This list of Algeria national football team records contains statistical accomplishments related to the Algeria national football team (), 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 () and competes as a member of Confederation of African Football.

Records

Individual

Most appearances Aïssa Mandi, 107, 5 March 2014 — present

Most appearances as a captain Yazid Mansouri, 52, 5 June 2004 — 5 June 2010

Most goals

Islam Slimani, 45, 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, , 19/11/2022, Sweden 2—0 Algeria.

Youngest player Badredine Bouanani, , 23/03/2023, Algeria 2—1 Niger.

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-tricksNo.PlayerOpponentGoalsScoreVenueCompetitionDateRef1Noureddine Hachouf3 – (50', 67', 73')4–1Brazzaville1965 All-Africa Games20 July 19652Hacène Lalmas3 – (15', 25', 70')4–0Hailé Sélassié Stadium, Addis Ababa1968 AFCON14 January 19683Mokhtar Khalem3 – (46', 60', 80')3–1Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers1972 AFCON qualification10 December 19704Nasreddine Akli6 – (6', 16', 35', 55', 64', 65')15–1March 28 Stadium, Benghazi1973 Palestine Cup of Nations17 August 19735Tedj Bensaoula3 – (15', 16', 69')1–5Stade d'Honneur, Casablanca1980 Summer Olympics qualifiers9 December 19796Mohamed Rahem3 – (8', 36', 42')5–0ParisFriendly match12 January 19907Abdelhafid Tasfaout3 – (3', 62', 76')4–0Stade Birouana, Tlemcen1994 AFCON qualification25 July 19938Islam Slimani4 – (5', 25'p, 46', 53')8–0Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida2022 WC qualification2 September 2021 6 Player scored 6 goals

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. 8 doubles: Islam Slimani 6 doubles: Abdelhafid Tasfaout 5 doubles: Riyad Mahrez 4 doubles: Baghdad Bounedjah, Rachid Dali, Rabah Madjer, Djamel Menad, Hillal Soudani 3 doubles: Sofiane Feghouli, Rafik Saïfi 2 doubled: Lakhdar Belloumi, Tedj Bensaoula, Yacine Brahimi, Aïssa Draoui, Ali Meçabih, Hamid Merakchi, Moussa Saïb

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 0.35' 2018 FIFA World Cup African Qualifiers Home 7–0 0.50' 1984 Summer Olympics African Qualifiers Home 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers Home 3–0 8 players scored in the first minute of the game. It is : Mahieddine Safsafi on against (1973 Palestine Cup of Nations) Salah Assad on against (Friendly) Lakhdar Belloumi on against (1980 OG Qualifiers) Tedj Bensaoula on (50') against (1984 OG Qualifiers) Djamel Menad on against (Friendly) Foued Kadir on (16') against (2013 Afcon Qualifiers) Yacine Brahimi on (48') against (2015 Afcon Qualifiers) Yacine Brahimi on (35') against (2018 FIFA WC Qualifiers)

Biggest wins Scores from 6–0 and up Best Results by AlgeriaDateOpponentRoundResultDifference117 August 1973 1973 Palestine Cup15 – 1 +14210 May 1974 Friendly9 – 1+828 May 1975 Friendly8 – 02 September 2021 2022 World Cup qualification8 – 0330 August 1981 1982 AFCON qualification7 – 0+713 November 1988 Friendly7 – 017 November 2015 2018 World Cup qualification7 – 0428 September 1974 Friendly6 – 0+626 May 1975 Friendly6 – 014 November 2003 2006 World Cup qualification6 – 04 September 2016 2017 AFCON qualification6 – 025 March 2016 2017 AFCON qualification7 – 1

Heaviest defeats Scores from 4–0 and up Worst Results by AlgeriaDateOpponentRoundResultDifference121 April 1976 Friendly0 – 5 –5212 March 1972 1974 World Cup qualification1 – 5–419 November 1980 Friendly1 – 54 June 2011 2012 AFCON qualification0 – 414 February 1973 Friendly0 – 419 May 1975 Friendly0 – 428 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 Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani 1966–10–7 1984–12–30 2 Hakim Meddane 1966–9–5 1984–3–8 3 Yacine Titraoui 2003–7–23 2021–12–1 4 Tarek Lazizi 1971–6–8 1990–1–12 5 Nacer Guedioura 1954–11–4 1973–5–20 6 Ismaël Bennacer 1997–12–1 2016–9–4 7 Miloud Hadefi 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. 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, 2021 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

Stadium City P W D L GF GA GD Win % First match Last match 5 July stadium Algiers 117 2 0 0 5 1 +4 % 4 October 1972, v. Turkey 4 June 2022, v. Uganda Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Blida 55 42 12 1 138 27 +111 % 20 August 2002, v. DR Congo July 29, 2025 v. Mauritania Municipal / 19 June / Ahmed Zabana Stadium Oran 29 14 6 9 53 34 +19 % 26 February 1963, v. Czechoslovakia 4 September 2005, v. Nigeria El-Annasser / 20 August Stadium Algiers 23 6 January 1963, v. Bulgaria 15 March 1972, v. Malta 19 May 1956 Stadium Annaba 26 15 8 3 49 22+27 % 28 June 1987, v. Sudan 9 May 2025, v. Gambia Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium Constantine 9 711215+16 % 4 December 1980, v. China 9 June 2025, v. Rwanda Akid Lotfi Stadium Tlemcen 6 420154+1166,66 % 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 % 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 — Miloud Hadefi Stadium Oran 10 9 1 0 23 2 +21 % 17 June 2021, v. Liberia 5 September 2024, v. Equatorial Guinea Nelson Mandela Stadium Baraki 11 6 4 1 16 10 +6 % 7 January 2023, v. Ghana 8 August 2025, v. South Africa Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium Boukhalfa 4 4 0 0 15 4 +11 % 17 November 2024, v. Liberia 14 October 2025, v. UgandaTotal 216 139 47 30 416 164 +252 75,23 % 6 January 1963, v. Bulgaria 9 September 2018

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