Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry

Tunisia played until today 48 games against Algeria.[1] The first match took place on 1 June 1957 in a friendly match against 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.

Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry
Tunisia-Algeria match in the 2013 African Cup of Nations won by Tunisia 1–0
Other namesMaghreb derby
LocaleCAF (Africa) UNAF (North Africa)
Teams
First meetingFLN Team era:
Tunisia 1–2 FLN team
Friendly (1 June 1957)

After independence era: Tunisia 0–0 Algeria
Friendly (15 December 1963)
Statistics
All-time seriesAlgeria: 16
Draw: 16
Tunisia: 16

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 also met three times in the qualifying phase of the World Cup in 1970, 1978 and 1986. The overall record indicates to the equivalent between the two teams with sixteen wins, sixteen draws and sixteen losses, however Tunisia has dominated Algeria in most of major official games. The last defeat of Algeria against their neighbors dated back to 20 January 2017 during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations which was hosted by Gabon. Before this match, the two teams had met once in the African Cup of Nations finals in 2013, which was also dominated by the Tunisians.

History

The first meeting took place on 1 June 1957 during a friendly match against the FLN team. It is during this period that the matches are the most regular. Indeed, the two teams clash eight times, between 1 June 1957 and 3 October 1959, with the key eight wins for the Algerians.

The first official match took place on 15 December 1963, during a friendly match. The two teams also faced each other three times in the qualification phase of the world cup in 1970, 1978 and 1986. The overall record indicates to the equivalent between the two teams with sixteen victories, sixteen draws and sixteen defeats. Algeria's last defeat against their neighbors dates back to 20 January 2017. Algeria has not beaten Tunisia in an official match since 1987.

Results

FLN Team era

# Date Venue Home Team Score Away team Competition
1 1 June 1957 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–2 FLN Team Friendly Match
2 25 June 1957 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–2 FLN Team Friendly Match
3 1 July 1957 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–1 FLN Team Friendly Match
4 1 April 1958 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–7 FLN Team Friendly Match
5 15 April 1958 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–8 FLN Team Friendly Match
6 1 May 1958 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–6 FLN Team Friendly Match
7 3 May 1958 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–5 FLN Team Friendly Match
8 3 October 1959 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–8 FLN Team Friendly Match

After Algerian's Independence

# Date Venue Home Team Score Away team Competition
1 15 December 1963 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly Match
2 27 December 1964 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia 1965 All-Africa Games qualification [2]
3 14 March 1965 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria 1965 All-Africa Games qualification [3]
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 Match
7 16 November 1972 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–2  Algeria Friendly Match
8 12 May 1973 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  2–1  Tunisia Friendly Match
9 11 May 1974 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  1–2  Tunisia Friendly Match
10 23 March 1975 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria 1976 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11 6 April 1975 Oran,  Algeria Algeria  1–2  Tunisia 1976 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
12 11 May 1975 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  1–1  Tunisia Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers [4]
13 1 June 1975 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  2–1  Algeria Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's African Qualifiers [4]
14 4 September 1975 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  2–1  Tunisia Football at the 1975 Mediterranean Games [5]
15 04 November 1976 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  3–0  Algeria Friendly Match [6]
16 6 February 1977 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  2–0  Algeria 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 28 February 1977 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  1–1  Tunisia 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 23 September 1979 Omiš,  Yugoslavia Algeria  1–1  Tunisia Football at the 1979 Mediterranean Games [7]
19 7 February 1982 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–1  Algeria Friendly Match
20 19 December 1982 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–1  Algeria Friendly Match
21 11 September 1983 El Jadida,  Morocco Tunisia  3–2  Algeria Football at the 1983 Mediterranean Games [8]
22 30 December 1984 Abidjan,  Ivory Coast Algeria  3–1  Tunisia Friendly Match (Abidjan Tournament) [9]
23 1 May 1985 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–0  Algeria Friendly Match
24 6 October 1985[10] Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–4  Algeria 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 18 October 1985 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  3–0  Tunisia 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
26 27 March 1987 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia 1988 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
27 12 April 1987 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria 1988 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
28 11 December 1987 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  0–0  Tunisia 1988 Arab Nations Cup qualification [11]
29 5 November 1988 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–0  Algeria Friendly Match
30 4 April 1989 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  2–0  Tunisia Friendly Match
31 1 November 1989 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly Match
32 5 March 1991 Annaba,  Algeria Algeria  2–1  Tunisia Friendly Match
33 7 April 1991 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly Match
34 23 September 1992 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria Friendly Match
35 16 December 1994 Sfax,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–0  Algeria Friendly Match
36 22 July 1995 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  2–1  Tunisia Friendly Match
37 5 November 1995 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  2–0  Algeria Friendly Match (7th November Cup) [12]
38 4 January 1997 Sfax,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–0  Algeria Friendly Match
39 31 May 1997 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  0–1  Algeria Friendly Match
40 22 January 1999 Algiers,  Algeria Algeria  0–1  Tunisia 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
41 6 June 1999 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  2–0  Algeria 2000 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
42 28 June 2000 Tunis,  Tunisia Tunisia  2–2  Algeria Friendly Match
43 23 June 2005 Vícar,  Spain Algeria  2–2  Tunisia Football at the 2005 Mediterranean Games [13]
44 12 November 2011 Blida,  Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia Friendly Match [14]
45 22 January 2013 Rustenburg,  South Africa Tunisia  1–0  Algeria 2013 Africa Cup of Nations [15]
46 11 January 2015 Radès,  Tunisia Tunisia  1–1  Algeria Friendly Match [16]
47 19 January 2017 Franceville,  Gabon Algeria  1–2  Tunisia 2017 Africa Cup of Nations [17]
48 26 March 2019 Blida,  Algeria Algeria  1–0  Tunisia Friendly Match [18]

Statics

Summary of the confrontations between Algeria and Tunisia on March 26, 2019
Competition Matches  Algeria WIns Draws  Tunisia Wins  Algeria Goals  Tunisia Goals
Africa Cup of Nations 2 0 0 2 1 3
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 African Games qualification 2 1 1 0 1 0
Matchs officiels 18 4 6 8 17 19
Football at the Mediterranean Games 4 1 2 1 7 7
Arab Nations Cup qualification 1 0 1 0 0 0
Friendly Match 25 11 7 7 24 22
Total 48 16 16 16 48 48

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