Abdelhak Benchikha (Arabic: عبد الحق بن شيخة; born 22 November 1963) is an Algerian football coach and former player.

[3] In his first season with the club, he led them to the league title for the first time in 12 years, beating out Etoile du Sahel by just 2 points in the final standings.

[citation needed] On 13 September 2010, Benchikha was appointed as coach of the Algerian national team on a permanent basis, following the resignation Rabah Saâdane.

[11][12] On 13 March 2023, in the late match against HB Chelghoum Laïd in the Ligue 1, USM Alger supporters in the 37th minute of the second half left the stands in protest against the club administration.

[21] On 24 November 2023, Benchikha signed as Simba SC head coach[22] replacing Robertinho, penning a contract for a year and a half.

For his first season with the Tanzanians won the FA Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the CAF Champions League losing to the title holders Al Ahly.

[23] The next day, Simba SC announced in a press release that Benchikha and his Algerian assistants, Kamel Boudjenane and Farid Zemiti, have decided to leave the club for family reasons.

On 6 January 2025, the president of JS Kabylie, El Hadi Ould Ali responded to Benchikha in a press release where he said he deplored the way in which he announced his resignation but especially the justification of this to a supposed isolated incident involving a supporter.