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All five African sides which qualified for the 2010 World Cup have made their way to the 2014 edition and Algeria are arguably the weakest of that bunch.
The Desert Foxes made it to Brazil after pipping Burkina Faso 3 -3 on away goals in a playoff. They also finished bottom of their group at the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
Although they have matched the feat of the 1980s generation of Algerian footballers by qualifying for consecutive World Cups, they are not of that ilk.
However, they can pick from a squad which plays across Europe with players plying their trade in England, Spain, France, Portugal and Italy and will be heartened that they have been placed in a group with Belgium, Russia and South Korea, albeit a tougher group than in 2010.
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World Cup Record
Appearances: 4
Best Result: Group stage (1982, 1986 and 2010)
Squad
Goalkeepers: Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche (USM Alger), Rais Mbolhi (CSKA Sofia), Cedric Si Mohamed (CS Constantine).
Defenders: Carl Medjani (Valenciennes), Aissa Mandi (Reims), Madjid Bougherra (Lekhwiya), Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli), Rafik Halliche (Academica),Essaid Belkalem (Watford), Liassine Cadamuro (Real Mallorca), Djamel Mesbah (Livorno), Mehdi Mostefa (Ajaccio).
Midfielders: Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia), Saphir Taider (Inter Milan), Medhi Lacen (Getafe), Abdelmoumen Djabou (Club Africain), Yacine Brahimi (Grenada), Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham), Hassan Yebda (Udinese), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester).
Forwards: Islam Slimani (Sporting Lisbon), Hilal Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb), Nabil Ghilas (Porto).
Manager: Vahid Halilhodzic
Results and Fixtures
Group H
June 17 vs Belgium (Belo Horizonte) 2 - 1 (L)
June 22 vs South Korea (Porto Alegre) 4 - 2 (W)
June 27 vs Russia (Curitiba) 1 - 1 (D)
