Algeria has qualified to 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. Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both West Germany and Chile; however, a controversial match between West Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualified for the round of 16 for the first time.
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Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Top scorer(s) (goals) | Manager(s) | ||
1930 | Part of France | – | Part of France | |||||||||||||||||
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1966 | Withdrew | – | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
1970 | Did not qualify | – | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Amirouche (1) | Leduc | |||||||||
1974 | Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Gamouh, Kalem (1) | Mekhloufi | |||||||||||
1978 | Round 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Betrouni, Guendouz (1) | Mekhloufi | |||||||||||
1982 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad | Round 4 (final) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | Belloumi (5) | Rajkov, Rogov, Khalef | ||
1986 | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad | Round 4 (final) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Menad (4) | Saâdane | |||
1990 | Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Madjer (3) | Lemoui, Kermali | |||||||||
1994 | Round 2 (final) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | Tasfaout (4) | Ighil | |||||||||||
1998 | Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tasfaout, Zerrouki (1) | Fergani | |||||||||||
2002 | Round 2 (final) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | Meçabih, Tasfaout, Saïfi (2) | Sandjak, Djaadaoui, Zouba, Kermali | |||||||||||
2006 | Round 2 (final) | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | Boutabout (6) | Waseige, Fergani & Belloumi, Ighil | |||||||||||
2010 | Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | Saifi, Yahia, Ziani (3) | Saâdane | ||
2014 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Slimani (5) | Halilhodžić | ||
2018 | Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | Slimani (4) | Gourcuff, Rajevac, Leekens, Alcaraz, Madjer | |||||||||
2022 | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | Slimani (8) | Belmadi | |||||||||||
2026 | In progress | Round 1 (final) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Bounedjah, Chaïbi, Slimani, Zerrouki (1) | Belmadi | ||||||||||
2030 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total | Round of 16 | 4/23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | – | 15/22 | 99 | 47 | 25 | 27 | 158 | 98 |
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World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Scorers | Man of the match | Venue |
1982 | Group stage | West Germany | 2–1 | W | Madjer, Belloumi | Merzekane | Gijón |
Austria | 0–2 | L | Oviedo | ||||
Chile | 3–2 | W | Assad (2), Bensaoula | Assad | Oviedo | ||
1986 | Group stage | Northern Ireland | 1–1 | D | Zidane | Guadalajara | |
Brazil | 0–1 | L | Drid | Guadalajara | |||
Spain | 0–3 | L | Monterrey | ||||
2010 | Group stage | Slovenia | 0–1 | L | Polokwane | ||
England | 0–0 | D | Cape Town | ||||
United States | 0–1 | L | Pretoria | ||||
2014 | Group stage | Belgium | 1–2 | L | Feghouli | Belo Horizonte | |
South Korea | 4–2 | W | Slimani, Halliche, Djabou, Brahimi | Slimani | Porto Alegre | ||
Russia | 1–1 | D | Slimani | Slimani | Curitiba | ||
Round of 16 | Germany | 1–2 ( a.e.t.) | L | Djabou | M'Bolhi | Porto Alegre |
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Opponent | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
AFC teams | ||||||
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
CONCACAF teams | ||||||
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
CONMEBOL teams | ||||||
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
UEFA teams | ||||||
Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Germany* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* Games of West Germany are counted towards Germany.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
West Germany | 1–2 | Algeria |
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Rummenigge 67' | Report |
Madjer 54' Belloumi 68' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
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South Korea | 2–4 | Algeria |
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Son Heung-min 50' Koo Ja-cheol 72' |
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Slimani 26' Halliche 28' Djabou 38' Brahimi 62' |
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Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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1 | Rafik Halliche | 7 | 2010 and 2014 |
2 | Mehdi Lacen | 6 | 2010 and 2014 |
Mahmoud Guendouz | 6 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Rabah Madjer | 6 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Faouzi Mansouri | 6 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Madjid Bougherra | 6 | 2010 and 2014 | |
Raïs M'Bolhi | 6 | 2010 and 2014 | |
3 | Salah Assad | 5 | 1982 and 1986 |
Lakhdar Belloumi | 5 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Noureddine Kourichi | 5 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Djamel Zidane | 5 | 1982 and 1986 |
Rank | Player | 1982 | 1986 | 2010 | 2014 | Goals |
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1 | Salah Assad | 2 | 2 | |||
Abdelmoumene Djabou | 2 | 2 | ||||
Islam Slimani | 2 | 2 | ||||
4 | 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
The Algeria team had many records and facts which had done during its participations in the world cup.
Algeria has qualified to 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. Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both West Germany and Chile; however, a controversial match between West Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualified for the round of 16 for the first time.
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FIFA World Cup finals | FIFA World Cup qualification | |||||||||||||||||||
Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Result | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Top scorer(s) (goals) | Manager(s) | ||
1930 | Part of France | – | Part of France | |||||||||||||||||
1934 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1966 | Withdrew | – | Withdrew | Withdrew | ||||||||||||||||
1970 | Did not qualify | – | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Amirouche (1) | Leduc | |||||||||
1974 | Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Gamouh, Kalem (1) | Mekhloufi | |||||||||||
1978 | Round 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Betrouni, Guendouz (1) | Mekhloufi | |||||||||||
1982 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Squad | Round 4 (final) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | Belloumi (5) | Rajkov, Rogov, Khalef | ||
1986 | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Squad | Round 4 (final) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Menad (4) | Saâdane | |||
1990 | Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Madjer (3) | Lemoui, Kermali | |||||||||
1994 | Round 2 (final) | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | Tasfaout (4) | Ighil | |||||||||||
1998 | Round 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tasfaout, Zerrouki (1) | Fergani | |||||||||||
2002 | Round 2 (final) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | Meçabih, Tasfaout, Saïfi (2) | Sandjak, Djaadaoui, Zouba, Kermali | |||||||||||
2006 | Round 2 (final) | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | Boutabout (6) | Waseige, Fergani & Belloumi, Ighil | |||||||||||
2010 | Group stage | 28th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | Saifi, Yahia, Ziani (3) | Saâdane | ||
2014 | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | Slimani (5) | Halilhodžić | ||
2018 | Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | Slimani (4) | Gourcuff, Rajevac, Leekens, Alcaraz, Madjer | |||||||||
2022 | Round 3 (final) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 6 | Slimani (8) | Belmadi | |||||||||||
2026 | In progress | Round 1 (final) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Bounedjah, Chaïbi, Slimani, Zerrouki (1) | Belmadi | ||||||||||
2030 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
2034 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | Round of 16 | 4/23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 19 | – | 15/22 | 99 | 47 | 25 | 27 | 158 | 98 |
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World Cup | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Scorers | Man of the match | Venue |
1982 | Group stage | West Germany | 2–1 | W | Madjer, Belloumi | Merzekane | Gijón |
Austria | 0–2 | L | Oviedo | ||||
Chile | 3–2 | W | Assad (2), Bensaoula | Assad | Oviedo | ||
1986 | Group stage | Northern Ireland | 1–1 | D | Zidane | Guadalajara | |
Brazil | 0–1 | L | Drid | Guadalajara | |||
Spain | 0–3 | L | Monterrey | ||||
2010 | Group stage | Slovenia | 0–1 | L | Polokwane | ||
England | 0–0 | D | Cape Town | ||||
United States | 0–1 | L | Pretoria | ||||
2014 | Group stage | Belgium | 1–2 | L | Feghouli | Belo Horizonte | |
South Korea | 4–2 | W | Slimani, Halliche, Djabou, Brahimi | Slimani | Porto Alegre | ||
Russia | 1–1 | D | Slimani | Slimani | Curitiba | ||
Round of 16 | Germany | 1–2 ( a.e.t.) | L | Djabou | M'Bolhi | Porto Alegre |
FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
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Opponent | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
AFC teams | ||||||
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
CONCACAF teams | ||||||
United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
CONMEBOL teams | ||||||
Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
UEFA teams | ||||||
Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Germany* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* Games of West Germany are counted towards Germany.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
West Germany | 1–2 | Algeria |
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Rummenigge 67' | Report |
Madjer 54' Belloumi 68' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
Algeria
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Assistant referees:
England vs Algeria |
England
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Algeria
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Man of the Match:
Assistant referees:
United States vs Algeria |
United States | 1–0 | Algeria |
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Donovan 90+1' | Report |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Belgium
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South Korea | 2–4 | Algeria |
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Son Heung-min 50' Koo Ja-cheol 72' |
Report |
Slimani 26' Halliche 28' Djabou 38' Brahimi 62' |
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Russia
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Germany
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Rank | Player | Matches | World Cups |
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1 | Rafik Halliche | 7 | 2010 and 2014 |
2 | Mehdi Lacen | 6 | 2010 and 2014 |
Mahmoud Guendouz | 6 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Rabah Madjer | 6 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Faouzi Mansouri | 6 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Madjid Bougherra | 6 | 2010 and 2014 | |
Raïs M'Bolhi | 6 | 2010 and 2014 | |
3 | Salah Assad | 5 | 1982 and 1986 |
Lakhdar Belloumi | 5 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Noureddine Kourichi | 5 | 1982 and 1986 | |
Djamel Zidane | 5 | 1982 and 1986 |
Rank | Player | 1982 | 1986 | 2010 | 2014 | Goals |
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1 | Salah Assad | 2 | 2 | |||
Abdelmoumene Djabou | 2 | 2 | ||||
Islam Slimani | 2 | 2 | ||||
4 | 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 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
The Algeria team had many records and facts which had done during its participations in the world cup.