Algeria national football team

 Algeria

Nickname(s)	الأفنــاك (Fennec Foxes) الخُضر (The Green) الخضرة(The Green One) محاربو الصحراء (The Desert Warriors)
Association	Fédération Algérienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Vahid Halilhodžić
Captain	Antar Yahia
Most caps	Mahieddine Meftah (107)
Top scorer	Abdelhafid Tasfaout (35)
Home stadium	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
FIFA code	ALG
FIFA ranking	35
Highest FIFA ranking	26 (December 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	103 (June 2008)
Elo ranking	92
Highest Elo ranking	16 (November 1967)
Lowest Elo ranking	105 (July 2008)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Tunisia 1–2 Algeria [2] (Tunisia; 1 June 1957)[1][2]
Biggest win
Algeria 15–1 South Yemen  (Tripoli, Libya; 17 August 1973)
Biggest defeat
East Germany 5–0 Algeria (Cottbus, Germany; 05 May 1980)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1982)
Best result	Round 1, 1982, 1986 and 2010
Africa Nations Cup
Appearances	14 (First in 1968)
Best result	Winners, 1990

The Algeria national football team (Arabic: منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed الأفنــاك, Les Fennecs (The Fennec Foxes), represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football. Algeria's home ground is the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers and their head coach is Vahid Halilhodžić.

Algeria has qualified for three World Cups in 1982, 1986 and 2010. Algeria has also won the Africa Cup of Nations once in 1990, when they hosted the tournament.

The traditional rivals of Algeria have been Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. However, more recently, Egypt has become the main rival after a number of incidents involving the two teams, most recently during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, in which Algeria defeated Egypt 1-0 in a tense tiebreaker in Omdurman, Sudan to qualify to the World Cup.

History

Beginning

The team was established in 1963 as the successor of the FLN football team.

World Cup 1982

Algeria caused one of the great World Cup upsets on the first day of the tournament with a 2–1 victory over reigning European Champions West Germany. In the final match in the group between West Germany and Austria, with Algeria having already played their final group game the day before, the European teams knew that a West German win by 1 or 2 goals would qualify them both, while a larger German victory would qualify Algeria over Austria, and a draw or an Austrian win would eliminate the Germans. After 10 minutes of all-out attack, West Germany scored through a goal by Horst Hrubesch. After the goal was scored, the two teams kicked the ball around aimlessly for the rest of the match. Chants of "Fuera, fuera" ("Out, out") were screamed by the Spanish crowd, while angry Algerian supporters waved banknotes at the players. This performance was widely deplored, even by the German and Austrian fans. One German fan was so upset by his team's display that he burned his German flag in disgust.^[3] Algeria protested to FIFA, who ruled that the result be allowed to stand; FIFA introduced a revised qualification system at subsequent World Cups in which the final two games in each group were played simultaneously.

World Cup 1986

In 1984, Algeria took third place in the 1984 African Nations Cup in Côte d'Ivoire. During the 1986 African Nations Cup, the national teams recorded two defeats and one draw and was eliminated in the first round. In Mexico, at the 1986 World Cup, the Algerians were not able to pass the first round once again in a group that included Northern Ireland (1–1 draw), Brazil (1–0 loss), and Spain (3–0 loss). Only one Algerian managed to score during this competition: Djamel Zidane. From thereon, Algeria failed to qualify for another World Cup until 2010.

Africa Cup of Nations 1990

In 1990, Algeria hosted the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations. In Group A, the Algerians started the tournament by beating Nigeria (5–1, with doubles by Djamel Menad and Rabah Madjer and a goal by Djamel Amani), Côte d'Ivoire (3–0, with goals by Djamel Menad, Tahar Cherif El Ouazzani, and Cherif Oudjani) and Egypt (2–0, with goals by Djamel Amani and Moussa Saib). In the semi-finals, Algeria beat Senegal 2–1 (goals by Djamel Menad and Djamel Amani in front of 85,000 fans in the Stade 5 Juillet 1962.

In the final against Nigeria, in front of 200,000 fans in the same stadium, Cherif Oudjani, in the 38th minute, enabled Algeria to win the African Nations Cup for the first time. Djamel Menad was crowned top scorer of the competition with four goals.

1990–2008

Having won an African Nations Cup title, the Algerian team, however, had not managed to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. In 1991, the national team won the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations against Iran. As title holders, Algeria disappointed at the 1992 African Nations Cup in Senegal, recording a loss against Côte d'Ivoire (3–0) and a draw against Congo (1–1, with a goal by Nacer Bouiche). In 1994, Algeria was disqualified from the 1994 African Nations Cup in Tunisia due to the use of an ineligible player and failed during the 1994 World Cup qualifying.

In 1996, Algeria returned to African Cup of Nations, but were eliminated by hosts South Africa in the quarter-finals. The Algerians failed to qualify for the following World Cups in 1998, 2002 and 2006. During the 1998 African Cup of Nations, Algeria finished last in its group with three defeats and was eliminated in the group stage. In the 2000 African Cup of Nations, the Fennecs managed to pass to the first round only to lose to Cameroon (2–1). Algeria once more failed to pass the first round in the African competition in 2002 but managed to get to the quarter-finals in 2004; however, they were eliminated by Morocco by a score of 3–1 after extra-time (the lone Algerian goal was scored by Abdelmalek Cherrad. Algeria failed to qualify for the following two Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 and 2008 although Algeria did manage to qualify for the 2010 world cup.

World Cup 2010 qualifiers

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)

Algeria fans at a friendly vs. Republic of Ireland in Dublin.

On 11 October 2008, Algeria returned to the top 20 African teams by finishing first in their group ahead of Senegal, Gambia, and Liberia for the second round on the combined 2010 World Cup and 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifications. In the third and final round of the qualifiers, Algeria was joined by Zambia, Rwanda, and Egypt. In July 2009, Algeria made their return amongst the world's top fifty after a 3–1 win against the double African champions Egypt and a 2–0 away win against Zambia. Beating Zambia in Blida 1–0 followed by a 3–1 win against Rwanda, Algeria ensured that the qualification for the World Cup would go down to the wire with a final encounter against Egypt in Cairo, where nothing less than a loss by three goals would stop the Fennecs from going to South Africa. Prior to the game the Algerian team bus was attacked, leaving several team members injured. This led to a diplomatic row between the two countries. Algeria lost the game 2–0. Algeria won the resulting play off in Sudan 1–0. Algeria moved to the 29th position in FIFA ranking – one place behind Egypt in the October 2009 ranking. In November 2009, they beat fierce rivals Egypt in a playoff 2010 World Cup in South Africa and moved to the highest FIFA ranking ever reached by Algeria (26) in December 2009.^[4][5]

They were drawn in Group C, where they faced England, the United States, and Slovenia.

Teamv · d · e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5  Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 −7 2

Algeria  — 3 – 1 3 – 1 1 – 0 Egypt  2 – 0 — 3 – 0 1 – 1 Rwanda  0 – 0 0 – 1 — 0 – 0 Zambia  0 – 2 0 – 1 1 – 0 —

• Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1 – 0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
• Algeria, Egypt and Zambia qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

Africa Cup of Nations 2010

Main article: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations

The team put on a mixed performance in the tournament. Being drawn in Group A, with Angola, Malawi and Mali, Algeria started poorly by losing 3–0 to group outsiders Malawi. However, they improved in the following game against Mali, beating them 1–0 thanks to a Rafik Halliche header. In the last match, they drew 0–0 with Angola, which sent them to the second round, finishing with the same amount of points as Mali, but with a superior head-to-head record. Playing in Cabinda, Algeria faced Côte d'Ivoire in the quarterfinals, who were considered heavy favourites to qualify. But they got a historic win. After trailing 1–0, Karim Matmour equalized, but Keita gave the Ivorians the lead in the 89th minute, a goal which seemed sure to seal their victory. However, the Algerians equalized with Madjid Bougherra just 2 minutes later in added time, and Hameur Bouazza gave the Fennecs the lead in extra time. Algeria faced Egypt in the semi finals, Egypt, in their first meeting since the World Cup qualification play-off. In a controversial match, Egypt won 4–0 which was the biggest defeat in the history of the teams' meetings. Algeria lost 1–0 to Nigeria in the third place game and finished fourth in the competition.

FIFA World Cup 2010

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C

Algeria vs England in the 2010 FIFA World Cup

Algeria was drawn in Group C with England, USA, Slovenia. In their first game they lost to Slovenia 0–1. The match was scoreless until Slovenia's captain Robert Koren scored in the 79th minute after Abdelkader Ghezzal was sent off for his second bookable offence. In their second group game, Algeria drew with England leading to mass celebration throughout the world's Algerian communities.^[6] The Fennecs lost their final group game to the United States 1–0 thanks to a Landon Donovan winner in second-half injury time.

Teamv · d · e 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

13 June 2010 13:30	Algeria	0 – 1	Slovenia	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane Attendance: 30,325 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
		Report	Koren  79'

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18 June 2010 20:30	England	0 – 0	Algeria	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 64,100 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
		Report

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23 June 2010 16:00	United States	1 – 0	Algeria	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Attendance: 35,827 Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
	Donovan  90+1'	Report

Honours

World Cup:

• Best results: 1st round (Spain 1982, Mexico 1986 & South Africa 2010)

Summer Olympic Games:

• Best results: Quarter-final (Moscow 1980)

Africa Cup of Nations:

• 1 Time Champion (Algeria 1990)
• 1 Time Runners-Up (Nigeria 1980)
• 2 Times 3rd place (Côte d'Ivoire 1984 & Morocco 1988)

All-Africa Games:

• 1 Time Gold Medalist (Algiers 1978)

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :

• 1 Time Champion (1991)

Mediterranean Games:

• 1 Time Gold Medalist (Algiers 1975)
• 1 Time Silver Medalist (Languedoc-Roussillon 1993)
• 1 Time Bronze Medalist (Split 1979)

Pan Arab Games:

• 1 Time Bronze Medalist (Morocco 1985)

Palestine Cup of Nations:

• 2 Times 3rd place (Iraq 1972, Libya 1973)

Tournaments:

Vahdat Cup (International Tournament hosted by Iran)

1 Time Runner Up: 1981

Competitive record

World Cup record FIFA World Cup Appearances: 3 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1930 Did not enter 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 Withdrew 1970 Did not qualify 1974 1978 1982 Group Stage 13th 3 2 0 1 5 5 1986 Group Stage 22nd 3 0 1 2 1 5 1990 Did not qualify 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Group Stage 28th 3 0 1 2 0 2 2014 To be determined 2018 2022 Total Group Stage 3/19 9 2 2 5 6 12

Olympic Games record Olympic Games Appearances: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1896 No football tournament 1900 to 1964 Did not enter 1968 to 1976 Did not qualify 1980 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 1 4 5 1984 to 2008 Did not qualify 2012 To be determined 2016 Total Quarter-finals 1/25 4 1 1 1 4 5

Africa Cup of Nations Record

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 14
Year	Position		Year	Position		Year	Position
1957	Did not enter		1980	Second Place		2002	Round 1
1959	Did not enter		1982	Fourth Place		2004	Quarter-finals
1962	Did not enter		1984	Third Place		2006	Did not qualify
1963	Did not enter		1986	Round 1		2008	Did not qualify
1965	Did not enter		1988	Third Place		2010	Fourth Place
1968	Round 1		1990	Winner		2012	Did not qualify
1970	Did not qualify		1992	Round 1		2013	To be Determined
1972	Did not qualify		1994	Disqualified after qualification		2015	To be Determined
1974	Did not qualify		1996	Quarter-finals		2017	To be Determined
1976	Did not qualify		1998	Round 1
1978	Did not qualify		2000	Quarter-finals

African Nations Championship record African Nations Championship Appearances: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 2009 Did not qualify 2011 Fourth Place 6 2 3 1 7 4 2014 To be determined 2016 Total Fourth Place 1/2 6 2 3 1 7 4

All-Africa Games Record All-Africa Games Appearances: 7 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1965 Fourth Place 5 2 0 3 6 5 1973 Round 1 3 1 1 1 6 6 1978 Gold Medal 5 4 1 0 9 2 1987 Did not qualify 1991 1995 Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 1999 Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 2003 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 2007 Round 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 2011 Did not qualify 2015 To be determined Total Gold Medal 7/10 25 11 4 10 32 29

Arab Nations Cup record Arab Nations Cup Appearances: 2 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1963 Did not enter 1964 1966 1985 1988 Round 1 4 1 2 1 3 3 1992 Did not enter 1998 Round 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 2002 Did not enter 2012 To be determined Total Round 1 2/8 6 1 3 2 3 6

Pan Arab Games record Pan Arab Games Appearances: 1 Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA 1953 Did not enter 1957 1961 1965 1976 1985 Bronze Medal 5 2 0 3 4 6 1992 Did not enter 1997 1999 Withdraw 2004 No tournement 2007 Did not enter 2011 Total Bronze Medal 1/11 5 2 0 3 4 6

Mediterranean Games Record

Mediterranean Games
Appearances: 10
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1951	Did not enter
1955
1959
1963
1967	Round 1		3	1	0	2	4	6
1971	Did not qualify
1975	Gold Medal		6	6	0	0	14	3
1979	Bronze Medal		5	2	2	1	7	6
1983	Round 1		2	1	0	1	3	3
1987	Round 1		3	0	0	3	1	7
1991	Round 1		2	0	0	2	1	5
1993	Silver Medal		4	2	1	1	6	4
1997	Round 1		3	0	3	0	4	4
2001	Round 1		2	0	0	2	3	7
2005	Quarter-finals		3	1	1	1	3	4
2009	Did not qualify
2013	To be determined
Total	Gold Medal	10/16	33	13	7	13	46	49

Results and Fixtures

Algerian National Team Results and Fixtures.^[7]

Fixtures

Date	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Occasion
15 November 2011	Algiers	Algeria		Cameroon	Friendly match

Results

Date	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Occasion
5 June 2010	Fürth	Algeria	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Friendly match
13 June 2010	Polokwane	Algeria	0–1	Slovenia	2010 FIFA World Cup
18 June 2010	Cape Town	Algeria	0–0	England	2010 FIFA World Cup
23 June 2010	Pretoria	Algeria	0–1	United States	2010 FIFA World Cup
11 August 2010	Blida	Algeria	1–2	Gabon	Friendly match
3 September 2010	Blida	Algeria	1–1	Tanzania	2012 ACN Qualifier
10 October 2010	Bangui	Central African Republic	2–0	Algeria	2012 ACN Qualifier
17 November 2010	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0–0	Algeria	Friendly match
27 March 2011	Annaba	Algeria	1–0	Morocco	2012 ACN Qualifier
4 June 2011	Marrakech	Morocco	4–0	Algeria	2012 ACN Qualifier
3 September 2011	Dar-es-Salaam	Tanzania	1–1	Algeria	2012 ACN Qualifier
9 October 2011	Algiers	Algeria	2–0	Central African Republic	2012 ACN Qualifier
12 November 2011	Blida	Algeria	1–0	Tunisia	Friendly match

2012 African Cup of Nations (Qualification)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Morocco	6	3	2	1	8	2	+6	11
Central African Republic	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8
Algeria	6	2	2	2	5	8	−3	8
Tanzania	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	5

3 September 2010 22:00 UTC+1	Algeria	1 – 1	Tanzania	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Kokou Djaoupe (Togo)
	Guedioura  45'	Report	Tegete  33'

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10 October 2010 15:00 UTC+1	Central African Republic	2 – 0	Algeria	Barthelemy Boganda Stadium, Bangui Referee: Martins De Carvalho (Angola)
	Dopékoulouyen  81' Eudes Dagoulou  86'	Report

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27 March 2011 20:30 UTC+1	Algeria	1 – 0	Morocco	Stade 19 Mai 1956, Annaba Referee: Seechurn Rajindraparsad (Mauritius)
	Yebda  5' (pen.)

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4 June 2011 21:00 UTC+1	Morocco	4 – 0	Algeria	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakech
	Benatia  25' Chamakh  38' Hadji  60' Assaidi  68'

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3 September 2011 16:00 UTC+3	Tanzania	1 – 1	Algeria	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam Referee: Ould Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
	Samata  22'	Report	Bouazza  52'

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9 October 2011 20:30 UTC+1	Algeria	2 – 0	Central African Republic	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
	Yebda  1' Kadir  29'

Coaching staff

Manager	Vahid Halilhodžić
General manager	Abdelhafid Tasfaout
Assistant manager	Nourredine Kourichi
Goalkeeping coach	Abdenour Kaoua & Hassan Belhadji
Fitness coach	Cyril Moine
Team doctor	Dr Mohamed Boughlali & Dr Ali Yekdah

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly match against Tunisia on November 12 and Cameroon on November 15, 2011.^[8] Players who have withdrawn from this squad are excluded. Caps and goals as of November 12, 2011, subsequent to the friendly against Tunisia. Jersey numbers are based on the most recent game against Tunisia.^[9]

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Azzedine Doukha 5 August 1986 (1986-08-05) (age 25) 1 0 USM El Harrach 16 GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche March 19, 1985 (1985-03-19) (age 26) 4 0 USM Alger GK Raïs M'Bolhi April 25, 1986 (1986-04-25) (age 25) 11 0 CSKA Sofia 2 DF Madjid Bougherra October 7, 1982 (1982-10-07) (age 29) 50 3 Lekhwiya SC 3 DF Nadir Belhadj June 18, 1982 (1982-06-18) (age 29) 54 4 Al Sadd 4 DF Antar Yahia March 21, 1982 (1982-03-21) (age 29) 52 5 Al Nassr 5 DF Ismaël Bouzid July 27, 1983 (1983-07-27) (age 28) 10 0 PAS Giannina 12 DF Carl Medjani May 15, 1985 (1985-05-15) (age 26) 7 0 Ajaccio 13 DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah May 5, 1985 (1985-05-05) (age 26) 7 0 USM Alger 24 DF Mehdi Mostefa August 30, 1983 (1983-08-30) (age 28) 4 0 Ajaccio 25 DF Abderahmane Hachoud July 2, 1988 (1988-07-02) (age 23) 1 0 ES Sétif 7 MF Ryad Boudebouz February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19) (age 21) 9 1 Sochaux 8 MF Mehdi Lacen May 15, 1984 (1984-05-15) (age 27) 12 0 Getafe CF 10 MF Hassan Yebda April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14) (age 27) 20 2 Granada 14 MF Foued Kadir December 5, 1983 (1983-12-05) (age 27) 8 1 Valenciennes 17 MF Adlène Guedioura November 12, 1985 (1985-11-12) (age 26) 9 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 MF Khaled Lemmouchia May 29, 1981 (1981-05-29) (age 30) 19 0 USM Alger 20 MF Saad Tedjar January 14, 1986 (1986-01-14) (age 25) 1 0 JS Kabylie 22 MF Hamer Bouazza February 22, 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 26) 17 3 Millwall MF Hocine Metref January 1, 1984 (1984-01-01) (age 27) 6 0 JS Kabylie MF Sofiane Feghouli December 26, 1989 (1989-12-26) (age 21) 0 0 Valencia CF 11 FW Kamel Ghilas March 9, 1984 (1984-03-09) (age 27) 18 3 Stade de Reims 14 FW El Arbi Hillel Soudani November 25, 1987 (1987-11-25) (age 23) 2 0 Vitória Guimarães 19 FW Saïd Bouchouk December 29, 1986 (1986-12-29) (age 24) 0 0 CA Batna 21 FW Mohamed Amine Aoudia June 6, 1987 (1987-06-06) (age 24) 2 0 ES Sétif FW Karim Matmour June 25, 1985 (1985-06-25) (age 26) 29 2 Eintracht Frankfurt

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Algeria squad within the last 12 months.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Malik Asselah 8 July 1986 (1986-07-08) (age 25) 0 0 JS Kabylie GK Faouzi Chaouchi 5 December 1984 (1984-12-05) (age 26) 11 0 MC Alger GK Michaël Fabre July 15, 1984 (1984-07-15) (age 27) 0 0 RC Lens GK Cédric Si Mohamed January 9, 1985 (1985-01-09) (age 26) 0 0 JSM Béjaïa DF Brahim Ferradj September 4, 1987 (1987-09-04) (age 24) 0 0 Brest DF Rafik Halliche September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 25) 21 1 Fulham DF Abdelkader Laifaoui July 29, 1981 (1981-07-29) (age 30) 8 0 USM Alger DF Djamel Mesbah October 9, 1984 (1984-10-09) (age 27) 9 0 Lecce MF Djamel Abdoun February 14, 1986 (1986-02-14) (age 25) 11 0 Olympiacos MF Chadli Amri December 14, 1984 (1984-12-14) (age 26) 10 0 Kaiserslautern MF Abdelmoumene Djabou January 31, 1987 (1987-01-31) (age 24) 1 0 ES Sétif MF Lazhar Hadj Aïssa March 23, 1984 (1984-03-23) (age 27) 7 0 Qadsia SC MF Mourad Meghni April 16, 1984 (1984-04-16) (age 27) 9 0 Umm Salal MF Walid Mesloub September 4, 1985 (1985-09-04) (age 26) 1 0 Le Havre MF Zahir Zerdab January 9, 1982 (1982-01-09) (age 29) 1 0 FC Rouen MF Karim Ziani August 17, 1982 (1982-08-17) (age 29) 62 5 Al-Jaish FW Karim Benyamina December 18, 1981 (1981-12-18) (age 29) 2 0 FSV Frankfurt FW Baghdad Bounedjah November 30, 1991 (1991-11-30) (age 19) 0 0 USM El Harrach FW Rafik Djebbour March 8, 1984 (1984-03-08) (age 27) 24 4 Olympiacos FW Abdelkader Ghezzal December 5, 1984 (1984-12-05) (age 26) 27 3 Cesena FW Abdelmalek Ziaya January 23, 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 27) 6 0 Ittihad FC

All-time record against FIFA recognized nations

• Below is a record of all matches (correct as of November 18, 2010 subsequent to Luxembourg friendly) Algeria has played against FIFA recognized nations:

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Albania	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0%
Angola	9	2	6	1	11	10	+1	22.22%
Argentina	1	0	0	1	3	4	−1	0%
Austria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0%
Belgium	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	0%
Benin	6	4	2	0	16	5	+11	66.66%
Brazil	4	0	0	4	0	8	−8	0%
Bulgaria	6	1	2	3	6	9	−3	16.66%
Burkina Faso	16	7	5	4	27	13	+14	43.75%
Burundi	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	75%
Cameroon	7	1	3	3	9	8	+1	14.28%
Cape Verde	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	50%
Central African Republic	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0%
Chad	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50%
Chile	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100%
China PR	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Congo	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50%
Congo DR	5	2	3	0	7	3	+4	40%
Côte d'Ivoire	19	6	7	6	20	20	0	31.58%
Cuba	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Denmark	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Egypt	23	10	9	5	29	30	−1	25.78%
England	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Ethiopia	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	25%
Finland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
France	2	1	0	1	5	7	−2	50%
Gabon	7	1	2	4	7	12	−5	14.3%
Gambia	4	2	0	2	3	3	0	50%
Germany	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100%
East Germanya	4	0	1	3	4	14	−10	0%
Ghana	9	3	2	4	10	11	−1	33.33%
Guinea	9	3	2	4	11	13	−2	33.33%
Guinea-Bissau	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	100%
Hungary	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0%
Iran	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50%
Iraq	8	0	4	4	3	11	−8	0%
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Jordan	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Kenya	7	3	1	3	10	7	+3	42.85%
South Korea	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0%
Lebanon	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Liberia	5	2	3	0	10	4	+6	40%
Libya	14	10	2	2	21	7	+14	71.43%
Luxembourg	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Madagascar	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100%
Malawi	5	2	1	2	8	6	+2	40%
Mali	14	7	1	6	18	17	+1	50%
Malta	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	66.67%
Mauritania	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	66.67%
Mexico	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0%
Morocco	23	5	9	9	17	22	−5	21.74%
Mozambique	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	50%
Namibia	4	4	0	0	7	0	+7	100%
Niger	4	3	0	1	11	1	+10	75%
Nigeria	16	6	4	6	20	22	−2	37.5%
Northern Ireland	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Oman	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Qatar	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	100%
Peru	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Poland	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0%
Republic of Ireland	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	50%
Russiab	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0%
Rwanda	4	2	2	0	5	2	+3	50%
Saudi Arabia	4	1	2	1	6	6	0	25%
Senegal	16	8	4	4	23	14	+9	50%
Sierra Leone	5	2	2	1	7	4	+3	40%
Slovakia	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0%
South Africa	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	0%
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	0%
Sudan	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	40%
Sweden	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	0%
Switzerland	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0%
Syria	6	3	2	1	7	4	+3	50%
Tanzania	5	3	1	1	8	5	+3	60%
Togo	3	1	1	1	4	1	+3	33.33%
Tunisia	37	14	12	11	38	32	+6	37.84
Turkey	3	1	0	9	2	4	−2	10%
Uganda	9	3	4	2	13	8	+5	33.33%
United Arab Emirates	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	25%
United States	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100%
South Yemena	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100%
Zambia	12	7	2	3	12	5	+7	58.33%
Zimbabwe	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	40%
Total	417	161	126	130	518	425	+93	38.70%

(a) Denotes defunct national football team.
(b) Includes games against USSR.
(c) Includes games against Yugoslavia

Player records

See also: Algeria International Footballers

Top goalscorers # Name Career Goals Goals per game Caps 1 Abdelhafid Tasfaout 1990–2002 35 0.40 88 2 Lakhdar Belloumi 1978–1989 34 0.38 100 3 Rabah Madjer 1978–1992 29 0.39 83 4 Djamel Menad 1982–1995 24 0.30 80 5 Tedj Bensaoula 1979–1986 22 0.46 48 6 Rafik Saifi 1999–2010 18 0.34 53 7 Salah Assad 1978–1988 13 0.21 67 8 Hacène Lalmas 1964–1974 12 0.35 34 9 Ali Mecabih 1995–2003 10 0.40 25 10 Billel Dziri 1993–2002 9 0.10 87 Bold denotes players still playing or available for selection.

Most capped # Player Career Caps Goals 1 Mahieddine Meftah 1989–2002 107 4 2 Lakhdar Belloumi 1978–1989 100 34 3 Abdelhafid Tasfaout 1991–2002 88 35 4 Billel Dziri 1992–2005 87 9 5 Rabah Madjer 1978–1992 83 29 6 Djamel Menad 1980–1995 80 24 7 Fodil Megharia 1984–1992 73 0 8 Mahmoud Guendouz 1977–1986 71 4 9 Salah Assad 1977–1989 67 13 Yazid Mansouri 2001–2010 67 0 Mahieddine Meftah is the most capped player of the Algerian national team with 107 official selections. However Lakhdar Belloumi played 147 international matches, but apparently only 100 games are recognized by FIFA. The caps and goals for Algeria, As of 12 August.

Manager history

World Cup squads

Olympic Games football Tournament squads

Cup of Nations squads

Kit suppliers

• Sonitex 1980–1986
• Adidas 1990–1992
• Cirta Sport 1998–2001
• Baliston 2002–2004
• Le Coq Sportif (2004–2009)
• Puma AG (from 2010)

Titles

Preceded by 1988 Cameroon	Africa Cup of Nations 1990	Succeeded by 1992 Côte d'Ivoire
Preceded by 1988 South Korea	Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 1991	Succeeded by 1993 Japan

See also

• Algeria women's national football team
• Algeria national under-20 football team

Notes

A.^ Prior to Algerian independence in 1962, matches were organised under the auspices of the Front de Libération Nationale.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Courtney, Barrie (23 April 2010). "Algeria - List of International Matches". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/alg-intres.html. Retrieved 10 November 2010. 
2. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Algeria". ELO. http://www.eloratings.net/Algeria.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2010. 
3. ^ Booth, Lawrence; Smyth, Rob (11 August 2004). "What's the dodgiest game in football history?". guardian.co.uk (Guardian News and Media). http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/aug/11/theknowledge.sport. Retrieved 25 February 2009. 
4. ^ "Yahia sends Algeria to World Cup". BBC Sport. 2009-11-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8367431.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-19. 
5. ^ "Yahia cracker seals play-off win". ESPN. 2009-11-18. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=285045&cc=5739. Retrieved 2009-11-19. 
6. ^ Youtube video of Police intervention at Champs-Élysées gathering
7. ^ [1] fifa.com
8. ^ 31 joueurs pour le stage de Novembre; DZFoot, October 25, 2011.
9. ^ ALG-TUN, la composition de l'Equipe d'Algérie; DZFoot, November 12, 2011.

External links

• Algerian FA
• Algeria on FIFA.com
• DzFoot
• Weltfussball
• Transfermarkt
• National Football Teams
• Algeria's Magic Run - World Cup 1982 (Arabic)