2011 Algerian Cup final

The 2011 Algerian Cup Final was the final of the 47th edition of the Algerian Cup. The game was held on May 1, 2011 at the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers between USM El Harrach and JS Kabylie.^[1] JS Kabylie won the game 1–0 with a goal from Farès Hamiti in the 13th minute of the game. It was JS Kabylie's fifth time winning the Algerian Cup.

2011 Algerian Cup Final

Stade du 5 Juillet hosted the match
Event	2010–11 Algerian Cup
USM El Harrach JS Kabylie 0 1
Date	1 May 2011
Venue	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
Referee	Mehdi Abed Cherif
Attendance	60,000
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Main article: 2010–11 Algerian Cup

Background

Prior to the 2011 final, JS Kabylie had reached the final of the Algerian Cup eight times, winning four of them. The last time the club had reached the final was in 2004, where they lost to USM Alger in penalties. The last time they won the trophy was in 1994, where they beat AS Ain M'lila 1–0 in the final with a goal from Tarek Hadj Adlane. On the other hand, USM El Harrach reached the final of the Algerian Cup just twice prior to the 2011 final, winning on both occasions. The last time they won was in 1987, where they beat JS Bordj Ménaïel 1–0 in the final.

During the season, the two teams had met just once prior to the Algerian Cup final, with USM El Harrach winning the game 1–0 at home with a goal from Mohamed Boualem.^[2]

Route to the final

USM El Harrach		Round	JS Kabylie
CC Sig H 4–1	Latrèche 16', Touahri 47', Boumechra 60', Kabla 82'	Round of 64	IRB Sedrata H 2–1 (aet)	Tedjar 20', Berchiche 55'
NARB Réghaïa H 2–1 (aet)	Baouche 62', Legraâ 94'	Round of 32	ES Mostaganem A 0–1	Yahia-Chérif 39'
MO Béjaïa A 1–0	Boualem 90'	Round of 16	MC El Eulma H 2–1 (aet)	Hamiti 45', 91'
MC Saïda H 1–0	Bendahmane 90' (o.g.)	Quarter-finals	CR Belouizdad H 4–2	Hamiti 16', 43', Tedjar 55', Younès 83'
ES Sétif H 3–2	Boumechra 26', 70', Boualem 87'	Semi-Finals	MC Oran H 2–1	Khelili 9', Hamiti 82'

Match details

1 May 2011

16:00

USM El Harrach	0–1	JS Kabylie
	Report (in French)	Farès Hamiti 13'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

USM EL HARRACH

JS KABYLIE

GK 30 Azzedine Doukha RB 22 Abdelmalek Djeghbala CB 5 Abdelghani Demmou CB 29 Adlen Griche (c)  46' LB 6 Mohamed Legraâ RM 7 Ali Sami Yachir  67' CM 8 Karim Hendou CM 18 Messaoud Gharbi LM 41 Brahim Ledraâ  46' CF 10 Salim Boumechra CF 31 Mohamed Boualem Substitutes: GK 36 Miloud Mahfoud FW 11 Amine Touahri  46' CB 28 Farès Benabderahmane  46' FW 17 Ayoub Latrèche FW Chaouki Mabrouk Chache  67' Manager: Boualem Charef

GK 1 Malik Asselah RB 26 Belkacem Remache CB 3 Sofiane Khelili CB 5 Ali Rial (c) LB 4 Chemseddine Nessakh  64' RM 10 Sofiane Younès CM 6 Hocine El Orfi CM 8 Saad Tedjar  78' CM 20 Lyès Saïdi LM 7 Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif  85' CF 9 Farès Hamiti Substitutes: GK 13 Mourad Berrefane DF 21 Koceila Berchiche LB 24 Nassim Oussalah  64' MF 18 Lamara Douicher  85' MF 23 Mokhtar Lamhene  78' MF 29 Nabil Yaâlaoui FW 25 Ibrahim Amada Manager: Rachid Belhout

MATCH OFFICIALS

• Assistant referees:
  • Abdelhak Etchiali
  • Mohamed Mounir Bitam
• Fourth official:
  • Boulfelfel

See also

• 2010–11 Algerian Cup
• Algerian Cup