeria – 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

1. Rahmani 2. Mandi 3. Ghoulam 4. Cadamuro 5. Belkaroui 6. Mesbah 7. Mahrez 8. Bennacer 9. Hanni 10. Bentaleb 11. Brahimi 12. Benyahia 13. Slimani 14. Bounedjah 15. Soudani 16. Asselah 17. Guedioura 18. Ghezzal 19. Abeid 20. Belkhiter 21. Bensebaini 22. Meftah 23. M'Bolhi Manager:  Flag of Belgium Georges Leekens

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Algeria – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations

1. Doukha 2. Mandi 3. Tahrat 4. Benlamri 5. Halliche 6. Fares 7. Mahrez (c) 8. Belaïli 9. Bounedjah 10. Feghouli 11. Brahimi 12. Ounas 13. Slimani 14. Boudaoui 15. Delort 16. Oukidja 17. Guedioura 18. Zeffane 19. Abeid 20. Atal 21. Bensebaini 22. Bennacer 23. M'Bolhi Manager:  Flag of France Djamel Belmadi

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Algeria – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations

1. Zeghba 2. Mandi 3. Tahrat 4. Benlamri 5. Tougai 6. Zerrouki 7. Mahrez 8. Belaïli 9. Bounedjah 10. Feghouli 11. Brahimi 12. Belkebla 13. Slimani 14. Bendebka 15. Boulaya 16. Oukidja 17. Bedrane 18. Ounas 19. Zorgane 20. Atal 21. Bensebaini 22. Bennacer 23. M'Bolhi 24. Chetti 25. Benayada 26. El Amine Amoura 27. Benrahma 28. Halaïmia Manager:  Flag of France Djamel Belmadi

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