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.

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Africa Cup of Nations record											Africa Cup of Nations qualification record
Appearances: 21											Appearances: 28
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	Quarter-finals	5th	5	4	0	1	8	3	Squad		Round 1 (final)	6	5	1	0	16	2
2027	To be determined										To be determined
Total	2 Titles	21/35	85	32	24	29	105	96	—	28/35	150	82	38	30	265	127

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 44' (o.g.), Assad
		Ethiopia	0–0	D
	Semi-finals	Ghana	2–3 (a.e.t.)	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 (a.e.t.)	L	Cherrad
2010	Group stage	Malawi	0–3	L
		Mali	1–0	W	Halliche
		Angola	0–0	D
	Quarter-finals	Ivory Coast	3–2 (a.e.t.)	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
2025	Group stage	Sudan	3–0	W	Mahrez (2), Maza	Mahrez
		Burkina Faso	1–0	W	Mahrez	Maza
		Equatorial Guinea	3–1	W	Belaïd, Chaïbi, Maza	Hadj Moussa
	Round of 16	DR Congo	1–0 (a.e.t.)	W	Boulbina	Boulbina
	Quarter-finals	Nigeria	0–2	L

Rank	Player	1968	1980	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2010	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Goals
1	Riyad Mahrez																1	2	3	–	–	3	9
2	Lakhdar Belloumi		2	–	2		2																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
	Ibrahim Maza																					2	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
21	Nassim Akrour												1	–									1
	Boualem Amirouche	1																					1
	Zineddine Belaïd																					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
	Adil Boulbina																					1	1
	Farès Chaïbi																				–	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	8	105

Rank	Player	Matches	Years
1	Riyad Mahrez	24	2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
1	Aïssa Mandi	24	2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
3	Rabah Madjer	22	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1992
4	Baghdad Bounedjah	19	2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
5	Rais M'Bohli	18	2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
	Islam Slimani		2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
	Lakhdar Belloumi		1980, 1982, 1984, 1988
8	Djamel Menad	17	1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992
	Moussa Saïb		1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000
	Ramy Bensebaini		2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
11	Mahieddine Meftah	16	1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
	Sofiane Feghouli		2013, 2015 , 2019, 2021, 2023
	Ali Fergani		1980, 1982, 1984, 1986
	Hocine Yahi		1982, 1984, 1986, 1988
15	Billel Dziri	15	1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
16	Mehdi Cerbah	14	1980, 1982, 1984, 1986
16	Chaâbane Merzekane	14	1980, 1982, 1986, 1988
18	Fodil Megharia	13	1986, 1988, 1990, 1992
	Ismaël Bennacer		2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
	Adlène Guedioura		2013, 2017, 2019
21	Yacine Brahimi	12	2015, 2017, 2019, 2021
21	Youcef Belaïli	12	2019, 2021, 2023
23	Abdelhafid Tasfaout	11	1992, 1998, 2000, 2002
	Youcef Atal		2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
	Tedj Bensaoula		1980, 1984, 1986
	Mahmoud Guendouz		1980, 1984, 1986
	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani		1990, 1992, 1996

Algeria at the Africa Cup of Nations

Overall record

By match

Goalscorers

Most appearances

Squads

See also

References

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