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List of Algeria international footballers

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 23 January 2024[nb 1].

Islam Slimani is Algeria's most capped player.

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 edit

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.
Lakhdar Belloumi MF 100 27 22 Oct 1978   Malawi 17 Nov 1989   Egypt [1]
Islam Slimani FW 100 + 44 26 May 2012   Niger 23 Jan 2024   Mauritania [2]
Raïs M'Bolhi GK 96 + 0 28 May 2010   Republic of Ireland 19 Nov 2021   Sweden [3]
Riyad Mahrez § MF 92 + 30 31 May 2014   Armenia — — [4]
Aïssa Mandi § DF 91 + 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 20 Jan 2024   Burkina Faso [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]
Baghdad Bounedjah § FW 65 + 29 15 Nov 2014   Ethiopia — — [18]
Moussa Saïb MF 65 + 7 7 Jan 1989   Zimbabwe 21 Apr 2001   Senegal [19]
Ali Fergani MF 65 7 12 May 1973   Tunisia 25 Feb 1986   Mozambique [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 51 + 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]
Nabil Bentaleb § MF 47 5 5 Mar 2014   Slovenia — — [41]
Ismaël Bennacer § MF 47 + 2 4 Sep 2016   Lesotho — — [42]
Mohamed Kaci-Said MF 47 0 4 Dec 1980   China 16 Mar 1988   Morocco [43]
Saphir Taïder MF 46 5 26 Mar 2013   Benin 26 Mar 2019   Tunisia [44]
Moulay Haddou DF 46 1 4 Nov 1998   Bulgaria 29 Jan 2004   Egypt [45]
Miloud Hadefi DF 46 1 17 Mar 1968   Morocco 22 Apr 1979   Mali [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]
Youcef Atal § DF 37 + 2 6 Jun 2017   Guinea — — [56]
Faouzi Ghoulam DF 37 5 26 Mar 2013   Benin 5 Sep 2017   Zambia [57]
Djamel Mesbah DF 35 1 28 May 2010   Republic of Ireland 1 Jan 2017   Mauritania [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]
Ramiz Zerrouki § MF 31 3 25 Mar 2021   Zambia — — [65]
Abdelkader Horr DF 31 2 2 Jul 1978   Iraq 18 Mar 1982   Zambia [66]
Karim Matmour MF 31 2 7 Feb 2007   Libya 29 Feb 2012   Gambia [67]
Ali Dahleb MF 31 2 26 Feb 1993   Ghana 24 Jan 1999   Tunisia [68]
Omar Belatoui DF 31 1 10 Feb 1989   Malta 26 Nov 1995   Ivory Coast [69]
Abdelhamid Salhi MF 31 1 19 Jul 1965   Ivory Coast 23 Mar 1975   Tunisia [70]
Mounir Zeghdoud DF 31 0 26 Nov 1995   Ivory Coast 3 Jul 2004   Nigeria [71]
Hichem Mezaïr GK 31 0 14 Aug 1998   Libya 28 Feb 2006   Burkina Faso [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]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Two friendly matches there are no official statistics, Algeria vs Togo A' January 5, 2024 and Algeria vs Burundi January 9, 2024.
  2. ^ Players considered active are the ones who have been called up for the national team in the last twelve months.

References edit

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  2. ^ "Islam Slimani". national-football-teams.com.
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  49. ^ "Hacène Lalmas". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
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  98. ^ "Saïd Benrahma". national-football-teams.com.
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