Head to head · Men's national teams
Algeria v Nigeria
Algeria and Nigeria have met 22 times since 1973: Algeria lead 10–9.
10Algeria wins
3draws
9Nigeria wins
Goals: Algeria 29, Nigeria 29 · 22 meetings
- The first meeting on record was on Wednesday, 10 January 1973: Nigeria 2–2 Algeria in Lagos.
- The most recent was on Saturday, 10 January 2026: Algeria 0–2 Nigeria (Africa Cup of Nations).
- Algeria's biggest win: Algeria 5–1 Nigeria, 1990.
- Nigeria's biggest win: Nigeria 3–0 Algeria, 1980.
- 20 of the 22 meetings were competitive matches and 2 were friendlies.
Compare their ratings over time
Every meeting
| 2026 | ||
| 10 Jan | Algeria 0–2 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Marrakesh, Morocco (neutral) |
Nigeria |
| 2022 | ||
| 27 Sept | Algeria 2–1 Nigeria Friendly · Oran, Algeria |
Algeria |
| 2020 | ||
| 9 Oct | Nigeria 0–1 Algeria Friendly · Klagenfurt, Austria (neutral) |
Algeria |
| 2019 | ||
| 14 Jul | Algeria 2–1 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Cairo, Egypt (neutral) |
Algeria |
| 2017 | ||
| 10 Nov | Algeria 3–0 Nigeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Constantine, Algeria |
Algeria |
| 2016 | ||
| 12 Nov | Nigeria 3–1 Algeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Uyo, Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| 2010 | ||
| 30 Jan | Nigeria 1–0 Algeria Africa Cup of Nations · Benguela, Angola (neutral) |
Nigeria |
| 2005 | ||
| 4 Sept | Algeria 2–5 Nigeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Oran, Algeria |
Nigeria |
| 2004 | ||
| 3 Jul | Nigeria 1–0 Algeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Abuja, Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| 2002 | ||
| 21 Jan | Algeria 0–1 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Bamako, Mali (neutral) |
Nigeria |
| 1993 | ||
| 8 Oct | Algeria 1–1 Nigeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Algiers, Algeria |
Draw |
| 3 Jul | Nigeria 4–1 Algeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Lagos, Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| 1990 | ||
| 16 Mar | Algeria 1–0 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Algiers, Algeria |
Algeria |
| 2 Mar | Algeria 5–1 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Algiers, Algeria |
Algeria |
| 1988 | ||
| 23 Mar | Algeria 1–1 Nigeria (pens) Africa Cup of Nations · Rabat, Morocco (neutral) |
Nigeria |
| 1984 | ||
| 11 Mar | Algeria 0–0 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Bouaké, Ivory Coast (neutral) |
Draw |
| 1982 | ||
| 10 Mar | Algeria 2–1 Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations · Benghazi, Libya (neutral) |
Algeria |
| 1981 | ||
| 30 Oct | Algeria 2–1 Nigeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Constantine, Algeria |
Algeria |
| 10 Oct | Nigeria 0–2 Algeria FIFA World Cup qualification · Lagos, Nigeria |
Algeria |
| 1980 | ||
| 22 Mar | Nigeria 3–0 Algeria Africa Cup of Nations · Lagos, Nigeria |
Nigeria |
| 1978 | ||
| 28 Jul | Algeria 1–0 Nigeria All-African Games · Algiers, Algeria |
Algeria |
| 1973 | ||
| 10 Jan | Nigeria 2–2 Algeria All-African Games · Lagos, Nigeria |
Draw |
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Results from the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results and fixtures from API-Football and some venues from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Penalty shoot-outs count as wins. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.