Algeria national under-23 football team

Algeria U-23

Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك (Fennec Foxes)
Association	Algerian Football Federation
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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Kit history

1st Kit

1980 OG

2016 OG

2nd Kit

1980 OG

2016 OG

Honours

Summer Olympic Games:

• Quarter-final: 1980

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

Islamic Solidarity Games:

• Bronze Medalists: 2017

Competitive record

Olympic Games record Main article: Algeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament 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 Main article: Algeria at the African Games 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

Africa U-23 Cup of Nations record Africa U-23 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

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games record
Appearances: 2
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2005	Quarter-finals	8th	4	2	0	2	4	7
2013	Did not enter
2017	Bronze medal	3rd	5	3	1	1	6	4
2021	To be determined
Total	Bronze medal	2/3	9	5	1	3	10	11

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.^[4]

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

See also

• Algeria national football team

References

External links

• Algerian FA