Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry
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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.
Other names | Maghreb derby |
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Location | Africa (CAF) |
Teams | Algeria Tunisia |
First meeting | Tunisia 0–0 Algeria Friendly (15 December 1963) |
Latest meeting | Tunisia 0–2 Algeria 2021 FIFA Arab Cup Final (18 December 2021) |
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 |
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.