Algeria have appeared in the finals of the Summer Olympics Football Tournament on two occasions in 1980 with the Algeria first team and in 2016 with Algeria U23 after opening olympic football tournament to U23 national teams since 1992. They have once qualified for the knockout rounds, reaching the quarter-finals in 1980 before losing to Yugoslavia.
Records
| Olympic Games | Olympic Games Qualifications | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Result | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Result | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
 1908 –  1960 |
Part of France | – | Part of France | ||||||||||||||
 1964 |
Did not enter | – | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1968 |
Did not qualify | – | 1968 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
 1972 |
– | 1972 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
 1976 |
– | 1976 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
 1980 |
Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | Squad | 1980 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 4 | 5* | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | |
 1984 |
Did not qualify | – | 1984 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
 1988 |
– | 1988 OG Afr.Q (Round 3 "final") | 4 | 4* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
 1992 |
– | 1992 OG Afr.Q (Round 2) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1996 |
– | 1996 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
 2000 |
– | 2000 OG Afr.Q (Round 1) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
 2004 |
– | 2004 OG Afr.Q (Round 2 "final") | 7 | 4* | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||
 2008 |
– | 2008 OG Afr.Q (Round 2) | 4 | 2* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2012 |
– | 2011 CAF U-23 Champ. | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |||||||||
 2016 |
Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | Squad | 2015 Afcon U-23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2020 |
Did not qualify | – | 2019 Afcon U-23 qualif. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
 2024 |
– | 2023 Afcon U-23 qualif. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2028 |
To be determined | – | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Quarter-finals | 2/26 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | - | 14/18 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 21 | 66 | 62 | |
- Prior to the Barcelona 1992 campaign, the Football at the Summer Olympics was open to full senior national teams.
- *Algeria had won games by withdrawal.
By match
| By match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | Round | Opponent | Score | Result | Scorers | Man of the match |
| 1980 | Group stage |  Syria |
3–0 | W | Belloumi, Madjer, Merzekane | |
 East Germany |
0–1 | L | ||||
 Spain |
1–1 | D | Belloumi | |||
| Quarter-finals |  Yugoslavia |
0–3 | L | |||
| 2016 | Group stage |  Honduras |
2–3 | L | Bendebka, Bounedjah | |
 Argentina |
1–2 | L | Bendebka | |||
 Portugal |
1–1 | D | Benkablia | |||
Record by opponent
| FIFA World Cup matches (by team) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| AFC teams | ||||||
| Syria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| CONCACAF teams | ||||||
| Honduras |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| CONMEBOL teams | ||||||
| Argentina |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| UEFA teams | ||||||
| Germany* |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yugoslavia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* Games of East Germany are counted towards Germany.
Participations
Algeria at Moscow 1980
- Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Germany
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 |
 Algeria
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |
| Spain
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Syria
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 1 |
| Algeria | 3–0 | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
36'| East Germany | 1–0 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
| Spain | 1–1 | Algeria |
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Report |
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- Quarter-finals
| Yugoslavia | 3–0 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Algeria at Rio de Janeiro 2016
- Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 |  Honduras
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Argentina
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Algeria
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 1 |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
| Honduras | 3–2 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
| Argentina | 2–1 | Algeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
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| Algeria | 1–1 | Portugal |
|---|---|---|
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Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA) |
Goalscorers
| Rank | Player | 1980 | 2016 | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakhdar Belloumi | 2 | 2 | |
| Sofiane Bendebka | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Mohamed Benkablia | 1 | 1 | |
| Baghdad Bounedjah | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rabah Madjer | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chaâbane Merzekane | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
References
- "Match Report: HON vs ALG" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- "Match Report: ARG vs ALG" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- "Match Report: ALG vs POR" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
External links
- Games of the XXII. Olympiad Football Tournament (Moscow 1980) - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- Games of the XXXI. Olympiad Football Tournament (Rio de Janeiro 2016) - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
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