| Algeria | |
| Badge: | Algerian FA (logo).png |
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| Nickname: | الأفناك (The Fennecs)[1] |
| Association: | Algerian Football Federation |
| Sub-Confederation: | UNAF (North Africa) |
| Other-Affiliation: | UAFA (Arab Nations) |
| Confederation: | CAF (Africa) |
| Coach: | Farid Benstiti |
| Captain: | Sofia Guellati |
| Top Scorer: | Naïma Bouhenni (35) |
| Home Stadium: | Stade du 5 Juillet |
| Fifa Trigramme: | ALG |
| Fifa Max: | 64 |
| Fifa Max Date: | June – September 2009 |
| Fifa Min: | 97 |
| Fifa Min Date: | December 2003 |
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| First Game: | 14–0 (Cesson-Sévigné, France; 14 May 1998) |
| Largest Win: | 14–0 (Algiers, Algeria; 20 October 2021) |
| Largest Loss: | 14–0 (Cesson-Sévigné, France; 14 May 1998) |
| Regional Name: | Africa Women Cup of Nations |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 5 |
| Regional Cup First: | 2004 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Group Stage (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) |
| Type: | women |
| 2Ndregional Cup Apps: | 3 |
| 2Ndregional Name: | UNAF Women's Tournament |
| 2Ndregional Cup First: | 2009 |
| 2Ndregional Cup Best: | Runners-up (2009) |
| 3Rdregional Cup Apps: | 2 |
| 3Rdregional Name: | Arab Women's Cup |
| 3Rdregional Cup First: | 2006 |
| 3Rdregional Cup Best: | Champions (2006) |
The Algeria women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم للسيدات) represents Algeria in international women's football.
Algeria played its first match in 1998, against France, and lost 14–0. The team has never qualified for a World Cup. It has qualified five times for the Africa Women Cup of Nations, in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, all finishing in group stage.
Algeria plays its home games at the Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers and is coached by Farid Benstiti since December 2022. They are currently ranked 84th in the world in the FIFA women's rankings. The team's highest ranking was 64th, in June 2009.[2]
| Kit providers | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| Cirta Sport | 1998–2001 | |
| Baliston | 2002–2004 | |
 Le Coq Sportif | 2004–2009 | |
| Puma | 2010–2014 | |
| Adidas | 2015–present |
The Algeria women's national football team plays their home matches on the Stade du 5 Juillet.
See main article: Algeria women's national football all time team results. The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
| Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Farid Benstiti[3] | |
| Assistant coach | Djamel Fredj | |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mamadou Bah | |
| Physical coach | Moahmed Cherifi | |
| Video analyst | Djalil Bouglali |
| Years | Name | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azzedine Chih | 1998–2018 | [4] | |
| Radia Fertoul | 2018–2019 | [5] | |
| Sonia Haziraj | 2019 | ||
| Kamel Betina | 2019 | ||
| Madjid Taleb | 2019–2021 | [6] | |
| Radia Fertoul | 2021–2022 | [7] | |
| Farid Benstiti | 2022–present | [8] |
The following players have also been called up to the Algeria squad within the last 12 months. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SUS Player is serving a suspension.
WD Player withdrew for personal reasons.
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| 1 | Naïma Bouhenni | 35 | 60 | 2002– |
| FIFA Women's World Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 0 | ||||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||
| 1991 | Did not enter | |||||||||
 1995 | ||||||||||
 2003 | ||||||||||
| 2007 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2011 | ||||||||||
 2015 | ||||||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||||
  2023 | ||||||||||
 2027 | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Summer Olympics record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 0 | ||||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||
| 1996 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2000 | ||||||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
 2012 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2016 | ||||||||||
 2020 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2024 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2028 | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 0/8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Women's Africa Cup of Nations record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 6 | ||||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||
| 1991 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 1995 | ||||||||||
 1998 | ||||||||||
 2000 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2002 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2004 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | |
| 2006 | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | ||
| 2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2010 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | |
| 2012 | Did not enter | |||||||||
 2014 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | |
 2016 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
 2018 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | |
| 2020 | Cancelled | |||||||||
 2022 | Did not qualify | |||||||||
| 2024 | Qualified | |||||||||
| Total | Group stage | 6/15 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 39 | −26 | |
| African Games record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 4 | ||||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||
| 2003 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | |
 2007 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | |
 2011 | Bronze medal | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | |
| 2015 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 2019 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | |
| 2023 | Did not enter | |||||||||
 2027 | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | Bronze medal | 4/5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 36 | −13 | |
| UNAF Women's Tournament record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 3 | ||||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||
 2009 | Runners-up | 2nd | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | |
| 2020 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | |
| 2023 | Cancelled | |||||||||
| Total | Runners-up | 3/3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | |
| Arab Women's Cup record | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appearances: 2 | ||||||||||
| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||
| 2006 | Winners | 1st | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | |
| 2021 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | |
| Total | Winners | 2/2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 | |
Bronze medal: (1): (2011)
Runners-up: (1): (2009)
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