Algeria national football team records and statistics

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: Abdelhafid Tasfaout, 36, 1991 — 2002[1]

Longest Algeria career: Djamel Menad, 15 years 39 days, 31 May 1980 — 30 July 1995; Rabah Madjer, 13 years 79 days, 28 October 1978 — 17 January 1992

Shortest Algeria career

Oldest player: Mustapha Zitouni, 34 years 8 months 15 days

Youngest player: Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani, 18 years 2 months 23 days , 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; Medhi 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: 30 by Rabah Saâdane

Most matches drawn as coach: 21 by Rabah Saâdane

Most matches lost as coach: 23 by Rabah Saâdane

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: 18, 16 October 2018 — 18 November 2019

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 January 27, 2016.

Player	Competition	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
Nassim Akrour	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	Niger	Home	6–0	14 November 2003
Abdelhafid Tasfaout	1994 African Cup of Nations qualification	Senegal	Home	4–0	25 July 1993
Tedj Bensaoula	1980 Summer Olympics african Qualifiers	Morocco	Away	5–1	9 December 1979
Nasreddine Akli⁶	1973 Palestine Cup of Nations	South Yemen	Home	15–1	17 August 1973
Hacène Lalmas	1968 African Cup of Nations	Uganda	Home	4–0	14 January 1968

⁶ Player scored 6 goals

Fastest goals

As of September 30, 2017.

Goal	Player	Competition	Against	Home/Away	Result	Date
0.16'	Foued Kadir	2013 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers	Gambia	Home	4–1	15 June 2012
0.50'	Tedj Bensaoula	1984 Summer Olympics african Qualifiers	Egypt	Home	1–1	6 January 1984
0.50'	Yacine Brahimi	2015 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers	Malawi	Home	3–0	15 October 2014

Biggest wins

Scores from 6–0 and up

Best Results by Algeria
	Date	Opponent	Round	Result	Difference
1	17 August 1973	South Yemen	1973 Palestine Cup	15 – 1	+14
2	10 May 1974	Mauritania	Friendly	9 – 1	+8
2	28 May 1975	Mauritania	Friendly	8 – 0	+8
3	30 August 1981	Burkina Faso	1982 AFCON qualification	7 – 0	+7
	13 November 1988	Mali	Friendly	7 – 0
	17 November 2015	Tanzania	2018 World Cup qualification	7 – 0
4	28 September 1974	Jordan	Friendly	6 – 0	+6
	26 May 1975	Libya	Friendly	6 – 0
	14 November 2003	Niger	2006 World Cup qualification	6 – 0
	4 September 2016	Lesotho	2017 AFCON qualification	6 – 0
	25 March 2016	Ethiopia	2017 AFCON qualification	7 – 1

Heaviest defeats

Scores from 4–0 and up

Worst Results by Algeria
	Date	Opponent	Round	Result	Difference
1	21 April 1976	East Germany	Friendly	0 – 5	–5
2	12 March 1972	Guinea	1974 World Cup qualification	1 – 5	–4
	19 November 1980	Poland	Friendly	1 – 5
	4 June 2011	Morocco	2012 AFCON qualification	0 – 4
	14 February 1973	Turkey	Friendly	0 – 4
	19 May 1975	Sweden	Friendly	0 – 4
	28 January 2010	Egypt	2010 Africa Cup of Nations	0 – 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	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani	1966–10–7	1984–12–30	18 years 2 months 23 days	Tunisia
2	Hakim Meddane	1966–9–5	1984–3–8	18 years 3 months 25 days	Ghana
3	Tarek Lazizi	1971–6–8	1990–1–12	18 years 7 months 4 days	Mali
4	Nasser Guedioura	1954–11–4	1973–5–20	18 years 9 months 9 days	Uganda
5	Ismaël Bennacer	1997–12–1	2016–9–4	18 years 9 months 27 days	Lesotho
6	Miloud Hadefi	1949–3–12	1968–3–17	19 years 0 months 5 days	Morocco

Most appearances at the Africa Cup of Nations

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

players	Participations	Years	Best result
Rabah Madjer	6	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992	Winners
Mahieddine Meftah	6	1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002	Winners
Djamel Menad	5	1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992	Winners
Abdelhafid Tasfaout	5	1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002	Quarter-finals x2
Lakhdar Belloumi	4	1980, 1982, 1984, 1988	Runners-up
Ali Fergani	4	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986	Runners-up
Mahmoud Guendouz	4	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986	Runners-up
Chaâbane Merzekane	4	1980, 1982, 1986, 1988	Runners-up
Hocine Yahi	4	1982, 1984, 1986, 1988	Third Place x3
Fodil Megharia	4	1986, 1988, 1990, 1992	Winners
Billel Dziri	4	1996, 1998, 2000, 2002	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.

players	Participations	Africa Cup of Nations	FIFA world Cup
Rabah Madjer	8	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992	1982, 1986
Lakhdar Belloumi	6	1980, 1982, 1984, 1988	1982, 1986
Tedj Bensaoula	6	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986	1982, 1986
Mahmoud Guendouz	6	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986	1982, 1986
Mahieddine Meftah	6	1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
Djamel Menad	6	1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992	1982
Chaâbane Merzekane	6	1980, 1982, 1986, 1988	1982, 1986
Hocine Yahi	6	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988	1982
Raïs M'Bolhi	6	2013, 2015, 2017, 2019	2010, 2014
Ali Fergani	5	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986	1982
Faouzi Mansouri	5	1982, 1984, 1986	1982, 1986
Fodil Megharia	5	1986, 1988, 1990, 1992	1986
Chaâbane Merzekane	5	1980, 1982, 1986, 1988	1982
Djamel Mesbah	5	2013, 2015, 2017	2010, 2014
Abdelhafid Tasfaout	5	1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002

Home record

As of 16 October 2018

Stadium	City	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	First Match	Last Match
5 July stadium	Algiers	115								4 October 1972, v. Turkey	13 October 2015, v. Senegal
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium	Blida	33	28	5	0	85	18	+67	84.85%	20 August 2002, v. DR Congo	12 October 2018, v. Benin
El-Annasser / 20 August Stadium	Algiers	23								6 January 1963, v. Bulgaria	15 March 1972, v. Malta
19 May Stadium	Annaba	22	13	6	3	40	20	+20	59 %	28 June 1987, v. Sudan	27 March 2011, v. Morocco
Municipal / 19 June / Ahmed Zabana Stadium	Oran	16	8	2	6	33	21	+12	50%	26 February 1963, v. Czechoslovakia	4 September 2005, v. Nigeria
17 June / Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium	Constantine	7	5	1	1	14	4	+10	71,42 %	4 December 1980, v. China	5 September 2017, v. Zambia
Akid Lotfi Stadium	Tlemcen	6	4	2	0	15	4	+11	66,66 %	28 July 1989, v. Qatar	25 July 1993, v. Senegal
1st November Stadium	Batna	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	%	13 March 1985, v. East Germany	—
African Unity Stadium	Mascara	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%	11 December 1986, v. Ivory Coast	—
Aoued Meflah Stadium	Mascara	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	%	29 October 1988, v. Angola	—
Maghrebi Unity Stadium	Béjaïa	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	%	22 March 1989, v. Morocco	—
Total		216	139	47	30	416	164	+252	75,23 %	6 January 1963, v. Bulgaria	9 September 2018

References

"Abdelhafid Tasfaout all-time best scorer with 35 goals". 28 December 2015. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

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External links

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[1] "Abdelhafid Tasfaout all-time best scorer with 35 goals". 28 December 2015. Archived from the original on January 1, 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

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