Algeria national football team records and statistics

This list of Algeria national football team records contains statistical accomplishments related to the Algeria national football team (Equipe d'Algérie), its players, and its managers. The Algeria national team represents the nation of Algeria in international football. It is fielded by the Algerian Football Federation (Fédération algérienne de football) and competes as a member of Confederation of African Football.

Individual

 * Most appearances
 * Lakhdar Belloumi, 100, 22 October 1978 — 17 November 1989


 * Most appearances as a captain
 * Yazid Mansouri, 52, 5 June 2004 — 5 June 2010


 * Most goals
 * Islam Slimani, 40, 2012 —
 * Islam Slimani, 40, 2012 —


 * Longest Algeria career
 * Djamel Menad, 15 years, 2 months, 3 days, (31 May 1980 — 30 July 1995)
 * Rabah Madjer, 13 years, 2 months, 24 days, (28 October 1978 — 17 January 1992)


 * Oldest player:
 * Raïs M'Bolhi, 35 years, 11 months, 11 days


 * Youngest player:
 * Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani, 18 years, 5 months, 27 days, 30 December 1984


 * Most appearances at the World Cup finals
 * Rafik Halliche, 7, 13 June 2010 — 30 June 2014


 * Appearances at Two World Cup final tournaments
 * Lakhdar Belloumi, 1982 and 1986
 * Tedj Bensaoula, 1982 and 1986
 * Madjid Bougherra, 2010 and 2014
 * Mahmoud Guendouz, 1982 and 1986
 * Rafik Halliche, 2010 and 2014
 * Nourredine Kourichi, 1982 and 1986
 * Mehdi Lacen, 2010 and 2014
 * Raïs M'Bolhi, 2010 and 2014
 * Rabah Madjer, 1982 and 1986
 * Faouzi Mansouri, 1982 and 1986
 * Djamel Mesbah, 2010 and 2014
 * Hassan Yebda, 2010 and 2014
 * Djamel Zidane, 1982 and 1986


 * Most goals scored at the World Cup finals: Salah Assad, 2, 24 June 1982
 * Abdelmoumene Djabou, 2, 22 June 2014 — 30 June 2014
 * Islam Slimani, 2, 22 June 2014 — 26 June 2014


 * Most appearances at the African Championship finals
 * Rabah Madjer, 22, 9 March 1980 — 17 January 1992


 * Appearances at Six African Championship final tournaments
 * Rabah Madjer, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, and 1992
 * Mahieddine Meftah, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002


 * Most goals scored at the African Championship finals
 * Lakhdar Belloumi, 6, 13 March 1980 — 26 March 1988
 * Riyad Mahrez, 6, 19 January 2015 — present


 * Most appearances on aggregate at the World Cup and African Championship finals
 * Rabah Madjer, 28, 9 March 1980 — 17 January 1992


 * Appearances in three different decades
 * Rabah Madjer, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s
 * Mahieddine Meftah, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
 * Moussa Saïb, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
 * Rafik Saïfi, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

Manager

 * Most matches as coach
 * Rabah Saâdane, 74, 30 August 1981 — 3 September 2010


 * Most matches won as coach
 * 26 by Djamel Belmadi


 * Most matches drawn as coach
 * 21 by Rabah Saâdane


 * Most matches lost as coach
 * 23 by Rabah Saâdane


 * Most goals scored as coach
 * 90 by Djamel Belmadi

Team

 * Largest victory
 * 15–1, South Yemen – Algeria, 17 August 1973


 * Largest away victory
 * 0–6, Jordan – Algeria, 28 September 1974


 * Largest defeat
 * 5–0, East Germany – Algeria, 21 April 1976


 * Largest home defeat
 * 5–2, Algeria – Nigeria, 4 September 2005


 * Most consecutive victories
 * 9, 26 May 1975 — 6 January 1976


 * Most consecutive matches without a defeat
 * 35, October 2018 - January 2022


 * Most consecutive defeats:


 * Most consecutive matches without a victory
 * 11, 3 February 2004 — 17 November 2004


 * Longest period without conceding a goal:


 * Highest home attendance
 * 110,000, Algeria – Serbia, 3 March 2010


 * Highest away attendance
 * 100,000, Iran – Algeria, 27 September 1991

Hat-tricks
As of 22 April 2021.
 * 6 Player scored 6 goals

Doubles
44 players managed to score 2 goals in the same match. 17 have done it more than once, for a total of 82 doubles.
 * 8 doubles: I. SLIMANI;
 * 6 doubles: Abd. TASFAOUT
 * 5 doubles: R. MAHREZ
 * 4 doubles: R. DALI, R. MADJER, Dj. MENAD, H.E. SUDANI,
 * 3 doubles: R. SAÏFI
 * 2 doubled: A. DRAOUI, T. BENSAOULA, L. BELLOUMI, M. SAÏB, A. MECABIH, H. MERAKCHI, S. FEGHOULI, Y. BRAHIMI, B. BOUNEDJAH

Fastest goals
As of September 30, 2017. 8 players scored in the first minute of the game. It is :
 * AT . SAFSAFI on 17. 8. 1973 against DR YEMEN (Arab Cup)
 * S. ASSAD on 28. 10. 1978 against ZAMBIA (Friendly)
 * L. BELLOUMI the 6. 4. 1979 against MALI (JO / EL)
 * T. BENSAOULA the 6. 1. 1984 (59 '') v EGYPT (JO / EL)
 * Dj. MENAD on 25. 2. 1986 against MOZAMBIQUE (Friendly)
 * F. KADIR on 15.6.2012 (16 ") against GAMBIA (CAN / EL)
 * Y. BRAHIMI on 10.15. 2014 (54 ") against MALAWI (CAN / EL)
 * Y. BRAHIMI on 17.11.2015 (36 ") against TANZANIA (CDM / EL)

Biggest wins
Scores from 6–0 and up

Heaviest defeats
Scores from 4–0 and up

Youngest player
Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.

Most appearances at the Africa Cup of Nations
Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.

Most appearances at the africa Cup of Nations and world Cup
Italics denotes players still playing club football, Bold denotes players still playing in the national team.