Kabylia football team

Kabylia

Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Aksel Bellabbaci, Lyes Immemai
Most caps	10 players (2)
Top scorer	Nadjim Bouabbas (2)
First colours Second colours
First international
Panjab 8–0   Kabylie (Slough, United Kingdom; 31 May 2018)
Biggest win
Tibet 1–8   Kabylia (Enfield, United Kingdom; 7 June 2018)
Biggest defeat
Panjab 8–0 Kabylia   (Slough, United Kingdom; 31 May 2018)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2018 )
Best result	Tenth place (2018)

The Kabylia football team is the team representing the Kabyle people, who live in Kabylia.^{[ citation needed ]} They are not affiliated with FIFA or CAF, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Kabylia have played in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification. ^{[5] [6]}

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Murad Koulougli	(1987-09-10)10 September 1987 (aged 30)	0	0	JS Imazighen
24	1 GK	Rahim Belaid	(1990-05-31)31 May 1990 (aged 28)	0	0	CS Mont-Royal Outremont
4	2 DF	Idir Belasla	(1999-11-20)20 November 1999 (aged 18)	2	0	ASSM Savigneux⁸
8	2 DF	Khelifa Drider	(1993-06-25)25 June 1993 (aged 24)	2	0	Petit Bard Montpellier
9	2 DF	Elhadi Boukir	(1987-09-09)9 September 1987 (aged 30)	2	0	CD Barrio Obrero
10	2 DF	Ahmed Simoud	(1993-12-16)16 December 1993 (aged 24)	1	0	Université Lille 1
14	2 DF	Yacine Irnatene	(1987-01-01)1 January 1987 (aged 31)	0	0	Dagenham & Redbridge
18	2 DF	Idir Bouali	(1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 30)	0	0	UM Bejaia
19	2 DF	Lyes Mihoubi	(1995-10-04)4 October 1995 (aged 22)	0	0	ORB Akbou
7	3 MF	Ilyas Hadid	(2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (aged 18)	2	1	US Créteil II
6	3 MF	Yanis Kemache	(1995-06-07)7 June 1995 (aged 22)	2	0	USM Malakoff
11	3 MF	Amara Hamadache	(1991-04-02)2 April 1991 (aged 27)	2	0	Villeneuve St. Georges
12	3 MF	Idir Lamhene	(1997-12-29)29 December 1997 (aged 20)	0	0	US Sidi Belloua
13	3 MF	Hocine Mohammedi	(1988-05-03)3 May 1988 (aged 30)	0	0	AC Finchley
17	3 MF	Walid Daira	(1998-05-10)10 May 1998 (aged 20)	0	0	ES Tigzirt
20	3 MF	Malik Amerkane	(1988-02-13)13 February 1988 (aged 30)	0	0	ES Azzefoun
22	4 FW	Nadjim Bouabbas	(1999-03-01)1 March 1999 (aged 19)	2	2	US Rungis
3	4 FW	Enzo Mezaib	(1998-01-05)5 January 1998 (aged 20)	2	0	Conflans
16	4 FW	Bachir Ghuersa	(2000-10-01)1 October 2000 (aged 17)	2	0	Villeneuve St. Georges
2	4 FW	Abderrezak Chennit	(1998-01-15)15 January 1998 (aged 20)	0	0	JS Akbou
5	4 FW	Karim Ouarab	(1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 18)	0	0	JS Kabylie
21	4 FW	Nafa Belmellat	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 31)	0	0	AC Finchley

Notable players

• Nadjim Bouabbas - national team top scorer

References

1. "Kabylie, football (in)dépendance". lequipe.fr.
2. "Kabylia, Algeria and Taking Huge Risks to Play Football for Your Homeland". bleacherreport.com.
3. "Kabylie Football Club : « Gagner l'indépendance avec nos pieds »". vice.com. 13 April 2018.
4. "Kabylia". CONIFA. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
5. Arrami, Stéphane (4 September 2017). "La Kabylie participera à la Coupe du monde de football ConIFA 2018".^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "La Kabylie qualifiée pour la Coupe du monde ConIFA 2018 — Siwel". 2 September 2017.