Algeria national football team records and statistics explained

This list of Algeria national football team records contains statistical accomplishments related to the Algeria national football team (French: Equipe d'Algérie), its players, and its managers. The Algeria national team represents the nation of Algeria in international football. It is fielded by the Algerian Football Federation (French: Fédération algérienne de football) and competes as a member of Confederation of African Football.

Records

Individual

Most appearances
  • Lakhdar Belloumi, 100, 22 October 1978 — 17 November 1989
    Most appearances as a captain
  • Yazid Mansouri, 52, 5 June 2004 — 5 June 2010
    Most goals

    See also: List of international goals scored by Islam Slimani.

    Islam Slimani, 40, 2012 —

    Longest Algeria career
  • Djamel Menad,, (31 May 1980 — 30 July 1995)
  • Rabah Madjer,, (28 October 1978 — 17 January 1992)
    Oldest player:
  • Raïs M'Bolhi,
    Youngest player:
  • Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani,, 30 December 1984
    Most appearances at the World Cup finals
  • Rafik Halliche, 7, 13 June 2010 — 30 June 2014
    Appearances at Two World Cup final tournaments
  • Lakhdar Belloumi, 1982 and 1986
  • Tedj Bensaoula, 1982 and 1986
  • Madjid Bougherra, 2010 and 2014
  • Mahmoud Guendouz, 1982 and 1986
  • Rafik Halliche, 2010 and 2014
  • Nourredine Kourichi, 1982 and 1986
  • Mehdi Lacen, 2010 and 2014
  • Raïs M'Bolhi, 2010 and 2014
  • Rabah Madjer, 1982 and 1986
  • Faouzi Mansouri, 1982 and 1986
  • Djamel Mesbah, 2010 and 2014
  • Hassan Yebda, 2010 and 2014
  • Djamel Zidane, 1982 and 1986
    Most goals scored at the World Cup finals: Salah Assad, 2, 24 June 1982
  • Abdelmoumene Djabou, 2, 22 June 2014 — 30 June 2014
  • Islam Slimani, 2, 22 June 2014 — 26 June 2014
    Most appearances at the African Championship finals
  • Rabah Madjer, 22, 9 March 1980 — 17 January 1992
    Appearances at Six African Championship final tournaments
  • Rabah Madjer, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, and 1992
  • Mahieddine Meftah, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
    Most goals scored at the African Championship finals
  • Lakhdar Belloumi, 6, 13 March 1980 — 26 March 1988
  • Riyad Mahrez, 6, 19 January 2015 — present
    Most appearances on aggregate at the World Cup and African Championship finals
  • Rabah Madjer, 28, 9 March 1980 — 17 January 1992
    Appearances in three different decades
  • Rabah Madjer, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
  • Mahieddine Meftah, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
  • Moussa Saïb, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
  • Rafik Saïfi, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

    Manager

    Most matches as coach
  • Rabah Saâdane, 74, 30 August 1981 — 3 September 2010
    Most matches won as coach
  • 26 by Djamel Belmadi
    Most matches drawn as coach
  • 21 by Rabah Saâdane
    Most matches lost as coach
  • 23 by Rabah Saâdane
    Most goals scored as coach
  • 90 by Djamel Belmadi

    Team

    Largest victory
  • 15–1, South Yemen – Algeria, 17 August 1973
    Largest away victory
  • 0–6, Jordan – Algeria, 28 September 1974
    Largest defeat
  • 5–0, East Germany – Algeria, 21 April 1976
    Largest home defeat
  • 5–2, Algeria – Nigeria, 4 September 2005
    Most consecutive victories
  • 9, 26 May 1975 — 6 January 1976
    Most consecutive matches without a defeat
  • 35, October 2018 - January 2022
    Most consecutive defeats:
    Most consecutive matches without a victory
  • 11, 3 February 2004 — 17 November 2004
    Longest period without conceding a goal:
    Highest home attendance
  • 110,000, Algeria – Serbia, 3 March 2010
    Highest away attendance
  • 100,000, Iran – Algeria, 27 September 1991

    Hat-tricks

    As of 22 April 2021.

    List of Algeria national football team hat-tricks!No.!Player!Opponent!Goals!Score!Venue!Competition!Date!Ref
    1Noureddine Hachouf3 – (50', 67', 73')4–1Brazzaville1965 All-Africa Games20 July 1965
    2Hacène Lalmas3 – (15', 25', 70')4–0Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa1968 AFCON14 January 1968
    3Mokhtar Khalem3 – (46', 60', 80')3–1Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers1972 AFCON qualification10 December 1970
    4Nasreddine Akli6 – (6', 16', 35', 55', 64', 65')15–1March 28 Stadium, Benghazi1973 Palestine Cup of Nations17 August 1973
    5Tedj Bensaoula3 – (15', 16', 69')1–5Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca1980 Summer Olympics qualifiers9 December 1979
    6Mohamed Rahem3 – (8', 36', 42')5–0ParisFriendly match12 January 1990
    7Abdelhafid Tasfaout3 – (3', 62', 76')4–0Stade Birouana, Tlemcen1994 AFCON qualification25 July 1993
    8Islam Slimani4 – (5', 25'p, 46', 53')8–0Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida2022 WC qualification2 September 2021

    Doubles

    44 players managed to score 2 goals in the same match. 17 have done it more than once, for a total of 82 doubles.

    Fastest goals

    As of September 30, 2017.

    Goal Player Competition Against Home/Away Result Date
    0.16' 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Home 4–1
    0.50' 1984 Summer Olympics African Qualifiers Home 1–1
    0.50' 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Home 3–0
    8 players scored in the first minute of the game. It is :

    Biggest wins

    Scores from 6–0 and up

    Best Results by Algeria
    DateOpponentRoundResultDifference
    117 August 1973 1973 Palestine Cup15 – 1+14
    210 May 1974 Friendly9 – 1+8
    28 May 1975 Friendly8 – 0
    2 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification8 – 0
    330 August 1981 1982 AFCON qualification7 – 0+7
    13 November 1988 Friendly7 – 0
    17 November 2015 2018 World Cup qualification7 – 0
    428 September 1974 Friendly6 – 0+6
    26 May 1975 Friendly6 – 0
    14 November 2003 2006 World Cup qualification6 – 0
    4 September 2016 2017 AFCON qualification6 – 0
    25 March 2016 2017 AFCON qualification7 – 1

    Heaviest defeats

    Scores from 4–0 and up

    Worst Results by Algeria
    DateOpponentRoundResultDifference
    121 April 1976 Friendly0 – 5–5
    212 March 1972 1974 World Cup qualification1 – 5–4
    19 November 1980 Friendly1 – 5
    4 June 2011 2012 AFCON qualification0 – 4
    14 February 1973 Friendly0 – 4
    19 May 1975 Friendly0 – 4
    28 January 2010 2010 Africa Cup of Nations0 – 4

    Youngest player

    Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.

    Name Date of birth Date of debut Age Opponent
    1 1966–10–7 1984–12–30
    2 1966–9–5 1984–3–8
    3 Yacine Titraoui 2003–7–23 2021–12–1
    4 1971–6–8 1990–1–12
    5 1954–11–4 1973–5–20
    6 Ismaël Bennacer 1997–12–1 2016–9–4
    7 1949–3–12 1968–3–17

    Most appearances at the Africa Cup of Nations

    Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.

    playersParticipationsYearsBest result
    Rabah Madjer 6 Winners
    Mahieddine Meftah 6 Winners
    Djamel Menad 5 Winners
    Abdelhafid Tasfaout 5 Quarter-finals x2
    Lakhdar Belloumi 4 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988Runners-up
    Ali Fergani 4 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986Runners-up
    Mahmoud Guendouz 4 Runners-up
    Chaâbane Merzekane 4 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988Runners-up
    Hocine Yahi 4 Third place x3
    Fodil Megharia 4 Winners
    Billel Dziri 4 Quarter-finals x2

    Most appearances at the africa Cup of Nations and world Cup

    Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.

    playersParticipationsAfrica Cup of NationsFIFA world Cup
    Rabah Madjer 8 1982, 1986
    Lakhdar Belloumi 6 1980, 1982, 1984, 19881982, 1986
    Tedj Bensaoula 6 1980, 1982, 1984, 19861982, 1986
    Mahmoud Guendouz 6 1982, 1986
    Mahieddine Meftah 6
    Djamel Menad 6 1982
    Chaâbane Merzekane 6 1980, 1982, 1986, 19881982, 1986
    Hocine Yahi 6 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 19881982
    Raïs M'Bolhi 6 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 20212010, 2014
    Ali Fergani 5 1980, 1982, 1984, 19861982
    Faouzi Mansouri 5 1982, 1986
    Fodil Megharia 5 1986
    Chaâbane Merzekane 5 1980, 1982, 1986, 19881982
    Djamel Mesbah 5 2010, 2014
    Abdelhafid Tasfaout 5

    Home record

    StadiumCity P W DL GFGAGDWin %First MatchLast Match
    Algiers115 13 October 2015, v. Senegal
    Blida38 32 6 0 97 18 +79 % March 29, 2022 v. Cameroon
    Oran29 14 6 9 53 34 +19 % 4 September 2005, v. Nigeria
    Algiers23 15 March 1972, v. Malta
    Annaba22 13 6 3 40 20+20 59 % 27 March 2011, v. Morocco
    Constantine7 511144+1071,42 % 5 September 2017, v. Zambia
    Tlemcen6 420154+1166,66 % 25 July 1993, v. Senegal
    Batna1 0 1 0 1 1 0 % —
    Mascara1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 % —
    Aoued Meflah Stadium Mascara1 0 1 0 0 0 0 % —
    Béjaïa1 0 1 0 1 1 0 % —
    Total 216 139 47 30 416 164 +252 75,23 %9 September 2018

    References

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