Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations

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
  1957 Part of France Part of France
  1959
  1962
  1963 Did not enter Did not enter
  1965
  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 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
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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