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)
Biggest defeat
 Morocco 3–0 Algeria 
(Berkane, Morocco; October 19, 2019)
African Nations Championship
Appearances1 (first in 2011)
Best result4th (2011)

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 players were called up for the friendly match dates played on 17 June 2021 in Oran against Liberia.[2]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Oussama Litim (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 0 0 MC Oran
23 1GK Abderrahmane Medjadel (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 1 0 Olympique de Médéa
2 2DF Chouaib Keddad (1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 1 0 CR Belouizdad
3 2DF Boualem Mesmoudi (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 1 0 MC Oran
4 2DF Mouad Hadded (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 1 0 MC Alger
5 2DF Aimen Bouguerra (1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 1 0 Paradou AC
13 2DF Zineddine Belaïd (1999-03-20) 20 March 1999 1 0 USM Alger
20 2DF Abdellah Debbari (1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 1 0 ES Sétif
22 2DF Nabil Lamara (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 2 0 MC Alger
6 3MF Ahmed Kendouci (1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 1 0 ES Sétif
8 3MF Adem Zorgane (2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 3 0 Paradou AC
10 3MF Amir Sayoud (captain) (1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 3 0 CR Belouizdad
14 3MF Houssem Eddine Mrezigue (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 1 0 CR Belouizdad
15 3MF Abderrahim Deghmoum (1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 1 0 ES Sétif
16 3MF Billel Benhammouda (1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 1 0 USM Alger
17 3MF Bachir Belloumi (2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 1 0 MC Oran
18 3MF Abdelkahar Kadri (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 1 0 Paradou AC
7 4FW Houssam Ghacha (1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 3 0 ES Sétif
9 4FW Ismail Belkacemi (1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 1 0 USM Alger
11 4FW Mohamed El Amine Amoura (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 1 4 ES Sétif
12 4FW Billel Messaoudi (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 1 1 JS Saoura
19 4FW Mohamed Islam Belkheir (2001-03-16) 16 March 2001 0 0 CR Belouizdad
21 4FW 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
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)
11 December 2021 (2021-12-11) 2021 FIFA Arab Cup - QF Morocco A'  2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)		  Algeria A' Al Thumama Stadium, Doha
22:00 UTC+3
Report
Attendance: 24,823
Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)
Penalties
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)

All-time record

References
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  2. "Algeria (2021)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. Algérie A' 1-1 Maroc A' Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Les Verts éliminés
  5. Algérie A' 4-0 Liechtenstein Archived March 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Algérie A' 1-0 Libye A' Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
  7. EN A': Les Verts qualifiés sur le fil pour le CHAN 2011 ! Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Amical : Algérie 1-1 Mali Archived October 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. CHAN 2011 - Amical : Algérie A' 1-0 Mali A'
  10. Algérie A' 3-1 Tchad Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Algérie A' 4-1 Niger A'". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
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  14. CHAN 2010 : Soudan 0-0 Algérie FT
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