CR Belouizdad in African football

CR Belouizdad, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on four occasions, the Confederation Cup on four occasions and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup on two occasions.

History[]

CR Belouizdad whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, CR Belouizdad have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CR Belouizdad have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. the first match was against ASC Jeanne d'Arc and ended in victory for CR Belouizdad 5–3 but in the second leg, CR Belouizdad did not move to Senegal for unknown reasons. As for the biggest win result was in 1996 against Horoya AC 5–2, and biggest loss was in 2001 against ASEC Mimosas 7–0, The best participation was in 1996 in the African Cup Winners' Cup, when the team reached the semi-finals and was eliminated against AC Sodigraf.

After a difficult season that did not end due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[1] it was announced that CR Belouizdad had won the league title for the first time in 20 years and returned to participate in the CAF Champions League Qualifying to the group stage was easy by beating Al Nasr and Gor Mahia back and forth.^[2][3] where the draw was placed in a difficult group with Mamelodi Sundowns, TP Mazembe and Al Hilal.^[4] Despite the difficult start but in the last two rounds CR Belouizdad managed to win against TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns to qualify for the quarter-finals.^[5] to face Espérance de Tunis and defeat by penalty kicks 3–2.^[6]

CAF competitions[]

CR Belouizdad results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970	Cup of Champions Clubs	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	5–3	canc.2	5–3
1979[7]	Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Al-Nasr	4–2	1–0	5–2
		Quarterfinals	Horoya AC	0–3	1–3	1–6
1996[8]	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Horoya AC	5–2	0–2	5–4
		Second round	AS Douanes	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Quarter-finals	Pretoria City FC	Walkover
		Semi-finals	AC Sodigraf	1–1	0–1	1–2
2001[9]	Champions League	First round	Al-Ahly	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Second Round	Al-Merrikh	3–0	0–2	3–2
		Group stage	Petro Atlético	0–1	1–2	4th place
			Al Ahly	0–1	0–1
			ASEC Mimosas	1–1	0–7
2002[10]	Champions League	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	1–1	0–1	1–2
2004[11]	Confederation Cup	First round	Etoile Guinee	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2010[12]	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	Tersanah	2–1	1–1	3–2
		First round	FAR Rabat	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Second Round	Amal Atbara	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second Round of 16	Djoliba AC	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2018[13]	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	Onze Créateurs	2–0	1–1	3–1
		First round	Nkana	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Second Round	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	0–1	0–1
2019–20	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	AS CotonTchad	2–0	2–0	4–0
		First round	Pyramids	0–1	1–1	1–2
2020–21	Champions League	Preliminary Round	Al Nasr	2–0	2–0	4–0
		First round	Gor Mahia	6–0	2–1	8–1
		Group stage	TP Mazembe	2–0	0–0	2nd place
			Mamelodi Sundowns	1–5 [note 1]	2–0
			Al Hilal	1–1	0–0
		Quarter-finals	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–3 p)

² CR Belcourt withdrew

Non-CAF competitions[]

Non-CAF competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1970	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	Wydad AC	0–0 (2–1 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Final	CS Sfaxien	2–2 (4–3 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
1971	Maghreb Champions Cup	First leg	Espérance de Tunis	2–2 (Tunis)
		Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	3–2 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		First leg	FAR de Rabat	3–0 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Second leg	FAR de Rabat	1–1 (Rabat)
1972	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	RS Settat	2–1 (Casablanca)
		Final	CS Sfaxien	2–1 (Casablanca)
1973	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	AD Marocaines	0–0 (4–3 p) (Tunis)
		Final	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	0–2 (Tunis)
1989	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group stage	Kuwait SC	0–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Al-Hilal Omdurman	0–1 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Zamalek SC	2–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
1995	Arab Club Champions Cup	Group stage	Al-Nassr	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Al-Wehdat	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Kazma	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Al-Wehda	5–0 (Riyadh)
		Semifinals	Espérance de Tunis	0–1 (King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh)
2012–13	UAFA Club Cup	Second round	Steal Nouvel FC	0–3[B] (Sima, Comoros) 5–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Quarter-finals	Ismaily SC	1–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers) 1–1 (1–4 p) (30 June Stadium, Cairo)

Statistics[]

By season[]

Information correct as of 22 May 2021.

Key

By competition[]

In Africa[]

As of 22 May 2021:

Non-CAF competitions[]

Statistics by country[]

Statistics correct as of game against Espérance de Tunis on May 22, 2021

CAF competitions[]

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Angola	Petro Atlético	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Chad	AS CotonTchad	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
	AC Sodigraf	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	3	2	+1
Egypt	Al Ahly	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
	Pyramids	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		4	0	1	3	1	4	−3
Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Subtotal		4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Guinea	Etoile Guinee	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Horoya AC	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	8	12	−4
Kenya	Gor Mahia	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Senegal	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1
	AS Douanes	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	8	7	+1
Libya	Al-Ahly	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
	Tersanah	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Al-Nasr	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7
Subtotal		8	6	2	0	15	5	+10
Mali	Djoliba AC	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Onze Créateurs	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		4	1	3	0	4	2	+2
Morocco	FAR Rabat	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	5	−2
Sudan	Amal Atbara	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
	Al-Merrikh	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
	Al Hilal	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	6	4	+2
Tunisia	Espérance	2	1	0	1	2	2	+0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	2	+0
Zambia	Nkana	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Total		55	22	15	18	69	56	+13

Non-CAF competitions[]

Result summary by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Comoros	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Egypt	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Jordan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Morocco	5	2	3	0	6	2	+4
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Sudan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Tunisia	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1
Yemen	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Total	22	10	8	4	32	19	+13

African competitions goals[]

Statistics correct as of game against Espérance de Tunis on May 22, 2021

Position Player TOTAL CCL CCC CWC 1 Amir Sayoud 11 8 3 – 2 Ishak Ali Moussa 4 4 – – 3 Hacène Lalmas 3 3 – – = Youcef Bechou 3 2 1 – 5 Hamza Belahouel 2 1 1 – = Marcellin Koukpo 2 2 – – = Ahmed Gasmi 2 1 1 – 8 Fadel Settara 1 1 – – = Mohamed Talis 1 1 – – = Fayçal Badji 1 1 – – = Kouider Boukessassa 1 1 – – = Sofiane Bouchar 1 – 1 – = Sid Ali Lakroum 1 – 1 – = Mohamed Benkablia 1 – 1 – = Mokhtar Lamhene 1 – 1 – = Zakaria Draoui 1 – 1 – = 1 – 1 –

Position Player TOTAL CCL CCC CWC = Seddik Berradja 1 – 1 – = Islam Slimani 1 – 1 – = Mohamed El Amine Aouad 1 – 1 – = Youcef Saïbi 1 – 1 – = Fayçal Badji 1 – 1 – = Boussaïd 1 – 1 – = Ibrahim Bousehaba 1 – 1 – = Sofiane Younès 1 – 1 – = Maecky Ngombo 1 1 – – = Chemseddine Nessakh 1 1 – – = 1 1 – – = 1 1 – – = Zakaria Draoui 1 1 – – = Larbi Tabti 1 1 – – = Own Goals 1 1 – – Totals 51 31 20 0

Hat-tricks[]

Two goals one match[]

Non-CAF competitions goals[]

P Player Goals = Boudjenoune 4 = Selmi Djillali 4 = Islam Slimani 2 = Hacène Lalmas 2 = Mehdi Benaldjia 1

P Player Goals = Amar Ammour 1 = Pascal Angan 1 = Mokhtar Khalem 1 = Achour Hacène 1

P Player Goals = Onome Sodje 1 = Mustapha Dahleb 1 = Sofiane Harkat 1 = Chekroun 1

List of All-time appearances[]

This List of All-time appearances for CR Belouizdad in African competitions contains football players who have played for CR Belouizdad in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 10 or more appearances. As well as participating in UAFA Club Championship for those who have exceeded the limit of 10 African matches only.

Gold Still playing competitive football in CR Belouizdad.^{[note 2]}

#	Name	Position	CL1	CWC	CCC	SC	TOTAL	UAFA	TOTAL	Date of first cap	Debut against	Date of last cap	Final match against
1	Sofiane Bouchar	CB	12	–	9	–	21	–	21	9 Feb 2018	Onze Créateurs	—	—
2	Zakaria Draoui	DM	11	–	5	–	16	–	16	9 Feb 2018	Onze Créateurs	—	—
4	Bilal Tarikat	DM	8	–	7	–	15	–	15	17 Mar 2018	Nkana	—	—
6	Amir Sayoud	AM	11	–	4	–	15	–	15	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	—	—
5	Chemseddine Nessakh	LB	10	–	4	–	14	–	14	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	—	—
3	Youcef Bechou	RW	5	–	8	–	13	–	13	9 Feb 2018	Onze Créateurs	—	—
7	Hamza Belahouel	ST	8	–	4	–	12	–	12	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	—	—

African and arab opponents by cities[]

Le Caire

N'Djaména

Conakry

Omdurman

Bamako

Luanda

Tripoli

Kinshasa

Abidjan

Rabat

Atbara

Dakar

Benghazi

Tunis

Casablanca

Riyadh

Sfax

Al-Wehdat

Kuwait City

Sanaa

Ismaïlia

Sima

Nairobi

Pretoria

Lubumbashi

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