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

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