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Algeria at the FIFA World Cup

Algeria has qualified to the FIFA World Cup on four occasions, in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014. They have once qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the round of 16 in 2014 before losing to Germany. Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both West Germany and Chile; however, a controversial match between West Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualified for the round of 16 for the first time.

Records edit

Algeria's FIFA World Cup record
FIFA World Cup finals FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Result Pld W D L GF GA Top scorer(s) (goals) Manager(s)
  1930 Part of France – Part of France
  1934
  1938
  1950
  1954
  1958
  1962
  1966 Withdrew – Withdrew Withdrew
  1970 Did not qualify – Round 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 Amirouche (1)   Leduc
  1974 Round 1 2 1 0 1 2 5 Gamouh, Kalem (1)   Mekhloufi
  1978 Round 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 Betrouni, Guendouz (1)   Mekhloufi
  1982 Group stage 13th 3 2 0 1 5 5 Squad Round 4 (final) 8 5 2 1 16 6 Belloumi (5)   Rajkov,   Rogov,   Khalef
  1986 22nd 3 0 1 2 1 5 Squad Round 4 (final) 6 5 1 0 13 3 Menad (4)   Saâdane
  1990 Did not qualify – Round 3 (final) 6 3 2 1 6 2 Madjer (3)   Lemoui,   Kermali
  1994 Round 2 (final) 8 2 3 3 8 11 Tasfaout (4)   Ighil
  1998 Round 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 Tasfaout, Zerrouki (1)   Fergani
    2002 Round 2 (final) 10 3 3 4 13 14 Meçabih, Tasfaout, Saïfi (2)   Sandjak,   Djaadaoui,   Zouba,   Kermali
  2006 Round 2 (final) 12 3 5 4 15 15 Boutabout (6)   Waseige,   Fergani &   Belloumi,   Ighil
  2010 Group stage 28th 3 0 1 2 0 2 Squad Round 3 (final) 13 8 2 3 17 8 Saifi, Yahia, Ziani (3)   Saâdane
  2014 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 7 7 Squad Round 3 (final) 8 6 0 2 16 7 Slimani (5)   Halilhodžić
  2018 Did not qualify – Round 3 (final) 8 2 2 4 15 12 Slimani (4)   Gourcuff,   Rajevac,   Leekens,   Alcaraz,   Madjer
  2022 Round 3 (final) 8 5 2 1 27 6 Slimani (8)   Belmadi
      2026 In progress Round 1 (final) 2 2 0 0 5 1 Bounedjah, Chaïbi, Slimani, Zerrouki (1)   Belmadi
      2030 To be determined To be determined
  2034
Total Round of 16 4/23 13 3 3 7 13 19 – 15/22 99 47 25 27 158 98

By match edit

By match
World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Scorers Man of the match Venue
1982 Group 2   West Germany 2–1 W Madjer, Belloumi Merzekane Gijón
  Austria 0–2 L Oviedo
  Chile 3–2 W Assad (2), Bensaoula Assad Oviedo
1986 Group D   Northern Ireland 1–1 D Zidane Guadalajara
  Brazil 0–1 L Drid Guadalajara
  Spain 0–3 L Monterrey
2010 Group C   Slovenia 0–1 L Polokwane
  England 0–0 D Cape Town
  United States 0–1 L Pretoria
2014 Group H   Belgium 1–2 L Feghouli Belo Horizonte
  South Korea 4–2 W Slimani, Halliche, Djabou, Brahimi Slimani Porto Alegre
  Russia 1–1 D Slimani Slimani Curitiba
Round of 16   Germany 1–2 (a.e.t.) L Djabou M'Bolhi Porto Alegre

Record by opponent edit

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent GP W D L GF GA
AFC teams
  South Korea 1 1 0 0 4 2
CONCACAF teams
  United States 1 0 0 1 0 1
CONMEBOL teams
  Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 1
  Chile 1 1 0 0 3 2
UEFA teams
  Austria 1 0 0 1 0 2
  Belgium 1 0 0 1 1 2
  Germany* 2 1 0 1 3 3
  Northern Ireland 1 0 1 0 1 1
  Russia 1 0 1 0 1 1
  Slovenia 1 0 0 1 0 1
  Spain 1 0 0 1 0 3

* Games of West Germany are counted towards Germany.

Participations edit

Algeria at Spain 1982 edit

1982 FIFA World Cup
Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  West Germany 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 4
  Austria 3 2 0 1 3 1 +2 4
  Algeria 3 2 0 1 5 5 0 4
  Chile 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
West Germany  1–2  Algeria
Rummenigge   67' Report Madjer   54'
Belloumi   68'
Attendance: 42,000
Algeria  0–2  Austria
Report Schachner   55'
Krankl   67'
Attendance: 22,000
Algeria  3–2  Chile
Assad   7 ', 31'
Bensaoula   35'		 Report Neira   59' (pen.)
Letelier   73'
Attendance: 16,000

Algeria at Mexico 1986 edit

1986 FIFA World Cup
Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 6
  Spain 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 4
  Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
  Algeria 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Algeria  1–1  Northern Ireland
Zidane   59' (Report) Whiteside   6'
Attendance: 22,000
Brazil  1–0  Algeria
Careca   66' (Report)
Attendance: 48,000
Spain  3–0  Algeria
Calderé   15 ', 68'
Eloy   70'		 (Report)
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Algeria at South Africa 2010 edit

2010 FIFA World Cup
 
Algeria playing with England.
Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   England 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3   Slovenia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   Algeria 3 0 1 2 0 2 −2 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Algeria vs Slovenia edit

Algeria  0–1  Slovenia
Report Koren   79'
Attendance: 30,325
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria[2]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Slovenia[2]
GK 16 Faouzi Chaouchi
RB 4 Antar Yahia (c)
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
LB 3 Nadir Belhadj
RM 8 Mehdi Lacen
CM 15 Karim Ziani
LM 19 Hassan Yebda   90+5'
RW 21 Foued Kadir   82'
SS 13 Karim Matmour   81'
CF 11 Rafik Djebbour   58'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Abdelkader Ghezzal   59'   73'   58'
FW 10 Rafik Saïfi   81'
MF 17 Adlène Guedioura   82'
Manager:
Rabah Saâdane
 
GK 1 Samir Handanović
RB 2 Mišo Brečko
CB 4 Marko Šuler
CB 5 Boštjan Cesar
LB 13 Bojan Jokić
RM 17 Andraž Kirm
CM 8 Robert Koren (c)
CM 18 Aleksandar Radosavljević   35'   87'
LM 10 Valter Birsa   84'
SS 14 Zlatko Dedič   53'
CF 11 Milivoje Novakovič
Substitutions:
FW 9 Zlatan Ljubijankič   53'
FW 7 Nejc Pečnik   84'
MF 20 Andrej Komac   90+3'   87'
Manager:
Matjaž Kek

Man of the Match:
Robert Koren (Slovenia)

Assistant referees:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)[1]
Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)[1]
Fourth official:
Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)[3]
Fifth official:
Brent Best (New Zealand)[3]

England vs Algeria edit

England  0–0  Algeria
Report
Attendance: 64,100
 
 
 
 
 
 
England[5]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria[5]
GK 1 David James
RB 2 Glen Johnson
CB 18 Jamie Carragher   58'
CB 6 John Terry
LB 3 Ashley Cole
RM 7 Aaron Lennon   63'
CM 14 Gareth Barry   84'
CM 8 Frank Lampard
LM 4 Steven Gerrard (c)
SS 10 Wayne Rooney
CF 21 Emile Heskey   74'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Shaun Wright-Phillips   63'
FW 19 Jermain Defoe   74'
FW 9 Peter Crouch   84'
Manager:
  Fabio Capello
 
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
CB 4 Antar Yahia (c)
RM 21 Foued Kadir
CM 19 Hassan Yebda   88'
CM 8 Mehdi Lacen   85'
LM 3 Nadir Belhadj
AM 7 Ryad Boudebouz   74'
AM 15 Karim Ziani   81'
CF 13 Karim Matmour
Substitutions:
MF 22 Djamel Abdoun   74'
MF 17 Adlène Guedioura   81'
DF 20 Djamel Mesbah   88'
Manager:
Rabah Saâdane
 
England vs Algeria

Man of the Match:
Ashley Cole (England)

Assistant referees:
Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)[4]
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)[4]
Fourth official:
Michael Hester (New Zealand)[4]
Fifth official:
Jan Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)[4]

United States vs Algeria edit

United States  1–0  Algeria
Donovan   90+1' Report
Attendance: 35,827
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
United States[6]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria[6]
GK 1 Tim Howard
RB 12 Jonathan Bornstein   80'
CB 15 Jay DeMerit
CB 3 Carlos Bocanegra (c)
LB 6 Steve Cherundolo
CM 4 Michael Bradley
CM 19 Maurice Edu   64'
RW 8 Clint Dempsey
LW 10 Landon Donovan
SS 17 Jozy Altidore   62'
CF 9 Herculez Gomez   46'
Substitutions:
MF 22 Benny Feilhaber   46'
FW 14 Edson Buddle   64'
MF 7 DaMarcus Beasley   90'   80'
Manager:
Bob Bradley
 
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
RB 2 Madjid Bougherra
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
LB 4 Antar Yahia (c)   76'   90+3'
RM 21 Foued Kadir
CM 19 Hassan Yebda   12'
CM 8 Mehdi Lacen   83'
LM 3 Nadir Belhadj
AM 13 Karim Matmour   84'
AM 15 Karim Ziani   69'
CF 11 Rafik Djebbour   65'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Abdelkader Ghezzal   65'
MF 17 Adlène Guedioura   69'
FW 10 Rafik Saïfi   84'
Manager:
Rabah Saâdane

Man of the Match:
Landon Donovan (United States)

Assistant referees:
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Walter Vromans (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Fifth official:
Mu Yuxin (China)

Algeria at Brazil 2014 edit

2014 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group H
Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Algeria 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3   Russia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4   South Korea 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Belgium vs Algeria edit

Belgium  2–1  Algeria
Fellaini   70'
Mertens   80'		 Report Feghouli   24' (pen.)
Attendance: 56,800
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois
RB 2 Toby Alderweireld
CB 15 Daniel Van Buyten
CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c)
LB 5 Jan Vertonghen   24'
CM 6 Axel Witsel
CM 19 Mousa Dembélé   65'
RW 22 Nacer Chadli   46'
AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne
LW 10 Eden Hazard
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku   58'
Substitutions:
FW 14 Dries Mertens   46'
FW 17 Divock Origi   58'
MF 8 Marouane Fellaini   65'
Manager:
Marc Wilmots
 
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
RB 22 Mehdi Mostefa
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c)
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
LB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam
RM 19 Saphir Taïder
CM 12 Carl Medjani   84'
LM 14 Nabil Bentaleb   34'
AM 10 Sofiane Feghouli
AM 21 Riyad Mahrez   71'
CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani   66'
Substitutions:
FW 13 Islam Slimani   66'
MF 8 Mehdi Lacen   71'
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas   84'
Manager:
  Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Marcos Quintero (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

South Korea vs Algeria edit

South Korea  2–4  Algeria
Son Heung-min   50'
Koo Ja-cheol   72'		 Report Slimani   26'
Halliche   28'
Djabou   38'
Brahimi   62'
Attendance: 42,732
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Korea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB 12 Lee Yong   54'
CB 20 Hong Jeong-ho
CB 5 Kim Young-gwon
LB 3 Yun Suk-young
CM 14 Han Kook-young   69'   78'
CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng
RW 17 Lee Chung-yong   64'
AM 13 Koo Ja-cheol (c)
LW 9 Son Heung-min
CF 10 Park Chu-young   57'
Substitutions:
FW 18 Kim Shin-wook   57'
FW 11 Lee Keun-ho   64'
FW 19 Ji Dong-won   78'
Manager:
Hong Myung-bo
 
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
CB 12 Carl Medjani
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c)   67'   89'
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi
LWB 6 Djamel Mesbah
CM 11 Yacine Brahimi   77'
CM 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou   73'
RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli
LW 14 Nabil Bentaleb
CF 13 Islam Slimani
Substitutions:
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas   73'
MF 8 Mehdi Lacen   77'
DF 4 Essaïd Belkalem   89'
Manager:
  Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

Algeria vs Russia edit

Further information: List of 2014 FIFA World Cup controversies § Russia vs Algeria
Algeria  1–1  Russia
 Report
Attendance: 39,311
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Russia
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
RB 20 Aïssa Mandi
CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem
CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c)
LB 6 Djamel Mesbah   39'
CM 12 Carl Medjani
CM 14 Nabil Bentaleb
RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli
AM 11 Yacine Brahimi   71'
LW 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou   77'
CF 13 Islam Slimani   90+2'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Hassan Yebda   71'
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas   87'   77'
FW 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani   90+2'
DF 17 Liassine Cadamuro   90+2'[nb 1]
Manager:
  Vahid Halilhodžić
 
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 2 Aleksei Kozlov   59'
CB 14 Vasili Berezutski (c)
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov   57'
CM 8 Denis Glushakov   46'
CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin
RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov
AM 9 Aleksandr Kokorin
LW 17 Oleg Shatov   67'
CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov   81'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Igor Denisov   46'
MF 10 Alan Dzagoev   67'
FW 6 Maksim Kanunnikov   81'
Manager:
  Fabio Capello

Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Fifth official:
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage

Germany vs Algeria edit

Germany  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Schürrle   92'
Özil   120'		 Report Djabou   120+1'
Attendance: 43,063
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Germany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria
GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 21 Shkodran Mustafi   70'
CB 17 Per Mertesacker
CB 20 Jérôme Boateng
LB 4 Benedikt Höwedes
DM 16 Philipp Lahm (c)   107'
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger   109'
CM 18 Toni Kroos
RW 8 Mesut Özil
LW 19 Mario Götze   46'
CF 13 Thomas Müller
Substitutes:
MF 9 André Schürrle   46'
MF 6 Sami Khedira   70'
MF 23 Christoph Kramer   109'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
 
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
CB 22 Mehdi Mostefa
CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem
CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c)   42'   97'
RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi
LWB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam
DM 8 Mehdi Lacen
RM 19 Saphir Taïder   78'
CM 10 Sofiane Feghouli
LM 13 Islam Slimani
CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani   100'
Substitutes:
MF 11 Yacine Brahimi   78'
DF 2 Madjid Bougherra   97'
MF 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou   100'
Manager:
  Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Raïs M'Bolhi (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Walter López (Guatemala)
Fifth official:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

Record players edit

Rank Player Matches World Cups
1 Rafik Halliche 7 2010 and 2014
2 Mehdi Lacen 6 2010 and 2014
Mahmoud Guendouz 6 1982 and 1986
Rabah Madjer 6 1982 and 1986
Faouzi Mansouri 6 1982 and 1986
Madjid Bougherra 6 2010 and 2014
Raïs M'Bolhi 6 2010 and 2014
3 Salah Assad 5 1982 and 1986
Lakhdar Belloumi 5 1982 and 1986
Noureddine Kourichi 5 1982 and 1986
Djamel Zidane 5 1982 and 1986

Goalscorers edit

Rank Player 1982 1986 2010 2014 Goals
1 Salah Assad 2 2
Abdelmoumene Djabou 2 2
Islam Slimani 2 2
4 Lakhdar Belloumi 1 1
Tedj Bensaoula 1 1
Yacine Brahimi 1 1
Sofiane Feghouli 1 1
Rafik Halliche 1 1
Rabah Madjer 1 1
Djamel Zidane 1 1
Total 5 1 0 7 13

Historical performances edit

The Algeria team had many records and facts which had done during its participations in the world cup.

  • 1982: First African team to beat a European team (West Germany)
  • 1982: First African team to win two games
  • 1982: First team to win two games in the first round and not advance
  • 1982: FIFA revised the group system for future tournaments, so that the final two games in each group would be played simultaneously because the controversial game between West Germany & Austria that causes the elimination of Algeria[7]
  • 1986: First African team to qualify consecutively for the second time
  • 2014: First African team to score four goals in one game against South Korea
  • 2014: First African team to reach the knockout stage simultaneously with another African team (Nigeria)

Squads edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Despite not playing, Cadamuro received a yellow card on the bench.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Algeria-Slovenia gets substitute ref". ESPNsoccernet.com. Associated Press. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group C – Algeria-Slovenia" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Referee designations for matches 17-24" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group C – England-Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Tactical Line-up – Group C – USA-Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  7. ^ "World Cup: 25 stunning moments ... West Germany 1-0 Austria in 1982". The Guardian. London.
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