Algeria women's national football team
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| Nickname(s) | الأفناك (The Fennecs) |
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| Association | Algerian Football Federation |
| Other affiliation | UAFA (Arab Nations) |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) |
| Head coach | Azzedine Chih |
| Captain | Fatima Sekouane |
| Top scorer | Naima Bouhani (13) |
| Home stadium | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 |
| FIFA code | ALG |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 82  1 (26 August 2016)
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| Highest | 64 (June 2009) |
| Lowest | 125 (June 2013) |
| First international | |
 France 14–0 Algeria  (Cesson-Sévigné, France, May 14, 1998) |
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| Biggest win | |
Algeria 12–0 Lebanon  (Alexandria, Egypt, April 16, 2006) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
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France 14–0 Algeria (Cesson-Sévigné, France, May 14, 1998) |
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| Africa Women Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | Group Stage (2004, 2006, 2010, 2014) |
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The Algeria women's national football team (Arabic: منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم للسيدات) represents Algeria in international women's football. The team is currently ranked 79th in the world in the FIFA women's rankings. The team's highest ranking was 64th, in June 2009. The team plays its home games at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers and is coached by Azzedine Chih. Algeria played its first match on May 14, 1998 against France, and lost 14–0.
Algeria has never qualified for a World Cup. It has qualified four times for the African Women's Championship, in 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2014, all finishing in group stage. Algeria is expected to become the first Arab and Muslim nation to participate in a Women's World Cup.
The Algerian Football Federation was founded in 1962, after the Algerian Independence. It joined the CAF in 1963 and FIFA in 1964. By this time, no nation in the world had an official women's football team, instead they appeared in the 70's. Algeria's first recorded match dates back of the late 90's on 14 May 1998, against their motherland, France in Cesson-Sévigné. The result was a heavy 14–0 defeat, that is still Algeria's worst result. Although the team was formed in 1998, a futsal team had played a game with Morocco a year before, in 1997, losing by 5–0.
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