Algeria has qualified to the FIFA World Cup on four occasions, in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014.
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.
Man of the Match: Robert Koren (Slovenia) Assistant referees: Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)[1] Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)[1] Fourth official: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)[3] Fifth official: Brent Best (New Zealand)[3] Man of the Match: Ashley Cole (England) Assistant referees: Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)[4] Bakhadyr Kochkarov (Kyrgyzstan)[4] Fourth official: Michael Hester (New Zealand)[4] Fifth official: Jan Hendrik Hintz (New Zealand)[4] Man of the Match: Landon Donovan (United States) Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) Fourth official: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia) Fifth official: Mu Yuxin (China)
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) 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) 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) 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) The Algeria team had many records and facts which had done during its participations in the world cup.