Algeria national football team all-time record

The Algeria national football team has played teams from every confederation except OFC. They played their first international on January 6, 1963, in Algiers against Bulgaria, winning 2–1.[1] The team they have played the most is Tunisia, with a total of 41 games played. Their biggest win has been by 15 goals against South Yemen in 1973.

Competition records

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Appearances : 4
FIFA World Cup finals FIFA World Cup qualification
Year Round Result Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Part of  France Part of  France
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 1 2
West Germany 1974 2 1 0 1 2 5
Argentina 1978 4 1 2 1 2 3
Spain 1982 Group stage 13th 3 2 0 1 5 5 8 5 2 1 16 6
Mexico 1986 22nd 3 0 1 2 1 5 6 5 1 0 13 3
Italy 1990 Did not qualify 6 3 2 1 6 2
United States 1994 8 2 3 3 8 11
France 1998 2 1 0 1 2 3
South Korea Japan 2002 10 3 3 4 13 14
Germany 2006 12 3 5 4 15 15
South Africa 2010 Group stage 28th 3 0 1 2 0 2 13 8 2 3 17 8
Brazil 2014 Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 7 7 8 6 0 2 16 7
Russia 2018 Did not qualify 8 2 2 4 15 12
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
Canada Mexico United States 2026
Total Round of 16 4/21 13 3 3 7 13 19 89 40 23 26 126 91


Olympic Games record

Olympic Games
Appearances: 2
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
1908-1960 Part of  France (FRA)
Japan 1964 Did not enter
Mexico 1968 Did not qualify
West Germany 1972
Canada 1976
Soviet Union 1980 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 5
United States 1984 Did not qualify
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 6
Japan 2020 Did not qualify
France 2024 To be determined
Total Quarter-finals 2/26 7 1 2 4 8 11

Africa Cup of Nations record

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 18
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Sudan 1957 Part of  France
Egypt 1959
Ethiopia 1962
Ghana 1963 Did not enter
Tunisia 1965
Ethiopia 1968 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 5 6
Sudan 1970 Did not qualify
Cameroon 1972
Egypt 1974
Ethiopia 1976
Ghana 1978
Nigeria 1980 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 6 7
Libya 1982 Fourth place 4th 5 2 1 2 5 6
Ivory Coast 1984 Third place 3rd 5 3 2 0 8 1
Egypt 1986 Group stage 6th 3 0 2 1 2 3
Morocco 1988 Third place 3rd 5 1 3 1 4 4
Algeria 1990 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 13 2
Senegal 1992 Group stage 10th 2 0 1 1 1 4
Tunisia 1994 Disqualified after qualification
South Africa 1996 Quarter-finals 5th 4 2 1 1 5 3
Burkina Faso 1998 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 5
GhanaNigeria 2000 Quarter-finals 6th 4 1 2 1 5 4
Mali 2002 Group stage 15th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Tunisia 2004 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 5 7
Egypt 2006 Did not qualify
Ghana 2008
Angola 2010 Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 4 10
Equatorial GuineaGabon 2012 Did not qualify
South Africa 2013 Group stage 13th 3 0 1 2 2 5
Equatorial Guinea 2015 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 6 5
Gabon 2017 Group stage 10th 3 0 2 1 5 6
Egypt 2019 Champions 1st 7 6 1 0 13 2
Cameroon 2021 Qualified
Ivory Coast 2023 To be determined
Guinea 2025
Total 2 Titles 18/32 74 28 21 25 93 83

African Games record

African Games
Appearances: 7
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Republic of the Congo 1965 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 6 5
Nigeria 1973 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 6 6
Algeria 1978 Gold medal 1st 5 4 1 0 9 2
Kenya 1987 Disqualified 1
Egypt 1991 Did not qualify
Zimbabwe 1995 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 2 4
South Africa 1999 6th 3 1 0 2 2 4
Nigeria 2003 5th 3 1 1 1 3 4
Algeria 2007 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4
Mozambique 2011 Did not qualify
Republic of the Congo 2015 Did not enter
Morocco 2019 Did not qualify
Ghana 2023 To be determined
Total Gold Medal 7/11 25 11 4 10 32 29
  • Prior to the Cairo 1991 campaign, the Football at the African Games was open to full senior national teams.
  • ^1 Algeria withdrew in protest at CAF's decision to order a replay of the first leg against Tunisia; CAF had made this decision following Tunisia's protest that Algeria had fielded two ineligible players.

African Nations Championship record

African Nations Championship
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Ivory Coast 2009 Did not qualify
Sudan 2011 Fourth place 4th 6 2 3 1 7 4
South Africa 2014 Did not enter
Rwanda 2016 Disqualified 1
Morocco 2018 Did not qualify
Cameroon 2020
Algeria 2022 Qualified
Total Fourth Place 1/5 6 2 3 1 7 4

^1 The CAF disqualified Algeria from the CHAN 2016 because the team have abandoned the qualifiers of the previous edition, the CHAN 2014.[2]

Mediterranean Games Record

from 1991 U21 teams.

Mediterranean Games
Appearances: 11
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Egypt 1951 Part of  France
Spain 1955
Lebanon 1959
Italy 1963 Did not enter
Tunisia 1967 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 4 6
Turkey 1971 Did not qualify
Algeria 19751 Gold medal 1st 6 6 0 0 14 3
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1979 Bronze medal 3rd 5 2 2 1 7 6
Morocco 1983 Group stage 6th 2 1 0 1 3 3
Syria 19871 8th 3 0 0 3 1 7
Greece 1991 8th 2 0 0 2 1 5
France 1993 Silver medal 2nd 4 2 1 1 6 4
Italy 1997 Group stage 8th 3 0 3 0 4 4
Tunisia 2001 8th 2 0 0 2 3 7
Spain 2005 Quarter-finals 6th 3 1 1 1 3 4
Italy 2009 Did not qualify
Turkey 2013
Spain 2018 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5
Algeria 2021 Qualified
Total Gold Medal 11/18 36 14 7 15 49 54

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Appearances: 2
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Lebanon 1963 Did not enter
Kuwait 1964
Iraq 1966
Saudi Arabia 1985
Jordan 1988 Group stage 1 5th 4 1 2 1 3 3
Syria 1992 Did not enter
Qatar 1998 Group stage 2 10th 2 0 1 1 0 3
Kuwait 2002 Did not enter
Saudi Arabia 2012
Total Group Stage 2/9 6 1 3 2 3 6
  1. ^ Algeria participated with the national University team
  2. ^ Algeria participated with the national U-23 team

Pan Arab Games record

Pan Arab Games
Appearances: 1
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Egypt 1953 Part of  France (FRA)
Lebanon 1957
Morocco 1961
United Arab Republic 1965 Did not enter
Syria 1976
Morocco 1985 Bronze medal 1 3rd 5 2 0 3 4 6
Syria 1992 Did not enter
Lebanon 1997
Jordan 1999 Withdrew
Algeria 2004 No tournament
Egypt 2007 Did not enter
Qatar 2011
Total Bronze Medal 1/11 5 2 0 3 4 6
  1. ^ Algeria participated with the B team

Other records

Year Position
Greece 1969 World military Cup 2nd
Iraq 1972 Palestine Cup of Nations 3rd
Libya 1973 Palestine Cup of Nations 3rd
Iran 1982 Vahdat Cup 2nd
Algeria Iran 1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 1st
Mali 2004 African Military cup 3rd
Germany 2005 World military Cup 2nd
Uganda 2008 African Military cup 2nd
Brazil 2011 World military Cup 1st
South Korea 2015 World military Cup 1st
Total 3 titles

Head-to-head record

Key
Positive balance (more Wins)
Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
Negative balance (more Losses)
Last match updated was against  Mozambique on 19 November 2023. [3]

CAF:

Flag Nationality From To P W D L % GF GA GD
Angola Angola 1985 2010 9 2 6 1 22.22% 19 12 +7
Benin Benin 1983 2019 11 8 2 1 72.73% 25 8 +17
Botswana Botswana 2019 2021 2 2 0 0 100% 6 0 +6
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 1967 2021 22 9 7 6 40.91% 35 20 +15
Burundi Burundi 1992 2019 5 3 1 1 60% 7 3 +4
Cameroon Cameroon 1984 2022 11 2 4 5 18.18% 12 13 -1
Cape Verde Cape Verde 2000 2023 5 3 2 1 60% 13 6 +7
Central African Republic Central African Republic 2010 2017 3 2 0 1 66.67% 5 2 +3
Chad Chad 2002 2003 2 1 1 0 50% 4 1 +3
Republic of the Congo Congo 1978 1992 2 1 1 0 50% 4 1 +3
Djibouti Djibouti 2021 2021 2 2 0 0 100% 12 0 +12
Democratic Republic of the Congo DR Congo 1965 2019 5 2 4 0 40% 8 4 +4
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 1965 2022 23 7 8 8 30.43% 24 29 -5
Egypt Egypt 1963 2023 29 10 12 7 34.48% 34 34 0
Ethiopia Ethiopia 1968 2016 7 4 2 1 57.14% 15 6 +9
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 2022 2022 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 -1
Gabon Gabon 1995 2011 6 1 2 4 16.67% 9 14 -5
The Gambia Gambia 2006 2019 8 4 2 2 50% 11 7 +4
Ghana Ghana 1973 2022 11 4 2 5 36.36% 13 10 +3
Guinea Guinea 1968 2022 13 6 3 4 46.15% 19 16 +3
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 1992 1993 2 2 0 0 100% 7 2 +5
Kenya Kenya 1977 2019 8 4 1 3 50% 13 7 +6
Lesotho Lesotho 2015 2016 2 2 0 0 100% 9 1 +8
Liberia Liberia 1999 2008 5 2 3 0 40% 10 4 +6
Libya Libya 1967 2012 22 16 3 3 72.73% 40 10 +30
Madagascar Madagascar 1965 2003 2 2 0 0 100% 4 1 +3
Malawi Malawi 1978 2014 7 4 1 2 57.14% 13 6 +7
Mali Mali 1965 2022 27 14 3 10 51.85% 41 25 +16
Mauritania Mauritania 1985 2021 6 5 1 0 83.33% 19 3 +16
Morocco Morocco 1965 2021 33 11 11 11 33.33% 33 33 0
Mozambique Mozambique 1986 2023 3 2 0 1 66.67% 6 2 +4
Namibia Namibia 2001 2003 4 4 0 0 100% 7 0 +7
Niger Niger 1981 2023 9 8 0 1 88.89% 27 3 +24
Nigeria Nigeria 1973 2022 23 11 4 8 47.83% 29 25 +4
Rwanda Rwanda 2004 2013 6 4 2 0 66.67% 10 2 +8
Senegal Senegal 1977 2023 22 12 7 3 54.55% 34 19 +15
Seychelles Seychelles 2015 2016 2 2 0 0 100% 6 0 +6
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 1980 2022 6 2 3 1 33.33% 7 4 +3
Somalia Somalia 2023 2023 1 1 0 0 100% 3 1 +2
South Africa South Africa 1996 2015 5 1 3 1 20% 5 4 +1
Sudan Sudan 1980 2021 9 4 4 1 44.44% 13 6 +7
Tanzania Tanzania 1973 2023 11 6 4 1 54.55% 25 10 +15
Togo Togo 1992 2019 6 3 1 2 50% 9 4 +5
Tunisia Tunisia 1963 2023 50 20 16 14 40% 48 38 +10
Uganda Uganda 1968 2023 14 7 4 3 50% 23 13 +10
Zambia Zambia 1977 2021 15 7 3 5 46.67% 18 12 +6
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1989 2020 8 3 4 1 37.5% 16 11 +5

Rest of the World:

Flag Nationality From To P W D L % GF GA GD
Albania Albania 1976 1976 1 0 0 1 0% 0 3 -3
Argentina Argentina 2007 2007 1 0 0 1 0% 3 4 -1
Armenia Armenia 2014 2014 1 1 0 0 100% 3 1 +2
Austria Austria 1982 1982 1 0 0 1 0% 0 2 -2
Bahrain Bahrain 1988 1992 2 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0
Belgium Belgium 2002 2014 3 0 1 2 0% 2 5 -3
Brazil Brazil 1965 2007 4 0 0 4 0% 0 8 -8
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012 2012 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 -1
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1963 2000 6 1 2 3 16.67% 6 9 -3
Canada Canada 1984 1984 1 1 0 0 100% 1 0 +1
Chile Chile 1982 1982 1 1 0 0 100% 3 2 +1
China China PR 1964 2004 4 2 1 1 50% 6 2 +4
Colombia Colombia 2019 2019 1 1 0 0 100% 3 0 +3
Cuba Cuba 1974 1974 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 -1
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia † 1964 1964 2 1 0 1 50% 4 4 0
Denmark Denmark 1989 1989 1 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0
England England 2010 2010 1 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0
Finland Finland 1989 1989 1 1 0 0 100% 2 0 +2
France France 2001 2001 1 0 0 1 0% 1 4 -3
Germany Germany * 1964 2014 3 2 0 1 50% 5 3 +2
East Germany East Germany † 1974 1985 4 0 1 3 0% 4 14 -10
Greece Greece 1975 1979 2 2 0 0 100% 7 1 +6
Hungary Hungary 1967 1985 2 0 0 2 0% 1 4 -3
Iran Iran 1991 2022 4 2 0 2 50% 5 5 0
Iraq Iraq 1972 1978 7 0 4 3 0% 2 8 -6
Indonesia Indonesia 1986 1986 1 1 0 0 100% 2 1 +1
Italy Italy 1989 1989 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 -1
Jordan Jordan 1986 2004 2 0 1 1 0% 2 3 -1
South Korea South Korea 1985 2014 2 1 0 1 50% 4 4 0
North Korea North Korea 1969 1969 1 0 0 1 0% 1 3 -2
Kuwait Kuwait 1987 1988 2 1 0 1 50% 1 2 -1
Lebanon Lebanon 1974 2021 3 2 1 0 66.67% 8 3 +5
Luxembourg Luxembourg 2010 2010 1 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0
Malaysia Malaysia 1986 1986 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0
Malta Malta 1971 1989 3 2 1 0 66.67% 3 1 +2
Mexico Mexico 1985 2020 2 0 1 1 0% 2 4 -2
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland 1986 1986 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
Oman Oman 1996 2015 3 3 0 0 100% 6 1 +5
Qatar Qatar 1972 2021 6 4 1 1 66.67% 9 4 +5
State of Palestine Palestine 1972 1972 1 1 0 0 100% 2 0 +2
Peru Peru 1982 1982 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
Poland Poland 1979 1980 2 0 0 2 0% 1 6 -5
Portugal Portugal 2018 2018 1 0 0 1 0% 0 3 -3
Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland 1982 2010 2 1 0 1 50% 2 3 -1
Romania Romania 1984 2014 5 2 2 1 40% 8 7 +1
Russia Russia 2014 2014 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1976 1986 4 1 2 1 25% 6 6 0
Slovakia Slovakia 2001 2001 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0
Slovenia Slovenia 2010 2014 2 1 0 1 50% 2 1 +1
Soviet Union Soviet Union † 1964 1964 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0
Spain Spain 1986 1986 1 0 0 1 0% 0 3 -3
Sweden Sweden 1975 2022 5 0 1 4 0% 1 11 -10
Switzerland Switzerland 1983 1986 2 0 0 2 0% 1 4 -3
Syria Syria 1972 1980 5 3 1 1 60% 7 2 +5
Turkey Turkey 1972 1979 3 2 0 1 66.67% 2 4 -2
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 1973 2010 6 3 2 1 50% 5 3 +2
United States United States 2010 2010 1 0 0 1 0% 0 1 -1
Uruguay Uruguay 2009 2009 1 1 0 0 100% 1 0 +1
Vietnam Vietnam ** 1959 1959 1 1 0 0 100% 5 0 +5
South Yemen South Yemen † 1972 1973 2 2 0 0 100% 19 2 +17
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia † 1963 1980 4 0 1 3 0% 4 9 -5

Notes:

Statistics by Confederation

  • Last update: As of 7 June 2018

Asian Football Confederation

R. Confederation Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
1 Central Asian Football Association 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1
2 ASEAN Football Federation 3 2 1 0 9 3 +6
3 East Asian Football Federation 7 3 1 3 11 9 +2
4 West Asian Football Federation 41 18 14 9 68 33 +35
5 South Asian Football Federation 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
Total 55 24 16 15 91 50 +41

Confederation of African Football

R. Confederation Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
1 Union of North African Football Federations 121 47 38 36 131 111 +20
2 West African Football Union 178 86 41 51 279 167 +112
3 Central African Football Federations' Union 28 8 8 12 40 31 +9
4 Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations 51 26 16 9 85 44 +41
5 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations 51 26 14 11 78 43 +35
Total 429 193 117 119 613 396 +217

Americas

R. Confederation Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
1 North American Football Union 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2
2 Central American Football Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Caribbean Football Union 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
4 South American Football Confederation 8 2 1 5 8 15 −7
Total 12 3 1 8 9 19 −10

Union of European Football Associations

R. Confederation Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
1 Union of European Football Associations 69 14 17 37 61 114 −53

Oceania Football Confederation

R. Confederation Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD
1 Oceania Football Confederation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

By competition

As of 7 June 2018
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win% PPG
FIFA World Cup 13 3 3 7 13 19 −6 0.23 0.92
FIFA World Cup qualification 89 40 23 26 126 91 +35 0.45 1.65
Africa Cup of Nations 67 22 20 25 80 83 −3 0.34 1.31
Africa Cup of Nations qualification[a] 104 56 26 22 184 90 +94 0.54 0.00
International Friendlies 227 79 65 75 283 248 +5 0.35 0.00
Minor tournaments[b] 71 33 15 23 120 71 +49 0.46 0.00
Total 571 233 152 178 803 601 +202 0.41 0.00
  1. ^ Qualifiers for the 2006/2010 Nations Cup are included in the World Cup figures only.
  2. ^ Includes the Football at the Summer Olympics, Football at the African Games, Football at the Mediterranean Games, Arab Nations Cup, Palestine Cup of Nations and Afro-Asian Cup of Nations.

Team yet to play against Algeria

Teams yet to play Algeria
 Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Suriname
 Australia  South Sudan  Ukraine  Trinidad and Tobago
 Bhutan  Scotland  El Salvador  Turks and Caicos Islands
 Brunei  São Tomé and Príncipe  Guatemala  U.S. Virgin Islands
 Mauritius  Honduras
 Chinese Taipei  Nicaragua  Bolivia
 Hong Kong  Panama
 Eswatini  Comoros  Anguilla  Ecuador
 India  Belarus  Antigua and Barbuda  Paraguay
 Japan  Croatia  Aruba  Venezuela
 Kyrgyzstan  Cyprus  Bahamas  Saint Lucia
 Laos  Czech Republic  Barbados  American Samoa
 Macau  Estonia  Bermuda  Cook Islands
 Costa Rica  Faroe Islands  Bonaire  Fiji
 Maldives  Macedonia  British Virgin Islands  Kiribati
 Mongolia  Georgia  Cayman Islands  New Caledonia
 Myanmar  Gibraltar  Curaçao  New Zealand
 Saint Martin  Greece  Dominica  Niue
 Pakistan  Iceland  Dominican Republic  Papua New Guinea
 Philippines  Israel  French Guiana  Samoa
 Tajikistan  Kazakhstan  Grenada  Solomon Islands
 Thailand  Latvia  Guadeloupe  Tahiti
 East Timor  Liechtenstein  Guyana  Tonga
 Turkmenistan  Lithuania  Haiti  Tuvalu
 Uzbekistan  Moldova  Jamaica  Vanuatu
 Montenegro  Martinique  Sint Maarten
 Netherlands  Montserrat  Saint Martin  Singapore
 Norway  Puerto Rico  Comoros
 Sri Lanka  Andorra  San Marino
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Wales  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Belize

Notes

References

  1. ^ Equipe Nationale. Algérie 2-1 Bulgarie Archived 26 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "CHAN-2016 : L'Algérie disqualifiée". El Watan. Tarek Aït Sellamet. 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Algeria - List of International Matches". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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