Kabylia football team
Appearance
Confederation | ConIFA | ||
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Head coach | Aksel Bellabbaci, Lyes Immemai | ||
Most caps | 10 players (2) | ||
Top scorer | Nadjim Bouabbas (2) | ||
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First international | |||
Panjab 8–0 Kabylie (Slough, United Kingdom; 31 May 2018) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Tibet 1–8 Kabylia (Enfield, United Kingdom; 7 June 2018) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Panjab 8–0 Kabylia (Slough, United Kingdom; 31 May 2018) | |||
ConIFA World Football Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2018) | ||
Best result | Tenth place (2018) |
The Kabylia football team is the team representing the Kabyle people, who live in Kabylia. They are not affiliated with FIFA or CAF, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the Africa Cup of Nations.[1][2][3][4]
Kabylia have played in the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup qualification.[5][6]
Current squad
[edit]The following players were called up for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Murad Koulougli | 10 September 1987 | 0 | 0 | JS Imazighen |
24 | GK | Rahim Belaid | 31 May 1990 | 0 | 0 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont |
4 | DF | Idir Belasla | 20 November 1999 | 2 | 0 | ASSM Savigneux |
8 | DF | Khelifa Drider | 25 June 1993 | 2 | 0 | Petit Bard Montpellier |
9 | DF | Elhadi Boukir | 9 September 1987 | 2 | 0 | CD Barrio Obrero |
10 | DF | Ahmed Simoud | 16 December 1993 | 1 | 0 | Université Lille 1 |
14 | DF | Yacine Irnatene | 1 January 1987 | 0 | 0 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
18 | DF | Idir Bouali | 13 December 1987 | 0 | 0 | UM Bejaia |
19 | DF | Lyes Mihoubi | 4 October 1995 | 0 | 0 | ORB Akbou |
7 | MF | Ilyas Hadid | 1 January 2000 | 2 | 1 | US Créteil II |
6 | MF | Yanis Kemache | 7 June 1995 | 2 | 0 | USM Malakoff |
11 | MF | Amara Hamadache | 2 April 1991 | 2 | 0 | Villeneuve St. Georges |
12 | MF | Idir Lamhene | 29 December 1997 | 0 | 0 | US Sidi Belloua |
13 | MF | Hocine Mohammedi | 3 May 1988 | 0 | 0 | AC Finchley |
17 | MF | Walid Daira | 10 May 1998 | 0 | 0 | ES Tigzirt |
20 | MF | Malik Amerkane | 13 February 1988 | 0 | 0 | ES Azzefoun |
22 | FW | Nadjim Bouabbas | 1 March 1999 | 2 | 2 | US Rungis |
3 | FW | Enzo Mezaib | 5 January 1998 | 2 | 0 | Conflans |
16 | FW | Bachir Ghuersa | 1 October 2000 | 2 | 0 | Villeneuve St. Georges |
2 | FW | Abderrezak Chennit | 15 January 1998 | 0 | 0 | JS Akbou |
5 | FW | Karim Ouarab | 21 July 1999 | 0 | 0 | JS Kabylie |
21 | FW | Nafa Belmellat | 26 January 1987 | 0 | 0 | AC Finchley |
Notable players
[edit]- Nadjim Bouabbas - national team top scorer
References
[edit]- ^ "Kabylie, football (in)dépendance". lequipe.fr.
- ^ "Kabylia, Algeria and Taking Huge Risks to Play Football for Your Homeland". bleacherreport.com.
- ^ "Kabylie Football Club : « Gagner l'indépendance avec nos pieds »". vice.com.
- ^ "Kabylia". CONIFA. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
- ^ Arrami, Stéphane (4 September 2017). "La Kabylie participera à la Coupe du monde de football ConIFA 2018".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "La Kabylie qualifiée pour la Coupe du monde ConIFA 2018 — Siwel". 2 September 2017.