Algeria Fixtures

Algeria joined FIFA on 1 January 1964, a year and a half after gaining independence. The North African team has qualified for four World Cups in 1982, 1986, 2010 and 2014. Algeria has won the African Cup of Nations twice, once in 1990, when they hosted the tournament and again in 2019. At the 2014 World Cup, Algeria became the first African team to score four goals in a match at the World Cup against South Korea. The traditional rivals of Algeria are mainly Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, Algeria has also had very competitive matches against Nigeria, especially in the 1980s during Algeria’s best football generation, against Mali due to sharing common border and a long standing competitive rivalry, and against Senegal, where Algeria’s first global success began. For the Algerians, their biggest victory is without a doubt the 2–1 win against West Germany during the 1982 FIFA World Cup in which the African nation shocked the world. Algeria has produced many talented players throughout time and is considered one of the best teams in African Football history.