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

Season	2020–21
Dates	27 November 2020 – June 2021
Matches played	109
Goals scored	210 (1.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kaddour Beldjilali (7 goals)
Biggest home win	ASO Chlef 4-1 USM Bel Abbès (27 December 2020) MC Alger 3–0 O Médéa (15 December 2020)
Biggest away win	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 1–5 ES Sétif (9 January 2021)
Highest scoring	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 1–5 ES Sétif (9 January 2021) MC Alger 3–3 AS Aïn M'lila (22 January 2021)
Longest winning run	ES Sétif O Médéa USM Alger (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	CR Belouizdad (10 matches)
Longest winless run	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (11 matches)
Longest losing run	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (7 matches)
← 2019–20 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.

JSK

JSS

ASO

NCM

USMBA

CSC

CABBA

ASAM

USB

ESS

MCO

RCR

WAT

JSMS

OMM

Algiers

Algiers teams
CR Belouizdad
MC Alger
NA Hussein Dey
Paradou AC
USM Alger

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
AS Aïn M'lila	15	5	5	4	5	5			6	8	9
ASO Chlef	16	8	8	13	8	6	8	7	10	7	10
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	14	12	15	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20
CR Belouizdad	10	3	3	3	3
CS Constantine	13	9	10	14	11
ES Sétif	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JS Kabylie	12	14	19	9	6	8	10	9	8	10	8
JS Saoura	4	4	4	5	4	2		3			4
JSM Skikda	19	19	14	16	17	17					19
MC Alger	3	2	2	2	2			2		4	5
MC Oran	6	12	12	6	9	7	6	8	7	9	7
NA Hussein Dey	7	13	13	15	16	18	16	17	18	14	12
NC Magra	2	7	7	12	14	16	19	18	19		17
Olympique de Médéa	18	20	20	11	13		7			5
Paradou AC	8	10	9	10	7				11	11	11
RC Relizane	9	11	11	7	12	13	9
US Biskra	5	6	6	8	10						16
USM Alger	20	18	17	19	19	14		10	9	6	6
USM Bel Abbès	17	16	19	20	20	20	17				18
WA Tlemcen	11	17	16	17	15	15	18	19	17	13

	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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
AS Aïn M'lila	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D
ASO Chlef	L	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L
CR Belouizdad	D	W	W	W	D		D	D	W	W	D
CS Constantine	D	D	D	L	W		L	D	L	L	W
ES Sétif	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D
JS Kabylie	D	D	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W
JS Saoura	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	L
JSM Skikda	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L
MC Alger	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	D
MC Oran	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	W
NA Hussein Dey	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	W
NC Magra	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L
Olympique de Médéa	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W
Paradou AC	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	D
RC Relizane	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D
US Biskra	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	D
USM Alger	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D
USM Bel Abbès	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D
WA Tlemcen	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Adil Djabout	AS Aïn M'lila	MC Alger*	3–3	22 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

• 2020–21 Algerian Ligue 2

Notes

References

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