1997–98 Algerian Championnat National

The 1997–98 Algerian Championnat National was the 36th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with CS Constantine as the defending champions, The Championnat started on January 1, 1997. and ended on June 29, 1998.

Algerian Championnat National
Season1997–98
ChampionsUSM El Harrach
Matches played112
Goals scored222 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorerHamid Merakchi (7 goals)
Biggest home winCR Belouizdad 5 - 0 MO Constantine
WA Tlemcen 5 - 0 CR Belouizdad
Biggest away winES Sétif 1 - 3 USM Alger
MO Constantine 0 - 2 CA Batna
CR Belouizdad 0 - 2 USM El Harrach
Highest scoringMC Oran 5 - 2 CA Batna
MC Oran 5 - 2 US Chaouia

Team summaries

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Algerian Division 2 1997-1998

Teams relegated to Algerian Division 2 1998-1999

  • No relegated

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 USM El Harrach (Q) 14 6 7 1 17 7 +10 25 Qualified for the championship final
2 CS Constantine 14 7 4 3 16 11 +5 25
3 WA Tlemcen (Q) 14 6 3 5 17 12 +5 21 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup
4 MC Oran 14 5 3 6 20 19 +1 18
5 CA Batna 14 4 6 4 14 14 0 18
6 CR Belouizdad 14 5 2 7 17 19 −2 17
7 MO Constantine 14 4 3 7 11 19 −8 15
8 US Chaouia 14 2 6 6 9 18 −9 12
Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Result table
Home \ Away CAB CRB CSC MCO MOC USC UEH WAT
CA Batna 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0
CR Belouizdad 0–0 1–0 4–2 5–0 2–0 0–2 2–0
CS Constantine 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 2–1
MC Oran 5–2 1–0 0–3 3–0 5–2 0–0 1–2
MO Constantine 0–2 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1
US Chaouia 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–0
USM El Harrach 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–1
WA Tlemcen 2–0 5–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on November 2014. Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 USM Alger (Q) 14 6 7 1 16 10 +6 25 Qualified for the championship final
2 JS Kabylie 14 6 4 4 14 11 +3 22
3 ES Mostaganem 14 6 3 5 20 16 +4 21
4 ES Sétif 14 4 6 4 15 15 0 18
5 MC Alger 14 3 7 4 8 11 −3 16
6 AS Aïn M'lila 14 2 9 3 8 11 −3 15
7 WA Boufarik 14 1 9 4 11 12 −1 12
8 USM Blida 14 1 9 4 9 13 −4 12
Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Result table
Home \ Away AAM ESS ESM JSK MCA UAL USB WAB
AS Aïn M'lila 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
ES Sétif 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0
ES Mostaganem 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 2–1
JS Kabylie 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0
MC Alger 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–0
USM Alger 1–0 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2
USM Blida 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
WA Boufarik 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on November 2014. Source: rsssf
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship final
USM El Harrach3 – 2USM Alger
Diab  69'
Boutaleb  73' (pen.)
Benchikha  80'		  36' Zouani
 65' Manga
Attendance: +40.000

References
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