Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki, Algiers is the current exclusive home stadium for the Algeria national football team. This has been the case since it was opened in 2023, Algeria have however also played many of their home games away from Nelson Mandela Stadium throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments.
History Unlike many selections, "Les Fennecs" have no recognized national stadium. Whether for the qualifying matches for the World Cup or friendly matches, they turn around the country and changing in many however stages major international meetings are usually held at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 of Algiers. Other large stadiums were used to accommodate the Les Fennecs in recent years, including the Stade Mustapha Tchaker that also located at Blida. Other international matches were also played at the Stade 19 Mai 1956 of Annaba at Stade 20 Août 1955 and Stade Akid Lotfi of Tlemcen, and the Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui of Constantine.
The team of Algeria historically plays Stade 20 Août 1955 to Algiers which hosted the first international match of Algeria on its soil the 6 January 1963 deal with the selection of Bulgaria, match won with a score of two goals to one. Other historic sites that have hosted regular international home games of the Algeria are Stade 5 Juillet 1962 of Algiers but also Stade Mustapha Tchaker of Blida or also to the Stade Ahmed Zabana of Oran.
Algeria is sometimes relocates its friendly matches in Europe, Algeria has played many games at "home" in recent years France and Switzerland due to the fact that there is a large community expatriates in western Europe and much of the players play in European leagues.
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† For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure. ‡ Currently in the process of, or scheduled to be developed.
List of Algeria national team Games by stadiums in Algeria
# City Stadium Match Date of debut Debut against Date oflast match Final matchagainst 1 Algiers Stade du 5 Juillet 120 2 Blida Mustapha Tchaker Stadium 45 3 Oran Ahmed Zabana Stadium 29 4 Algiers 20 August 1955 Stadium 23 Annaba 19 May 1956 Stadium 6 Constantine Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium 12 7 Tlemcen Colonel Lotfi Stadium 6 8 Oran Miloud Hadefi Stadium 5 Algiers Nelson Mandela Stadium 10 Tizi Ouzou Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium 4 11 Mascara The African Unity Stadium 3 12 Constantine Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium 1 Oran Habib Bouakeul Stadium Sheffield United Sheffield United Batna 1 November 1954 Stadium Sidi Bel Abbès 24 February Stadium PSV Eindhoven PSV Eindhoven Tiaret Ahmed Kaïd Stadium FC Nantes FC Nantes Relizane Tahar Zoughari Stadium O. Marseille O. Marseille Mascara Aoued Meflah Stadium Béjaïa Maghrebi Unity Stadium Mostaganem Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium Montpellier HSC Montpellier HSC † For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure. ‡ Currently in the process of, or scheduled to be developed.
List of Algeria national team Games by stadiums +List of Algerian national football team Games by stadiums with 4 or more matches # Stadium Match Date of debut Debut against Date oflast match Final matchagainst 1 El Menzah Stadium 17 2 Stade Mohammed V ‡ 13 3 Benghazi International Stadium 9 4 Al-Shaab Stadium ‡ 8 5 Cairo International Stadium 8 6 Tripoli International Stadium 7 7 National Stadium, Lagos † 6 8 Addis Abeba Stadium 6 9 Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium 6 10 Stade Modibo Kéïta 6 11 Stade Alphonse Massemba-Débat 5 12 Stade de la Paix 5 13 Obafemi Awolowo Stadium 4 14 Alexandria Stadium 4 15 Amman International Stadium 4 16 Chedly Zouiten Stadium 4 17 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor 4 18 Stade du 4 Août 4 19 Stade du 26 Mars 4 20 Estádio da Cidadela 4 † For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure. ‡ Currently in the process of, or scheduled to be developed.
List of Algeria national team Games by stadiums in African Cup +List of Algerian national football team Games by stadiums in African Cup with 2 or more matches # Stadium Match Date of debut Debut against Date oflast match Final matchagainst 1 Stade du 5 Juillet ‡ 5 2 Obafemi Awolowo Stadium 4 3 Benghazi International Stadium 4 4 Stade Mohamed V ‡ 4 5 Stade de Franceville 3 6 Stade de la Paix 3 7 Addis Abeba Stadium 3 8 Alexandria Stadium 3 9 Kumasi Sports Stadium 3 10 Stade du 26 Mars 3 11 Sousse Olympic Stadium 3 12 Estádio 11 de Novembro 3 13 Royal Bafokeng Stadium 3 14 Estádio Nacional de Ombaka 2 15 Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium 2 16 Stade Aline Sitoe Diatta 2 17 Free State Stadium 2 18 Estadio de Mongomo 2 19 Estadio de Malabo 2 20 Stade Municipal 2 † For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure. ‡ Currently in the process of, or scheduled to be developed.
List of Algeria national team Games by stadiums in World Cup # Stadium Match Date of debut Debut against Date oflast match Final matchagainst 1 Estadio Carlos Tartiere † 2 2 Estádio Beira-Rio 2 3 El Molinón 1 4 Estadio Jalisco 1 5 Estadio Tres de Marzo 1 6 Estadio Tecnológico 1 7 Peter Mokaba Stadium 1 8 Cape Town Stadium 1 9 Loftus Versfeld Stadium 1 10 Mineirão 1 11 Arena da Baixada 1 12 Arrowhead Stadium 1 † For closed or demolished grounds, capacity is taken at closure. ‡ Currently in the process of, or scheduled to be developed.
References
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