2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 54th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	2015–16
Dates	15 August 2015 – 27 May 2016
Champions	USM Alger 2nd Ligue 1 title 7th Algerian title
Relegated	RC Arbaâ ASM Oran USM Blida
Champions League	USM Alger JS Saoura
Confederation Cup	MC Alger JS Kabylie
Matches played	240
Goals scored	512 (2.13 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohamed Zubya (13 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Faouzi Chaouchi (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	4 matches ASM Oran 4–0 CS Constantine (30 October 2015) JS Saoura 4–0 ASM Oran (25 December 2015) JS Saoura 4–0 NA Hussein Dey (12 February 2016) USM Alger 4–0 RC Arbaâ (12 March 2016)
Biggest away win	ASM Oran 1-5 MO Béjaïa (2 April 2016)
Highest scoring	5 matches MC Oran 3–3 MO Béjaïa (29 August 2015) MC Oran 3–3 CR Belouizdad (19 September 2015) JS Kabylie 4–2 USM El Harrach (24 October 2015) MC Alger 3–3 RC Arbaâ (29 October 2015) RC Relizane 5–1 USM Blida (28 November 2015)
Longest winning run	7 matches USM Alger
Longest unbeaten run	17 matches USM Alger
Longest winless run	12 matches ASM Oran
Longest losing run	10 matches ASM Oran
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 27 May 2016.

ES Sétif came into the season as defending champions of the 2014–15 season. USM Blida, DRB Tadjenanet, and RC Relizane entered as the three promoted teams from the 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

On 30 April 2016, USM Alger officially won the title for professional league. This was the football club's 7th title.^[1]

Teams

Team	Stadium	Capacity
ASM Oran	Habib Bouakeul Stadium	20,000
CR Belouizdad	20 August 1955 Stadium	15,000
CS Constantine	Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium	35,000
DRB Tadjenanet	Smaïl Lahoua Stadium	9,000
ES Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium	25,000
JS Kabylie	1 November 1954 Stadium	25,000
JS Saoura	20 August 1955 Stadium	20,000
MC Alger	Omar Hamadi Stadium	17,000
MC Oran	Ahmed Zabana Stadium	40,000
MO Béjaïa	Maghrebi Unity Stadium	25,000
NA Hussein Dey	20 August 1955 Stadium	15,000
RC Arbaâ	Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium	8,000
RC Relizane	Tahar Zoughari Stadium	30,000
USM Alger	Omar Hamadi Stadium	17,000
USM Blida	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium	40,000
USM El Harrach	1 November 1954 Stadium	8,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Manufacturer	Sponsors
ASM Oran	Mohamed El Morro	Kamel Mouassa	Sarson	ATM Mobilis
CR Belouizdad	Réda Malek	Alain Michel	Nike	Ooredoo, CNEP Banque
CS Constantine	Mohamed Haddad	Hubert Velud	Macron	Tassili Airlines, ATM Mobilis
DRB Tadjenanet		Liamine Bougherara
ES Sétif	Hassan Hammar	Kheirredine Madoui	Joma	Djezzy GSM
JS Kabylie	Mohand Chérif Hannachi	Dominique Bijotat	Luanvi	Ooredoo
JS Saoura	Mohamed Zerouati	Bernard Simondi	KCS	Enafor
MC Alger	Abdelkrim Raissi	Artur Jorge	Joma	Djezzy GSM, Sonatrach
MC Oran	Ahmed Belhadj	Jean-Michel Cavalli	Sarson	Naftal, Ooredoo, Aigle Azur
MO Béjaïa	Nacer Maouche	Alain Geiger	Macron	ATM Mobilis
NA Hussein Dey	Mahfoud Ould Zmirli	Abdelkader Yaiche	Joma	ATM Mobilis
RC Arbaâ	Djamel Amani	Billel Dziri	Joma	ATM Mobilis
RC Relizane	Djilali Azzi	Omar Belatoui
USM Alger	Ali Haddad	Miloud Hamdi (C)	adidas	Djezzy GSM, ETRHB Haddad, Sonelgaz
USM Blida	Mohamed Douidene	Djamel Benchadli	Sarson	ATM Mobilis
USM El Harrach	Mohamed Laïb	Boualem Charef	Patrick	ATM Mobilis

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2012-13 campaign.

Pre-season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
CS Constantine	François Bracci	Sacked	2 July 2015	Pre-season	Hubert Velud[2]	2 July 2015

During the season

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
JS Kabylie	Mourad Karouf[3]	Sacked	16 August 2015	15th	Dominique Bijotat[4]	25 August 2015
RC Relizane	Omar Belatoui[5]	Sacked	6 September 2015	11th	Abdelkrim Benyellès	25 September 2015
RC Arbaâ	Billel Dziri[6]	Sacked	10 September 2015	16th	Darko Janacković[7]	12 September 2015
MO Béjaïa	Alain Geiger[8]	Resigned	13 September 2015	6th	Abdelkader Amrani[9]	16 September 2015
JS Saoura	Bernard Simondi[10]	Resigned	3 October 2015	9th	Karim Khouda	4 October 2015
MC Alger	Artur Jorge[11]	Sacked	8 October 2015	4th	Meziane Ighil[12]	13 October 2015
USM Blida	Djamel Benchadli[13]	Sacked	9 October 2015	12th	Mohamed Bacha	10 October 2015
CS Constantine	Hubert Velud[14]	Resigned	18 October 2015	10th	Didier Gomes Da Rosa[15]	5 November 2015
RC Arbaâ	Darko Janacković	Sacked	20 October 2015	16th	Khaled Lounici[16]	29 January 2016
ES Sétif	Kheïreddine Madoui	Resigned	8 November 2015	7th	Alain Geiger	14 November 2015
ASM Oran	Kamel Mouassa[17]	Sacked	24 November 2015	15th	Nabil Medjahed[18]	4 December 2015
MC Oran	Jean-Michel Cavalli[19]	Sacked	2 December 2015	11th	Fouad Bouali[20]	6 December 2015
RC Relizane	Abdelkrim Benyellès	Resigned	2 January 2016	14th	François Bracci	5 January 2016
RC Relizane	François Bracci	Resigned	25 January 2016	14th	Mohamed Henkouche	28 January 2016
MC Alger	Meziane Ighil	Sacked	6 February 2016	5th	(C)	8 February 2016
USM Blida	Mohamed Bacha	Sacked	14 February 2016	13th	Zoheïr Djelloul	16 February 2016
RC Arbaâ	Khaled Lounici	Resigned	20 February 2016	16th
JS Kabylie	Dominique Bijotat	Resigned	12 March 2016	12th	Kamel Mouassa	14 March 2016

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Visa 3
ASM Oran	Mohamed Chikoto
CR Belouizdad	Gilles Ngomo	Mohamed Aoudou
CS Constantine	Paulin Voavy	Koro Koné	Moulaye Ahmed
DRB Tadjenanet	Azongha Tembeng	Lorry Nkolo
ES Sétif	Ibrahim Amada	Eudes Dagoulou
JS Kabylie	Banou Diawara	Patrick Malo
JS Saoura	Jean Jules Bapidi Fils
MC Alger
MC Oran	Mohamed Zubya
MO Béjaïa	Soumaila Sidibe	Waliou Ndoye	Morgan Betorangal
NA Hussein Dey	Samson Mbingui
RC Arbaâ	Konan N'Guessan Ghislain
RC Relizane	Manucho
USM Alger	Carolus Andria
USM Blida	Ibrahim Khalil Sylla
USM El Harrach	Mohamed Coumbassa

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	17	7	6	49	31	+18	58	Qualification for the Champions League first round
2	JS Saoura	30	12	12	6	39	25	+14	48	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
3	JS Kabylie	30	12	9	9	27	27	0	45[a]	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
4	CR Belouizdad	30	11	12	7	40	29	+11	45[a]
5	ES Sétif	30	11	11	8	31	19	+12	44[b]
6	MO Béjaïa	30	11	11	8	33	23	+10	44[b]
7	DRB Tadjenanet	30	11	10	9	32	30	+2	43
8	CS Constantine	30	11	9	10	26	32	−6	42
9	USM El Harrach	30	10	11	9	28	27	+1	41
10	MC Oran	30	9	13	8	40	35	+5	40[c]
11	NA Hussein Dey	30	10	10	10	31	35	−4	40[c]	Qualification for the Arab Club Championship group stage
12	MC Alger	30	8	14	8	28	26	+2	38	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
13	RC Relizane	30	8	12	10	36	35	+1	36[d]
14	USM Blida (R)	30	7	15	8	20	29	−9	36[d]	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	RC Arbaâ (R)	30	4	7	19	31	55	−24	19
16	ASM Oran (R)	30	5	3	22	21	54	−33	18

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. Source: DZFoot
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. JS Kabylie ahead of CR Belouizdad on head-to-head record: JSK–CRB 1–0, CRB–JSK 1–1.
2. ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.
3. MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0.
4. RC Relizane ahead of USM Blida on head-to-head record: RCR–USB 5–2, USB–RCR 1–0.

Result table

Home \ Away	ASMO	CRB	CSC	DRBT	ESS	JSK	JSSR	MCA	MCO	MOB	NAH	RCA	RCR	UAL	USB	UEH
ASM Oran		1–3	4–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–3	1–5	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0
CR Belouizdad	3–1		2–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–3	1–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	1–1	1–1
CS Constantine	2–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–0
DRB Tadjenanet	2–1	0–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0
ES Sétif	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–0		2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1
JS Kabylie	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0		2–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–2
JS Saoura	4–0	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	3–0		2–1	0–0	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–0
MC Alger	2–0	0–0	3–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	0–0		1–0	1–0	0–0	3–3	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0
MC Oran	3–2	3–3	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–0		3–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
MO Béjaïa	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0		3–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–0
NA Hussein Dey	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0		3–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
RC Arbaâ	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	3–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	3–1
RC Relizane	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–3	3–1		3–0	5–1	1–1
USM Alger	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	4–0	2–2		3–0	2–1
USM Blida	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–1
USM El Harrach	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2016. Source: DZFoot
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Leader week after week

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
USM Alger	13	10	5	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JS Saoura	7	3	6	7	8	6	9	6	9	9	11	8	9	11	8	10	10	7	6	5	5	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	2	2
JS Kabylie	15	13	15	15	11	12	8	11	7	11	9	11	8	9	11	9	9	10	9	10	12	12	11	10	7	6	3	2	3	3
CR Belouizdad	11	2	1	4	4	1	2	5	8	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	7	4
ES Sétif	6	11	9	8	9	7	10	7	4	7	7	9	7	8	9	7	7	8	11	9	8	10	9	11	9	10	7	6	4	5
MO Béjaïa	1	6	8	6	6	8	6	8	6	6	5	6	5	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	5	5	7	5	6
DRB Tadjenanet	4	9	3	3	3	4	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	6	4	6	6	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	6	3	6	7
CS Constantine	2	1	4	5	7	9	7	9	11	12	13	12	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	8
USM El Harrach	8	4	2	1	2	5	5	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	5	6	5	5	7	7	7	6	6	9	11	9	9	8	8	9
MC Oran	5	12	13	14	15	15	11	13	14	15	12	13	11	10	7	8	8	9	8	8	10	9	8	7	6	8	8	11	9	10
NA Hussein Dey	3	8	12	13	14	14	15	15	13	8	10	7	10	7	10	12	11	11	10	11	9	8	7	6	8	7	10	9	10	11
MC Alger	12	5	7	9	5	3	4	3	3	4	6	5	6	3	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	7	10	8	10	11	12	10	12	12
RC Relizane	14	15	11	12	13	13	14	12	12	13	14	14	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
USM Blida	9	14	14	11	10	11	12	10	10	10	8	10	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14
RC Arbaâ	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
ASM Oran	10	7	10	10	12	10	13	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	2017 CAF Champions League or 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2016-17

Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2016. 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
ASM Oran	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L
CR Belouizdad	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W
CS Constantine	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W
DRB Tadjenanet	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L
ES Sétif	D	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	D
JS Kabylie	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D
JS Saoura	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
MC Alger	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D
MC Oran	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	D
MO Béjaïa	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D
NA Hussein Dey	W	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D
RC Arbaâ	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L
RC Relizane	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D
USM Alger	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L
USM Blida	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	L	W
USM El Harrach	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

R.	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Mohamed Zubya	MC Oran	13
	Mohamed Tiaïba	RC Relizane
3	Ahmed Gasmi	NA Hussein Dey	12
4	Banou Diawara	JS Kabylie	11
	Manucho	RC Relizane
6	Moustapha Djallit	JS Saoura	10
	Mohamed Boulaouidet	JS Kabylie
	Bouazza Feham	CR Belouizdad
9	Mohamed Benyahia	MC Oran	9
	Mohamed Waliou Ndoye	MO Béjaïa
	Ghislain Guessan	RC Arbaâ
	Mohamed Seguer	USM Alger
13	Mohamed Meftah	USM Alger	8
	Hichem Nekkache	CR Belouizdad
	Youcef Chibane	DRB Tadjenanet
	Hamza Zaidi	JS Saoura
17	Mohamed Benyettou	ES Sétif	7
	Amir Sayoud	DRB Tadjenanet
	Rachid Nadji	USM Alger
	Yacine Bezzaz	CS Constantine
	Hadj Bouguèche	USM El Harrach
	Zahir Zerdab	MO Béjaïa

Updated to games played on 27 May 2016
Source: soccerway.com

Top assists

R.	Player	Team	Assists
1	Kamel Larbi	MC Oran	5
	Bouazza Feham	CR Belouizdad
	Moustapha Djallit	JS Saoura
	Abdenour Belkheir	JS Saoura
	Zinedine Ferhat	USM Alger
6	Mohamed Meftah	USM Alger	4
	Saïd Sayah	JS Saoura
	Tayeb Berramla	RC Relizane MC Oran
	Hadj Bouguèche	USM El Harrach
	Hacène El Okbi	MC Oran
	Abdeslam Moussi	MC Oran

Updated to games played on 13 February 2016
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Hat-tricks

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Toufik El-Ghomari	ASM Oran	CS Constantine	4–0	30 October 2015	[21]
Manucho 4	RC Relizane	USM Blida	5–1	28 November 2015	[22]
Moustapha Djallit	JS Saoura	NA Hussein Dey	4–0	12 February 2016	[23]
Mohamed Waliou Ndoye	MO Béjaïa	ASM Oran	5–1	2 April 2016	[24]
Abdelmalek Ziaya	ES Sétif	NA Hussein Dey	3–0	26 April 2016	[25]

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

R.	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Faouzi Chaouchi	MC Alger	16
2	Sofiane Khedairia	ES Sétif	12
3	Farid Chaâl	USM El Harrach	11
4	Azzedine Doukha	JS Kabylie	10
	El Hadi Fayçal Ouadah	USM Blida
	Chamseddine Rahmani	MO Béjaïa
	Cédric Si Mohamed	CS Constantine
8	Houari Djemili	JS Saoura	9
	Kheireddine Boussouf	NA Hussein Dey
10	Abderaouf Natèche	MC Oran	8
11	Malik Asselah	CR Belouizdad	7
	Mustapha Zaidi	RC Relizane
13	Ismaïl Mansouri	USM Alger	6
	Farès Belalem	DRB Tadjenanet
15	Khairi Barki	DRB Tadjenanet	3
	Abderaouf Belhani	ES Sétif
17	Khaled Boukacem	CR Belouizdad	2
	Lamine Zemmamouche	USM Alger
	Ismail Khalladi	ASM Oran
	Oussama Litim	USM Blida
	Salah Laouti	JS Saoura
	Mohamed Seghir Kara	ASM Oran
	Mourad Berrefane	USM Alger
24	Ahmed Fellah	ASM Oran	1
	Maâmar Nadjib Meddah	RC Relizane
	Moustapha Zeghba	USM El Harrach
	Abderrahmane Boultif	JS Kabylie
	Gaya Merbah	RC Arbaâ

^* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played on 22 May 2016

Discipline

Players

As of matches played on 23 May 2016.

Rank	Player	Club	Total		Points
1	Rachid Bouhenna	MC Alger	10	1	13
	Houari Ferhani	RC Arbaâ	10	1	13
3	Toufik Guerabis	CS Constantine	6	2	12
	Foued Hadded	DRB Tadjenanet	9	1	12
5	Ayoub Azzi	MC Alger	8	1	11
	Sofiane Bendebka	NA Hussein Dey	8	1	11
	Djamel Benlamri	ES Sétif	8	1	11
	Kamel Larbi	MC Oran	8	1	11
9	Elyes Seddiki	NA Hussein Dey	7	1	10
	Ali Guitoune	DRB Tadjenanet	7	1	10
	Hamza Heriat	USM Blida	7	1	10
	Karim Meddahi	RC Relizane	7	1	10

Media coverage

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel	Matches
Algeria	ENTV	4 Matches per round
Qatar	beIN Sports	1 Match per round
Qatar	Al-Kass Sports Channel	Derbies Only

See also

• 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
• 2015–16 Algerian Cup