Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry

Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry
	Tunisia–Algeria match in the 2013 African Cup of Nations
Other names	Maghreb derby
Location	Africa (CAF)
Teams	Algeria; Tunisia
First meeting	Tunisia 0–0 Algeria; Friendly; (15 December 1963)
Latest meeting	Algeria 1–1 Tunisia; International Friendly; (20 June 2023)
Statistics
Meetings total	48
Most wins	Algeria (18)
Most player appearances	Lakhdar Belloumi (10)
Top scorer	Djamel Menad (5)
All-time series	Algeria: 18; Draw: 15; Tunisia: 15
	Algeria 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

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

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

Major encounters

1975 Mediterranean Games

4 September 1975

Algeria	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Tunisia
Naïm 62' Draoui 96'		Kammoun 70'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 70,000

1979 Mediterranean Games

23 September 1979

Algeria	1–1	Tunisia
Bousri 38'		Bayari 5'

Omiš Stadium, Omiš

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

22 January 2013

20:00

Tunisia	1–0	Algeria
Msakni 90+1'	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

2017 Africa Cup of Nations

19 January 2017

17:00 UTC+1

Algeria	1–2	Tunisia
Hanni 90+2'	Report	Mandi 50' (o.g.) Sliti 66' (pen.)

Stade de Franceville, Franceville

Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

2021 FIFA Arab Cup

18 December 2021

18:00

Tunisia	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Algeria
	Report	Sayoud 99' Brahimi 120+5'

Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor

Attendance: 60,456

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Statistics

Overall

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

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

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General	Algerian Football Federation History Managers Kits
Venues	Stade du 5 Juillet Miloud Hadefi Stadium Nelson Mandela Stadium planned Home venues
Results	Results 1962–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19 2020–present
Statistics	Records and statistics All-time goalscorers Head to head World Cup record
Goals	Islam Slimani
Players	Players (by caps) Other players Algerian foreign players Born outside algeria
World Cup Finals	Summary 1982 1986 2010 2014
CAN Finals	Summary 1968 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2010 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023
Other Cup's tournaments	African Nations Championship FIFA Arab Cup
Games's tournaments	Olympic Games African Games Mediterranean Games Arab Games
Culture	Disgrace of Gijón
Noted rivalries	Egypt Morocco Tunisia
Other FAF teams	Men A' U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 FLN "defunct" Women U-20 U-17 Futsal Beach soccer