Algeria national football team all-time record explained

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

See main article: Algeria at the FIFA World Cup.

FIFA World Cup record
Appearances : 4
FIFA World Cup finals										FIFA World Cup qualification
Year	Round	Result
1930	Part of	Part of
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	Did not enter									Did not enter
1970	Did not qualify	2	0	1	1	1	2
1974	2	1	0	1	2	5
1978	4	1	2	1	2	3
1982	Group stage	13th	3	2	0	1	5	5		8	5	2	1	16	6
1986		22nd	3	0	1	2	1	5		6	5	1	0	13	3
1990	Did not qualify	6	3	2	1	6	2
1994	8	2	3	3	8	11
1998	2	1	0	1	2	3
2002	10	3	3	4	13	14
2006	12	3	5	4	15	15
2010	Group stage	28th	3	0	1	2	0	2		13	8	2	3	17	8
2014	Round of 16	14th	4	1	1	2	7	7		8	6	0	2	16	7
2018	Did not qualify									8	2	2	4	15	12
2022	To be determined	To be determined
2026
Total	Round of 16	4/21	13	3	3	7	13	19		89	40	23	26	126	91

Olympic Games record

See main article: Algeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament.

Olympic Games
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position
1908-1960	Part of
1964	Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify
1972
1976
1980	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	4	5
1984	Did not qualify
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	4	6
2020	Did not qualify
2024	To be determined
Total	Quarter-finals	2/26	7	1	2	4	8	11

• Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.

Africa Cup of Nations record

See main article: Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Africa Cup of Nations
Appearances: 18
Year	Round	Position
1957	Part of
1959
1962
1963	Did not enter
1965
1968	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	5	6
1970	Did not qualify
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	6	7
1982	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	5	6
1984	Third place	3rd	5	3	2	0	8	1
1986	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	3
1988	Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	4	4
1990	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	13	2
1992	Group stage	10th	2	0	1	1	1	4
1994	Disqualified after qualification
1996	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	5	3
1998	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	5
2000	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	4
2002	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	2	5
2004	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	5	7
2006	Did not qualify
2008
2010	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	4	10
2012	Did not qualify
2013	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	2	5
2015	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	5
2017	Group stage	10th	3	0	2	1	5	6
2019	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	13	2
2021	Qualified
2023	To be determined
2025
Total	2 Titles	18/32	74	28	21	25	93	83

African Games record

See main article: Algeria at the African Games.

African Games
Appearances: 7
Year	Round	Position
1965	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	6	5
1973	Group stage	5th	3	1	1	1	6	6
1978	Gold medal	1st	5	4	1	0	9	2
1987	Disqualified
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	2	4
1999		6th	3	1	0	2	2	4
2003		5th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2007		5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Did not enter
2019	Did not qualify
2023	To be determined
Total	Gold Medal	7/11	25	11	4	10	32	29

• • 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
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Fourth place	4th	6	2	3	1	7	4
2014	Did not enter
2016	Disqualified
2018	Did not qualify
2020
2022	Qualified
Total	Fourth Place	1/5	6	2	3	1	7	4

Mediterranean Games Record

See main article: Algeria at the Mediterranean Games. from 1991 U21 teams.

Mediterranean Games
Appearances: 11
Year	Round	Position
1951	Part of
1955
1959
1963	Did not enter
1967	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1971	Did not qualify
1975	Gold medal	1st	6	6	0	0	14	3
1979	Bronze medal	3rd	5	2	2	1	7	6
1983	Group stage	6th	2	1	0	1	3	3
1987		8th	3	0	0	3	1	7
1991		8th	2	0	0	2	1	5
1993	Silver medal	2nd	4	2	1	1	6	4
1997	Group stage	8th	3	0	3	0	4	4
2001		8th	2	0	0	2	3	7
2005	Quarter-finals	6th	3	1	1	1	3	4
2009	Did not qualify
2013
2018	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5
2021	Qualified
Total	Gold Medal	11/18	36	14	7	15	49	54

• Prior to the Athens 1991 campaign, the Football at the Mediterranean Games was open to full senior national teams.
• Algeria participated with the national B team in 1975 and 1987.

Arab Nations Cup record

Arab Nations Cup
Appearances: 2
Year	Round	Position
1963	Did not enter
1964
1966
1985
1988	Group stage	5th	4	1	2	1	3	3
1992	Did not enter
1998	Group stage	10th	2	0	1	1	0	3
2002	Did not enter
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
1953	Part of
1957
1961
1965	Did not enter
1976
1985	Bronze medal	3rd	5	2	0	3	4	6
1992	Did not enter
1997
1999	Withdrew
2004	No tournament
2007	Did not enter
2011
Total	Bronze Medal	1/11	5	2	0	3	4	6

1. Algeria participated with the B team

Other records

Year	Position
1969 World military Cup	2nd
1972 Palestine Cup of Nations	3rd
1973 Palestine Cup of Nations	3rd
1982 Vahdat Cup	2nd
1991 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations	1st
2004 African Military cup	3rd
2005 World military Cup	2nd
2008 African Military cup	2nd
2011 World military Cup	1st
2015 World military Cup	1st
Total	3 titles

Head-to-head record

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	Positive balance (more Wins)
	Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
	Negative balance (more Losses)

Last match updated was against on 10 October 2024. ^[2] CAF:

Flag	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	%	GF	GA	GD
	Angola	1985	2024	10	2	7	1	%	20	13	+7
	Benin	1983	2019	11	8	2	1	%	25	8	+17
	Bolivia	2024	2024	1	1	0	0	%	3	2	+1
	Botswana	2019	2021	2	2	0	0	%	6	0	+6
	Burkina Faso	1967	2024	23	9	8	6	%	37	22	+15
	Burundi	1992	2024	6	4	1	1	%	11	3	+8
	Cameroon	1984	2022	11	2	4	5	%	12	13	-1
	Cape Verde	2000	2023	5	3	2	1	%	13	6	+7
	Central African Republic	2010	2017	3	2	0	1	%	5	2	+3
	Chad	2002	2003	2	1	1	0	%	4	1	+3
	Congo	1978	1992	2	1	1	0	%	4	1	+3
	Djibouti	2021	2021	2	2	0	0	%	12	0	+12
	DR Congo	1965	2019	5	2	4	0	%	8	4	+4
	Ivory Coast	1965	2022	23	7	8	8	%	24	29	-5
	Egypt	1963	2023	29	10	12	7	%	34	34	0
	Ethiopia	1968	2016	7	4	2	1	%	15	6	+9
	Equatorial Guinea	2022	2024	3	1	0	2	%	3	3	0
	Gabon	1995	2011	6	1	2	4	%	9	14	-5
	Gambia	2006	2019	8	4	2	2	%	11	7	+4
	Ghana	1973	2022	11	4	2	5	%	13	10	+3
	Guinea	1968	2022	13	6	3	4	%	19	16	+3
	Guinea-Bissau	1992	1993	2	2	0	0	%	7	2	+5
	Kenya	1977	2019	8	4	1	3	%	13	7	+6
	Lesotho	2015	2016	2	2	0	0	%	9	1	+8
	Liberia	1999	2024	6	3	3	0	%	13	4	+9
	Libya	1967	2012	22	16	3	3	%	40	10	+30
	Madagascar	1965	2003	2	2	0	0	%	4	1	+3
	Malawi	1978	2014	7	4	1	2	%	13	6	+7
	Mali	1965	2022	27	14	3	10	%	41	25	+16
	Mauritania	1985	2024	7	5	1	1	%	19	4	+15
	Morocco	1965	2021	33	11	11	11	%	33	33	0
	Mozambique	1986	2023	3	2	0	1	%	6	2	+4
	Namibia	2001	2003	4	4	0	0	%	7	0	+7
	Niger	1981	2023	9	8	0	1	%	27	3	+24
	Nigeria	1973	2022	23	11	4	8	%	29	25	+4
	Rwanda	2004	2013	6	4	2	0	%	10	2	+8
	Senegal	1977	2023	22	12	7	3	%	34	19	+15
	Seychelles	2015	2016	2	2	0	0	%	6	0	+6
	Sierra Leone	1980	2022	6	2	3	1	%	7	4	+3
	Somalia	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	%	3	1	+2
	South Africa	1996	2024	6	1	4	1	%	8	7	+1
	Sudan	1980	2021	9	4	4	1	%	13	6	+7
	Tanzania	1973	2023	11	6	4	1	%	25	10	+15
	Togo	1992	2024	7	4	1	2	%	14	5	+9
	Tunisia	1963	2023	50	20	16	14	%	48	38	+10
	Uganda	1968	2024	15	8	4	3	%	25	14	+11
	Zambia	1977	2021	15	7	3	5	%	18	12	+6
	Zimbabwe	1989	2020	8	3	4	1	%	16	11	+5

Rest of the World:

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

Notes:

• (†) Defunct national teams
• (*) Results for West Germany listed separately
• (**) Results as

Statistics by Confederation

• Last update: As of 10 October 2024

Asian Football Confederation

	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	47	24	14	9	78	36	+42
5	South Asian Football Federation	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Total		61	30	16	15	101	53	+48

Confederation of African Football

	Confederation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
1	Union of North African Football Federations	133	53	43	37	147	118	+29
2	West African Football Union	224	115	54	55	370	196	+174
3	Central African Football Federations' Union	35	11	10	14	49	36	+13
4	Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations	67	40	18	9	125	48	+77
5	Council of Southern Africa Football Associations	58	30	17	11	100	52	+48
Total		518	250	143	126	791	449	+342

Americas

	Confederation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
1	North American Football Union	4	1	1	2	3	5	−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	10	4	1	5	14	17	−3
Total		15	5	2	8	17	23	−6

By competition

Competition								Win%
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^[3]	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^[4]	71	33	15	23	120	71	+49	0.46	0.00
Total	571	233	152	178	803	601	+202	0.41	0.00

Team yet to play against Algeria

Notes and References

1. http://www.dzfoot.com/iframe_include/fiche.php?id=1787 Equipe Nationale. Algérie 2-1 Bulgarie
2. Web site: Algeria - List of International Matches. www.rsssf.org. 7 April 2023.
3. Qualifiers for the 2006/2010 Nations Cup are included in the World Cup figures only.
4. 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.