Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry

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Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry
2021 FIFA Arab Cup Final
(18 December 2021)
Statistics
Meetings total48
Most winsAlgeria (18)
Most player appearancesLakhdar Belloumi (10)
Top scorerDjamel Menad (5)
All-time seriesAlgeria: 18
Draw: 15
Tunisia: 15

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.

Stade Chedly Zouiten in Tunisia
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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. 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

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

final.[2]

List of matches

# 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 1965 All-Africa Games qualification
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 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification
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
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

Major encounters

1975 Mediterranean Games

Algeria 2–1 (a.e.t.) Tunisia

1979 Mediterranean Games

Algeria 1–1 Tunisia

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Tunisia 1–0 Algeria
 Report
Gambia
)

2017 Africa Cup of Nations

Algeria 1–2 Tunisia
 Report

2021 FIFA Arab Cup

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

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
Football at the Summer Olympics qualification 2 0 1 1 2 3
Football at the Mediterranean Games 3 1 1 1 5 5
Friendly Match 24 11 7 6 24 18
Total 45 16 14 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

References

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  12. ^ "ALG 1-2 TUN | Algeria - Tunisia". 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
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