Following the establishment of the
FIFA Futsal World Championship in
1989, Algeria was one of two African countries invited to the tournament. On 5 January 1989, they played their first international match against
Paraguay. The team went on to lose its next two matches, ending their campaign at the group stage. After their participation in the World Cup, the team went into a hiatus before returning for the inaugural
Arab Futsal Championship in
1998. Algeria exited at the group stage without recording a win, a result that was repeated at the
2005 edition. It was not until the
2007 tournament that Algeria secured its first victory, defeating
Tunisia 4–3 and finishing fifth out of six teams. At the
following edition, Algeria recorded its largest victory to date with a 10–1 win over
Yemen; however, defeats in their remaining matches saw the team continue its run of group-stage eliminations. In 2010, Algeria made its debut at the
North African Futsal Tournament, where it finished last after losing all of its matches. Algeria's first attempt to qualify for the
Futsal Africa Cup of Nations came in
2020, when they faced
Libya in a two-legged tie and lost both matches, with an aggregate score of 12–6. By 2023, following the reinforcement of the squad with diaspora players based in France, the team showed significant improvement. This progress was highlighted by a historic run at the
2023 Arab Cup, where Algeria reached the semi-finals, with their only defeat coming against
Kuwait. In December of the same year, the team played its first international friendly matches against the
Dominican Republic, winning both encounters 8–2 and 5–2. In February 2024, Algeria contested its
second qualification campaign against Libya; the improved side earned a 4–4 draw away before losing the return leg 2–1 to a last-minute goal. ==Competitive record==