Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey ( ar, نصر حسين داي), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian

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club based in

Hussein Dey Hussein Dey (real name Hüseyin bin Hüseyin; 1765 – 1838; ar, حسين داي) was the last Dey of the Deylik of Algiers. Early life He was born either in İzmir or Urla in the Ottoman Empire. He went to Istanbul and joined the Canoneers ( ...

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

. The club was founded in 1947 and its colours are red and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade du 20 Août 1955, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the

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History

The 15 June 1947 to Leveilley coffee Kaddour (now Maqaria), 180 members met to decide on the merger of three clubs of

: '' Nedjma Sports Hussein Dey, '' the '' Ideal Club Cooler '' and '' Esperance Sportive de Leveilley '' The athletic Nasr Hussein Dey was born. The Nasria is a club that was blessed at the time by the Sheikh Larbi Tbessi. A club that has been active during the war of liberation, and had its share of suffering, pain and of course, its share of martyrs, who responded to the call for 1956/1957 for stop sports clubs Algerians, the NAHD ceased all activity and did not resume until after the country's independence in 1962. Champion

in 1963, he won his only championship of

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in 1967. In 35 years of presence at the highest level of national football, NAHD is mounted on the podium ten times in the league and won an

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in 1979. The team also played a final of the

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the same year. '' The Nasria '' is known for its training policy advocated by renowned coaches: Fez René Vernier Reynolds Ammar Boudissa and

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. This policy was responsible for the emergence of a generation of exceptional players who formed the backbone of the Algerian team in the Spanish World in 1982. Among the iconic players of the club we quote Defnoun Abdelkader Ouchen Bouyahi Youcef Khedis Merzekane Fergani El Hocine Aït Lazazi Alliche. Special mention to

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who had the chance to play abroad and that made a world career with the

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especially. Not to mention

Mahmoud Guendouz Mahmoud Guendouz (born February 24, 1953 in El Harrach) is an Algerian former footballer and coach. A stalwart of the Algerian national team during its greatest period on the world stage, he appeared at the 1980 Olympics as well as the FIFA W ...

which is the Algerian player who has the most significant playing time in final phase of World Cup (540 min). The season 2008, the NAHD became the first Algerian club to move a player to a club in Europe: center-back

Rafik Halliche Rafik Halliche ( ar, رفيق حليش; born 2 September 1986) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He started playing in 2005 with Hussein Dey, going on to spend the vast majority of his career in Port ...

in this case, recruited by Benfica. Halliche will break the record Guendouz by playing seven matches (700 minutes) of the team of Algeria in the last two editions of the

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(2010 and 2014). Nahdiste The school has trained a galaxy of talented players such as Zarabi Guenoun Bouchefra and many others. But the club's training policy also has perverse effects. Every year, the club does not have a large budget, is bled of its best features. The last three years, we could consider that the workforce is redesigned each "transfer window" or each semester. Finally we will finish by quoting the presidents that marked the club's history: Benyoucef Bensiam Slimane Hoffman.

Crest

Image:LOGO du NAHD.png, Former logo Image:NA Hussein-Dey (logo).png, Present logo

Honours

Domestic competitions

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ( ar, الرابطة الجزائرية المحترفة الأولى لكرة القدم); known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat Natio ...

::Champion (1): 1966–67 ::''Runner-up (5)'': 1963–64, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1992–93 *

::Winner (1): 1978–79 ::''Runner-up (4)'': 1967–68, 1976–77, 1981–82, 2015–16

Performance in CAF competitions

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: 2 appearances ::

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

– Intermediate Round :: 2018–19 – Group Stage *

: 3 appearances ::

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

– Finalist ::

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

– Semi-finals ::

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

– Second Round

Players

Current squad

Personnel

Current technical staff

Notable players

Below are the notable former players who have represented NA Hussein Dey in league and international competition since the club's foundation in 1947. To appear in the section below, a player must have played in at least 100 official matches for the club or represented the national team for which the player is eligible during his stint with NA Hussein Dey or following his departure. For a complete list of NA Hussein Dey players, see :NA Hussein Dey players ;Algeria *

Rezki Amrouche Rezki Amrouche (born 17 November 1970) is an Algerian football manager and former player. As a player, he played 34 times for the Algerian National Team, scoring 2 goals. Managerial career On 24 October 2011 Amrouche was appointed as manager o ...

Yacine Bentalaa Yassin Bentaalla (born September 24, 1955) is a former Algerian international who played as a goalkeeper. He was a member of the Algerian team at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Al Wasl FC, a position h ...

Billel Dziri Billel Dziri (born 21 January 1972) is an Algerian football manager and former player. After starting off with NA Hussein Dey, Dziri played most of his career with USM Alger and had spells with Étoile Sportive du Sahel in Tunisia, CS Sedan Arde ...

* Farès Fellahi *

Ali Fergani Ali Fergani ( ar, علي فرقاني) (born September 21, 1952) is an Algerian football manager and former player who played in the midfield position as a playmaker. Career Fergani played club football for NA Hussein Dey and JE Tizi-Ouzou. Ferg ...

Meziane Ighil Ali Meziane Ighil (born January 12, 1952) is an Algerian former footballer. Club career Ighil spentNA Hussein Dey. He was a member of the NA Hussein Dey team that won the 1979 Algerian Cup and reached the finals of the 1978 African Cup Winners' C ...

Sid Ahmed Khedis Sid-Ahmed Kheddis (born August 22, 1985 in Algiers) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a defender for NA Hussein Dey in the Algerian league. Personal Kheddis is the son of former Algerian international and NA Hussein De ...

;Algeria * Abdelkader Laïfaoui *

Rabah Madjer Rabah Mustapha Madjer ( ar, رابح مصطفى ماجر; born 15 December 1958) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He reached stardom as a Porto player during the 1980s, being widely regarded as one of th ...

* Chaabane Merzekane * Fawzi Moussouni *

Lahcène Nazef Lahcène Amar Nazef (born September 2, 1974 in Algiers, Algeria) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for WA Boufarik in the Algerian third division.Moncef Ouichaoui Moncef Ouichaoui ( ar, منصف ويشاوي, born April 5, 1977, in Annaba, Algeria) is an Algerian international football player who last played as a forward for CA Bordj Bou Arreridj in the Algerian Championnat National. National team stati ...

Mohamed Ousserir Mohamed Nassim Ousserir (born 5 February 1978 in Boufarik, Blida Province, Blida) is a retired Algerian Association football, footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Ousserir had 5 caps for the Algeria national football team and was part of Algeri ...

Abderraouf Zarabi Abderraouf Zarabi (born 26 March 1979) is an Algerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He made 22 appearances for the Algeria national team. Club career Hibernian Zarabi was born in Algiers, Algeria. He signed with t ...

;Africa * Bhaudry Massouanga *

Paul Emile Biyaga Paul Emile Biyaga (born 24 July 1987 in Mbang) is a Cameroonian professional footballer, currently playing for Muktijoddha Sangsad KC in Bangladesh Premier League. Honours * Won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 once with ASO Chlef in 2011 ...

* Amadou Diamouténé * Jimmy Bulus

Players in international competitions

African Cup Players

1968 African Cup * Lakhdar Bouyahi 1980 African Cup * Chaabane Merzekane *

* Mohamed Khedis *

1982 African Cup * Abdelkader Horr *

* Chaabane Merzekane *

Ahmed Aït El-Hocine Ahmed Aït El-Hocine (born 12 February 1957) is an Algerian former footballer who played as a forward for NA Hussein Dey. He made six appearances for the Algeria national team in 1981 and 1982. He was also named in Algeria's squad for the 198 ...

1984 African Cup *

1986 African Cup * Chaabane Merzekane

World Cup Players

World Cup 1982 *

Mustafa Kouici Mustapha Kouici (born 16 April 1954) is a former Algerian international footballer. A left back, he represented Algeria in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, but he did not play in the finals. References Individual * Africa Cup of Nations Team of the ...

* Chaabane Merzekane *

Olympic Players

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

* Chaabane Merzekane * Mohamed Khedis *

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

Sofiane Bendebka Sofiane Bendebka (; born 9 August 1992) is an Algerian footballer who plays for Al-Fateh in the Saudi Professional League and the Algeria national team. International career On 2 June 2016, Bendebka made his senior international debut for Alge ...

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hussein Dey, NA Football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1947 Football clubs in Algiers Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs Algerian Ligue 2 clubs 1947 establishments in Algeria Sports clubs in Algeria