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Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations

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Algeria have appeared in the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on twenty 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

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

By match

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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
 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

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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
Riyad Mahrez 1 2 3 6
3 Baghdad Bounedjah 2 3 5
Djamel Menad 1 4 5
5 Rabah Madjer 1 1 2 4
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

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See also

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References

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  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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