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Algeria at the Olympic Games Football Tournament

See also: Algeria at the Olympics

Algeria have appeared in the finals of the Summer Olympics Football Tournament on two occasions in 1980 with the Algeria first team and in 2016 with Algeria U23 after opening olympic football tournament to U23 national teams since 1992. They have once qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the quarter-finals in 1980 before losing to Yugoslavia.

Records edit

Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifications
Year Result Position GP W D L GF GA Squad Result GP W D L GF GA
  1908 –   1960 Part of   France (FRA) – Part of   France (FRA)
  1964 Did not enter – Did not enter
  1968 Did not qualify – 1968 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") 4 1 2 1 7 7
  1972 – 1972 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) 2 0 1 1 2 3
  1976 – 1976 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) 2 0 1 1 2 3
  1980 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 1 2 4 5 Squad 1980 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") 4 5* 0 1 9 2
  1984 Did not qualify – 1984 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") 6 2 1 3 8 8
  1988 – 1988 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") 4 4* 1 1 5 4
  1992 – 1992 OG Afr.Q (Round 2) 2 0 1 1 0 1
  1996 – 1996 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) 2 0 1 1 1 3
  2000 – 2000 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) 2 0 1 1 2 4
  2004 – 2004 OG Afr.Q (Round 2 "final") 7 4* 0 4 10 11
  2008 – 2008 OG Afr.Q (Round 2) 4 2* 1 1 2 4
  2012 – 2011 CAF U-23 Champ. 7 4 0 3 9 7
  2016 Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 4 6 Squad 2015 Afcon U-23 7 3 3 1 8 3
  2020 Did not qualify – 2019 Afcon U-23 qualif. 4 1 2 1 4 3
  2024 To be determined – To be determined
Total Quarter-finals 2/25 7 1 2 4 8 11 - 13/17 52 25 12 20 65 60
Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.
*Algeria had won games by withdrawal.

By match edit

By match
Olympic Games Round Opponent Score Result Scorers Man of the match
1980 Group stage   Syria 3–0 W Belloumi, Madjer, Merzekane
  East Germany 0–1 L
  Spain 1–1 D Belloumi
Quarter-finals   Yugoslavia 0–3 L
2016 Group stage   Honduras 2–3 L Bendebka, Bounedjah
  Argentina 1–2 L Bendebka
  Portugal 1–1 D Benkablia

Record by opponent edit

FIFA World Cup matches (by team)
Opponent GP W D L GF GA
AFC teams
  Syria 1 1 0 0 3 0
CONCACAF teams
  Honduras 1 0 0 1 2 3
CONMEBOL teams
  Argentina 1 0 0 1 1 2
UEFA teams
  Germany* 1 0 0 1 0 1
  Portugal 1 0 1 0 1 1
  Spain 1 0 1 0 1 1
  Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 0 3

* Games of East Germany are counted towards Germany.

Participations edit

Algeria at Moscow 1980 edit

Group C

Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  East Germany 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5
  Algeria 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3
  Spain 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
  Syria 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
Source: FIFA
Algeria  3–0  Syria
 Report
East Germany  1–0  Algeria
 Report
Attendance: 70,000
Spain  1–1  Algeria
 Report
Quarter-finals
Yugoslavia  3–0  Algeria
 Report

Algeria at Rio de Janeiro 2016 edit

Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Portugal 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2   Honduras 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3   Argentina 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 4
4   Algeria 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Honduras  3–2  Algeria
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 20,000[1]
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Argentina  2–1  Algeria
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 37,450[2]
Algeria  1–1  Portugal
 Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 13,787[3]

Goalscorers edit

Rank Player 1980 2016 Goals
1 Lakhdar Belloumi 2 2
Sofiane Bendebka 2 2
3 Mohamed Benkablia 1 1
Baghdad Bounedjah 1 1
Rabah Madjer 1 1
Chaâbane Merzekane 1 1
Total 4 4 8

References edit

  1. ^ "Match Report: HON vs ALG" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Match Report: ARG vs ALG" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Match Report: ALG vs POR" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.

External links edit

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