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Algeria
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)الأفناك (Fennec Foxes)
الخُضر (The Greens)
محاربو الصحراء (The Desert Warriors)
AssociationAlgerian Football Federation
Other affiliationUAFA (Arab Nations)
ConfederationCAF (Africa)
Sub-confederationUNAF (North Africa)
Head coachVahid Halilhodžić
CaptainMadjid Bougherra
Most capsLakhdar Belloumi (101)
Top scorerAbdelhafid Tasfaout (36)
Home stadiumStade 5 Juillet 1962
FIFA codeALG
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current19
Highest19 (November 2012, December 2012)
Lowest103 (June 2008)
First international
 Tunisia 1–2 FLN Algeria[2]
(Tunis, Tunisia; 1 June 1957)[1][2]
 Bulgaria 1–2 Algeria 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 Algeria
(Cottbus, Germany; 5 May 1980)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1982)
Best resultRound 1; 1982, 1986, 2010
Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances14 (first in 1968)
Best resultWinners; 1990

The Algeria national football team (Template:Lang-ar), 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 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.[3] 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 200,000 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.[4][5]

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

Template:2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CAF Third Round (Group 3)

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.[6] The Fennecs lost their final group game to the United States 1–0 thanks to a Landon Donovan winner in second-half injury time. Template:2010 FIFA World Cup Group C

Algeria 0 – 1 Slovenia
Report Koren 79'
Attendance: 30,325
England 0 – 0 Algeria
Report
Attendance: 64,100
United States 1 – 0 Algeria
Donovan 90+1' Report
Attendance: 35,827

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
WCQ
2012

Away

WC
1982
CAN
1984
WC
1986
CAN
1986 / 1988
CAN
1990
WC / CAN
2010
WCQ
2012

Competitive record

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.[7]

Date Location Home Team Score Away Team Competition
13 January 2013 Johannesburg  Algeria  South Africa Friendly
22 March 2013 Algeria  Algeria  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 Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić
Assistant Manager Algeria Nourredine Kourichi
General Manager Algeria Abdelhafid Tasfaout
Goalkeeping Coach Algeria Abdenour Kaoua
Algeria Hassan Belhadji
Fitness Coach France Cyril Moine
Team Doctor Algeria Dr. Mohamed Boughlali
Algeria Dr. Ali Yekdah

Squad

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Raïs M'Bolhi (1986-04-25) 25 April 1986 (age 38) 17 0 Russia Krylia Sovetov
1GK Azzedine Doukha (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 38) 2 0 Algeria USM El Harrach
1GK Cédric Si Mohamed (1985-01-09) 9 January 1985 (age 39) 1 0 Algeria JSM Béjaïa
2DF Rafik Halliche (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 (age 38) 21 1 Portugal Académica
2DF Djamel Mesbah (1984-10-09) 9 October 1984 (age 40) 15 0 Italy Milan
2DF Carl Medjani (1985-05-15) 15 May 1985 (age 39) 13 0 France Ajaccio
2DF Essaïd Belkalem (1989-01-01) 1 January 1989 (age 35) 3 0 Algeria JS Kabylie
2DF Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba (1988-03-05) 5 March 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Spain Real Sociedad
2DF Faouzi Ghoulam (1991-02-01) 1 February 1991 (age 33) 0 0 France Saint-Étienne
2DF Ali Rial (1980-03-26) 26 March 1980 (age 44) 0 0 Algeria JS Kabylie
3MF Khaled Lemmouchia (1981-12-06) 6 December 1981 (age 42) 24 0 Tunisia Club Africain
3MF Yacine Bezzaz (1981-08-10) 10 August 1981 (age 43) 22 3 Algeria CS Constantine
3MF Hameur Bouazza (1985-02-22) 22 February 1985 (age 39) 20 3 Spain Racing Santander
3MF Medhi Lacen (1984-05-15) 15 May 1984 (age 40) 19 0 Spain Getafe
3MF Adlène Guedioura (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 39) 17 1 England Nottingham Forest
3MF Foued Kadir (1983-12-05) 5 December 1983 (age 40) 15 2 France Marseille
3MF Ryad Boudebouz (1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34) 14 1 France Sochaux
3MF Mehdi Mostefa (1983-08-30) 30 August 1983 (age 41) 9 0 France Ajaccio
3MF Sofiane Feghouli (1989-12-26) 26 December 1989 (age 34) 8 2 Spain Valencia
3MF Saad Tedjar (1986-01-14) 14 January 1986 (age 38) 5 0 Algeria USM Alger
4FW El Arbi Hillel Soudani (1987-11-25) 25 November 1987 (age 36) 8 6 Portugal Vitória Guimarães
4FW Islam Slimani (1988-06-18) 18 June 1988 (age 36) 6 5 Algeria CR Belouizdad
4FW Mohamed Amine Aoudia (1987-06-06) 6 June 1987 (age 37) 4 0 Algeria ES Sétif

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the Algeria squad within the last 12 months.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (1985-03-19) March 19, 1985 (age 39) 4 0 Algeria USM Alger
1GK Malik Asselah (1986-07-08) 8 July 1986 (age 38) 0 0 Algeria JS Kabylie
1GK Faouzi Chaouchi (1984-12-05) December 5, 1984 (age 39) 11 0 Algeria MC Alger
2DF Farouk Chafaï (1990-06-23) June 23, 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Algeria USM Alger
2DF Ismaël Bouzid (1983-07-27) July 27, 1983 (age 41) 13 0 Algeria USM Alger
2DF Abderahmane Hachoud (1988-07-02) July 2, 1988 (age 36) 3 0 Algeria MC Alger
2DF Nadir Belhadj (1982-06-18) June 18, 1982 (age 42) 54 4 Qatar Al Sadd
2DF Djameleddine Benlamri (1989-12-25) December 25, 1989 (age 34) 0 0 Algeria JS Kabylie
2DF Madjid Bougherra (1982-10-07) October 7, 1982 (age 42) 53 3 Qatar Lekhwiya
2DF Brahim Ferradj (1987-09-04) September 4, 1987 (age 37) 0 0 France Brest
2DF Abdelkader Laifaoui (1981-07-29) July 29, 1981 (age 43) 8 0 Algeria USM Alger
2DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah (1985-05-05) May 5, 1985 (age 39) 7 0 Algeria USM Alger
2DF Belkacem Remache (1985-10-12) October 12, 1985 (age 39) 7 0 Algeria JS Kabylie
2DF Antar Yahia (1982-03-21) March 21, 1982 (age 42) 53 6 Germany Kaiserslautern
3MF Mokhtar Benmoussa (1986-08-11) August 11, 1986 (age 38) 1 0 Algeria USM Alger
3MF Hocine El Orfi (1987-01-27) January 27, 1987 (age 37) 0 0 Algeria USM Alger
3MF Abdelmoumene Djabou (1987-01-31) January 31, 1987 (age 37) 1 0 Tunisia Club Africain
3MF Lazhar Hadj Aïssa (1984-03-23) March 23, 1984 (age 40) 7 0 United Arab Emirates Sharjah SC
3MF Mourad Meghni (1984-04-16) April 16, 1984 (age 40) 9 0 Qatar Lekhwiya
3MF Hocine Metref (1984-01-01) January 1, 1984 (age 40) 6 0 Algeria MC Alger
3MF Hassan Yebda (1984-04-14) April 14, 1984 (age 40) 20 2 Spain Granada
3MF Karim Ziani (1982-08-17) August 17, 1982 (age 42) 62 5 Qatar El Jaish
4FW Chadli Amri (1984-12-14) December 14, 1984 (age 39) 10 0 Germany Kaiserslautern
4FW Ishak Belfodil (1992-01-12) January 12, 1992 (age 32) 0 0 Italy Parma
4FW Saïd Bouchouk (1986-12-29) December 29, 1986 (age 37) 0 0 Algeria CA Batna
4FW Baghdad Bounedjah (1991-11-30) November 30, 1991 (age 32) 0 0 Algeria USM El Harrach
4FW Mohamed Chalali (1989-04-04) April 4, 1989 (age 35) 1 0 Algeria ES Sétif
4FW Rafik Djebbour (1984-03-08) March 8, 1984 (age 40) 29 5 Greece Olympiacos
4FW Mohamed Seguer (1985-09-07) September 7, 1985 (age 39) 2 0 Algeria USM Alger
4FW Abdelkader Ghezzal (1984-12-05) December 5, 1984 (age 39) 28 3 Italy Bari
4FW Karim Matmour (1985-06-25) June 25, 1985 (age 39) 30 2 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
4FW Abdelmalek Ziaya (1984-01-23) January 23, 1984 (age 40) 6 0 Tunisia CA Bizertin

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.

All-time record against FIFA recognized nations

  • Below is a record of all matches (correct as of September 10, 2012 subsequent to Libya CAF qualifier) Algeria has played against FIFA recognized nations:

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

Manager history

World Cup squads

Olympic Games football Tournament squads

Africa Cup of Nations squads

Kit suppliers

Titles

Preceded by Africa Cup of Nations
1990 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
1991 		Succeeded by

See also

Notes

A.^ Prior to Algerian independence in 1962, matches were organised under the auspices of the Front de Libération Nationale.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Courtney, Barrie (23 April 2010). "Algeria - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 November 2010.
  2. ^ "World Football Elo Ratings: Algeria". ELO. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 10 November 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Booth, Lawrence (11 August 2004). "What's the dodgiest game in football history?". guardian.co.uk. Guardian News and Media. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Yahia sends Algeria to World Cup". BBC Sport. 2009-11-18. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-19. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Yahia cracker seals play-off win". ESPN. 2009-11-18. Archived from the original on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Youtube video of Police intervention at Champs-Élysées gathering
  7. ^ [1] fifa.com
  8. ^ "Classement des joueurs les plus capés" (in French). DZFootball. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
  9. ^ "Classement des meilleurs buteurs" (in French). DZFootball. Retrieved 2012-12-26.


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