The new Algerian national team shirt has sparked a lot of controversy among fans and lovers of the “Greens”, between a group that admires it, and another group that put it in the category of a shirt that imitates the shirts of other teams, after its photos were leaked on social media, as well as local media outlets.
And he is going through Algerian national teamTomorrow, Thursday, September 5, its first match in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Equatorial Guinea at the “Miloud Hadefi” stadium in the western province of Oran.
After facing the “National Thunder” team – the nickname of the Equatorial Guinea team – the “Greens” team will head to the jungles of the African continent to meet its host, Liberia, on the 10th of the same month in the qualifiers for the 2025 “CAN”, which Morocco is expected to host.
Algeria’s new national team shirt divides fans
The website revealed:Dz footThe French-speaking Algerian reported that the players of the “Desert Warriors” team had a photo session wearing the new first (white) and second (green) jerseys, which will be officially revealed to the fans soon.
The same source explained that the new Algerian national team shirt, in its “white” color, was classic, while he expected that the “green” shirt would cause a lot of controversy among fans and lovers of the “Desert Foxes” because it is somewhat strange to them.
The new circulating jersey for the Algerian national team is dark green and bears symbols and shapes in the chest area. According to the same source, it resembles traditional jerseys for the Nigerian and Mexican national teams.
The Desert Warriors’ green shirt is distinguished by its dark colour in the sleeve and hip area, while it appears in a light green colour on the edge, whether in the white or green shirt.
The new Algerian national team jersey has caused a lot of controversy among Algerian fans, and it was not unanimously approved, as some fans admired the creativity and innovation in it compared to the current jersey.
Another group criticized the new shirt and did not like it. Some of them even compared it to the Nigerian shirt, explaining that it lacks artistic and creative character due to the blind imitation in its design – according to their comments on social media.
In light of the differences, complexity and diversity of opinions, the Algerian Football Federation has not announced, until the time of writing these lines, the new jersey for the “Greens” team, whether on its official website or through its accounts on social media.