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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	Did not qualify								–	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 v t e	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

Source: FIFA

July 20, 1980
12:00

Algeria	3–0	Syria
Belloumi 36' Madjer 48' Merzekane 73' (pen.)	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: Vojtech Christov (Czechoslovakia)

July 22, 1980
12:00

East Germany	1–0	Algeria
Terletzki 61'	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 70,000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

July 24, 1980
12:00

Spain	1–1	Algeria
Rincón 38'	Report	Belloumi 63'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: Eldar Azimzade (Soviet Union)

Quarter-finals

July 27, 1980
12:00

Yugoslavia	3–0	Algeria
Miročević 5' Šestić 19' Vujović 70'	Report

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: Klaus Scheurell (East Germany)

Algeria at Rio de Janeiro 2016

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	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	Quarter-finals
3	Argentina	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 August 2016

15:00

Honduras	3–2	Algeria
Quioto 13' Pereira 33' Lozano 79'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Bendebka 68' Bounedjah 85'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 20,000^[1]

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

7 August 2016

18:00

Argentina	2–1	Algeria
Correa 47' Calleri 70'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Bendebka 64'

Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro

Attendance: 37,450^[2]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

10 August 2016

13:00

Algeria	1–1	Portugal
Benkablia 30'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Paciência 25' (pen.)

Mineirão, Belo Horizonte

Attendance: 13,787^[3]

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Goalscorers

Rank	Player	1980	2016	Goals
1	Lakhdar Belloumi	2		2
1	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.