Algeria at the FIFA World Cup explained

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
FIFA World Cup finals										FIFA World Cup qualification
Year	Result	Position							Squad	Result							Top scorer(s) (goals)	Manager(s)
	Part of France								–	Part of France
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
	Withdrew								–	Withdrew							Withdrew
	Did not qualify								–	Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	2	Amirouche (1)	Leduc
										Round 1	2	1	0	1	2	5	Gamouh, Kalem (1)	Mekhloufi
										Round 2	4	1	2	1	2	3	Betrouni, Guendouz (1)	Mekhloufi
	Group stage	13th	3	2	0	1	5	5		Round 4 (final)	8	5	2	1	16	6	Belloumi (5)	Rajkov, Rogov, Khalef
	Group stage	22nd	3	0	1	2	1	5		Round 4 (final)	6	5	1	0	13	3	Menad (4)	Saâdane
	Did not qualify								–	Round 3 (final)	6	3	2	1	6	2	Madjer (3)	Lemoui, Kermali
										Round 2 (final)	8	2	3	3	8	11	Tasfaout (4)	Ighil
										Round 1	2	1	0	1	2	3	Tasfaout, Zerrouki (1)	Fergani
										Round 2 (final)	10	3	3	4	13	14	Meçabih, Tasfaout, Saïfi (2)	Sandjak, Djaadaoui, Zouba, Kermali
										Round 2 (final)	12	3	5	4	15	15	Boutabout (6)	Waseige, Fergani & Belloumi, Ighil
	Group stage	28th	3	0	1	2	0	2		Round 3 (final)	13	8	2	3	17	8	Saifi, Yahia, Ziani (3)	Saâdane
	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	7	7		Round 3 (final)	8	6	0	2	16	7	Slimani (5)	Halilhodžić
	Did not qualify								–	Round 3 (final)	8	2	2	4	15	12	Slimani (4)	Gourcuff, Rajevac, Leekens, Alcaraz, Madjer
	Did not qualify								–	Round 3 (final)	8	5	2	1	27	6	Slimani (8)	Belmadi
	In progress									Round 1 (final)	2	2	0	0	5	1	Bounedjah, Chaïbi, Slimani, Zerrouki (1)	Belmadi
	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

By match
World Cup	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Scorers	Man of the match	Venue
			align=center	2–1	align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	W			Gijón
		align=center	0–2	align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	L			Oviedo
		align=center	3–2	align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	W			Oviedo
			align=center	1–1	align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	D			Guadalajara
		align=center	0–1	align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	L			Guadalajara
		align=center	0–3	align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	L			Monterrey
			align=center	0–1	align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	L			Polokwane
		align=center	0–0	align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	D			Cape Town
		align=center	0–1	align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	L			Pretoria
			align=center		align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	L			Belo Horizonte
		align=center		align=center bgcolor="#bbffbb"	W			Porto Alegre
		align=center	1–1	align=center bgcolor="#ffffbb"	D			Curitiba
		align=center	1–2	align=center bgcolor="#ffbbbb"	L			Porto Alegre

Participations

Algeria at Spain 1982

Group 2

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	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	4
	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	4
	3	0	0	3	3	8	−5	0

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Algeria at Mexico 1986

Group D

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	3	3	0	0	5	0	+5	6
	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	4
	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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Algeria at South Africa 2010

Group C

Algeria vs Slovenia


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
RW	21
SS	13
CF	11
Substitutions:
FW	9
FW	10
MF	17
Manager:
Rabah Saâdane

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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
LM	10
SS	14
CF	11	Milivoje Novakovič
Substitutions:
FW	9
FW	7
MF	20
Manager:
Matjaž Kek

Man of the Match:
Robert Koren (Slovenia)

Assistant referees

Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)
Fourth official

Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)^[1]
Fifth official

Brent Best (New Zealand)

England vs Algeria


GK	1	David James
RB	2	Glen Johnson
CB	18
CB	6	John Terry
LB	3	Ashley Cole
RM	7
CM	14
CM	8	Frank Lampard
LM	4	Steven Gerrard (c)
SS	10	Wayne Rooney
CF	21
Substitutions:
MF	17
FW	19
FW	9
Manager:
Fabio Capello

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GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi
CB	2	Madjid Bougherra
CB	5	Rafik Halliche
CB	4	Antar Yahia (c)
RM	21	Foued Kadir
CM	19
CM	8
LM	3	Nadir Belhadj
AM	7
AM	15
CF	13	Karim Matmour
Substitutions:
MF	22
MF	17
DF	20
Manager:
Rabah Saâdane

Man of the Match:
Ashley Cole (England)

Assistant referees

Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)
Fourth official

Michael Hester (New Zealand)
Fifth official

Jan Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)

United States vs Algeria


GK	1	Tim Howard
RB	12
CB	15	Jay DeMerit
CB	3	Carlos Bocanegra (c)
LB	6	Steve Cherundolo
CM	4	Michael Bradley
CM	19
RW	8	Clint Dempsey
LW	10	Landon Donovan
SS	17
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	22
FW	14
MF	7
Manager:
Bob Bradley

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GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi
RB	2	Madjid Bougherra
CB	5	Rafik Halliche
LB	4	Antar Yahia (c)
RM	21	Foued Kadir
CM	19
CM	8
LM	3	Nadir Belhadj
AM	13
AM	15
CF	11
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	17
FW	10
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

See main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group H.

Group H

Belgium vs Algeria

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GK	1	Thibaut Courtois
RB	2	Toby Alderweireld
CB	15	Daniel Van Buyten
CB	4	Vincent Kompany (c)
LB	5
CM	6	Axel Witsel
CM	19
RW	22
AM	7	Kevin De Bruyne
LW	10	Eden Hazard
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	14
FW	17
MF	8
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
LM	14
AM	10	Sofiane Feghouli
AM	21
CF	15
Substitutions:
FW	13
MF	8
FW	9
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)

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South Korea vs Algeria

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GK	1	Jung Sung-ryong
RB	12
CB	20	Hong Jeong-ho
CB	5	Kim Young-gwon
LB	3	Yun Suk-young
CM	14
CM	16	Ki Sung-yueng
RW	17
AM	13	Koo Ja-cheol (c)
LW	9	Son Heung-min
CF	10
Substitutions:
FW	18
FW	11
FW	19
Manager:
Hong Myung-bo


GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi
CB	12	Carl Medjani
CB	2	Madjid Bougherra (c)
CB	5	Rafik Halliche
RWB	20	Aïssa Mandi
LWB	6	Djamel Mesbah
CM	11
CM	18
RW	10	Sofiane Feghouli
LW	14	Nabil Bentaleb
CF	13	Islam Slimani
Substitutions:
FW	9
MF	8
DF	4
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)

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Algeria vs Russia

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GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi
RB	20	Aïssa Mandi
CB	4	Essaïd Belkalem
CB	5	Rafik Halliche (c)
LB	6
CM	12	Carl Medjani
CM	14	Nabil Bentaleb
RW	10	Sofiane Feghouli
AM	11
LW	18
CF	13
Substitutions:
MF	7
FW	9
FW	15
DF	17
Manager:
Vahid Halilhodžić


GK	1	Igor Akinfeev
RB	2
CB	14	Vasili Berezutski (c)
CB	4	Sergei Ignashevich
LB	23
CM	8
CM	20	Viktor Fayzulin
RW	19	Aleksandr Samedov
AM	9	Aleksandr Kokorin
LW	17
CF	11
Substitutions:
MF	7
MF	10
FW	6
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)

See main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage.

Germany vs Algeria

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GK	1	Manuel Neuer
RB	21
CB	17	Per Mertesacker
CB	20	Jérôme Boateng
LB	4	Benedikt Höwedes
DM	16	Philipp Lahm (c)
CM	7
CM	18	Toni Kroos
RW	8	Mesut Özil
LW	19
CF	13	Thomas Müller
Substitutes:
MF	9
MF	6
MF	23
Manager:
Joachim Löw

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GK	23	Raïs M'Bolhi
CB	22	Mehdi Mostefa
CB	4	Essaïd Belkalem
CB	5	Rafik Halliche (c)
RWB	20	Aïssa Mandi
LWB	3	Faouzi Ghoulam
DM	8	Mehdi Lacen
RM	19
CM	10	Sofiane Feghouli
LM	13	Islam Slimani
CF	15
Substitutes:
MF	11
DF	2
MF	18
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

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
align=center	1		align=center	7	2010 and 2014
2		align=center	6	2010 and 2014
	align=center	6	1982 and 1986
	align=center	6	1982 and 1986
	align=center	6	1982 and 1986
	align=center	6	2010 and 2014
	align=center	6	2010 and 2014
3		align=center	5	1982 and 1986
	align=center	5	1982 and 1986
	align=center	5	1982 and 1986
	align=center	5	1982 and 1986

Goalscorers

Rank	1982	1986	2010	2014	Goals
1	2			2
		2	2
		2	2
4	1			1
	1			1
		1	1
		1	1
			1	1
	1			1
		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^[2]
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)

Notes and References

Web site: Referee designations for matches 1-16 . 5 June 2010 . FIFA . PDF . 5 June 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100705003017/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/93/96/referee_designations.pdf. 5 July 2010 . dead.
News: World Cup: 25 stunning moments ... West Germany 1-0 Austria in 1982 . London . The Guardian .

Algeria at the FIFA World Cup explained

Records

By match

Participations

Algeria at Spain 1982

Algeria at Mexico 1986

Algeria at South Africa 2010

Algeria vs Slovenia

England vs Algeria

United States vs Algeria

Algeria at Brazil 2014

Belgium vs Algeria

South Korea vs Algeria

Algeria vs Russia

Germany vs Algeria

Record players

Goalscorers

Historical performances

See also

Notes and References