Algeria at the FIFA World Cup

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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.

Records

World Cup Finals World Cup Qualifications
Year Result Position GP W D L GF GA Squad Result GP W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Part of  France - Part of  France
Italy 1934
France 1938
23x15px 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966 Withdrew - Withdrew
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify - Round 1 2 0 1 1 1 2
West Germany 1974 Round 1 2 1 0 1 2 5
Argentina 1978 Round 2 4 1 2 1 2 3
Spain 1982 Group Stage 13th 3 2 0 1 5 5 Squad Round 4 (final) 8 5 2 1 16 6
Mexico 1986 22nd 3 0 1 2 1 5 Squad Round 4 (final) 6 5 1 0 13 3
Italy 1990 Did not qualify - Round 3 (final) 6 3 2 1 6 2
United States 1994 Round 2 (final) 8 2 3 3 8 11
France 1998 Round 1 2 1 0 1 2 3
South Korea Japan 2002 Round 2 (final) 10 3 3 4 13 14
Germany 2006 Round 2 (final) 12 3 5 4 15 15
South Africa 2010 Group Stage 28th 3 0 1 2 0 2 Squad Round 3 (final) 13 8 2 3 17 8
Brazil 2014 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 7 7 Squad Round 3 (final) 8 6 0 2 16 7
Russia 2018 To be determined - To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total Round of 16 4/20 13 3 3 7 13 19 - 12/19 73 32 21 20 95 72

By match

By match
World Cup Round Opponent Score Result Scorers Man of the match
1982 Group stage  West Germany 2–1 W Madjer, Belloumi Merzekane
 Austria 0–2 L
 Chile 3–2 W Assad (2), Bensaoula Assad
1986 Group stage  Northern Ireland 1–1 D Zidane  ?
 Brazil 0–1 L Drid
 Spain 0–3 L
2010 Group stage  Slovenia 0–1 L
 England 0–0 D
 United States 0–1 L
2014 Group stage  Belgium 1–2 L Feghouli
 South Korea 4–2 W Slimani, Halliche, Djabou, Brahimi Slimani
 Russia 1–1 D Slimani Slimani
Round of 16  Germany 1–2 (aet) L Djabou M'Bolhi

Record by opponent

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent Wins Draws Losses Total Goals Scored Goals Conceded
 Austria 0 0 1 1 0 2
 Belgium 0 0 1 1 1 2
 Brazil 0 0 1 1 0 1
 Chile 1 0 0 1 3 2
 Germany* 1 0 1 2 3 3
 Northern Ireland 0 1 0 1 1 1
 Russia 0 1 0 1 1 1
 South Korea 1 0 0 1 4 2
 Slovenia 0 0 1 1 0 1
 Spain 0 0 1 1 0 3
 United States 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
 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 Goal 67' Report Madjer Goal 54'
Belloumi Goal 68'
El Molinón, Gijón
Attendance: 42,000
Referee: Enrique Labo Revoredo (Peru)

21 June 1982
17:15 CEST
Algeria  0 – 2  Austria
Report Schachner Goal 55'
Krankl Goal 67'
Estadio Carlos Tartiere, Oviedo
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Tony Boskovic (Australia)

24 June 1982
17:15 CEST
Algeria  3 – 2  Chile
Assad Goal 7', 31'
Bensaoula Goal 35'		 Report Neira Goal 59' (pen.)
Letelier Goal 73'

Algeria at Mexico 1986

Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
23x15px 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 Goal 59' (Report) Whiteside Goal 6'

6 June 1986
12:00 CST
Brazil 23x15px 1 – 0  Algeria
Careca Goal 66' (Report)
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Attendance: 48,000
Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)

12 June 1986
12:00 CST
Spain  3 – 0  Algeria
Calderé Goal 15', 68'
Eloy Goal 70'		 (Report)
Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Algeria at South Africa 2010

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Algeria playing with England.
Group C
Team
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
Report Koren Goal 79'

18 June 2010
20:30
England  0 – 0  Algeria
Report

23 June 2010
16:00
United States  1 – 0  Algeria
Donovan Goal 90+1' Report

Algeria at Brazil 2014

Group H

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17 June 2014
13:00
Belgium  2 – 1  Algeria
Fellaini Goal 70'
Mertens Goal 80'		 Report Feghouli Goal 24' (pen.)

22 June 2014
16:00
South Korea  2 – 4  Algeria
Son Heung-min Goal 50'
Koo Ja-cheol Goal 72'		 Report Slimani Goal 26'
Halliche Goal 28'
Djabou Goal 38'
Brahimi Goal 62'

26 June 2014
17:00
Algeria  1 – 1  Russia
Slimani Goal 60' Report Kokorin Goal 6'
Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Attendance: ~30.000
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Round of 16

30 June 2014
17:00
Germany  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Schürrle Goal 92'
Özil Goal 120'		 Report Djabou Goal 120+1'
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 43,063
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Goalscorers

Player Goals 1982 1986 2010 2014
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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References

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