European Under-18 Football Championship 2023
Belkalem moved on from the youth of Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie, for which he played five seasons in the Algerian Championnat National. In 2010/11 the club finished in a good sixth place, but the following seasons the club became a mid-engine again and in 2014 the club was relegated back. After the club returned again after one year, things went better and after a twelfth and ninth place, the club finished fifth in 1987/88 and qualified for the UEFA Cup, where 1. FC Nürnberg was immediately eliminated by AS Roma. Brazil won there against Chile with three against two penalties, after a 1-1 draw. After Luur calls his teammates back onto the field, the match completely turns around and the Snowkids equalize: 2-2. Afterwards, however, Bleylock carries out his plan which only half succeeds. The Brazilians left the field like beaten dogs and the match went down in history as the heaviest defeat ever in such a final phase at a major tournament. In 2007, Belkalem was called up to the Algerian national under-20 football team for the inaugural edition of the Mediterranean Trophy international tournament, held in Sicily. The team plays an annual friendly tournament. This match is also the 100th time that Ronaldo plays for the Brazilian national team.
The club, still optimistic given the young team and the fact that they were still among the German top, were in third place after five matchdays. Brazil had to do the entire qualification without its top scorer Ronaldo, who was seriously injured for two years. Despite the age limit of 19 years, players aged 20 were also allowed to play because the age limit only applies at the start of qualifying for the European Championship. This time, the absence from the elite was limited to one year. After three years of absence, he tried to get his country to qualify for the World Cup and immediately again as captain. This time the club played in the Bundesliga for four years, but never finished better than thirteenth place. Towards the end of the season, the club managed to survive and eventually finished ninth. At the end of the 2007/08 season, they were relegated from the 1. Bundesliga for the 7th time in their history.
On June 2, Belkalem was included in the squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil by national coach Vahid Halilhodžić. Belkalem was therefore incorporated by the Spanish team Granada CF, just like Udinese and the English club Watford owned at the time by the Italian businessman Giampaolo Pozzo. Essaïd Belkalem (Mekla (Tizi Ouzou Province), January 1, 1989) is an Algerian professional footballer who prefers to play as a defender. England cannot participate in the Games, as it belongs to the United Kingdom during the Games. On the penultimate match day, the team won 2-0 at Sandhausen and could therefore no longer be overtaken by the number three Holstein Kiel, which was preparing for the promotion play-offs. The top two countries of each group qualify for the semi-finals and thereby also qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. As England is not an Olympic country, that team cannot qualify for the Olympics.
From the fifth match day, the club took the lead and did not relinquish it. He did better and until the 23rd matchday the club was at the top of the table, but after seven games without a win they fell to sixth place. It became one of the most remarkable matches in the qualifying series ever, Colombia led 1-0 just before half-time by Freddy Rincón and thundered over Argentina like a comet in the second half: 0-5. Rincón made his second, Faustino Asprilla also scored twice and Adolfo Valencia scored the fifth. Argentina started this series with a 2-1 defeat against Bolivia, Argentina had problems with matches in the high Andes mountains, as the first defeat was in high altitude Quito and the second in La Paz. The topper of the quarterfinals was Italy-Spain. Meanwhile, the Snow Kids play the Lightnings in the quarterfinals, which they win after a penalty shootout.