2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 will be the 54th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams will contest the league.

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2017–18
Dates25 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsCS Constantine
Relegated
Confederation CupUSM Bel Abbès
Matches played240
Goals scored527 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorerOussama Darfalou
(18 goals)
Biggest home winMC Oran 5-0 US Biskra
(17 March 2018) Paradou AC 5-0 O Médéa
(12 Mai 2018)
Biggest away winParadou AC 1-5 MC Alger
(07 April 2018)
Highest scoringUSM Bel Abbès 2-5 MC Oran
(17 February 2018) ES Sétif 5-2 USM Blida
(20 April 2018)
Longest winning run6 matches
JS Saoura
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
NA Hussein Dey
Longest winless run15 matches
CR Belouizdad
Longest losing run4 matches
USM Blida
CR Belouizdad
Paradou AC
All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018.

Teams
Locations of teams for the 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

All Derby matches between CR Belouizdad, MC Alger, NA Hussein Dey, USM Alger, USM El Harrach and Paradou AC will be played on July 5, 1962 Stadium which seats 64,000 spectators.

Team Stadium Capacity
CR Belouizdad Stade 20 Août 1955 10,000
CS Constantine Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui 40,000
DRB Tadjenanet Lahoua Smaïl Stadium 9,000
ES Sétif Stade 8 Mai 1945 25,000
JS Kabylie Stade 1er Novembre 1954 15,000
JS Saoura Stade 20 Août 1955 20,000
MC Alger Stade 5 Juillet 1962 64,000
MC Oran Stade Ahmed Zabana 40,000
NA Hussein Dey Stade 20 Août 1955 10,000
Olympique de Médéa Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa 12,000
Paradou AC Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
USM Alger Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
USM Bel Abbès Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 45,000
USM El Harrach Stade 1er Novembre 1954 5,000
USM Blida Mustapha Tchaker Stadium 40,000
US Biskra El Alia Sports Complex 25,000

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2017-18 campaign.

Foreign players

This season saw the cancellation of the law on the recruitment of foreign players.[1][2]

Club Player 1 Player 2
CR Belouizdad Soumaila Sidibe
CS Constantine Ousmane Sylla[3] Moctar Cissé[4]
DRB Tadjenanet Kodjo Dousse
ES Sétif Franck Obambou[5]
MC Alger Barnabas Imenger[6] Ibrahim Amada[7]
JS Kabylie Steve Ekedi[8]
JS Saoura Jean Jules Bapidi Mohamed Al Ghanodi
Paradou AC Mohamed Sangaré[9]
USM Alger Soumaila Sidibe[10] Reda Hajhouj
NA Hussein Dey Mehdi Ouertani
US Biskra Boubacar Bagili
Ronel Kangou		 Abdellah Sy

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 CS Constantine (C) 30 16 9 5 36 26 +10 57 Qualification for the 2018–19 Champions League
2 JS Saoura 30 16 6 8 38 27 +11 54
3 NA Hussein Dey 30 11 16 3 36 24 +12 49 Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup
4 MC Oran 30 12 9 9 40 37 +3 45 Qualification for the 2019–20 Arab Club Champions Cup
5 MC Alger 30 12 8 10 41 32 +9 44
6 USM Alger 30 11 9 10 43 35 +8 42[lower-alpha 1]
7 Paradou AC 30 12 6 12 35 30 +5 42[lower-alpha 1]
8 ES Sétif 30 10 10 10 35 30 +5 40
9 DRB Tadjenanet 30 10 7 13 33 41 −8 37[lower-alpha 2]
10 USM Bel Abbès[lower-alpha 3] 30 12 7 11 32 31 +1 37[lower-alpha 2] Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup
11 JS Kabylie 30 8 12 10 34 39 −5 36[lower-alpha 4]
12 CR Belouizdad 30 7 15 8 24 27 −3 36[lower-alpha 4]
13 Olympique de Médéa 30 8 12 10 23 32 −9 36[lower-alpha 4]
14 US Biskra (R) 30 9 7 14 23 30 −7 34 Relegation to Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
15 USM El Harrach (R) 30 7 7 16 27 37 −10 28
16 USM Blida (R) 30 5 8 17 28 50 −22 23
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: DZFoot
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; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Ranked on head-to-head results.
  2. Ranked on head-to-head results.
  3. USM Bel Abbès were deducted 6 points. FIFA's decision was taken at its meeting on 9 June 2017, ordering the club to pay the amount due to the player Jessy Mayele as well as a fine of CHF 15,000 (15,000 Swiss francs).[11]
  4. Ranked on head-to-head results.

Result table
Home \ Away CRB CSC DRBT ESS JSK JSSR MCA MCO PAC NAH OM UAL USMB UEH USB USR
CR Belouizdad 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
CS Constantine 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
DRB Tadjenanet 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1
ES Sétif 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 5–2 1–0
JS Kabylie 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0
JS Saoura 1–1 1–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
MC Alger 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–4 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 4–1 2–0
MC Oran 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 5–0
Paradou AC 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–0 1–5 1–0 1–1 5–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–0
NA Hussein Dey 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–1 2–1
Olympique de Médéa 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–2
USM Alger 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0
USM Bel Abbès 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 1–1 5–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0
USM El Harrach 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–0
USM Blida 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–0
US Biskra 0–0 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: DZFoot
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
CS Constantine294441122211111111111111111111
JS Saoura722535343332222223366757643322
NA Hussein Dey1513131110111213121211111077866777864432233
MC Oran188354567746566545222222355664
MC Alger671113131313129685655434533343224445
USM Alger4461276211123343352444435566556
Paradou AC12109699856868898988655578888877
ES Sétif443223674454434677888686777788
USM Bel Abbès141112787788910991097999910999101310999
DRB Tadjenanet7469118101113131313121311101013141314151514131112131210
CR Belouizdad31111243557778101112111112111112109911101011
JS Kabylie735861099101091011121213111412141313111211129111112
Olympique de Médéa712910121211101111121213111312131010109101011121013121313
US Biskra111515151414141415141514141414151512131112121315151414141414
USM El Harrach121314141615161514151415151515141415151515141413141515151515
USM Blida161616161516151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Leader
2018 CAF Champions League or 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2017-18
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: DZfoot.com (in French)

Clubs season-progress
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
CR BelouizdadWWWDDDDDLDDDDLLLLDWLDDLWWDDWDL
CS ConstantineWLWDWWWDDWWWWDLDWWDLWLWDLWDWWD
DRB TadjenanetDWDLLWLDLDDLWLWDLLLWLLLWWWDLWW
ES SétifWDWWDDLLWDDWDWLDLLDWDWLWLWLLLD
JS KabylieDWDLWLWLDDDDLDDLDLDLWLWDWDWLWL
JS SaouraDWWLWDWLWLWWWLDWLLDLDDWLWWWWWW
MC AlgerWDLDLLDWWWLWDWDWWDLWDWLWWLDLLL
MC OranWLDWDWDDLDWLDWDWWDWWWLWLLLDLLW
NA Hussein DeyLDDWDDLDDDWDDWWDWDDWDDWWDWWWDL
Olympique de MédéaDLWDLDDDDDLDLWLDLWWLDDLDDWLWLW
Paradou ACLWDWLDWWLLWLDLWDLWWWDWLLLLWLWD
US BiskraLLLDWLLDDWLDLWLLWWLWLLLDDWLWDW
USM AlgerWDDLWWWWWDLLDDWDLWLDDWWLDLWWLL
USM Bel AbbèsLWLWDWDLDDLWDLWWWLWLLWWLLLWWDD
USM BlidaLLLLDLDLLLDDWDLLDWLLWLWLDLDLLW
USM El HarrachLLLDLLLWWDDLLLWDWLDDLWLWDLLLWL
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Top scorers
R. Goalscorer Team Goals
1 Oussama Darfalou USM Alger 18
2 Lamine Abid CS Constantine 16
3 Samy Frioui USM Blida 15
4 Moustapha Djallit JS Saoura 12
5 Zakaria Naidji Paradou AC 11
6 Walid Derrardja MC Alger 10
Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif JS Saoura
8 Hamza Banouh USM El Harrach (4), ES Sétif (5) 9
8 Mohamed Tiaïba MC Oran 8
Mehdi Benaldjia JS Kabylie
Sofiane Bendebka MC Alger
Abderrahmane Bourdim JS Saoura

Updated to games played on 19 May 2018
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Moustapha DjallitJS SaouraDRB Tadjenanet4–228 October 2017[12]
Adil DjaboutJS KabylieMC Oran3–315 December 2017[13]
Mourad BenayadES SétifUSM Blida5–220 April 2018[14]
Sid Ali Yahia-ChérifJS SaouraMC Alger4–119 May 2018[15]

Clean sheets

* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played on 4 February 2017

Media coverage
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Algeria Algerian TV (local)
Canal Algérie
Algeria 3
Algeria 4		 4 or 5 Matches per round
 Qatar beIN Sports Arabia 1 Match per round
 Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel Derbies and clasico

See also

Notes

    References
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    2. "Ligue 1 : Les critères pour le recrutement des joueurs étrangers". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
    3. "Transferts : Ousmane Jr Sylla rejoint le CS Constantine". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
    4. "Moctar Cissé : Tout faire pour remporter des titres". lestrepublicain.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
    5. "ES Sétif : Le Gabonais Obambou signe un contrat de trois ans". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
    6. "MC Alger : Le Nigérian Barnabas Imenger Junior cinquième recrue". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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    8. "Le Camerounais Ekedi 8e recrue". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
    9. "Transferts : Deux recrues pour le Paradou AC". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
    10. "Transferts : Sidibé finalement Usmiste". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
    11. "FAF : Confirmation de la sanction pour l'USMBA". dzfoot.com. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
    12. "JS Saoura 4 DRB Tadjenanet 2". soccerway.com. 28 October 2017.
    13. "JS Kabylie 3 MC Oran 3". soccerway.com. 15 December 2017.
    14. "ES Sétif 5 USM Blida 2". soccerway.com. 20 April 2018.
    15. "MC Alger 1 JS Saoura 4". soccerway.com. 19 May 2018.
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