The President of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces.
The Senegal national football team, nicknamed the Lions of Teranga, is the national association football team of Senegal and is controlled by the Senegalese Football Federation.
The Algeria national football team represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays its home games especially at the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida.
The Benin national football team, nicknamed Les Écureuils , is the national football team of Benin and is controlled by the Benin Football Federation. They were known as the Dahomey national football team until 1975, when Republic of Dahomey became Benin. They have never qualified for the World Cup, but have reached four African Nations Cup in recent years, never placing in the top 2 in the group stage – 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019. In 2019, they reached the knockouts as the third most successful third place team, before making the quarter-finals with a shock win over Morocco, but later lost to Senegal. On 8 February 2010 after the preliminary competition from the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, the Benin Football Federation dissolved the national team, coach Henri Dussuyer and his complete staff were fired. On May 9, 2016, Benin was suspended from FIFA.
Djamel Belmadi is an Algerian football coach and former player who is the manager of the Algerian national team.
Sonatrach (Arabic:سوناطراك) is an Algerian government-owned company formed to explore the hydrocarbon resources of the country. It has some concessions in Libya, Mauritania, Peru, Yemen and Venezuela. Its diversified activities cover all aspects of production: exploration, extraction, transport, and refining. It has diversified into petrochemistry and the desalination of seawater.
Adi Raïs Cobos Adrien M'Bolhi, known as Raïs M'Bolhi, is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ettifaq and plays for the Algeria national team.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Algeria face legal challenges and discrimination not experienced by non-LGBT citizens. According to the International Lesbian and Gay Association's May 2008 report, both male and female same-sex sexual acts are illegal in Algeria.
Sofiane Feghouli is an professional footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray S.K. and the Algeria national team. He mainly operates as a right midfielder, but can also play as a winger and as an attacking midfielder. Feghouli made his senior international debut for Algeria in February 2012. He represented Algeria at the 2013 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he scored Algeria's first goal in the competition.
Andy Delort is a French-Algerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Montpellier and the Algeria national team.
Aïssa Mandi is a professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Betis and the Algeria national team. Mainly a right back, he can also play as a central defender.
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, known as the Total2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was hosted by Egypt. The competition was held from 21 June to 19 July 2019, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017 to move the Africa Cup of Nations from January/February to June/July for the first time. It was also the first Africa Cup of Nations expanded from 16 to 24 teams.
Riyad Karim Mahrez is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester City and captains the Algerian national team.
Ismaël Bennacer is an Algerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Milan and the Algeria national team.
Adam Mohamed Ounas is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Italian club Napoli and the Algeria national team.
Youcef Atal is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club OGC Nice and the Algeria national team.
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Final was a football match which determined the winner of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The match was held at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 July 2019 and was contested by Senegal and Algeria.
The Algerian team in its 57th year will participate in the Africa Cup of Nations for the 18th and fourth consecutive time.
Abdelkader Bensalah is an Algerian politician who serves as President of the Council of the Nation since 2002 and as acting head of state following the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April 2019. Bensalah was to run Algeria for a period of 90 days during which a new presidential election should have been held; as of 11 August 2019 and with the election canceled, he is still in office.
