Algeria at the FIFA World Cup

Algeria has qualified to the FIFA World Cup on five occasions, in 1982, 1986, 2010, 2014 and 2026. 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	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
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Withdrew								–		Withdrew							Withdrew
1970	Did not qualify								–		Round 1	2	0	1	1	1	2	Amirouche (1)	Leduc
1974											Round 1	2	1	0	1	2	5	Gamouh, Kalem (1)	Mekhloufi
1978											Round 2	4	1	2	1	2	3	Betrouni, Guendouz (1)	Mekhloufi
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
1986		22nd	3	0	1	2	1	5	Squad		Round 4 (final)	6	5	1	0	13	3	Menad (4)	Saâdane
1990	Did not qualify								–		Round 3 (final)	6	3	2	1	6	2	Madjer (3)	Lemoui, Kermali
1994											Round 2 (final)	8	2	3	3	8	11	Tasfaout (4)	Ighil
1998											Round 1	2	1	0	1	2	3	Tasfaout, Zerrouki (1)	Fergani
2002											Round 2 (final)	10	3	3	4	13	14	Meçabih, Tasfaout, Saïfi (2)	Sandjak, Djaadaoui, Zouba, Kermali
2006											Round 2 (final)	12	3	5	4	15	15	Boutabout (6)	Waseige, Fergani & Belloumi, Ighil
2010	Group stage	28th	3	0	1	2	0	2	Squad		Round 3 (final)	13	8	2	3	17	8	Saifi, Yahia, Ziani (3)	Saâdane
2014	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	7	7	Squad		Round 3 (final)	8	6	0	2	16	7	Slimani (5)	Halilhodžić
2018	Did not qualify								–		Round 3 (final)	8	2	2	4	15	12	Slimani (4)	Gourcuff, Rajevac, Leekens, Alcaraz, Madjer
2022											Round 3 (final)	8	5	2	1	27	6	Slimani (8)	Belmadi
2026	In progress										Round 1 (final)	2	2	0	0	5	1	Bounedjah, Chaïbi, Slimani, Zerrouki (1)	Belmadi
2030	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
1982	Group 2	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 D	Northern Ireland	1–1	D	Zidane		Guadalajara
		Brazil	0–1	L		Drid	Guadalajara
		Spain	0–3	L			Monterrey
2010	Group C	Slovenia	0–1	L			Polokwane
		England	0–0	D			Cape Town
		United States	0–1	L			Pretoria
2014	Group H	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

Head-to-head record

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Austria	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	000.00
Belgium	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
England	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Germany	2	1	0	1	3	3	+0	050.00
Northern Ireland	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Russia	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
South Korea	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
United States	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total	13	3	3	7	13	19	−6	023.08

Participations

Algeria at Spain 1982

1982 FIFA World Cup

Group 2

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

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)

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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)

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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

1986 FIFA World Cup

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

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)

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6 June 1986

12:00 CST

Brazil	1–0	Algeria
Careca 66'	(Report)

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 48,000

Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)

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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

2010 FIFA World Cup

Algeria playing with England.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	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

13 June 2010

13:30

Algeria	0–1	Slovenia
	Report	Koren 79'

Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane

Attendance: 30,325

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala) ^[1]

Algeria [2]

Slovenia [2]

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 Hassan Yebda  90+5' RW 21 Foued Kadir  82' SS 13 Karim Matmour  81' CF 11 Rafik Djebbour  58' Substitutions: FW 9 Abdelkader Ghezzal  59'  73'  58' FW 10 Rafik Saïfi  81' MF 17 Adlène Guedioura  82' Manager: Rabah Saâdane

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 Aleksandar Radosavljević  35'  87' LM 10 Valter Birsa  84' SS 14 Zlatko Dedič  53' CF 11 Milivoje Novakovič Substitutions: FW 9 Zlatan Ljubijankič  53' FW 7 Nejc Pečnik  84' MF 20 Andrej 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]

18 June 2010

20:30

England	0–0	Algeria
	Report

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

Attendance: 64,100

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) ^[4]

England [5]

Algeria [5]

GK 1 David James RB 2 Glen Johnson CB 18 Jamie Carragher  58' CB 6 John Terry LB 3 Ashley Cole RM 7 Aaron Lennon  63' CM 14 Gareth Barry  84' CM 8 Frank Lampard LM 4 Steven Gerrard (c) SS 10 Wayne Rooney CF 21 Emile Heskey  74' Substitutions: MF 17 Shaun Wright-Phillips  63' FW 19 Jermain Defoe  74' FW 9 Peter Crouch  84' Manager: Fabio Capello

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi CB 2 Madjid Bougherra CB 5 Rafik Halliche CB 4 Antar Yahia (c) RM 21 Foued Kadir CM 19 Hassan Yebda  88' CM 8 Mehdi Lacen  85' LM 3 Nadir Belhadj AM 7 Ryad Boudebouz  74' AM 15 Karim Ziani  81' CF 13 Karim Matmour Substitutions: MF 22 Djamel Abdoun  74' MF 17 Adlène Guedioura  81' DF 20 Djamel 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]

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)

United States [6]

Algeria [6]

GK 1 Tim Howard RB 12 Jonathan Bornstein  80' CB 15 Jay DeMerit CB 3 Carlos Bocanegra (c) LB 6 Steve Cherundolo CM 4 Michael Bradley CM 19 Maurice Edu  64' RW 8 Clint Dempsey LW 10 Landon Donovan SS 17 Jozy Altidore  62' CF 9 Herculez Gomez  46' Substitutions: MF 22 Benny Feilhaber  46' FW 14 Edson Buddle  64' MF 7 DaMarcus Beasley  90'  80' Manager: Bob Bradley

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi RB 2 Madjid Bougherra CB 5 Rafik Halliche LB 4 Antar Yahia (c)  76'  90+3' RM 21 Foued Kadir CM 19 Hassan Yebda  12' CM 8 Mehdi Lacen  83' LM 3 Nadir Belhadj AM 13 Karim Matmour  84' AM 15 Karim Ziani  69' CF 11 Rafik Djebbour  65' Substitutions: FW 9 Abdelkader Ghezzal  65' MF 17 Adlène Guedioura  69' FW 10 Rafik 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

2014 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup Group H

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	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

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)

Belgium

Algeria

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois RB 2 Toby Alderweireld CB 15 Daniel Van Buyten CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c) LB 5 Jan Vertonghen  24' CM 6 Axel Witsel CM 19 Mousa Dembélé  65' RW 22 Nacer Chadli  46' AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne LW 10 Eden Hazard CF 9 Romelu Lukaku  58' Substitutions: FW 14 Dries Mertens  46' FW 17 Divock Origi  58' MF 8 Marouane Fellaini  65' 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 Carl Medjani  84' LM 14 Nabil Bentaleb  34' AM 10 Sofiane Feghouli AM 21 Riyad Mahrez  71' CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani  66' Substitutions: FW 13 Islam Slimani  66' MF 8 Mehdi Lacen  71' FW 9 Nabil 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)

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South Korea vs 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)

South Korea

Algeria

GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong RB 12 Lee Yong  54' CB 20 Hong Jeong-ho CB 5 Kim Young-gwon LB 3 Yun Suk-young CM 14 Han Kook-young  69'  78' CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng RW 17 Lee Chung-yong  64' AM 13 Koo Ja-cheol (c) LW 9 Son Heung-min CF 10 Park Chu-young  57' Substitutions: FW 18 Kim Shin-wook  57' FW 11 Lee Keun-ho  64' FW 19 Ji Dong-won  78' Manager: Hong Myung-bo

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi CB 12 Carl Medjani CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c)  67'  89' CB 5 Rafik Halliche RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi LWB 6 Djamel Mesbah CM 11 Yacine Brahimi  77' CM 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou  73' RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli LW 14 Nabil Bentaleb CF 13 Islam Slimani Substitutions: FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  73' MF 8 Mehdi Lacen  77' DF 4 Essaïd 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)

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Algeria vs Russia

Further information: List of 2014 FIFA World Cup controversies § Russia vs Algeria

26 June 2014

17:00 UTC−3

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

Arena da Baixada, Curitiba

Attendance: 39,311

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Algeria

Russia

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi RB 20 Aïssa Mandi CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c) LB 6 Djamel Mesbah  39' CM 12 Carl Medjani CM 14 Nabil Bentaleb RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli AM 11 Yacine Brahimi  71' LW 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou  77' CF 13 Islam Slimani  90+2' Substitutions: MF 7 Hassan Yebda  71' FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  87'  77' FW 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani  90+2' DF 17 Liassine Cadamuro  90+2' [nb 1] Manager: Vahid Halilhodžić

GK 1 Igor Akinfeev RB 2 Aleksei Kozlov  59' CB 14 Vasili Berezutski (c) CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov  57' CM 8 Denis Glushakov  46' CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov AM 9 Aleksandr Kokorin LW 17 Oleg Shatov  67' CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov  81' Substitutions: MF 7 Igor Denisov  46' MF 10 Alan Dzagoev  67' FW 6 Maksim 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

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)

Germany

Algeria

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 21 Shkodran Mustafi  70' CB 17 Per Mertesacker CB 20 Jérôme Boateng LB 4 Benedikt Höwedes DM 16 Philipp Lahm (c)  107' CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger  109' CM 18 Toni Kroos RW 8 Mesut Özil LW 19 Mario Götze  46' CF 13 Thomas Müller Substitutes: MF 9 André Schürrle  46' MF 6 Sami Khedira  70' MF 23 Christoph Kramer  109' Manager: Joachim Löw

GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi CB 22 Mehdi Mostefa CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c)  42'  97' RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi LWB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam DM 8 Mehdi Lacen RM 19 Saphir Taïder  78' CM 10 Sofiane Feghouli LM 13 Islam Slimani CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani  100' Substitutes: MF 11 Yacine Brahimi  78' DF 2 Madjid Bougherra  97' MF 18 Abdelmoumene 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

Rank	Player	Matches	World Cups
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
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)

See also

• African nations at the FIFA World Cup
• Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations

Notes

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

References

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