Algeria

Current FIFA World Ranking:Current FIFA World Ranking: 28th
FIFA Trigram: ALG
2010 World Cup Qualifying: Finished 1st in CAF Group C (5-1-1; 10 GF, 4 GA); Defeated Egypt in one-match tiebreaker for 1st place in group C.
World Cup Finals Appearances: 3 – 1982 (13th), 1986 (22nd), 2010
Record vs. USA: 0-0-0
Head Coach: Rabah Saâdane
Championship Honors: African Cup of Nations (1990)
Leading World Cup Qualifying Scorers: Rafik Saifi, Antar Yahia, Karim Ziani (3)
Key Players: Nadir Belhadj (Portsmouth), Lounes Gaouaoui (ASO Chlef), Yazid Mansouri (Lorient), Karim Ziani (Wolfsburg)
Language: Arabic

Algeria secured qualification for South Africa in dramatic circumstances, beating fierce rivals Egypt 1-0 in Sudan in a one game playoff on Nov. 18 … A former continental powerhouse in the 1980's, Algeria fell into obscurity during the 1990s though Algerian football was kept on the map by none other than Zinidine Zidane, whose parents hailed from the North African country … The USA has never faced Algeria