Algeria national football team 2014

Algeria
2014 season
Chairmen Algeria Mohamed Raouraoua
Manager Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić
(until 2 July 2014)
France Christian Gourcuff
(from 1 August 2014)
Stadium Stade Mustapha Tchaker
FIFA World Cup Round of 16
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Summary

This page summarises the Algeria national football team fixtures and results in 2014.

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
International Friendly 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 100.000
FIFA World Cup 4 1 1 2 7 7 +0 25.00
Africa Cup Qualification 6 5 0 1 11 4 +7 83.33
Total 13 9 1 3 25 13 +12 69.23

Match results

International Friendly

FIFA World Cup

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 4 1 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Russia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  South Korea 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Belgium vs Algeria

The two teams had met in two previous matches, both in friendlies, most recently in 2003.[1]

Algeria took a one-goal lead in the first half after Sofiane Feghouli converted a penalty kick, awarded for a foul on him by Jan Vertonghen. Belgium came back with two goals in the second half, both scored by substitutes.[2] The equaliser was scored by Marouane Fellaini, heading in a cross from the left by Kevin De Bruyne, followed by the game winner scored by Dries Mertens from a pass by Eden Hazard.[3]

Feghouli's goal snapped Algeria's 506-minute World Cup scoreless streak stretching back to 1986, second place at the time to the record of 517 minutes between 1930 and 1990 held by Bolivia.[4]

17 June 2014
13:00 UTC−3
Belgium  2–1  Algeria
Fellaini  70'
Mertens  80'		 Report Feghouli  25' (pen.)
Belgium
Algeria
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois
RB 2 Toby Alderweireld
CB 15Daniel Van Buyten
CB 4 Vincent Kompany (c)
LB 5 Jan Vertonghen  24'
CM 6 Axel Witsel
CM 19Mousa Dembélé  65'
RW 22Nacer Chadli  46'
AM 7 Kevin De Bruyne
LW 10Eden Hazard
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku  58'
Substitutions:
FW 14Dries Mertens  46'
FW 17Divock Origi  58'
MF 8 Marouane Fellaini  65'
Manager:
Marc Wilmots
GK 23Raïs M'Bolhi
RB 22Mehdi Mostefa
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c)
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
LB 3 Faouzi Ghoulam
RM 19Saphir Taïder
CM 12Carl Medjani  84'
LM 14Nabil Bentaleb  34'
AM 10Sofiane Feghouli
AM 21Riyad Mahrez  71'
CF 15El Arbi Hillel Soudani  66'
Substitutions:
FW 13Islam Slimani  66'
MF 8 Medhi Lacen  71'
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  84'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)

Assistant referees:
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Marcos Quintero (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

South Korea vs Algeria

The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 1985.[5]

Algeria, which needed at least a point to stay alive in the competition, scored three goals in the first half to take a comfortable lead. First, Islam Slimani sped past two South Korean defenders to receive Carl Medjani's long pass and slot home with his left foot past the advancing goalkeeper. Two minutes later, Rafik Halliche headed in Abdelmoumene Djabou's corner from the left. Djabou scored himself later after he received a pass from Slimani, shooting low with his left foot from twelve yards out.[6] Early in the second half, Son Heung-min controlled a long pass from Ki Sung-yueng to shoot with his left foot between the goalkeepers legs and reduce the deficit, but Yacine Brahimi restored Algeria's three-goal lead after a one-two with Sofiane Feghouli to side foot home from inside the penalty area with his right foot. Koo Ja-cheol scored South Korea's second goal after a pass from Lee Keun-ho from the left, but Algeria held on for its third ever World Cup victory, but its first since 24 June 1982.[7]

Algeria became the first African team to score four goals in a World Cup match.[8]

22 June 2014
16:00 UTC−3
South Korea  2–4  Algeria
Son Heung-min  50'
Koo Ja-cheol  72'		 Report Slimani  26'
Halliche  28'
Djabou  38'
Brahimi  62'
South Korea
Algeria
GK 1 Jung Sung-ryong
RB 12Lee Yong  54'
CB 20Hong Jeong-ho
CB 5 Kim Young-gwon
LB 3 Yun Suk-young
CM 14Han Kook-young  69'  78'
CM 16Ki Sung-yueng
RW 17Lee Chung-yong  64'
AM 13Koo Ja-cheol (c)
LW 9Son Heung-min
CF 10 Park Chu-young  57'
Substitutions:
FW 18Kim Shin-wook  57'
FW 11Lee Keun-ho  64'
FW 19Ji Dong-won  78'
Manager:
Hong Myung-bo
GK 23Raïs M'Bolhi
CB 12Carl Medjani
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra (c)  67'  89'
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
RWB20Aïssa Mandi
LWB6 Djamel Mesbah
CM 11Yacine Brahimi  77'
CM 18Abdelmoumene Djabou  73'
RW 10Sofiane Feghouli
LW 14Nabil Bentaleb
CF 13Islam Slimani
Substitutions:
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  73'
MF 8 Medhi Lacen  77'
DF 4 Essaïd Belkalem  89'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Eduardo Díaz (Colombia)
Christian Lescano (Ecuador)
Fourth official:
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Fifth official:
Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)

Algeria vs Russia

The two teams had met in one previous match (including matches involving the Soviet Union), in a friendly in 1964 (Algeria 2–2 Soviet Union).[9]

Aleksandr Kokorin opened the scoring for Russia, which had to win to have chance of qualifying for the knockout stage, in the 6th minute when he scored with a header after a cross from Dmitri Kombarov from the left. Algeria equalised in the 60th minute when Islam Slimani scored with a header at the back post after a free kick from the left by Yacine Brahimi which was missed by Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. Algeria held on for the draw, and as South Korea lost to Belgium in the other match played at the same time, Algeria finished as group runners-up and reached the second round for the first time in their history (after unsuccessful campaigns in 1982, 1986, and 2010), while Russia failed to advance out of the group stage in all three tournaments since the break-up of the Soviet Union.[10]

For Algeria's goal, television replays showed that Akinfeev had a green laser light shining in his face during the play.[11] After the match the Algerian Football Federation was fined 50,000 CHF by FIFA for the use of laser pointers, a prohibited item in the stadium according to FIFA Stadium Safety and Security Regulations,[12] and other violations of the rules by Algerian fans.[13]

With fellow African representative Nigeria also reaching the knockout stage earlier, this was the first time there were two teams from the Confederation of African Football in the knockout stage of a World Cup.[14]

26 June 2014
17:00 UTC−3
Algeria  1–1  Russia
Slimani  60' Report Kokorin  6'
Arena da Baixada, Curitiba
Attendance: 39,311
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Algeria
Russia
GK 23Raïs M'Bolhi
RB 20Aïssa Mandi
CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem
CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c)
LB 6 Djamel Mesbah  39'
CM 12Carl Medjani
CM 14Nabil Bentaleb
RW 10Sofiane Feghouli
AM 11Yacine Brahimi  71'
LW 18Abdelmoumene Djabou  77'
CF 13Islam Slimani  90+2'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Hassan Yebda  71'
FW 9 Nabil Ghilas  87'  77'
FW 15El Arbi Hillel Soudani  90+2'
DF 17Liassine Cadamuro  90+2'[nb 1]
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić
GK 1 Igor Akinfeev
RB 2 Aleksei Kozlov  59'
CB 14Vasili Berezutski (c)
CB 4 Sergei Ignashevich
LB 23Dmitri Kombarov  57'
CM 8 Denis Glushakov  46'
CM 20Viktor Fayzulin
RW 19Aleksandr Samedov
AM 9 Aleksandr Kokorin
LW 17Oleg Shatov  67'
CF 11Aleksandr Kerzhakov  81'
Substitutions:
MF 7 Igor Denisov  46'
MF 10Alan Dzagoev  67'
FW 6 Maksim Kanunnikov  81'
Manager:
Italy Fabio Capello

Man of the Match:
Islam Slimani (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Bahattin Duran (Turkey)
Tarık Ongun (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
Fifth official:
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)

Notes
  1. ↑ Despite not playing, Cadamuro received a yellow card on the bench.

Knockout stage

Round of 16

Germany vs Algeria

The two teams had met in two previous matches,[15] including in the 1982 FIFA World Cup group stage, where Algeria defeated West Germany 2–1. This match was Algeria's first ever in the FIFA World Cup knockout stage.

After a goalless 90 minutes, Germany opened the scoring two minutes into extra time, when half-time substitute André Schürrle scored with a left foot back-heel from Thomas Müller's cross from the left.[16] Germany extended the lead in the 120th minute when Mesut Özil converted with his left foot high into the net after Schürrle's shot was blocked on the line, but Algeria pulled one back in injury time when substitute Abdelmoumene Djabou scored with his left foot from six yards after a cross from the right by Sofiane Feghouli.[17]

Germany advanced to the quarter-finals to face France, continuing their streak of reaching the last eight in every World Cup since 1954.[18] Djabou's goal, timed at 120 minutes and 51 seconds, was the latest goal in World Cup history, surpassing Alessandro Del Piero's goal against Germany in 2006, timed at 120 minutes and 32 seconds.[19]

30 June 2014
17:00
Germany  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Algeria
Schürrle  92'
Özil  120'		 Report Djabou  120+1'
Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre
Attendance: 43,063
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Germany
Algeria
GK 1 Manuel Neuer
RB 21Shkodran Mustafi  70'
CB 17Per Mertesacker
CB 20Jérôme Boateng
LB 4 Benedikt Höwedes
DM 16Philipp Lahm (c)  107'
CM 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger  109'
CM 18Toni Kroos
RW 8 Mesut Özil
LW 19Mario Götze  46'
CF 13Thomas Müller
Substitutes:
MF 9 André Schürrle  46'
MF 6 Sami Khedira  70'
MF 23Christoph Kramer  109'
Manager:
Joachim Löw
GK 23Raïs M'Bolhi
CB 22Mehdi Mostefa
CB 4 Essaïd Belkalem
CB 5 Rafik Halliche (c)  42'  97'
RWB20Aïssa Mandi
LWB3 Faouzi Ghoulam
DM 8 Medhi Lacen
RM 19Saphir Taïder  78'
CM 10Sofiane Feghouli
LM 13Islam Slimani
CF 15El Arbi Hillel Soudani  100'
Substitutes:
MF 11Yacine Brahimi  78'
DF 2 Madjid Bougherra  97'
MF 18Abdelmoumene Djabou  100'
Manager:
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vahid Halilhodžić

Man of the Match:
Raïs M'Bolhi (Algeria)

Assistant referees:
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Walter López (Guatemala)
Fifth official:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

Africa Cup Qualification

Squad information

Player statistics

Correct as of 19 November 2014 (v.  Mali).
Numbers are listed by player's number in WC&CAF Qualification or last friendly played

No. Pos Nat Player TotalFriendlies World Cup Africa Cup Qualification
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Algeria Raïs M'Bolhi 9 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 4+0 0
GK Algeria Azzedine Doukha 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Algeria Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Algeria Carl Medjani 11 1 1+1 0 3+0 0 6+0 1
DF Algeria Mehdi Mostefa 4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
DF Algeria Djamel Mesbah 8 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+2 1
DF Algeria Liassine Cadamuro 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
DF Algeria Essaïd Belkalem 7 1 1+0 1 2+1 0 3+0 0
DF Algeria Rafik Halliche 10 2 1+2 0 4+0 1 3+0 1
DF Algeria Faouzi Ghoulam 8 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF Algeria Aïssa Mandi 10 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
DF Algeria Madjid Bougherra 6 0 2+0 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
DF Algeria Mehdi Zeffane 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Algeria Hassan Yebda 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Algeria Nabil Bentaleb 9 1 2+1 1 3+0 0 2+1 0
MF Algeria Zinedine Ferhat 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Algeria Mehdi Lacen 12 0 1+2 0 1+2 0 6+0 0
MF Algeria Adlène Guedioura 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
MF Algeria Sofiane Feghouli 12 4 1+1 0 4+0 1 5+1 3
MF Algeria Foued Kadir 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Algeria Yacine Brahimi 11 3 1+1 0 2+1 1 5+1 2
MF Algeria Riyad Mahrez 9 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 4+2 1
MF Algeria Saphir Taïder 11 1 2+1 1 2+0 0 3+3 0
MF Algeria Abdelmoumene Djabou 6 2 1+1 0 2+1 2 0+1 0
FW Algeria El Arbi Hillel Soudani 9 2 2+1 2 2+1 0 2+1 0
FW Algeria Islam Slimani 13 4 2+1 1 3+1 2 5+1 1
FW Algeria Rafik Djebbour 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Algeria Nabil Ghilas 4 1 1+0 1 0+3 0 0+0 0
FW Algeria Ishak Belfodil 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
FW Algeria Baghdad Bounedjah 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
  • Source:

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No. Player Pos. IF WC ACQ TOTAL
13 Islam Slimani FW 1 2 1 4
10 Yacine Brahimi MF/FW 0 1 3 4
15 El Arbi Hillel Soudani FW 2 0 0 2
18 Abdelmoumene Djabou MF 0 2 0 2
5 Rafik Halliche DF 0 1 1 2
10 Sofiane Feghouli MF 0 1 1 2
21 Riyad Mahrez MF 0 0 2 2
19 Saphir Taïder MF 1 0 0 1
4 Essaïd Belkalem DF 1 0 0 1
9 Nabil Ghilas FW 1 0 0 1
14 Nabil Bentaleb MF 1 0 0 1
12 Carl Medjani MF/DF 0 0 1 1
6 Djamel Mesbah DF 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 0 0 0 0
Totals 7 7 10 24

Assists

No. Pos Player Friendlies World Cup Africa Cup Qualification Total
21 MF Riyad Mahrez 1 0 4 5
10 MF Sofiane Feghouli 0 2 2 4
13 FW Islam Slimani 0 1 3 4
11 MF/FW Yacine Brahimi 1 1 0 2
18 MF Abdelmoumene Djabou 1 1 0 2
19 MF Saphir Taïder 2 0 0 2
12 DF/MF Carl Medjani 0 1 0 1
3 DF Faouzi Ghoulam 0 0 1 1
Total 5 6 10 21

References

  1. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29.
  2. ↑ "Belgium's Dries Mertens completes fightback against impressive Algeria". Guardian. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Belgium 2 Algeria 1". BBC Sport. 17 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "World Cup 2014: Belgian subs inspire comeback 2-1 win over Algeria". The Australian. 18 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Algeria's Islam Slimani starts onslaught to put game beyond South Korea". Guardian. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "South Korea 2 Algeria 4". BBC Sport. 22 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "South Korea 2-4 Algeria - match report: African side run riot in Porto Alegre to close in on place in knockout stages". Daily Mail. 22 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014 FIFA World Cup – Statistical Kit" (PDF). FIFA.com. p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-06-29.
  10. ↑ "Algeria 1 Russia 1". BBC Sport. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "Algeria through but Russia's Akinfeev distracted by laser for Slimani goal". Guardian. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  12. ↑ FIFA Stadium Safety and Security Regulations — see page 96, "g"
  13. ↑ Evans, Simon (1 July 2014). "Algeria zapped with FIFA fine over lasers". Reuters. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  14. ↑ "CONCACAF and Africa enter brave new world". FIFA.com. 27 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Germany - Algeria". FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association). Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  16. ↑ "Germany edge past Algeria as Schürrle and Özil end stalemate in extra time". Guardian. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Germany 2 Algeria 1". BBC Sport. 30 June 2014.
  18. ↑ "Germany Have No Need to Panic Ahead of World Cup Quarter-Final with France". Bleacher Report. 1 July 2014.
  19. ↑ "Djabou cancella il record di Alex Del Piero" (in Italian). Yahoo! Sport Italia. 1 July 2014.
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