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Algeria

For Algeria it was a real marathon for qualification to FIFA World Cup 2010. After the sovereign promotion in the third preliminary round, Group 3 of the Africa zone became a true football thriller. For the direct qualification, even a defeat with one goal difference in the last game against Egypt would have been enough for Algeria. After 0-2-defeat both teams were on same points, goal difference and had the same number of goals scored. The following decision game took place on neutral ground in Sudan, Algeria succeeded 1-0.

The FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa is an absolute highlight for Algeria in its football history, the country struggles but for only third time for points at World Cup. In previous appearances in 1982 and 1986, the North Africans get eliminated in the first round.

Team profile - Algeria

	Confederation: CAF
	FIFA-ranking: 28
Association: Fédération Algérienne de Football (1962)
Jersey colors: White jersey, white shorts Green jersey, green shorts
Achievements: 1990 Africa Cup of Nations winner 1980 2nd place, 1984, 1988 3rd place Africa Cup of Nations

Squad - Algeria

Goalkeeper
Fawzi Chaouchi	Lounés Gaouaoui
Raïs M'Bolhi
Defense
Nadir Belhadj	Habib Bellaïd
Madjid Bougherra	Rafik Halliche
Abdelkader Laifaoui	Carl Medjani
Anthar Yahia
Midlefield
Djamel Abdoun	Ryad Boudebouz
Adlène Guédioura	Foued Kadir
Mehdi Lacen	Yazid Mansouri
Djamel Mesbah	Hassan Yebda
Karim Ziani
Offense
Rafik Djebbour	Abdel Kader Ghezzal
Karim Matmour	Rafik Saïfi
Coach
Rabah Saâdane