Algeria national football team

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Algeria

Nickname

Les Fennecs
(The Desert Foxes)

Association

Fédération Algérienne
de Football

Confederation

CAF (Africa)

Head coach

Jean-Michel Cavalli

Captain

Yazid Mansouri

Top scorer

Rabah Madjer (40)

Home stadium

Stade 5 Juillet 1962

FIFA code

ALG

FIFA ranking

Highest FIFA ranking

30 (September 1993)

Lowest FIFA ranking

93 (July 2006)

Elo ranking

Highest Elo ranking

16 (November 1967)

Lowest Elo ranking

98 (2006)





First kit





Second kit

First international

Tunisia 2 - 1 Algeria

(Tunisia; 25 June 1957)

Biggest win

Algeria 15 - 1 South Yemen

(Libya; 17 August 1973)

Biggest defeat

East Germany 5 - 0 Algeria

(Cottbus, East Germany; 21 April 1976)

World Cup

Appearances

2 (First in 1982)

Best result

Round 1, 1982 and 1986

African Nations Cup

Appearances

13 (First in 1968)

Best result

Winners, 1990

The Algeria national football team, nicknamed Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes), is the national team of Algeria and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football. It made two consecutive World Cups in 1982 and 1986.

1 1982 World Cup
2 Other success
3 Honours
4 World Cup record
5 African Nations Cup record
6 Current Squad
7 Noteworthy players
8 External links

[edit] 1982 World Cup

After upsetting West Germany 2-1 in their first game in 1982, and beating Chile 3-2, Algeria had to wait for the Germans and Austrians to play their last game to know who advanced to the next round. Under the rules of that competition, West Germany played Austria after Algeria had completed their final game, and both sides knew only a 1-0 West German win would lead to both European teams qualifying for the next round.

After West Germany scored after 10 minutes, both teams sat back for the next 80, sending Algeria home. FIFA responded to this result by mandating that in all future World Cups, the final group games for all teams would kick off at the same moment. The game is recalled bitterly as the "Anschluss Game".^{[citations needed]}

[edit] Other success

Algeria won the African Nations Cup in 1990, when they hosted the tournament.

[edit] Honours

African Cup of Nations: 1

1990

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1

1991

[edit] World Cup record

1930 to 1962 - Did not enter
1966 - Withdrew
1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
1982 - Round 1
1986 - Round 1
1990 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] African Nations Cup record

1957 to 1965 - Did not enter
1968 - Round 1
1970 to 1978 - Did not qualify
1980 - Second place
1982 - Fourth place
1984 - Third place
1986 - Round 1
1988 - Third place
1990 - Champions
1992 - Round 1
1994 - Disqualified for using ineligible player
1996 - Quarterfinals
1998 - Round 1
2000 - Quarterfinals
2002 - Round 1
2004 - Quarterfinals
2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] Current Squad

Head coach: Jean-Michel Cavalli

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB/Age	Caps	Club
1	GK	Lounès Gaouaoui	28 September 1977	26	WA Tlemcen
16	GK	Samir Hadjaoui	16 February 1986	0	ES Setif
2	DF	Madjid Bougherra	10 October 1982	14	Charlton Athletic F.C.
3	DF	Nadir Belhadj	18 June 1982	18	CS Sedan
5	DF	Mehdi Meniri	29 June 1977	15	SC Bastia
12	DF	Abderraouf Zarabi	26 March 1979	11	AC Ajaccio
00	DF	Adel Maïza	18 March 1983	1	ES Setif
00	DF	Anthar Yahia	21 March 1982	20	VfL Bochum
00	DF	Ismael Bouzid	21 July 1983	2	FC Kaiserslautern
00	DF	Larbi Hosni	11 February 1981	1	MC Alger
6	MF	Yazid Mansouri	25 February 1978	38	FC Lorient
15	MF	Karim Ziani	17 August 1982	25	FC Sochaux
8	FW	Hameur Bouazza	22 February 1985	2	Watford FC
9	FW	Noureddine Deham	15 November 1977	7	FC Kaiserslautern
10	FW	Rafik Saifi	7 February 1975	38	FC Lorient
11	FW	Karim Matmour	25 June 1985	2	SC Freiburg
00	FW	Chadli Amri	14 December 1984	4	FSV Mainz 05
00	FW	Lazhar Hadj Aissa	23 March 1984	3	ES Setif
00	FW	Sofiane Younes	25 November 1982	2	MC Alger
00	MF	Yacine Hima	25 March 1984	1	Olympique Lyon
00	MF	Khaled Kharroubi	11 February 1984	0	Valenciennes FC
00	MF	Mehdi Lacen	15 March 1984	0	Deportivo Alavés
00	MF	Ali Moumen	31 March 1977	1	MC Oran
00	MF	Arafat Mezouar	18 December 1973	11	MC Oran
00	MF	Kamel Larbi	20 February 1985	0	OGC Nice
00	MF	Hocine Metref	1 January 1984	4	USM Alger
00	FW	Mansour Boutabout	20 September 1978	17	CS Sedan
00	FW	Hamza Yacef	25 August 1979	7	JS Kabylie
00	FW	Bouabdellah Daoud	3 February 1978	19	MC Oran
00	FW	Ali Boulebda	21 August 1981	1	US Creteil
00	FW	Nassim Akrour	10 July 1974	18	Grenoble Foot
00	FW	Rafik Djebbour	8 March 1984	1	Atromitos FC