Algeria

Algeria have had a chequered past in the African Nations Cup. Out of the 26 previous African Nations Cups, Algeria have qualified 13 times before this event, and have only qualified for consecutive tournaments once. Their best result was winning the tournament way back in 1990, and this is their first appearance since  2004. Algeria qualified for this tournament as Group C Winners, beating Egypt, Zambia and Rwanda. Interestingly, Algeria and Egypt finished the qualifying group with exactly the same points and record as Egypt, so a playoff had to be facilitated to sort the Group order. Algeria won this 1-0, securing them top spot in the Qualifying Group.

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Qualifying History

Qualifying History

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13
Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5
Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 −7 2
28 March 2009 Rwanda 0 – 0 Algeria
     
29 March 2009 Egypt 1 – 1 Zambia
Zaki 27′   Kasonde 56′

6 June 2009 Zambia 1 – 0 Rwanda
Kalaba 78′    
7 June 2009 Algeria 3 – 1 Egypt
Matmour 60′
Ghezzal 64′
Djebbour 77′
  Aboutrika 86′

20 June 2009 Zambia 0 – 2 Algeria
    Bougherra 21′
Saïfi 66′
5 July 2009 Egypt 3 – 0 Rwanda
Aboutrika 64′, 90′
Hosny 74′ (pen.)
   

5 September 2009 Rwanda 0 – 1 Egypt
    Hassan 67′
6 September 2009 Algeria 1 – 0 Zambia
Saïfi 59′    

10 October 2009 Zambia 0 – 1 Egypt
    Hosny 69′
11 October 2009 Algeria 3 – 1 Rwanda
Ghezzal 22′
Belhadj 45+2′
Ziani 90+5′ (pen.)
  Mutesa 19′

14 November 2009 Rwanda 0 – 0 Zambia
     
14 November 2009 Egypt 2 – 0 Algeria
Zaki 3′
Moteab 90+5′
   

Tiebreaking play-off

18 November 2009 Algeria 1 – 0 Egypt  
Yahia 40′    

Squad

Squad

Coach: Rabah Saadane

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Lounès Gaouaoui 28 September 1977 (1977-09-28) (age 32) 48 ASO Chlef
2 DF Madjid Bougherra 7 August 1982 (1982-08-07) (age 27) 34 Rangers
3 DF Nadir Belhadj 18 June 1982 (1982-06-18) (age 27) 37 Portsmouth
4 DF Antar Yahia 21 March 1982 (1982-03-21) (age 27) 40 Bochum
5 DF Rafik Halliche 2 September 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 23) 9 Nacional
6 MF Yazid Mansouri 25 February 1978 (1978-02-25) (age 31) 58 Lorient
7 MF Yacine Bezzaz 10 July 1981 (1981-07-10) (age 28) 19 Strasbourg
8 MF Khaled Lemmouchia 6 December 1981 (1981-12-06) (age 28) 13 ES Sétif
9 FW Abdelkader Ghezzal 5 December 1984 (1984-12-05) (age 25) 10 Siena
10 FW Rafik Saïfi 7 February 1975 (1975-02-07) (age 34) 55 Al-Khor
11 DF Slimane Raho 20 August 1975 (1975-08-20) (age 34) 45 ES Sétif
12 DF Réda Babouche 3 July 1979 (1979-07-03) (age 30) 1 MC Algiers
13 MF Karim Matmour 25 June 1985 (1985-06-25) (age 24) 16 Borussia Mönchengladbach
14 DF Abdelkader Laïfaoui 9 July 1981 (1981-07-09) (age 28) 2 ES Sétif
15 MF Karim Ziani 17 August 1982 (1982-08-17) (age 27) 46 Wolfsburg
16 GK Faouzi Chaouchi 5 December 1984 (1984-12-05) (age 25) 3 ES Sétif
17 DF Samir Zaoui 3 June 1976 (1976-06-03) (age 33) 21 ASO Chlef
18 FW Hameur Bouazza 22 February 1985 (1985-02-22) (age 24) 10 Blackpool
19 MF Hassan Yebda 14 May 1984 (1984-05-14) (age 25) 2 Portsmouth
20 MF Mourad Meghni 16 April 1984 (1984-04-16) (age 25) 5 Lazio
21 FW Abdelmalek Ziaya 23 January 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 25) 0 ES Sétif
22 MF Djamel Abdoun 14 February 1986 (1986-02-14) (age 23) 0 Nantes
23 GK Mohamed Zemmamouche 2 January 1985 (1985-01-02) (age 25) 0 USM Alger

Fixtures/Results

Fixtures/Results

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Angola 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
Algeria 3 1 1 1 1 3 -2 4
Mali 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
Malawi 3 1 1 2 4 5 -1 3
10 January 2010
20:00
Angola 4 – 4 Mali Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
     

11 January 2010
14:45
Malawi 3 – 0 Algeria Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
     

14 January 2010
17:00
Mali 0 – 1 Algeria Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
     

14 January 2010
19:30
Angola 2 – 0 Malawi Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
     

18 January 2010
17:00
Angola 0-0 Algeria Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda
     

24 January 2010
17:30
Algeria 3-2 Ivory Coast  Qtr-Final
     
28 January 2010 19:30 Algeria 0-4 Egypt Semi-Final -
31 January 2010 16:00 Algeria 0-1 Nigeria 3rd/4th Play-off -


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