| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1  Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
2  Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
3  Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
4  Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
About
World Cup story
Algeria have four previous World Cups (1982, 1986, 2010, 2014) and reached the round of 16 at Brazil 2014 — their best finish. 2026 is their first return in 12 years.
- Appearances
- 4
- Best finish
- Round of 16
- First appearance
- 1982
- Titles
- —
Squad watch
Key men
MOST CAPS
Aïssa Mandi
117 capsTOP SCORER
Riyad Mahrez
38 goalsAVERAGE AGE
26 players
26.5 yrs
Road to 2026
Qualifying recap
- D
v Guinea 0–0
2025-09-08 · Away · WC qualifying · Sep 2025
- W
v Somalia 3–0
2025-10-09 · Home · WC qualifying · Oct 2025
- W
v Uganda 2–1
2025-10-14 · Home · WC qualifying · Oct 2025
World Cup 2026
Switzerland
AlgeriaAlgeria
Austria
JordanAlgeria
ArgentinaAlgeriaBefore the World Cup · warm-ups & qualifiers
NetherlandsAlgeriaAlgeria
UruguayAlgeria
GuatemalaAlgeria
NigeriaAlgeria
DR CongoSquad
26-man roster
Coach Vladimir Petković
GOALKEEPERS
3- 1
Melvin Mastil
Stade Nyonnais · 26y
1 caps
- 16
Oussama Benbot
USM Alger · 31y
2 caps
- 23
Luca Zidane
Granada · 28y
7 caps
DEFENDERS
9- 2
Aïssa Mandi
Lille · 34y
117 caps
7 goals
- 3
Achref Abada
USM Alger · 26y
7 caps
1 goals
- 4
Mohamed Amine Tougai
Espérance de Tunis · 26y
29 caps
2 goals
- 5
Zineddine Belaïd
JS Kabylie · 27y
10 caps
1 goals
- 13
Jaouen Hadjam
Young Boys · 23y
17 caps
3 goals
- 15
Rayan Aït-Nouri
Manchester City · 25y
28 caps
- 17
Rafik Belghali
Hellas Verona · 24y
12 caps
1 goals
- 21
Ramy Bensebaini
Borussia Dortmund · 31y
81 caps
7 goals
- 26
Samir Chergui
Paris FC · 27y
4 caps
MIDFIELDERS
7- 6
Ramiz Zerrouki
Twente · 28y
52 caps
3 goals
- 8
Houssem Aouar
Al-Ittihad · 27y
20 caps
6 goals
- 10
Farès Chaïbi
Eintracht Frankfurt · 23y
29 caps
3 goals
- 14
Hicham Boudaoui
Nice · 26y
32 caps
- 19
Nabil Bentaleb
Lille · 31y
59 caps
6 goals
- 22
Ibrahim Maza
Bayer Leverkusen · 20y
16 caps
2 goals
- 24
Yacine Titraoui
Charleroi · 22y
5 caps
FORWARDS
7- 7
Riyad MahrezC
Al-Ahli · 35y
114 caps
38 goals
- 9
Amine Gouiri
Marseille · 26y
22 caps
8 goals
- 11
Anis Hadj Moussa
Feyenoord · 24y
14 caps
1 goals
- 12
Nadhir Benbouali
Győri ETO · 26y
3 caps
1 goals
- 18
Mohamed Amoura
VfL Wolfsburg · 26y
45 caps
19 goals
- 20
Adil Boulbina
Al-Duhail · 23y
11 caps
6 goals
- 25
Farès Ghedjemis
Frosinone · 23y
1 caps
1 goals
Tournament stats · World Cup 2026 only
Minutes played are not tracked yet — they arrive in a later data update.
LATEST NEWS
HEADLINES
9h ago
Mahrez retires from Algeria duty after World Cup exit
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12h ago
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4d ago
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4d ago
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6d ago
Austria score dramatic late equaliser against Algeria as both progress
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6d ago
Algeria and Austria both qualify for last 32 after dramatic injury-time goals
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1w ago
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2w ago
Algeria complete late turnaround to send Jordan home
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