Algeria A' national football team

Algeria A'
Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك; (Fennec Foxes)
Association	Algerian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Madjid Bougherra
Most caps	Hocine Metref (13)
Top scorer	Youcef Ghazali (4)
Home stadium	Mustapha Tchaker
FIFA code	ALG
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
Appearances	1 (first in 2011)
Best result	4th (2011)

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.

African Nations Championship record[]

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 1
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	Did not qualify
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 have 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 (age 31)	0	0	MC Oran
23	1GK	Abderrahmane Medjadel	(1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 23)	1	0	Olympique de Médéa

2	2DF		(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994 (age 27)	1	0	CR Belouizdad
3	2DF	Boualem Mesmoudi	(1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 27)	1	0	MC Oran
4	2DF		(1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 24)	1	0	MC Alger
5	2DF		(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 24)	1	0	Paradou AC
13	2DF	Zineddine Belaïd	(1999-03-20) 20 March 1999 (age 22)	1	0	USM Alger
20	2DF		(1993-01-06) 6 January 1993 (age 28)	1	0	ES Sétif
22	2DF	Nabil Lamara	(1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 28)	2	0	MC Alger

6	3MF		(1999-06-22) 22 June 1999 (age 22)	1	0	ES Sétif
8	3MF	Adem Zorgane	(2000-01-06) 6 January 2000 (age 21)	3	0	Paradou AC
10	3MF	Amir Sayoud (captain)	(1990-09-30) 30 September 1990 (age 30)	3	0	CR Belouizdad
14	3MF		(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 21)	1	0	CR Belouizdad
15	3MF	Abderrahim Deghmoum	(1998-12-02) 2 December 1998 (age 22)	1	0	ES Sétif
16	3MF	Billel Benhammouda	(1997-08-28) 28 August 1997 (age 24)	1	0	USM Alger
17	3MF	Bachir Belloumi	(2002-06-01) 1 June 2002 (age 19)	1	0	MC Oran
18	3MF	Abdelkahar Kadri	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 21)	1	0	Paradou AC

7	4FW	Houssam Ghacha	(1995-10-22) 22 October 1995 (age 25)	3	0	ES Sétif
9	4FW	Ismail Belkacemi	(1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 (age 28)	1	0	USM Alger
11	4FW	Mohamed El Amine Amoura	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 21)	1	4	ES Sétif
12	4FW	Billel Messaoudi	(1997-12-21) 21 December 1997 (age 23)	1	1	JS Saoura
19	4FW		(2001-03-16) 16 March 2001 (age 20)	0	0	CR Belouizdad
21	4FW	Youcef Laouafi	(1996-03-01) 1 March 1996 (age 25)	1	0	ES Sétif

Results and fixtures[]

2019[]

21 September 2020 CHAN Q	Algeria A'	0–0	Morocco A'	showBlida, Algeria
19:45 CEST		Report		Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)

19 October 2020 CHAN Q	Morocco A'	3–0	Algeria A'	showBerkane, Morocco
20:00 CEST	Banoun 27' (p) Ahaddad 32' Nahiri 41'	Report		Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Mahamadou Keïta (Mali)

2021[]

17 June Friendly	Algeria A'	5–1	Liberia	showOran, Algeria
20:45 CEST	Amoura 39', 41', 47', 67' Messaoudi 84' (p)		Dorley 24'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ibrahim Mutaz (Libya)

26 August Friendly

Syria

v

Algeria A'

Doha, Qatar

29 August Friendly

Burundi

v

Algeria A'

Doha, Qatar

1 December 2021 FIFA Arab Cup	Algeria A'	v	Sudan	showAl Rayyan, Qatar
13:00 AST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Ahmed bin Ali Stadium

4 December 2021 FIFA Arab Cup	Lebanon	v	Algeria A'	showAl Wakrah, Qatar
16:00 AST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium

7 December 2021 FIFA Arab Cup	Algeria A'	v	Egypt	showAl Wakrah, Qatar
22:00 AST (UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Al Janoub Stadium

All-time record[]

showDate	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Occasion
May 3, 2008	Koléa	Algeria A'	1 – 1^[3]	Morocco A'	2009 African Championship of Nations qualification
May 17, 2008	Fes	Morocco A'	1 – 1 (3–1 p)^[4]	Algeria A'	2009 African Championship of Nations qualification
March 3, 2010	Koléa	Algeria A'	4 – 0^[5]	Liechtenstein	Friendly match
March 13, 2010	Koléa	Algeria A'	1 – 0^[6]	Libya A'	2011 African Nations Championship qualification
April 17, 2010	Tripoli	Libya A'	2 – 1^[7]	Algeria A'	2011 African Nations Championship qualification
October 8, 2010	Rouiba	Algeria A'	1 – 1^[8]	Mali A'	Friendly match
October 11, 2010	Rouiba	Algeria A'	1 – 0^[9]	Mali A'	Friendly match
December 28, 2010	Algiers	Algeria A'	3 – 1^[10]	Chad	Friendly match
January 22, 2011	Algiers	Algeria A'	4 – 1^[11]	Niger	Friendly match
February 5, 2011	Khartoum	Uganda A'	0 – 2^[12]	Algeria A'	2011 African Nations Championship
February 8, 2011	Khartoum	Gabon A'	2 – 2^[13]	Algeria A'	2011 African Nations Championship
February 12, 2011	Khartoum	Sudan A'	0 – 0^[14]	Algeria A'	2011 African Nations Championship
February 18, 2011	Khartoum	South Africa A'	0 – 2^[15]	Algeria A'	2011 African Nations Championship
February 22, 2011	Khartoum, Sudan	Algeria A'	1–1 (3–5 p)	Tunisia A'	2011 African Nations Championship
February 25, 2011	Omdurman, Sudan	Sudan A'	1 – 0	Algeria A'	2011 African Nations Championship
May 25, 2013	Blida, Algeria	Algeria A'	1 – 0^[16]	Mauritania	Friendly match
August 12, 2017	Constantine, Algeria	Algeria A'	1 – 2	Libya A'	2018 African Nations Championship qualification
August 18, 2017	Sfax, Tunisia	Libya A'	1 – 1	Algeria A'	2018 African Nations Championship qualification
June 17, 2021	Bir El Djir, Algeria	Algeria A'		Liberia	Friendly match

References[]

^ "CHAN-2016 : L'Algérie disqualifiée". El Watan. Tarek Aït Sellamet. January 16, 2015.
^ "Algeria (2021)". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ Algérie A' 1-1 Maroc A' Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
^ Les Verts éliminés
^ Algérie A' 4-0 Liechtenstein Archived March 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ Algérie A' 1-0 Libye A' Archived 2010-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ EN A': Les Verts qualifiés sur le fil pour le CHAN 2011 ! Archived 2010-07-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ Amical : Algérie 1-1 Mali Archived October 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ CHAN 2011 - Amical : Algérie A' 1-0 Mali A'
^ Algérie A' 3-1 Tchad Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Algérie A' 4-1 Niger A'". Archived from the original on 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
^ CHAN 2011: Ouganda 0-2 Algérie, le Live (FT)
^ CHAN 2011 : GAB 2-2 ALG, deux points de perdus Archived 2011-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
^ CHAN 2010 : Soudan 0-0 Algérie FT
^ South Africa 0-2 Algeria - CAF Match Report
^ "Algeria 1-0 Mauritania". Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-05-31.

External links[]

[1] "CHAN-2016 : L'Algérie disqualifiée". El Watan. Tarek Aït Sellamet. January 16, 2015.

[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.

[12] CHAN 2011: Ouganda 0-2 Algérie, le Live (FT)

[13] CHAN 2011 : GAB 2-2 ALG, deux points de perdus Archived 2011-02-11 at the Wayback Machine

[14] CHAN 2010 : Soudan 0-0 Algérie FT

[15] South Africa 0-2 Algeria - CAF Match Report

[16] "Algeria 1-0 Mauritania". Archived from the original on 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2013-05-31.

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