Algeria national under-20 football team

Algeria U-20
Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك; (Fennec Foxes)
Association	Algerian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach
Home stadium	Stade 5 Juillet
FIFA code	ALG
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Algeria U-20 1–0 Tunisia U-20; (Algiers; 31 December 1967)
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances	6 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champion: 1979
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1979)
Best result	Quarter-finals: 1979

Algeria national under-20 football team (Arabic:منتخب الجزائر الوطني تحت 20 سنة), represents Algeria in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Algeria. The current coach is .

Achievements[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Quarterfinals (1): 1979

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: 1

Champion (1): 1979

Third Place (3): 1981, 1983, 1989

UNAF U-20 Tournament

Runners-up (4): 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012

Third Place (3): 2005, 2010, 2019

Arab Cup U-20

Fourth place (1): 2012

Runners-up (1): 2021

Tournament Records[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup record[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	Did not qualify
1979	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	6
1981	Did not qualify
1983
1985
1987	Did not enter
1989	Did not qualify
1991	Withdrew during qualification
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	Did not enter
2017	Did not qualify
2019	Did not qualify
2021	Did not qualify (cancelled)
2023	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	1/19	4	1	2	1	2	6

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record[]

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 6
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1979	Champions	1st	8	4	3	1	10	7
1981	Semi-finals	3rd	3	2	0	1	7	5
1983	Semi-finals	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	6
1985	Round 1	9th	2	0	2	0	0	0
1987	Did not enter
1989	Semi-finals	3rd	6	1	4	1	6	6
1991	Withdrew after qualification
1993	Did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	0	3
2015	Did not enter
2017	Did not qualify
2019
2021
2023	To be determined
Total	Champions	6/20	28	10	11	7	30	27

UNAF U-20 Tournament record[]

UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances: 11
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Third place	3rd	3	1	1	1	3	4
2006	Fourth place	4th	4	1	1	1	1	3
2007	Runner-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	5	4
2008	Fifth place	5th	4	0	2	2	1	4
2009	Runner-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	4	2
2010	Third place	3rd	3	0	2	1	1	2
2011	Runner-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	3	1
2012	Fourth place	4th	2	0	0	2	1	3
2013	Runner-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	5	3
2014	Did not enter
2015	Did not enter
2019	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	6	5
2020	Fourth place	4th	3	0	1	2	1	3
Total	Runner-up	11/13	35	10	9	15	31	34

Mediterranean Games Record[]

Mediterranean Games
Appearances: 11
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Part of France
1955
1959
1963	Did not enter
1967	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1971	Did not qualify
1975	Gold medal ¹	1st	6	6	0	0	14	3
1979	Bronze medal	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	6
1983	Group stage	6th	2	1	0	1	3	3
1987	Group stage¹	8th	3	0	0	3	1	7
1991	Group stage	8th	2	0	0	2	1	5
1993	Silver medal	2nd	4	2	1	1	6	4
1997	Group stage	8th	3	0	3	0	4	4
2001	Group stage	8th	2	0	0	2	3	7
2005	Quarter-finals	6th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2009	Did not qualify
2013	Did not qualify
2018	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5
	Qualified
Total	Gold Medal	11/18	36	14	7	15	49	54

Prior to the Athens 1991 campaign, the Football at the Mediterranean Games was open to full senior national teams.
^1 Algeria participated with the national B team in 1975 and 1987.

Arab Cup U-20 Record[]

Arab Cup U-20
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Group stage	5th	4	2	1	1	7	3
2012	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	10	7
2014	Cancelled
2020	Quarter-final	6th	4	2	0	2	4	7
2021	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	6
Total	Runners-up	4/4	19	8	4	7	28	23

Current squad[]

The following 24 players are called up for the 2021 UNAF U-20 Tournament.^[1]

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Algeria[]

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK

	2DF

	3MF

	4FW

Notable players[]

Past squads[]

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squad

References[]

^ "20 october 2021". FAF.OFFICIELLE. 2017-04-26.
^ @Borgia_OL_acad (6 November 2021). "Idriss Bounaas et Ousama Amar #OL retenus avec les U20 de l'Algérie pour le tournoi UNAF à Tunis vs la Tunisie le m…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links[]

FIFA U-20 World Cup website

[1] "20 october 2021". FAF.OFFICIELLE. 2017-04-26.

[2] @Borgia_OL_acad (6 November 2021). "Idriss Bounaas et Ousama Amar #OL retenus avec les U20 de l'Algérie pour le tournoi UNAF à Tunis vs la Tunisie le m…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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