FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Algeria national football team

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The Algeria national football team is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football and the nicknamed Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes). Algeria won the tow World Cups in 1982 and 1986. Algeria also won the Africa Cup of Nations once in 1990. Algeria managed World Cup qualification FIFA  2010 to beat North African rivals Egypt. In 1990, Algeria hosted the 1990 Africa Cup of Nations.2010 World Cup and 2010 African Cup of Nations qualifications Algeria returned to the top 20 African teams by finishing first in their group ahead of Senegal, Gambia, and Liberia for the second round on the combined On 11 October 2008. Algeria was joined by Zambia, Rwanda, and Egypt the third and final round of the qualifiers.

Team configuration

Nickname	Les Fennecs(The Desert Foxes)
Assocition	Fédération Algérienne de Football
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Rabah Saadane
Asst coach	Zoheir Djelloul
Captain	Yazid Mansouri
Most caps	Mahieddine Meftah (107)
Top scorer	Abdelhafid Tasfaout (35)
Home stadium	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
FIFA code	ALG
FIFA ranking	31
Highest FIFA ranking	26 (December 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	103 (May 2008)
Elo ranking	71

 Honours OF ALGERIA TEAM

 World Cups:
 African Competitions:
             1 Time Champion of Africa Cup of Nations (Algeria 1990)
             1 Time Runners-Up of Africa Cup of Nations (Nigeria 1980)
             1 Time Gold Medalist at All-Africa Games (U-23) (Algeria 1978)
             1 Time Champion of African Youth Championship (1979)
             1 Time Runners-Up of African Under-17 Championship (Algeria 2009)

    Arab Competitions:
             1 Time Bronze Medalist at the Pan Arab Games (Morocco 1985 )

    Afro-Asian Cup of Nations :
             1 Time Champion (1991) 

Top Goalscorers of Algeria 

Name	Career	Goals
Abdelhafid Tasfaout	1990–2002	35
Rabah Madjer	1980–1992	28
Lakhdar Belloumi	1978–1989	24
Djamel Menad	1982–1995	25
Tedj Bensaoula	1978–1986	22
Rafik Saifi	1999–	18
Salah Assad	1978–1988	14
Hacène Lalmas	1964–1974	12
Ali Mecabih	1995–2003	10
Billel Dziri	1993–2002	9

 

 Most Capped player Algeria 

Player	Career	Caps	Goals
Mahieddine Meftah	1989–2002	107	4
Lakhdar Belloumi	1978–1989	89	24
Abdelhafid Tasfaout	1991–2002	88	35
Billel Dziri	1992–2005	87	9
Rabah Madjer	1978–1992	83	28
Djamel Menad	1980–1995	80	25
Mahmoud Guendouz	1977–1986	71	4
Salah Assad	1977–1989	67	14
Ali Fergani	1973–1986	66	6
Yazid Mansouri	2001-	64	0

 Players of Algeria 

Goalkeeper

Mohamed Ousserir

Lounès Gaouaoui

Mohamed Zemmamouche

Defender

Madjid Bougherra

Nadir Belhadj

Antar Yahia

Rafik Halliche

Slimane Raho

Réda Babouche

Abdelkader Laïfaoui

Samir Zaoui

Midfielder

Yazid Mansouri

Karim Matmour

Karim Ziani

Hassan Yebda

Mehdi Lacen

Djamel Abdoun

Forward 

Abdelkader Ghezzal

Rafik Djebbour

Chadli Amri