Algeria has qualified to the FIFA World Cup on five occasions, in 1982, 1986, 2010, 2014 and 2026. They have once qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the round of 16 in 2014 before losing to Germany. Algeria nearly qualified to the second round of the 1982 World Cup after beating both West Germany and Chile; however, a controversial match between West Germany and Austria wound up eliminating the Algerians. In 2014, Algeria qualified for the round of 16 for the first time.
Records
By match
Head-to-head record
Participations
Algeria at Spain 1982
Group 2
Algeria at Mexico 1986
Group D
Algeria at South Africa 2010
Group C
Algeria vs Slovenia
Algeria at Brazil 2014
Group H
Belgium vs Algeria
South Korea vs Algeria
Algeria vs Russia
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Germany vs Algeria
Record players
Goalscorers
Historical performances
The Algeria team had many records and facts which had done during its participations in the world cup.
- 1982: First African team to beat a European team (West Germany)
- 1982: First African team to win two games
- 1982: First team to win two games in the first round and not advance
- 1982: FIFA revised the group system for future tournaments, so that the final two games in each group would be played simultaneously because the controversial game between West Germany & Austria that causes the elimination of Algeria
- 1986: First African team to qualify consecutively for the second time
- 2014: First African team to score four goals in one game against South Korea
- 2014: First African team to reach the knockout stage simultaneously with another African team (Nigeria)
Squads
See also
Notes
References