Algeria at the FIFA World Cup
Algeria have appeared in the finals of 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. 32 years before, Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both Germany and Chile; however, an arrangement match between Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualifyed for the first time into the round of 16.
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Records
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Did not qualify | - | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
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Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||
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Round 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
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Group Stage | 13th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad | Round 4 (final) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | |
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22nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad | Round 4 (final) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | ||
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Did not qualify | - | Round 3 (final) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
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Round 2 (final) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||||||||||
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Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
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Round 2 (final) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||
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Round 2 (final) | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||
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Group Stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | |
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Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |
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Total | Round of 16 | 4/20 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | - | 12/19 | 73 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 95 | 72 |
By match
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World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Scorers | Man of the match |
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2–1 | W | Madjer, Belloumi | Merzekane |
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0–2 | L | ||||
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3–2 | W | Assad (2), Bensaoula | Assad | ||
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1–1 | D | Zidane | ? |
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0–1 | L | Drid | |||
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0–3 | L | ||||
2010 | Group stage | ![]() |
0–1 | L | ||
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0–0 | D | ||||
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0–1 | L | ||||
2014 | Group stage | ![]() |
1–2 | L | Feghouli | |
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4–2 | W | Slimani, Halliche, Djabou, Brahimi | Slimani | ||
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1–1 | D | Slimani | Slimani | ||
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1–2 (aet) | L | Djabou | M'Bolhi |
Record by opponent
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Opponent | Wins | Draws | Losses | Total | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
- Games of East Germany and 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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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Algeria at Mexico 1986
- Group D
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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23x15px Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
Algeria at South Africa 2010
- Group C
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Algeria at Brazil 2014
- Group H
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Report | Slimani ![]() Halliche ![]() Djabou ![]() Brahimi ![]() |
- Round of 16
Goalscorers
Player | Goals | 1982 | 1986 | 2010 | 2014 |
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Salah Assad | 2 | 2 | |||
Abdelmoumene Djabou | 2 | 2 | |||
Islam Slimani | 2 | 2 | |||
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 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
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 wins twice in the first round and don't qualify
- 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[3]
- 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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