Algeria national rugby union team

Algeria

Nickname(s)	الخُضر "El Khadra" / "Les Verts" (The Greens) الأفناك (The Fennecs) محاربي الصحراء (The Desert Warriors)
Ground(s)	Stade Ahmed Zabana
Coach(es)	Djemaï Tebani, Foudil Youbi and Salah Rebadj
Captain(s)	Faisal Bentayeb
Most caps	Samir Khamouche (9)
Top scorer	Boris Bouhraoua (40)
Most tries	Mohamed Khedaria (3)
Team kit Change kit
First international
Tunisia 7–8 Algeria (24 February 2007)
Largest win
Libya 0–50 Algeria (26 October 2010)  Egypt 0–50 Algeria (29 October 2010)
Largest defeat
Tunisia 27-13 Algeria (6 June 2012)
World Cup
Appearances	None (First in -)
Best result	-

The Algeria national rugby union team represents Algeria in rugby union. The team is administered by the Algerian rugby Federation (FAR). The first match they competed in was on the 24th February 2007, in a game in Tunis against the Tunisia national rugby union team (to which Algeria won by 8-7). Almost all current national team players play for clubs in the French championships,however there are some national players who practice the sport in Australia, New Zealand, Romania and England. The first coach of the Algeria national rugby union team was Morad Kellal.

World Cup record

The team has neither qualified for or being invited to any of the Rugby World Cups, because of its relatively recent foundation. Nevertheless, they are expected to enter the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifyings.

Staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Salim Tebani
Assistant coach	Djemai Tebani
General manager	Azzouz Aib
President of the Algerian federation (FAR)	Sofiane Abdelkader Benhassen
Fitness coach	Nahim Rouabah

Record

Overall

As of 18 December 2015 their record against all nations is as follows:

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	100.00	25	18	+7
Egypt	1	1	0	0	100.00	50	0	+50
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	100.00	41	5	+36
Libya	1	1	0	0	100.00	50	0	+50
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	00.00	11	19	-8
Tunisia	3	2	1	0	75.00	37	40	-3
Total	9	7	2	0	75.00	214	82	+132

Rugby World Cup

World Cup record									World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	P	W	D	L	F	A		P	W	D	L	F	A
1987	Did not enter								Did not enter
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019	To be determined								To be determined
2023	To be determined								To be determined
Total	0/8	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0

Crescent Cup

Crescent Cup record
Year	Round	P	W	D	L	F	A
2015	Second place	3	2	0	1	52	24
Total	1/1	3	2	0	1	52	24

Current squad

Updated: The following players were called up for the friendly match against Tunisia on the 18th December.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Tries	Club
14		Samir Khamouche
15		Azzouz Aib
9		Boris Bourahoua
5		Boumedienne Allam	19 November 1979 (36)
		Faisal Bentayeb

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to play for the Algeria squad at least once within the last 24 months.

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Tebani, SalimSalim Tebani (c) Hooker 11 October 1978 FCS Rumilly Adjimi, FouadFouad Adjimi ?? RCA Cergy-Pontoise Aib, JilaliJilali Aib ?? SO Millau Allam, BoumedienneBoumedienne Allam Number 8 19 November 1979 Blagnac SCR Ameur, MedhiMedhi Ameur ?? USA Perpignan Ammar, KaderKader Ammar ?? Union Bordeaux Bègles Belhocine, AliAli Belhocine ?? Stade Domontois Benhammor, NasserNasser Benhammor ?? Cahors Rugby Benhamouda, NabilNabil Benhamouda ?? CA Brive Benhassen, AbdelkaderAbdelkader Benhassen ?? CSM Gennevilliers Bettayeb, FayçalFayçal Bettayeb ?? SO Chambéry Rugby Bouchor, AdelAdel Bouchor ?? Provence Rugby Boudi, KarimKarim Boudi ?? RC Massy Boukaloua, NadirNadir Boukaloua ?? Lou RA Dembri, FouedFoued Dembri ?? Corbeil XIII Dougarem, MohamedMohamed Dougarem ?? Stade Domontois Helali, MehdiMehdi Helali ?? US Beaurepaire Hireche, SaidSaid Hireche ?? Stade Français Bouabdallah, DjamelDjamel Bouabdallah ?? US La Seyne Ourak, RachidRachid Ourak ?? USAP 84 Salhi, AbdelkaderAbdelkader Salhi ?? Stade Français Yanina, AzizAziz Yanina ?? Newbridge RFC

See also

• Rugby union in Algeria
• Algerian rugby federation

External links

• (English) Algerian rugby team statistics
• Current Situation