Participation of Algeria's national football team in the FIFA World Cup
Algeria has qualified to the FIFA World Cup on four occasions, in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014. 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
Record by opponent
* Games of West Germany are counted towards Germany.
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[7]
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)
^Despite not playing, Cadamuro received a yellow card on the bench.
References
^ a b c"Algeria-Slovenia gets substitute ref". ESPNsoccernet.com. Associated Press. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
^ a b"Tactical Line-up – Group C – Algeria-Slovenia" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
^ a b"Referee designations for matches 1-16" (PDF). FIFA. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
^ a b c d e"Referee designations for matches 17-24" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
^ a b"Tactical Line-up – Group C – England-Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 18 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
^ a b"Tactical Line-up – Group C – USA-Algeria" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 July 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
^"World Cup: 25 stunning moments ... West Germany 1-0 Austria in 1982". The Guardian. London.
