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2009 Algeria v Egypt football matches

April 11, 2024

There were disturbances before and after two international association football matches between Egypt and Algeria in November 2009, leading to diplomatic tensions between Egypt, Algeria, and Sudan. The matches were in Group C in the CAF section of the qualifying competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

2009 Algeria v Egypt football matches
Event2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
Tiebreaking play-off
Algeria qualify for the 2010 World Cup
Date18 November 2009
VenueAl Merreikh Stadium, Omdurman
Man of the MatchAntar Yahia (Algeria)
RefereeEddy Maillet (Seychelles)
Attendance35,000
Algerian celebrations in the city of Boston

The first match, the final scheduled match in Group C, took place in Cairo on 14 November, with Egypt winning 2–0. The result left Egypt and Algeria tied for first place in Group C, necessitating a playoff match in a neutral country. This took place in Omdurman, Sudan on 18 November, with Algeria winning 1–0 and thus qualifying for the World Cup final tournament in South Africa in June 2010.

Rivalry edit

The countries are both in North Africa, only separated by Libya, and football matches between them are fiercely contested local derbies.[1][2][3][4] Although both have long been among Africa's stronger sides, each had experienced a long drought without World Cup qualification: Algeria since 1986 and Egypt since 1990.[2][5]

In 1989, Egypt beat Algeria in a decisive qualifying match for the 1990 World Cup. Player Ayman Younes later said, "It was a battle, not a football match."[6] Algerians felt the Tunisian referee was biased; fans rioted in the stands.[6] An Algerian player attacked an Egyptian fan.[7] Algeria's Lakhdar Belloumi was convicted in absentia for a glass attack which blinded Egypt's team doctor in one eye.[8] He remained subject to an Interpol arrest warrant, although he claimed goalkeeper Kamel Kadri had been the true perpetrator.[6]

Khaled Diab suggests that the 1989 match was the key moment for Egypt–Algeria rivalry, and that it is mainly confined to football rather than a reflection of deeper enmity;[9] he notes Gamal Abdel Nasser supported Algeria's independence war against France, and suggests memory has faded in Algeria of Anwar El Sadat's unpopular Camp David Accords with Israel.[9] On the other hand, Brian Oliver[8] and James Montague[6] point to other football controversies before 1989. In the 1950s, an Algerian National Liberation Front football team toured Africa to publicise its independence campaign, but were forbidden from playing in Egypt.[8] At the 1978 All-Africa Games, Algerian police attacked Egyptian players and fans during their match against Libya.[8] There were brawls at a qualifier for the 1984 Olympics.

Blida match edit

Algeria's home match against Egypt in the 2010 qualifiers took place in June 2009 without any incident being reported. Rather, to cool down animosity between the two countries, the Egyptian team was received with flowers at the airport. Diplomatic agreement, with personal intervention from Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, included lifting the Interpol warrant on Belloumi and compensating the Egyptian team doctor.[6][8] Both teams prepared for the match away from the pressure of intense local fans; Egypt in Oman, Algeria in France.[10] Algeria coach Rabah Saadane wept at a press conference, expressing fear for his family's safety in the event of defeat.[10][11] 5,000 security personnel turned Blida into a "virtual military base".[12] Minors were barred from the stadium unless they had a ticket.[12] Algeria won 3–1.[13]

Algeria  3–1  Egypt
Matmour   60'
Ghezzal   64'
Djebbour   77'		 Report Aboutrika   86'
Attendance: 26,500

Cairo match edit

The lead-up to the crucial match was hyped.[7][14] In October, insults were traded on internet sites,[7][15] and Egyptian hackers made a denial-of-service attack on the website of Algerian newspaper Ech-Chorouk El-Youmi; an Algerian hacker retaliated by crashing the websites of the President of Egypt and Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram.[16] Both countries' governments appealed for calm.[17] Media in both countries alluded to the 1989 match. Editorialist Mohamed El Dahshan reported, "In the two days preceding the game, Egyptians celebrated as if they had already won."[5] Ahmed Shobair stated that rumours started on the internet were being propagated by the mainstream media.[7]

When the Algerian team arrived in Cairo on Thursday 12 November, the bus carrying the team to its hotel was stoned, breaking windows and injuring three players and one official.[1][18] Egyptian media alleged that the attack had been staged by the Algerians to have the match moved to a neutral venue.[1][19][20] The police escort of one van and several motorcycle outriders was criticised as insufficient.[21]

Egypt's leading state-owned daily Al-Ahram charged on Friday that it was the Algerian players, not stonethrowers, who had caused the damage to the bus. "The bus carrying the team from the airport to the hotel was at the centre of a strange incident in which some of the players started to smash the vehicle's windows claiming that they were the target of stonethrowing", the paper reported. The independent daily Al-Shuruq went further, saying the whole episode was a "complete fabrication." Citing a "senior security source", the paper said the windows of the bus were smashed "from the inside not the outside as claimed by Algerian team members." It accused the players of a "complete fabrication intended to serve as an excuse in the event that they lose" Saturday's key decider for next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.[20]

The independent Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper acknowledged that some "kids" had thrown stones but charged that the Algerian players had then put on a "display of histrionics pretending to be scared and injured, and smashing up the bus's windows and seats." The state-owned Al Gomhuria said the players had even assaulted the bus driver.[20]

Counterclaims included footage shot by Canal+ for its documentary about the Algerian team[1][22] and cellphone footage shot by Rafik Saïfi.[1][23] FIFA observer Walter Gagg said, "We saw that three players had been injured — Khaled Lemmouchia on the head, Rafik Halliche above the eye and Rafik Saïfi on the arm."[24]

The initial reporting following the incident likely led to further poisoning the build-up to Saturday's game. The pre-match atmosphere in Egypt had already surged to feverish heights amid an unprecedented level of tension between the North African rivals.[20]

Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki had specifically called for responsible coverage by both countries' media as the two governments issued joint appeals for calm. Egyptian and Algerian media "hold a responsibility in this regard and must work to maintain the strong ties between both countries and should not fuel disagreements that are unrelated to sports and sportsmanship", Zaki said.[20]

That same evening just outside Cairo, Algeria's "king of raï" Cheb Khaled performed alongside Egyptian star Mohamed Mounir to a packed audience of nearly 45,000 people, according to organisers. "Long live Egypt, Arab country, long live Algeria, Arab country", Cheb Khaled shouted to the crowd, with little apparent impact on home fan passions ahead of the game.[20]

Egyptian Football Association board member Mahmoud Taher later indicated that "all Algeria players are safe. They were not hurt. Algeria is trying to blow things out of proportion. The bus is damaged from inside, so it is obvious that they were the ones who did that to escalate the matter. FIFA has not contacted Egypt as recently reported, and there aren't any intentions to call off the game."[25]

Khairi Morsi, the Egyptian driver who drove the Algerian delegation's bus, said the Algerian team had assaulted him. He indicated to Modern Sport TV that "they also shattered the windows from inside when they saw some Egyptian people around the bus."[25]

On Friday 13 November, FIFA declared the match would go ahead as scheduled, but "asked the Egyptian Football Association and the highest national authorities through the relevant ministries to provide written guarantees that confirm the implementation of the necessary additional safety and security measures at any time for the Algerian delegation."[26]

Egypt  2–0  Algeria
Zaki   3'
Moteab   90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 75,000

Ech-Chorouk reported that six Algerian fans were killed in the chaos that followed the match.[27] This was denied by Algeria's ambassador in Cairo, Abdel Qader Hadjar, who said only eleven people had been injured.[28] Egypt's Health Ministry reported 20 Algerians and 12 Egyptians injured.[21] Reda City 16, a well-known Algerian rapper, claimed his brother had died in the Cairo incidents. His claims, made on a YouTube video posting, were disseminated by the Ech-Chorouk newspaper's internet site.[29]

There were attacks on Egyptian interests in Algeria after the match.[28] EgyptAir's Algiers bureau was broken into and a "serious" amount of damage done and the office was closed due to health and safety concerns.[27] Stones were hurled at other buildings.[27] The headquarters of Djezzy, an Algerian subsidiary of the Egyptian Orascom group, was vandalised and looted.[30] Allegedly related was the Algerian government's demand from Orascom for US$596m in back taxes.[31][32] An Egyptian plane sent to Algeria to "rescue" citizens was refused permission to land.[32]

In Marseille, 500 police were deployed to quell disturbances by Algerian youths, making eight arrests.[3][4]

As a result of these events, on 18 May 2010, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctioned and fined the Egyptian Football Association for not adopting the necessary measures to prevent the assault on the bus of the Algerian delegation on the way from the airport to the hotel on 12 November 2009. The report would also admonish the Egyptian Football Association for failures in maintaining security and order in the Cairo International Stadium for the game between Egypt and Algeria held on 14 November 2009. This would result in a two-game ban for the Egyptian national football team whereby the first two home matches of the preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil would be played at a location at least 100 kilometres away from Cairo.[33]

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts        
  Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13[a] — 3–1 1–0 3–1
  Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13[a] 2–0 — 1–1 3–0
  Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 −3 5 0–2 0–1 — 1–0
  Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 −7 2 0–0 0–1 0–0 —
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head-to-head records. Algeria won the tiebreaking play-off 1–0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Omdurman match edit

The teams finished level on 13 points and level on all tiebreakers: goal difference in all group matches (+5); goals scored in all group matches (9); points in all Algeria–Egypt matches (3); and goal difference in all Algeria–Egypt matches (0). (The away goals rule was not used as a group-stage tiebreaker). The teams met in a one-game play-off to decide the qualifier. To determine the match venue, each team selected a country other than their own (Algeria selected Tunisia and Egypt selected Sudan). After Sudan was drawn in a lottery on 11 November,[34] the Al Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman was selected by FIFA as the venue for the play-off. The decision to play a tie-breaking playoff game to determine who qualifies to the 2010 FIFA World Cup was controversial because despite the fact that Algeria and Egypt were level on all tiebreakers listed above, Egypt would have qualified based on the away goals rule, which was used to determine the winner of a tie in the case of a tiebreaker in both previous and subsequent qualifiers.[35][36]

Reuters reported that 15,000 police were mobilised for the match.[37][38] Embassies advised their nationals to avoid the stadium area; government offices and schools closed early.[37] Scuffles leading to minor injuries were reported.[37]

On Monday 16 November, Al Jazeera reported that Algerian fans had stoned a bus carrying the Egyptian players from a training session, without causing injury.[39] The following day, Sudan President Omar al-Bashir hosted a function in the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, in which Algerian Football Federation head Mohamed Raouraoua snubbed his Egyptian counterpart Samir Zaher.[37][40]

Each team's fans were allocated 9,000 tickets,[38] with the stadium capacity reduced from 41,000 to 36,000; there were fears of ticketless fans congregating outside.[37] Although the countries' own blocks were strictly segregated,[2] many Algerian and Egyptian fans purchased tickets allocated to the home Sudanese.[41] Locals estimated the actual attendance at up to 50,000.[38]

Details edit

Egypt  0–1  Algeria
Report Yahia   40'
Attendance: 40,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Egypt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Algeria
GK 1 Essam El-Hadary
CB 18 Wael Gomaa   26'
CB 6 Hany Said
CB 4 Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa   75'
DM 3 Ahmed Elmohamady
RM 7 Ahmed Fathy   46'
CM 17 Ahmed Hassan (c)
CM 5 Mohamed Aboutrika
LM 14 Sayed Moawad
CF 10 Emad Moteab
CF 15 Amr Zaki   46'
Substitutes:
MF 8 Hosny Abd Rabo   63'   46'
FW 9 Mohamed Zidan   46'
MF 2 Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek   75'
GK 16 Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed
MF 11 Mohamed Shawky
MF 12 Mohamed Barakat
MF 13 Mohamed Homos
Manager:
Hassan Shehata
GK 1 Faouzi Chaouchi
CB 4 Antar Yahia   67'
CB 2 Madjid Bougherra
CB 5 Rafik Halliche
DM 3 Nadir Belhadj   1'
CM 8 Hassan Yebda
CM 6 Yazid Mansouri (c)
RW 18 Mourad Meghni   57'
LW 15 Karim Ziani   49'
CF 10 Rafik Saïfi   53'   89'
CF 9 Abdelkader Ghezzal   21'
Substitutes:
FW 13 Karim Matmour   57'
DF 17 Samir Zaoui   67'
FW 14 Kamel Ghilas   89'
GK 16 Mohamed Ousserir
DF 11 Slimane Raho
DF 12 Abdelkader Laïfaoui
MF 7 Yacine Bezzaz
Manager:
Rabah Saâdane

Assistant referees:
Evarist Menkouande (Cameroon)
Jason Damoo (Seychelles)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Aftermath edit

Egyptian media ran many stories about attacks that allegedly happened in Sudan.[42][43][44] Al-Ahram, a state-owned Egyptian newspaper, reported that buses designated for Egyptian fans to be taken to the airport had been destroyed, forcing them to walk there under escort of the Sudanese army.[45] Egypt's foreign ministry spoke of "Egypt's extreme displeasure with the assaults on Egyptian citizens who went to Khartoum to support the Egyptian team". Algerian diplomats said later that a widely broadcast video showing hundreds of Algerian fans brandishing knives had in fact been taken at an Algerian club match several years earlier.[46] According to Al-Ahram, Sudanese diplomats suggested "scores" of Egyptians had been attacked and "a few" hurt.[46] Egypt's health ministry later said there had been 20 deaths this day.[47] The New York Times reported "no widespread rioting".[48]

After the loss of the match, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) filed a complaint with FIFA against the Algerian football delegation. The EFA indicated that "Egyptian fans, officials and players put their lives at risk before and after the match under threat from weapons, knives, swords and flares". The statement also threatened with the Egyptian team's withdrawal for two years from all international competitions as a sign of protest.[49] On 18 May 2010, FIFA announced that conditions for opening disciplinary proceedings have not been met and closed the complaint.[33]

About 12,000 Algerian fans celebrated on the Champs-Élysées in Paris and a lot more across France. However, among the numerous celebrating crowd, some offenders made the most of the situation to loot one supermarket and torch cars. There were 150 arrests across France.[50][51]

Egypt's ambassador to the UK claimed thousands of fans had to flee to the airport for safety.[52] Sudan summoned the Egyptian ambassador to protest at the media coverage of the Sudanese hosting of the match.[53] That evening, over 1,000 Egyptians protested near the Algerian embassy in Zamalek, Cairo, burning flags, shouting anti-Algerian slogans and damaging cars and shops.[53][54] The Interior Ministry said 11 police and 24 protesters were injured, and 20 people arrested.[43]

Subsequent events edit

On Friday, Alaa Mubarak telephoned a talk show, saying "We are Egyptian and we hold our head high, and whoever insults us should be smacked on his head."[42] Hosni Mubarak said on national television that he would not condone the "humiliation" of Egyptians abroad.[55] However, the Foreign Ministry said the government would not "tolerate violations against Algerian interests", suggesting a clampdown on protests.[42]

Diplomats meeting to repair relations the next week reportedly characterised the dispute as "ultimately a fight among soccer fans" that "was picked up and inflamed by some elements in the media".[46] An article in al-Ahram suggested that the Egyptians attending the match were mainly wealthy people who could afford to travel, rather than "the really tough fans" who could have defended themselves against assaults.[56]

The two sides met again in Angola in January, for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Egypt cruised to a 4–0 victory, en route to an unprecedented 7th tournament win, in a hotly tempered match where Algeria had three players red carded.[57] Match referee Coffi Codjia was indefinitely suspended by the Confederation of African Football for failing to send off Algerian goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi for headbutting the match official, only awarding the player a yellow card for the incident.[58] Chaouchi was later one of the players to be dismissed, for a second bookable offence. He received a three match ban by CAF for the headbutt.[59]

A meeting of Egyptian sports organisations agreed to be "prudent" when hosting events at which Algerians were competing, and not to travel to competitions in Algeria.[60] The Egyptian Handball Federation was due to host the African Championships in February 2010; after a request for postponement was denied by the African Handball Confederation, it withdrew as host, but said it would still field a team.[60] The CAHB canvassed for a new host, with only Algeria volunteering.[61][62] The Egyptian federation announced it would host the tournament after all.[61][62]

FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against the Egyptian FA for its handling of the Algerian team's security in Cairo.[53][63] On 23 November FIFA announced that its executive committee would hold an extraordinary general meeting on 2 December in Cape Town, where members were already due to meet to discuss the seedings for the World Cup, to discuss recent controversies. The Egypt–Algeria match was expected to figure, along with the dispute over France's handball goal against Ireland, and the investigation into a major match-fixing scam.[64] FIFA's disciplinary committee was asked to launch an investigation; it was expected that the Algerian member of the committee would be recused. A report was expected by February 2010; Algeria's place at the World Cup finals was not in jeopardy.[62]

On 25 November 2009, Egyptian intellectuals signed a statement condemning the media hype and political manipulation of the dispute.[65] Bouthaina Shaaban, an advisor to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, condemned the dispute as distracting Arabs from the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[66]

There were reports that Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and Israel had each offered to mediate in the dispute.[67][68] On 26 November, Reuters reported that a Sudanese mediation plan was nearing agreement.[47]

On 1 December, al-Ahram reported that a village in the New Valley Governorate had applied to change its name from al-Jaza'ir ("Algeria") to Mubarak al-misriyin ("Mubarak for Egyptians").[69]

A joint venture oil company announced on 6 December was seen as heralding a recovery in relations between the two countries.[70][71] It was reported that Egypt would not return its ambassador to Algiers unless compensation was paid for damage to Egyptian property in Algeria.[72] al-Ahram reported on 10 December that inflammatory media reports in both countries had been ended by order of the respective Presidents, following mediation by Gaddafi and al-Bashir.[73]

Efforts by the UAE FA to broker an accord between the Egyptian and Algerian FAs were endorsed by Sepp Blatter.[74]

Analyses edit

Algeria claimed there was an orchestrated media campaign to damage its reputation and to create a fictitious enemy to Egypt, to rally the masses behind Gamal Mubarak and give him some legitimacy in his bid to inherit the presidency from his father.[55] Foreign analysts suggested both governments encouraged protests about football to channel public discontent away from political issues.[2][5][44][75] Jack Shenker suggests the anger was fomented primarily by the sensationalist media, with belated political endorsement.[76] Others saw the violence as an expression of a general public malaise.[54] On 22 November 2009, The Observer suggested an opposition backlash was building in Egypt to President Mubarak's stoking of the dispute.[77] On 10 December, The New York Times made similar observations.[78]

An Arab League spokesperson proposed that, in the future, celebrities and political leaders should not attend sensitive matches, lest they feed into public passions.[68] Official planes had carried 200 Algerian MPs to the Cairo match, and 133 Egyptian celebrities to the Khartoum match.[68]

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2009, algeria, egypt, football, matches, there, were, disturbances, before, after, international, association, football, matches, between, egypt, algeria, november, 2009, leading, diplomatic, tensions, between, egypt, algeria, sudan, matches, were, group, sect. There were disturbances before and after two international association football matches between Egypt and Algeria in November 2009 leading to diplomatic tensions between Egypt Algeria and Sudan The matches were in Group C in the CAF section of the qualifying competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup 2009 Algeria v Egypt football matchesEvent2010 FIFA World Cup qualificationTiebreaking play offEgypt Algeria0 1Algeria qualify for the 2010 World CupDate18 November 2009VenueAl Merreikh Stadium OmdurmanMan of the MatchAntar Yahia Algeria RefereeEddy Maillet Seychelles Attendance35 000Algerian celebrations in the city of BostonThe first match the final scheduled match in Group C took place in Cairo on 14 November with Egypt winning 2 0 The result left Egypt and Algeria tied for first place in Group C necessitating a playoff match in a neutral country This took place in Omdurman Sudan on 18 November with Algeria winning 1 0 and thus qualifying for the World Cup final tournament in South Africa in June 2010 Contents 1 Rivalry 2 Blida match 3 Cairo match 4 Omdurman match 4 1 Details 4 2 Aftermath 5 Subsequent events 6 Analyses 7 ReferencesRivalry editThe countries are both in North Africa only separated by Libya and football matches between them are fiercely contested local derbies 1 2 3 4 Although both have long been among Africa s stronger sides each had experienced a long drought without World Cup qualification Algeria since 1986 and Egypt since 1990 2 5 In 1989 Egypt beat Algeria in a decisive qualifying match for the 1990 World Cup Player Ayman Younes later said It was a battle not a football match 6 Algerians felt the Tunisian referee was biased fans rioted in the stands 6 An Algerian player attacked an Egyptian fan 7 Algeria s Lakhdar Belloumi was convicted in absentia for a glass attack which blinded Egypt s team doctor in one eye 8 He remained subject to an Interpol arrest warrant although he claimed goalkeeper Kamel Kadri had been the true perpetrator 6 Khaled Diab suggests that the 1989 match was the key moment for Egypt Algeria rivalry and that it is mainly confined to football rather than a reflection of deeper enmity 9 he notes Gamal Abdel Nasser supported Algeria s independence war against France and suggests memory has faded in Algeria of Anwar El Sadat s unpopular Camp David Accords with Israel 9 On the other hand Brian Oliver 8 and James Montague 6 point to other football controversies before 1989 In the 1950s an Algerian National Liberation Front football team toured Africa to publicise its independence campaign but were forbidden from playing in Egypt 8 At the 1978 All Africa Games Algerian police attacked Egyptian players and fans during their match against Libya 8 There were brawls at a qualifier for the 1984 Olympics Blida match editAlgeria s home match against Egypt in the 2010 qualifiers took place in June 2009 without any incident being reported Rather to cool down animosity between the two countries the Egyptian team was received with flowers at the airport Diplomatic agreement with personal intervention from Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika included lifting the Interpol warrant on Belloumi and compensating the Egyptian team doctor 6 8 Both teams prepared for the match away from the pressure of intense local fans Egypt in Oman Algeria in France 10 Algeria coach Rabah Saadane wept at a press conference expressing fear for his family s safety in the event of defeat 10 11 5 000 security personnel turned Blida into a virtual military base 12 Minors were barred from the stadium unless they had a ticket 12 Algeria won 3 1 13 7 June 200920 30 UTC 1Algeria nbsp 3 1 nbsp EgyptMatmour nbsp 60 Ghezzal nbsp 64 Djebbour nbsp 77 Report Aboutrika nbsp 86 Stade Mustapha Tchaker BlidaAttendance 26 500Referee Daniel Bennett South Africa Cairo match editThe lead up to the crucial match was hyped 7 14 In October insults were traded on internet sites 7 15 and Egyptian hackers made a denial of service attack on the website of Algerian newspaper Ech Chorouk El Youmi an Algerian hacker retaliated by crashing the websites of the President of Egypt and Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram 16 Both countries governments appealed for calm 17 Media in both countries alluded to the 1989 match Editorialist Mohamed El Dahshan reported In the two days preceding the game Egyptians celebrated as if they had already won 5 Ahmed Shobair stated that rumours started on the internet were being propagated by the mainstream media 7 When the Algerian team arrived in Cairo on Thursday 12 November the bus carrying the team to its hotel was stoned breaking windows and injuring three players and one official 1 18 Egyptian media alleged that the attack had been staged by the Algerians to have the match moved to a neutral venue 1 19 20 The police escort of one van and several motorcycle outriders was criticised as insufficient 21 Egypt s leading state owned daily Al Ahram charged on Friday that it was the Algerian players not stonethrowers who had caused the damage to the bus The bus carrying the team from the airport to the hotel was at the centre of a strange incident in which some of the players started to smash the vehicle s windows claiming that they were the target of stonethrowing the paper reported The independent daily Al Shuruq went further saying the whole episode was a complete fabrication Citing a senior security source the paper said the windows of the bus were smashed from the inside not the outside as claimed by Algerian team members It accused the players of a complete fabrication intended to serve as an excuse in the event that they lose Saturday s key decider for next year s World Cup finals in South Africa 20 The independent Al Masry Al Youm newspaper acknowledged that some kids had thrown stones but charged that the Algerian players had then put on a display of histrionics pretending to be scared and injured and smashing up the bus s windows and seats The state owned Al Gomhuria said the players had even assaulted the bus driver 20 Counterclaims included footage shot by Canal for its documentary about the Algerian team 1 22 and cellphone footage shot by Rafik Saifi 1 23 FIFA observer Walter Gagg said We saw that three players had been injured Khaled Lemmouchia on the head Rafik Halliche above the eye and Rafik Saifi on the arm 24 The initial reporting following the incident likely led to further poisoning the build up to Saturday s game The pre match atmosphere in Egypt had already surged to feverish heights amid an unprecedented level of tension between the North African rivals 20 Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki had specifically called for responsible coverage by both countries media as the two governments issued joint appeals for calm Egyptian and Algerian media hold a responsibility in this regard and must work to maintain the strong ties between both countries and should not fuel disagreements that are unrelated to sports and sportsmanship Zaki said 20 That same evening just outside Cairo Algeria s king of rai Cheb Khaled performed alongside Egyptian star Mohamed Mounir to a packed audience of nearly 45 000 people according to organisers Long live Egypt Arab country long live Algeria Arab country Cheb Khaled shouted to the crowd with little apparent impact on home fan passions ahead of the game 20 Egyptian Football Association board member Mahmoud Taher later indicated that all Algeria players are safe They were not hurt Algeria is trying to blow things out of proportion The bus is damaged from inside so it is obvious that they were the ones who did that to escalate the matter FIFA has not contacted Egypt as recently reported and there aren t any intentions to call off the game 25 Khairi Morsi the Egyptian driver who drove the Algerian delegation s bus said the Algerian team had assaulted him He indicated to Modern Sport TV that they also shattered the windows from inside when they saw some Egyptian people around the bus 25 On Friday 13 November FIFA declared the match would go ahead as scheduled but asked the Egyptian Football Association and the highest national authorities through the relevant ministries to provide written guarantees that confirm the implementation of the necessary additional safety and security measures at any time for the Algerian delegation 26 14 November 200919 30 UTC 2Egypt nbsp 2 0 nbsp AlgeriaZaki nbsp 3 Moteab nbsp 90 5 ReportCairo International Stadium CairoAttendance 75 000Referee Jerome Damon South Africa Ech Chorouk reported that six Algerian fans were killed in the chaos that followed the match 27 This was denied by Algeria s ambassador in Cairo Abdel Qader Hadjar who said only eleven people had been injured 28 Egypt s Health Ministry reported 20 Algerians and 12 Egyptians injured 21 Reda City 16 a well known Algerian rapper claimed his brother had died in the Cairo incidents His claims made on a YouTube video posting were disseminated by the Ech Chorouk newspaper s internet site 29 There were attacks on Egyptian interests in Algeria after the match 28 EgyptAir s Algiers bureau was broken into and a serious amount of damage done and the office was closed due to health and safety concerns 27 Stones were hurled at other buildings 27 The headquarters of Djezzy an Algerian subsidiary of the Egyptian Orascom group was vandalised and looted 30 Allegedly related was the Algerian government s demand from Orascom for US 596m in back taxes 31 32 An Egyptian plane sent to Algeria to rescue citizens was refused permission to land 32 In Marseille 500 police were deployed to quell disturbances by Algerian youths making eight arrests 3 4 As a result of these events on 18 May 2010 the FIFA Disciplinary Committee sanctioned and fined the Egyptian Football Association for not adopting the necessary measures to prevent the assault on the bus of the Algerian delegation on the way from the airport to the hotel on 12 November 2009 The report would also admonish the Egyptian Football Association for failures in maintaining security and order in the Cairo International Stadium for the game between Egypt and Algeria held on 14 November 2009 This would result in a two game ban for the Egyptian national football team whereby the first two home matches of the preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil would be played at a location at least 100 kilometres away from Cairo 33 Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Algeria 6 4 1 1 9 4 5 13 a 3 1 1 0 3 1 nbsp Egypt 6 4 1 1 9 4 5 13 a 2 0 1 1 3 0 nbsp Zambia 6 1 2 3 2 5 3 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 nbsp Rwanda 6 0 2 4 1 8 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Source citation needed Notes a b Algeria and Egypt finished with identical overall and head to head records Algeria won the tiebreaking play off 1 0 to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Algeria Egypt and Zambia qualified for the 2010 African Cup of Nations Omdurman match editThe teams finished level on 13 points and level on all tiebreakers goal difference in all group matches 5 goals scored in all group matches 9 points in all Algeria Egypt matches 3 and goal difference in all Algeria Egypt matches 0 The away goals rule was not used as a group stage tiebreaker The teams met in a one game play off to decide the qualifier To determine the match venue each team selected a country other than their own Algeria selected Tunisia and Egypt selected Sudan After Sudan was drawn in a lottery on 11 November 34 the Al Merreikh Stadium in Omdurman was selected by FIFA as the venue for the play off The decision to play a tie breaking playoff game to determine who qualifies to the 2010 FIFA World Cup was controversial because despite the fact that Algeria and Egypt were level on all tiebreakers listed above Egypt would have qualified based on the away goals rule which was used to determine the winner of a tie in the case of a tiebreaker in both previous and subsequent qualifiers 35 36 Reuters reported that 15 000 police were mobilised for the match 37 38 Embassies advised their nationals to avoid the stadium area government offices and schools closed early 37 Scuffles leading to minor injuries were reported 37 On Monday 16 November Al Jazeera reported that Algerian fans had stoned a bus carrying the Egyptian players from a training session without causing injury 39 The following day Sudan President Omar al Bashir hosted a function in the Presidential Palace in Khartoum in which Algerian Football Federation head Mohamed Raouraoua snubbed his Egyptian counterpart Samir Zaher 37 40 Each team s fans were allocated 9 000 tickets 38 with the stadium capacity reduced from 41 000 to 36 000 there were fears of ticketless fans congregating outside 37 Although the countries own blocks were strictly segregated 2 many Algerian and Egyptian fans purchased tickets allocated to the home Sudanese 41 Locals estimated the actual attendance at up to 50 000 38 Details edit 18 November 2009 2009 11 18 20 30 UTC 3Egypt nbsp 0 1 nbsp AlgeriaReport Yahia nbsp 40 Al Merreikh Stadium Omdurman Sudan Attendance 40 000Referee Eddy Maillet Seychelles nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Egypt nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp AlgeriaGK 1 Essam El HadaryCB 18 Wael Gomaa nbsp 26 CB 6 Hany SaidCB 4 Abdel Zaher El Saqqa nbsp 75 DM 3 Ahmed ElmohamadyRM 7 Ahmed Fathy nbsp 46 CM 17 Ahmed Hassan c CM 5 Mohamed AboutrikaLM 14 Sayed MoawadCF 10 Emad MoteabCF 15 Amr Zaki nbsp 46 Substitutes MF 8 Hosny Abd Rabo nbsp 63 nbsp 46 FW 9 Mohamed Zidan nbsp 46 MF 2 Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek nbsp 75 GK 16 Abdel Wahed El SayedMF 11 Mohamed ShawkyMF 12 Mohamed BarakatMF 13 Mohamed HomosManager Hassan Shehata GK 1 Faouzi ChaouchiCB 4 Antar Yahia nbsp 67 CB 2 Madjid BougherraCB 5 Rafik HallicheDM 3 Nadir Belhadj nbsp 1 CM 8 Hassan YebdaCM 6 Yazid Mansouri c RW 18 Mourad Meghni nbsp 57 LW 15 Karim Ziani nbsp 49 CF 10 Rafik Saifi nbsp 53 nbsp 89 CF 9 Abdelkader Ghezzal nbsp 21 Substitutes FW 13 Karim Matmour nbsp 57 DF 17 Samir Zaoui nbsp 67 FW 14 Kamel Ghilas nbsp 89 GK 16 Mohamed OusserirDF 11 Slimane RahoDF 12 Abdelkader LaifaouiMF 7 Yacine BezzazManager Rabah SaadaneAssistant referees Evarist Menkouande Cameroon Jason Damoo Seychelles Match rules 90 minutes Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions Aftermath edit Egyptian media ran many stories about attacks that allegedly happened in Sudan 42 43 44 Al Ahram a state owned Egyptian newspaper reported that buses designated for Egyptian fans to be taken to the airport had been destroyed forcing them to walk there under escort of the Sudanese army 45 Egypt s foreign ministry spoke of Egypt s extreme displeasure with the assaults on Egyptian citizens who went to Khartoum to support the Egyptian team Algerian diplomats said later that a widely broadcast video showing hundreds of Algerian fans brandishing knives had in fact been taken at an Algerian club match several years earlier 46 According to Al Ahram Sudanese diplomats suggested scores of Egyptians had been attacked and a few hurt 46 Egypt s health ministry later said there had been 20 deaths this day 47 The New York Times reported no widespread rioting 48 After the loss of the match the Egyptian Football Association EFA filed a complaint with FIFA against the Algerian football delegation The EFA indicated that Egyptian fans officials and players put their lives at risk before and after the match under threat from weapons knives swords and flares The statement also threatened with the Egyptian team s withdrawal for two years from all international competitions as a sign of protest 49 On 18 May 2010 FIFA announced that conditions for opening disciplinary proceedings have not been met and closed the complaint 33 About 12 000 Algerian fans celebrated on the Champs Elysees in Paris and a lot more across France However among the numerous celebrating crowd some offenders made the most of the situation to loot one supermarket and torch cars There were 150 arrests across France 50 51 Egypt s ambassador to the UK claimed thousands of fans had to flee to the airport for safety 52 Sudan summoned the Egyptian ambassador to protest at the media coverage of the Sudanese hosting of the match 53 That evening over 1 000 Egyptians protested near the Algerian embassy in Zamalek Cairo burning flags shouting anti Algerian slogans and damaging cars and shops 53 54 The Interior Ministry said 11 police and 24 protesters were injured and 20 people arrested 43 Subsequent events editOn Friday Alaa Mubarak telephoned a talk show saying We are Egyptian and we hold our head high and whoever insults us should be smacked on his head 42 Hosni Mubarak said on national television that he would not condone the humiliation of Egyptians abroad 55 However the Foreign Ministry said the government would not tolerate violations against Algerian interests suggesting a clampdown on protests 42 Diplomats meeting to repair relations the next week reportedly characterised the dispute as ultimately a fight among soccer fans that was picked up and inflamed by some elements in the media 46 An article in al Ahram suggested that the Egyptians attending the match were mainly wealthy people who could afford to travel rather than the really tough fans who could have defended themselves against assaults 56 The two sides met again in Angola in January for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations semi finals Egypt cruised to a 4 0 victory en route to an unprecedented 7th tournament win in a hotly tempered match where Algeria had three players red carded 57 Match referee Coffi Codjia was indefinitely suspended by the Confederation of African Football for failing to send off Algerian goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi for headbutting the match official only awarding the player a yellow card for the incident 58 Chaouchi was later one of the players to be dismissed for a second bookable offence He received a three match ban by CAF for the headbutt 59 A meeting of Egyptian sports organisations agreed to be prudent when hosting events at which Algerians were competing and not to travel to competitions in Algeria 60 The Egyptian Handball Federation was due to host the African Championships in February 2010 after a request for postponement was denied by the African Handball Confederation it withdrew as host but said it would still field a team 60 The CAHB canvassed for a new host with only Algeria volunteering 61 62 The Egyptian federation announced it would host the tournament after all 61 62 FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings against the Egyptian FA for its handling of the Algerian team s security in Cairo 53 63 On 23 November FIFA announced that its executive committee would hold an extraordinary general meeting on 2 December in Cape Town where members were already due to meet to discuss the seedings for the World Cup to discuss recent controversies The Egypt Algeria match was expected to figure along with the dispute over France s handball goal against Ireland and the investigation into a major match fixing scam 64 FIFA s disciplinary committee was asked to launch an investigation it was expected that the Algerian member of the committee would be recused A report was expected by February 2010 Algeria s place at the World Cup finals was not in jeopardy 62 On 25 November 2009 Egyptian intellectuals signed a statement condemning the media hype and political manipulation of the dispute 65 Bouthaina Shaaban an advisor to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad condemned the dispute as distracting Arabs from the Israeli Palestinian conflict 66 There were reports that Libya s Muammar Gaddafi and Israel had each offered to mediate in the dispute 67 68 On 26 November Reuters reported that a Sudanese mediation plan was nearing agreement 47 On 1 December al Ahram reported that a village in the New Valley Governorate had applied to change its name from al Jaza ir Algeria to Mubarak al misriyin Mubarak for Egyptians 69 A joint venture oil company announced on 6 December was seen as heralding a recovery in relations between the two countries 70 71 It was reported that Egypt would not return its ambassador to Algiers unless compensation was paid for damage to Egyptian property in Algeria 72 al Ahram reported on 10 December that inflammatory media reports in both countries had been ended by order of the respective Presidents following mediation by Gaddafi and al Bashir 73 Efforts by the UAE FA to broker an accord between the Egyptian and Algerian FAs were endorsed by Sepp Blatter 74 Analyses editAlgeria claimed there was an orchestrated media campaign to damage its reputation and to create a fictitious enemy to Egypt to rally the masses behind Gamal Mubarak and give him some legitimacy in his bid to inherit the presidency from his father 55 Foreign analysts suggested both governments encouraged protests about football to channel public discontent away from political issues 2 5 44 75 Jack Shenker suggests the anger was fomented primarily by the sensationalist media with belated political endorsement 76 Others saw the violence as an expression of a general public malaise 54 On 22 November 2009 The Observer suggested an opposition backlash was building in Egypt to President Mubarak s stoking of the dispute 77 On 10 December The New York Times made similar observations 78 An Arab League spokesperson proposed that in the future celebrities and political leaders should not attend sensitive matches lest they feed into public passions 68 Official planes had carried 200 Algerian MPs to the Cairo match and 133 Egyptian celebrities to the Khartoum match 68 References edit a b c d e Mackey Robert 13 November 2009 Violence Flares Ahead of Algeria Egypt Soccer Match The New York Times Archived from the original on 17 November 2009 Retrieved 27 November 2009 a b c d Black Ian 18 November 2009 Arab unity put to severe test as Egypt and Algeria contest World Cup qualifier The Guardian London Archived from the original on 21 November 2009 Retrieved 28 November 2009 a b Montague James 20 November 2009 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