Mahieddine Khalef
Personal information
Full name Mahieddine Khalef
Date of birth (1944-01-17) January 17, 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Morocco
Managerial career
Years Team
Algeria
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Algeria (as manager)
Africa Cup of Nations
Bronze medal – third place 1984

Mahieddine Khalef (Arabic: محيي الدين خالف; born January 17, 1944, in Mechra Bel Ksiri, Morocco) is an Algerian football (soccer) manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the Algeria national football team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, together with Rachid Mekloufi,[1] where Les Fennecs caused a sensation by defeating European reigning champions West Germany for their first world cup appearance.[2] Despite this achievement, Algeria went on to be eliminated at the end of the group stage, thanks to a convenient result for both West Germany and Austria in their fixture, in what is known as the Disgrace of Gijon.[3]

References

  1. ^ "L'Effectif de la Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie". www.jskonline.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ FIFA.com. "World Cup Highlights: Germany - Algeria, Spain 1982 - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  3. ^ Doyle, Paul (2010-06-12). "The day in 1982 when the world wept for Algeria". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-03-10.


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