Algeria national football team

Algeria

Nickname(s)	الأفناك (Fennec Foxes) الخُضر (The Greens) الثعلب (Foxes)
Association	Algerian Football Federation
Sub-confederation	UNAF (North Africa)
Other affiliation	UAFA (Arab Nations)
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Vahid Halilhodžić
Captain	Medhi Lacen
Most caps	Lakhdar Belloumi (101)
Top scorer	Abdelhafid Tasfaout (36)
Home stadium	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
FIFA code	ALG
FIFA ranking	35
Highest FIFA ranking	19 (November 2012-December 2012)
Lowest FIFA ranking	103 (June 2008)
Elo ranking	78
Highest Elo ranking	16 (November 1967)
Lowest Elo ranking	105 (July 2008)
First colours Second colours
First international
Tunisia 1–2 FLN (Tunis, Tunisia; 1 June 1957) Bulgaria 1–2 Algeria (Sofia, Bulgaria; 6 January 1963)
Biggest win
Algeria 15–1 South Yemen (Tripoli, Libya; 17 August 1973)
Biggest defeat
East Germany 5–0 Algeria (Cottbus, Germany; 5 May 1980)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1982)
Best result	Round 1; 1982, 1986, 2010
Africa Cup of Nations
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 was founded on January 1 1962 and joined FIFA on January 1 1964.

Algeria has qualified for three World Cups in 1982, 1986 and 2010. Algeria has also won the African 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.

1982 FIFA World Cup

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. 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.

1986 FIFA World Cup

In 1984, Algeria took third place in the 1984 Africa Cup of Nations in Côte d'Ivoire. During the 1986 Africa Cup of Nations, the national teams recorded two defeats and one draw and was eliminated in the first round. In Mexico, at the 1986 FIFA 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.

1990 African Cup of Nations

In 1990, Algeria hosted the 1990 African 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 105,302 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 Africa Cup of Nations 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 Cup of Nations 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 Cup of Nations in Tunisia due to the use of an ineligible player and failed during the 1994 FIFA 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 2–1 to eventual champions Cameroon in the quarter-finals. 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, with 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 FIFA 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.

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

Team 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.

African 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. The Fennecs lost their final group game to the United States 1–0 thanks to a Landon Donovan winner in second-half injury time.

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	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

Kit history

The Algerian national team home kit is all white with green trim, the away kit is all green with white trim.

Home

CAN 1980

CAN 1982

WC 1982 CAN 1984

WC 1986 CAN 1986 / 1988

CAN 1990

WC / CAN 2010

CAN 2013

Away

WC 1982

CAN 1984

WC 1986

CAN 1986 / 1988

CAN 1990

WC / CAN 2010

CAN 2013

Competitive record

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup
Appearances: 3
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930 to 1962	Did not enter
1966	Withdrew
1970 to 1978	Did not qualify
1982	Round 1	13	3	2	0	1	5	5
1986	Round 1	22	3	0	1	2	1	5
1990 to 2006	Did not qualify
2010	Round 1	28	3	0	1	2	0	2
2014	To be determined
2018
2022
Total	Round 1	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 - 1964	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1972
1976
1980	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	4	5
1984	Did not qualify
1988
Total	Quarter-finals	1/19	4	1	1	2	4	5

• Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since the 1992 edition.

Africa Cup of Nations Record

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 14
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Did not enter
1959
1962
1963
1965
1968	Round 1	6	3	1	0	2	5	6
1970	Did not Qualify
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980	Runners-up	2	5	2	2	1	6	7
1982	Fourth place	4	5	2	1	2	5	6
1984	Third place	3	5	3	2	0	8	1
1986	Round 1	6	3	0	2	1	2	3
1988	Third place	3	5	1	3	1	4	4
1990	Winners	1	5	5	0	0	13	2
1992	Round 1	10	2	0	1	1	1	4
1994	Disqualified after qualification
1996	Quarter-finals	5	4	2	1	1	5	3
1998	Round 1	15	3	0	0	3	2	5
2000	Quarter-finals	6	4	1	2	1	5	4
2002	Round 1	15	3	0	1	2	2	5
2004	Quarter-finals	8	4	1	1	2	5	7
2006	Did not Qualify
2008
2010	Fourth place	4	6	2	1	3	4	10
2012	Did not Qualify
2013	Round 1	13	3	0	1	2	2	5
2015	To be determined
2017
Total	15/29	1 Title	57	20	17	20	67	67

All-Africa Games Record

All-Africa Games
Appearances: 7
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1965	Fourth Place	4	5	2	0	3	6	5
1973	Round 1	5	3	1	1	1	6	6
1978	Gold Medal	1	5	4	1	0	9	2
1987	Disqualified
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Round 1	6	3	1	0	3	4	7
1999	Round 1	5	6	2	0	2	4	4
2003	Round 1	5	4	1	1	1	3	4
2007	Round 1	5	4	1	1	1	4	4
2011	Did not qualify
Total	Gold Medal	3/4	13	7	2	4	21	13

• Football at the All-Africa Games has been an under-23 tournament since 1991.
• ^1 Algeria disqualified in the qualification match after beating Tunisia because playing professional players in the Algeria team

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	4	6	2	3	1	7	4
2014	To be determined
2016
Total	Fourth Place	1/2	6	2	3	1	7	4

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	6	3	1	0	2	4	6
1971	Did not qualify
1975	Gold Medal	1	6	6	0	0	14	3
1979	Bronze Medal	3	5	2	2	1	7	6
1983	Round 1	6	2	1	0	1	3	3
1987	Round 1	8	3	0	0	3	1	7
Total	Gold Medal	5/10	19	10	2	7	29	25
1991	Round 1	8	2	0	0	2	1	5
1993	Silver Medal	2	4	2	1	1	6	4
1997	Round 1	8	3	0	3	0	4	4
2001	Round 1	8	2	0	0	2	3	7
2005	Quarter-finals	6	3	1	1	1	3	4
2009	Did not qualify
2013	To be determined
Total	Silver Medal	5/6	14	3	5	6	17	24
Total	Gold Medal	10/16	33	13	7	13	46	49

• Prior to the Athens 1991 campaign, the Football at the Mediterranean Games was open to full senior national teams.

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	5	4	1	2	1	3	3
1992	Did not enter
1998	Round 1	10	2	0	1	1	0	3
2002	Did not enter
2012	Did not enter
Total	Round 1	2/8	6	1	3	2	3	6

1. ^ Algeria participated with the national University team
2. ^ Algeria participated with the national U-23 team

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	3	5	2	0	3	4	6
1992	Did not enter
1997
1999	Withdraw
2004	No tournament
2007	Did not enter
2011
2015	To be determined
Total	Bronze Medal	1/11	5	2	0	3	4	6

1. ^ Algeria participated with the B team

Other records

Palestine Cup of Nations:

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

Vahdat Cup (International Tournament hosted by Iran)

• 1 Time Runner Up: 1982

Fixtures and results

Algerian National Team Results and Fixtures.

Date	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition
13 January 2013	Johannesburg	Algeria	0–0	South Africa	Friendly
26 March 2013	Algeria	Algeria	3–1	Benin	2014 FIFA WC Qualifier
7 June 2013	Porto-Novo	Benin		Algeria	2014 FIFA WC Qualifier
14 June 2013	Kigali	Rwanda		Algeria	2014 FIFA WC Qualifier
6 September 2013	Algeria	Algeria		Mali	2014 FIFA WC Qualifier
14 November 2012	Algiers	Algeria	0–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Friendly match
14 October 2012	Blida	Algeria	2–0	Libya	2013 ACN Qualifier
9 September 2012	Casablanca, Morocco	Libya	0–1	Algeria	2013 ACN Qualifier
15 June 2012	Blida	Algeria	4–1	Gambia	2013 ACN Qualifier
10 June 2012	Ouagadougou	Mali	2–1	Algeria	2014 FIFA WC Qualifier
2 June 2012	Blida	Algeria	4–0	Rwanda	2014 FIFA WC Qualifier
26 May 2012	Blida	Algeria	3–0	Niger	Friendly match
29 February 2012	Banjul	Gambia	1–2	Algeria	2013 ACN Qualifier

Coaching Staff

Manager	Vahid Halilhodžić
Assistant Manager	Nourredine Kourichi
General Manager	Abdelhafid Tasfaout
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 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Benin. Caps and goals updated as of March 26, 2013. Jersey numbers based of last match against Benin.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (1985-03-19) March 19, 1985 4 0 USM Alger 23 1GK Raïs M'Bolhi (1986-04-25) 25 April 1986 22 0 Gazélec Ajaccio 1GK Azzedine Doukha (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 2 0 USM El Harrach 2 2DF Madjid Bougherra (1982-10-02) 2 October 1982 53 3 Lekhwiya 3 2DF Faouzi Ghoulam (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 1 0 Saint-Étienne 4 2DF Essaïd Belkalem (1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 8 0 JS Kabylie 5 2DF Rafik Halliche (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 24 1 Académica 12 2DF Carl Medjani (1985-05-15) 15 May 1985 16 0 Monaco 2DF Djamel Mesbah (1984-10-09) 9 October 1984 19 0 Parma 2DF Mohamed Khoutir Ziti (1989-04-19) 19 April 1989 0 0 ES Sétif 7 3MF Abdelmoumene Djabou (1987-01-31) 31 January 1987 2 0 Club Africain 8 3MF Hamza Koudri (1987-12-15) 15 December 1987 1 0 USM Alger 10 4FW Sofiane Feghouli (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 13 4 Valencia 11 3MF Yacine Brahimi (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 1 0 Granada 14 3MF Foued Kadir (1983-12-05) 5 December 1983 19 2 Marseille 17 3MF Adlène Guedioura (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 22 1 Nottingham Forest 19 3MF Saphir Taïder (1992-02-29) 29 February 1992 1 1 Bologna 22 3MF Mehdi Mostefa (1983-08-30)30 August 1983 (aged 29) 15 0 Ajaccio 3MF Yacine Bezzaz (1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 31) 22 3 CS Constantine 3MF Saad Tedjar (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 7 0 USM Alger 9 4FW Rafik Djebbour (1984-03-08) 8 March 1984 30 5 Olympiacos 13 4FW Islam Slimani (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 11 6 CR Belouizdad 15 4FW El Arbi Hillel Soudani (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 13 7 Vitória Guimarães 4FW Nabil Ghilas (1990-04-20) 20 April 1990 0 0 Moreirense

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 1GK Malik Asselah (1986-07-08) 8 July 1986 0 0 JS Kabylie 1GK Faouzi Chaouchi (1984-12-05) December 5, 1984 11 0 MC Alger 1GK Cédric Si Mohamed (1985-01-09) 9 January 1985 1 0 JSM Béjaïa 2DF Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 5 0 Real Sociedad 2DF Farouk Chafaï (1990-06-23) June 23, 1990 0 0 USM Alger 2DF Ismaël Bouzid (1983-07-27) July 27, 1983 13 0 USM Alger 2DF Abderahmane Hachoud (1988-07-02) July 2, 1988 3 0 MC Alger 2DF Djameleddine Benlamri (1989-12-25) December 25, 1989 0 0 JS Kabylie 2DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah (1985-05-05) May 5, 1985 7 0 USM Alger 2DF Belkacem Remache (1985-10-12) October 12, 1985 7 0 JS Kabylie 2DF Ali Rial (1980-03-26)26 March 1980 (aged 32) 0 0 JS Kabylie 2DF Antar Yahia (1982-03-21) March 21, 1982 53 6 Espérance de Tunis 3MF Mokhtar Benmoussa (1986-08-11) August 11, 1986 1 0 USM Alger 4FW Hameur Bouazza (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 27) 21 3 Racing Santander 3MF Ryad Boudebouz (1990-02-19)19 February 1990 (aged 22) 15 1 Sochaux 3MF Hocine El Orfi (1987-01-27) January 27, 1987 0 0 USM Alger 3MF Medhi Lacen (1984-05-15)15 May 1984 (aged 28) 19 0 Getafe 3MF Khaled Lemmouchia (1981-12-06)6 December 1981 (aged 31) 25 0 Club Africain 3MF Hocine Metref (1984-01-01) January 1, 1984 6 0 MC Alger 3MF Hassan Yebda (1984-04-14) April 14, 1984 20 2 Granada 4FW Mohamed Amine Aoudia (1987-06-06)6 June 1987 (aged 25) 5 0 ES Sétif 4FW Ishak Belfodil (1992-01-12) January 12, 1992 0 0 Parma 4FW Mohamed Chalali (1989-04-04) April 4, 1989 1 0 ES Sétif 4FW Abdelkader Ghezzal (1984-12-05) December 5, 1984 28 3 Bari 4FW Karim Matmour (1985-06-25) June 25, 1985 30 2 Eintracht Frankfurt 4FW Mohamed Seguer (1985-09-07) September 7, 1985 2 0 USM Alger

Records

See also: Algeria International Footballers

The caps and goals for Algeria, As of 12 August 2011.
Bold denotes players still playing or available for selection.

Most Caps

#	Player	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Lakhdar Belloumi	1978–1989	101	27
2	Billel Dziri	1992–2005	88	9
3	Rabah Madjer	1978–1992	87	29
=	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	1990–2002	87	36
5	Djamel Menad	1980–1995	81	29
6	Mahmoud Guendouz	1977–1986	77	5
=	Mahieddine Meftah	1989–2002	77	4
8	Moussa Saïb	1989–2001	74	7
9	Salah Assad	1977–1989	73	15
10	Ali Fergani	1973–1986	72	7
=	Fodil Megharia	1984–1992	72	0

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Goals per game
1	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	1990–2002	36	87	0.41
2	Rabah Madjer	1978–1992	29	87	0.33
=	Djamel Menad	1980–1995	29	81	0.36
4	Lakhdar Belloumi	1978–1989	27	101	0.27
5	Tedj Bensaoula	1979–1986	19	52	0.37
6	Rafik Saifi	1998–2010	18	64	0.28
7	Salah Assad	1977–1989	15	73	0.21
8	Hacène Lalmas	1963–1974	14	43	0.33
9	Omar Betrouni	1968–1978	10	67	0.15
=	Ali Meçabih	1995–2003	10	26	0.38

All-time record against FIFA recognized nations

• Below is a record of all matches correct as of March 21,2013

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%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	0	1	-1	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	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	50%
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%
Ivory Coast	21	6	9	6	22	22	0	30%
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	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	66.67%
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	17	13	2	2	24	7	+17	75%
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	15	7	1	7	19	19	0	46.67%
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	25	6	9	10	18	26	−8	24%
Mozambique	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	50%
Namibia	4	4	0	0	7	0	+7	100%
Niger	5	4	0	1	14	1	+13	80%
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%
Palestine	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100%
Peru	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
Portugal	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5	100%
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	5	3	2	0	9	2	+7	60%
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	4	0	3	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	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	50%
Togo	5	1	1	3	4	3	+1	25%
Tunisia	40	15	12	13	39	33	+6	38.46%
Turkey	3	1	0	9	2	4	−2	10%
Uganda	9	3	4	2	13	8	+5	33.33%
United Arab Emirates	5	2	2	1	3	3	0	40%
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	434	170	129	135	540	440	+100	39.17%

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

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 Algeria	Succeeded by 1992 Ivory Coast
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.

External links

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