2001 France v Algeria football match

Sports August 2025 International friendly France 4 1 FRA 1990 30px 6 October 2001 ALG 30px Algeria Paulo Costa (Portugal) Saint-Denis Stade de France 78,421 France v Algeria (2001) On 6 October 2001, France hosted Algeria in an international friendly in Saint-Denis' Stade de France.https://www.sofoot.com/comment-le-match-france-algerie-2001-a-completement-degenere-504966.html COMMENT LE MATCH FRANCE-ALGÉRIE 2001 A COMPLÈTEMENT DÉGÉNÉRÉ 5 October 2021 sofoot.comhttps://www.lepoint.fr/sport/football-algerie-france-un-match-decidement-pas-comme-les-autres-18-10-2016-2076838_26.php Algérie-France : un match décidément pas comme les autres 18 October 2016 lepoint.frhttps://www.leparisien.fr/sports/france-algerie-pourquoi-le-match-a-degenere-08-10-2001-2002494338.php France-Algérie : pourquoi le match a dégénéré 7 October 2001 leparisien.fr It was the first time France played against Algeria after the latter gained independence from the former in 1962.https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/oct/08/newsstory.sport16 Fans force abandonment of watershed France v Algeria match The Guardian 8 October 2001 theguardian.comhttps://www.varsity.co.uk/sport/19250 France 4-1 Algeria, October 6th 2001: The Dangers Of Politicising Football varsity.co.uk Both Algerian and French players were presented as 'messengers of peace' before the start of the game but the French national anthem was booed by many of the fans.https://www.themilitant.com/2001/6542/654211.html Algeria wins one in Paris match themilitant.comhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/30/how-immigration-made-french-football-better How immigration 'made French football better' aljazeera.com However, the match ended on the 76th minute due to a fan pitch invasion.https://www.eurosport.fr/football/france-algerie-2001-omar-belbey-pour-eurosport-a-l-approche-du-match-on-sentait-que-ca-puait-l-embro_sto8566166/story.shtml https://archive.today/20221209035209/https://www.eurosport.fr/football/france-algerie-2001-omar-belbey-pour-eurosport-a-l-approche-du-match-on-sentait-que-ca-puait-l-embro_sto8566166/story.shtml dead 2022-12-09 OMAR BELBEY POUR EUROSPORT : "A L'APPROCHE DU MATCH, ON SENTAIT QUE ÇA PUAIT L'EMBROUILLE" eurosport.com (Archived)https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/why-a-contest-between-algeria-and-france-is-more-than-just-a-football-match Why a contest between Algeria and France is more than just a football match fifa.comhttps://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/07/france.football/index.html Pitch invasion ends France match CNN France has not played against Algeria since.https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/it-is-time---france-line-up-algeria-friendly/77cwuz8yvn8c1oybr34p7vvkl 'It is time' – France line up Algeria friendly goal.comhttps://www.espn.com/soccer/france/story/2974553/french-fa-boss-noel-le-graet-calls-for-revival-of-algeria-friendlies French FA boss Noel Le Graet calls for revival of Algeria friendlies espn.com 17 October 2016 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49795127 Algeria set to play friendly in France after 11 years BBC Sport Match info 6 October 2001 Report FRA 4–1 ALG Candela 20 Petit 32 Henry 41 Pires 55 Belmadi 45 Stade de France Paris 78,421 Paulo Costa (Portugal) GK 16 Fabien Barthez DF 2 Vincent Candela DF 8 Marcel Desailly (c) DF 18 Frank Leboeuf DF 15 Lilian Thuram DM 17 Emmanuel Petit DM 4 Patrick Vieira AM 10 Zinedine Zidane RW 7 Robert Pires LW 12 Thierry Henry ST 20 David Trezeguet Substitutes: DF Mikaël Silvestre MF Youri Djorkaeff FW Sylvain Wiltord MF Claude Makélélé Manager:FRA Roger Lemerre GK 1 Hichem Mezaïr DF 23 Mohamed Bradja DF 13 Mehdi Méniri DF 17 Slimane Raho DF 3 Moulay Haddou MF 7 Omar Belbey MF 19 Djamel Belmadi MF 6 Yazid Mansouri MF 8 Nasreddine Kraouche FW 9 Farid Ghazi FW 10 Abdelhafid Tasfaout (c)Substitutes:FW Rafik Saïfi DF Mounir Zeghdoud FW Rachid Djebaili Manager:ALG Rabah Madjer References External links For Algeria, football remains a fault line with France France v Algeria football match Football, Algeria match Category:Algeria national football team matches Category:France national football team matches Football, Algeria match 2001 Category:2001 in Paris Category:Football matches in France