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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Statistics edit
Official managers edit
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| Manager | Algeria career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kader Firoud
|
1963 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33.3 | |
| Smaïl Khabatou
|
1963–1964 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.6 | |
| Abderrahman Ibrir
|
1964–1965 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | |
| Smaïl Khabatou
|
1965–1966 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | |
 Lucien Leduc
|
1966–1969 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 36.8 | 1968 African Cup – Group stage |
| Saïd Amara
|
1969 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | |
| 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 | 50.0 | |
| Saïd Amara
|
1973 | ||||||
 Dumitru Macri
|
1974–1975 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0.0 | |
| Rachid Mekhloufi
|
1975–1979 | ||||||
| Mahieddine Khalef
|
1979 | ||||||
 Zdravko Rajkov Mahieddine Khalef
|
1979–1980 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 44.4 | 1980 African Cup – Finalist |
| Zdravko Rajkov
|
1980–1981 | ||||||
 Evgeni Rogov Mohamed Maouche
|
1981–1982 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | |
| Mahieddine Khalef Rachid Mekhloufi
|
1982 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 40.0 | 1980 African Cup – 4th Place |
| Mahieddine Khalef
|
1982 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | |
| Rachid Mekhloufi
|
1982 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7 | 1982 World Cup – Group stage |
| Hamid Zouba
|
1982–1983 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 46.2 | |
| Hamid Zouba Smaïl Khabatou
|
1984 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Mahieddine Khalef
|
1984 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 1984 African Cup – 3rd Place |
| Rabah Saadane
|
1984–1986 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32.1 | 1986 African Cup – Group stage 1986 World Cup – Group stage |
| Evgeni Rogov
|
1986–1988 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 47.1 | 1988 African Cup – 3rd Place |
| Kamel Lemoui
|
1988–1989 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 36.4 | |
| Abdelhamid Kermali
|
1989–1992 | 24 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 41.7 | 1990 African Cup – Champions 1991 Afro-Asian Cup – Champions 1992 African Cup – Group stage |
| Meziane Ighil
|
1992–1994 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 33.3 | |
| Rabah Madjer
|
1994–1995 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 22.2 | |
| Ali Fergani Mourad Abdelouahab
|
1995–1996 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 52.6 | 1996 African Cup – Quarter-finals |
| Hamid Zouba
|
1996–1997 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20.0 | |
| Abderrahmane Mehdaoui
|
1997–1998 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 42.9 | 1998 African Cup – Group stage |
 Marcel Pigulea
|
1998 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | |
| Meziane Ighil
|
1998–1999 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Rabah Saadane
|
1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Boualem Charef
|
1999 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.7 | |
| Rabah Madjer Tedj Bensaoula
|
1999 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Nacer Sandjak
|
1999–2000 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 28.6 | |
| Mircea Rădulescu Abdel Djaadaoui
|
2000–2001 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 35.7 | 2000 African Cup – Quarter-finals |
| Hamid Zouba Abdelhamid Kermali
|
2001 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40.0 | |
| Hamid Zouba Abdelhamid Kermali Azzedine Aït Djoudi
|
2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rabah Madjer
|
2001–2002 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 22.2 | 2002 African Cup – Group stage |
| Hamid Zouba
|
2002–2003 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 | |
 Georges Leekens
|
2003 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 33.3 | |
| Rabah Saadane
|
2003–2004 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 40.0 | 2004 African Cup – Quarter-finals |
| Robert Waseige
|
2004 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | |
| Ali Fergani Lakhdar Belloumi
|
2004–2005 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 28.6 | |
| Meziane Ighil
|
2005–2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | |
 Jean-Michel Cavalli
|
2006–2007 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 33.3 | |
| Rabah Saadane
|
2007–2010 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 46.9 | 2010 African Cup – 4th Place 2010 World Cup – Group stage |
| Abdelhak Benchikha
|
2010–2011 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25.0 | |
 Vahid Halilhodžić
|
2011–2014 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 61.3 | 2013 African Cup – Group stage 2014 World Cup – Round of 16 |
| Christian Gourcuff
|
2014–2016 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 61.9 | 2015 African Cup – Quarter-finals |
| Nabil Neghiz
|
2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 | |
 Milovan Rajevac
|
2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | |
| Georges Leekens
|
2016–2017 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25.0 | 2017 African Cup – Group stage |
 Lucas Alcaraz
|
2017 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 28.6 | |
| Rabah Madjer
|
2017–2018 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| Djamel Belmadi
|
2018–2024 | 64 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 64.1 | 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 edit
| # | 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 |