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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	78
Highest FIFA ranking	30 (September 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	93 (July 2006)
Elo ranking	98
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.

Contents 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

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]}

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

• African Cup of Nations: 1
  

1990

• Afro-Asian Cup of Nations: 1
  

1991

• 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

• 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

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

• Hocine Achiou
• Rachid Adghigh
• Nacer Hadj Issa
• Salah Assad
• Lakhdar Belloumi
• Djamel Belmadi
• Samir Beloufa
• Ali Benarbia
• Ali Bencheikh
• Hocine Benmiloudi
• Tadj Bensaoula
• Abdelaziz Bentifour
• Omar Betrouni
• Mehdi Cerbah
• Mustapha Dahleb
• Rachid Dali
• Billel Dziri
• Cherif El Ouazani
• Ali Fergani
• Mustapha Kouici
• Nouredine Kourichi
• Ahcène Lalmas
• Rabah Madjer
• Rachid Makhloufi
• Faouzi Mansouri
• Djamel Menad
• Chaâbane Merzkane
• Moussa Saib
• Rafik Saifi
• Abdelhafid Tasfaout
• Djamel Zidane
• Mustapha Zitouni
• Karim Bridji

• Algerian FA

Football in Algeria v • d • e
Federation | National Team | Championnat National | Algerian Cup
International football v • d • e
FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup | Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Codes
Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – VIVA World Cup
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