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Algeria
2014 season
ChairmenAlgeria Mohamed Raouraoua
ManagerBosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić
(until 2 July 2014)
France Christian Gourcuff
(from 1 August 2014)
StadiumStade Mustapha Tchaker
FIFA World CupRound of 16
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Summary

This page summarises the Algeria national football team fixtures and results in 2014.

Overview

Competition Record
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 +0 025.00
Africa Cup Qualification 6 5 0 1 11 4 +7 083.33
Total 13 9 1 3 25 13 +12 069.23

Match results

5 March 2014 (2014-03-05) Algeria  2 – 0  Slovenia Blida, Algeria
18:00 45+2' Soudani
55' Taïder
Report Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker
Attendance: 15.000
Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
31 May 2014 (2014-05-31) Algeria  3 – 1  Armenia Sion, Switzerland
17:00 13' Belkalem
21' Ghilas
41' Slimani
Report Sarkisov 46' Stadium: Stade Tourbillon
Attendance: 14.000
Referee: Sascha Amhof
4 June 2014 (2014-06-04) Algeria  2 – 1  Romania Geneva, Switzerland
19:30 21' Bentaleb
65' Soudani
Report Chipciu 28' Stadium: Stade de Genève
Attendance: 20.000
Referee: Nikolaj Hänni

Template:2014 FIFA World Cup Group H table

Belgium vs Algeria

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]

Belgium 2–1 Algeria
Fellaini 70'
Mertens 80'
Report Feghouli 25' (pen.)
Belgium
Algeria
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois
RB 2 Toby Alderweireld
CB 15 Daniel Van Buyten
CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c)
LB 5 Jan Vertonghen Yellow card 24'
CM 6 Axel Witsel
CM 19 Mousa Dembélé downward-facing red arrow 65'
RW 22 Nacer Chadli downward-facing red arrow 46'
AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne
LW 10 Eden Hazard
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutions:
FW 14 Dries Mertens upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 17 Divock Origi upward-facing green arrow 58'
MF 8 Marouane Fellaini upward-facing green arrow 65'
Manager:
Marc Wilmots
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
RB 22 Mehdi Mostefa
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c)
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
LB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam
RM 19 Saphir Taïder
CM 12 Carl Medjani downward-facing red arrow 84'
LM 14 Nabil Bentaleb Yellow card 34'
AM 10 Sofiane Feghouli
AM 21 Riyad Mahrez downward-facing red arrow 71'
CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani downward-facing red arrow 66'
Substitutions:
FW 13 Islam Slimani upward-facing green arrow 66'
MF 8 Medhi Lacen upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Marcos Quintero (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

South Korea vs Algeria

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
Algeria
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB 12 Lee Yong Yellow card 54'
CB 20 Hong Jeong-ho
CB 5 Kim Young-gwon
LB 3 Yun Suk-young
CM 14 Han Kook-young Yellow card 69' downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 16 Ki Sung-yueng
RW 17 Lee Chung-yong downward-facing red arrow 64'
AM 13 Koo Ja-cheol (c)
LW 9 Son Heung-min
CF 10 Park Chu-young downward-facing red arrow 57'
Substitutions:
FW 18 Kim Shin-wook upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 11 Lee Keun-ho upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 19 Ji Dong-won upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Hong Myung-bo
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
CB 12 Carl Medjani
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c) Yellow card 67' downward-facing red arrow 89'
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi
LWB 6 Djamel Mesbah
CM 11 Yacine Brahimi downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou downward-facing red arrow 73'
RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli
LW 14 Nabil Bentaleb
CF 13 Islam Slimani
Substitutions:
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 8 Medhi Lacen upward-facing green arrow 77'
DF 4 Essaïd Belkalem upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

Algeria vs Russia

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]

Algeria 1–1 Russia
Slimani 60' Report Kokorin 6'
Attendance: 39,311
Algeria
Russia
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
RB 20 Aïssa Mandi
CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem
CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c)
LB 6 Djamel Mesbah Yellow card 39'
CM 12 Carl Medjani
CM 14 Nabil Bentaleb
RW 10 Sofiane Feghouli
AM 11 Yacine Brahimi downward-facing red arrow 71'
LW 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou downward-facing red arrow 77'
CF 13 Islam Slimani downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Hassan Yebda upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas Yellow card 87' upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
DF 17 Liassine Cadamuro Yellow card 90+2'[nb 1]
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 2 Aleksei Kozlov Yellow card 59'
CB 14 Vasili Berezutski (c)
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 23 Dmitri Kombarov Yellow card 57'
CM 8 Denis Glushakov downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 20 Viktor Fayzulin
RW 19 Aleksandr Samedov
AM 9 Aleksandr Kokorin
LW 17 Oleg Shatov downward-facing red arrow 67'
CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov downward-facing red arrow 81'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Igor Denisov upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 10 Alan Dzagoev upward-facing green arrow 67'
FW 6 Maksim Kanunnikov upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Italy Fabio Capello

Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Fifth official:
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)

Notes
  1. ^ Despite not playing, Cadamuro received a yellow card on the bench.

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Germany vs Algeria

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]

Germany 2–1 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Schürrle 92'
Özil 120'
Report Djabou 120+1'
Attendance: 43,063
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Germany
Algeria
GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 21 Shkodran Mustafi downward-facing red arrow 70'
CB 17 Per Mertesacker
CB 20 Jérôme Boateng
LB 4 Benedikt Höwedes
DM 16 Philipp Lahm (c) Yellow card 107'
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger downward-facing red arrow 109'
CM 18 Toni Kroos
RW 8 Mesut Özil
LW 19 Mario Götze downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 13 Thomas Müller
Substitutes:
MF 9 André Schürrle upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 6 Sami Khedira upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 23 Christoph Kramer upward-facing green arrow 109'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK 23 Raïs M'Bolhi
CB 22 Mehdi Mostefa
CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem
CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c) Yellow card 42' downward-facing red arrow 97'
RWB 20 Aïssa Mandi
LWB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam
DM 8 Medhi Lacen
RM 19 Saphir Taïder downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 10 Sofiane Feghouli
LM 13 Islam Slimani
CF 15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani downward-facing red arrow 100'
Substitutes:
MF 11 Yacine Brahimi upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF 2 Madjid Bougherra upward-facing green arrow 97'
MF 18 Abdelmoumene Djabou upward-facing green arrow 100'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Raïs M'Bolhi (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Walter López (Guatemala)
Fifth official:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

6 September 2014 (2014-09-06) Ethiopia  1 – 2  Algeria Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
16:00 UTC+3 Saladin 90+5' (pen.) Report (CAF) Soudani 35'
Brahimi 84'
Stadium: Addis Ababa Stadium
Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)
10 September 2014 (2014-09-10) Algeria  1 – 0  Mali Blida, Algeria
20:30 UTC+1 Medjani 83' Report (CAF)
Report
Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker
Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)
11 October 2014 (2014-10-11) Malawi  0 – 2  Algeria Blantyre, Malawi
14:30 UTC+2 Report (CAF)
Report
Halliche 10'
Mesbah 90+2'
Stadium: Kamuzu Stadium
Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
15 October 2014 (2014-10-15) Algeria  3 – 0  Malawi Blida, Algeria
20:30 UTC+1 Brahimi 2'
Mahrez 45'
Slimani 54'
Report (CAF)
Report
Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker
Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)
15 November 2014 (2014-11-15) Algeria  3 – 1  Ethiopia Blida, Algeria
20:30 UTC+1 Feghouli 32'
Mahrez 40'
Brahimi 45+2'
Report (CAF) 21' Oumed Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker
Attendance: 7.000
Referee: Ali Lemghaifry (Mauritania)
19 November 2014 (2014-11-19) Mali  2 – 0  Algeria Bamako, Mali
16:00 UTC±0 Keita 29' (pen.)
M. Yatabaré 51'
Report (CAF) Stadium: Stade du 26 Mars
Attendance: 20.000
Referee: Joseph Lamptey (Ghana)

Squad information

Player statistics

Correct as of 19 November 2014 (v.  Mali).
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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Algeria ALG Raïs M'Bolhi 9 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 4+0 0
GK Algeria ALG Azzedine Doukha 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Algeria ALG Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Algeria ALG Carl Medjani 11 1 1+1 0 3+0 0 6+0 1
DF Algeria ALG Mehdi Mostefa 4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF Algeria ALG Djamel Mesbah 8 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+2 1
DF Algeria ALG Liassine Cadamuro 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Algeria ALG Essaïd Belkalem 7 1 1+0 1 2+1 0 3+0 0
DF Algeria ALG Rafik Halliche 10 2 1+2 0 4+0 1 3+0 1
DF Algeria ALG Faouzi Ghoulam 8 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Algeria ALG Aïssa Mandi 10 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
DF Algeria ALG Madjid Bougherra 6 0 2+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
DF Algeria ALG Mehdi Zeffane 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Algeria ALG Hassan Yebda 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Algeria ALG Nabil Bentaleb 9 1 2+1 1 3+0 0 2+1 0
MF Algeria ALG Zinedine Ferhat 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Algeria ALG Mehdi Lacen 12 0 1+2 0 1+2 0 6+0 0
MF Algeria ALG Adlène Guedioura 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF Algeria ALG Sofiane Feghouli 12 4 1+1 0 4+0 1 5+1 3
MF Algeria ALG Foued Kadir 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Algeria ALG Yacine Brahimi 11 3 1+1 0 2+1 1 5+1 2
MF Algeria ALG Riyad Mahrez 9 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 4+2 1
MF Algeria ALG Saphir Taïder 11 1 2+1 1 2+0 0 3+3 0
MF Algeria ALG Abdelmoumene Djabou 6 2 1+1 0 2+1 2 0+1 0
FW Algeria ALG El Arbi Hillel Soudani 9 2 2+1 2 2+1 0 2+1 0
FW Algeria ALG Islam Slimani 13 4 2+1 1 3+1 2 5+1 1
FW Algeria ALG Rafik Djebbour 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Algeria ALG Nabil Ghilas 4 1 1+0 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
FW Algeria ALG Ishak Belfodil 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
FW Algeria ALG Baghdad Bounedjah 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No. Player Pos. IF WC ACQ TOTAL
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

Assists

No. Pos Player Friendlies World Cup Africa Cup Qualification Total
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

References

  1. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Belgium's Dries Mertens completes fightback against impressive Algeria". Guardian. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Belgium 2 Algeria 1". BBC Sport. 17 June 2014.
  4. ^ "World Cup 2014: Belgian subs inspire comeback 2-1 win over Algeria". The Australian. 18 June 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Algeria's Islam Slimani starts onslaught to put game beyond South Korea". Guardian. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  7. ^ "South Korea 2 Algeria 4". BBC Sport. 22 June 2014.
  8. ^ "South Korea 2-4 Algeria - match report: African side run riot in Porto Alegre to close in on place in knockout stages". Daily Mail. 22 June 2014.
  9. ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Algeria 1 Russia 1". BBC Sport. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Algeria through but Russia's Akinfeev distracted by laser for Slimani goal". Guardian. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  12. ^ FIFA Stadium Safety and Security Regulations — see page 96, "g"
  13. ^ Evans, Simon (1 July 2014). "Algeria zapped with FIFA fine over lasers". Reuters. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  14. ^ "CONCACAF and Africa enter brave new world". FIFA.com. 27 June 2014.
  15. ^ "Germany - Algeria". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  16. ^ "Germany edge past Algeria as Schürrle and Özil end stalemate in extra time". Guardian. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  17. ^ "Germany 2 Algeria 1". BBC Sport. 30 June 2014.
  18. ^ "Germany Have No Need to Panic Ahead of World Cup Quarter-Final with France". Bleacher Report. 1 July 2014.
  19. ^ "Djabou cancella il record di Alex Del Piero" (in Italian). Yahoo! Sport Italia. 1 July 2014.