Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey ( ar, نصر حسين داي), known as NA Hussein Dey or NAHD for short, is an Algerian football club based in Hussein Dey, Algiers. 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 Hussein Dey: '' 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 Algiers 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 Algerian Cup in 1979. The team also played a final of the African Cup Winners' Cup 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 FC Porto 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 ::Champion (1): 1966–67 ::''Runner-up (5)'': 1963–64, 1972–73, 1975–76, 1981–82,

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

Performance in CAF competitions

* CAF Confederation Cup: 2 appearances :: 2006 – Intermediate Round :: 2018–19 – Group Stage * African Cup Winners' Cup: 3 appearances :: 1978 – Finalist :: 1980 – Semi-finals ::

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– 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 * Yacine Bentalaa *

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 * Sid Ahmed Khedis ;Algeria * Abdelkader Laïfaoui * Rabah Madjer * Chaabane Merzekane * Fawzi Moussouni * Lahcène Nazef * Moncef Ouichaoui *

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 ;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 * Rabah Madjer 1982 African Cup * Abdelkader Horr * Meziane Ighil * Chaabane Merzekane * Ahmed Aït El-Hocine * Rabah Madjer 1984 African Cup *

1986 African Cup * Chaabane Merzekane

World Cup Players

World Cup 1982 *

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* Chaabane Merzekane * Rabah Madjer * Yacine Bentalaa

Olympic Players

1980 Summer Olympics *

* Chaabane Merzekane * Mohamed Khedis * Rabah Madjer 2016 Summer Olympics *

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