Soccer-Algeria Appoint Petkovic As Coach – News18

Algeria have appointed former Switzerland supervisor Vladimir Petkovic to teach their nationwide crew, the Algeria Football Association stated on Thursday.

The 60-12 months-previous led Switzerland for seven years, guiding them to the quarter-finals of the final European Championship with a final-16 victory over world champions France.

Bosnian-born Petkovic guided Switzerland to the 2018 World Cup and two European Championship finals earlier than a quick spell as coach of French membership Girondins de Bordeaux.

Algeria lead their African World Cup qualifying group with six factors, forward of Botswana, Guinea, Uganda, Mozambique and Somalia.

Petkovic replaces Djamel Belmadi, who left in January after twice continental champions Algeria didn’t get previous the group stage on the Africa Cup of Nations.

(Ahmed Assal and Ashraf Hamed Atta, enhancing by Ed Osmond)

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