Algeria

Nickname(s)	??????   El Khadra (The Greens) [1] ???????   The Fennecs Desert foxes [2] ?????? ???????  (The Desert Warriors) [3]
Association	Algerian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Djamel Belmadi [4]
Captain	Riyad Mahrez
Most caps	Lakhdar Belloumi (100) [5]
Top scorer	Abdelhafid Tasfaout (36) [6]
Home stadium	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet
FIFA code	ALG
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	40 3 (22 December 2022) [7]
Highest	15 (October 2014)
Lowest	103 (June 2008)
First international
Algeria 2?1 Bulgaria   ( Algiers , Algeria ; 6 January 1963)
Biggest win
Algeria 15?1 South Yemen   ( Tripoli , Libya ; 17 August 1973)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 9?2 Algeria   ( Budapest , Hungary ; 16 August 1967)
World Cup
Appearances	4 ( first in 1982 )
Best result	Round of 16, 2014
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	19 ( first in 1968 )
Best result	Champions , 1990 , 2019
African Nations Championship
Appearances	2 ( first in 2011 )
Best result	Fourth place, 2011

Algeria national football team is the national football team of Algeria .

Notable players [ change | change source ]

• Lakhdar Belloumi
• Salah Assad
• Rabah Madjer

References [ change | change source ]

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