| 2014 season | ||||
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| Manager |  (until 2 July 2014)  (from 1 August 2014) | |||
| Stadium | Stade Mustapha Tchaker | |||
| FIFA World Cup | Round of 16 | |||
| 2014 season | ||||
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| Manager | (until 2 July 2014) (from 1 August 2014) | |||
| Stadium | Stade Mustapha Tchaker | |||
| FIFA World Cup | Round of 16 | |||
This page summarises the Algeria national football team fixtures and results in 2014.
| Competition | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
| International Friendly | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 100.00 |
| FIFA World Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 25.00 |
| Africa Cup Qualification | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 83.33 |
| Total | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 69.23 |
| 5 March 2014 | Algeria | 2 – 0 |  | Blida, Algeria |
| 18:00 |  | Report | Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon) |
| 31 May 2014 | Algeria | 3 – 1 |  | Sion, Switzerland |
| 17:00 | | Report | Sarkisov | Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland) |
| 4 June 2014 | Algeria | 2 – 1 |  | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 19:30 | | Report | Chipciu | Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
The two teams had met in two previous matches, both in friendlies, most recently in 2003. [1]
Algeria took a one-goal lead in the first half after Sofiane Feghouli converted a penalty kick, awarded for a foul on him by Jan Vertonghen. Belgium came back with two goals in the second half, both scored by substitutes. [2] The equaliser was scored by Marouane Fellaini, heading in a cross from the left by Kevin De Bruyne, followed by the game winner scored by Dries Mertens from a pass by Eden Hazard. [3]
Feghouli's goal snapped Algeria's 506-minute World Cup scoreless streak stretching back to 1986, second place at the time to the record of 517 minutes between 1930 and 1990 held by Bolivia. [4]
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The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1985. [5]
Algeria, which needed at least a point to stay alive in the competition, scored three goals in the first half to take a comfortable lead. First, Islam Slimani sped past two South Korean defenders to receive Carl Medjani's long pass and slot home with his left foot past the advancing goalkeeper. Two minutes later, Rafik Halliche headed in Abdelmoumene Djabou's corner from the left. Djabou scored himself later after he received a pass from Slimani, shooting low with his left foot from twelve yards out. [6] Early in the second half, Son Heung-min controlled a long pass from Ki Sung-yueng to shoot with his left foot between the goalkeepers legs and reduce the deficit, but Yacine Brahimi restored Algeria's three-goal lead after a one-two with Sofiane Feghouli to side foot home from inside the penalty area with his right foot. Koo Ja-cheol scored South Korea's second goal after a pass from Lee Keun-ho from the left, but Algeria held on for its third ever World Cup victory, but its first since 24 June 1982. [7]
Algeria became the first African team to score four goals in a World Cup match. [8]
| South Korea | 2–4 | |
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| Son Heung-min Koo Ja-cheol | Report | Slimani Halliche Djabou Brahimi |
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The two teams had met in one previous match (including matches involving the Soviet Union), in a friendly in 1964 (Algeria 2–2 Soviet Union). [9]
Aleksandr Kokorin opened the scoring for Russia, which had to win to have chance of qualifying for the knockout stage, in the 6th minute when he scored with a header after a cross from Dmitri Kombarov from the left. Algeria equalised in the 60th minute when Islam Slimani scored with a header at the back post after a free kick from the left by Yacine Brahimi which was missed by Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. Algeria held on for the draw, and as South Korea lost to Belgium in the other match played at the same time, Algeria finished as group runners-up and reached the second round for the first time in their history (after unsuccessful campaigns in 1982, 1986, and 2010), while Russia failed to advance out of the group stage in all three tournaments since the break-up of the Soviet Union. [10]
For Algeria's goal, television replays showed that Akinfeev had a green laser light shining in his face during the play. [11] After the match the Algerian Football Federation was fined 50,000 CHF by FIFA for the use of laser pointers, a prohibited item in the stadium according to FIFA Stadium Safety and Security Regulations, [12] and other violations of the rules by Algerian fans. [13]
With fellow African representative Nigeria also reaching the knockout stage earlier, this was the first time there were two teams from the Confederation of African Football in the knockout stage of a World Cup. [14]
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The two teams had met in two previous matches, [15] including in the 1982 FIFA World Cup group stage, where Algeria defeated West Germany 2–1. This match was Algeria's first ever in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage.
After a goalless 90 minutes, Germany opened the scoring two minutes into extra time, when half-time substitute André Schürrle scored with a left foot back-heel from Thomas Müller's cross from the left. [16] Germany extended the lead in the 120th minute when Mesut Özil converted with his left foot high into the net after Schürrle's shot was blocked on the line, but Algeria pulled one back in injury time when substitute Abdelmoumene Djabou scored with his left foot from six yards after a cross from the right by Sofiane Feghouli. [17]
Germany advanced to the quarter-finals to face France, continuing their streak of reaching the last eight in every World Cup since 1954. [18] Djabou's goal, timed at 120 minutes and 51 seconds, was the latest goal in World Cup history, surpassing Alessandro Del Piero's goal against Germany in 2006, timed at 120 minutes and 32 seconds. [19]
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| 6 September 2014 | Ethiopia  | 1 – 2 | | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 16:00 UTC+3 | Saladin | Report (CAF) | Soudani Brahimi | Stadium: Addis Ababa Stadium Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles) |
| 10 September 2014 | Algeria | 1 – 0 |  | Blida, Algeria |
| 20:30 UTC+1 | Medjani | Report (CAF) Report | Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon) |
| 11 October 2014 | Malawi  | 0 – 2 | | Blantyre, Malawi |
| 14:30 UTC+2 | Report (CAF) Report | Halliche Mesbah | Stadium: Kamuzu Stadium Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa) |
| 15 October 2014 | Algeria | 3 – 0 | | Blida, Algeria |
| 20:30 UTC+1 | Brahimi Mahrez Slimani | Report (CAF) Report | Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan) |
| 15 November 2014 | Algeria | 3 – 1 | | Blida, Algeria |
| 20:30 UTC+1 | Feghouli Mahrez Brahimi | Report (CAF) | | Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 7.000 Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania) |
| 19 November 2014 | Mali | 2 – 0 | | Bamako, Mali |
| 16:00 UTC±0 | Keita M. Yatabaré | Report (CAF) | Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana) |
Correct as of 19 November 2014 (v.
Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&CAF Qualification or last friendly played
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Friendlies | World Cup | Africa Cup Qualification | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 23 | GK | | Raïs M'Bolhi | 9 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | | Azzedine Doukha | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Carl Medjani | 11 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Mehdi Mostefa | 4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Djamel Mesbah | 8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 17 | DF | | Liassine Cadamuro | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Essaïd Belkalem | 7 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Rafik Halliche | 10 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | | Faouzi Ghoulam | 8 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Aïssa Mandi | 10 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Madjid Bougherra | 6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| DF | | Mehdi Zeffane | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | | Hassan Yebda | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | Nabil Bentaleb | 9 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| MF | | Zinedine Ferhat | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | | Mehdi Lacen | 12 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 |
| MF | | Adlène Guedioura | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | | Sofiane Feghouli | 12 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 |
| MF | | Foued Kadir | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | | Yacine Brahimi | 11 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 21 | MF | | Riyad Mahrez | 9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | | Saphir Taïder | 11 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | | El Arbi Hillel Soudani | 9 | 2 | 2+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | | Islam Slimani | 13 | 4 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 5+1 | 1 |
| FW | | Rafik Djebbour | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | | Nabil Ghilas | 4 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| FW | | Ishak Belfodil | 3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | |
| FW | | Baghdad Bounedjah | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.
| No. | Player | Pos. | IF | WC | ACQ | TOTAL |
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| 13 | Islam Slimani | FW | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Yacine Brahimi | MF/FW | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | El Arbi Hillel Soudani | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Abdelmoumene Djabou | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Rafik Halliche | DF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Sofiane Feghouli | MF | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Riyad Mahrez | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Saphir Taïder | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Essaïd Belkalem | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Nabil Ghilas | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Nabil Bentaleb | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Carl Medjani | MF/DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Djamel Mesbah | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 7 | 7 | 10 | 24 | ||
| No. | Pos | Player | Friendlies | World Cup | Africa Cup Qualification | Total |
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| 21 | MF | Riyad Mahrez | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | MF | Sofiane Feghouli | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | FW | Islam Slimani | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | MF/FW | Yacine Brahimi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Abdelmoumene Djabou | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | MF | Saphir Taïder | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | DF/MF | Carl Medjani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Faouzi Ghoulam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | ||
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