Nigeria national football team: record v Algeria

Head-to-head records of Nigeria against other teams. Select the opponent from the menu on the left to see the overall record and list of results.

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v Algeria

Games won:10
Games drawn:3
Games lost:10
Date Match Result Score Competition
10 Jan 1973 Nigeria v Algeria D 2-2 African Games
28 Jul 1978 Algeria v Nigeria L 1-0 African Games
22 Mar 1980 Nigeria v Algeria W 3-0 Africa Cup of Nations
10 Oct 1981 Nigeria v Algeria L 0-2 FIFA World Cup
30 Oct 1981 Algeria v Nigeria L 2-1 FIFA World Cup
10 Mar 1982 Nigeria v Algeria L 1-2 Africa Cup of Nations
11 Mar 1984 Nigeria v Algeria D 0-0 Africa Cup of Nations
23 Mar 1988 Nigeria v Algeria W 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations
02 Mar 1990 Algeria v Nigeria L 5-1 Africa Cup of Nations
16 Mar 1990 Algeria v Nigeria L 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations
03 Jul 1993 Nigeria v Algeria W 4-1 FIFA World Cup
08 Oct 1993 Algeria v Nigeria D 1-1 FIFA World Cup
14 Sep 1995 Nigeria v Algeria W 2-0 African Games
21 Jan 2002 Algeria v Nigeria W 0-1 Africa Cup of Nations
03 Jul 2004 Nigeria v Algeria W 1-0 FIFA World Cup
04 Sep 2005 Algeria v Nigeria W 2-5 FIFA World Cup
30 Jan 2010 Nigeria v Algeria W 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations
12 Nov 2016 Nigeria v Algeria W 3-1 FIFA World Cup
10 Nov 2017 Algeria v Nigeria L 3-0 FIFA World Cup
14 Jul 2019 Algeria v Nigeria L 2-1 Africa Cup of Nations
09 Oct 2020 Nigeria v Algeria L 0-1 International Friendly
27 Sep 2022 Algeria v Nigeria L 2-1 International Friendly
10 Jan 2026 Algeria v Nigeria W 0-2 Africa Cup of Nations
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