2020–21 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2020–21 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 is the 57th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 20 teams contested the league. The Ligue Professionnelle 1 kicked off on 28 November 2020.[1]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2020–21
Dates27 November 2020 – June 2021
Matches played109
Goals scored210 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorerKaddour Beldjilali
(7 goals)
Biggest home winASO Chlef 4-1 USM Bel Abbès
(27 December 2020)
MC Alger 3–0 O Médéa
(15 December 2020)
Biggest away winCA Bordj Bou Arréridj 1–5 ES Sétif
(9 January 2021)
Highest scoringCA Bordj Bou Arréridj 1–5 ES Sétif
(9 January 2021)
MC Alger 3–3 AS Aïn M'lila
(22 January 2021)
Longest winning runES Sétif
O Médéa
USM Alger
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runCR Belouizdad
(10 matches)
Longest winless runCA Bordj Bou Arréridj
(11 matches)
Longest losing runCA Bordj Bou Arréridj
(7 matches)
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 3 February 2021.

Teams

20 teams contest the league. RC Relizane, Olympique de Médéa, JSM Skikda and WA Tlemcen were promoted from the 2019–20 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 20 August 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
JSM Skikda Skikda Stade 20 Août 1955 25,000
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 Ras El Oued Boucheligue Brothers Stadium 8,000
Olympique de Médéa Médéa Stade Imam Lyes 12,000
Paradou AC Algiers Stade Omar Hamadi 10,000
RC Relizane Relizane Stade Tahar Zoughari 30,000
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
WA Tlemcen Tlemcen Stade Akid Lotfi 18,000

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
AS Aïn M'lila Abdelkader Yaïche Rabah Ziad Joma
ASO Chlef Fodil Moussi Kaddour Beldjilali Adidas
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Billel Dziri Touhami Sebie ADS
CR Belouizdad Franck Dumas Chemseddine Nessakh Adidas
CS Constantine Abdelkader Amrani Sid Ali Lamri Macron
ES Sétif Nabil Kouki Akram Djahnit Umbro
JS Kabylie Yamen Zelfani Rezki Hamroune Uzzoo
JS Saoura Meziane Ighil Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif Macron
JSM Skikda Younes Ifticenl Zakaria Benhocine Hummel
MC Alger Nabil Neghiz Abderahmane Hachoud Puma
MC Oran Bernard Casoni Oussama Litim Kelme
NA Hussein Dey Nadir Leknaoui Faouzi Yaya KCS
NC Magra Mohamed Bacha Akram Demane Macron
Olympique de Médéa Cherif Hadjar Ali Lakroum Joma
Paradou AC Hakim Malek Yousri Bouzok Macron
RC Relizane Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Mustapha Zaidi Sarson
US Biskra Moez Bouakaz Nacereddine Khoualed Rina
USM Alger François Ciccolini Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche Kappa
USM Bel Abbès Lyamine Bougherara Nasreddine Benlebna Kelme
WA Tlemcen Abdelaziz Abbès Mohamed Oukrif Kelme

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
CS Constantine Karim Khouda End of contract 24 June 2020 Pre-season Abdelkader Amrani 25 June 2020[2]
USM Alger Mounir Zeghdoud End of contract 5 August 2020 Pre-season François Ciccolini 5 August 2020[3]
NA Hussein Dey Fouad Bouali End of contract 25 August 2020 Pre-season Nadir Leknaoui 25 August 2020[4]
Paradou AC Francisco Chaló End of contract 18 August 2020[5] Pre-season Hakim Malek 26 August 2020[6]
MC Oran Bachir Mecheri End of contract 30 June 2020 Pre-season Bernard Casoni 31 August 2020[7]
NC Magra Hadj Merine Resigned 16 Mars 2020 Pre-season Mohamed Bacha 6 September 2020[8]
O Médéa Abdelghani Aouamri Resigned 12 September 2020 Pre-season Cherif Hadjar 12 September 2020[9]
RC Relizane Youcef Bouzidi Resigned 20 September 2020 Pre-season Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani 27 September 2020[10]
AS Aïn M'lila Lyamine Bougherara Resigned 30 September 2020 Pre-season Abdelkader Yaïche 1 October 2020[11]
USM Bel Abbès Zine Zouaoui Resigned 30 September 2020 Pre-season Lyamine Bougherara 1 October 2020[12]
US Biskra Noureddine Boukkazoula Resigned 30 September 2020 Pre-season Moez Bouakaz 4 October 2020[13]
USM Alger François Ciccolini Sacked 22 November 2020[14] Pre-season Bouziane Benaraïbi 23 November 2020[15]
JS Kabylie Yamen Zelfani Sacked 28 November 2020[16] 10th Youcef Bouzidi 28 November 2020[17]
USM Alger Bouziane Benaraïbi End of caretaker spell 5 December 2020 17th Thierry Froger 5 December 2020[18]
USM Bel Abbès Lyamine Bougherara Resigned 6 December 2020[19] 15th El Hachmi Benkhadda 6 December 2020
NC Magra Mohamed Bacha Sacked 21 December 2020[20] 12th Abdelkrim Latreche 4 January 2021[21]
JS Kabylie Youcef Bouzidi Sacked 4 January 2021[22] 10th Denis Lavagne 8 January 2021[23]
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Billel Dziri Resigned 9 January 2021[24] 20th Abdenour Bousbia 9 January 2021
NA Hussein Dey Nadir Leknaoui Resigned 2 January 2021[25] 18th Billel Dziri 12 January 2021[26]
US Biskra Moez Bouakaz Sacked 12 January 2021[27] 13th Azzedine Aït Djoudi 30 January 2021[28]
WA Tlemcen Aziz Abbes Sacked 12 January 2021[29] 18th Djamel Benchadli 21 January 2021[30]
MC Oran Bernard Casoni Sacked 13 January 2021[31] 6th Omar Belatoui 13 January 2021[32]
CS Constantine Abdelkader Amrani Resigned 16 January 2021[33] 16th Miloud Hamdi 3 February 2021[34]
Paradou AC Hakim Malek Sacked 17 January 2021[35] 11th Pierrick Le Bert 20 January 2021[36]
ASO Chlef Fodil Moussi End of caretaker spell 24 January 2021 10th Nadhir Leknaoui 24 January 2021[37]
JSM Skikda Younès Ifticène Resigned 27 January 2021[38] 19th Fouad Bouali 3 February 2021[39]
USM Bel Abbès El Hachmi Benkhadda End of caretaker spell 31 January 2021 18th Moez Bouakaz 31 January 2021[40]

Foreign players
Club Player 1 Player 2
AS Aïn M'lila
ASO Chlef Massiré Dembélé
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
CR Belouizdad Maecky Ngombo Marcellin Koukpo
CS Constantine Sharaf Shibun
ES Sétif Malick Touré
JS Kabylie Mohamed Abdussalam Tubal Masoud Juma
JS Saoura
JSM Skikda
MC Alger Isla Daoudi Diomande
MC Oran
NA Hussein Dey
NC Magra Boubacar Hainikoye Soumana
Olympique de Médéa
Paradou AC Allan Okello
RC Relizane
US Biskra
USM Alger
USM Bel Abbès
WA Tlemcen

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ES Sétif 11 7 3 1 16 4 +12 24 Qualification for Champions League
2 Olympique de Médéa 11 6 3 2 15 10 +5 21
3 CR Belouizdad 10 5 5 0 15 6 +9 20 Qualification for Confederation Cup
4 JS Saoura 11 6 2 3 13 8 +5 20
5 MC Alger 11 5 4 2 14 9 +5 19
6 USM Alger 11 5 3 3 16 12 +4 18
7 MC Oran 11 4 6 1 11 9 +2 18
8 JS Kabylie 11 5 3 3 10 8 +2 18
9 AS Aïn M'lila 11 4 5 2 12 9 +3 17
10 ASO Chlef 11 5 1 5 16 12 +4 16
11 Paradou AC 11 2 7 2 13 11 +2 13
12 NA Hussein Dey 11 3 4 4 8 12 −4 13
13 RC Relizane 11 2 5 4 6 8 −2 11
14 WA Tlemcen 11 2 5 4 6 9 −3 11
15 CS Constantine 10 2 4 4 6 7 −1 10
16 US Biskra 11 1 7 3 5 8 −3 10
17 NC Magra 11 2 3 6 7 15 −8 9 Relegation to Ligue 2
18 USM Bel Abbès 11 2 3 6 10 19 −9 9
19 JSM Skikda 11 2 2 7 5 16 −11 8
20 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 11 0 3 8 6 18 −12 3
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. 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.

Results
Home \ Away ASA ASO CBA CRB CSC ESS JSK JSS JSM MCA MCO NAH NCM OMM PAC RCR USB UAL UBA WAT
AS Aïn M'lila 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–3 0–0
ASO Chlef 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 1–5 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1
CR Belouizdad 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 3–1
CS Constantine 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0
ES Sétif 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1
JS Kabylie 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 1–2
JS Saoura 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–0
JSM Skikda 1–4 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1
MC Alger 3–3 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
MC Oran 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1
NA Hussein Dey 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1
NC Magra 3–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0
Olympique de Médéa 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1
Paradou AC 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1
RC Relizane 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–0
US Biskra 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1
USM Alger 0–2 2–0 3–0 1–3 3–1
USM Bel Abbès 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3
WA Tlemcen 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: DZFoot
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
AS Aïn M'lila1555455689
ASO Chlef168813868710710
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj1412151818192020202020
CR Belouizdad103333
CS Constantine139101411
ES Sétif11111111111
JS Kabylie1214199681098108
JS Saoura44454234
JSM Skikda19191416171719
MC Alger32222245
MC Oran6121269768797
NA Hussein Dey713131516181617181412
NC Magra27712141619181917
Olympique de Médéa182020111375
Paradou AC8109107111111
RC Relizane91111712139
US Biskra56681016
USM Alger20181719191410966
USM Bel Abbès1716192020201718
WA Tlemcen11171617151518191713
Leader
2021–22 CAF Champions League
2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: DZfoot.com (in French)

Clubs season-progress
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
AS Aïn M'lilaDWDWLWWLDDD
ASO ChlefLWDLWWLWLWL
CA Bordj Bou ArreridjDDLLLLLLLDL
CR BelouizdadDWWWDDDWWD
CS ConstantineDDDLWLDLLW
ES SétifWDWWWWWLWDD
JS KabylieDDLWWDLWWLW
JS SaouraWDDWWWLWLWL
JSM SkikdaLLWLLDWDLLL
MC AlgerWWDWWLDWDLD
MC OranDDDWDWDDWLW
NA Hussein DeyDDDLLLWLDWW
NC MagraWLDLLLLDDWL
Olympique de MédéaLLDWDWWWWDW
Paradou ACDDDDWLDDWLD
RC RelizaneDDDWLLWLLDD
US BiskraWDDDDDLLLDD
USM AlgerLDDLLWWWWWD
USM Bel AbbèsLDLLDLWWLLD
WA TlemcenDLDLDDLLWWD
Updated to match(es) played on 3 February 2021. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers
Rank Goalscorer Club Goals
1 Kaddour Beldjilali ASO Chlef 7
2 Hamza Koudri USM Alger 6
3 Hamza Belahouel CR Belouizdad 5
Mohamed El Amine Amoura ES Sétif
Adil Djabout AS Aïn M'lila
Billel Messaoudi JS Saoura
4 Samy Frioui MC Alger 4
Hicham Khalfallah O Médéa
Belaid Hamidi JS Saoura
Mohamed Rabie Meftah NA Hussein Dey
5 Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali Paradou AC 3
Hamza Demane AS Aïn M'lila
Houssam Ghacha ES Sétif
Youcef Laouafi ES Sétif

Updated to games played on 3 February 2021
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Adil DjaboutAS Aïn M'lilaMC Alger*3–322 January 2021[41]

Clean sheets

* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played in August 2020

Media coverage
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country Television Channel Matches
 Algeria EPTV Channels From 2 to 5 Matches per round
 Qatar Al-Kass Sports Channel Main Matches

See also

Notes

    References
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    2. "CSC : Abdelkader Amrani signe officiellement". DZFoot.com. 25 June 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
    3. "USMA : Ciccolini officiellement entraineur". DZFoot.com. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
    4. "NAHD : Leknaoui désigné nouvel entraîneur". DZFoot.com. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
    5. "Paradou : Chalo quitte son poste d'entraîneur". DZFoot.com. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
    6. "PAC : Hakim Malek nouvel entraineur". DZFoot.com. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
    7. "MCO : Bernard Casoni nouvel entraineur". DZFoot.com. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
    8. "رئيس نجم مقرة بن ناصر للنصر: باشا بنسبة كبيرة المدرب الجديد".
    9. "O Médéa : Cherif Hadjar nouvel entraîneur !".
    10. "RC Relizane : Cherif El-Ouazzani nouvel entraîneur !". mediafootdz.com. 27 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
    11. "جمعية عين مليلة يعيش يبرم عقده".
    12. "Football: Lyamine Bougherara nouvel entraîneur de l'USM Bel-Abbès".
    13. "US Biskra : Bouakaz nouvel entraîneur".
    14. "Le contrat de M.François Ciccolini résilié".
    15. "Benaraibi Bouziane à la tête de l'équipe".
    16. "JSK : L'entraineur Yamen Zelfani limogé".
    17. "JSK: Le successeur de Zelfani connu (Officiel)".
    18. "Accord trouvé avec Thierry Froger".
    19. "USM Bel Abbès : Bougherara songe à démissionner".
    20. "NC Magra : Le coach Bacha limogé".
    21. "NC Magra: Abdelkrim Latreche nouvel entraineur".
    22. "La valse des entraîneurs continue à la JSK : Divorce consommé avec Youcef Bouzidi".
    23. "Ligue 1 : La JSK annonce l'arrivée de Denis Lavagne".
    24. "CABBA : Dziri Bilel démissionne!".
    25. "NAHD : Leknaoui démissionne".
    26. "NA Hussein-Dey : Dziri nouvel entraîneur".
    27. "US Biskra : Fin de mission pour Moaz Bouakaz".
    28. "Algérie – Ligue 1 : Azzedine Ait Djoudi, nouvel entraîneur de l'US Biskra".
    29. "WA Tlemcen : Séparation à l'amiable avec l'entraîneur Aziz Abbes".
    30. "Accord trouvé avec l'entraîneur Benchadli".
    31. "MC Oran : Casoni limogé".
    32. "Belatoui, de nouveau en numéro 1".
    33. "Football, CSC : Amrani annonce sa démission".
    34. "Hamdi, nouvel entraîneur".
    35. "HAKIM MALEK (EX-CONSOLAT/LE PONTET) ET LE PARADOU AC, C'EST TERMINÉ !".
    36. "Paradou AC : Le Bert succède à Hakim Malek".
    37. "Nadhir Leknaoui nouvel entraîneur".
    38. "Ifticène jette l'éponge".
    39. "فؤاد بوعلي مدربا جديدا لشببية سكيكدة".
    40. "Foot-Ligue 1/USM Bel Abbès : Mouaz Bouakkaz nommé nouvel entraineur".
    41. "MC Alger 3 AS Aïn M'lila 3". soccerway.com.
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