2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2021–22
Dates	22 October 2021 – May 2022
Matches played	178
Goals scored	363 (2.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hichem Mokhtar; (10 goals)
Biggest home win	JS Saoura 6–0 RC Relizane; (2 November 2021)
Biggest away win	RC Arbaâ 0–5 US Biskra; (23 October 2021)
Highest scoring	Paradou AC 6–2 HB Chelghoum Laïd; (29 January 2022)
Longest winning run	CR Belouizdad; Paradou AC; (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	USM Alger; CR Belouizdad; MC Alger; (9 matches)
Longest winless run	WA Tlemcen; (14 matches)
Longest losing run	O Médéa; (12 matches)
	← 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 11 March 2022.

The 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 will be the 58th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 18 teams contested the league. It will begin on 8 October 2021 and will conclude in May 2022.^[1]

Teams[]

18 teams contest the league. HB Chelghoum Laïd and RC Arbâa were promoted from the 2020–21 Ligue 2.

Algiers

Algiers teams
CR Belouizdad
MC Alger
NA Hussein Dey
Paradou AC
USM Alger

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Locations of teams for the 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
ASO Chlef	Chlef	Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium	18,000
CR Belouizdad	Algiers	Stade 20 Août 1955	10,000
CS Constantine	Constantine	Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium	13,000
ES Sétif	Sétif	Stade 8 Mai 1945	25,000
HB Chelghoum Laïd	Chelghoum Laïd	December 11, 1961 Staduim	10,000
JS Kabylie	Tizi Ouzou	Stade 1er Novembre 1954	20,000
JS Saoura	Béchar	Stade 20 Août 1955	20,000
MC Alger	Algiers	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	64,000
MC Oran	Oran	Ahmed Zabana Stadium	40,000
NA Hussein Dey	Algiers	Stade 20 Août 1955	10,000
NC Magra	Magra	Boucheligue Brothers Stadium	8,000
Olympique de Médéa	Médéa	Imam Lyes Stadium	12,000
Paradou AC	Algiers	Omar Benrabah Stadium	8,000
RC Arbaâ	Larbaâ	Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium	5,000
RC Relizane	Relizane	Tahar Zoughari Stadium	30,000
US Biskra	Biskra	February 18 Stadium	24,000
USM Alger	Algiers	Omar Hamadi Stadium	12,000
WA Tlemcen	Tlemcen	Colonel Lotfi Stadium	18,000

Personnel and kits[]

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
ASO Chlef	Samir Zaoui		Macron
CR Belouizdad	Marcos Paquetá	Chemseddine Nessakh	Adidas
CS Constantine	Cherif Hadjar	Zidane Mebarakou	Macron
ES Sétif	Nabil Kouki	Abdelmoumene Djabou
HB Chelghoum Laïd	Meziane Ighil		Legea
JS Kabylie	Henri Stambouli	Rédha Bensayah
JS Saoura	Kais Yakoubi		Macron
MC Alger	Khaled Ben Yahia	Abderahmane Hachoud	Joma
MC Oran	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	Mohamed Lagraâ
NA Hussein Dey	Karim Zaoui	Faouzi Yaya
NC Magra	Aziz Abbès		Macron
Olympique de Médéa		Sid Ali Lakroum
Paradou AC	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani		Macron
RC Arbaâ		Mohamed Billal Rait
RC Relizane	Lyamine Bougherara
US Biskra	Youcef Bouzidi	Nacereddine Khoualed
USM Alger	Denis Lavagne	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	Kappa
WA Tlemcen	Kamel Bouhellal	Ahmida Zenasni	Kelme

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
USM Alger	Mounir Zeghdoud	End of contract	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Denis Lavagne	25 August 2021^[2]
CS Constantine		End of caretaker spell	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Chérif Hadjar	25 August 2021^[3]
JS Kabylie		End of caretaker spell	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Henri Stambouli	25 August 2021^[4]
CR Belouizdad	Zoran Manojlović	End of contract	25 August 2021^[5]	Pre-season	Marcos Paquetá	23 September 2021^[6]
MC Alger		End of caretaker spell	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Khaled Ben Yahia	1 September 2021 ^[7]
WA Tlemcen	Abdelkader Amrani	End of contract	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Kamel Bouhellal	7 September 2021^[8]
MC Oran		End of caretaker spell	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	8 September 2021^[9]
JS Saoura	Moustapha Djallit	End of caretaker spell	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Kais Yâakoubi	14 September 2021^[10]
HB Chelghoum Laïd		End of contract	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Meziane Ighil	20 September 2021^[11]
US Biskra	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	End of contract	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Youcef Bouzidi	28 September 2021^[12]
NA Hussein Dey	Abdelkader Yaïche	End of contract	25 August 2021	Pre-season	Karim Zaoui	28 September 2021^[13]
Olympique de Médéa		End of contract	25 August 2021	Pre-season		7 October 2021^[14]
JS Kabylie	Henri Stambouli	Mutual consent	26 October 2021^[15]	Pre-season	Ammar Souayah	2 November 2021^[16]
WA Tlemcen	Kamel Bouhellal	Mutual consent	13 November 2021^[17]	13th	Meziane Ighil	14 December 2021^[18]
MC Oran	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	Resigned	13 November 2021^[19]	12th	Moez Bouakaz	20 November 2021^[20]
HB Chelghoum Laïd	Meziane Ighil	Mutual consent	20 November 2021^[21]	16th	Aziz Abbès	25 December 2021^[22]
NC Magra	Aziz Abbès	Resigned	9 December 2021^[23]	18th	Lassaad Maamar	13 December 2021^[24]
NA Hussein Dey	Karim Zaoui	Resigned	23 December 2021^[25]	10th	Chérif Abdeslam	23 December 2021^[26]
USM Alger	Denis Lavagne	Sacked	24 December 2021^[27]	9th	Azzedine Rahim	24 December 2021^[28]
RC Arbaâ		Sacked	4 January 2022^[29]	16th		4 January 2022^[30]
RC Relizane	Lyamine Bougherara	Resigned	10 January 2022^[31]	13th
WA Tlemcen	Meziane Ighil	Sacked	15 January 2022^[32]	13th	Sid Ahmed Slimani	17 January 2022^[33]
Olympique de Médéa		Mutual consent	25 January 2022^[34]	11th	Karim Zaoui	14 February 2022^[35]
NA Hussein Dey	Chérif Abdeslam	Resigned	5 February 2022	15th
USM Alger	Azzedine Rahim	End of caretaker spell	9 February 2022	3rd	Zlatko Krmpotić	9 February 2022^[36]
MC Oran	Moez Bouakaz	Sacked	10 February 2022^[37]	13th	Abdelkader Amrani	11 February 2022^[38]
Paradou AC	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani	Resigned	16 February 2022^[39]	3rd
CS Constantine	Chérif Hadjar	Resigned	16 February 2022^[40]	7th	Kheïreddine Madoui	1 March 2022^[41]
ES Sétif	Nabil Kouki	Mutual consent	28 February 2022^[42]	6th

Foreign players[]

Club	Player 1	Player 2
ASO Chlef	~~Yaya Banhoro~~
CR Belouizdad
CS Constantine	Marcellin Koukpo
ES Sétif	Daniel Lomotey
HB Chelghoum Laïd
JS Kabylie	~~Mujib Kassim~~ Lamine Ouattara	Yacouba Doumbia
JS Saoura
MC Alger	Joseph Esso
MC Oran
NA Hussein Dey
NC Magra
Olympique de Médéa
Paradou AC	Allan Okello
RC Arbaâ
RC Relizane
US Biskra
USM Alger	Kwame Opoku	Hamed Belem
WA Tlemcen

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CR Belouizdad	19	13	3	3	29	12	+17	42	Qualification for CAF Champions League
2	JS Saoura	19	10	6	3	29	12	+17	36	Qualification for CAF Champions League
3	MC Alger	19	10	6	3	21	11	+10	36	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	21	9	8	4	28	13	+15	35
5	JS Kabylie	20	9	8	3	23	12	+11	35
6	ES Sétif	19	9	7	3	19	9	+10	34
7	US Biskra	20	9	6	5	24	17	+7	33
8	Paradou AC	20	10	3	7	27	22	+5	33
9	CS Constantine	20	8	6	6	21	17	+4	30
10	RC Arbaâ	20	6	7	7	20	26	−6	25
11	ASO Chlef	20	6	6	8	17	17	0	24
12	NC Magra	20	7	2	11	17	26	−9	23
13	MC Oran	20	5	7	8	16	23	−7	22
14	NA Hussein Dey	20	4	5	11	20	31	−11	17
15	HB Chelghoum Laïd	19	3	8	8	14	22	−8	17	Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2
16	Olympique de Médéa	20	5	2	13	16	29	−13	17
17	RC Relizane	20	3	6	11	14	32	−18	15
18	WA Tlemcen	20	2	4	14	8	32	−24	10

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2022. Source: the-sports.org
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.

Results[]

Home \ Away	ASO	CRB	CSC	ESS	HCL	JSK	JSS	MCA	MCO	NAH	NCM	OMM	PAC	RCA	RCR	USB	UAL	WAT
ASO Chlef		1–2	1–0	0–1		1–1	2–2			0–0		0–1	0–0		1–0		2–1	4–0
CR Belouizdad			1–1			0–1	1–0		3–0	1–0		2–1	2–0		2–0		1–0	3–0
CS Constantine		1–2			1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–0					1–1
ES Sétif	0–0	2–2	1–0		1–0	1–1						3–0		3–1		2–0		1–0
HB Chelghoum Laïd		0–0	1–1				0–0			1–0		2–0		1–1	1–1		0–0	3–1
JS Kabylie				0–0	1–0			0–1	1–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1
JS Saoura				1–1		1–0		0–0	2–0		1–0		4–1	0–0	6–0		1–0
MC Alger	1–2	2–1		2–0	1–0						2–1		1–0	1–0		1–1		2–0
MC Oran	1–0	2–1		0–0	2–2			1–0			2–1	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–2
NA Hussein Dey				0–0	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–4	2–1		0–1		0–2				1–1
NC Magra	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0			0–0					1–3	1–2		1–0		1–0
Olympique de Médéa	1–2					0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	1–2	3–1		0–1				1–3
Paradou AC	1–0	1–3	1–1	1–0	6–2				0–0					1–2			1–0	1–0
RC Arbaâ	0–0	1–2	0–1		0–0					3–1		4–2	0–2		2–1	0–5	2–0	0–0
RC Relizane			1–1	0–1			1–2	0–0		2–1	1–2	2–1				1–1		2–1
US Biskra	2–1	0–1	2–0		2–0		2–1			2–1		2–1		1–0	1–0		0–0	0–0
USM Alger				1–0		0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–1		2–1	4–0	3–1	3–0
WA Tlemcen			0–2			0–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2			0–0		0–3

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2022. Source: the-sports.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
ASO Chlef	14	17	16	15	14	14	14	12	13	13	11	12	15	17	12	11	11	11	10	11
CR Belouizdad	12	13	9	6	8	7	4	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
CS Constantine	13	14	10	7	5	6	8	4	7	5	5	2	5	7	6	6	7	9	9	9
ES Sétif	7	7	7	10	10	9	5	8	6	7	6	5	6	5	5	4	5
HB Chelghoum Laïd	16	16	17	16	17	16	15	16	14	14	13	16	13	15	15	16	14	14		14
JS Kabylie	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	7	6	7	8	8
JS Saoura	1	8	4	5	4	5	2	6	4	4	4	6	3	3	3	2	2	2
MC Alger	3	6	2	3	9	8	9	5	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	5	6
MC Oran	5	10	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	13	14	16	11	13	13	12	12	13
NA Hussein Dey	9	4	6	9	7	10	10	10	11	11	12	11	11	10	13	14	15	15		15
NC Magra	15	15	15	18	18	18	16	17	18	17	17	15	16	13	16	12	12	10	13	12
Olympique de Médéa	11	5	3	8	6	2	3	7	8	8	10	10	10	11	14	15	16	16	16	16
Paradou AC	6	2	5	2	2	3	6	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	3	3
RC Arbaâ	17	18	18	17	16	15	17	13	12	16	16	14	12	12	10	10	10	13	11	10
RC Relizane	18	11	14	13	13	13	12	15	16	12	14	17	17	14	17	17	17	17	17	17
US Biskra	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	9
USM Alger	8	3	8	4	3	4	7	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	7	4	3
WA Tlemcen	4	9	13	14	15	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Leader
	2021–22 CAF Champions League
	2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2

Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2022. Source: the-sports.org

Clubs season-progress[]

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
ASO Chlef	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	L
CR Belouizdad	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W		W	W
CS Constantine	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	D
ES Sétif	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L		D	W
HB Chelghoum Laïd	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W		L	D
JS Kabylie	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W
JS Saoura	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	D	W		D
MC Alger	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L		W	W
MC Oran	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	L
NA Hussein Dey	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L
NC Magra	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D
Olympique de Médéa	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W
Paradou AC	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W
RC Arbaâ	L	L	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D
RC Relizane	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D
US Biskra	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W		D	D
USM Alger	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	D
WA Tlemcen	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2022. Source: the-sports.org
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics[]

Top scorers[]

Rank	Goalscorer	Club	Goals
1	Hichem Mokhtar	US Biskra	10
2		Paradou AC	9
2	Samy Frioui	MC Alger	9
3		JS Saoura	8
		Paradou AC
	Marcellin Koukpo	CS Constantine
4	Aymen Mahious	USM Alger	7
4	Kheireddine Merzougui	CR Belouizdad	7
5	Ismail Belkacemi	USM Alger	6
	Rédha Bensayah	JS Kabylie
	Abou Sofiane Balegh	RC Relizane

Updated to games played on 9 March 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks[]

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
	JS Saoura*	RC Relizane	6–0	2 November 2021	^[43]

Media coverage[]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel	Matches
Algeria	EPTV Channels	From 2 to 5 Matches per round

References[]

[1] "La saison 2021-2022 débutera le 23 octobre".

[2] "USMA: Denis Lavagne nouvel entraineur".

[3] "Hadjar nouvel entraîneur".

[4] "Mercato : Stambouli nouvel entraîneur de la JS Kabylie".

[5] "Zoran Manojlovic entraineur d'Al Ta'ee".

[6] "CR Belouizdad : Le Brésilien Marcos Paqueta nouvel entraîneur".

[7] "MC Alger : Le nouveau coach, c'est Khaled Benyahia".

[8] "WAT : Kamel Bouhellal, nouvel entraineur du club".

[9] "Ait Djoudi Nouvel Entraineur".

[10] "Kaïs Yaâcoubi entraîneur de la Jeunesse sportive Saoura".

[11] "HB Chelghoum Laïd : Meziane Ighil nommé nouvel entraîneur".

[12] "US Biskra : Bouzidi nouvel entraîneur".

[13] "NA Hussein Dey : Karim Zaoui nouvel entraîneur".

[14] "التونسي السليمي مدرّبا جديدا لأولمـــــــبي المديـــــــة".

[15] "JS Kabylie : Séparation à l'amiable avec le coach Stambouli".

[16] "JSK: Ammar Souayah nouvel entraîneur".

[17] "WA Tlemcen : Séparation à l'amiable avec l'entraîneur Bouhellal".

[18] "IGHIL PREND LES CHOSES EN MAIN".

[19] "MC Oran : Aït Djoudi jette l'éponge".

[20] "MC Oran : Bouakkaz nouvel entraîneur".

[21] "ايغيل يرمي المنشفة".

[22] "عباس مدربا جديدا لهلال شلغوم العيد".

[23] "Ligue 1 : Aziz Abbès quitte le NC Magra".

[24] "Football: Maamar Lassâad nouveau coach du NCM".

[25] "المدرب كريم زاوي يستقيل رسمياً".

[26] "المدرب شريف عبد السلام هو من سيواصل مهامه على رأس العارضة الفنية للنصرية".

[27] "USMA: Denis Lavagne limogé (officiel)".

[28] "Rahim assurera l'intérim lors du match CRB-USMA".

[29] "نتيجة سلسلة النتائج السلبية المحققة مؤخرا إدارة الأمل تتوصل لفسخ العقد مع الطاقم الفني بالتراضي".

[30] "أمل الأربعاء: كبيش يخلف بوفنارة مؤقتاً".

[31] "سريع غليزان-بوغرارة يقرر الانسحاب ومغادرة السريع".

[32] "WA Tlemcen : Ighil limogé".

[33] "وداد تلمسان-الإدارة تتخبط و تعيد سليماني".

[34] "Lotfi Sellimi annonce son départ".

[35] "Karim Zaoui nouvel entraîneur".

[36] "USM Alger : Zlatko Krmpotić désigné nouvel entraîneur".

[37] "MC Oran : L'entraîneur Bouakaz remercié".

[38] "Ligue 1 : Le MC Oran engage Abdelkader Amrani".

[39] "Ligue 1 : Chérif El-Ouazzani quitte le Paradou AC".

[40] "Football: Le CSC officialise le départ de Hadjar".

[41] "CSC: Kheïreddine Madoui nouvel entraîneur".

[42] "ES Sétif : Nabil Kouki démis de ses fonctions".

[43] "SAOURA VS. RELIZANE 6 - 0". Soccerway.

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