Algeria national football team

Algeria
Nickname(s)	الخُضر El Khadra (The Greens) ; الأفناك The Fennecs Desert foxes; محاربي الصحراء (The Desert Warriors)
Association	Algerian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Head coach	Djamel Belmadi
Captain	Riyad Mahrez
Most caps	Lakhdar Belloumi (100)
Top scorer	Abdelhafid Tasfaout (36)
Home stadium	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium; Stade du 5 Juillet
FIFA code	ALG
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	40 3 (22 December 2022)
Highest	15 (October 2014)
Lowest	103 (June 2008)
First international
	Algeria 2–1 Bulgaria ; (Algiers, Algeria; 6 January 1963)
Biggest win
	Algeria 15–1 South Yemen ; (Tripoli, Libya; 17 August 1973)
Biggest defeat
	Hungary 9–2 Algeria ; (Budapest, Hungary; 16 August 1967)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 1982)
Best result	Round of 16, 2014
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances	19 (first in 1968)
Best result	Champions, 1990, 2019
African Nations Championship
Appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	Fourth place, 2011