# List of Algeria national football team managers

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 | |