2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 56th 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	2017–18
Dates	25 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
Champions	CS Constantine
Relegated	USM El Harrach USM Blida US Biskra
Champions League	CS Constantine JS Saoura
Confederation Cup	NA Hussein Dey USM Bel Abbès
Matches played	240
Goals scored	527 (2.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oussama Darfalou (18 goals)
Biggest home win	MC Oran 5-0 US Biskra (17 March 2018) Paradou AC 5-0 O Médéa (12 Mai 2018)
Biggest away win	Paradou AC 1-5 MC Alger (07 April 2018)
Highest scoring	USM Bel Abbès 2-5 MC Oran (17 February 2018) ES Sétif 5-2 USM Blida (20 April 2018)
Longest winning run	6 matches JS Saoura
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches NA Hussein Dey
Longest winless run	15 matches CR Belouizdad
Longest losing run	4 matches USM Blida CR Belouizdad Paradou AC
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018.

Teams

DRB Tadjenanet

O Médéa

JS Kabylie

US Biskra

JS Saoura

USM Blida

USM Bel-Abbès

CS Constantine

ES Sétif

MC Oran

Algiers

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

Locations of teams for the 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

All Derby matches between CR Belouizdad, MC Alger, NA Hussein Dey, USM Alger, USM El Harrach and Paradou AC will be played on July 5, 1962 Stadium which seats 64,000 spectators.

Team	Stadium	Capacity
CR Belouizdad	20 August 1955 Stadium	10,000
CS Constantine	Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium	40,000
DRB Tadjenanet	Smaïl Lahoua Stadium	9,000
ES Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium	25,000
JS Kabylie	1 November 1954 Stadium	15,000
JS Saoura	20 August 1955 Stadium	20,000
MC Alger	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	64,000
MC Oran	Ahmed Zabana Stadium	40,000
NA Hussein Dey	20 August 1955 Stadium	10,000
Olympique de Médéa	Lyes Imam Stadium	12,000
Paradou AC	Omar Hamadi Stadium	10,000
US Biskra	18 February Stadium	25,000
USM Alger	Omar Hamadi Stadium	10,000
USM Bel Abbès	24 February 1956 Stadium	45,000
USM Blida	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium	40,000
USM El Harrach	1 November 1954 Stadium	5,000

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2017-18 campaign.

Pre-season

During the season

Foreign players

This season saw the cancellation of the law on the recruitment of foreign players.^[1][2]

Club	Player 1	Player 2
CR Belouizdad	Soumaila Sidibe
CS Constantine	Ousmane Sylla[3]	Moctar Cissé[4]
DRB Tadjenanet	Kodjo Dousse
ES Sétif	Franck Obambou[5]
JS Kabylie	Steve Ekedi[6]
JS Saoura	Jean Jules Bapidi	Mohamed Al Ghanodi
MC Alger	Barnabas Imenger[7]	Ibrahim Amada[8]
NA Hussein Dey	Mehdi Ouertani
Paradou AC	Mohamed Sangaré[9]
US Biskra	Boubacar Bagili Ronel Kangou	Abdellah Sy
USM Alger	Soumaila Sidibe[10]	Reda Hajhouj

Season statistics

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CS Constantine (C)	30	16	9	5	36	26	+10	57	Qualification for the 2018–19 Champions League
2	JS Saoura	30	16	6	8	38	27	+11	54
3	NA Hussein Dey	30	11	16	3	36	24	+12	49	Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup
4	MC Oran	30	12	9	9	40	37	+3	45
5	MC Alger	30	12	8	10	41	32	+9	44	Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
6	USM Alger	30	11	9	10	43	35	+8	42[a]
7	Paradou AC	30	12	6	12	35	30	+5	42[a]
8	ES Sétif	30	10	10	10	35	30	+5	40	Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
9	DRB Tadjenanet	30	10	7	13	33	41	−8	37[b]
10	USM Bel Abbès[c]	30	12	7	11	32	31	+1	37[b]	Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup
11	JS Kabylie	30	8	12	10	34	39	−5	36[d]
12	CR Belouizdad	30	7	15	8	24	27	−3	36[d]
13	Olympique de Médéa	30	8	12	10	23	32	−9	36[d]
14	US Biskra (R)	30	9	7	14	23	30	−7	34	Relegation to Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	USM El Harrach (R)	30	7	7	16	27	37	−10	28
16	USM Blida (R)	30	5	8	17	28	50	−22	23

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. 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. Ranked on head-to-head results.
2. Ranked on head-to-head results.
3. USM Bel Abbès were deducted 6 points. FIFA's decision was taken at its meeting on 9 June 2017, ordering the club to pay the amount due to the player Jessy Mayele as well as a fine of CHF 15,000 (15,000 Swiss francs).^[11]
4. Ranked on head-to-head results.

Result table

Home \ Away	CRB	CSC	DRBT	ESS	JSK	JSSR	MCA	MCO	PAC	NAH	OM	UAL	USMB	UEH	USB	USR
CR Belouizdad		0–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0
CS Constantine	1–0		2–1	2–1	2–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0
DRB Tadjenanet	3–0	2–1		3–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1
ES Sétif	2–1	1–0	2–0		0–0	2–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	5–2	1–0
JS Kabylie	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–0		1–1	3–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0
JS Saoura	1–1	1–0	4–2	0–0	2–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0
MC Alger	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–4		4–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	4–1	2–0
MC Oran	0–2	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	5–0
Paradou AC	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–5	1–0		1–1	5–0	0–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–0
NA Hussein Dey	0–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–1
Olympique de Médéa	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2
USM Alger	4–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–2	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–1		1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0
USM Bel Abbès	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–5	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0		1–0	1–0	0–0
USM El Harrach	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–3	2–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	1–2		2–0	1–0
USM Blida	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–0		0–0
US Biskra	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. 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
CS Constantine	2	9	4	4	4	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JS Saoura	7	2	2	5	3	5	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	6	6	7	5	7	6	4	3	3	2	2
NA Hussein Dey	15	13	13	11	10	11	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	7	7	8	6	6	7	7	7	8	6	4	4	3	2	2	3	3
MC Oran	1	8	8	3	5	4	5	6	7	7	4	6	5	6	6	5	4	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	6	4
MC Alger	6	7	11	13	13	13	13	12	9	6	8	5	6	5	5	4	3	4	5	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	4	5
USM Alger	4	4	6	12	7	6	2	1	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	5	2	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	6	6	5	5	6
Paradou AC	12	10	9	6	9	9	8	5	6	8	6	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	6	5	5	5	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
ES Sétif	4	4	3	2	2	3	6	7	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	6	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	8
USM Bel Abbès	14	11	12	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	13	10	9	9	9
DRB Tadjenanet	7	4	6	9	11	8	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	10	10	13	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	11	12	13	12	10
CR Belouizdad	3	1	1	1	1	2	4	3	5	5	7	7	7	8	10	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	12	10	9	9	11	10	10	11
JS Kabylie	7	3	5	8	6	10	9	9	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	13	11	14	12	14	13	13	11	12	11	12	9	11	11	12
Olympique de Médéa	7	12	9	10	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	13	11	13	12	13	10	10	10	9	10	10	11	12	10	13	12	13	13
US Biskra	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	12	13	11	12	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
USM El Harrach	12	13	14	14	16	15	16	15	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	15	15	15	15	15
USM Blida	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	2018 CAF Champions League or 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2017-18

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. 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
CR Belouizdad	W	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	D	D	W	D	L
CS Constantine	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D
DRB Tadjenanet	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	W
ES Sétif	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	D
JS Kabylie	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L
JS Saoura	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
MC Alger	W	D	L	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L
MC Oran	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W
NA Hussein Dey	L	D	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L
Olympique de Médéa	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W
Paradou AC	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D
US Biskra	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W
USM Alger	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	L
USM Bel Abbès	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D
USM Blida	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	W
USM El Harrach	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Top scorers

R.	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Oussama Darfalou	USM Alger	18
2	Lamine Abid	CS Constantine	16
3	Samy Frioui	USM Blida	15
4	Moustapha Djallit	JS Saoura	12
5	Zakaria Naidji	Paradou AC	11
6	Walid Derrardja	MC Alger	10
	Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	JS Saoura
8	Hamza Banouh	USM El Harrach (4), ES Sétif (5)	9
8	Mohamed Tiaïba	MC Oran	8
	Mehdi Benaldjia	JS Kabylie
	Sofiane Bendebka	MC Alger
	Abderrahmane Bourdim	JS Saoura

Updated to games played on 19 May 2018
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Moustapha Djallit	JS Saoura	DRB Tadjenanet	4–2	28 October 2017	[12]
Adil Djabout	JS Kabylie	MC Oran	3–3	15 December 2017	[13]
Mourad Benayad	ES Sétif	USM Blida	5–2	20 April 2018	[14]
Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	JS Saoura	MC Alger	4–1	19 May 2018	[15]

Clean sheets

^* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played on 4 February 2017

See also

• 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
• 2017–18 Algerian Cup

Notes