List of international goals scored by Islam Slimani

Islam Slimani is Algeria's top scorer with 45 goals.

Islam Slimani is the all-time top goalscorer for the Algeria national football team. As of 23 January 2024, he has scored 45 goals in 101 appearances since his debut on 2 June 2012.

On 8 October 2021, Slimani scored a brace in a 6–1 heavy victory over Niger in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying match to become the Algeria's all-time top scorer with 39 goals, surpassing Abdelhafid Tasfaout who held the record with 36 goals for 19 years since 2002. ^{[1] [2]}

International goals

Scores and results list Algeria's goal tally first. ^[3]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	2 June 2012	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Rwanda	3–0	4–0	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[4]
2	10 June 2012	Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso	Mali	1–0	1–2		[5]
3	15 June 2012	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Gambia	2–0	4–1	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[6]
4				3–1
5	14 October 2012		Libya	2–0	2–0		[7]
6	26 March 2013		Benin	3–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[8]
7	2 June 2013		Burkina Faso	2–0	2–0	Friendly	[9]
8	9 June 2013	Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo, Benin	Benin	1–1	3–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	[10]
9				2–1
10	31 May 2014	Stade Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland	Armenia	3–0	3–1	Friendly	[11]
11	22 June 2014	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	South Korea	1–0	4–2	2014 FIFA World Cup	[12] [13] [14]
12	26 June 2014	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil	Russia	1–1	1–1		[15]
13	15 October 2014	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Malawi	3–0	3–0	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[16]
14	19 January 2015	Estadio de Mongomo, Mongomo, Equatorial Guinea	South Africa	3–1	3–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations	[17] [18]
15	13 June 2015	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Seychelles	1–0	4–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[19]
16	9 October 2015	July 5, 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria	Guinea	1–0	1–2	Friendly	[20]
17	14 November 2015	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	2–1	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	[21]
18				2–2
19	17 November 2015	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria		4–0	7–0		[22] [23] [24]
20				7–0
21	25 March 2016		Ethiopia	2–0	7–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[25]
22				7–1
23	29 March 2016	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia		1–1	3–3		[26]
24	23 January 2017	Stade de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon	Senegal	1–0	2–2	2017 Africa Cup of Nations	[27] [28] [29]
25				2–1
26	14 November 2017	5 July 1962 Stadium, Algiers, Algeria	Central African Republic	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[30]
27	1 July 2019	30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Tanzania	1–0	3–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations	[31]
28	9 September 2019	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Benin	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[32]
29	10 October 2019	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	DR Congo	1–0	1–1		[33]
30	25 March 2021	National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka, Zambia	Zambia	2–0	3–3	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[34] [35]
31				3–2
32	2 September 2021	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Djibouti	1–0	8–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[36] [37] [38] [39]
33				2–0
34				5–0
35				6–0
36	8 October 2021	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Niger	5–1	6–1		[40]
37				6–1
38	12 November 2021	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Djibouti	4–0	4–0		[41]
39	6 January 2022	Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar	Ghana	3–0	3–0	Friendly	[42]
40	25 March 2022	Japoma Stadium, Douala, Cameroon	Cameroon	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	[43]
41	23 September 2022	Olympic Stadium, Oran, Algeria	Guinea	1–0	1–0	Friendly	[44]
42	12 October 2023	Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine, Algeria	Cape Verde	5–1	5–1
43	16 October 2023	Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	Egypt	1–1	1–1
44	16 November 2023	Nelson Mandela Stadium, Algiers, Algeria	Somalia	3–1	3–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
45	9 January 2024	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Burundi	3–0	4–0	Friendly

Against non-first teams

On 5 January 2024, Algeria played in a friendly game against Togo A' (local team), ^[45] in this game, Algeria changed more than 5 substitutes making this game not recognized by FIFA according to it laws. ^[46]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 January 2024	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Togo A'	2–0	3–0	Friendly

With Algeria A'

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 May 2013 [47] [48]	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida, Algeria	Mauritania	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Statistics

Slimani being tackled by Tunisian Aymen Abdennour at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations

As of match played 23 January 2024 ^[49]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Algeria A'	2013	1	1
Algeria	2012	6	5
	2013	12	4
	2014	13	4
	2015	11	7
	2016	5	3
	2017	9	3
	2018	4	0
	2019	9	3
	2020	0	0
	2021	10	9
	2022	12	3
	2023	6	3
	2024	4	1
	Algeria total	101	45
Overall total		102	46

See also

• List of top international men's football goal scorers by country
• List of leading goalscorers for the Algeria national football team
• Algeria national football team records and statistics

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External links

• List of international goals scored by Islam Slimani at National-Football-Teams.com
• Islam Slimani at RSSSF