Algerian national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
الخُضر "El Khadra" (The Greens) الأفناك (The Fennecs) محاربي الصحراء (The Desert Warriors) |
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| Association |
Fédération Algérienne de Football (FAF) |
| Confederation | CAF (Africa) |
| Sub-confederation | UNAF (North Africa) |
| Head coach | Rabah Madjer |
| Captain | Raïs M'Bolhi |
| Most caps | Lakhdar Belloumi (100) |
| Top scorer | Abdelhafid Tasfaout (34) |
| Home stadium |
Stade Mustapha Tchaker July 5, 1962 Stadium |
| FIFA code | ALG |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 62  14 (14 September 2017)
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| Highest | 15 (October 2014) |
| Lowest | 103 (June 2008) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 74 (10 October 2017) |
| Highest | 8 (December 1981) |
| Lowest | 59 (July 2008) |
| First international | |
 Bulgaria 1–2 Algeria  (Sofia, Bulgaria; 6 January 1963) |
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| Biggest win | |
Algeria 15–1 South Yemen  (Tripoli, Libya; 17 August 1973) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Hungary 9–2 Algeria (Budapest, Hungary; 16 August 1967) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 1982) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 2014 |
| Africa Cup of Nations | |
| Appearances | 17 (first in 1968) |
| Best result | Champions, 1990 |
| African Nations Championship | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2011) |
| Best result | Fourth place, 2011 |
The Algeria national football team represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays its home games at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers.
Algeria joined FIFA on 1 January 1964, a year and a half after gaining independence.
Algeria have qualified for four World Cups in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014. Algeria won the African Cup of Nations once in 1990, when they hosted the tournament. At the 2014 World Cup, Algeria became the first African team to score four goals in a match at the World Cup against South Korea.
The traditional rivals of Algeria have been Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt. However, more recently, Egypt has become the main rival after a number of incidents involving the two teams, most recently during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, in which Algeria defeated Egypt 1–0 in a tense tiebreaker in Omdurman in Sudan to qualify to the World Cup. A few months later, Algeria was then defeated by Egypt 0–4 in a tense match in Angola during the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, which added to the rivalry.
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