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Algeria


Federation founded: 1962
FIFA member since: 1963

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - Did not participate
1938 - Did not participate
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - Did not participate
1958 - Did not participate
1962 - Did not participate
1966 - Did not participate
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Did not qualify
1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - First round exit
1986 - First round exit
1990 - Did not qualify
1994 - Did not qualify
1998 - Did not qualify
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Did not qualify

 
STATISTICS
Played
6
Won
2
Drawn
1
Lost
3
Goals for
6
Goals against
10
Points
7
Algeria are 46th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
3-2 vs Chile in 1982.
Biggest defeat:
0-3 vs Spain in 1986.
Overall topscorer:
Salah Assad, 2 goals
Most appearances:
Mahmoud Guendouz, Faouzi Mansouri and Rabah Madjer, 6 matches
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Rabah Madjer

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930 to 1966

ALGERIA did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1970

(CAF First round)
17.Nov 68 ALGERIA 1-2 Tunisia 29.Dec 68 Tunisia 0-0 ALGERIA
ALGERIA failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.

1974

(CAF First round)
02.Mar 72 ALGERIA 1-0 Guinea 12.Mar 72 Guinea 5-1 ALGERIA
ALGERIA failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.

1978

(CAF First round)
01.Apr 76 ALGERIA 1-0 Libya 16.Apr 76 Libya 0-0 ALGERIA
(CAF Second round)
06.Feb 77 Tunisia 2-0 ALGERIA 28.Feb 77 ALGERIA 1-1 Tunisia
ALGERIA failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.

1982

(CAF First round)
31.May 80 Sierra Leone 2-2 ALGERIA 13.Jun 80 ALGERIA 3-1 Sierra Leone
(CAF Second round)
12.Dec 80 ALGERIA 2-0 Sudan 28.Dec 80 Sudan 1-1 ALGERIA
(CAF Third round)
01.May 81 ALGERIA 4-0 Niger 31.May 81 Niger 1-0 ALGERIA
(CAF Final round)
10.Oct 81 Nigeria 0-2 ALGERIA 30.Oct 81 ALGERIA 2-1 Nigeria
ALGERIA qualified for Spain 1982.

1986

  ALGERIA had walkover to the second round.
(CAF Second round)
31.Mar 85 Angola 0-0 ALGERIA 19.Apr 85 ALGERIA 3-2 Angola
(CAF Third round)
13.Jul 85 ALGERIA 2-0 Zambia 28.Jul 85 Zambia 0-1 ALGERIA
(CAF Final round)
06.Oct 85 Tunisia 1-4 ALGERIA 18.Oct 85 ALGERIA 3-0 Tunisia
ALGERIA qualified for Mexico 1986.

1990

  ALGERIA had walkover to the second round.
(CAF Second round - Group A)
06.Jan 89 ALGERIA 3-0 Zimbabwe 20.Jan 89 Libya 0-2 ALGERIA (Game awarded 0-2 by FIFA. Libya withdrew and all games involving them cancelled.) 11.Jun 89 Ivory Coast 0-0 ALGERIA 25.Jun 89 Zimbabwe 1-2 ALGERIA 25.Aug 89 ALGERIA 1-0 Ivory Coast
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ALGERIA 4 3 1 0 6- 1 7 2.Ivory Coast 4 1 2 1 5- 1 4 3.Zimbabwe 4 0 1 3 1-10 1 (CAF Final round)
08.Oct 89 ALGERIA 0-0 Egypt 17.Nov 89 Egypt 1-0 ALGERIA
ALGERIA failed to qualify for Italy 1990.

1994

(CAF First round - Group A)
09.Oct 92 ALGERIA 3-1 Burundi 20.Dec 92 Ghana 2-0 ALGERIA 17.Jan 93 Burundi 0-0 ALGERIA 26.Feb 93 ALGERIA 2-1 Ghana
P W D L Gls Pts 1.ALGERIA 4 2 1 1 5- 4 5 2.Ghana 4 2 0 2 4- 3 4 3.Burundi 4 1 1 2 2- 4 3 (CAF Final round - Group A)
16.Apr 93 ALGERIA 1-1 Ivory Coast 03.Jul 93 Nigeria 4-1 ALGERIA 18.Jul 93 Ivory Coast 1-0 ALGERIA 08.Oct 93 ALGERIA 1-1 Nigeria
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Nigeria 4 2 1 1 10- 5 5 2.Ivory Coast 4 2 1 1 5- 6 5 3.ALGERIA 4 0 2 2 3- 7 2 ALGERIA failed to qualify for USA 1994.

1998

(CAF First round)
02.Jun 96 Kenya 3-1 ALGERIA 14.Jun 96 ALGERIA 1-0 Kenya
ALGERIA failed to qualify for France 1998.

2002

(CAF First round)
09.Apr 00 Cape Verde 0-0 ALGERIA 21.Apr 00 ALGERIA 2-0 Cape Verde
(CAF Final round - Group 3)
16.Jun 00 ALGERIA 1-1 Senegal 09.Jul 00 Morocco 2-1 ALGERIA 26.Jan 01 ALGERIA 1-0 Namibia 11.Mar 01 Egypt 5-2 ALGERIA 21.Apr 01 Senegal 3-0 ALGERIA 04.May 01 ALGERIA 1-2 Morocco 30.Jun 01 Namibia 0-4 ALGERIA 21.Jul 01 ALGERIA 1-1 Egypt
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Senegal 8 4 3 1 14- 2 15 2.Morocco 8 4 3 1 8- 3 15 3.Egypt 8 3 4 1 16- 7 13 4.ALGERIA 8 2 2 4 11-14 8 5.Namibia 8 0 2 6 3-26 2 ALGERIA failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(CAF First round)
11.Oct 03 Niger 0-1 ALGERIA 14.Nov 03 ALGERIA 6-0 Niger
(CAF - Group 4)
05.Jun 04 ALGERIA 0-0 Angola 20.Jun 04 Zimbabwe 1-1 ALGERIA 03.Jul 04 Nigeria 1-0 ALGERIA 05.Sep 04 ALGERIA 0-3 Gabon 09.Oct 04 Rwanda 1-1 ALGERIA 27.Mar 05 ALGERIA 1-0 Rwanda 05.Jun 05 Angola 2-1 ALGERIA 19.Jun 05 ALGERIA 2-2 Zimbabwe 04.Sep 05 ALGERIA 2-5 Nigeria 08.Oct 05 Gabon 0-0 ALGERIA
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Angola 10 6 3 1 12- 6 21 2.Nigeria 10 6 3 1 21- 7 21 3.Zimbabwe 10 4 3 3 13-14 15 4.Gabon 10 2 4 4 11-13 10 5.ALGERIA 10 1 5 4 8-15 8 6.Rwanda 10 1 2 7 6-16 5 ALGERIA failed to qualify for Germany 2006.



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