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Nickname(s) | Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes) Les Verts (الخُضر) (The Green Ones) الخضرة=ⵜⵢⵣⵉⵣⴰ (The Green One) محاربو الصحراء (The Desert Warriors) | |||
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Association | Fédération Algérienne de Football | |||
Confederation | CAF (Africa) | |||
Head coach | Abdelhak Benchikha | |||
Captain | Antar Yahia | |||
Most caps | Mahieddine Meftah (107) | |||
Top scorer | Abdelhafid Tasfaout (35) | |||
Home stadium | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 | |||
FIFA code | ALG | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 34 | |||
Highest | 13 (July 1982) | |||
Lowest | 103 (June 2008) | |||
First international | ||||
Tunisia 1–2 Algeria [2] (Tunisia; 1 June 1957)[1][2] | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
Algeria 15–1 South Yemen (Tripoli, Libya; 17 August 1973) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
West Germany 5–0 Algeria (Cottbus, Germany; 05 May 1980) | ||||
World Cup | ||||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1982) | |||
Best result | Round 1, 1982, 1986 and 2010 | |||
African Nations Cup | ||||
Appearances | 14 (first in 1968) | |||
Best result | Winners, 1990 |
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The Algeria national football team, nicknamed Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes), represents Algeriainassociation football and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football. Algeria's home ground is the Stade 5 Juillet 1962inAlgiers and their head coach is Abdelhak Benchikha.
Algeria has qualified for three World Cupsin1982, 1986 and 2010. Algeria has also won the Africa 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 tiebreakerinKhartoum, Sudan to qualify to the 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.
In 1984, Algeria took third place in the 1984 African Nations CupinCôte d'Ivoire. During the 1986 African Nations Cup, the national teams recorded two defeats and one draw and was eliminated in the first round. In Mexico, at the 1986 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.
In 1990, Algeria hosted the 1990 Africa 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.
Having won an African Nations Cup title, the Algerian team, however, had not managed to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World CupinItaly. In 1991, the national team won the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations against Iran. As title holders, Algeria disappointed at the 1992 African Nations CupinSenegal, 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 Nations CupinTunisia due to the use of an ineligible player and failed during the 1994 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 Cupsin1998, 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 Cameroon (2–1). 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 (the lone Algerian goal was scored by Abdelmalek Cherrad. Algeria failed to qualify for the following two Africa Cup of Nationsin2006 and 2008 although Algeria did manage to qualify for the 2010 world cup.
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.
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.
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.
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1957 | Did not enter | 1976 | Did not qualify | 1994 | Disqualified | ||||
1959 | Did not enter | 1978 | Did not qualify | 1996 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1962 | Did not enter | 1980 | Second place | 1998 | Round 1 | ||||
1963 | Did not enter | 1982 | Fourth place | 2000 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1965 | Did not enter | 1984 | Third place | 2002 | Round 1 | ||||
1968 | Round 1 | 1986 | Round 1 | 2004 | Quarter-finals | ||||
1970 | Did not qualify | 1988 | Third Place | 2006 | Did not qualify | ||||
1972 | Did not qualify | 1990 | Winner | 2008 | Did not qualify | ||||
1974 | Did not qualify | 1992 | Round 1 | 2010 | Fourth place |
Group C
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Algeria | 0 – 1 | Slovenia |
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Report | Koren 79' |
Attendance: 30,325
Referee: Carlos Batres
England | 0 – 0 | Algeria |
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Report |
Attendance: 64,100
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
United States | 1 – 0 | Algeria |
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Donovan 90+1' | Report |
Attendance: 35,827
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)
Algerian National Team Results and Fixtures.[7]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Central African Republic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 4 |
Morocco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
Tanzania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 1 |
Algeria | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 1 |
Algeria | 1 – 1 | Tanzania |
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Guedioura 45' | Report | Tegete 33' |
Referee: Kokou Djaoupe (Togo)
Central African Republic | 2 – 0 | Algeria |
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Boutou 81' Foxi 86' |
Algeria | v | Morocco |
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Morocco | v | Algeria |
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Tanzania | v | Algeria |
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Algeria | v | Central African Republic |
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The following players were called up for the friendly against Luxembourg on November 17:[8]
Caps and goals as of November 18, 2010, subsequent to the friendly match against Luxembourg.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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1GK | Raïs M'Bolhi | (1986-04-25) April 25, 1986 (age 38) | 7 | 0 | Krylia Sovetov | |||
1GK | Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche | (1985-01-02) January 2, 1985 (age 39) | 3 | 0 | MC Alger | |||
1GK | Cédric Si Mohamed | (1985-01-09) January 9, 1985 (age 39) | 0 | 0 | JSM Béjaïa | |||
2DF | Madjid Bougherra | (1982-10-07) October 7, 1982 (age 41) | 47 | 4 | Rangers | |||
2DF | Antar Yahia | (1982-03-21) March 21, 1982 (age 42) | 49 | 5 | Bochum | |||
2DF | Rafik Halliche | (1986-09-02) September 2, 1986 (age 37) | 21 | 1 | Fulham | |||
2DF | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | (1985-05-05) May 5, 1985 (age 39) | 6 | 0 | JSM Béjaïa | |||
2DF | Djamel Mesbah | (1984-10-09) October 9, 1984 (age 39) | 5 | 0 | Lecce | |||
2DF | Carl Medjani | (1985-05-15) May 15, 1985 (age 39) | 4 | 0 | Ajaccio | |||
3MF | Karim Ziani | (1982-08-17) August 17, 1982 (age 41) | 60 | 5 | Wolfsburg | |||
3MF | Hassan Yebda | (1984-04-14) April 14, 1984 (age 40) | 15 | 0 | Napoli | |||
3MF | Khaled Lemmouchia | (1981-05-29) May 29, 1981 (age 43) | 15 | 0 | ES Sétif | |||
3MF | Mehdi Lacen | Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day | 8 | 0 | Racing Santander | |||
3MF | Ryad Boudebouz | (1990-02-19) February 19, 1990 (age 34) | 6 | 0 | Sochaux | |||
3MF | Hocine Metref | (1984-01-01) January 1, 1984 (age 40) | 5 | 0 | ES Sétif | |||
3MF | Mehdi Mostefa | (1983-08-30) August 30, 1983 (age 40) | 1 | 0 | Nîmes Olympique | |||
3MF | Zahir Zerdab | (1982-01-09) January 9, 1982 (age 42) | 1 | 0 | JSM Béjaïa | |||
4FW | Rafik Djebbour | (1984-03-08) March 8, 1984 (age 40) | 21 | 4 | AEK Athens | |||
4FW | Walid Mesloub | (1985-09-04) September 4, 1985 (age 38) | 1 | 0 | Le Havre AC | |||
4FW | Karim Benyamina | (1981-12-18) December 18, 1981 (age 42) | 1 | 0 | 1. FC Union Berlin | |||
4FW | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | (1987-06-06) June 6, 1987 (age 37) | 1 | 0 | JS Kabylie | |||
4FW | Abdelmoumene Djabou | (1987-01-31) January 31, 1987 (age 37) | 1 | 0 | ES Sétif |
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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1GK | Faouzi Chaouchi | (1984-12-05) 5 December 1984 (age 39) | 11 | 0 | ES Sétif | |||
1GK | Mohamed Ousserir | (1978-02-05) 5 February 1978 (age 46) | 5 | 0 | CR Belouizdad | |||
1GK | Lounès Gaouaoui | (1977-09-28) September 28, 1977 (age 46) | 49 | 0 | USM Blida | |||
2DF | Réda Babouche | (1979-07-03) 3 July 1979 (age 44) | 2 | 0 | MC Alger | |||
2DF | Mohamed Chakouri | (1986-05-21) 21 May 1986 (age 38) | 0 | 0 | Charleroi | |||
2DF | Slimane Raho | (1975-10-20) 20 October 1975 (age 48) | 48 | 0 | ES Sétif | |||
2DF | Samir Zaoui | (1976-06-03) 3 June 1976 (age 48) | 24 | 0 | ASO Chlef | |||
2DF | Nadir Belhadj | (1982-06-18) June 18, 1982 (age 42) | 51 | 5 | Al-Sadd | |||
2DF | Habib Bellaid | (1986-03-28) March 28, 1986 (age 38) | 1 | 0 | Sedan | |||
2DF | Abdelkader Laïfaoui | (1981-07-29) July 29, 1981 (age 42) | 7 | 0 | ES Sétif | |||
3MF | Yacine Bezzaz | (1981-07-10) July 10, 1981 (age 42) | 21 | 3 | Troyes | |||
3MF | Hameur Bouazza | (1985-02-22) February 22, 1985 (age 39) | 15 | 2 | Arles-Avignon | |||
3MF | Foued Kadir | (1983-12-05) December 5, 1983 (age 40) | 6 | 0 | Valenciennes | |||
3MF | Yazid Mansouri | (1978-02-25) 25 February 1978 (age 46) | 67 | 0 | Al-Sailiya | |||
3MF | Mourad Meghni | (1984-04-16) April 16, 1984 (age 40) | 9 | 0 | Lazio | |||
3MF | Djamel Abdoun | (1986-02-14) February 14, 1986 (age 38) | 11 | 0 | Kavala | |||
3MF | Karim Matmour | (1985-06-24) June 24, 1985 (age 38) | 26 | 2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |||
3MF | Adlène Guedioura | (1985-11-12) November 12, 1985 (age 38) | 7 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |||
3MF | Lazhar Hadj Aïssa | (1984-03-23) March 23, 1984 (age 40) | 7 | 0 | ES Sétif | |||
4FW | Rafik Saïfi | (1975-02-07) 7 February 1975 (age 49) | 64 | 19 | Amiens SC | |||
4FW | Abdelkader Ghezzal | (1984-12-05) December 5, 1984 (age 39) | 24 | 3 | Bari | |||
4FW | Chadli Amri | (1984-12-14) December 14, 1984 (age 39) | 10 | 0 | Kaiserslautern | |||
4FW | Abdelmalek Ziaya | (1984-01-23) January 23, 1984 (age 40) | 6 | 0 | Al-Ittihad Jeddah |
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA | GD | % Won |
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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% |
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0% |
Chad | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 50% |
Chile | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 100% |
China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0% |
Congo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 50% |
DR Congo | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 40% |
Ivory Coast | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 31.58% |
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 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 50% |
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 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 7 | +14 | 71.43% |
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 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 50% |
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 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 21.74% |
Mozambique | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 50% |
Namibia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 100% |
Niger | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 75% |
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% |
Peru | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 50% |
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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 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 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 60% |
Togo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 33.33% |
Tunisia | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 37.84 |
Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 10% |
Uganda | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 33.33% |
United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 25% |
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 | 417 | 161 | 126 | 130 | 518 | 425 | +93 | 38.70% |
(a) Denotes defunct national football team.
(b) Includes games against USSR.
(c) Includes games against Yugoslavia
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Mahieddine Meftah is the most capped player of the Algerian national team with 107 official selections. However Lakhdar Belloumi played 147 international matches, but only 89 games are recognized by FIFA. The caps and goals for Algeria, As of 12 August.
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