Women's AFCON 2024: everything you need to know about Algeria, back in the competition

Women's AFCON history

In Morocco, Algeria will be making their sixth appearance at a Women's AFCON finals. The Greens first played in the tournament in 2004 in South Africa. They followed that with the 2006 edition in Nigeria, before returning in 2010, again in South Africa. Algeria were also involved in 2014 and 2018, their last appearance before the upcoming edition in Morocco from 5 to 26 July. The team have never got past the first round of the Women's AFCON.

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Head coach

Farid Benstiti has been head coach of the Algeria women's national team since 2023. With him in charge, the Greens have returned to the AFCON. A former PSG women's team coach, Benstiti brings top-level experience that is encouraging healthy competition among the Algerian players, with the hope of getting out of the first round this time.

Top scorer

Naïma Bouhami is the all-time leading scorer for the Algeria women's national team with 36 goals. The former Affak Relizane forward spent 21 years in the national side, from 2001 to 2022.

Player to watch

Lina Boussaha is the Algerian player to watch closely at this Women's AFCON 2024. Aged 26, the Al-Nassr midfielder, who has also played for Paris Saint-Germain, combines pace and technique with a useful versatility, as she can also play as a forward.

Algeria's fixtures (GMT)

Algeria have been drawn in Group B of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations alongside Botswana, Tunisia and Nigeria, who hold the record for most titles (13) in the competition's history. The Greens' schedule is as follows:

Sunday 6 July

19:30: Algeria v Botswana

Thursday 10 July

16:00: Tunisia v Algeria

Sunday 13 July

19:00: Nigeria v Algeria