Algeria fire head coach Djamel Belmadi after disappointing AFCON 2023 group-stage exit

Algerian Football Federation President Walid Sadi has announced the immediate departure of head coach Djamel Belmadi After an unsatisfactory AFCON campaign, Footydreamsgh.com can disclose.

The 47-year-old strategist and the Football Federation had come to an arrangement for him to step down following their poor performance at the AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire.

After three games, Algeria lost to Mauritania, a minnow, and drew with Burkina Faso and Angola, finishing bottom of their group with just two points.

In their final group game on Tuesday at the Stade de la Paix in Bouake, the Fennecs fell short 1-0 to an underdog Mauritania team.

“I met the national coach, Mr. Djamel Belmadi, to discuss the consequences of this bitter exclusion, we reached an amicable agreement to dissolve the association and break the contract that binds the coach to the Federation Algerian Football,” Sadi highlighted

“We thank coach Jamal Belmadi for everything he has done for the team, and we wish him good luck for the rest of his career.”

Having guided Algeria to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations triumph in Egypt, Belmadi has failed to record a win in the last two editions of the AFCON tournament