List of Algeria national football team managers

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.

Statistics

Official managers

Zdravko Rajkov.

Vahid Halilhodžić.

Djamel Belmadi.

Manager	Algeria career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %	Competitions
Kader Firoud	1963	3	1	1	1	033.3
Smaïl Khabatou	1963–1964	7	2	4	1	028.6
Abderrahman Ibrir	1964–1965	4	2	1	1	050.0
Smaïl Khabatou	1965–1966	3	0	2	1	000.0
Lucien Leduc	1966–1969	19	7	5	7	036.8	1968 African Cup – Group stage
Saïd Amara	1969	2	1	0	1	050.0
Hamid Zouba Abdelaziz Ben Tifour	1969–1970
Hamid Zouba	1970–1971
Rachid Mekhloufi	1971–1972
Mohamed El Kenz Abdelhamid Sellal	1972–1973	6	3	1	2	050.0
Saïd Amara	1973
Dumitru Macri	1974–1975	11	0	3	8	000.0
Rachid Mekhloufi	1975–1979
Mahieddine Khalef	1979
Zdravko Rajkov Mahieddine Khalef	1979–1980	18	8	6	4	044.4	1980 African Cup – Finalist
Zdravko Rajkov	1980–1981
Evgeni Rogov Mohamed Maouche	1981–1982	5	4	1	0	080.0
Mahieddine Khalef Rachid Mekhloufi	1982	5	2	1	2	040.0	1980 African Cup – 4th Place
Mahieddine Khalef	1982	2	1	1	0	050.0
Rachid Mekhloufi	1982	3	2	0	1	066.7	1982 World Cup – Group stage
Hamid Zouba	1982–1983	13	6	2	5	046.2
Hamid Zouba Smaïl Khabatou	1984	1	0	1	0	000.0
Mahieddine Khalef	1984	10	4	3	3	040.0	1984 African Cup – 3rd Place
Rabah Saadane	1984–1986	28	9	10	9	032.1	1986 African Cup – Group stage 1986 World Cup – Group stage
Evgeni Rogov	1986–1988	17	8	6	3	047.1	1988 African Cup – 3rd Place
Kamel Lemoui	1988–1989	22	8	9	5	036.4
Abdelhamid Kermali	1989–1992	24	10	10	4	041.7	1990 African Cup – Champions 1991 Afro-Asian Cup – Champions 1992 African Cup – Group stage
Meziane Ighil	1992–1994	21	7	10	4	033.3
Rabah Madjer	1994–1995	9	2	4	3	022.2
Ali Fergani Mourad Abdelouahab	1995–1996	19	10	3	6	052.6	1996 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Hamid Zouba	1996–1997	5	1	3	1	020.0
Abderrahmane Mehdaoui	1997–1998	14	6	1	7	042.9	1998 African Cup – Group stage
Marcel Pigulea	1998	2	2	0	0	100.0
Meziane Ighil	1998–1999	4	0	1	3	000.0
Rabah Saadane	1999	1	0	1	0	000.0
Boualem Charef	1999	3	2	0	1	066.7
Rabah Madjer Tedj Bensaoula	1999	0	0	0	0	!—
Nacer Sandjak	1999–2000	7	2	3	2	028.6
Mircea Rădulescu Abdel Djaadaoui	2000–2001	14	5	5	4	035.7	2000 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Hamid Zouba Abdelhamid Kermali	2001	5	2	0	3	040.0
Hamid Zouba Abdelhamid Kermali Azzedine Aït Djoudi	2001	1	0	1	0	000.0
Rabah Madjer	2001–2002	9	2	3	4	022.2	2002 African Cup – Group stage
Hamid Zouba	2002–2003	5	3	2	0	060.0
Georges Leekens	2003	6	2	2	2	033.3
Rabah Saadane	2003–2004	10	4	3	3	040.0	2004 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Robert Waseige	2004	6	0	4	2	000.0
Ali Fergani Lakhdar Belloumi	2004–2005	7	2	2	3	028.6
Meziane Ighil	2005–2006	3	0	1	2	000.0
Jean-Michel Cavalli	2006–2007	12	4	3	5	033.3
Rabah Saadane	2007–2010	32	15	6	11	046.9	2010 African Cup – 4th Place 2010 World Cup – Group stage
Abdelhak Benchikha	2010–2011	4	1	1	2	025.0
Vahid Halilhodžić	2011–2014	31	19	5	7	061.3	2013 African Cup – Group stage 2014 World Cup – Round of 16
Christian Gourcuff	2014–2016	21	13	3	5	061.9	2015 African Cup – Quarter-finals
Nabil Neghiz	2016	1	1	0	0	100.0
Milovan Rajevac	2016	2	1	1	0	050.0
Georges Leekens	2016–2017	4	1	2	1	025.0	2017 African Cup – Group stage
Lucas Alcaraz	2017	7	2	1	4	028.6
Rabah Madjer	2017–2018	6	3	0	3	050.0
Djamel Belmadi	2018–2024	64	41	17	6	064.1	2019 African Cup – Champions 2021 African Cup – Group stage 2023 African Cup – Group stage
Vladimir Petković	2024–

Managers in italics were hired as caretakers

Managers

List of Algeria national football team managers by games

#	Manager	Period	G	W	D	L	Win %	Honours
1	Rabah Saâdane	1984 – 1986 1999 2003 – 2004 2007 – 2010	72	28	21	23	39.44
2	Djamel Belmadi	2018 – 2022	64	41	17	6	66.67	1 Africa Cup of Nations
3	Rachid Mekhloufi	1971 – 1979	57	29	9	19	50.88
4	Abderrahmane Mehdaoui	1992 – 1993 1996 – 1998	38	13	13	12	34.21
5	Meziane Ighil	1992 – 1993 1998 1998 – 1999 2005 – 2006	31	9	11	11	29.03
6	Vahid Halilhodžić	2011 – 2014	30	18	5	7	60
7	Abdelhamid Kermali	1989 – 1992 2001	28	11	10	7	39.29	1 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
8	Hamid Zouba	1969 – 2001	23
9	Christian Gourcuff	2014 – 2016	21	13	3	5	61.9

External links

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