Founded during the rapid socio-economic change in North African nations, the Algerian women's football team played its first home game on July 5, 1962 at the Stadium of Algiers.
The team has been coached by Radia Fertoul since August 2018.
Algeria played its first match on May 14, 1998, against France and lost 14–0.
Algerian Women National Football Team haven't yet qualified to any World Cups, although they have qualified five times to the Women's African Cup of Nations in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, all finishing in the group stage.
The Algeria women's national football team is the representative women's association football team of Algeria.