{"id":45959,"date":"2026-01-12T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=45959"},"modified":"2026-01-12T07:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:00:21","slug":"national-team-returns-home-after-afcon-2025-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=45959","title":{"rendered":"National Team Returns Home After AFCON 2025 Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Algerian national football team is scheduled to arrive back in Algiers this evening, Sunday, at 2:00 PM local time. A private flight has been arranged to transport the players and accompanying staff following their exit from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 tournament.<\/p>\n<p><em>Les Verts&#8217;<\/em> campaign concluded in the quarter-finals after a 2-0 defeat to Nigeria. The Algerian Football Federation, under the leadership of President Walid Sadi, organized the special flight as a gesture of appreciation for the players&#8217; efforts and the media&#8217;s coverage throughout the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The aim is to ensure a comfortable and safe return for both the team and the journalists after a demanding period. The national team&#8217;s participation in the continental tournament generated significant public and media interest.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria successfully navigated the group stage, securing four consecutive victories against Sudan (3-0), Burkina Faso (1-0), Equatorial Guinea (3-1), and the Democratic Republic of Congo (1-0 after extra time). Despite the team&#8217;s strong performance in the initial stages, their journey was cut short by Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The return of the team and media personnel marks the end of their AFCON 2025 journey. Attention will now turn to preparations for Algeria&#8217;s participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada, scheduled from June 11th to July 19th. <strong>The team will be looking to build on their experiences in the AFCON tournament as they prepare for the global stage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The focus now shifts to analyzing the team&#8217;s performance and identifying areas for improvement as they set their sights on the challenges ahead. <strong>The Algerian Football Federation is expected to announce plans for upcoming friendly matches and training camps in the near future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=40\">More Sports articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Algerian national football team is scheduled to arrive back in Algiers this evening, Sunday, at 2:00 PM local time. A private flight has been arranged to transport the players and accompanying staff following their exit from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Les&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45961,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45959\/revisions\/45961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}