Algeria national under-20 football team

Algeria U-20
Nickname(s)الأفنــاك
(Fennec Foxes)
AssociationAlgerian Football Federation
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Head coachMohamed Lacete
Home stadiumStade 5 Juillet
FIFA codeALG
First colours
Second colours
First international
Algeria U-20 Algeria 1–0  Tunisia U-20
(Algiers; 31 December 1967)
Africa U-20 Cup of Nations
Appearances6 (first in 1979)
Best resultChampion: 1979
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1979)
Best resultQuarter-finals: 1979

The Algeria national under-20 football team represents Algeria in international football completions. They were quarter-finalists at the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship in Japan in their only appearance.

Tournament Records

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FIFA U-20 World Cup record

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FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 did not qualify
Japan 1979 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 2 6
Australia 1981 did not qualify
Mexico 1983
Soviet Union 1985
Chile 1987 did not enter
Saudi Arabia 1989 did not qualify
Portugal 1991 Withdrew during qualification
Australia 1993 did not qualify
Qatar 1995
Malaysia 1997
Nigeria 1999
Argentina 2001
United Arab Emirates 2003
Netherlands 2005
Canada 2007
Egypt 2009
Colombia 2011
Turkey 2013
New Zealand 2015 did not enter
South Korea 2017 did not qualify
Poland 2019
Indonesia 2021 did not qualify (cancelled)
Argentina 2023 did not qualify
Chile 2025 to be determined
Total Quarter-finals 1/24 4 1 2 1 2 6