page_title: Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry
hierarchical_section_title: Algeria–Tunisia football rivalry
caption_attribution_description: Aymen Abdenour, Islam Slimani English: Algeria played Tunisia in the 2013 African Cup of Nations. العربية: الجزائر تواجه تونس في منافسات كأس إفريقيا للأمم 2013. Français&#160;: L'Algérie et la Tunisie se sont affrontées lors d'un match de la CAN 2013.
context_page_description: Tunisia played until today 48 games against Algeria. 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.
  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.
context_section_description: Tunisia played until today 48 games against Algeria. 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.
  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.
caption: Tunisia-Algeria match in the 2013 African Cup of Nations won by Tunisia 1–0
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