Algeria at the FIFA World Cup

Algeria have appeared in the finals of 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. 32 years before, Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both Germany and Chile; however, an arrangement match between Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualifyed for the first time into the round of 16.

Records

World Cup Finals										World Cup Qualifications
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Result	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Part of France								-	Part of France
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Withdrew								-	Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify								-	Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	2
1974										Round 1	2	1	0	1	2	5
1978										Round 2	4	1	2	1	2	3
1982	Group Stage	13th	3	2	0	1	5	5	Squad	Round 4 (final)	8	5	2	1	16	6
1986	Group Stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	1	5	Squad	Round 4 (final)	6	5	1	0	13	3
1990	Did not qualify								-	Round 3 (final)	6	3	2	1	6	2
1994										Round 2 (final)	8	2	3	3	8	11
1998										Round 1	2	1	0	1	2	3
2002										Round 2 (final)	10	3	3	4	13	14
2006										Round 2 (final)	12	3	5	4	15	15
2010	Group Stage	28th	3	0	1	2	0	2	Squad	Round 3 (final)	13	8	2	3	17	8
2014	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	7	7	Squad	Round 3 (final)	8	6	0	2	16	7
2018	To be determined								-	To be determined
2022	To be determined								-	To be determined
Total	Round of 16	4/20	13	3	3	7	13	19	-	12/19	73	32	21	20	95	72

By match

By match
World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Scorers	Man of the match
1982	Group stage	West Germany	2–1	W	Madjer, Belloumi	Merzekane
		Austria	0–2	L
		Chile	3–2	W	Assad (2), Bensaoula	Assad
1986	Group stage	Northern Ireland	1–1	D	Zidane	?
		Brazil	0–1	L		Drid
		Spain	0–3	L
2010	Group stage	Slovenia	0–1	L
		England	0–0	D
		United States	0–1	L
2014	Group stage	Belgium	1–2	L	Feghouli
		South Korea	4–2	W	Slimani, Halliche, Djabou, Brahimi	Slimani
		Russia	1–1	D	Slimani	Slimani
	Round of 16	Germany	1–2 (aet)	L	Djabou	M'Bolhi

Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total	Goals Scored	Goals Conceded
Austria	0	0	1	1	0	2
Belgium	0	0	1	1	1	2
Brazil	0	0	1	1	0	1
Chile	1	0	0	1	3	2
Germany*	1	0	1	2	3	3
Northern Ireland	0	1	0	1	1	1
Russia	0	1	0	1	1	1
South Korea	1	0	0	1	4	2
Slovenia	0	0	1	1	0	1
Spain	0	0	1	1	0	3
United States	0	0	1	1	0	1

Games of East Germany and West Germany are counted towards Germany.

Participations

Algeria at Spain 1982

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
West Germany	3	2	1	6	3	+3	4
Austria	3	2	1	3	1	+2	4
Algeria	3	2	1	5	5	0	4
Chile	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

West Germany v Algeria

16 June 1982
17:15 CEST

West Germany	1 – 2	Algeria
Rummenigge 67'	Report	Madjer 54' Belloumi 68'

El Molinón, Gijón
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

Algeria v Austria

21 June 1982
17:15 CEST

Algeria	0 – 2	Austria
	Report	Schachner 55' Krankl 67'

Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

Algeria v Chile

24 June 1982
17:15 CEST

Algeria	3 – 2	Chile
Assad 7', 31' Bensaoula 35'	Report	Neira 59' (pen.) Letelier 73'

Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)

Algeria at Mexico 1986

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 v Northern Ireland

3 June 1986
12:00 CST

Algeria	1 – 1	Northern Ireland
Zidane 59'	(Report)	Whiteside 6'

Estadio Tres de Marzo, Guadalajara
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union)

Brazil v Algeria

6 June 1986
12:00 CST

Brazil	1 – 0	Algeria
Careca 66'	(Report)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)

Spain v Algeria

12 June 1986
12:00 CST

Spain	3 – 0	Algeria
Calderé 15', 68' Eloy 70'	(Report)

Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Algeria at South Africa 2010

Algeria playing with England.

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
England	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Slovenia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Algeria	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2	1

Algeria v Slovenia

13 June 2010
13:30

Algeria	0 – 1	Slovenia
	Report	Koren 79'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane
Attendance: 30,325
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)^[1]

England v Algeria

18 June 2010
20:30

England	0 – 0	Algeria
	Report

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Attendance: 64,100
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)^[2]

United States v Algeria

23 June 2010
16:00

United States	1 – 0	Algeria
Donovan 90+1'	Report

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria
Attendance: 35,827
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Algeria at Brazil 2014

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	Advance to knockout stage
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 v Algeria

17 June 2014
13:00

Belgium	2 – 1	Algeria
Fellaini 70' Mertens 80'	Report	Feghouli 24' (pen.)

Estádio Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
Attendance: 56,800
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

South Korea v Algeria

22 June 2014
16:00

South Korea	2 – 4	Algeria
Son Heung-min 50' Koo Ja-cheol 72'	Report	Slimani 26' Halliche 28' Djabou 38' Brahimi 62'

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 42,732
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Algeria v Russia

26 June 2014
17:00

Algeria	1 – 1	Russia
Slimani 60'	Report	Kokorin 6'

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Attendance: ~30.000
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Round of 16

Germany v Algeria

30 June 2014
17:00

Germany	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
Schürrle 92' Özil 120'	Report	Djabou 120+1'

Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 43,063
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Goalscorers

Player	Goals	1982	1986	2010	2014
Assad, SalahSalah Assad	2	2
Djabou, AbdelmoumeneAbdelmoumene Djabou	2				2
Slimani, IslamIslam Slimani	2				2
Belloumi, LakhdarLakhdar Belloumi	1	1
Bensaoula, TedjTedj Bensaoula	1	1
Brahimi, YacineYacine Brahimi	1				1
Feghouli, SofianeSofiane Feghouli	1				1
Halliche, RafikRafik Halliche	1				1
Madjer, RabahRabah Madjer	1	1
Zidane, DjamelDjamel Zidane	1		1
Total	13	5	1	0	7

Historical performances

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 wins twice in the first round and don't qualify
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^[3]
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

Algeria squads – FIFA World Cup

Algeria squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Cerbah 2 Guendouz 3 Kouici 4 Kourichi 5 Merzekane 6 Bencheikh 7 Assad 8 Fergani (c) 9 Bensaoula 10 Belloumi 11 Madjer 12 Larbès 13 Yahi 14 Zidane 15 Dahleb 16 Mansouri 17 Horr 18 Maroc 19 Tlemçani 20 Bourebbou 21 Amara 22 Bentalaa Coach: Khalef & Mekloufi

Algeria squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Drid 2 Guendouz (c) 3 Chebal 4 Kourichi 5 Liegeon 6 Kaci-Said 7 Assad 8 Maroc 9 Menad 10 Belloumi 11 Madjer 12 Bensaoula 13 Harkouk 14 Zidane 15 Sadmi 16 Mansouri 17 Benkhalidi 18 Benmabrouk 19 Chaib 20 Megharia 21 El Hadi 22 Amara Coach: Saâdane

Algeria squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Gaouaoui 2 Bougherra 3 Belhadj 4 Yahia (c) 5 Halliche 6 Mansouri 7 Boudebouz 8 Lacen 9 Ghezzal 10 Saïfi 11 Djebbour 12 Bellaïd 13 Matmour 14 Laïfaoui 15 Ziani 16 Chaouchi 17 Guedioura 18 Medjani 19 Yebda 20 Mesbah 21 Kadir 22 Abdoun 23 M'Bolhi Coach: Saâdane

Algeria squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup

1 Si Mohamed 2 Bougherra (c) 3 Ghoulam 4 Belkalem 5 Halliche 6 Mesbah 7 Yebda 8 Lacen 9 Ghilas 10 Feghouli 11 Brahimi 12 Medjani 13 Slimani 14 Bentaleb 15 Soudani 16 Zemmamouche 17 Cadamuro 18 Djabou 19 Taïder 20 Mandi 21 Mahrez 22 Mostefa 23 M'Bolhi Coach: Halilhodžić

References

↑ "Algeria-Slovenia gets substitute ref". ESPNsoccernet.com. Associated Press. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
↑ "Referee designations for matches 17-24" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
↑ "World Cup: 25 stunning moments ... West Germany 1-0 Austria in 1982". The Guardian (London).

Algeria national football team

General	Algeria Football Federation History Managers

Years	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Venues	Stade du 5 Juillet 1962 Stade Mustapha Tchaker Home venues

Statistics	Results and Fixtures Records All-time goalscorers Head to head World Cup record

Players	Players (by caps) Other players Algerian foreign players

World Cup Finals	1982 1986 2010 2014

CAN Finals	1968 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2010 2013

Other Cup's tournaments	African Nations Championship Arab Nations Cup

Games's tournaments	Olympic Games All-Africa Games Mediterranean Games Pan Arab Games

Other FAF teams	Men A' Under-23 Under-20 Under-17 FLN "defunct" Women

Countries at the FIFA World Cup

Team appearances Teams with no appearances All-time table

AFC	Australia² China PR Indonesia¹ Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates

CAF	Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo¹ Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia

CONCACAF	Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Trinidad and Tobago United States

CONMEBOL	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay

OFC	New Zealand

UEFA	Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic¹ Denmark East Germany³ England France Germany¹ Greece Hungary Israel² Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia¹ Scotland Serbia¹ Slovakia¹ Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under another name(s). ² Have been member of multiple confederations. ³ Team and national federation no longer exist.

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