Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations

Algeria have appeared in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on nineteen occasions. The side's first participation was in 1968 in Ethiopia.^[1] Algeria has won the cup twice: the first time was when they hosted the tournament in 1990,^[2] and they won a second title in the 2019 edition, held in Egypt.^[3]^[4] Algeria also finished second in the 1980 edition, held in Nigeria,^[5] and third in the 1984 and 1988 editions, held in Ivory Coast and Morocco respectively.

Overall record[edit]

Africa Cup of Nations finals										Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Appearances: 20										Appearances: 27
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad	Result	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1957	Part of France								-	Part of France
1959
1962
1963	Did not enter								-	Did not enter
1965	Did not enter								-	Did not enter
1968	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	5	6	Squad	Round 1 (final)	4	4	0	0	9	2
1970	Did not qualify								-	Round 2 (final)	4	1	1	2	3	3
1972										Round 1	2	1	0	1	3	4
1974										Round 2 (final)	2	0	1	1	2	3
1976										Round 1	2	0	1	1	2	3
1978										Round 2 (final)	4	2	0	2	7	5
1980	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	6	7	Squad	Round 2 (final)	2	1	0	1	3	2
1982	Fourth place	4th	5	2	1	2	5	6	Squad	Round 2 (final)	4	2	1	1	13	5
1984	Third place	3rd	5	3	2	0	8	1	Squad	Round 2 (final)	4	2	2	0	10	4
1986	Group stage	6th	3	0	2	1	2	3	Squad	Round 2 (final)	4	2	2	0	8	1
1988	Third place	3rd	5	1	3	1	4	4	Squad	Round 2 (final)	2	1	1	0	2	1
1990	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	13	2	Squad	Qualified as hosts
1992	Group stage	10th	2	0	1	1	1	4	Squad	Qualified as holders
1994	Disqualified after qualification								-	Round 1 (final)	6	4	1	1	13	4
1996	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	5	3	Squad	Round 1 (final)	10	4	5	1	12	7
1998	Group stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	5	Squad	Round 1 (final)	6	3	1	2	9	5
2000	Quarter-finals	6th	4	1	2	1	5	4	Squad	Round 1 (final)	8	4	1	3	14	8
2002	Group stage	15th	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad	Round 1 (final)	6	3	2	1	9	7
2004	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	5	7	Squad	Round 1 (final)	4	3	1	0	6	1
2006	Did not qualify								-	Round 2 (final)	14	3	5	4	15	15
2008	Did not qualify								-	Round 1 (final)	6	2	2	2	6	6
2010	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	4	10	Squad	Round 3 (final)	12	7	2	3	16	8
2012	Did not qualify								-	Round 1 (final)	6	2	2	2	5	8
2013	Group stage	13th	3	0	1	2	2	5	Squad	Round 2 (final)	4	4	0	0	9	2
2015	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	6	5	Squad	Round 3 (final)	6	5	0	1	11	4
2017	Group stage	10th	3	0	2	1	5	6	Squad	Round 1 (final)	6	5	1	0	25	5
2019	Champions	1st	7	6	1	0	13	2	Squad	Round 1 (final)	6	3	2	1	9	4
2021	Group stage	21st	3	0	1	2	1	4	Squad	Round 1 (final)	6	4	2	0	19	6
2023	Group stage	18th	3	0	2	1	3	4	Squad	Round 1 (final)	6	5	1	0	9	2
2025	To be determined									To be determined
2027	To be determined									To be determined
Total	2 Titles	20/36	80	28	24	28	97	93	-	27/34	144	77	37	30	249	125

By match[edit]

By match
Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Algeria scorers	Man of the match
1968	Group stage	Ivory Coast	0–3	L
		Uganda	4–0	W	Lalmas (3), Kalem	Lalmas
		Ethiopia	1–3	L	Amirouche
1980	Group stage	Ghana	0–0	D
		Morocco	1–0	W	Belloumi
		Guinea	3–2	W	Bensaoula (2), Belloumi
	Semi-finals	Egypt	2–2 (4–2 p)	D	Assad, Benmiloudi
	Final	Nigeria	0–3	L
1982	Group stage	Zambia	1–0	W	Merzekane
		Nigeria	2–1	W	Isima (o.g.), Assad
		Ethiopia	0–0	D
	Semi-finals	Ghana	2–3 (aet)	L	Zidane, Assad
	Third place match	Zambia	0–2	L
1984	Group stage	Malawi	3–0	W	Bouiche, Belloumi, Fergani	Belloumi
		Ghana	2–0	W	Menad, Bensaoula
		Nigeria	0–0	D
	Semi-finals	Cameroon	0–0 (4–5 P)	D
	Third place match	Egypt	3–1	W	Madjer, Belloumi, yahi	Belloumi
1986	Group stage	Morocco	0–0	D
		Zambia	0–0	D
		Cameroon	2–3	L	Madjer, Maroc
1988	Group stage	Ivory Coast	1–1	D	Belloumi
		Morocco	0–1	L
		Zaire	1–0	W	Ferhaoui
	Semi-finals	Nigeria	1–1 (8–9 P)	D	Maâtar
	Third place match	Morocco	1–1 (4–3 P)	D	Belloumi
1990	Group stage	Nigeria	5–1	W	Madjer (2), Menad (2), Amani	Madjer
		Ivory Coast	3–0	W	Menad, Chérif El-Ouazzani, Oudjani	Chérif El-Ouazzani
		Egypt	2–0	W	Amani, Saïb
	Semi-finals	Senegal	2–1	W	Menad, Amani
	Final	Nigeria	1–0	W	Oudjani	Chérif El-Ouazzani
1992	Group stage	Ivory Coast	0–3	L
1992	Group stage	Congo	1–1	D	Bouiche
1996	Group stage	Zambia	0–0	D
		Sierra Leone	2–0	W	Meçabih (2)
		Burkina Faso	2–1	W	Lounici, Dziri
	Quarter-finals	South Africa	1–2	L	Lazizi
1998	Group stage	Guinea	0–1	L
		Burkina Faso	1–2	L	Saïb
		Cameroon	1–2	L	Dziri
2000	Group stage	DR Congo	0–0	D
		Gabon	3–1	W	Ghazi, Tasfaout, Dziri
		South Africa	1–1	D	Moussouni
	Quarter-finals	Cameroon	1–2	L	Tasfaout
2002	Group stage	Nigeria	0–1	L
		Liberia	2–2	D	Akrour, Kraouche
		Mali	0–2	L
2004	Group stage	Cameroon	1–1	D	Zafour
		Egypt	2–1	W	Mamouni, Achiou
		Zimbabwe	1–2	L	Achiou
	Quarter-finals	Morocco	1–3 (aet)	L	Cherrad
2010	Group stage	Malawi	0–3	L
		Mali	1–0	W	Halliche
		Angola	0–0	D
	Quarter-finals	Ivory Coast	3–2 (aet)	W	Matmour, Bougherra, Bouazza
	Semi-finals	Egypt	0–4	L
	Third place match	Nigeria	0–1	L
2013	Group stage	Tunisia	0–1	L
		Togo	0–2	L
		Ivory Coast	2–2	D	Feghouli, Soudani
2015	Group stage	South Africa	3–1	W	Hlatshwayo (o.g.), Ghoulam, Slimani	Ghoulam
		Ghana	0–1	L
		Senegal	2–0	W	Mahrez, Bentaleb	Mahrez
	Quarter-finals	Ivory Coast	1–3	L	Soudani
2017	Group stage	Zimbabwe	2–2	D	Mahrez (2)	Mahrez
		Tunisia	1–2	L	Hanni
		Senegal	2–2	D	Slimani (2)	Slimani
2019	Group stage	Kenya	2–0	W	Bounedjah, Mahrez	Bennacer
		Senegal	1–0	W	Belaïli	Bennacer
		Tanzania	3–0	W	Ounas (2), Slimani	Ounas
	Round of 16	Guinea	3–0	W	Belaïli, Mahrez, Ounas	Mahrez
	Quarter-finals	Ivory Coast	1–1 (4–3 p)	D	Feghouli
	Semi-finals	Nigeria	2–1	W	Troost-Ekong (o.g.), Mahrez	Mahrez
	Final	Senegal	1–0	W	Bounedjah	M'Bolhi
2021	Group stage	Sierra Leone	0–0	D
		Equatorial Guinea	0–1	L
		Ivory Coast	1–3	L	Bendebka
2023	Group stage	Angola	1–1	D	Bounedjah	Chaïbi
		Burkina Faso	2–2	D	Bounedjah (2)	Bounedjah
		Mauritania	0–1	L

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank	Player	1968	1980	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2010	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	Goals
1	Lakhdar Belloumi		2	–	2		2															6
1	Riyad Mahrez																1	2	3	–	–	6
3	Baghdad Bounedjah																		2	–	3	5
3	Djamel Menad				1	–	–	4	–													5
5	Rabah Madjer		–	–	1	1		2	–													4
5	Islam Slimani															–	1	2	1	–	–	4
7	Djamel Amani							3														3
	Salah Assad		1	2																		3
	Tedj Bensaoula		2	–	1	–																3
	Billel Dziri									1	1	1	–									3
	Hacène Lalmas	3																				3
	Adam Ounas																		3	–	–	3
12	Hocine Achiou													2								2
	Youcef Belaïli																		2	–	–	2
	Sofiane Feghouli															1	–		1	–	–	2
	Ali Meçabih									2		–										2
	Chérif Oudjani							2														2
	Moussa Saïb							1	–	–	1	–										2
	El Arbi Hillel Soudani															1	1	–				2
	Abdelhafid Tasfaout								–	–	–	2	–									2
20	Nassim Akrour												1	–								1
	Boualem Amirouche	1																				1
	Sofiane Bendebka																			1		1
	Hocine Benmiloudi		1																			1
	Nabil Bentaleb																1	–			–	1
	Hameur Bouazza														1	–						1
	Madjid Bougherra														1		–					1
	Nacer Bouiche					–		–	1													1
	Nasser Bouiche				1	–																1
	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani							1	–	–												1
	Abdelmalek Cherrad													1								1
	Ali Fergani		–	–	1	–																1
	Abdelkader Ferhaoui						1															1
	Farid Ghazi											1	–									1
	Faouzi Ghoulam																1	–				1
	Rafik Halliche														1	–	–		–			1
	Sofiane Hanni																	1				1
	Mokhtar Kalem	1																				1
	Nasreddine Kraouche												1	–								1
	Tarek Lazizi							–		1												1
	Khaled Lounici									1												1
	Rachid Maâtar						1															1
	Mamar Mamouni											–		1								1
	Karim Maroc			–		1																1
	Karim Matmour														1							1
	Chaâbane Merzekane		–	1		–	–															1
	Fawzi Moussouni											1										1
	Hocine Yahi			–	1	–	–															1
	Brahim Zafour												–	1								1
	Djamel Zidane			1																		1
Total		5	6	5*	8	2	4	13	1	5	2	5	2	5	4	2	6*	5	13*	1	3	97

– Best goalscorer(s) of the tournament

– Best goalscorer(s) of the team

* – Own goal

Squads[edit]

References[edit]

^ "African Nations Cup 1968 - Qualifying and final Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Ken Knight and Neil Morrison. 29 August 2013.
^ "CAN 1990 : L'Algérie remporte le titre continental". afrik11.com (tout le foot africain...). afrik11 team. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.
^ "Algeria claim second Afcon title after Bounedjah's lucky strike sinks Senegal". theguardian.com. Guardian News & Media Limited. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "Algeria beat Senegal to claim second Africa Cup of Nations". beinsports.com. beIN Media Group. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ "CAN 1980 : Les Green Eagles dans l'histoire". afrik11.com (tout le foot africain...). afrik11 team. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.

External links[edit]

Africa Cup of Nations - Archives competitions - cafonline.com

[1] "African Nations Cup 1968 - Qualifying and final Tournament". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Ken Knight and Neil Morrison. 29 August 2013.

[2] "CAN 1990 : L'Algérie remporte le titre continental". afrik11.com (tout le foot africain...). afrik11 team. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.

[3] "Algeria claim second Afcon title after Bounedjah's lucky strike sinks Senegal". theguardian.com. Guardian News & Media Limited. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[4] "Algeria beat Senegal to claim second Africa Cup of Nations". beinsports.com. beIN Media Group. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[5] "CAN 1980 : Les Green Eagles dans l'histoire". afrik11.com (tout le foot africain...). afrik11 team. 8 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014.

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