2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

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Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2019–20
Dates15 August 2019 – 14 March 2020
ChampionsCR Belouizdad
1st Ligue 1 title
7th Algerian title
Relegatedno relegation
Champions LeagueCR Belouizdad
MC Alger
Confederation CupES Sétif
JS Kabylie
Matches played173
Goals scored378 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerAbdennour Belhocini (10 goals)
Biggest home winES Sétif 4–0 AS Aïn M'lila
(7 December 2019)
MC Oran 4–0 USM Alger
(5 October 2019)
CR Belouizdad 4–0 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
(3 January 2020)
Biggest away winParadou AC 0–3 JS Kabylie
(12 September 2019)
JS Kabylie 0–3 CR Belouizdad
(24 September 2019)
MC Alger 0–3 JS Kabylie
(13 November 2019)
NA Hussein Dey 0–3 ASO Chlef
(8 January 2020)
Highest scoringNA Hussein Dey 4–3 ES Sétif
(23 September 2019)
Longest winning runCR Belouizdad
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runES Sétif (10 matches)
Longest winless runASO Chlef
(5 matches)
Longest losing runParadou AC
(3 matches)
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

The 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 56th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league.[1] The Ligue Professionnelle 1 kicked off on August 15, 2019, this time without an official sponsorship for the first time since 2008–09, Mobilis ATM did nothing to renew the contract.[2][3] On September 17, at the Extraordinary General Assembly of Algerian Football Federation, it unanimously endorses the change of the competition system by increasing the number of clubs from 16 to 18, as for the second division to 32 clubs from two groups Central East and Central West from 16 clubs also became the number of professional clubs 18 instead of 32 starting from the season 2020–21.[4][5] On September 30, at the monthly statutory meeting held in Ouargla. After debate and exchanges between the members, the Federal Office opted for the variant favoring the relegation of two clubs of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the promotion of four clubs of the League 2 to the upper tier.[6]

On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[7] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.[8]

Teams[]

16 teams contest the league. US Biskra, NC Magra and ASO Chlef were promoted from the 2018–19 Ligue 2.

2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 is located in Algeria
JS Kabylie
JS Kabylie
JS Saoura
JS Saoura
ASO Chlef
ASO Chlef
NC Magra
USM Bel Abbès
CS Constantine
CS Constantine
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
AS Aïn M'lila
US Biskra
ES Sétif
MC Oran
Algiers
Algiers
Algiers teams CR Belouizdad NA Hussein Dey USM Alger MC Alger Paradou AC
Algiers teams
CR Belouizdad
NA Hussein Dey
USM Alger
MC Alger
Paradou AC
Locations of teams for the 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
AS Aïn M'lila Aïn M'lila Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium 8,000
ASO Chlef Chlef Stade Mohamed Boumezrag 18,000
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Bordj Bou Arréridj August 20, 1955 Stadium 25,000
CR Belouizdad Algiers Stade 20 Août 1955 10,000
CS Constantine Constantine Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui 40,000
ES Sétif Sétif Stade 8 Mai 1945 25,000
JS Kabylie Tizi Ouzou Stade 1er Novembre 1954 15,000
JS Saoura Béchar Stade 20 Août 1955 20,000
MC Alger Algiers Stade 5 Juillet 1962 64,000
MC Oran Oran Stade Ahmed Zabana 40,000
NA Hussein Dey Algiers Stade 20 Août 1955 10,000
NC Magra Sétif Stade 8 Mai 1945[note 1] 25,000
Paradou AC Algiers Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
US Biskra Biskra Stade du 18 Février 24,000
USM Alger Algiers Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
USM Bel Abbès Sidi Bel Abbès Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 45,000

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
AS Aïn M'lila Algeria Azzedine Ait Djoudi Algeria Rabah Ziad Macron
ASO Chlef Algeria Samir Zaoui Algeria Adidas
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj France Franck Dumas Algeria Toufik Zerara Umbro
CR Belouizdad Algeria Abdelkader Amrani Algeria Chemseddine Nessakh Adidas
CS Constantine France Denis Lavagne Algeria Sid Ali Lamri Joma
ES Sétif Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui Algeria Akram Djahnit Joma
JS Kabylie France Hubert Velud Algeria Walid Bencherifa Adidas
JS Saoura Tunisia Moez Bouakaz Algeria Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif Joma
MC Alger France Bernard Casoni Algeria Sofiane Bendebka Puma SE
MC Oran Algeria Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Algeria Zine El Abidine Sebbah Kelme
NC Magra Algeria Karim Zaoui Algeria Joma
NA Hussein Dey Algeria Algeria Uhlsport
Paradou AC Portugal Francisco Chaló Algeria Mustapha Bouchina Macron
US Biskra Algeria Nadir Leknaoui Algeria Adel Lakhdari Hummel
USM Alger Algeria Billel Dziri Algeria Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche Joma
USM Bel Abbès Algeria Younes Ifticène Algeria Abdennour Belhocini Kelme

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
JS Saoura Tunisia Moez Bouakaz Sacked 6 August 2019[9] Pre-season Algeria Moustapha Djallit 12 August 2019[10]
USM Bel Abbès Algeria Younes Ifticène Resigned 16 August 2019 16th Algeria Abdelkader Yaiche 8 September 2019[11]
JS Saoura Algeria Moustapha Djallit End of caretaker spell 13 September 2019 11th Algeria Lyamine Bougherara 13 September 2019[12]
NC Magra Algeria Karim Zaoui Resigned 15 September 2019[13] 8th Algeria َEl Hadi Khezzar 24 September 2019[14]
MC Oran Algeria Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Resigned 1 October 2019 7th Algeria Bachir Mecheri 2 October 2019
ES Sétif Algeria Kheirredine Madoui Resigned 12 October 2019[15] 12th Tunisia Nabil Kouki 26 October 2019[16]
NA Hussein Dey Algeria Sacked 26 October 2019[17] 14th Algeria Lakhdar Adjali 5 November 2019[18]
MC Alger Algeria Bernard Casoni Sacked 8 December 2019[19] 2nd Algeria Mohamed Mekhazni 8 December 2019[20]
JS Saoura Algeria Lyamine Bougherara Sacked 24 December 2019[21] 10th Algeria Meziane Ighil 2 January 2020[22]
CS Constantine France Denis Lavagne Sacked 24 December 2019[23] 7th Algeria Karim Khouda 30 December 2019[24]
CR Belouizdad Algeria Abdelkader Amrani Resigned 28 December 2019[25] 1st France Franck Dumas 13 January 2020[26]
AS Aïn M'lila Algeria Azzedine Ait Djoudi Resigned 30 December 2019[27] 9th Algeria Lyamine Bougherara 8 January 2020[28]
NA Hussein Dey Algeria Lakhdar Adjali Sacked 8 January 2020[29] 14th Algeria Azzedine Ait Djoudi 14 January 2020[30]
NC Magra Algeria El Hadi Khezzar Sacked 14 January 2020[31] 16th Algeria Hadj Merine 14 January 2020[32]
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj France Franck Dumas Resigned 14 January 2020[33] 9th Tunisia Moez Bouakaz 15 January 2020[34]
JS Kabylie France Hubert Velud Sacked 17 January 2020[35] 5th France Jean-Yves Chay 17 January 2020[36]
JS Kabylie France Jean-Yves Chay End of caretaker spell 28 January 2020 3rd Tunisia Yamen Zelfani 28 January 2020[37]
MC Alger Algeria Mohamed Mekhazni End of caretaker spell 5 February 2020 2nd Algeria Nabil Neghiz 5 February 2020[38]
USM Alger Algeria Billel Dziri Resigned 26 February 2020[39] 9th Algeria Mounir Zeghdoud 3 March 2020[40]
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Tunisia Moez Bouakaz Sacked 26 February 2020[41] 13th Algeria Billel Dziri 2 March 2020[42]
NA Hussein Dey Algeria Azzedine Ait Djoudi Resigned 26 February 2020[43] 16th Algeria Fouad Bouali 3 March 2020 [44]

Foreign players[]

Club Player 1 Player 2
AS Aïn M'lila Burkina Faso Ousmane Sylla Cameroon Rooney Eva
ASO Chlef Mali Zambia Rahim Osumanu
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Ivory Coast Ghislain Guessan
Sudan 		Ivory Coast
CR Belouizdad Niger Ivory Coast
CS Constantine Republic of the Congo Dylan Bahamboula
Libya Zakaria Alharaish 		Mali Mahamadou Traoré
Libya
ES Sétif Mali Malick Touré
JS Kabylie Burundi Abdul Razak Fiston
Libya 		Kenya Masoud Juma
Tunisia Oussama Darragi
JS Saoura Tanzania Thomas Ulimwengu
MC Alger Cameroon Rooney Eva Tunisia Mehdi Ouertani
MC Oran Ivory Coast Vivien Assie Koua
NA Hussein Dey Mauritania Mohamed Dellahi Yali Libya
NC Magra
Paradou AC Uganda Allan Okello
US Biskra Mali Moctar Cissé
USM Alger Libya Muaid Ellafi
USM Bel Abbès

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation
1 CR Belouizdad (C) 21 11 7 3 30 16 +14 40 1.90 Qualification for Champions League
2 MC Alger 20 10 4 6 28 25 +3 34 1.70
3 ES Sétif 22 11 4 7 34 19 +15 37 1.68 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 JS Kabylie 22 10 6 6 27 18 +9 36 1.64
5 CS Constantine 22 9 7 6 32 23 +9 34 1.55 Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
6 USM Alger 21 9 5 7 25 22 +3 32[a] 1.52[a]
7 JS Saoura 22 9 6 7 19 18 +1 33 1.50
8 AS Aïn M'lila 22 8 8 6 26 25 +1 32 1.45
9 MC Oran 22 7 9 6 28 24 +4 30 1.36
10 Paradou AC 20 7 5 8 20 18 +2 26 1.30
11 USM Bel Abbès 21 8 2 11 22 31 −9 26 1.24
12 ASO Chlef 21 6 7 8 15 17 −2 25 1.19
13 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 22 6 7 9 22 29 −7 25 1.14
14 US Biskra 22 6 3 13 17 33 −16 21 0.95
15 NA Hussein Dey 22 4 7 11 14 27 −13 19[b] 0.86[b]
16 NC Magra 22 4 7 11 16 30 −14 19[b] 0.86[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: dzfoot.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. ^ USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger.[45] The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[46] On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.[47]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Magra 3, Hussein Day 0

Results[]

Home \ Away ASA ASO CBA CRB CSC ESS JSK JSR MCA MCO NAH NCM PAC USB UAL UBA
AS Ain M'lila 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0
ASO Chlef 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0
CR Belouizdad 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2
CS Constantine 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
ES Sétif 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1
JS Kabylie 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–0
JS Saoura 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
MC Alger 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–2
MC Oran 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 3–1
NA Hussein Dey 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1
NC Magra 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1
Paradou AC 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0
US Biskra 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–2
USM Alger 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0
USM Bel Abbès 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: DZFoot
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
AS Ain M'lila9101198910688768710891011888
ASO Chlef1313131214151514141514121312131313910121212
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj82333481012999910912101313131313
CR Belouizdad6342111222111111111111
CS Constantine1414141412611777873457455555
ES Sétif12121210138131316111315111175544322
JS Kabylie104146105866685533233433
JS Saoura3796774355457811118117776
MC Alger7561222111222222322245
MC Oran1125553543346686666669
NA Hussein Dey1111101391314151010111316161515151516161515
NC Magra5988111212121516161614131414141415151616
Paradou AC151516161616161691215141514121012121210910
US Biskra487710149111314121012151616161614141414
USM Alger2651143643453434477911107
USM Bel Abbès161615151511791113101110969118891111
Leader
2020–21 CAF Champions League
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: DZfoot.com (in French)

Clubs season-progress[]

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
AS Ain M'lilaDDLWDDDWLWDWLDLWLDLWWW
ASO ChlefLDLWLLLWDLWDDWDDWWLLD
CA Bordj Bou ArreridjDWWDDLLLLWDWDDDLWLLLWL
CR BelouizdadDWWWWWDWWLDDWLDWDWLWD
CS ConstantineLDLDWWLWDWLWWDLDWDWDLW
ES SétifLDLWLWLLLWDLWWWWDWWWWD
JS KabylieDWWLLLWLWWDLWDWWDDWLWD
JS SaouraWDLWLDWWLWDDLLLDWLWWDW
MC AlgerDWWWWDWWLLDLLWLWWDLW
MC OranWDWLLDWLWWDDLLDWDDWDDL
NA Hussein DeyDDLDWLDLWDDLLLWLLLDLWL
NC MagraWLWLLDDLLLDDWWLDLLLDLL
Paradou ACLLLLWLDWWLDDLWWWDLWD
US BiskraWLWLLLWLLLWDDLLLDLWWLL
USM AlgerWDWWWLWWDLWDWLLLDLLDW
USM Bel AbbèsLLLDWWWLLWLWLWWLLWDLL
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics[]

Leader week after week[]

CR BelouizdadMC AlgerCR BelouizdadMC AlgerJS KabylieMC Oran

The bottom of the table week after week[]

NC MagraNA Hussein DeyUS BiskraNA Hussein DeyNC MagraES SétifParadou ACUSM Bel-Abb%C3%A8s

Top scorers[]

Rank Goalscorer Club Goals
1 Algeria Abdennour Belhocini USM Bel Abbès 10
Algeria Mohamed Tiaiba AS Aïn M'lila
Algeria Lamine Abid CS Constantine
4 Algeria Samy Frioui MC Alger 9
5 Algeria Abdelkrim Zouari USM Alger 7
Algeria Houssam Ghacha ES Sétif
Algeria Paradou AC

Updated to games played on 15 March 2020
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks[]

Main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Algeria Redouane Zerdoum NA Hussein Dey* ES Sétif 4–3 23 September 2019 [48]
Algeria Abdennour Belhocini USM Bel Abbès* NC Magra 3–1 17 February 2020 [49]

Clean sheets[]

* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played in August 2018

Media coverage[]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Algeria Algerian TV (local)
Canal Algérie
Algeria 3
Algeria 4 		From 2 to 5 Matches per round
 Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel Main Matches

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ NC Magra played their home matches at Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, instead of their regular stadium Boucheligue Brothers Stadium, Magra, due to renovation.

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  27. ^ "AS Aïn M'lila : Azzedine Aït Djoudi claque la porte".
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  32. ^ "Ligue 1 : Hadj Merine nouveau coach du NC Magra".
  33. ^ "ALG : Frank Dumas quitte le CABBA pour le CR Belouizdad".
  34. ^ "التونسي معز بوعكاز مدربا جديدا لأهلي البرج".
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