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 West Germany and Chile; however, a controversial match between West Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualified for the first time into the round of 16.

Records
Algeria's FIFA World Cup record
World Cup Finals World Cup Qualifications
Year Result Position GP W D L GF GA Squad Result GP W D L GF GA Top scorer(s) (goals) Manager
1930Part of  France–Part of  FrancePart of  France
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966Withdrew–WithdrewWithdrew
1970Did not qualify–Round 1201112Amirouche (1) Leduc
1974Round 1210125Gamouh, Kalem (1) Mekhloufi
1978Round 2412123Betrouni, Guendouz (1) Mekhloufi
1982Group stage13th320155SquadRound 4 (final)8521166Belloumi (5) Rajkov, Rogov, Khalef
198622nd301215SquadRound 4 (final)6510133Menad (4) Saâdane
1990Did not qualify–Round 3 (final)632162Madjer (3) Lemoui, Kermali
1994Round 2 (final)8233811Tasfaout (4) Ighil
1998Round 1210123Tasfaout, Zerrouki (1) Fergani
2002Round 2 (final)103341314Meçabih, Tasfaout, Saïfi (2) Sandjak, Djaadaoui, Zouba, Kermali
2006Round 2 (final)123541515Boutabout (6) Waseige, Fergani & Belloumi, Ighil
2010Group stage28th301202SquadRound 3 (final)13823178Saifi, Yahia, Ziani (3) Saâdane
2014Round of 1614th411277SquadRound 3 (final)8602167Slimani (5) Halilhodžić
2018Did not qualify–Round 3 (final)82241512Slimani (4) Gourcuff, Rajevac, Leekens, Alcaraz, Madjer
2022To be determinedTo be determined
2026
TotalRound of 164/21133371319–13/208134232411084

By match
By match
World CupRoundOpponentScoreResultScorersMan of the match
1982Group stage West Germany2–1WMadjer, BelloumiMerzekane
 Austria0–2L
 Chile3-2WAssad (2), BensaoulaAssad
1986Group stage Northern Ireland1–1DZidane?
 Brazil0–1LDrid
 Spain0–3L
2010Group stage Slovenia0–1L
 England0–0DM'Bolhi
 United States0–1L
2014Group stage Belgium2–1LFeghouli
 South Korea2–4WSlimani, Halliche, Djabou, BrahimiSlimani
 Russia1–1DSlimaniSlimani
Round of 16 Germany2–1 (aet)LDjabouM'Bolhi

Record by opponent
FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent GP W D L GF GA
AFC teams
 South Korea110042
CONCACAF teams
 United States100101
CONMEBOL teams
 Brazil100101
 Chile110032
UEFA teams
 Austria100102
 Belgium100112
 Germany*210133
 Northern Ireland101011
 Russia101011
 Slovenia100101
 Spain100103

* Games of West Germany are counted towards Germany.

Participations

Algeria at Spain 1982
Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 West Germany 320163+34
 Austria 320131+24
 Algeria 32015504
 Chile 300338−50
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
Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 330050+56
 Spain 320152+34
 Northern Ireland 301226−41
 Algeria 301215−41
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
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

Algeria 0–1 Slovenia
Report Koren  79'
Attendance: 30,325
Algeria[2]
Slovenia[2]
GK16Faouzi Chaouchi
RB4Antar Yahia (c)
CB2Madjid Bougherra
CB5Rafik Halliche
LB3Nadir Belhadj
RM8Mehdi Lacen
CM15Karim Ziani
LM19Hassan Yebda 90+5'
RW21Foued Kadir 82'
SS13Karim Matmour 81'
CF11Rafik Djebbour 58'
Substitutions:
FW9Abdelkader Ghezzal 59'  73' 58'
FW10Rafik Saïfi 81'
MF17Adlène Guedioura 82'
Manager:
Rabah Saâdane
GK1Samir Handanović
RB2Mišo Brečko
CB4Marko Šuler
CB5Boštjan Cesar
LB13Bojan Jokić
RM17Andraž Kirm
CM8Robert Koren (c)
CM18Aleksandar Radosavljević 35' 87'
LM10Valter Birsa 84'
SS14Zlatko Dedič 53'
CF11Milivoje Novakovič
Substitutions:
FW9Zlatan Ljubijankič 53'
FW7Nejc Pečnik 84'
MF20Andrej 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

England 0–0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 64,100
England[5]
Algeria[5]
GK1David James
RB2Glen Johnson
CB18Jamie Carragher 58'
CB6John Terry
LB3Ashley Cole
RM7Aaron Lennon 63'
CM14Gareth Barry 84'
CM8Frank Lampard
LM4Steven Gerrard (c)
SS10Wayne Rooney
CF21Emile Heskey 74'
Substitutions:
MF17Shaun Wright-Phillips 63'
FW19Jermain Defoe 74'
FW9Peter Crouch 84'
Manager:
Fabio Capello
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi
CB2Madjid Bougherra
CB5Rafik Halliche
CB4Antar Yahia (c)
RM21Foued Kadir
CM19Hassan Yebda 88'
CM8Mehdi Lacen 85'
LM3Nadir Belhadj
AM7Ryad Boudebouz 74'
AM15Karim Ziani 81'
CF13Karim Matmour
Substitutions:
MF22Djamel Abdoun 74'
MF17Adlène Guedioura 81'
DF20Djamel 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

United States 1–0 Algeria
Donovan  90+1' Report
Attendance: 35,827
United States[6]
Algeria[6]
GK1Tim Howard
RB12Jonathan Bornstein 80'
CB15Jay DeMerit
CB3Carlos Bocanegra (c)
LB6Steve Cherundolo
CM4Michael Bradley
CM19Maurice Edu 64'
RW8Clint Dempsey
LW10Landon Donovan
SS17Jozy Altidore 62'
CF9Herculez Gomez 46'
Substitutions:
MF22Benny Feilhaber 46'
FW14Edson Buddle 64'
MF7DaMarcus Beasley 90' 80'
Manager:
Bob Bradley
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi
RB2Madjid Bougherra
CB5Rafik Halliche
LB4Antar Yahia (c) 76'  90+3'
RM21Foued Kadir
CM19Hassan Yebda 12'
CM8Mehdi Lacen 83'
LM3Nadir Belhadj
AM13Karim Matmour 84'
AM15Karim Ziani 69'
CF11Rafik Djebbour 65'
Substitutions:
FW9Abdelkader Ghezzal 65'
MF17Adlène Guedioura 69'
FW10Rafik 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
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

Belgium 2–1 Algeria
Fellaini  70'
Mertens  80'		 Report Feghouli  24' (pen.)
Attendance: 56,800
Belgium
Algeria
GK1Thibaut Courtois
RB2Toby Alderweireld
CB15Daniel Van Buyten
CB4Vincent Kompany (c)
LB5Jan Vertonghen 24'
CM6Axel Witsel
CM19Mousa Dembélé 65'
RW22Nacer Chadli 46'
AM7Kevin De Bruyne
LW10Eden Hazard
CF9Romelu Lukaku 58'
Substitutions:
FW14Dries Mertens 46'
FW17Divock Origi 58'
MF8Marouane Fellaini 65'
Manager:
Marc Wilmots
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi
RB22Mehdi Mostefa
CB2Madjid Bougherra (c)
CB5Rafik Halliche
LB3Faouzi Ghoulam
RM19Saphir Taïder
CM12Carl Medjani 84'
LM14Nabil Bentaleb 34'
AM10Sofiane Feghouli
AM21Riyad Mahrez 71'
CF15El Arbi Hillel Soudani 66'
Substitutions:
FW13Islam Slimani 66'
MF8Medhi Lacen 71'
FW9Nabil 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

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
GK1Jung Sung-ryong
RB12Lee Yong 54'
CB20Hong Jeong-ho
CB5Kim Young-gwon
LB3Yun Suk-young
CM14Han Kook-young 69' 78'
CM16Ki Sung-yueng
RW17Lee Chung-yong 64'
AM13Koo Ja-cheol (c)
LW9Son Heung-min
CF10Park Chu-young 57'
Substitutions:
FW18Kim Shin-wook 57'
FW11Lee Keun-ho 64'
FW19Ji Dong-won 78'
Manager:
Hong Myung-bo
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi
CB12Carl Medjani
CB2Madjid Bougherra (c) 67' 89'
CB5Rafik Halliche
RWB20Aïssa Mandi
LWB6Djamel Mesbah
CM11Yacine Brahimi 77'
CM18Abdelmoumene Djabou 73'
RW10Sofiane Feghouli
LW14Nabil Bentaleb
CF13Islam Slimani
Substitutions:
FW9Nabil Ghilas 73'
MF8Medhi Lacen 77'
DF4Essaïd 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

Further information: List of 2014 FIFA World Cup controversies § Russia vs Algeria
Algeria 1–1 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 39,311
Algeria
Russia
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi
RB20Aïssa Mandi
CB4Essaïd Belkalem
CB5Rafik Halliche (c)
LB6Djamel Mesbah 39'
CM12Carl Medjani
CM14Nabil Bentaleb
RW10Sofiane Feghouli
AM11Yacine Brahimi 71'
LW18Abdelmoumene Djabou 77'
CF13Islam Slimani 90+2'
Substitutions:
MF7Hassan Yebda 71'
FW9Nabil Ghilas 87' 77'
FW15El Arbi Hillel Soudani 90+2'
DF17Liassine Cadamuro 90+2'[nb 1]
Manager:
Vahid Halilhodžić
GK1Igor Akinfeev
RB2Aleksei Kozlov 59'
CB14Vasili Berezutski (c)
CB4Sergei Ignashevich
LB23Dmitri Kombarov 57'
CM8Denis Glushakov 46'
CM20Viktor Fayzulin
RW19Aleksandr Samedov
AM9Aleksandr Kokorin
LW17Oleg Shatov 67'
CF11Aleksandr Kerzhakov 81'
Substitutions:
MF7Igor Denisov 46'
MF10Alan Dzagoev 67'
FW6Maksim 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

Germany 2–1 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Schürrle  92'
Özil  120'		 Report Djabou  120+1'
Attendance: 43,063
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Germany
Algeria
GK1Manuel Neuer
RB21Shkodran Mustafi 70'
CB17Per Mertesacker
CB20Jérôme Boateng
LB4Benedikt Höwedes
DM16Philipp Lahm (c) 107'
CM7Bastian Schweinsteiger 109'
CM18Toni Kroos
RW8Mesut Özil
LW19Mario Götze 46'
CF13Thomas Müller
Substitutes:
MF9André Schürrle 46'
MF6Sami Khedira 70'
MF23Christoph Kramer 109'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK23Raïs M'Bolhi
CB22Mehdi Mostefa
CB4Essaïd Belkalem
CB5Rafik Halliche (c) 42' 97'
RWB20Aïssa Mandi
LWB3Faouzi Ghoulam
DM8Medhi Lacen
RM19Saphir Taïder 78'
CM10Sofiane Feghouli
LM13Islam Slimani
CF15El Arbi Hillel Soudani 100'
Substitutes:
MF11Yacine Brahimi 78'
DF2Madjid Bougherra 97'
MF18Abdelmoumene 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
No. Name Matches World Cups
1 Rafik Halliche72010 and 2014
Medhi Lacen72010 and 2014
3 Mahmoud Guendouz61982 and 1986
Rabah Madjer61982 and 1986
Faouzi Mansouri61982 and 1986
Madjid Bougherra62010 and 2014
Raïs M'Bolhi62010 and 2014
8 Salah Assad51982 and 1986
Lakhdar Belloumi51982 and 1986
Noureddine Kourichi51982 and 1986
Djamel Zidane51982 and 1986

Goalscorers
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 5107 13

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 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

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

References
  1. "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. "Tactical Line-up – Group C – Algeria-Slovenia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 13 June 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  3. "Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
  4. "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.
  5. "Tactical Line-up – Group C – England-Algeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  6. "Tactical Line-up – Group C – USA-Algeria" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original 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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