Algeria national under-23 football team

Algeria U-23

Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك (Fennec Foxes)
Association	Fédération Algérienne de Football
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)
All-Africa Games
Appearances	7 (First in 1965)
Best result	Gold Medal (1978)

Algeria Olympic football team represents Algeria in international football competitions in 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 2010, the under-23 team won the 2010 edition of the UNAF U-23 Tournament.

Honours

Summer Olympic Games:

• Best results: Quarter-final

All-Africa Games:

• Gold Medalist: 1978

UNAF U-23 Tournament:

• Champion: 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: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1896 - 1964 Did not enter 1968 Did not qualify 1972 1976 1980 Quarter-finals 8 4 1 1 2 4 5 1984 Did not qualify 1988 Total Quarter-finals 1/19 4 1 1 2 4 5 1992 Did not qualify 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 To be determined Total 0/6 0 0 0 0 0 0 All Total Quarter-finals 1/25 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.

All-Africa Games record All-Africa Games Appearances: 7 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1965 Fourth Place 4 5 2 0 3 6 5 1973 Round 1 5 3 1 1 1 6 6 1978 Gold Medal 1 5 4 1 0 9 2 1987 Disqualified 1 Total Gold Medal 3/4 13 7 2 4 21 13 1991 Did not qualify 1995 Round 1 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 1999 Round 1 6 3 1 0 2 2 4 2003 Round 1 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 2007 Round 1 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2011 Did not qualify 2015 To be determined Total Round 1 4/6 12 4 2 6 11 16 All Total Gold Medal 7/10 25 11 4 10 32 29 Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the All-Africa Games was open to full senior national teams. ^1 Algeria disqualified in the qualification match after beating Tunisia because playing professional players in the Algeria team

CAF U-23 Championship record CAF U-23 Championship Appearances: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2011 Group stage 7 3 1 0 2 2 5 Total Group Stage 1/1 3 1 0 2 2 5

UNAF U-23 Tournament record UNAF U-23 Tournament Appearances: 4 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2006 Second Place 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 2007 Winner 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2010 Winner 1 3 3 0 0 12 1 2011 Second Place 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 Total Winner 4/4 10 5 3 2 20 7

2012 Men's Olympic Tournament qualifying

2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualifying rounds

First round

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Second round

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2011 CAF U-23 Championship (2012 Pre-Olympic Tournament)

Algeria team qualified to the CAF Pre-Olympic Tournament.^[2]

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
Senegal	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Nigeria	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
Algeria	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3

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Current squad

The following list of 28 players were called up by the national coach Pierre-André Schürmann for two friendly matches against Mali U-23 held in November 2014.^[3]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 23 1GK Abdelkader Salhi (1993-03-19) March 19, 1993 7 0 ASO Chlef 16 1GK Sofiane Kacem (1993-01-11) January 11, 1993 2 0 JSM Bejaia 1 1GK Oussama Methazem (1993-12-16) December 16, 1993 0 0 CA Batna 2 2DF Mohamed El Amine Barka (1993-03-20) March 20, 1993 7 0 ASM Oran 20 2DF Rédouane Cherifi (1993-02-22) February 22, 1993 6 1 USM Bel-Abbès 2DF Mohamed Amrane (1994-01-27) January 27, 1994 2 0 USM Alger 5 2DF Ryad Keniche (1993-04-30) April 30, 1993 7 1 USM El Harrach 13 2DF Houari Ferhani (1993-02-11) February 11, 1993 3 0 RC Arbaâ 15 2DF Mohamed Bouchar 1 0 ES Sétif 19 2DF Nour Islam Abrous (1993-02-06) February 6, 1993 1 0 ESM Koléa 3 2DF Ayoub Abdellaoui (1993-02-16) February 16, 1993 7 0 USM Alger 6 3MF Mohamed Benkhmessa (1993-06-28) June 28, 1993 8 1 USM Alger 8 3MF Abderrahmane Bourdim (1994-06-14) June 14, 1994 5 1 USM Alger 3MF Abderaouf Benguit (1996-04-05) April 5, 1996 0 0 Paradou AC 11 3MF Sofiane Khadir 2 0 MC Alger 21 3MF Larbi Tabti (1993-04-23) April 23, 1993 6 0 ASM Oran 22 3MF Mohamed Taib (1994-04-20) April 20, 1994 0 0 USM Alger 24 3MF Oussama Chita (1996-10-31) October 31, 1996 5 0 MC Alger 3MF Sofiane Draoui 0 0 CR Belouizdad 4 4FW Abdelkader Meziane-Bentahar (1994-03-07) March 7, 1994 7 4 USM Alger 9 4FW Oussama Darfalou (Captain) (1993-09-29) September 29, 1993 7 2 RC Arbaâ 10 4FW Mohamed Benkabila (1993-02-02) February 2, 1993 7 2 ASM Oran 14 4FW Smail Bekacemi (1993-06-24) June 24, 1993 0 0 USMM Hadjout 17 4FW Fethallah Tahar (1994-01-22) January 22, 1994 6 0 ASM Oran 18 4FW Abdelhakim Amokrane (1994-05-10) May 10, 1994 3 0 ES Sétif 4FW Zakaria Haddouche (1994-08-19) August 19, 1994 4 0 ASO Chlef 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

Recent call-ups

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 2DF Abderrahim Salem Dekhinet (1993-06-12) June 12, 1993 0 0 CA Batna 2DF Hamouda Bendoukha (1993-08-26) August 26, 1993 0 0 MC Alger 2DF Mohamed Amine Madani (1992-03-20) March 20, 1992 1 0 MC Alger 2DF Nour El Islam Salah (1993-03-17) March 17, 1993 0 0 ASO Chlef 2DF Hichem Aoulmi (1993-03-10) March 10, 1993 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 DRB Tadjenanet 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 Djamel Belalem (1993-08-12) August 12, 1993 1 0 ASM Oran 3MF Sofiane Chlaoua (1993-07-27) July 27, 1993 0 0 MC Oran 3MF Zinedine Ferhat (1993-03-01) March 1, 1993 0 0 USM Alger 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

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

See also

• Algeria national football team

References

External links

• Algerian FA

Algeria squad – 1980 Summer Olympics 1 Amara 2 Guendouz 3 Mahyouz 4 Merzekane 5 Khedis 6 Madjer 7 Fergani 8 Rahmani 9 Bensaoula 10 Belloumi 11 Assad 12 Larbès 13 Menad 14 Bouhalla 15 Derouaz 16 Yahi 17 Ghrib Coach: Khalef

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