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
| Algeria's FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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 1938
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 1950
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 1954
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 1958
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 1962
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 1966 |
Withdrew | – | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
 1970 |
Did not qualify | – | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Amirouche (1) | Leduc
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 1974 |
Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Gamouh, Kalem (1) |  Mekhloufi
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 1978 |
Round 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Betrouni, Guendouz (1) | Mekhloufi
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 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
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| 1986 |
22nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad | Round 4 (final) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Menad (4) | Saâdane
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 1990 |
Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Madjer (3) | Lemoui, Kermali
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 1994 |
Round 2 (final) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | Tasfaout (4) | Ighil
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 1998 |
Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tasfaout, Zerrouki (1) | Fergani
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  2002 |
Round 2 (final) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | Meçabih, Tasfaout, Saïfi (2) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 |
Round 2 (final) | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | Boutabout (6) |  Waseige, Fergani & Belloumi, Ighil
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 2010 |
Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | (3) | Saâdane
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 2014 |
Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Slimani (5) |  Halilhodžić
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 2018 |
Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | Slimani (4) | Gourcuff,  Rajevac, Leekens, Alcaraz, Madjer
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 2022 |
Round 3 (final) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | Slimani (8) | Belmadi
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 2026 |
In progress | Round 1 (final) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Bounedjah, Chaïbi, Slimani, Zerrouki (1) | Belmadi
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  2030 |
To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
 2034
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| Total | Round of 16 | 4/23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | – | 15/22 | 99 | 47 | 25 | 27 | 158 | 98 | ||||
By match
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| World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Scorers | Man of the match | Venue |
| 1982 | Group stage | 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 stage |  Northern Ireland |
1–1 | D | Zidane | Guadalajara | |
 Brazil |
0–1 | L | Drid | Guadalajara | |||
| Spain |
0–3 | L | Monterrey | ||||
| 2010 | Group stage |  Slovenia |
0–1 | L | Polokwane | ||
| England |
0–0 | D | Cape Town | ||||
| United States |
0–1 | L | Pretoria | ||||
| 2014 | Group stage | 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
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| Opponent | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| AFC teams | ||||||
| South Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
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| United States |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| Brazil |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chile |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
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| 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
Algeria at Spain 1982
- Group 2
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| West Germany
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Austria
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
| Algeria
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Chile
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
| West Germany | 1–2 | Algeria |
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Rummenigge  67' |
Report | Madjer 54' Belloumi 68' |
Algeria at Mexico 1986
- Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Brazil
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| Spain
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| Northern Ireland
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
| Algeria
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| Algeria | 1–1 | Northern Ireland |
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| Zidane 59' |
(Report) | Whiteside 6' |
Guadalajara
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Valeri Butenko (Soviet Union
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| Careca 66' |
(Report) |
Guadalajara
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala
)Algeria at South Africa 2010
- Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | England
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | Slovenia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Algeria
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
Algeria vs Slovenia
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
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Man of the Match:
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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 |
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| Donovan 90+1' |
Report |
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Algeria at Brazil 2014
- Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Belgium
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Algeria
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Russia
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | South Korea
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Belgium vs Algeria
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South Korea vs Algeria
| South Korea | 2–4 | Algeria |
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| Son Heung-min 50' Koo Ja-cheol 72' |
Report | Slimani 26' Halliche 28'Djabou 38'Brahimi 62' |
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Algeria vs Russia
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Germany vs Algeria
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Record players
| Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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| 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
| Rank | Player | 1982 | 1986 | 2010 | 2014 | Goals |
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| 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
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
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See also
Notes
- ^ Despite not playing, Cadamuro received a yellow card on the bench.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "World Cup: 25 stunning moments ... West Germany 1-0 Austria in 1982". The Guardian. London.