Head of the Algerian Football Federation Bribed Referees to Reach the 2010 World Cup, a Newspaper
By Mourad Anouar
Morocco News Tribune
Oklahoma, U.S.A | Algerian newspaper Djaridati ran a report claiming Mohamed Raouraoua, the current president of the Algerian Football Federation, bribed referees in order to get Algeria qualify for the 2010 World Cup which was held in South Africa.
The newspaper attributed the scandal information to one of Raouraoua’s closest friends, who confirmed that the president was behind Algeria’s qualification to the World Cup and not the coach nor the players, and that it was the president who provided bribery to the referees who ran Algeria’s qualifying games.
My newspaper report also included that Raouraoua will not give up his position as head of the Algerian Federation of Football; a position helped him make his way through to become a millionaire, according to the newspaper.
The same source said that the wealth of Raouraoua was earned through fraudulent means, explaining that the Algerian Football Federation’s president power stemmed from being able to boost the Algerian President’s image by helping to bring 36 million Algerians out to the streets in joy following Algeria’s qualification for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
Mohamed Raouraoua, 67, is the current president of the Algerian Football Federation since 2001 and a member of the Executive Committee of FIFA as well as the president of the Union of North African football, the vice-president of the Union of Arab Football Associations.
