Algeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament
Algeria have appeared in the finals of the Summer Olympics Football Tournament on two occasions in 1980 with the Algeria first team and in 2016 with Algeria U23 after opening olympic football tournament to U23 national teams since 1992. They have once qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the quarter-finals in 1980 before losing to Yugoslavia.
Records
| Olympic Games | Olympic Games Qualifications | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1908 –  1960 | Part of  France (FRA) | – | Part of France (FRA) | ||||||||||||||
 1964 | Did not enter | – | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1968 | Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
 1972 | – | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 1976 | – | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
 1980 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad | Round 3 (final) | 4 | 5* | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
 1984 | Did not qualify | – | Round 3 (final) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
 1988 | – | Round 3 (final) | 4 | 4* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
 1992 | – | Round 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1996 | – | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2000 | – | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
 2004 | – | Round 2 (final) | 7 | 4* | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||
 2008 | – | Round 2 | 4 | 2* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2012 | – | CAF U-23 Champ. | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
 2016 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | Afcon U-23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2020 | To be determined | – | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 2/25 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | - | 13/17 | 52 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 65 | 60 | |
- Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.
- *Algeria had won games by withdrawal.
By match
| By match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Scorers | Man of the match |
| 1980 | Group stage |  Syria | 3–0 | W | Belloumi, Madjer, Merzekane | |
 East Germany | 0–1 | L | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Spain | 1–1 | D | Belloumi | |||
| Quarter-finals | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia | 0–3 | L | |||
| 2016 | Group stage |  Honduras | 2–3 | L | Bendebka, Bounedjah | |
 Argentina | 1–2 | L | Bendebka | |||
 Portugal | 1–1 | D | Benkablia | |||
Record by opponent
| FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| AFC teams | ||||||
| Syria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CONCACAF teams | ||||||
| Honduras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| CONMEBOL teams | ||||||
| Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| UEFA teams | ||||||
| Germany* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* Games of East Germany are counted towards Germany.
Participations
Algeria at Moscow 1980
- Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
 Algeria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| Spain |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Syria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |
Source:
| Algeria | 3–0 | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)
| East Germany | 1–0 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
| Spain | 1–1 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
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Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)
- Quarter-finals
| Yugoslavia | 3–0 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)
Algeria at Rio de Janeiro 2016
- Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Honduras |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Algeria |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
| Argentina | 2–1 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
Correa  47'Calleri 70' |
Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
Bendebka 64' |
| Algeria | 1–1 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
| Benkablia 30' |
Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
Paciência 25' (pen.) |
Goalscorers
| Rank | Player | 1980 | 2016 | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakhdar Belloumi | 2 | 2 | |
| Sofiane Bendebka | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Mohamed Benkablia | 1 | 1 | |
| Baghdad Bounedjah | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rabah Madjer | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chaâbane Merzekane | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
References
- "Match Report: HON vs ALG" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- "Match Report: ARG vs ALG" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- "Match Report: ALG vs POR" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
External links
- Games of the XXII. Olympiad Football Tournament (Moscow 1980) - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- Games of the XXXI. Olympiad Football Tournament (Rio de Janeiro 2016) - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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