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Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry

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Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry
Tunisia–Algeria match in the 2013 African Cup of Nations
Other namesMaghreb derby
LocationAfrica (CAF)
Teams Algeria
 Tunisia
First meetingTunisia 0–0 Algeria
Friendly
(15 December 1963)
Latest meetingAlgeria 1–1 Tunisia
International Friendly
(20 June 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total48
Most winsAlgeria (18)
Most player appearancesLakhdar Belloumi (10)
Top scorerDjamel Menad (5)
All-time seriesAlgeria: 18
Draw: 15
Tunisia: 15
Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry is located in Arab world
Algeria
Algeria
Tunisia
Tunisia

The Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry is a football rivalry between the national football teams of Algeria and Tunisia, having achieved three Africa Cup of Nations and two Arab Cups between the two countries.

The two nations have played 48 games against each other; Algeria leads in wins with 18 to Tunisia's 15, with the two sides drawing 15 times.[1] The first unofficial match took place on 1 June 1957, in a friendly match between Tunisia and the FLN football team, when Algeria was a French colony. After the independence of Algeria, the first official match took place on 15 December 1963, in a friendly match at the Stade Chedly Zouiten in Tunisia.

The last defeat of Algeria against their neighbours dated back to 20 January 2017, during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which was hosted by Gabon.

History

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The first unofficial match took place on 1 June 1957, in a friendly match between Tunisia and the FLN football team, when Algeria was a French colony.The first Algerian football team was founded in Tunisia initially. It was at this time that the matches were the most regular. Indeed, the two teams met eight times, between June 1957 and October 1959, with eight victories for the Algerians.

After the independence of Algeria, the first official match took place on 15 December 1963, in a friendly match at the Stade Chedly Zouiten in Tunisia. The two teams met three times in the qualifying phase of the World Cup in 1970, 1978 and 1986.

Algeria and Tunisia played three times in official competitions: twice in the Africa Cup of Nations, in 2013 and 2017, which Tunisia won both times, and once in the Arab Cup in 2021, which Algeria won after beating Tunisia in the final.[2]

List of matches

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# Date Location Home Team Score Away team Competition
1 15 December 1963 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly
2 27 December 1964 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia 1965 All-Africa Games qualification
3 14 March 1964 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria
4 17 November 1968 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  1–2  Tunisia 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 29 December 1968 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria
6 5 June 1972 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  3–1  Algeria Friendly
7 16 November 1972 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  1–2  Algeria Friendly
8 11 May 1974 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  1–2  Tunisia Friendly
9 23 March 1975 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria 1976 African Cup of Nations qualification
10 6 April 1975 Algeria Oran, Algeria Algeria  1–2  Tunisia
11 11 May 1975 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  1–1  Tunisia 1976 Summer Olympics qualification[3]
12 1 June 1975 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  2–1  Algeria
13 4 September 1975 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  2–1  Tunisia 1975 Mediterranean Games[4]
14 6 February 1977 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  2–0  Algeria 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 28 February 1977 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  1–1  Tunisia
16 23 September 1979 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Omiš, Yugoslavia Algeria  1–1  Tunisia 1979 Mediterranean Games[5]
17 7 February 1982 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–1  Algeria Friendly
18 19 December 1982 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–1  Algeria Friendly
19 23 September 1979 Morocco El Jadida, Morocco Tunisia  3–2  Algeria 1983 Mediterranean Games
20 30 December 1984 Ivory Coast Abidjan, Ivory Coast Algeria  3–1  Tunisia Friendly (Abidjan Tournament)[6]
21 1 May 1985 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  1–0  Algeria Friendly
22 6 October 1985[7] Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  1–4  Algeria 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 18 October 1985 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  3–0  Tunisia 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 11 January 1987 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–2  Algeria 1987 All-Africa Games qualification
25 27 March 1987 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia 1988 African Cup of Nations qualification
26 12 April 1987 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria
27 11 December 1987 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  0–0  Tunisia 1988 Arab Cup
28 5 November 1988 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  1–0  Algeria Friendly
29 4 April 1989 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  2–0  Tunisia Friendly
30 1 November 1989 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly
31 5 March 1991 Algeria Annaba, Algeria Algeria  2–1  Tunisia Friendly
32 7 April 1991 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly
33 23 September 1992 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria Friendly
34 16 December 1994 Tunisia Sfax, Tunisia Tunisia  1–0  Algeria Friendly
35 22 July 1995 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  2–1  Tunisia Friendly
36 5 November 1995 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  2–0  Algeria Friendly (7th November Cup)[8]
37 4 January 1997 Tunisia Sfax, Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly
38 31 May 1997 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  0–1  Algeria Friendly
39 22 January 1999 Algeria Algiers, Algeria Algeria  0–1  Tunisia 2000 African Cup of Nations qualification
40 6 June 1999 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  2–0  Algeria
41 28 June 2000 Tunisia Tunis, Tunisia Tunisia  2–2  Algeria Friendly
42 12 November 2011 Algeria Blida, Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia Friendly[9]
43 22 January 2013 South Africa Rustenburg, South Africa Tunisia  1–0  Algeria 2013 Africa Cup of Nations[10]
44 11 January 2015 Tunisia Radès, Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria Friendly[11]
45 19 January 2017 Gabon Franceville, Gabon Algeria  1–2  Tunisia 2017 Africa Cup of Nations[12]
46 26 March 2019 Algeria Blida, Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia Friendly[13]
47 11 June 2021 Tunisia Radès, Tunisia Tunisia  0–2  Algeria Friendly
48 18 December 2021 Qatar Al Khor, Qatar Tunisia  0–2  Algeria 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Final
49 20 June 2023 Algeria Annaba, Algeria Algeria  1–1  Tunisia Friendly

Major encounters

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1975 Mediterranean Games

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Algeria 2–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia
Attendance: 70,000

1979 Mediterranean Games

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Algeria 1–1 Tunisia
Omiš Stadium, Omiš

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

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Tunisia 1–0 Algeria
Report

2017 Africa Cup of Nations

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Algeria 1–2 Tunisia
Report

2021 FIFA Arab Cup

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Tunisia 0–2 (a.e.t.) Algeria
Report
Attendance: 60,456

Statistics

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Overall

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Summary of the confrontations between Algeria and Tunisia on 18 December 2021
Competition Matches Algeria Wins Draws Tunisia Wins Algeria Goals Tunisia Goals
Africa Cup of Nations 2 0 0 2 1 3
FIFA Arab Cup 2 1 1 0 2 0
FIFA World Cup qualification 6 2 2 2 9 6
Africa Cup of Nations qualification 6 1 2 3 4 7
Summer Olympics qualification 2 0 1 1 2 3
Mediterranean Games 3 1 1 1 5 5
African Games qualification 2 1 1 0 1 0
Friendly Match 25 12 7 6 24 18
Total 49 18 16 15 47 42

Titles

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Algeria Competition Tunisia
2 African Cup of Nations 1
0 African Nations Championship 1
1 FIFA Arab Cup 1
1 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations 0
4 Aggregate 3

References

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