| Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry | |
| Other Names: | Maghreb derby |
| City Or Region: | Africa (CAF) |
| First Contested: | Tunisia 0–0 Algeria Friendly (15 December 1963) |
| Teams Involved: | |
| Most Wins: | Algeria (18) |
| Most Player Appearances: | Lakhdar Belloumi (10) |
| Top Scorer: | Djamel Menad (5) |
| Mostrecent: | Algeria 1–1 Tunisia International Friendly (20 June 2023) |
| Total: | 48 |
| Series: | Algeria: 18 Draw: 15 Tunisia: 15 |
| Map Location: | Arab world |
| Map Label1: | Algeria |
| Map Label1 Position: | left |
| Map Label2: | Tunisia |
| Map Label2 Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates1: | 36.7539°N 3.0589°W |
| Coordinates2: | 36.8064°N 10.1817°W |
The Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry is a football rivalry between the national football teams of Algeria and Tunisia, having achieved three Africa Cup of Nations and two Arab Cups between the two countries.
The two nations have played 48 games against each other; Algeria leads in wins with 18 to Tunisia's 15, with the two sides drawing 15 times.[1] The first unofficial match took place on 1 June 1957, in a friendly match between Tunisia and the FLN football team, when Algeria was a French colony. After the independence of Algeria, the first official match took place on 15 December 1963, in a friendly match at the Stade Chedly Zouiten in Tunisia.
The last defeat of Algeria against their neighbours dated back to 20 January 2017, during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which was hosted by Gabon.
The first unofficial match took place on 1 June 1957, in a friendly match between Tunisia and the FLN football team, when Algeria was a French colony. It was at this time that the matches were the most regular. Indeed, the two teams met eight times, between June 1957 and October 1959, with eight victories for the Algerians.
After the independence of Algeria, the first official match took place on 15 December 1963, in a friendly match at the Stade Chedly Zouiten in Tunisia. The two teams met three times in the qualifying phase of the World Cup in 1970, 1978 and 1986.
Algeria and Tunisia played three times in official competitions: twice in the Africa Cup of Nations, in 2013 and 2017, which Tunisia won both times, and once in the Arab Cup in 2021, which Algeria won after beating Tunisia in the final.[2]
| Date | Location | Home Team | Score | Away team | Competition | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 December 1963 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–0 | Friendly | |||
| 2 | 27 December 1964 | Algiers, Algeria | 1–0 | 1965 All-Africa Games qualification | |||
| 3 | 14 March 1964 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–0 | ||||
| 4 | 17 November 1968 | Algiers, Algeria | 1–2 | 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 5 | 29 December 1968 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–0 | ||||
| 6 | 5 June 1972 | Tunis, Tunisia | 3–1 | Friendly | |||
| 7 | 16 November 1972 | Tunis, Tunisia | 1–2 | Friendly | |||
| 8 | 11 May 1974 | Algiers, Algeria | 1–2 | Friendly | |||
| 9 | 23 March 1975 | Tunis, Tunisia | 1–1 | 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification | |||
| 10 | 6 April 1975 | Oran, Algeria | 1–2 | ||||
| 11 | 11 May 1975 | Algiers, Algeria | 1–1 | 1976 Summer Olympics qualification[3] | |||
| 12 | 1 June 1975 | Tunis, Tunisia | 2–1 | ||||
| 13 | 4 September 1975 | Algiers, Algeria | 2–1 | 1975 Mediterranean Games[4] | |||
| 14 | 6 February 1977 | Tunis, Tunisia | 2–0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 15 | 28 February 1977 | Algiers, Algeria | 1–1 | ||||
| 16 | 23 September 1979 | Omiš, Yugoslavia | 1–1 | 1979 Mediterranean Games[5] | |||
| 17 | 7 February 1982 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–1 | Friendly | |||
| 18 | 19 December 1982 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–1 | Friendly | |||
| 19 | 23 September 1979 | El Jadida, Morocco | 3–2 | 1983 Mediterranean Games | |||
| 20 | 30 December 1984 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | 3–1 | Friendly (Abidjan Tournament)[6] | |||
| 21 | 1 May 1985 | Tunis, Tunisia | 1–0 | Friendly | |||
| 22 | 6 October 1985[7] | Tunis, Tunisia | 1–4 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 23 | 18 October 1985 | Algiers, Algeria | 3–0 | 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 24 | 11 January 1987 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–2 | 1987 All-Africa Games qualification | |||
| 25 | 27 March 1987 | Algiers, Algeria | 1–0 | 1988 African Cup of Nations qualification | |||
| 26 | 12 April 1987 | Tunis, Tunisia | 1–1 | ||||
| 27 | 11 December 1987 | Algiers, Algeria | 0–0 | 1988 Arab Cup | |||
| 28 | 5 November 1988 | Tunis, Tunisia | 1–0 | Friendly | |||
| 29 | 4 April 1989 | Algiers, Algeria | 2–0 | Friendly | |||
| 30 | 1 November 1989 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–0 | Friendly | |||
| 31 | 5 March 1991 | Annaba, Algeria | 2–1 | Friendly | |||
| 32 | 7 April 1991 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–0 | Friendly | |||
| 33 | 23 September 1992 | Tunis, Tunisia | 1–1 | Friendly | |||
| 34 | 16 December 1994 | Sfax, Tunisia | 1–0 | Friendly | |||
| 35 | 22 July 1995 | Algiers, Algeria | 2–1 | Friendly | |||
| 36 | 5 November 1995 | Tunis, Tunisia | 2–0 | Friendly (7th November Cup)[8] | |||
| 37 | 4 January 1997 | Sfax, Tunisia | 0–0 | Friendly | |||
| 38 | 31 May 1997 | Tunis, Tunisia | 0–1 | Friendly | |||
| 39 | 22 January 1999 | Algiers, Algeria | 0–1 | 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification | |||
| 40 | 6 June 1999 | Tunis, Tunisia | 2–0 | ||||
| 41 | 28 June 2000 | Tunis, Tunisia | 2–2 | Friendly | |||
| 42 | 12 November 2011 | Blida, Algeria | 1–0 | Friendly[9] | |||
| 43 | 22 January 2013 | Rustenburg, South Africa | 1–0 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations[10] | |||
| 44 | 11 January 2015 | Radès, Tunisia | 1–1 | Friendly[11] | |||
| 45 | 19 January 2017 | Franceville, Gabon | 1–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations[12] | |||
| 46 | 26 March 2019 | Blida, Algeria | 1–0 | Friendly[13] | |||
| 47 | 11 June 2021 | Radès, Tunisia | 0–2 | Friendly | |||
| 48 | 18 December 2021 | Al Khor, Qatar | 0–2 | 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Final | |||
| 49 | 20 June 2023 | Annaba, Algeria | 1–1 | Friendly |
| Africa Cup of Nations | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| FIFA Arab Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | |
| Africa Cup of Nations qualification | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Summer Olympics qualification | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mediterranean Games | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
| African Games qualification | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Friendly Match | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 18 | |
| Total | 49 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 47 | 42 |
|---|
| Algeria | Competition | Tunisia | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | African Cup of Nations | 1 | |
| 0 | African Nations Championship | 1 | |
| 1 | FIFA Arab Cup | 1 | |
| 1 | Afro-Asian Cup of Nations | 0 | |
| 4 | Aggregate | 3 |