List of Algeria national football team managers

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Rabah Saadane the emblematic Algerian national team manager. Rabeh Saadane (cropped).jpg
Rabah Saâdane the emblematic Algerian national team manager.

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.

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Official managers

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Zdravko Rajkov.
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Vahid Halilhodžić.
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Djamel Belmadi.
ManagerAlgeria careerPlayedWonDrawnLostWin %Competitions
Flag of Algeria.svg Kader Firoud 19633111033.3
Flag of Algeria.svg Smaïl Khabatou 1963–19647241028.6
Flag of Algeria.svg Abderrahman Ibrir 1964–19654211050.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Smaïl Khabatou 1965–19663021000.0
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg Lucien Leduc 1966–196919757036.8 1968 African Cup – Group stage
Flag of Algeria.svg Saïd Amara 19692101050.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
1969–1970
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba 1970–1971
Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Mekhloufi 1971–1972
Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed El Kenz
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhamid Sellal
1972–19736312050.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Saïd Amara 1973
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Dumitru Macri 1974–197511038000.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Mekhloufi 1975–1979
Flag of Algeria.svg Mahieddine Khalef 1979
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zdravko Rajkov
Flag of Algeria.svg Mahieddine Khalef
1979–198018864044.4 1980 African Cup – Finalist
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Zdravko Rajkov 1980–1981
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Evgeni Rogov
Flag of Algeria.svg Mohamed Maouche
1981–19825410080.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Mahieddine Khalef
Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Mekhloufi
19825212040.0 1980 African Cup – 4th Place
Flag of Algeria.svg Mahieddine Khalef 19822110050.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Mekhloufi 19823201066.7 1982 World Cup – Group stage
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba 1982–198313625046.2
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba
Flag of Algeria.svg Smaïl Khabatou
19841010000.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Mahieddine Khalef 198410433040.0 1984 African Cup – 3rd Place
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Saadane 1984–1986289109032.1 1986 African Cup – Group stage
1986 World Cup – Group stage
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Evgeni Rogov 1986–198817863047.1 1988 African Cup – 3rd Place
Flag of Algeria.svg Kamel Lemoui 1988–198922895036.4
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhamid Kermali 1989–19922410104041.7 1990 African CupChampions
1991 Afro-Asian CupChampions
1992 African Cup – Group stage
Flag of Algeria.svg Meziane Ighil 1992–1994217104033.3
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Madjer 1994–19959243022.2
Flag of Algeria.svg Ali Fergani
Flag of Algeria.svg Mourad Abdelouahab
1995–1996191036052.6 1996 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba 1996–19975131020.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Abderrahmane Mehdaoui 1997–199814617042.9 1998 African Cup – Group stage
Flag of Romania.svg Marcel Pigulea 19982200100.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Meziane Ighil 1998–19994013000.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Saadane 19991010000.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Boualem Charef 19993201066.7
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Madjer
Flag of Algeria.svg Tedj Bensaoula
19990000!
Flag of Algeria.svg Nacer Sandjak 1999–20007232028.6
Flag of Romania.svg Mircea Rădulescu
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdel Djaadaoui
2000–200114554035.7 2000 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhamid Kermali
20015203040.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhamid Kermali
Flag of Algeria.svg Azzedine Aït Djoudi
20011010000.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Madjer 2001–20029234022.2 2002 African Cup – Group stage
Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba 2002–20035320060.0
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Georges Leekens 20036222033.3
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Saadane 2003–200410433040.0 2004 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Robert Waseige 20046042000.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Ali Fergani
Flag of Algeria.svg Lakhdar Belloumi
2004–20057223028.6
Flag of Algeria.svg Meziane Ighil 2005–20063012000.0
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean-Michel Cavalli 2006–200712435033.3
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Saadane 2007–20103215611046.9 2010 African Cup – 4th Place
2010 World Cup – Group stage
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhak Benchikha 2010–20114112025.0
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Vahid Halilhodžić 2011–2014311957061.3 2013 African Cup – Group stage
2014 World Cup – Round of 16
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Christian Gourcuff 2014–2016211335061.9 2015 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Flag of Algeria.svg Nabil Neghiz 20161100100.0
Flag of Serbia.svg Milovan Rajevac 20162110050.0
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Georges Leekens 2016–20174121025.0 2017 African Cup – Group stage
Flag of Spain.svg Lucas Alcaraz 20177214028.6
Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Madjer 2017–20186303050.0
Flag of Algeria.svg Djamel Belmadi 2018–20246441176064.1 2019 African CupChampions
2021 African Cup – Group stage
2023 African Cup – Group stage
Managers in italics were hired as caretakers

Managers

List of Algeria national football team managers by games
#ManagerPeriodGWDLWin %Honours
1 Flag of Algeria.svg Rabah Saâdane 1984 – 1986
1999
2003 – 2004
2007 – 2010
7228212339.44
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Djamel Belmadi 2018 – 2022644117666.671 Africa Cup of Nations
3 Flag of Algeria.svg Rachid Mekhloufi 1971 – 1979572991950.88
4 Flag of Algeria.svg Abderrahmane Mehdaoui 1992 – 1993
1996 – 1998
3813131234.21
5 Flag of Algeria.svg Meziane Ighil 1992 – 1993
1998
1998 – 1999
2005 – 2006
319111129.03
6 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Vahid Halilhodžić 2011 – 201430185760
7 Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhamid Kermali 1989 – 1992
2001
281110739.291 Africa Cup of Nations
1 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
8 Flag of Algeria.svg Hamid Zouba 1969 – 200123
9 Flag of France.svg Christian Gourcuff 2014 – 201621133561.9

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