Algeria national under-23 football team

Algeria U-23

Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك (Fennec Foxes)
Association	Fédération Algérienne de Football
Sub-confederation	UNAF
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Pierre-André Schürmann
Captain	Oussama Darfalou
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	1 (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.

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

Competitive record

Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1896 - 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	Qualified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	2/25	4	1	1	2	4	5

• 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	Round 1	5th	3	1	1	1	6	6
1978	Gold Medal	1st	5	4	1	0	9	2
1987	Disqualified
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Round 1	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4
1999	Round 1	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2003	Round 1	5th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2007	Round 1	5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not enter
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

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

Current squad

The following list of 24 players were called up by the national coach Pierre-André Schürmann for the U-23 qualification matches against Sierra Leone held in July 2015:

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 23 1GK Abdelkader Salhi (1993-03-19) March 19, 1993 11 0 ASO Chlef 1 1GK Oussama Methazem (1993-12-16) December 16, 1993 2 0 RC Arbaâ 1GK Farid Chaâl (1994-07-03) July 3, 1994 0 0 MC Alger 2 2DF Réda Halaïmia (1996-08-28) August 28, 1996 1 0 MC Oran 20 2DF Rédouane Cherifi (1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 10 1 USM Bel-Abbès 5 2DF Ryad Keniche (1993-04-30) April 30, 1993 9 1 ES Sétif 12 2DF Mohamed El Amine Barka (1993-03-20) March 20, 1993 10 0 ASM Oran 2DF Miloud Rebai (1993-12-12) December 12, 1993 0 0 ES Sétif 2DF Ramy Bensebaini (1995-04-16) April 16, 1995 2 0 HSC Montpellier 13 2DF Houari Ferhani (1993-02-11) February 11, 1993 7 0 RC Arbaâ 2DF Nour El Islam Salah (1993-03-17) March 17, 1993 1 0 ASO Chlef 3 2DF Ayoub Abdellaoui (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 12 0 USM Alger 6 3MF Mohamed Benkhemassa (1993-06-28) June 28, 1993 12 1 USM Alger 3MF Khaled Semahi 0 0 ASO Chlef 3MF Abderaouf Benguit (1996-04-05) April 5, 1996 5 0 Paradou AC 3MF Ahmed Gagaâ (1994-12-21) December 21, 1994 5 0 JS Kabylie 21 3MF Larbi Tabti (1993-04-23) April 23, 1993 8 0 ASM Oran 24 3MF Oussama Chita (1996-10-31) October 31, 1996 8 0 MC Alger 3MF Zinedine Ferhat (1993-03-01) March 1, 1993 0 0 USM Alger 3MF Zakaria Benchaâ (1997-01-11) January 11, 1997 0 0 MC Oran 3MF Zakaria Draoui (1994-02-20) February 20, 1994 3 0 CR Belouizdad 4 4FW Abdelkader Meziane-Bentahar (1994-03-07) March 7, 1994 8 4 RC Arbaâ 9 4FW Oussama Darfalou (Captain) (1993-09-29) September 29, 1993 11 4 USM Alger 10 4FW Mohamed Benkabila (1993-02-02) February 2, 1993 12 2 ASM Oran 4FW Zakaria Haddouche (1994-08-19) August 19, 1994 9 1 ES Sétif 4FW Abdelhakim Amokrane (1994-05-10) May 10, 1994 5 2 DRB Tadjenanet

Recent call-ups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Sofiane Kacem (1993-01-11) January 11, 1993 1 0 JSM Bejaia 2DF Abderrahim Salem Dekhinet (1993-06-12) June 12, 1993 0 0 USM El Harrach 2DF Hamouda Bendoukha (1993-08-26) August 26, 1993 0 0 MC Alger 2DF Mohamed Amrane (1994-01-27) January 27, 1994 2 0 RC Arbaâ 2DF Nour Islam Abrous (1993-02-06) February 6, 1993 1 0 ESM Koléa 2DF Hichem Aoulmi (1993-03-10) March 10, 1993 0 0 USM Bel Abbès 2DF Mohamed Sofiane Bouchar (1994-05-21) May 21, 1994 3 0 ES Sétif 2DF Ayeche Ziouache (1995-01-20) January 20, 1995 0 0 ES Sétif 3MF Abderrahmane Ensaad (1993-12-09) December 9, 1993 0 0 ORB Oued Fodda 3MF Chouaib Zalami (1993-03-05) March 5, 1993 0 0 AS Khroub 3MF Mohamed Imadeddine Aouina (1993-08-21) August 21, 1993 0 0 CRB Ain Fakroun 3MF Tarek Bouflih (1993-01-11) January 11, 1993 1 0 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 3MF Abderrahmane Saighi (1993-03-03) March 3, 1993 1 0 JSM Bejaia 3MF Sofiane Khadir 2 0 MO Béjaia 3MF Sofiane Chlaoua (1993-07-27) July 27, 1993 0 0 MC Oran 3MF Abderrahmane Bourdim (1994-06-14) June 14, 1994 5 1 RC Rélizane 3MF Mohamed Taib (1994-04-20) April 20, 1994 0 0 USM Alger 3MF Djamel Belalem (1993-08-12) August 12, 1993 1 0 ASM Oran 4FW Samir Aiboud (1993-12-11) December 11, 1993 1 0 JS Kabylie 4FW Mounir Fekih (1993-04-20) April 20, 1993 1 0 MC Oran 4FW Kamel Zeghli (1993-08-20) August 20, 1993 0 0 JSM Bejaia 4FW Billel Bensaha 0 0 JSM Bejaia 4FW Smail Bekacemi (1993-06-24) June 24, 1993 0 0 MO Béjaia 4FW Fethallah Tahar (1994-01-22) January 22, 1994 5 0 ASM Oran 4FW Zakaria Naidji (1995-01-19) January 19, 1995 0 0 Paradou AC 4FW Malik Ihadjadene (1994-03-19) March 19, 1994 2 0 JS Kabylie 4FW Oussama Abdeldjelil (1993-06-23) June 23, 1993 1 0 free agent 4FW Tayeb Meziani (1996-02-27) February 27, 1996 1 0 Paradou AC

• 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