Algeria national under-20 football team

Algeria U-20
Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك; (Fennec foxes)
Association	Algerian Football Federation
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Mohamed Lacete
FIFA code	ALG
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Algeria 1–0 Tunisia ; (Algiers; 31 December 1967)
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances	6 (first in 1979)
Best result	Champion: 1979
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1979)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1979)

Algeria national under-20 football team (Arabic:منتخب الجزائر الوطني تحت 20 سنة), represents Algeria in association football at an under-20 age level and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Algeria. The current coach is Mohamed Lacete.

Achievements

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Quarterfinals (1): 1979

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations: 1

Champion (1): 1979

Third Place (3): 1981, 1983, 1989

UNAF U-20 Tournament

Runners-up (4): 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012

Third Place (3): 2005, 2010, 2019

Arab Cup U-20

Runners-up (2): 1985, 2021

Fourth place (1): 2012

Tournament Records

FIFA U-20 World Cup record

FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 1
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1977	did not qualify
1979	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	2	6
1981	did not qualify
1983
1985
1987	did not enter
1989	did not qualify
1991	Withdrew during qualification
1993	did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015	did not enter
2017	did not qualify
2019	did not qualify
~~2021~~	did not qualify (cancelled)
2023	did not qualify
2025	did not qualify
2027	to be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	1/25	4	1	2	1	2	6

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations record

Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances: 6
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1979	Champions	1st	8	4	3	1	10	7
1981	Semi-finals	3rd	3	2	0	1	7	5
1983	Semi-finals	3rd	6	3	1	2	7	6
1985	Round 1	9th	2	0	2	0	0	0
1987	did not enter
1989	Semi-finals	3rd	6	1	4	1	6	6
1991	Withdrew after qualification
1993	did not qualify
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013	Group stage	8th	3	0	1	2	0	3
2015	did not enter
2017	did not qualify
2019
2021
2023
Total	Champions	6/23	28	10	11	7	30	27

UNAF U-20 Tournament record

UNAF U-20 Tournament
Appearances: 13
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Third place	3rd	3	1	1	1	3	4
2006	Fourth place	4th	4	1	1	1	1	3
2007	Runner-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	5	4
2008	Fifth place	5th	4	0	2	2	1	4
2009	Runner-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	4	2
2010	Third place	3rd	3	0	2	1	1	2
2011	Runner-up	2nd	3	2	0	1	3	1
2012	Fourth place	4th	2	0	0	2	1	3
2013	Runner-up	2nd	3	1	1	1	5	3
2014	did not enter
2015	did not enter
2019	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	6	5
2020	Fourth place	4th	3	0	1	2	1	3
2021	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	3	9
2022	Fourth place	4th	3	0	2	1	5	7
2023	Fifth place	5th	4	0	0	4	7	14
Total	Runner-up	13/15	42	11	11	19	39	50

Mediterranean Games Record

Mediterranean Games
Appearances: 11
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Part of France
1955
1959
1963	did not enter
1967	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1971	did not qualify
1975	Gold medal ¹	1st	6	6	0	0	14	3
1979	Bronze medal	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	6
1983	Group stage	6th	2	1	0	1	3	3
1987	Group stage¹	8th	3	0	0	3	1	7
1991	Group stage	8th	2	0	0	2	1	5
1993	Silver medal	2nd	4	2	1	1	6	4
1997	Group stage	8th	3	0	3	0	4	4
2001	Group stage	8th	2	0	0	2	3	7
2005	Quarter-finals	6th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2009	did not qualify
2013	did not qualify
2018	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5
2022	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5
Total	Gold Medal	11/18	36	15	7	15	49	54

Prior to the Athens 1991 campaign, the Football at the Mediterranean Games was open to full senior national teams.
^1 Algeria participated with the national B team in 1975 and 1987.

Arab Cup U-20 Record

Arab Cup U-20
Appearances: 8
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1983	Fifth place	5th	7	2	3	2	8	10
1985	Runners-up	2nd	7	5	0	2	12	4
1989	Group stage	9th	3	0	1	1	2	3
2011	Group stage	5th	4	2	1	1	7	3
2012	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	10	7
2014	Cancelled
2020	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	4	7
2021	Runners-up	2nd	6	2	2	2	7	6
2022	Semi-finals	3rd	4	3	0	1	7	5
2026	To be determined
2028	To be determined
Total	Runners-up	8/8	40	18	8	13	64	45

Current squad

The following players were called up for the training camp in November 2025.^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2025, after the match against Tunisia.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Waël Dahmani	(2008-02-06) 6 February 2008 (age 18)	0	0	Nantes
1GK	Mohammed El Koubi	(2007-07-19) 19 July 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Paradou AC
1GK	Mohamed Amine Zerrouki	(2007-03-17) 17 March 2007 (age 18)	0	0	CS Constantine

2DF	Oussama Benkou		0	0	Olympique Akbou
2DF	Farouk Laoufi	(2007-10-27) 27 October 2007 (age 18)	0	0	JS Saoura
2DF	Adam Letlat	(2008-08-11) 11 August 2008 (age 17)	0	0	West Bromwich Albion
2DF	Daniel Ilyès Mahdid	(2007-06-08) 8 June 2007 (age 18)	0	0	MC Alger
2DF	Abdeldjalil Mansouri		0	0	CR Belouizdad
2DF	Walid Rahim		0	0	MC Oran
2DF	Zakaria Saf		0	0	ES Sétif
2DF	Saad Sliman		0	0	JS Saoura

3MF	Houssam Abdelaziz	(2007-08-31) 31 August 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Paradou AC
3MF	Mohammed Ben Hakim		0	0	MC Oran
3MF	Zaid Betteka	(2007-02-07) 7 February 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Birmingham City
3MF	Youcef Izem	(2007-02-19) 19 February 2007 (age 19)	0	0	JS Kabylie
3MF	Yanis Sellami	(2007-01-04) 4 January 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Marseille

4FW	Abderrahmane Achouri		0	0	USM Alger
4FW	Kéfren Ali	(2007-03-22) 22 March 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Nice
4FW	Yassine Aïche	(2008-06-07) 7 June 2008 (age 17)	0	0	Nice
4FW	Abderaouf Boumala		0	0	CS Constantine
4FW	Younes Hansal	(2007-04-24) 24 April 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Basel
4FW	Houssem Tarzout	(2007-01-19) 19 January 2007 (age 19)	0	0	Paradou AC
4FW	Darris Zema	(2007-05-20) 20 May 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Toulouse

Notable players

Past squads

1979 FIFA World Youth Championship squad

References

^ "SÉLECTION NATIONALE U20 : LES JUNIORS EN STAGE À SIDI MOUSSA" (in French). الاتحادية الجزائرية لكرة القدم. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.

External links

FIFA U-20 World Cup website

[1] "SÉLECTION NATIONALE U20 : LES JUNIORS EN STAGE À SIDI MOUSSA" (in French). الاتحادية الجزائرية لكرة القدم. 10 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.

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