The Algeria national football team represents the country of Algeria in international association football. It is fielded by Algerian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Algeria, and competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), which encompasses the countries of Africa. Algeria competed in their first match on 6 January 1963, a 2–1 win with Bulgaria at Stade municipal. This table takes into account all official Algeria matches played up to and including 20 January 2024 [nb 1] .
Algeria have competed in numerous competitions, and all players who have played in 25 or more matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include his playing position while with the team, the number of caps earned and goals scored in all international matches, and details of the first and most recent matches played in. The names are initially ordered by number of caps (in descending order), then by date of debut, then by alphabetical order.
§ | Named to the national team in the past year [nb 2] | ||
+ | Played in team that won the Africa Cup of Nations | ||
GK | Goalkeeper | ||
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DF | Defender | ||
MF | Midfielder | ||
FW | Forward | ||
Bold | Still playing competitive football | ||
Player | Position | Caps | Goals | Date of debut | Debut against | Date of last match | Final match against | Ref. |
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Lakhdar Belloumi | MF | 100 | 27 | 22 Oct 1978 | Malawi | 17 Nov 1989 | Egypt | [1] |
Islam Slimani § | FW | 99 + | 44 | 26 May 2012 | Niger | — | — | [2] |
Raïs M'Bolhi § | GK | 96 + | 0 | 28 May 2010 | Republic of Ireland | — | — | [3] |
Riyad Mahrez § | MF | 91 + | 30 | 31 May 2014 | Armenia | — | — | [4] |
Aïssa Mandi § | DF | 90 + | 4 | 5 Mar 2014 | Slovenia | — | — | [5] |
Rabah Madjer | FW | 86 + | 28 | 28 Oct 1978 | Zambia | 17 Jan 1992 | Congo | [6] |
Sofiane Feghouli § | MF | 81 + | 19 | 29 Feb 2012 | Gambia | — | — | [7] |
Billel Dziri | MF | 81 | 9 | 23 Sep 1992 | Tunisia | 19 Jun 2005 | Zimbabwe | [8] |
Djamel Menad | FW | 79 + | 25 | 19 Dec 1982 | Tunisia | 30 Jul 1995 | Tanzania | [9] |
Abdelhafid Tasfaout | FW | 79 | 34 | 22 Jan 1991 | Senegal | 28 Jan 2002 | Mali | [10] |
Mahieddine Meftah | DF | 77 + | 4 | 31 Dec 1989 | Senegal | 28 Jan 2002 | Mali | [11] |
Mahmoud Guendouz | DF | 74 | 4 | 17 Feb 1977 | Kenya | 12 Jun 1986 | Spain | [12] |
Madjid Bougherra | DF | 70 | 4 | 20 Jun 2004 | Zimbabwe | 1 Feb 2015 | Ivory Coast | [13] |
Salah Assad | FW | 68 | 15 | 1 May 1977 | Senegal | 8 Feb 1989 | Finland | [14] |
Fodil Megharia | DF | 68 + | 0 | 10 Oct 1984 | East Germany | 17 Jan 1992 | Congo | [15] |
Yazid Mansouri | MF | 67 | 0 | 6 Nov 2001 | France | 5 Jun 2010 | United Arab Emirates | [16] |
Yacine Brahimi | MF | 66 + | 14 | 26 Mar 2013 | Benin | 20 Jan 2022 | Ivory Coast | [17] |
Moussa Saïb | MF | 65 + | 7 | 7 Jan 1989 | Zimbabwe | 21 Apr 2001 | Senegal | [18] |
Ali Fergani | MF | 65 | 7 | 12 May 1973 | Tunisia | 25 Feb 1986 | Mozambique | [19] |
Baghdad Bounedjah § | FW | 64 + | 29 | 15 Nov 2014 | Ethiopia | — | — | [20] |
Rafik Saïfi | FW | 64 | 18 | 5 Jun 1998 | Bulgaria | 23 Jun 2010 | United States | [21] |
Mehdi Cerbah | GK | 63 | 0 | 29 Aug 1975 | Egypt | 21 Feb 1986 | Mauritania | [22] |
Karim Ziani | MF | 62 | 5 | 12 Feb 2003 | Belgium | 3 Sep 2011 | Tanzania | [23] |
Carl Medjani | DF | 62 | 3 | 11 Aug 2010 | Gabon | 7 June 2018 | Portugal | [24] |
Adlène Guedioura | MF | 62 + | 2 | 28 May 2010 | Republic of Ireland | 25 Mar 2022 | Cameroon | [25] |
Ramy Bensebaini § | DF | 59 + | 5 | 1 Jan 2017 | Mauritania | — | — | [26] |
Hillel Soudani | FW | 56 | 24 | 4 Jun 2011 | Morocco | 25 Mar 2021 | Zambia | [27] |
Hocine Yahi | MF | 56 | 8 | 7 Mar 1982 | Zambia | 26 Mar 1988 | Morocco | [28] |
Nadir Belhadj | DF | 54 | 4 | 28 Apr 2004 | China | 12 Nov 2011 | Tunisia | [29] |
Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani | MF | 54 + | 1 | 28 Dec 1984 | Ghana | 27 Jan 1996 | South Africa | [30] |
Antar Yahia | DF | 53 | 6 | 15 Jan 2004 | Mali | 29 Feb 2012 | Gambia | [31] |
Mohamed Khedis | DF | 52 | 0 | 4 Oct 1972 | Turkey | 27 Jul 1980 | Yugoslavia | [32] |
Tedj Bensaoula | FW | 51 | 20 | 9 Dec 1979 | Morocco | 6 Jun 1986 | Brazil | [33] |
Youcef Belaïli § | MF | 50 + | 9 | 26 March 2015 | Qatar | — | — | [34] |
Mustapha Kouici | DF | 49 | 3 | 8 Sep 1976 | Libya | 6 Jan 1984 | Egypt | [35] |
Chaâbane Merzekane | DF | 49 | 3 | 28 Oct 1978 | Zambia | 26 Mar 1988 | Morocco | [36] |
Lounès Gaouaoui | GK | 49 | 0 | 30 Dec 2001 | Senegal | 3 Mar 2010 | Serbia | [37] |
Ali Bencheikh | MF | 48 | 7 | 1 Nov 1976 | Libya | 1 May 1985 | Tunisia | [38] |
Omar Betrouni | FW | 48 | 4 | 26 Jun 1968 | Guinea | 28 Jul 1978 | Nigeria | [39] |
Slimane Raho | DF | 48 | 0 | 14 Aug 1998 | Libya | 3 Mar 2010 | Serbia | [40] |
Ismaël Bennacer § | MF | 47 + | 2 | 4 Sep 2016 | Lesotho | — | — | [41] |
Mohamed Kaci-Said | MF | 47 | 0 | 4 Dec 1980 | China | 16 Mar 1988 | Morocco | [42] |
Saphir Taïder | MF | 46 | 5 | 26 Mar 2013 | Benin | 26 Mar 2019 | Tunisia | [43] |
Moulay Haddou | DF | 46 | 1 | 4 Nov 1998 | Bulgaria | 29 Jan 2004 | Egypt | [44] |
Miloud Hadefi | DF | 46 | 1 | 17 Mar 1968 | Morocco | 22 Apr 1979 | Mali | [45] |
Nabil Bentaleb § | MF | 46 | 5 | 5 Mar 2014 | Slovenia | — | — | [46] |
Medhi Lacen | MF | 44 | 0 | 3 Mar 2010 | Serbia | 26 Mar 2015 | Qatar | [47] |
Nacerdine Drid | GK | 44 | 0 | 19 Dec 1982 | Tunisia | 23 Mar 1988 | Nigeria | [48] |
Hacène Lalmas | FW | 42 | 14 | 6 Jan 1963 | Bulgaria | 31 Oct 1974 | Morocco | [49] |
Rafik Halliche | DF | 41 + | 3 | 31 May 2008 | Senegal | 9 Sep 2019 | Benin | [50] [51] |
Tarek Lazizi | DF | 39 + | 2 | 5 Mar 1990 | Ivory Coast | 31 May 1997 | Tunisia | [52] |
Nasreddine Kraouche | MF | 38 | 3 | 6 Jun 1999 | Tunisia | 8 Oct 2005 | Gabon | [53] |
Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud | DF | 38 | 1 | 7 Apr 1974 | Morocco | 17 Nov 1978 | Congo | [54] |
Mohamed Chaïb | DF | 38 | 0 | 3 Apr 1981 | Senegal | 26 Mar 1988 | Morocco | [55] |
Faouzi Ghoulam | DF | 37 | 5 | 26 Mar 2013 | Benin | 5 Sep 2017 | Zambia | [56] |
Djamel Mesbah | DF | 35 | 1 | 28 May 2010 | Republic of Ireland | 1 Jan 2017 | Mauritania | [57] |
Youcef Atal § | DF | 36 + | 2 | 6 Jun 2017 | Guinea | — | — | [58] |
Nasser Bouiche | MF | 34 | 5 | 31 May 1981 | Niger | 14 Dec 1986 | Ivory Coast | [59] |
Rezki Amrouche | DF | 34 | 2 | 9 Oct 1992 | Burundi | 9 Jul 2000 | Morocco | [60] |
Ali Attoui | FW | 34 | 0 | 14 Mar 1965 | Tunisia | 11 Apr 1971 | Mali | [61] |
Rafik Djebbour | FW | 33 | 5 | 15 Aug 2006 | Gabon | 5 Mar 2014 | Slovenia | [62] |
Abdelaziz Safsafi | MF | 33 | 3 | 16 Nov 1972 | Tunisia | 19 Nov 1980 | Poland | [63] |
Bouzid Mahyouz | DF | 33 | 0 | 24 Nov 1971 | Libya | 30 Oct 1981 | Nigeria | [64] |
Abdelkader Horr | DF | 31 | 2 | 2 Jul 1978 | Iraq | 18 Mar 1982 | Zambia | [65] |
Karim Matmour | MF | 31 | 2 | 7 Feb 2007 | Libya | 29 Feb 2012 | Gambia | [66] |
Ali Dahleb | MF | 31 | 2 | 26 Feb 1993 | Ghana | 24 Jan 1999 | Tunisia | [67] |
Omar Belatoui | DF | 31 | 1 | 10 Feb 1989 | Malta | 26 Nov 1995 | Ivory Coast | [68] |
Abdelhamid Salhi | MF | 31 | 1 | 19 Jul 1965 | Ivory Coast | 23 Mar 1975 | Tunisia | [69] |
Mounir Zeghdoud | DF | 31 | 0 | 26 Nov 1995 | Ivory Coast | 3 Jul 2004 | Nigeria | [70] |
Hichem Mezaïr | GK | 31 | 0 | 14 Aug 1998 | Libya | 28 Feb 2006 | Burkina Faso | [71] |
Ramiz Zerrouki § | MF | 30 | 3 | 25 Mar 2021 | Zambia | — | — | [72] |
Djamel Benlamri | DF | 30 + | 2 | 17 Nov 2018 | Togo | 29 Mar 2022 | Cameroon | [73] |
Nourredine Kourichi | DF | 30 | 2 | 28 Dec 1980 | Sudan | 12 Jun 1986 | Spain | [74] |
Sid Ahmed Zerrouki | MF | 30 | 2 | 18 Jul 1993 | Ivory Coast | 20 Dec 1997 | Egypt | [75] |
Maamar Mamouni | MF | 30 | 2 | 6 Jun 1999 | Tunisia | 4 Sep 2005 | Nigeria | [76] |
Tahar Benfarhat | MF | 30 | 1 | 17 Mar 1968 | Morocco | 7 Apr 1974 | Morocco | [77] |
Khaled Lounici | FW | 29 | 3 | 17 Dec 1990 | Senegal | 24 Jan 1999 | Tunisia | [78] |
Abdelkader Ighili | MF | 28 | 6 | 29 Aug 1975 | Egypt | 17 Nov 1978 | Congo | [79] |
Abdelkader Ghezzal | FW | 28 | 3 | 18 Nov 2008 | Mali | 29 Feb 2012 | Gambia | [80] |
Hassan Yebda | MF | 28 | 2 | 11 Oct 2009 | Rwanda | 26 Jun 2014 | Russia | [81] |
Brahim Zafour | DF | 28 | 1 | 4 Nov 1998 | Bulgaria | 27 Mar 2005 | Rwanda | [82] |
Hakim Medane | MF | 28 | 1 | 28 Dec 1984 | Ghana | 14 Oct 1994 | Sudan | [83] |
Salah Larbes | MF | 28 | 0 | 13 Mar 1980 | Morocco | 24 Jun 1982 | Chile | [84] |
Khaled Lemmouchia | MF | 28 | 0 | 31 May 2008 | Senegal | 30 Jan 2013 | Ivory Coast | [85] |
Ali Benhalima | DF | 27 + | 1 | 11 Dec 1986 | Ivory Coast | 17 Jan 1992 | Congo | [86] |
Abdelhamid Sadmi | DF | 27 | 0 | 11 Mar 1984 | Nigeria | 12 Apr 1987 | Tunisia | [87] |
Kamel Adjas | DF | 27 + | 0 | 13 Nov 1988 | Mali | 13 Jan 1992 | Ivory Coast | [88] |
Fayçal Hamdani | DF | 27 | 0 | 3 Apr 1991 | Morocco | 9 Apr 1999 | Liberia | [89] |
Hocine Achiou | MF | 26 | 3 | 25 Jan 2003 | Uganda | 12 Aug 2009 | Uruguay | [90] |
Djamel Djefdjef | MF | 26 | 1 | 19 Dec 1982 | Tunisia | 14 Dec 1985 | South Korea | [91] |
Yacine Slatni | DF | 26 | 0 | 28 Feb 1999 | Liberia | 24 Sep 2003 | Gabon | [92] |
Ryad Boudebouz | MF | 25 | 2 | 28 May 2010 | Republic of Ireland | 6 Jun 2017 | Guinea | [93] |
Djamel Keddou | DF | 25 | 2 | 13 Aug 1973 | United Arab Emirates | 4 Jul 1978 | Iraq | [94] |
Foued Kadir | MF | 25 | 2 | 28 May 2010 | Republic of Ireland | 23 Jan 2015 | Ghana | [95] |
Messaoud Belloucif | MF | 25 | 0 | 1 Nov 1964 | Soviet Union | 29 Dec 1968 | Tunisia | [96] |
Mehdi Mostefa | MF | 25 | 0 | 17 Nov 2010 | Luxembourg | 30 Jun 2014 | Germany | [97] |
Saïd Benrahma § | MF | 25 | 1 | 13 Oct 2015 | Senegal | — | — | [98] |
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