Algeria A' national football team

The Algeria A' national football team (Arabic: منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم للمحليين) is the local national football team of Algeria and is open only to domestic league players. The team represents Algeria at the African Nations Championship and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation.

Algeria A'
Nickname(s)الأفنــاك
(Fennec Foxes)
AssociationAlgerian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachMadjid Bougherra
Most capsHocine Metref (13)
Top scorerYoucef Ghazali (4)
Home stadiumMustapha Tchaker
FIFA codeALG
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Algeria 1–1 Morocco 
(Koléa, Algeria; May 3, 2008)
Biggest win
 Algeria 5–1 Liberia 
(Oran, Algeria; June 17, 2021)
 Algeria 4–0 Sudan 
(Al Rayyan, Qatar; 1 December 2021)
Biggest defeat
 Morocco 3–0 Algeria 
(Berkane, Morocco; October 19, 2019)
African Nations Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best result4th (2011)
FIFA Arab Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1988)
Best resultChampions (2021)

The primary men's Algeria national football team contains expatriate players and represents Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations.

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
2009 Did not qualify
2011 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 7 4
2014 Did not enter
2016 Disqualified 1
2018 Did not qualify
2020
2022 Qualified
Total Fourth Place 1/5 6 2 3 1 7 4

^1 The CAF disqualified Algeria from the CHAN 2016 because the team abandoned the qualifiers of the previous edition, the CHAN 2014.[1]

Coaching staff

Managerial history

Year Name Record (W–D–L)
2008 Mustapha Heddane 0–2–0
2009–2011 Abdelhak Benchikha 6–3–1
2010 Mohamed Chaib* 1–1–0
2011–2012 Ali Fergani
2017 Lucas Alcaraz 0–1–1
2017–2018 Rabah Madjer 1–0–1
2019 Ludovic Batelli 0–1–1
2021–present Madjid Bougherra 1–0–0
  • Chaib was in charge of a pair of friendlies against Mali since Benchikha was on duty with the A national team

Players

Current squad

The following 30 players were called up for the friendly matches against Togo on 7 and 10 April 2022.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Farid Chaâl (1994-07-03) 3 July 1994 0 0 MC Alger
1GK Abderrahmane Medjadel (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 1 0 Paradou AC
1GK Zakaria Saidi (1996-08-05) 5 August 1996 0 0 JS Saoura
1GK Oussama Benbot (1994-10-11) 11 October 1994 0 0 USM Alger

2DF Chouaib Keddad (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 1 0 CR Belouizdad
2DF Mouad Hadded (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 1 0 MC Alger
2DF Aimen Bouguerra (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 1 0 Paradou AC
2DF Djamel Benlamri (1989-12-25) 25 December 1989 0 0 Free Agent
2DF Zineddine Belaïd (1999-03-20) 20 March 1999 1 0 USM Alger
2DF Haithem Loucif (1996-07-08) 8 July 1996 0 0 USM Alger
2DF Abdelmoumen Chikhi (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 0 0 JS Kabylie
2DF Ayoub Ghezala (1995-12-06) 6 December 1995 0 0 MC Alger
2DF Chemseddine Nessakh (1988-01-04) 4 January 1988 0 0 CR Belouizdad
2DF Hocine Dehiri (2000-09-16) 16 September 2000 0 0 Paradou AC
2DF Merwane Khelif (2000-02-08) 8 February 2000 0 0 JS Saoura

3MF Ahmed Kendouci (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 1 0 ES Sétif
3MF Houssem Eddine Mrezigue (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 1 0 CR Belouizdad
3MF Billel Benhammouda (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 1 0 USM Alger
3MF Djaber Kaassis (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 0 0 Paradou AC
3MF Yacine Titraoui (2003-07-26) 26 July 2003 0 0 Paradou AC
3MF Khalid Dahamni (1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 0 0 ASO Chlef

4FW Adil Boulbina (2003-05-02) 2 May 2003 0 0 Paradou AC
4FW Chouaib Debbih (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 0 0 CS Constantine
4FW Féthi Tahar (1994-01-22) 22 January 1994 0 0 MC Alger
4FW Abderrahim Deghmoum (1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 1 0 ES Sétif
4FW Kheireddine Merzougui (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 0 0 CR Belouizdad
4FW Karim Aribi (1994-06-24) 24 June 1994 0 0 CR Belouizdad
4FW Samy Frioui (1991-09-07) 7 September 1991 0 0 MC Alger
4FW Rédha Bensayah (1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 0 0 JS Kabylie
4FW Nadhir Benbouali (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 0 0 Paradou AC
4FW Mohamed Islam Belkheir (2001-03-16) 16 March 2001 0 0 CR Belouizdad

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Oussama Litim (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 0 0 MC Oran

DF Boualem Mesmoudi (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 1 0 MC Oran
DF Abdellah Debbari (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 1 0 ES Sétif
DF Nabil Lamara (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 2 0 MC Alger

MF Adem Zorgane (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 3 0 Paradou AC
MF Amir Sayoud (captain) (1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 3 0 CR Belouizdad
MF Bachir Belloumi (2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 1 0 MC Oran
MF Abdelkahar Kadri (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 1 0 Paradou AC

FW Houssam Ghacha (1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 3 0 ES Sétif
FW Ismail Belkacemi (1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 1 0 USM Alger
FW Mohamed El Amine Amoura (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 1 4 ES Sétif
FW Billel Messaoudi (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 1 1 JS Saoura
FW Youcef Laouafi (1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 1 0 ES Sétif

Results and fixtures

2021

17 June Friendly Algeria A'  5–1  Liberia Bir El Djir, Oran, Algeria
20:45 UTC+1
  • Amoura 39', 41', 47', 67'
  • Messaoudi 84' (p)
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)
26 August Friendly Syria  1–2  Algeria A' Al-Wakrah, Doha, Qatar
19:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
29 August Friendly Burundi  0–3  Algeria A' Al-Wakrah, Doha, Qatar
--:-- UTC+3
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
9 October Friendly Algeria A'  3–1  Benin A' Algiers, Algeria
18:45 UTC+1
  • Sacca 30'
Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Naim Hosni (Tunisia)
12 November Friendly New Zealand  2–1  Algeria A' Dubai, UAE
19:00 UTC+3
Report Stadium: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
Referee: Hamad Ali Yousef (UAE)
1 December 2021 FIFA Arab Cup - GS Algeria A'  4–0  Sudan Al Rayyan, Qatar
13:00 AST (UTC+3)
Report Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
4 December 2021 2021 FIFA Arab Cup - GS Lebanon  0–2  Algeria A' Al Wakrah, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3 Report
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
7 December 2021 2021 FIFA Arab Cup - GS Algeria A'  1–1  Egypt Al Wakrah, Qatar
22:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium
Referee: Facundo Tello (Argentina)
15 December 2021 (2021-12-15) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup - SF Qatar  1–2  Algeria A' Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
22:00 UTC+3
Report
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
18 December 2021 (2021-12-18) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup - F Tunisia  0–2 (a.e.t.)  Algeria A' Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor
18:00 UTC+3 Report
Attendance: 60,456
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

2022

7 April Friendly Algeria A'  1–0  Togo A' Blida, Algeria
  • Dahamni 1'
Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
10 April Friendly Algeria A'  0-0  Togo A' Blida, Algeria
Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
June Friendly Algeria A'  v  Mali A' Alger, Algeria
Stadium: [[]]
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
10 June Friendly Algeria A'  v  RD Congo A' Alger, Algeria
Stadium: [[]]
Attendance: 0 (close doors)
June Friendly Algeria A'  v  Senegal A' Alger, Algeria
Stadium: [[]]
Attendance: 0 (close doors)

All-time record

References

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