Islam Slimani is the all-time top goalscorer for the Algeria national football team. As of 23 January 2024, he has scored 45 goals in 101 appearances since his debut on 2 June 2012.
On 8 October 2021, Slimani scored a brace in a 6–1 heavy victory over Niger in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match to become the Algeria's all-time top scorer with 39 goals, surpassing Abdelhafid Tasfaout who held the record with 36 goals for 19 years since 2002.[1] [2]
Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.[3]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. | |
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1 | 2 June 2012 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [4] | ||
2 | 10 June 2012 | Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | 1–0 | 1–2 | [5] | |||
3 | 15 June 2012 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [6] | ||
4 | 3–1 | |||||||
5 | 14 October 2012 | 2–0 | 2–0 | [7] | ||||
6 | 26 March 2013 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [8] | |||
7 | 2 June 2013 | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [9] | |||
8 | 9 June 2013 | Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [10] | ||
9 | 2–1 | |||||||
10 | 31 May 2014 | Stade Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland | 3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly | [11] | ||
11 | 22 June 2014 | Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | [12] [13] [14] | ||
12 | 26 June 2014 | Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil | 1–1 | 1–1 | [15] | |||
13 | 15 October 2014 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [16] | ||
14 | 19 January 2015 | Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations | [17] [18] | ||
15 | 13 June 2015 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [19] | ||
16 | 9 October 2015 | July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly | [20] | ||
17 | 14 November 2015 | National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | [21] | ||
18 | 2–2 | |||||||
19 | 17 November 2015 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 4–0 | 7–0 | [22] [23] [24] | |||
20 | 7–0 | |||||||
21 | 25 March 2016 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [25] | |||
22 | 7–1 | |||||||
23 | 29 March 2016 | Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 1–1 | 3–3 | [26] | |||
24 | 23 January 2017 | Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations | [27] [28] [29] | ||
25 | 2–1 | |||||||
26 | 14 November 2017 | 5 July 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [30] | ||
27 | 1 July 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations | [31] | ||
28 | 9 September 2019 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [32] | ||
29 | 10 October 2019 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 1–0 | 1–1 | [33] | |||
30 | 25 March 2021 | National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [34] [35] | ||
31 | 3–2 | |||||||
32 | 2 September 2021 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 1–0 | 8–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [36] [37] [38] [39] | ||
33 | 2–0 | |||||||
34 | 5–0 | |||||||
35 | 6–0 | |||||||
36 | 8 October 2021 | Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria | 5–1 | 6–1 | [40] | |||
37 | 6–1 | |||||||
38 | 12 November 2021 | Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 4–0 | 4–0 | [41] | |||
39 | 6 January 2022 | Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [42] | ||
40 | 25 March 2022 | Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | [43] | ||
41 | 23 September 2022 | Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [44] | ||
42 | 12 October 2023 | Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine, Algeria | 5–1 | 5–1 | ||||
43 | 16 October 2023 | Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||||
44 | 16 November 2023 | Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
45 | 9 January 2024 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
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Algeria A' | 2013 | 1 | 1 | |
Algeria | 2012 | 6 | 5 | |
2013 | 12 | 4 | ||
2014 | 13 | 4 | ||
2015 | 11 | 7 | ||
2016 | 5 | 3 | ||
2017 | 9 | 3 | ||
2018 | 4 | 0 | ||
2019 | 9 | 3 | ||
2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021 | 10 | 9 | ||
2022 | 12 | 3 | ||
2023 | 6 | 3 | ||
2024 | 4 | 1 | ||
Algeria total | 101 | 45 | ||
Overall total | 102 | 46 |