FLN football team
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The FLN football team (in Arabic: 
فريق جبهة التحرير الوطني لكرة القدم,[1] in French: Équipe du FLN de football), also known as Le onze de l'indépendance (English: The eleven of the Independence) was a team made up mainly of professional players in France, who then joined the Algerian independence movement of the National Liberation Front (FLN), and assisted in organizing football matches against national football teams.
History
The team was founded on 13 April 1958. The role of this team was primarily psychological, in order to show the French metropolitans that even professional footballers were involved in the cause, even to the extent of renouncing their status. The French authorities easily obtained the non-recognition of the team by FIFA. Despite the prohibition on play, the FLN team engaged in a world tour of about eighty meetings, including Europe, Asia and Africa. These games were widely used by pro-independence propaganda. The team existed from 1958 to 1962, bequeathing its place in 1963 to its legitimate successor, the Algeria national football team.
Player selection
| Name | Birth date | Club prior to FLN | Club after FLN |
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| Goalkeepers | |||
| Abderrahmane Boubekeur | March 13, 1931 (aged 27) | AS Monaco | MC Alger |
| Ali Doudou | January 5, 1927 (aged 31) | USM Bône | USM Annaba |
| Abderrahman Ibrir | November 10, 1919 (aged 38) | Olympique de Marseille | End of career |
| Defenders | |||
| Mustapha Zitouni | October 19, 1928 (aged 29) | AS Monaco | RC Kouba |
| Kaddour Bekhloufi | June 7, 1934 (aged 23) | AS Monaco | USM Bel-Abbès |
| Dahmane Defnoun | May 8, 1936 (aged 21) | SCO Angers | SCO Angers |
| Mohamed Soukhane | October 12, 1931 (aged 26) | Le Havre AC | Le Havre AC |
| Chérif Bouchache | Le Havre AC | ||
| Smaïn Ibrir | February 28, 1933 (aged 25) | Le Havre AC | End of career |
| Abdallah Settati | Girondins de Bordeaux | ||
| Khaldi Hammadi | Stade tunisien | ||
| Midfielders | |||
| Mokhtar Arribi | February 24, 1924 (aged 34) | RC Lens | End of career |
| Saïd Haddad | August 30, 1922 (aged 35) | Toulouse FC | End of career |
| Ali Benfadah | January 10, 1935 (aged 23) | SCO Angers | SCO Angers |
| Rachid Mekhloufi | August 12, 1936 (aged 21) | AS Saint-Étienne | Servette FC |
| Mohamed Boumezrag[note 1] | June 13, 1921 (aged 36) | US Mans | End of career |
| Boudjemaa Bourtal | August 22, 1933 (aged 24) | AS Béziers | End of career |
| Amar Rouaï | March 9, 1932 (aged 26) | SCO Angers | SCO Angers |
| Hassen Chabri | April 25, 1931 (aged 26) | AS Monaco | CS Hammam Lif |
| Abdelaziz Ben Tifour | July 25, 1927 (aged 30) | AS Monaco | USM Alger |
| Attackers | |||
| Abdelhamid Kermali | April 24, 1931 (aged 26) | Olympique lyonnais | End of career |
| Abdelhamid Bouchouk | April 14, 1927 (aged 30) | Toulouse FC | End of career |
| Saïd Brahimi | February 3, 1931 (aged 26) | Toulouse FC | End of career |
| Mohamed Maouche | April 24, 1936 (aged 21) | Stade de Reims | FC Martigny |
| Ahmed Oudjani | March 19, 1937 (aged 21) | RC Lens | RC Lens |
| Amokrane Oualiken | April 6, 1933 (aged 25) | Nîmes Olympique | MC Alger |
| Abderrahmane Soukhane | November 13, 1936 (aged 21) | Le Havre AC | Le Havre AC |
| Abdelkader Mazouz | August 6, 1932 (aged 25) | Nîmes Olympique | FC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| Mohamed Bourricha | Nîmes Olympique | ||
| Abdelkrim Kerroum | March 25, 1936 (aged 22) | AS Troyes et Savinienne | MC Saïda |
| Hocine Bouchache | April 20, 1932 (aged 25) | Le Havre AC | Le Havre AC |
| Saïd Amara | March 11, 1933 (aged 25) | AS Béziers | Girondins de Bordeaux |
| Abdelhamid Zouba | June 8, 1930 (aged 27) | Chamois Niortais | Chamois Niortais |
Notes
- ↑ Mohamed Boumezrag Trained the team from 1957 to 1962, also played for the team between 1957 and 1959.
References
- ↑ Pronunciation in Arabic is Audio file "Ar-FLN soccer team.oga" not found
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