Algeria national under-23 football team

Algeria U-23

Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك (Fennec Foxes)
Association	Fédération Algérienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF
Head coach	Pierre-André Schürmann
Captain	Ryad Kenniche
Home stadium	Stade Mustapha Tchaker
FIFA code	ALG
First colours Second colours
First international
Morocco U-23 3–1 Algeria U-23 (Morocco; 1 November 1965)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (first in 1980)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1980)
African Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1965)
Best result	Gold Medal (1978)
U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	Silver Medal (2015)

The Algeria national under-23 football team represents Algeria in international football competitions including the Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed. The team is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football (FAF).

History

Algeria first appeared in the final of the Summer Olympics held in Moscow in 1980. They managed to reach the quarter finals of the tournament.

In 2015, the under-23 team finished runners-up in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. They lost to Nigeria 2-1 in Dakar, Senegal where the tournament was hosted. Algeria missed an opportunity to level in the second half. Zinedine Ferhat had a penalty saved by Nigeria goalkeeper Daniel Emmanuel in the 68th minute. Algeria clinched their place in the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Rio de Janeiro by beating South Africa 2-0 in the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations.

Kit history

1st Kit

1980 OG

2016 OG

2nd Kit

1980 OG

2016 OG

Honours

Summer Olympic Games:

• Best results: Quarter-final

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations

• Runners-up: 2015

African Games:

• Gold Medalists: 1978

UNAF U-23 Tournament:

• Champions: 2007, 2010
• Runners-up: 2006, 2011

in 1978 All-Africa Games & 1980 Summer Olympics, Algeria participate with the A team at this time

Olympic Games record

Main article: Algeria at the Olympics

Olympic Games
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1900-1960	Part of  France (FRA)
1964	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1972
1976
1980	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	4	5
1984	Did not qualify
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	Group Stage	14th	3	0	1	2	4	6
2020	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	2/25	7	1	2	4	8	11

• Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.

African Games record

African Games
Appearances: 7
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1965	Fourth Place	4th	5	2	0	3	6	5
1973	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	6	6
1978	Gold Medal	1st	5	4	1	0	9	2
1987	Disqualified 1
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4
1999	Group Stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2003	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2007	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not enter
2019	To be determined
Total	Gold Medal	7/11	25	11	4	10	32	29

• Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the African Games was open to full senior national teams.
• ^1 Algeria disqualified in the qualification match after beating Tunisia, for professional players on the Algeria team

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U-23 Africa Cup of Nations record

U-23 Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2011	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	2	5
2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	6	3
2019	To be determined
Total	Runners-up	2/2	8	3	2	3	8	8

UNAF U-23 Tournament record

UNAF U-23 Tournament
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2006	Runners-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	4	3
2007	Winners	1st	2	0	2	0	0	0
2010	Winners	1st	3	3	0	0	12	1
2011	Runners-up	2nd	2	1	0	1	4	3
Total	Winners	4/4	10	5	3	2	20	7

Team

Current squad

The following is the Algeria squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 14 July.

Head coach: Pierre-André Schürmann

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Abdelkader Salhi	(1993-03-19)19 March 1993 (aged 23)	12	0	ASO Chlef
2	2DF	Miloud Rebiaï	(1993-12-12)12 December 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	ES Sétif
3	2DF	Ayoub Abdellaoui	(1993-02-16)16 February 1993 (aged 23)	13	0	USM Alger
4	2DF	Abdelghani Demmou*	(1989-01-29)29 January 1989 (aged 27)	1	0	MC Alger
5	2DF	Ryad Kenniche (c)	(1993-04-30)30 April 1993 (aged 23)	7	1	ES Sétif
6	3MF	Mohamed Benkhemassa	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 23)	17	2	USM Alger
7	4FW	Baghdad Bounedjah*	(1991-11-24)24 November 1991 (aged 24)	6	4	Al Sadd SC
8	3MF	Haris Belkebla	(1994-01-28)28 January 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Tours
9	4FW	Mohamed Benkablia	(1994-02-02)2 February 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	ASM Oran
10	4FW	Abderrahmane Meziane	(1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 23)	13	4	USM Alger
11	4FW	Zakaria Haddouche	(1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 21)	9	1	ES Sétif
12	3MF	Raouf Benguit	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 20)	14	0	USM Alger
13	4FW	Oussama Darfalou	(1993-09-29)29 September 1993 (aged 22)	11	4	USM Alger
14	3MF	Sofiane Bendebka*	(1992-08-09)9 August 1992 (aged 23)	1	1	NA Hussein Dey
15	2DF	Houari Ferhani	(1993-02-11)11 February 1993 (aged 23)	13	0	JS Kabylie
16	1GK	Farid Chaâl	(1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	USM El Harrach
17	3MF	Zakaria Draoui	(1994-02-20)20 February 1994 (aged 22)	6	0	CR Belouizdad
18	4FW	Rachid Aït-Atmane	(1993-02-04)4 February 1993 (aged 23)	1	0	Sporting Gijón

* Over-aged player.

• stats as of September 29, 2015

Notable players

• Lakhdar Belloumi
• Salah Assad
• Rabah Madjer
• Djamel Menad
• Ali Fergani

Former squads

• 1980 Summer Olympics squads - Algeria
• 2011 CAF U-23 Championship squads - Algeria
• 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations squads - Algeria

See also

• Algeria national football team

External links

• Algerian FA