1964–65 Algerian Championnat National

The 1964–65 Algerian Championnat National was the third season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with USM Annaba as the defending champions.

Algerian Championnat National

Season	1964–65
Dates	13 September 1964 – 3 July 1965
Champions	CR Belcourt
Relegated	MC Alger JSM Tiaret USM Alger
Matches played	240
Goals scored	592 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hocine Saadi (21 goals)
Biggest home win	CR Belcourt 8 - 1 MO Constantine
Biggest away win	USM Annaba 0 - 8 CR Belcourt
Highest scoring	CR Belcourt 8 - 1 MO Constantine
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

Team summaries

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Algerian Division 2 1964-1965

• SCM Oran
• RC Kouba
• JSM Skikda

Teams relegated to Algerian Division 2 1965-1966

• MC Alger
• JSM Tiaret
• USM Alger

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CR Belcourt	30	19	4	7	68	25	+43	72
2	MSP Batna	30	16	7	7	40	19	+21	69
3	ES Guelma	30	13	9	8	43	43	0	65
4	NA Hussein Dey	30	13	8	9	38	33	+5	64
5	ES Sétif	30	12	8	10	30	27	+3	62
6	MC Oran	30	12	7	11	40	43	−3	61
7	MC Saïda	30	8	13	9	40	46	−6	59
8	ES Mostaganem	30	11	7	12	35	42	−7	59
9	USM Sétif	30	9	10	11	29	32	−3	58
10	USM Blida	30	8	12	10	36	37	−1	57
11	ASM Oran	30	9	9	12	29	39	−10	57
12	USM Annaba	30	11	4	15	44	44	0	56
13	MO Constantine	30	9	8	13	34	51	−17	56
14	USM Alger	30	8	8	14	35	44	−9	54
15	MC Alger	30	8	8	14	39	46	−7	54
16	JSM Tiaret	30	7	10	13	30	39	−9	54

Source: rsssf.com

Season statistics

Top scorers

R.	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Hocine Saâdi	NA Hussein Dey	19
	Messaoud Koussim	ES Sétif
	Hassan Achour	CR Belcourt
4	Noureddine Hachouf	ES Guelma	18
5	Karim Hamida	MC Oran	13
	Hacène Lalmas	CR Belcourt
7	Abderrahmane Meziani	USM Alger	11
8	Zoubir Aouedj	MC Alger	10
	Abdelhakim Hadjou	USM Annaba
	Mbarek Chenane	CR Belcourt
	Souidi Benaïssa	JSM Tiaret
	Abdelkader Reguig	ASM Oran

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Abderrahmane Meziani	USM Alger	MC Saida	4–0	21 February 1965
Noureddine Hachouf	ES Guelma	MC Saida	3–2	28 February 1965
Hacène Lalmas	CR Belcourt	MO Constantine	8–1	4 April 1965