2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 55th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league.[1]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2018–19
Dates10 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsUSM Alger
3rd Ligue 1 title
8th Algerian title
RelegatedMO Béjaïa
DRB Tadjenanet
Olympique de Médéa
Champions LeagueUSM Alger
JS Kabylie
Confederation CupParadou AC
Matches played240
Goals scored472 (1.97 per match)
Top goalscorerZakaria Naidji
(20 goals)
Biggest home winUSM Alger 5-1 MO Béjaïa
(15 October 2018)
Biggest away winMC Alger 0-5 JS Kabylie
(16 September 2018)
Highest scoringOlympique de Médéa 2-4 MO Béjaïa
(11 August 2018)
Longest winning run4 matches
JS Kabylie
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
USM Alger
Longest winless run11 matches
AS Ain M'lila
Longest losing run4 matches
DRB Tadjenanet
CR Belouizdad
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2019.

Teams

16 teams contest the league. MO Bejaia, Ain M'lila and CABB Arreridj were promoted from the 2017-18 Ligue 2.

Locations of teams for the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

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

Team Home city Stadium Capacity
AS Aïn M'lila Aïn M'lila Stade des Frères Demane Debbih 8,000
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
DRB Tadjenanet Tadjenanet Lahoua Smaïl Stadium 9,000
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
MO Béjaïa Béjaïa Maghrebi Unity Stadium 18,000
NA Hussein Dey Algiers Stade 20 Août 1955 10,000
Olympique de Médéa Médéa Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa 12,000
Paradou AC Algiers Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
USM Alger Algiers Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
USM Bel Abbès Sidi Bel Abbès Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 45,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer
AS Aïn M'lila Darko Janacković Rabah Ziad Nafo
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Billel Dziri Messaoud Gharbi Umbro
CR Belouizdad Lotfi Amrouche Bilal Tarikat Kelme
CS Constantine vacant Sid Ali Lamri Joma
DRB Tadjenanet Lamine Boughrara Mohammed Achref Aib Joma
ES Sétif Noureddine Zekri Abdelmoumene Djabou Joma
JS Kabylie Franck Dumas Nabil Saâdou Macron
JS Saoura Nabil Neghiz Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif Joma
MC Alger Adel Amrouche Abderahmane Hachoud Umbro
MC Oran Jean-Michel Cavalli Zine El Abidine Sebbah Kelme
MO Béjaïa Kheireddine Madoui Billel Bouldiab Joma
NA Hussein Dey vacant Ahmed Gasmi Uhlsport
Olympique de Médéa Taoufik Rouabah Toufik Addadi Joma
Paradou AC Francisco Chaló Mustapha Bouchina Macron
USM Alger Thierry Froger Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche Joma
USM Bel Abbès Youcef Bouzidi Zakaria Khali Baeko

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2
CR Belouizdad Soumaila Sidibe Mohamed Thiam
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Ismaila Diarra
Kader Bidimbou		 Isla Daoudi Diomandé
CS Constantine Ousmane Sylla
Dylan Bahamboula		 Abdoul Rahim Kagambega
Arouna Dang Bissene
DRB Tadjenanet Youssouf Oumarou Alio
AS Aïn M'lila Ronel Kangou Ousmane Sylla
ES Sétif Isla Daoudi Diomandé
MC Alger Ibrahim Amada Aliou Dieng
MC Oran Kodjo Doussé Vivien Assie Koua
JS Kabylie Abdul Razak Fiston Uche Nwofor
JS Saoura Elhadji Konaté Saïdouba Camara
Thomas Ulimwengu
USM Alger Mexes Nyeck Bayiha
Muaid Ellafi		 Prince Ibara
NA Hussein Dey Mehdi Ouertani Moctar Cissé
Landry Ntankeu Tchatchet
MO Béjaïa Malick Touré Moussa Camara
Jacques Bessan
Olympique de Médéa Lamine Traoré Massire Dembele

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 USM Alger (C) 30 15 8 7 49 29 +20 53 Qualification for Champions League
2 JS Kabylie 30 15 7 8 38 25 +13 52
3 Paradou AC 30 14 6 10 38 24 +14 48 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 JS Saoura 30 13 8 9 33 22 +11 47 Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
5 ES Sétif 30 13 6 11 34 24 +10 45
6 MC Alger 30 11 10 9 35 36 −1 43 Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
7 CS Constantine 30 10 10 10 30 24 +6 40
8 CR Belouizdad 30 10 11 9 28 27 +1 38[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 2]
9 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 30 9 10 11 22 24 −2 37
10 MC Oran 30 8 12 10 33 38 −5 36[lower-alpha 3]
11 NA Hussein Dey 30 9 9 12 22 29 −7 36[lower-alpha 3]
12 AS Aïn M'lila 30 7 15 8 20 30 −10 36[lower-alpha 3]
13 USM Bel Abbès 30 9 8 13 24 39 −15 35
14 MO Béjaïa (R) 30 7 12 11 23 36 −13 33 Relegation to Ligue 2
15 DRB Tadjenanet (R) 30 7 10 13 26 38 −12 31[lower-alpha 4]
16 Olympique de Médéa (R) 30 7 10 13 21 31 −10 31[lower-alpha 4]
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. CR Belouizdad were deducted 3 points.
  2. CR Belouizdad are Algerian Cup winners.
  3. Head-to-head: MC Oran 7 points; NA Hussein Dey 5 points; AS Aïn M'lila 3 points.
  4. Head-to-head: DRB Tadjenanet 4 points; Olympique de Médéa 1 point.

Results
Home \ Away ASA CBA CRB CSC DRB ESS JSK JSR MCA MCO MOB PAC NAH OMM UAL UBA
AS Ain M'lila 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
CR Belouizdad 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0
CS Constantine 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–0
DRB Tadjenanet 0–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0
ES Sétif 4–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0
JS Kabylie 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 3–1
JS Saoura 4–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 3–0
MC Alger 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–5 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–1
MC Oran 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 4–3 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 2–2
MO Béjaïa 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0
Paradou AC 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 1–2
NA Hussein Dey 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
Olympique de Médéa 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–3 2–0
USM Alger 3–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 1–0
USM Bel Abbès 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: DZFoot
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
USM Alger421112211121111111111111111111
JS Kabylie1094731122212322222222223333222
ES Sétif167523454333233335377675655455
NA Hussein Dey51298645334544656788888888888911
MC Alger12559791178545576443545454447676
JS Saoura94849101285667644564666567564544
CS Constantine71061046346776788756434746776767
MO Béjaïa3333888117881111121091113151315151515141515161414
MC Oran61313151113961010108999111099910101013121314121310
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj811121214121414911131213131310121112109999910101089
AS Ain M'lila2122577911111110101112131412111213121310131112111012
Olympique de Médéa1371011121110121213121312101112910101112131414151416141616
Paradou AC11811612561013998857887753332222333
DRB Tadjenanet141414161314131314141414141515151514131411141112111211151515
USM Bel Abbès151515131515151515151515151414141315141516161616161613131113
CR Belouizdad16161614161616161616161616161616161616161411121110999128
Leader
2019–20 CAF Champions League
2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2018-19
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2019. Source: DZfoot.com (in French)

Clubs season-progress
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
AS Ain M'lilaWWDDLDLDLDDWDLDDLDDDDDDWLWLWWL
CR BelouizdadLDDWLLLLDLWDLWLDDDDWWWDWWWDDLW
CS ConstantineDDWLWDWLDLDWDDLWWLWWDLWLDLWLDL
CA Bordj Bou ArreridjDDLDLWDDWLDDLLWWLDLWWDWLWDDLWL
DRB TadjenanetLLLLWDWDLLDLDDWWLDDLWLWDWLDLDL
ES SétifWLDWWDDLWWWLWLLLWLWLLWLWDDDWLW
JS KabylieDDWDWWWWDWDLLWLWWWDLDLWLLWLWWW
JS SaouraDWLWLLLWWDDDWWDLDWLWLWDLWLWDWW
MC AlgerDWDLWLLWDWWDDLDWWDLWDWLWLDLDLW
MC OranDLDLWLWWLDDLDDLLDWDDLLDLWLDWDW
MO BéjaïaWDDWLLDLLDDLDLWDLLLDLDDDWLWDWL
NA Hussein DeyDLWDWWDDWLLWDLWLLDWLWDDLWLDLLL
Olympique de MédéaLWDLLWDDDDDLDWDDWDLLLLLWLWLWLL
Paradou ACDDDWLWLLLWDWDWLLDWWWWWWWLWLLLW
USM AlgerWWWLWDWWDWLWWDWLWDWDWDLLLDWLDW
USM Bel AbbèsLLLWLDDDLDDLDWWWLLDLLDLWLWWWWL
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2019. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers
R. Goalscorer Team avg.
1 Zakaria Naidji Paradou AC 20 0 0.71
2 Karim Aribi DRB Tadjenanet 10 4 0.67
3 Habib Bouguelmouna ES Sétif 9 3 0.82
Prince Ibara USM Alger 1 0.39
Rezki Hamroune JS Kabylie 0 0.33
6 Rachid Nadji MC Oran 8 2 0.33
Ismaïl Belkacemi CS Constantine 0 0.33
Mohamed Tiaiba AS Ain M'lila 0 0.57
9 Fiston Abdul Razak JS Kabylie 7 0 0.35
Billel Bensaha DRB Tadjenanet 2 0.27
Youcef Bechou CR Belouizdad 0 0.3
Abderrahmane Meziane USM Alger 0 0.29

Updated to games played on 26 May 2019
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Abdelmoumene DjabouES Sétif*AS Ain M'lila4–030 January 2019[2]

Clean sheets

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

Presidential elections Protests 2019

Immediately after the announcement of several parties in the social networking sites on the events of Friday, February 22 against the fifth term of the current President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, LFP announced the suspension of a match between MC Alger vs MC Oran for round 22 and JSM Bejaia vs Paradou AC in the Algerian Cup.[3] On 24 February 2019, The match between the CR Belouizdad vs DRB Tadjenanet were suspended, Which was to play on Tuesday, also has been delayed 3 games In addition, the matches USM Alger vs Paradou AC of Ligue 1 23rd day, US Biskra vs JSM Skikda and ASM Oran vs RC Relizane of Ligue 2 24th day, initially fixed for Friday 1 March are staggered to Saturday 2 March.[4][5] A day later, another match was suspended in the Ligue 1 between USM Bel Abbès and JS Saoura, in Ligue 2 Also postponed another match ASO Chlef vs JSM Bejaia.[6] To be the sixth match postponed since the beginning of the demonstrations.

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
 United Arab Emirates MBC Pro Sports Derbies Only

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Ligue 1 et 2 : Coup d'envoi de la saison 2018-2019 les 10 et 11 août". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
    2. "ES Sétif 4 AS Ain M'lila 0". soccerway.com. 30 January 2019.
    3. "Ligue 1 (J22) : MC Alger - MC Oran reporté aussi". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
    4. "LFP : Un troisième match reporté, d'autres décalés". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
    5. "Manifestations contre le 5e mandat : le calendrier footballistique fortement perturbé". tsa-algerie.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
    6. "LFP : Troisième vague de reports de matchs". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
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