2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 56th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league.[1] The Ligue Professionnelle 1 kicked off on August 15, 2019, this time without an official sponsorship for the first time since 2008–09, Mobilis ATM did nothing to renew the contract.[2][3] On September 17, at the Extraordinary General Assembly of Algerian Football Federation, it unanimously endorses the change of the competition system by increasing the number of clubs from 16 to 18, as for the second division to 32 clubs from two groups Central East and Central West from 16 clubs also became the number of professional clubs 18 instead of 32 starting from the season 2020–21.[4][5] On September 30, at the monthly statutory meeting held in Ouargla. After debate and exchanges between the members, the Federal Office opted for the variant favoring the relegation of two clubs of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the promotion of four clubs of the League 2 to the upper tier.[6]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2019–20
Dates15 August 2019 – 14 March 2020
ChampionsCR Belouizdad
1st Ligue 1 title
7th Algerian title
Champions LeagueCR Belouizdad
MC Alger
Confederation CupES Sétif
JS Kabylie
Matches played173
Goals scored378 (2.18 per match)
Top goalscorerAbdennour Belhocini (10 goals)
Biggest home winES Sétif 4–0 AS Aïn M'lila
(7 December 2019)
MC Oran 4–0 USM Alger
(5 October 2019)
CR Belouizdad 4–0 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
(3 January 2020)
Biggest away winParadou AC 0–3 JS Kabylie
(12 September 2019)
JS Kabylie 0–3 CR Belouizdad
(24 September 2019)
MC Alger 0–3 JS Kabylie
(13 November 2019)
NA Hussein Dey 0–3 ASO Chlef
(8 January 2020)
Highest scoringNA Hussein Dey 4–3 ES Sétif
(23 September 2019)
Longest winning runCR Belouizdad
(4 matches)
Longest unbeaten runES Sétif (10 matches)
Longest winless runASO Chlef
(5 matches)
Longest losing runParadou AC
(3 matches)
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[7] On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.[8]

Teams

16 teams contest the league. US Biskra, NC Magra and ASO Chlef were promoted from the 2018–19 Ligue 2.

Locations of teams for the 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
AS Aïn M'lila Aïn M'lila Touhami Zoubir Khelifi Stadium 8,000
ASO Chlef Chlef Stade Mohamed Boumezrag 18,000
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
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
NA Hussein Dey Algiers Stade 20 Août 1955 10,000
NC Magra Sétif Stade 8 Mai 1945[note 1] 25,000
Paradou AC Algiers Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
US Biskra Biskra Stade du 18 Février 24,000
USM Alger Algiers Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
USM Bel Abbès Sidi Bel Abbès Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 45,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
AS Aïn M'lila Azzedine Ait Djoudi Rabah Ziad Macron
ASO Chlef Samir Zaoui Abdelkader Kaibou Adidas
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Franck Dumas Toufik Zerara Umbro
CR Belouizdad Abdelkader Amrani Chemseddine Nessakh Adidas
CS Constantine Denis Lavagne Sid Ali Lamri Joma
ES Sétif Kheïreddine Madoui Akram Djahnit Joma
JS Kabylie Hubert Velud Walid Bencherifa Adidas
JS Saoura Moez Bouakaz Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif Joma
MC Alger Bernard Casoni Sofiane Bendebka Puma SE
MC Oran Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Zine El Abidine Sebbah Kelme
NC Magra Karim Zaoui Hossam Hebal Joma
NA Hussein Dey Arezki Remane Mohamed Seddik Mokrani Uhlsport
Paradou AC Francisco Chaló Mustapha Bouchina Macron
US Biskra Nadir Leknaoui Adel Lakhdari Hummel
USM Alger Billel Dziri Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche Joma
USM Bel Abbès Younes Ifticène Abdennour Belhocini Kelme

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
JS Saoura Moez Bouakaz Sacked 6 August 2019[9] Pre-season Moustapha Djallit 12 August 2019[10]
USM Bel Abbès Younes Ifticène Resigned 16 August 2019 16th Abdelkader Yaiche 8 September 2019[11]
JS Saoura Moustapha Djallit End of caretaker spell 13 September 2019 11th Lyamine Bougherara 13 September 2019[12]
NC Magra Karim Zaoui Resigned 15 September 2019[13] 8th َEl Hadi Khezzar 24 September 2019[14]
MC Oran Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Resigned 1 October 2019 7th Bachir Mecheri 2 October 2019
ES Sétif Kheirredine Madoui Resigned 12 October 2019[15] 12th Nabil Kouki 26 October 2019[16]
NA Hussein Dey Arezki Remmane Sacked 26 October 2019[17] 14th Lakhdar Adjali 5 November 2019[18]
MC Alger Bernard Casoni Sacked 8 December 2019[19] 2nd Mohamed Mekhazni 8 December 2019[20]
JS Saoura Lyamine Bougherara Sacked 24 December 2019[21] 10th Meziane Ighil 2 January 2020[22]
CS Constantine Denis Lavagne Sacked 24 December 2019[23] 7th Karim Khouda 30 December 2019[24]
CR Belouizdad Abdelkader Amrani Resigned 28 December 2019[25] 1st Franck Dumas 13 January 2020[26]
AS Aïn M'lila Azzedine Ait Djoudi Resigned 30 December 2019[27] 9th Lyamine Bougherara 8 January 2020[28]
NA Hussein Dey Lakhdar Adjali Sacked 8 January 2020[29] 14th Azzedine Ait Djoudi 14 January 2020[30]
NC Magra El Hadi Khezzar Sacked 14 January 2020[31] 16th Hadj Merine 14 January 2020[32]
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Franck Dumas Resigned 14 January 2020[33] 9th Moez Bouakaz 15 January 2020[34]
JS Kabylie Hubert Velud Sacked 17 January 2020[35] 5th Jean-Yves Chay 17 January 2020[36]
JS Kabylie Jean-Yves Chay End of caretaker spell 28 January 2020 3rd Yamen Zelfani 28 January 2020[37]
MC Alger Mohamed Mekhazni End of caretaker spell 5 February 2020 2nd Nabil Neghiz 5 February 2020[38]
USM Alger Billel Dziri Resigned 26 February 2020[39] 9th Mounir Zeghdoud 3 March 2020[40]
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Moez Bouakaz Sacked 26 February 2020[41] 13th Billel Dziri 2 March 2020[42]
NA Hussein Dey Azzedine Ait Djoudi Resigned 26 February 2020[43] 16th Fouad Bouali 3 March 2020 [44]

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2
AS Aïn M'lila Ousmane Sylla Rooney Eva
ASO Chlef Massiré Dembélé Rahim Osumanu
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Ghislain Guessan
Mohamed Abdelrhman Yousif		 Isla Daoudi Diomande
CR Belouizdad Boubacar Hainikoye Soumana Kouame Noël N’Guessan
CS Constantine Dylan Bahamboula
Zakaria Alharaish		 Mahamadou Traoré
Abdallah Imhamed Al-Orfi
ES Sétif Malick Touré
JS Kabylie Abdul Razak Fiston
Mohamed Abdussalam Tubal		 Masoud Juma
Oussama Darragi
JS Saoura Thomas Ulimwengu
MC Alger Rooney Eva Mehdi Ouertani
MC Oran Vivien Assie Koua
NA Hussein Dey Mohamed Dellahi Yali Moayed Al Gritli
NC Magra
Paradou AC Allan Okello
US Biskra Moctar Cissé
USM Alger Muaid Ellafi
USM Bel Abbès

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation
1 CR Belouizdad (C) 21 11 7 3 30 16 +14 40 1.90 Qualification for Champions League
2 MC Alger 20 10 4 6 28 25 +3 34 1.70
3 ES Sétif 22 11 4 7 34 19 +15 37 1.68 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 JS Kabylie 22 10 6 6 27 18 +9 36 1.64
5 CS Constantine 22 9 7 6 32 23 +9 34 1.55 Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
6 USM Alger 21 9 5 7 25 22 +3 32[lower-alpha 1] 1.52[lower-alpha 1]
7 JS Saoura 22 9 6 7 19 18 +1 33 1.50
8 AS Aïn M'lila 22 8 8 6 26 25 +1 32 1.45
9 MC Oran 22 7 9 6 28 24 +4 30 1.36
10 Paradou AC 20 7 5 8 20 18 +2 26 1.30
11 USM Bel Abbès 21 8 2 11 22 31 −9 26 1.24
12 ASO Chlef 21 6 7 8 15 17 −2 25 1.19
13 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 22 6 7 9 22 29 −7 25 1.14
14 US Biskra 22 6 3 13 17 33 −16 21 0.95
15 NA Hussein Dey 22 4 7 11 14 27 −13 19[lower-alpha 2] 0.86[lower-alpha 2]
16 NC Magra 22 4 7 11 16 30 −14 19[lower-alpha 2] 0.86[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: dzfoot.com
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.
Notes:
  1. USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger.[45] The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[46] On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.[47]
  2. Head-to-head points: Magra 3, Hussein Day 0

Results
Home \ Away ASA ASO CBA CRB CSC ESS JSK JSR MCA MCO NAH NCM PAC USB UAL UBA
AS Ain M'lila 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–0
ASO Chlef 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0
CR Belouizdad 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–2
CS Constantine 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0
ES Sétif 4–0 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–1
JS Kabylie 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–0
JS Saoura 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
MC Alger 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–2
MC Oran 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 3–1
NA Hussein Dey 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 4–3 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1
NC Magra 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1
Paradou AC 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–0
US Biskra 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–2
USM Alger 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 4–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–0
USM Bel Abbès 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: DZFoot
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
AS Ain M'lila9101198910688768710891011888
ASO Chlef1313131214151514141514121312131313910121212
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj82333481012999910912101313131313
CR Belouizdad6342111222111111111111
CS Constantine1414141412611777873457455555
ES Sétif12121210138131316111315111175544322
JS Kabylie104146105866685533233433
JS Saoura3796774355457811118117776
MC Alger7561222111222222322245
MC Oran1125553543346686666669
NA Hussein Dey1111101391314151010111316161515151516161515
NC Magra5988111212121516161614131414141415151616
Paradou AC151516161616161691215141514121012121210910
US Biskra487710149111314121012151616161614141414
USM Alger2651143643453434477911107
USM Bel Abbès161615151511791113101110969118891111
Leader
2020–21 CAF Champions League
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: DZfoot.com (in French)

Clubs season-progress
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
AS Ain M'lilaDDLWDDDWLWDWLDLWLDLWWW
ASO ChlefLDLWLLLWDLWDDWDDWWLLD
CA Bordj Bou ArreridjDWWDDLLLLWDWDDDLWLLLWL
CR BelouizdadDWWWWWDWWLDDWLDWDWLWD
CS ConstantineLDLDWWLWDWLWWDLDWDWDLW
ES SétifLDLWLWLLLWDLWWWWDWWWWD
JS KabylieDWWLLLWLWWDLWDWWDDWLWD
JS SaouraWDLWLDWWLWDDLLLDWLWWDW
MC AlgerDWWWWDWWLLDLLWLWWDLW
MC OranWDWLLDWLWWDDLLDWDDWDDL
NA Hussein DeyDDLDWLDLWDDLLLWLLLDLWL
NC MagraWLWLLDDLLLDDWWLDLLLDLL
Paradou ACLLLLWLDWWLDDLWWWDLWD
US BiskraWLWLLLWLLLWDDLLLDLWWLL
USM AlgerWDWLWWLWWDLWDWLLLDLLDW
USM Bel AbbèsLLLDWWWLLWLWLWWLLWDLL
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2020. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Leader week after week
CR BelouizdadMC AlgerCR BelouizdadMC AlgerJS KabylieMC Oran

The bottom of the table week after week
NC MagraNA Hussein DeyUS BiskraNA Hussein DeyNC MagraES SétifParadou ACUSM Bel-Abb%C3%A8s

Top scorers
Rank Goalscorer Club Goals
1 Abdennour Belhocini USM Bel Abbès 10
Mohamed Tiaiba AS Aïn M'lila
Lamine Abid CS Constantine
4 Samy Frioui MC Alger 9
5 Abdelkrim Zouari USM Alger 7
Houssam Ghacha ES Sétif
Yousri Bouzok Paradou AC

Updated to games played on 15 March 2020
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Redouane ZerdoumNA Hussein Dey*ES Sétif4–323 September 2019[51]
Abdennour BelhociniUSM Bel Abbès*NC Magra3–117 February 2020[52]

Clean sheets

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

Media coverage
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Algeria Algerian TV (local)
Canal Algérie
Algeria 3
Algeria 4		 From 2 to 5 Matches per round
 Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel Main Matches

See also

Notes
  1. NC Magra played their home matches at Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif, instead of their regular stadium Boucheligue Brothers Stadium, Magra, due to renovation.

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