List of international goals scored by Islam Slimani

Islam Slimani is the all-time top goalscorer for the Algeria national football team. As of 23 January 2024, he has scored 45 goals in 101 appearances since his debut on 2 June 2012.

Islam Slimani is Algeria's top scorer with 45 goals.

On 8 October 2021, Slimani scored a brace in a 6–1 heavy victory over Niger in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match to become the Algeria's all-time top scorer with 39 goals, surpassing Abdelhafid Tasfaout who held the record with 36 goals for 19 years since 2002.[1][2]

International goals

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Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first.[3]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 2 June 2012 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Rwanda 3–0 4–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [4]
2 10 June 2012 Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso   Mali 1–0 1–2 [5]
3 15 June 2012 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Gambia 2–0 4–1 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [6]
4 3–1
5 14 October 2012   Libya 2–0 2–0 [7]
6 26 March 2013   Benin 3–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [8]
7 2 June 2013   Burkina Faso 2–0 2–0 Friendly [9]
8 9 June 2013 Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin   Benin 1–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [10]
9 2–1
10 31 May 2014 Stade Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland   Armenia 3–0 3–1 Friendly [11]
11 22 June 2014 Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil   South Korea 1–0 4–2 2014 FIFA World Cup [12][13][14]
12 26 June 2014 Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil   Russia 1–1 1–1 [15]
13 15 October 2014 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Malawi 3–0 3–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [16]
14 19 January 2015 Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea   South Africa 3–1 3–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations [17][18]
15 13 June 2015 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Seychelles 1–0 4–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [19]
16 9 October 2015 July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria   Guinea 1–0 1–2 Friendly [20]
17 14 November 2015 National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania   Tanzania 2–1 2–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [21]
18 2–2
19 17 November 2015 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria 4–0 7–0 [22][23][24]
20 7–0
21 25 March 2016   Ethiopia 2–0 7–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [25]
22 7–1
23 29 March 2016 Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1–1 3–3 [26]
24 23 January 2017 Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon   Senegal 1–0 2–2 2017 Africa Cup of Nations [27][28][29]
25 2–1
26 14 November 2017 5 July 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria   Central African Republic 3–0 3–0 Friendly [30]
27 1 July 2019 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt   Tanzania 1–0 3–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations [31]
28 9 September 2019 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Benin 1–0 1–0 Friendly [32]
29 10 October 2019 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   DR Congo 1–0 1–1 [33]
30 25 March 2021 National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia   Zambia 2–0 3–3 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [34][35]
31 3–2
32 2 September 2021 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Djibouti 1–0 8–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [36][37][38][39]
33 2–0
34 5–0
35 6–0
36 8 October 2021 Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Niger 5–1 6–1 [40]
37 6–1
38 12 November 2021 Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt   Djibouti 4–0 4–0 [41]
39 6 January 2022 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar   Ghana 3–0 3–0 Friendly [42]
40 25 March 2022 Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon   Cameroon 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [43]
41 23 September 2022 Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria   Guinea 1–0 1–0 Friendly [44]
42 12 October 2023 Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine, Algeria   Cape Verde 5–1 5–1
43 16 October 2023 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates   Egypt 1–1 1–1
44 16 November 2023 Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria   Somalia 3–1 3–1 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
45 9 January 2024 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo   Burundi 3–0 4–0 Friendly
Against non-first teams

On 5 January 2024, Algeria played in a friendly game against Togo A' (local team),[45] in this game, Algeria changed more than 5 substitutes making this game not recognized by FIFA according to it laws.[46]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 January 2024 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo   Togo A' 2–0 3–0 Friendly
With Algeria A'
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 May 2013[47][48] Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria   Mauritania 1–0 1–0 Friendly

Statistics

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Slimani being tackled by Tunisian Aymen Abdennour at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
As of match played 23 January 2024[49]
National team Year Apps Goals
Algeria A' 2013 1 1
Algeria 2012 6 5
2013 12 4
2014 13 4
2015 11 7
2016 5 3
2017 9 3
2018 4 0
2019 9 3
2020 0 0
2021 10 9
2022 12 3
2023 6 3
2024 4 1
Algeria total 101 45
Overall total 102 46

See also

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References

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