Algeria women's national football team

Algeria
Nickname(s)	الأفناك (The Fennecs)
Association	Algerian Football Federation
Other affiliation	UAFA (Arab Nations)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Farid Benstiti
Captain	Sofia Guellati
Top scorer	Naïma Bouhenni (35)
Home stadium	Stade du 5 Juillet
FIFA code	ALG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	84 (15 March 2024)
Highest	64 (June – September 2009)
Lowest	97 (December 2003)
First international
	France 14–0 Algeria ; (Cesson-Sévigné, France; 14 May 1998)
Biggest win
	Algeria 14–0 Sudan ; (Algiers, Algeria; 20 October 2021)
Biggest defeat
	France 14–0 Algeria ; (Cesson-Sévigné, France; 14 May 1998)
Africa Women Cup of Nations
Appearances	5 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group Stage (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
UNAF Women's Tournament
Appearances	3 (first in 2009)
Best result	Runners-up (2009)
Arab Women's Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2006)
Best result	Champions (2006)
Medal record
African Games
UNAF Women's Tournament
Arab Women's Cup

The Algeria women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم للسيدات) represents Algeria in international women's football.

Algeria played its first match in 1998, against France, and lost 14–0. The team has never qualified for a World Cup. It has qualified five times for the Africa Women Cup of Nations, in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, all finishing in group stage.

Algeria plays its home games at the Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers and is coached by Farid Benstiti since December 2022. They are currently ranked 84th in the world in the FIFA women's rankings. The team's highest ranking was 64th, in June 2009.^[3]

Team image edit

Kits and crest edit

Kit suppliers edit

Kit providers	Period
Cirta Sport	1998–2001
Baliston	2002–2004
Le Coq Sportif	2004–2009
Puma	2010–2014
Adidas	2015–present

1st Kit edit

2004 AWC
2006 AWC

2010 AWC

2014 AWC

2016 AWCON

2nd Kit edit

2004 AWC
2006 AWC

2010 AWC

2014 AWC

2016 AWCON

Home stadium edit

The Algeria women's national football team plays their home matches on the Stade du 5 Juillet.^{[citation needed]}

Results and fixtures edit

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023 edit

7 April 2023 (2023-04-07) Unofficial Friendly	Algeria	2–0	ASE Alger Centre	Algiers, Algeria
--:-- UTC+1	Ayadi Bethi	Report		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium

9 April 2023 (2023-04-09) International Friendly	Algeria	4–0	Tanzania	Algiers, Algeria
22:30 UTC+1	Dafeur ?' Karchouni ?', ?' Belkhiter ?'	Report		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium

11 April 2023 (2023-04-11) International Friendly	Algeria	3–0	Tanzania	Algiers, Algeria
22:30 UTC+1	Boutaleb 29' Ben Aichouche 47' Guellati 82' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Centre Sidi Moussa

14 July 2023 (2023-07-14) International Friendly	Senegal	3–1	Algeria	Thiès, Senegal
16:30 UTC±0	Saw 30' N. Ndiaye 87' S. Diallo 90+2'	Report	Dafeur 56'	Stadium: Stade Lat-Dior Referee: Aissata Boudy Lam (Mauritania)

18 July 2023 (2023-07-18) International Friendly	Senegal	4–0	Algeria	Thiès, Senegal
16:30 UTC±0	N. Ndiaye 15', 90+1' Diop 34' Fall 44'			Stadium: Stade Lat-Dior

20 September 2023 (2023-09-20) 2024 AwconQ 1st round 1st leg	Uganda	1–2	Algeria	Njeru, Uganda
14:00 UTC+1	Najjemba 87' (pen.)		Chebel 47' Karchouni 51'	Stadium: FUFA Technical Centre Njeru Referee: Tatu Nuru Malogo (Tanzania)

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) 2024 AwconQ 1st round 2nd leg	Algeria	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Uganda	Oran, Algeria
19:00 UTC+1	Bouhenni 5'		Najjemba 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Miloud Hadefi Stadium Referee: Chahenda El Maghribi (Egypt)
Note: Algeria won 3–2 on aggregate.

30 November 2023 (2023-11-30) 2024 AwconQ 2nd round 1st leg	Algeria	5–1	Burundi	Algiers, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1	Boutaleb 32', 43', 67' Boussaha 65' Chebel 80'	Report (FAF)	Niyomwungere 29'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Aline Guimbang A Etong (Cameroon)

4 December 2023 (2023-12-04) 2024 AwconQ 2nd round 2nd leg	Burundi	0–1 (1–6 agg.)	Algeria	Algiers, Algeria
15:00 UTC+3		Report (FAF)	Boutaleb 17'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Dominique Hanjavola (Madagascar)
Note: Algeria won 6–1 on aggregate.

2024 edit

24 February 2024 (2024-02-24) Friendly	Algeria	2–0	Burkina Faso	Algiers, Algeria
16:00 UTC+1	Battouri 32' Bouhenni 62'	Report (FAF)		Stadium: Centre technique national de Sidi Moussa

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) Friendly	Algeria	3–0	Burkina Faso	Algiers, Algeria
16:00 UTC+1	Boussaha 12' Dafeur 58' Guellati 64' (pen.)	Report (FAF)		Stadium: Nelson Mandela Stadium

4 April 2024 (2024-04-04) Friendly	Tunisia	2–1	Algeria	Tunis, Tunisia
15:00 UTC+1	Ayadi 60' Hamdi 90+2'	Report (FAF)	Bouhenni 48'	Stadium: Chedly Zouiten Stadium

7 April 2024 (2024-04-07) Friendly	Tunisia	2–2	Algeria	Tunis, Tunisia
15:00 UTC+1	Ben Hadj Mahmoud 29' Hamdi 69'	Report (FAF)	Bouhenni 20' (pen.), 44'	Stadium: Chedly Zouiten Stadium

Coaching staff edit

Current coaching staff edit

As of 10 July 2023

Position	Name
Head coach	Farid Benstiti^[4]
Assistant coach	Djamel Fredj
Goalkeeping coach	Mamadou Bah
Physical coach	Moahmed Cherifi
Video analyst	Djalil Bouglali

Manager history edit

Years	Name	Ref.
Azzedine Chih	1998–2018	^[5]
Radia Fertoul	2018–2019	^[6]
Sonia Haziraj	2019	^{[citation needed]}
Kamel Betina	2019	^{[citation needed]}
Madjid Taleb	2019–2021	^[7]
Radia Fertoul	2021–2022	^[8]
Farid Benstiti	2022–present	^[9]

Players edit

Current squad edit

The following 27 players were called up for the two friendly games against Tunisia. ^[10]
Match dates: 4 April and 7 April 2024
Caps and goals correct as of: 24 February 2024, after the match against Burkina Faso

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	Chloé N'Gazi	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996 (age 27)	10	0	FC Fleury 91
1	1GK	Amel Salah	(2002-09-06) 6 September 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Le Puy Football 43
23	1GK	Amel Benabdaallah	(2004-10-19) 19 October 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Afak Relizane

7	2DF	Morgane Belkhiter	(1995-11-23) 23 November 1995 (age 28)	21	3	Saint-Étienne
18	2DF	Imane Chebel	(1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 28)	19	2	Flamengo
3	2DF	Sofia Guellati (captain)	(1992-07-09) 9 July 1992 (age 31)	18	3	Rodez AF
5	2DF	Wassila Alouache	(2000-07-11) 11 July 2000 (age 23)	10	0	CF Akbou
4	2DF	Roselène Khezami	(2001-09-02) 2 September 2001 (age 22)	7	0	Marseille
13	2DF	Armelle Khellas	(2001-06-25) 25 June 2001 (age 22)	5	0	Grenoble Foot
25	2DF	Léa Abadou	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)	5	0	US Orléans
22	2DF	Emma Smaali	(2000-09-29) 29 September 2000 (age 23)	3	0	RC Lens

	3MF	Lydia Belkacemi	(1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 30)	23	3	Metz
8	3MF	Sylia Koui	(1992-07-27) 27 July 1992 (age 31)	12	4	Nantes
20	3MF	Amira Ould Braham	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)	12	3	Nantes
21	3MF	Marine Dafeur	(1994-10-20) 20 October 1994 (age 29)	9	4	Fleury
14	3MF	Lina Boussaha	(1999-01-16) 16 January 1999 (age 25)	7	3	Al Nassr
	3MF	Hanna Boubezari	(1998-11-21) 21 November 1998 (age 25)	4	1	Real Oviedo
28	3MF	Mélinne D'Oria	(2001-08-07) 7 August 2001 (age 22)	3	0	Nantes
	3MF	Mélissa Bethi	(2005-11-18) 18 November 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Lyon

19	4FW	Naïma Bouhenni	(1985-10-23) 23 October 1985 (age 38)	57	32	Al-Amal
	4FW	Imène Merrouche	(1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30)	17	5	Al-Amal
–	4FW	Inès Boutaleb	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)	15	4	FC Metz
15	4FW	Shana Battouri	(2002-07-02) 2 July 2002 (age 21)	7	1	FC Metz
24	4FW	Nihed Naili	(2001-04-11) 11 April 2001 (age 23)	6	0	OGC Nice
17	4FW	Rahma Benaichouche	(1991-11-22) 22 November 1991 (age 32)	5	3	CF Akbou
	4FW	Laura Taleb Muller	(1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 25)	4	1	Le Harve
	4FW	Ghania Ayadi	(2003-09-07) 7 September 2003 (age 20)	1	0	CF Akbou

Recent call-ups edit

The following players have also been called up to the Algeria squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Lamia Lounas	(2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 23)	2	0	ASE Alger Centre	v. Uganda, 26 September 2023
GK	Amina Haleyi	(1992-09-10) 10 September 1992 (age 31)	1	0	ASE Alger Centre	v. Senegal, 18 July 2023
GK	Aya Slim	(2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 23)	0	0	CF Akbou	v. Senegal, 18 July 2023

DF	Zohra Aggad	(2001-03-13) 13 March 2001 (age 23)	3	0	ASE Alger Centre	v. Burkina Faso, 7 February 2024
DF	Lana Smits Ouraghi	(2005-01-24) 24 January 2005 (age 19)	3	0	FC Fleury 91	v. Burkina Faso, 7 February 2024
DF	Bouchra Ouzaï	(2003-09-13) 13 September 2003 (age 20)	0	0	ASE Alger Centre	v. Burkina Faso, 7 February 2024
DF	Amelia Zemma	(2005-12-17) 17 December 2005 (age 18)	3	0	Lyon	v. Burkina Faso, 7 February 2024

MF	Sarah Guelil	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 17)	3	0	Bordeaux	v. Burkina Faso, 7 February 2024
MF	Ikram Bahri	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 (age 22)	1	0	ASE Alger Centre	v. Burkina Faso, 7 February 2024
MF	Ghoutia Karchouni	(1995-05-29) 29 May 1995 (age 28)	3	1	Inter Milan	v. Burundi, 4 December 2023
MF	Myriem Nacer	(2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22)	0	0	RC Lens	v. Senegal, 18 July 2023

FW	Wissem Bouzid	(2002-12-18) 18 December 2002 (age 21)	4	2	Le Mans FC	v. Senegal, 18 July 2023
^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^SUS Player is serving a suspension. ^WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.

Previous squads edit

Africa Women Cup of Nations

UNAF Women's Tournament

2020 UNAF Women's Tournament squad

Arab Women's Cup

2021 Arab Women's Cup squad

Records edit

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 25 August 2021.

Most appearances edit

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers edit

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Years
1	Naïma Bouhenni	35	60	2002–0000

Competitive record edit

FIFA Women's World Cup edit

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995
1999
2003
2007	Did not qualify
2011
2015
2019
2023
2027	To be determined
Total		0/9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Olympic Games edit

Summer Olympics record
Appearances: 0
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did not enter
2000
2004
2008	Did not qualify
2012	Did not enter
2016	Did not enter
2020	Did not qualify
2024	Did not enter
2028	To be determined
Total		0/8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Women's Africa Cup of Nations edit

Women's Africa Cup of Nations record
Appearances: 6
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did not enter
1995
1998
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not enter
2004	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3
2006	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3
2012	Did not enter
2014	Group stage	7th	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5
2016	Did not qualify
2018	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5
2020	Cancelled
2022	Did not qualify
2024	Qualified
Total	Group stage	6/15	15	2	1	12	13	39	−26

African Games edit

African Games record
Appearances: 4
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2003	Group stage	7th	3	0	0	3	3	11	−8
2007	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6
2011	Bronze medal	3rd	4	2	0	2	10	7	+3
2015	did not enter
2019	Fourth place ¹	4th	6	2	0	3	5	8	−3
2023	To be determined
Total	Bronze medal	4/5	17	5	0	11	23	36	−13