List of Algeria international footballers

Aïssa Mandi is Algeria's most capped player.

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 inclusion 10 June 2025 ^{[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.

Players

Key

§	Named to the national team in the past year [nb 2]
+	Played in team that won the Africa Cup of Nations
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Defender
MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
Bold	Still playing competitive football

Algeria national team football players with at least 25 appearances

Player	Position	Caps	Goals	Date of debut	Debut against	Date of last match	Final match against	Ref.
Aïssa Mandi §	DF	105 +	7	5 Mar 2014	Slovenia	—	—	[1]
Riyad Mahrez §	MF	102 +	32	31 May 2014	Armenia	—	—	[2]
Islam Slimani	FW	101 +	45	26 May 2012	Niger	23 Jan 2024	Mauritania	[3]
Lakhdar Belloumi	MF	100	27	22 Oct 1978	Malawi	17 Nov 1989	Egypt	[4]
Raïs M'Bolhi	GK	96 +	0	28 May 2010	Republic of Ireland	19 Nov 2021	Sweden	[5]
Abdelhafid Tasfaout	FW	87	36	15 Feb 1991	Cameroon	28 Jan 2002	Mali	[6]
Billel Dziri	MF	87	9	23 Sep 1992	Tunisia	19 Jun 2005	Zimbabwe	[7]
Sofiane Feghouli	MF	82 +	19	29 Feb 2012	Gambia	20 Jan 2024	Burkina Faso	[8]
Rabah Madjer	FW	79 +	27	28 Oct 1978	Zambia	17 Jan 1992	Congo	[9]
Mahieddine Meftah	DF	77 +	4	31 Dec 1989	Senegal	28 Jan 2002	Mali	[10]
Baghdad Bounedjah §	FW	77 +	32	15 Nov 2014	Ethiopia	—	—	[11]
Djamel Menad	FW	75 +	25	31 May 1980	Sierra Leone	30 Jul 1995	Tanzania	[12]
Mahmoud Guendouz	DF	74	4	17 Feb 1977	Kenya	12 Jun 1986	Spain	[13]
Ramy Bensebaini §	DF	71 +	6	1 Jan 2017	Mauritania	—	—	[14]
Madjid Bougherra	DF	70	4	20 Jun 2004	Zimbabwe	1 Feb 2015	Ivory Coast	[15]
Yacine Brahimi	MF	69 +	15	26 Mar 2013	Benin	6 June 2024	Guinea	[16]
Salah Assad	FW	68	15	1 May 1977	Senegal	8 Feb 1989	Finland	[17]
Fodil Megharia	DF	68 +	0	10 Oct 1984	East Germany	17 Jan 1992	Congo	[18]
Yazid Mansouri	MF	67	0	6 Nov 2001	France	5 Jun 2010	United Arab Emirates	[19]
Moussa Saïb	MF	65 +	7	7 Jan 1989	Zimbabwe	21 Apr 2001	Senegal	[20]
Ali Fergani	MF	65	7	12 May 1973	Tunisia	25 Feb 1986	Mozambique	[21]
Rafik Saïfi	FW	64	18	5 Jun 1998	Bulgaria	23 Jun 2010	United States	[22]
Mehdi Cerbah	GK	63	0	29 Aug 1975	Egypt	21 Feb 1986	Mauritania	[23]
Karim Ziani	MF	62	5	12 Feb 2003	Belgium	3 Sep 2011	Tanzania	[24]
Carl Medjani	DF	62	3	11 Aug 2010	Gabon	7 June 2018	Portugal	[25]
Adlène Guedioura	MF	62 +	2	28 May 2010	Republic of Ireland	25 Mar 2022	Cameroon	[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]
Youcef Belaïli §	MF	55 +	10	26 March 2015	Qatar	—	—	[29]
Nabil Bentaleb §	MF	54	6	5 Mar 2014	Slovenia	—	—	[30]
Nadir Belhadj	DF	54	4	28 Apr 2004	China	12 Nov 2011	Tunisia	[31]
Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani	MF	54 +	1	28 Dec 1984	Ghana	27 Jan 1996	South Africa	[32]
Antar Yahia	DF	53	6	15 Jan 2004	Mali	29 Feb 2012	Gambia	[33]
Mohamed Khedis	DF	52	0	4 Oct 1972	Turkey	27 Jul 1980	Yugoslavia	[34]
Tedj Bensaoula	FW	51	20	9 Dec 1979	Morocco	6 Jun 1986	Brazil	[35]
Ismaël Bennacer §	MF	51 +	3	4 Sep 2016	Lesotho	—	—	[36]
Mustapha Kouici	DF	49	3	8 Sep 1976	Libya	6 Jan 1984	Egypt	[37]
Chaâbane Merzekane	DF	49	3	28 Oct 1978	Zambia	26 Mar 1988	Morocco	[38]
Lounès Gaouaoui	GK	49	0	30 Dec 2001	Senegal	3 Mar 2010	Serbia	[39]
Youcef Atal §	DF	48 +	2	6 Jun 2017	Guinea	—	—	[40]
Ali Bencheikh	MF	48	7	1 Nov 1976	Libya	1 May 1985	Tunisia	[41]
Omar Betrouni	FW	48	4	26 Jun 1968	Guinea	28 Jul 1978	Nigeria	[42]
Slimane Raho	DF	48	0	14 Aug 1998	Libya	3 Mar 2010	Serbia	[43]
Mohamed Kaci-Said	MF	47	0	4 Dec 1980	China	16 Mar 1988	Morocco	[44]
Saphir Taïder	MF	46	5	26 Mar 2013	Benin	26 Mar 2019	Tunisia	[45]
Moulay Haddou	DF	46	1	4 Nov 1998	Bulgaria	29 Jan 2004	Egypt	[46]
Miloud Hadefi	DF	46	1	17 Mar 1968	Morocco	22 Apr 1979	Mali	[47]
Medhi Lacen	MF	44	0	3 Mar 2010	Serbia	26 Mar 2015	Qatar	[48]
Nacerdine Drid	GK	44	0	19 Dec 1982	Tunisia	23 Mar 1988	Nigeria	[49]
Ramiz Zerrouki §	MF	42	3	25 Mar 2021	Zambia	—	—	[50]
Hacène Lalmas	FW	42	14	6 Jan 1963	Bulgaria	31 Oct 1974	Morocco	[51]
Rafik Halliche	DF	41 +	3	31 May 2008	Senegal	9 Sep 2019	Benin	[52] [53]
Tarek Lazizi	DF	39 +	2	5 Mar 1990	Ivory Coast	31 May 1997	Tunisia	[54]
Saïd Benrahma §	MF	38	4	13 Oct 2015	Senegal	—	—	[55]
Nasreddine Kraouche	MF	38	3	6 Jun 1999	Tunisia	8 Oct 2005	Gabon	[56]
Abdelmalek Ali Messaoud	DF	38	1	7 Apr 1974	Morocco	17 Nov 1978	Congo	[57]
Mohamed Chaïb	DF	38	0	3 Apr 1981	Senegal	26 Mar 1988	Morocco	[58]
Faouzi Ghoulam	DF	37	5	26 Mar 2013	Benin	5 Sep 2017	Zambia	[59]
Djamel Mesbah	DF	35	1	28 May 2010	Republic of Ireland	1 Jan 2017	Mauritania	[60]
Nasser Bouiche	MF	34	5	31 May 1981	Niger	14 Dec 1986	Ivory Coast	[61]
Rezki Amrouche	DF	34	2	9 Oct 1992	Burundi	9 Jul 2000	Morocco	[62]
Ali Attoui	FW	34	0	14 Mar 1965	Tunisia	11 Apr 1971	Mali	[63]
Rafik Djebbour	FW	33	5	15 Aug 2006	Gabon	5 Mar 2014	Slovenia	[64]
Abdelaziz Safsafi	MF	33	3	16 Nov 1972	Tunisia	19 Nov 1980	Poland	[65]
Bouzid Mahyouz	DF	33	0	24 Nov 1971	Libya	30 Oct 1981	Nigeria	[66]
Mohamed Amoura §	FW	33	13	8 Oct 2021	Niger	—	—	[67]
Djamel Benlamri	DF	32 +	2	17 Nov 2018	Togo	29 Mar 2022	Cameroon	[68]
Abdelkader Horr	DF	31	2	2 Jul 1978	Iraq	18 Mar 1982	Zambia	[69]
Karim Matmour	MF	31	2	7 Feb 2007	Libya	29 Feb 2012	Gambia	[70]
Ali Dahleb	MF	31	2	26 Feb 1993	Ghana	24 Jan 1999	Tunisia	[71]
Omar Belatoui	DF	31	1	10 Feb 1989	Malta	26 Nov 1995	Ivory Coast	[72]
Abdelhamid Salhi	MF	31	1	19 Jul 1965	Ivory Coast	23 Mar 1975	Tunisia	[73]
Mounir Zeghdoud	DF	31	0	26 Nov 1995	Ivory Coast	3 Jul 2004	Nigeria	[74]
Hichem Mezaïr	GK	31	0	14 Aug 1998	Libya	28 Feb 2006	Burkina Faso	[75]
Nourredine Kourichi	DF	30	2	28 Dec 1980	Sudan	12 Jun 1986	Spain	[76]
Sid Ahmed Zerrouki	MF	30	2	18 Jul 1993	Ivory Coast	20 Dec 1997	Egypt	[77]
Maamar Mamouni	MF	30	2	6 Jun 1999	Tunisia	4 Sep 2005	Nigeria	[78]
Tahar Benfarhat	MF	30	1	17 Mar 1968	Morocco	7 Apr 1974	Morocco	[79]
Khaled Lounici	FW	29	3	17 Dec 1990	Senegal	24 Jan 1999	Tunisia	[80]
Abdelkader Ighili	MF	28	6	29 Aug 1975	Egypt	17 Nov 1978	Congo	[81]
Abdelkader Ghezzal	FW	28	3	18 Nov 2008	Mali	29 Feb 2012	Gambia	[82]
Hassan Yebda	MF	28	2	11 Oct 2009	Rwanda	26 Jun 2014	Russia	[83]
Brahim Zafour	DF	28	1	4 Nov 1998	Bulgaria	27 Mar 2005	Rwanda	[84]
Hakim Medane	MF	28	1	28 Dec 1984	Ghana	14 Oct 1994	Sudan	[85]
Salah Larbes	MF	28	0	13 Mar 1980	Morocco	24 Jun 1982	Chile	[86]
Khaled Lemmouchia	MF	28	0	31 May 2008	Senegal	30 Jan 2013	Ivory Coast	[87]
Ali Benhalima	DF	27 +	1	11 Dec 1986	Ivory Coast	17 Jan 1992	Congo	[88]
Abdelhamid Sadmi	DF	27	0	11 Mar 1984	Nigeria	12 Apr 1987	Tunisia	[89]
Kamel Adjas	DF	27 +	0	13 Nov 1988	Mali	13 Jan 1992	Ivory Coast	[90]
Fayçal Hamdani	DF	27	0	3 Apr 1991	Morocco	9 Apr 1999	Liberia	[91]
Hocine Achiou	MF	26	3	25 Jan 2003	Uganda	12 Aug 2009	Uruguay	[92]
Djamel Djefdjef	MF	26	1	19 Dec 1982	Tunisia	14 Dec 1985	South Korea	[93]
Yacine Slatni	DF	26	0	28 Feb 1999	Liberia	24 Sep 2003	Gabon	[94]
Ryad Boudebouz	MF	25	2	28 May 2010	Republic of Ireland	6 Jun 2017	Guinea	[95]
Djamel Keddou	DF	25	2	13 Aug 1973	United Arab Emirates	4 Jul 1978	Iraq	[96]
Foued Kadir	MF	25	2	28 May 2010	Republic of Ireland	23 Jan 2015	Ghana	[97]
Messaoud Belloucif	MF	25	0	1 Nov 1964	Soviet Union	29 Dec 1968	Tunisia	[98]
Mehdi Mostefa	MF	25	0	17 Nov 2010	Luxembourg	30 Jun 2014	Germany	[99]

See also

• List of Algeria international footballers born outside Algeria
• Category:Algeria men's international footballers

Notes

1. The friendly match between Algeria vs Togo A' January 5, 2024 are not official.
2. Players considered active are the ones who have been called up for the national team in the last twelve months.

References

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