Islam Slimani 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 including 23 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.

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.
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

Notes

  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

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