 After a series of errors from the Algerian Football Federation with repeated under performing coaches, the federation appointed former Manchester City and Algerian international Djamel Belmadi on 2 August 2018.Belmadi is a young coach and has mainly coached in Qatar with previous experiences lie there.However, due to his unsuccessful tenure in Qatar as coach of the Qatar national football team when Qatar was eliminated early in 2015 AFC Asian Cup, skepticism arose about the manager.