List of Algeria national football team managers

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The Algeria national football team manager was first established on 1 January 1963 following the appointment of the country's first national team manager Kader Firoud.

Statistics

= Official managers =

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Manager

!Algeria career

!Played

!Won

!Drawn

!Lost

!Win %

!Competitions

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Kader|Firoud}}

|1963

{{WDL|decimals=1|3

|1

|1

|1 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Smaïl|Khabatou}}

|1963–1964

{{WDL|decimals=1|7

|2

|4

|1 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abderrahman|Ibrir}}

|1964–1965

{{WDL|decimals=1|4

|2

|1

|1 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Smaïl|Khabatou}}

|1965–1966

{{WDL|decimals=1|3

|0

|2

|1 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|FRA|1830}} {{sortname|Lucien|Leduc}}

|1966–1969

{{WDL|decimals=1|19

|7

|5

|7 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1968 African Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Saïd|Amara}}

|1969

{{WDL|decimals=1|2

|1

|0

|1 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abdelaziz|Ben Tifour}}

|1969–1970

{{WDL|decimals=1|

|

|

| }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}

|1970–1971

{{WDL|decimals=1|

|

|

| }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rachid|Mekhloufi}}

|1971–1972

{{WDL|decimals=1|

|

|

| }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Mohamed|El Kenz}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abdelhamid|Sellal}}

|1972–1973

{{WDL|decimals=1|6

|3

|1

|2 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Saïd|Amara}}

|1973

{{WDL|decimals=1|

|

|

| }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ROM|1965}} {{sortname|Dumitru|Macri}}

|1974–1975

{{WDL|decimals=1|11

|0

|3

|8 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rachid|Mekhloufi}}

|1975–1979

{{WDL|decimals=1|

|

|

| }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Mahieddine|Khalef}}

|1979

{{WDL|decimals=1|

|

|

| }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|YUG}} {{sortname|Zdravko|Rajkov}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Mahieddine|Khalef}}

|1979–1980

{{WDL|decimals=1|18

|8

|6

|4 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1980 African Cup – Finalist

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|YUG}} {{sortname|Zdravko|Rajkov}}

|1980–1981

{{WDL|decimals=1|

|

|

| }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} {{sortname|Evgeni|Rogov}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} Mohamed Maouche

|1981–1982

{{WDL|decimals=1|5

|4

|1

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Mahieddine|Khalef}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rachid|Mekhloufi}}

|1982

{{WDL|decimals=1|5

|2

|1

|2 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1980 African Cup – 4th Place

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Mahieddine|Khalef}}

|1982

{{WDL|decimals=1|2

|1

|1

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rachid|Mekhloufi}}

|1982

{{WDL|decimals=1|3

|2

|0

|1 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1982 World Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}

|1982–1983

{{WDL|decimals=1|13

|6

|2

|5 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Smaïl|Khabatou}}

|1984

{{WDL|decimals=1|1

|0

|1

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Mahieddine|Khalef}}

|1984

{{WDL|decimals=1|10

|4

|3

|3 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1984 African Cup – 3rd Place

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Saadane}}

|1984–1986

{{WDL|decimals=1|28

|9

|10

|9 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1986 African Cup – Group stage
1986 World Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|USSR}} {{sortname|Evgeni|Rogov}}

|1986–1988

{{WDL|decimals=1|17

|8

|6

|3 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1988 African Cup – 3rd Place

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Kamel|Lemoui}}

|1988–1989

{{WDL|decimals=1|22

|8

|9

|5 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abdelhamid|Kermali}}

|1989–1992

{{WDL|decimals=1|24

|10

|10

|4 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1990 African CupChampions
1991 Afro-Asian CupChampions
1992 African Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Meziane|Ighil}}

|1992–1994

{{WDL|decimals=1|21

|7

|10

|4 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Madjer}}

|1994–1995

{{WDL|decimals=1|9

|2

|4

|3 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Ali|Fergani}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Mourad|Abdelouahab}}

|1995–1996

{{WDL|decimals=1|19

|10

|3

|6 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1996 African Cup – Quarter-finals

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}

|1996–1997

{{WDL|decimals=1|5

|1

|3

|1 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abderrahmane|Mehdaoui}}

|1997–1998

{{WDL|decimals=1|14

|6

|1

|7 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|1998 African Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ROM}} {{sortname|Marcel|Pigulea}}

|1998

{{WDL|decimals=1|2

|2

|0

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Meziane|Ighil}}

|1998–1999

{{WDL|decimals=1|4

|0

|1

|3 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Saadane}}

|1999

{{WDL|decimals=1|1

|0

|1

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Boualem|Charef}}

|1999

{{WDL|decimals=1|3

|2

|0

|1 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Madjer}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Tedj|Bensaoula}}

|1999

{{WDL|decimals=1|0

|0

|0

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Nacer|Sandjak}}

|1999–2000

{{WDL|decimals=1|7

|2

|3

|2 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ROU}} {{sortname|Mircea|Rădulescu}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abdel|Djaadaoui}}

|2000–2001

{{WDL|decimals=1|14

|5

|5

|4 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2000 African Cup – Quarter-finals

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abdelhamid|Kermali}}

|2001

{{WDL|decimals=1|5

|2

|0

|3 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abdelhamid|Kermali}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Azzedine|Aït Djoudi}}

|2001

{{WDL|decimals=1|1

|0

|1

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Madjer}}

|2001–2002

{{WDL|decimals=1|9

|2

|3

|4 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2002 African Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Hamid|Zouba}}

|2002–2003

{{WDL|decimals=1|5

|3

|2

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|BEL}} {{sortname|Georges|Leekens}}

|2003

{{WDL|decimals=1|6

|2

|2

|2 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Saadane}}

|2003–2004

{{WDL|decimals=1|10

|4

|3

|3 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2004 African Cup – Quarter-finals

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|BEL}} {{sortname|Robert|Waseige}}

|2004

{{WDL|decimals=1|6

|0

|4

|2 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Ali|Fergani}}
{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Lakhdar|Belloumi}}

|2004–2005

{{WDL|decimals=1|7

|2

|2

|3 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Meziane|Ighil}}

|2005–2006

{{WDL|decimals=1|3

|0

|1

|2 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} {{sortname|Jean-Michel|Cavalli}}

|2006–2007

{{WDL|decimals=1|12

|4

|3

|5 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Saadane}}

|2007–2010

{{WDL|decimals=1|32

|15

|6

|11 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2010 African Cup – 4th Place
2010 World Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Abdelhak|Benchikha}}

|2010–2011

{{WDL|decimals=1|4

|1

|1

|2 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|BIH}} {{sortname|Vahid|Halilhodžić}}

|2011–2014

{{WDL|decimals=1|31

|19

|5

|7 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2013 African Cup – Group stage
2014 World Cup – Round of 16

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} {{sortname|Christian|Gourcuff}}

|2014–2016

{{WDL|decimals=1|21

|13

|3

|5 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2015 African Cup – Quarter-finals

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Nabil|Neghiz}}

|2016

{{WDL|decimals=1|1

|1

|0

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|SRB}} {{sortname|Milovan|Rajevac}}

|2016

{{WDL|decimals=1|2

|1

|1

|0 }}

|

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|BEL}} {{sortname|Georges|Leekens}}

|2016–2017

{{WDL|decimals=1|4

|1

|2

|1 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2017 African Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ESP}} {{sortname|Lucas|Alcaraz}}

|2017

{{WDL|decimals=1|7

|2

|1

|4 }}

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Rabah|Madjer}}

|2017–2018

{{WDL|decimals=1|6

|3

|0

|3 }}

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|ALG}} {{sortname|Djamel|Belmadi}}

|2018–2024

{{WDL|decimals=1|64

|41

|17

|6 }}

|style="text-align: left;"|2019 African CupChampions
2021 African Cup – Group stage
2023 African Cup – Group stage

style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|BIH}} {{sortname|Vladimir|Petković}}

|2024–

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:Managers in italics were hired as caretakers

Managers

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|+List of Algeria national football team managers by games

scope="col" | #

! scope="col" | Manager

! scope="col" | Period

! scope="col" | G

! scope="col" | W

! scope="col" | D

! scope="col" | L

! scope="col" | Win %

! scope="col" | Honours

1align="left" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Rabah Saâdane

| 1984 – 1986
1999
2003 – 2004
2007 – 2010

72282123{{#expr:28/71 * 100 round 2}}
2align="left" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Djamel Belmadi

| 2018 – 2022

6441176{{#expr:34/51 * 100 round 2}}align=left | 1 Africa Cup of Nations
3align="left" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Rachid Mekhloufi

| 1971 – 1979

5729919{{#expr:29/57 * 100 round 2}}
4align="left" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Abderrahmane Mehdaoui

| 1992 – 1993
1996 – 1998

38131312{{#expr:13/38 * 100 round 2}}
5align="left" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Meziane Ighil

| 1992 – 1993
1998
1998 – 1999
2005 – 2006

3191111{{#expr:9/31 * 100 round 2}}
6align="left" | {{flagicon|BIH}} Vahid Halilhodžić

| 2011 – 2014

301857{{#expr:18/30 * 100 round 2}}
7align="left" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Abdelhamid Kermali

| 1989 – 1992
2001

2811107{{#expr:11/28 * 100 round 2}}align=left | 1 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
8align="left" | {{flagicon|ALG}} Hamid Zouba

| 1969 – 2001

23
9align="left" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Christian Gourcuff

| 2014 – 2016

211335{{#expr:13/21 * 100 round 2}}

References

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