Mahieddine Khalef ( ar, محيي الدين خالف; born January 17, 1944, in

Mechra Bel Ksiri Mechra Bel Ksiri ( ar, مشرع بلقصيري) is a town in Sidi Kacem Province, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overl ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...

) is an Algerian

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

manager. Most notably he was the co-manager of the

Algeria national football team The Algeria national football team ( ar, منتخب الجزائر لكرة القدم) represents Algeria in men's international football and is governed by the Algerian Football Federation. The team plays their home matches at the 5 July Sta ...

in the

1982 FIFA World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 ...

, together with Rachid Mekloufi, where Les Fennecs caused a sensation by defeating European reigning champions West Germany for their first world cup appearance. 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.

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Algerian football managers 1982 FIFA World Cup managers 1944 births Living people Algeria national football team managers JS Kabylie managers People from Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Algerian expatriates in Morocco 1980 African Cup of Nations managers 1982 African Cup of Nations managers 1984 African Cup of Nations managers 21st-century Algerian people {{algeria-footy-bio-stub