Algeria national football team

Nickname(s)	Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes)
Association	Fédération Algérienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Rabah Saadane
Asst coach	Zoheir Djelloul
Captain	Yazid Mansouri
Most caps	Lakhdar Belloumi (147)
Top scorer	Abdelhafid Tasfaout (35)
Home stadium	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
FIFA code	ALG
FIFA ranking	26
Highest FIFA ranking	26 (December 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	103 (May 2008)
Elo ranking	56
Highest Elo ranking	16 (November 1967)
Lowest Elo ranking	105 (July 2008)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Tunisia 1–2 Algeria (Tunisia; 1 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	3 (First in 1982)
Best result	Round 1, 1982 and 1986
African Nations Cup
Appearances	14 (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 and lifted the African Nations Cup in 1990 as the host country. In November 2009, they beat fierce rivals Egypt in a playoff to secure a place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

[edit] History

[edit] 1957: The Beginnings of Algerian football

The Algerian national team was formed in clandestine circumstances in 1958 when Mohamed Boumezrag, a leader of a section of the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) of Algeria based in metropolitan France, returned from the 1957 World Youth Festival, in which a team representing Algeria, then a French colony, had taken part in an unofficial football tournament. Using the contacts he had made during the tournament, Boumezrag recruited 10, and eventually 30, of the best-known French-based Algerian professional players to secretly leave the country and go to Tunisia where the Algerian national team was formally established on 13 April. The world football governing body FIFA later announced after protest from the French Football Federation, that any team that played the Algerians would be expelled from the World Cup, while the French government succeeded in arresting other players who tried to leave the country to join the team. Despite these obstacles, the Algerian FLN team played 91 matches over the next four years and helped win international recognition for the Algerian struggle for independence.

After the nation gained independence in 1962, membership of FIFA and official international fixtures became possible, the first sanctioned match being against Bulgaria in January 1963, and the first competitive internationals were in the qualification tournament for the 1968 African Cup of Nations.

On 17 August 1971 in Libya, the national team recorded its largest victory in its history by beating South Yemen by a score of 15–1. However, on 21 April 1976 in Cottbus, Germany, the team recorded its largest defeat by a score of 5–0 against East Germany. From 1970–1978, the Algerian team did not qualify for any international competition. During this time. however, Algeria won the gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games and 1978 All Africa Games

[edit] 1980–1990: apogee of Algerian football

During the 1980 African Nations Cup, Algeria finished runner-up with the following results: after a draw against Ghana (0–0), it defeated both Morocco (1–0, with a goal by Lakhdar Belloumi) and Guinea (3–2, with goals by Hocine Benmiloudi and a double by Tedj Bensaoula). In the semi-finals, they beat Egypt in a penalty shoot-out (2–2, PK 4–2, with goals by Salah Assad and Hocine Benmiloudi). In the final, they were defeated by Nigeria by a score of 3–0. In the 1982 African Cup of Nations, Algeria finished fourth and qualified for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

[edit] World Cup 1982

In El Molinón in Gijón, Spain, Lakhdar Belloumi scored the winner for Algeria against the champions of Europe, West Germany. The 1982 FIFA World Cup was littered with shocking results: Northern Ireland beat Spain, Cameroon held Italy, Poland and Peru, and Belgium beat Argentina in the opening game. But nothing beat the majesty of Algeria beating West Germany.

The Germans were in the midst of an imperious run that would see them reach three straight finals, while bowling all before them with a clinical, meticulous brand of football. Jupp Derwall – only West Germany's third coach in 40 years – famously said he would jump into the Mediterranean Sea if Algeria won. They did, and he never ended up jumping. This win was overshadowed by a later result in the same group, arguably almost as shocking.

On the brink of becoming the first African team to reach the second-phase of the World Cup, Algeria were robbed by the infamous game between Austria and the same West Germans. That game saw the Germans "beat" the non-trying Austrians 1–0, eliminating Algeria, and forcing FIFA to change the order games were played in. No longer would matches take place at different times, yet that was no comfort to Algeria. [2]

[edit] World Cup 1986

In 1984, Algeria took third place in the 1984 African Nations Cup in Côte 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 to qualify another World Cup until 2010.

[edit] African Nations Cup 1990

In 1990, Algeria hosted the 1990 African Nations Cup. 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.

[edit] 1990–2008: The walk through the desert

Having won an African Nations Cup title, the Algerian team, however, had not managed to qualify for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. In 1991, the national team won the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations against Iran. As title holders, Algeria disappointed at the 1992 African Nations Cup in Senegal, 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 Cup in Tunisia due to the use of an ineligible player and failed during the 1994 World Cup qualifiying.

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 Cups in 1998, 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 Nations in 2006 and 2008.

[edit] World Cup 2010

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. This run of results also saw Algeria move to their highest FIFA ranking (29) – one place behind Egypt in the October 2009 ranking. In November 2009, they beat fierce rivals Egypt in a playoff to secure a place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.^{[1] [2]}

They were drawn in Group C, where they will face England, the United States, and Slovenia.

[edit] Honours

World Cups:

African Competitions:

• 1 Time Champion of African Cup of Nations (Algeria 1990)
• 1 Time Runners-Up African Cup of Nations (Nigeria 1980)
• 1 Time Gold Medalist at All Africa Games (U-23) (Algeria 1978)
• 1 Time Champion of African U-20 Championship (1979)
• 1 Time Runners-Up of African U-17 Championship (Algeria 2009)

Arab Competitions:

• 1 Time Bronze Medalist at the Pan Arab Games (Morocco 1985 )

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :

• 1 Time Champion (1991)

[edit] World Cup Record

FIFA World Cup Appearances: 3 Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1930 to 1962 Did not enter - - - - - - - 1966 Withdrew - - - - - - - 1970 to 1978 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 1982 Round 1 13 3 2 0 1 5 5 1986 Round 1 22 3 0 1 2 1 5 1990 to 2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2010 Qualified - - - - - - - Total 3/19 2 First Rounds 6 2 1 3 6 10 [edit] African Nations Cup Record African Cup of Nations Titles: 1 Appearances: 14 Year Position Year Position Year Position 1957 Did not qualify 1976 Did not qualify 1994 Disqualified 1959 Did not qualify 1978 Did not qualify 1996 Quarter-finals 1962 Did not qualify 1980 Second place 1998 Round 1 1963 Did not qualify 1982 Fourth place 2000 Quarter-finals 1965 Did not qualify 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 Champions 2008 Did not qualify 1974 Did not qualify 1992 Round 1 2010 Qualified [edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup/African Cup of Nations [edit] Qualification Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - CAF Third Round Group C Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13  Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5  Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 −7 2   Algeria  — 3 – 1 3 – 1 1 – 0 Egypt  2 – 0 — 3 – 0 1 – 1 Rwanda  0 – 0 0 – 1 — 0 – 0 Zambia  0 – 2 0 – 1 1 – 0 — Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1 – 0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Algeria, Egypt and Zambia qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations. [edit] 2010 African Nations Cup Group A Main article: 2010 African Cup of Nations Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup Group C Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [edit] Results and Fixtures 2009 Algerian National Team Results and Fixtures.[3] [edit] Results Date Location Home Team Score Away Team Occasion 11 February 2009 Blida Algeria 2 - 1 Benin Friendly 28 March 2009 Kigali Rwanda 0 - 0 Algeria 2010 World Cup/2010 African Cup Qualifiers 6 June 2009 Blida Algeria 3 - 1 Egypt 2010 World Cup/2010 African Cup Qualifiers 20 June 2009 Chililabombwe Zambia 0 - 2 Algeria 2010 World Cup/2010 African Cup Qualifiers 12 August 2009 Algiers Algeria 1 - 0 Uruguay Friendly 6 September 2009 Blida Algeria 1 - 0 Zambia 2010 World Cup/2010 African Cup Qualifiers 11 October 2009 Blida Algeria 3 - 1 Rwanda 2010 World Cup/2010 African Cup Qualifiers 14 November 2009 Cairo Egypt 2 - 0 Algeria 2010 World Cup/2010 African Cup Qualifiers 18 November 2009 Umm Durmān Egypt 0 - 1 Algeria 2010 World Cup/2010 African Cup Qualifiers [edit] Fixtures Date Location Home Team Score Away Team Occasion 11 January 2010 Luanda Malawi - Algeria 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 14 January 2010 Luanda Mali - Algeria 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 18 January 2010 Luanda Angola - Algeria 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 3 March 2010 Algiers Algeria - Serbia Friendly 13 June 2010 Polokwane Algeria - Slovenia 2010 World Cup 18 June 2010 Cape Town England - Algeria 2010 World Cup 23 June 2010 Pretoria USA - Algeria 2010 World Cup [edit] All-Time Record Against FIFA Recognized Nations Below is a record of all matches Algeria has played against FIFA recognized nations: Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD  % Won  Albania 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0%  Angola 8 2 5 1 11 10 +1 25%  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%  Chad 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 50%  Chile 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100%  China PR 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0%  Congo 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 50%  Congo DR 5 2 3 0 7 3 +4 40%  Côte d'Ivoire 18 5 6 7 17 18 -1 27.78%  Cuba 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0%  Denmark 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0%  Egypt 22 8 9 5 29 26 +3 36.36%  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%  Ethiopia 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 25%  Finland 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%  France 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0%  Gabon 6 1 2 3 6 10 -4 16.66%  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%  Korea Republic 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0%  Lebanon 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0%  Liberia 5 2 3 0 10 4 +6 40%  Libya 14 10 2 2 21 7 +14 71.43%  Madagascar 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 100%  Malawi 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 50%  Mali 13 6 1 6 17 17 0 46.15%  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 15 6 4 5 20 21 -1 40%  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 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 100%  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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%  South Africa 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 0%  Spain 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0%  Russiab 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 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 4 3 0 1 8 5 +3 75%  Togo 3 1 1 1 4 1 +3 33.33%  Tunisia 37 14 12 11 38 32 +6 37.84  Turkey 3 2 0 1 2 4 -2 66.66%  Uganda 9 3 4 2 13 8 +5 33.33%  United Arab Emirates 4 1 2 1 2 3 -1 25%  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0%  Uruguay 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100%  Serbiac 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0%  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 412 161 124 127 518 424 +94 39.07% (a) Denotes defunct national football team. (b) Includes games against USSR. (c) Includes games against Yugoslavia [edit] Current Squad The following players were called up for the World Cup qualification tiebreaker match against Egypt on 18 November 2009 in Umm Durmān. Caps and goals as of 18 November 2009, subsequent to the World Cup qualification tiebreaker against Egypt. No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Fawzi Chaouchi December 5, 1984 (1984-12-05) (age 25) 2 0 ES Sétif 16 GK Mohamed Ousserir February 5, 1978 (1978-02-05) (age 31) 5 0 CR Belouizdad - GK Lounès Gaouaoui September 28, 1977 (1977-09-28) (age 32) 47 0 ASO Chlef 2 DF Madjid Bougherra October 7, 1982 (1982-10-07) (age 27) 34 2 Rangers 3 DF Nadir Belhadj June 18, 1982 (1982-06-18) (age 27) 37 4 Portsmouth 4 DF Anthar Yahia March 21, 1982 (1982-03-21) (age 27) 40 5 Bochum 5 DF Rafik Halliche September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 23) 9 1 Nacional 12 DF Abdelkader Laïfaoui July 9, 1981 (1981-07-09) (age 28) 2 0 ES Sétif 17 DF Samir Zaoui June 6, 1976 (1976-06-06) (age 33) 21 0 ASO Chlef 11 DF Slimane Raho October 20, 1975 (1975-10-20) (age 34) 45 0 ES Sétif - DF Réda Babouche July 3, 1979 (1979-07-03) (age 30) 1 0 MC Algiers 6 MF Yazid Mansouri February 25, 1978 (1978-02-25) (age 31) 58 0 Lorient 7 MF Yacine Bezzaz July 10, 1981 (1981-07-10) (age 28) 19 3 Strasbourg 8 MF Hassan Yebda April 14, 1984 (1984-04-14) (age 25) 2 0 Portsmouth 13 MF Karim Matmour June 25, 1985 (1985-06-25) (age 24) 16 1 Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 MF Karim Ziani August 17, 1982 (1982-08-17) (age 27) 46 4 Wolfsburg 18 MF Mourad Meghni April 16, 1984 (1984-04-16) (age 25) 5 0 Lazio - MF Khaled Lemmouchia December 6, 1981 (1981-12-06) (age 28) 13 0 ES Sétif - MF Hameur Bouazza February 22, 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 24) 10 1 Blackpool - MF Djamel Abdoun February 14, 1986 (1986-02-14) (age 23) 0 0 Nantes 9 FW Abdelkader Ghezzal December 5, 1984 (1984-12-05) (age 25) 10 3 Siena 10 FW Rafik Saïfi February 7, 1975 (1975-02-07) (age 34) 55 18 Al-Khor 14 FW Kamel Ghilas March 9, 1984 (1984-03-09) (age 25) 16 3 Hull City 12 FW Rafik Djebbour March 8, 1984 (1984-03-08) (age 25) 13 3 AEK Athens [edit] Recent call-ups No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Samir Hadjaoui February 16, 1979 (1979-02-16) (age 30) 3 0 JS Kabylie DF Mohamed Rabie Meftah May 5, 1985 (1985-05-05) (age 24) 5 0 JS Kabylie DF Abderraouf Zarabi March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26) (age 30) 22 0 Nîmes DF Ismaël Bouzid July 21, 1983 (1983-07-21) (age 26) 7 0 Hearts DF Adel Maïza March 18, 1983 (1983-03-18) (age 26) 3 0 USM Annaba DF Féthi Harek October 21, 1982 (1982-10-21) (age 27) 1 0 Bastia MF Hocine Achiou April 27, 1979 (1979-04-27) (age 30) 26 3 JS Kabylie MF Chérif Abdeslam September 1, 1979 (1979-09-01) (age 30) 8 1 JS Kabylie MF Lamouri Djediat January 20, 1981 (1981-01-20) (age 28) 10 0 ES Sétif MF Lazhar Hadj Aïssa March 23, 1984 (1984-03-23) (age 25) 6 0 ES Sétif MF Salim Arrache July 14, 1982 (1982-07-14) (age 27) 13 1 Stade Reims FW Chadli Amri December 14, 1984 (1984-12-14) (age 25) 9 0 Mainz FW Noureddine Daham November 15, 1977 (1977-11-15) (age 32) 7 2 TuS Koblenz FW Hamza Yacef August 25, 1979 (1979-08-25) (age 30) 8 1 MC Algiers FW Nabil Hemani September 1, 1979 (1979-09-01) (age 30) 4 0 ES Sétif FW Mohamed Seguer September 7, 1985 (1985-09-07) (age 24) 2 0 ES Sétif FW Cheikh Hamidi April 6, 1983 (1983-04-06) (age 26) 1 0 USM Annaba [edit] Player Records See also: Algeria International Footballers [edit] Top Goalscorers # Name Career Goals Goals per game Caps 1 Abdelhafid Tasfaout 1990–2002 35 0.40 88 2 Rabah Madjer 1980–1992 28 0.34 83 3 Lakhdar Belloumi 1978–1989 24 0.27 89 4 Djamel Menad 1982–1995 25 0.31 80 5 Tedj Bensaoula 1978–1986 22 ? ? 6 Rafik Saifi 1999– 18 0.34 53 7 Salah Assad 1978–1988 14 0.21 67 8 Hacène Lalmas 1964–1974 12 0.35 34 9 Ali Mecabih 1995–2003 10 0.40 25 10 Billel Dziri 1993–2002 9 0.10 87 Bold denotes players still playing or available for selection. [edit] Most Capped # Player Career Caps Goals 1 Mahieddine Meftah 1989 - 2002 107 4 2 Lakhdar Belloumi 1978 - 1989 89 24 3 Abdelhafid Tasfaout 1991 - 2002 88 35 4 Billel Dziri 1992 - 2005 87 9 5 Rabah Madjer 1978 - 1992 83 28 6 Djamel Menad 1980 - 1995 80 25 7 Mahmoud Guendouz 1977 - 1986 71 4 8 Salah Assad 1977 - 1989 67 14 9 Ali Fergani 1973 - 1986 66 6 The caps and goals for Algeria, As of 12 August. [edit] Manager History v • d • e Algeria national football team – Managers Firoud (1963) · Khabatou (1963–64) · Ibrir (1964–65) · Khabatou (1965–66) · Leduc (1966–69) · Amara (1969) · Zouba & Ben Tifour (1969–70) · Zouba (1970–71) · Mekloufi (1971–72) · El Kenz & Sellal (1972–73) · Amara (1973) · Makkri (1974–75) · Mekloufi (1975–79) · Khalef (1979) · Khalef & Rajkov (1979–1980) · Rajkov (1980–1981) · Rogov, Maouche & Saadane (1981–82) · Khalef & Mekloufi (1982–83) · Khalef (1983) · Saadane (1985–86) · Kermali (1990–92) · Ighil (1992–94) · Madjer (1994–95) · Fergani & Abdelouahab (1995–96) · Zouba (1996–97) · Pigulea (1998) · Ighil (1998–99) · Saadane (1999) · Boualem (1999) · Madjer (1999) · Sandjak (1999–00) · Djaadaoui (2000) · Boudaia & Rădulescu (2000–01) · Zouba & Kermali (2000–01) · Zouba, Kermali & Djoudi (2001) · Madjer & Bensaoula (2001–02) · Zouba (2002–03) · Leekens (2003) · Saadane (2003–04) · Waseige (2004) · Fergani & Belloumi (2004–05) · Ighil (2005–06) · Cavalli (2006–07) · Saadane (2007–) [edit] World Cup Squads v • d • e Algeria squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Cerbah • 2 Guendouz • 3 Kouici • 4 Kourichi • 5 Merzekane • 6 Bencheikh • 7 Assad • 8 Fergani • 9 Bensaoula • 10 Belloumi • 11 Madjer • 12 Larbes • 13 Yahi • 14 Zidane • 15 Dahleb • 16 Mansouri • 17 Horr • 18 Maroc • 19 Tlemçani • 20 Bourebbou • 21 Amara • 22 Bentaala • Coach: Khalef & Mekloufi v • d • e Algeria squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Drid • 2 Guendouz • 3 Chebal • 4 Kourichi • 5 Liegeon • 6 Kaci Said • 7 Assad • 8 Maroc • 9 Menad • 10 Belloumi • 11 Madjer • 12 Bensaoula • 13 Harkouk • 14 Zidane • 15 Sadmi • 16 Mansouri • 17 Ben Khalidi • 18 Benmabrouk • 19 Chaib • 20 Megharia • 21 El Hadi • 22 Amara • Coach: Saadane [edit] Kit Supplier Le Coq Sportif (until December 2009) Puma AG (from 2010) [edit] Titles Preceded by 1988 Cameroon  Africa Cup of Nations 1990 Succeeded by 1992 Côte d'Ivoire  Preceded by 1988 Korea Republic  Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 1991 Succeeded by 1993 Japan  [edit] See also Algeria women's national football team [edit] References ^ "Yahia sends Algeria to World Cup". BBC Sport. 2009-11-18. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/8367431.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-19.  ^ "Yahia cracker seals play-off win". ESPN. 2009-11-18. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=285045&cc=5739. 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