2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 57th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested in the league.^[1][2]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	2018–19
Dates	10 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
Champions	USM Alger 3rd Ligue 1 title 8th Algerian title
Relegated	MO Béjaïa DRB Tadjenanet Olympique de Médéa
Champions League	USM Alger JS Kabylie
Confederation Cup	Paradou AC CR Belouizdad
Matches played	240
Goals scored	476 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Zakaria Naidji (20 goals)
Biggest home win	USM Alger 5-1 MO Béjaïa (15 October 2018)
Biggest away win	MC Alger 0-5 JS Kabylie (16 September 2018)
Highest scoring	Olympique de Médéa 2-4 MO Béjaïa (11 August 2018)
Longest winning run	4 matches JS Kabylie
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches USM Alger
Longest winless run	11 matches AS Ain M'lila
Longest losing run	4 matches DRB Tadjenanet CR Belouizdad
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 26 May 2019.

Teams

16 teams contest the league. MO Bejaia, Ain M'lila and CABB Arreridj were promoted from the 2017-18 Ligue 2.

DRB Tadjenanet

O Médéa

JS Kabylie

JS Saoura

USM Bel Abbès

CS Constantine

MO Béjaïa

CA Bordj Bou Arréridj

AS Aïn M'lila

ES Sétif

MC Oran

Algiers

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

Locations of teams for the 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

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

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
AS Aïn M'lila	Aïn M'lila	Zoubir Khelifi Touhami Stadium	8,000
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Bordj Bou Arréridj	20 August 1955 Stadium	25,000
CR Belouizdad	Algiers	20 August 1955 Stadium	10,000
CS Constantine	Constantine	Mohamed Hamlaoui Stadium	40,000
DRB Tadjenanet	Tadjenanet	Smaïl Lahoua Stadium	9,000
ES Sétif	Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium	25,000
JS Kabylie	Tizi Ouzou	1 November 1954 Stadium	15,000
JS Saoura	Béchar	20 August 1955 Stadium	20,000
MC Alger	Algiers	Stade 5 Juillet 1962	64,000
MC Oran	Oran	Ahmed Zabana Stadium	40,000
MO Béjaïa	Béjaïa	Maghrebi Unity Stadium	18,000
NA Hussein Dey	Algiers	20 August 1955 Stadium	10,000
Olympique de Médéa	Médéa	Lyes Imam Stadium	12,000
Paradou AC	Algiers	Omar Hamadi Stadium	10,000
USM Alger	Algiers	Omar Hamadi Stadium	10,000
USM Bel Abbès	Sidi Bel Abbès	24 February 1956 Stadium	45,000

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager1	Captain	Kit manufacturer
AS Aïn M'lila	Darko Janacković	Rabah Ziad	Nafo
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Billel Dziri	Messaoud Gharbi	Umbro
CR Belouizdad	Lotfi Amrouche	Bilal Tarikat	Kelme
CS Constantine	vacant	Sid Ali Lamri	Joma
DRB Tadjenanet	Lamine Boughrara	Mohammed Achref Aib	Joma
ES Sétif	Noureddine Zekri	Abdelmoumene Djabou	Joma
JS Kabylie	Franck Dumas	Nabil Saâdou	Macron
JS Saoura	Nabil Neghiz	Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	Joma
MC Alger	Adel Amrouche	Abderahmane Hachoud	Umbro
MC Oran	Jean-Michel Cavalli	Zine El Abidine Sebbah	Kelme
MO Béjaïa	Kheireddine Madoui	Billel Bouldiab	Joma
NA Hussein Dey	vacant	Ahmed Gasmi	Uhlsport
Olympique de Médéa	Taoufik Rouabah	Toufik Addadi	Joma
Paradou AC	Francisco Chaló	Mustapha Bouchina	Macron
USM Alger	Thierry Froger	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	Joma
USM Bel Abbès	Youcef Bouzidi	Zakaria Khali	Baeko

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2
CR Belouizdad	Soumaila Sidibe	Mohamed Thiam
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Ismaila Diarra Kader Bidimbou	Isla Daoudi Diomandé
CS Constantine	Ousmane Sylla Dylan Bahamboula	Abdoul Rahim Kagambega Arouna Dang Bissene
DRB Tadjenanet	Youssouf Oumarou Alio
AS Aïn M'lila	Ronel Kangou	Ousmane Sylla
ES Sétif	Isla Daoudi Diomandé
MC Alger	Ibrahim Amada	Aliou Dieng
MC Oran	Kodjo Doussé	Vivien Assie Koua
JS Kabylie	Abdul Razak Fiston	Uche Nwofor
JS Saoura	Elhadji Konaté	Saïdouba Camara Thomas Ulimwengu
USM Alger	Mexes Nyeck Bayiha Muaid Ellafi	Prince Ibara
NA Hussein Dey	Mehdi Ouertani	Moctar Cissé Landry Ntankeu Tchatchet
MO Béjaïa	Malick Touré	Moussa Camara Jacques Bessan
Olympique de Médéa	Lamine Traoré	Massire Dembele

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	Qualification for Champions League
2	JS Kabylie	30	15	7	8	38	25	+13	52
3	Paradou AC	30	14	6	10	38	24	+14	48	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	JS Saoura	30	13	8	9	33	22	+11	47	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
5	ES Sétif	30	13	6	11	34	24	+10	45
6	MC Alger	30	11	10	9	35	36	−1	43	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
7	CS Constantine	30	10	10	10	30	24	+6	40
8	CR Belouizdad	30	10	11	9	28	27	+1	38[a]	Qualification for Confederation Cup[b]
9	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	30	9	10	11	22	24	−2	37
10	MC Oran	30	8	12	10	33	38	−5	36[c]
11	NA Hussein Dey	30	9	9	12	22	29	−7	36[c]
12	AS Aïn M'lila	30	7	15	8	20	30	−10	36[c]
13	USM Bel Abbès	30	9	8	13	24	39	−15	35
14	MO Béjaïa (R)	30	7	12	11	23	36	−13	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
15	DRB Tadjenanet (R)	30	7	10	13	26	38	−12	31[d]
16	Olympique de Médéa (R)	30	7	10	13	21	31	−10	31[d]

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. CR Belouizdad were deducted 3 points.
2. CR Belouizdad are Algerian Cup winners.
3. Head-to-head: MC Oran 7 points; NA Hussein Dey 5 points; AS Aïn M'lila 3 points.
4. Head-to-head: DRB Tadjenanet 4 points; Olympique de Médéa 1 point.

Results

Home \ Away	ASA	CBA	CRB	CSC	DRB	ESS	JSK	JSR	MCA	MCO	MOB	PAC	NAH	OMM	UAL	UBA
AS Ain M'lila		1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	2–0		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
CR Belouizdad	0–3	1–1		2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0
CS Constantine	0–0	1–0	1–1		3–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–0
DRB Tadjenanet	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0		2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0
ES Sétif	4–0	1–0	3–2	2–0	1–1		0–1	0–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0
JS Kabylie	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0		0–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–1
JS Saoura	4–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1		4–3	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	3–0
MC Alger	4–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–1	0–1	0–5	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	0–1
MC Oran	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	4–3		0–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–2
MO Béjaïa	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–3		1–0	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0
Paradou AC	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	3–2	3–0		2–1	3–0	1–3	1–2
NA Hussein Dey	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1		0–0	0–1	0–0
Olympique de Médéa	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–4	0–1	1–0		1–3	2–0
USM Alger	3–0	3–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	1–2	4–1	3–1		1–0
USM Bel Abbès	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–4	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. 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
USM Alger	4	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
JS Kabylie	10	9	4	7	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
ES Sétif	1	6	7	5	2	3	4	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	3	7	7	6	7	5	6	5	5	4	5	5
NA Hussein Dey	5	12	9	8	6	4	5	3	3	4	5	4	4	6	5	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	11
MC Alger	12	5	5	9	7	9	11	7	8	5	4	5	5	7	6	4	4	3	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	7	6	7	6
JS Saoura	9	4	8	4	9	10	12	8	5	6	6	7	6	4	4	5	6	4	6	6	6	5	6	7	5	6	4	5	4	4
CS Constantine	7	10	6	10	4	6	3	4	6	7	7	6	7	8	8	7	5	6	4	3	4	7	4	6	7	7	6	7	6	7
MO Béjaïa	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	11	7	8	8	11	11	12	10	9	11	13	15	13	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	14	14
MC Oran	6	13	13	15	11	13	9	6	10	10	10	8	9	9	9	11	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	13	12	13	14	12	13	10
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	8	11	12	12	14	12	14	14	9	11	13	12	13	13	13	10	12	11	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	9
AS Ain M'lila	2	1	2	2	5	7	7	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	14	12	11	12	13	12	13	10	13	11	12	11	10	12
Olympique de Médéa	13	7	10	11	12	11	10	12	12	13	12	13	12	10	11	12	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	14	16	14	16	16
Paradou AC	11	8	11	6	12	5	6	10	13	9	9	8	8	5	7	8	8	7	7	5	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
DRB Tadjenanet	14	14	14	16	13	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	14	11	14	11	12	11	12	11	15	15	15
USM Bel Abbès	15	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	13	13	11	13
CR Belouizdad	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	12	8

	Leader
	2019–20 CAF Champions League
	2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2018-19

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2019. 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
AS Ain M'lila	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	W	L
CR Belouizdad	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W
CS Constantine	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L
DRB Tadjenanet	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L
ES Sétif	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	L	W
JS Kabylie	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W
JS Saoura	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W
MC Alger	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W
MC Oran	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W
MO Béjaïa	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L
NA Hussein Dey	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	L
Olympique de Médéa	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	L
Paradou AC	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W
USM Alger	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W
USM Bel Abbès	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2019. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

R.	Goalscorer	Team			avg.
1	Zakaria Naidji	Paradou AC	20	0	0.71
2	Karim Aribi	DRB Tadjenanet	10	4	0.67
3	Habib Bouguelmouna	ES Sétif	9	3	0.82
	Prince Ibara	USM Alger		1	0.39
	Rezki Hamroune	JS Kabylie		0	0.33
6	Rachid Nadji	MC Oran	8	2	0.33
	Ismaïl Belkacemi	CS Constantine		0	0.33
	Mohamed Tiaiba	AS Ain M'lila		0	0.57
9	Fiston Abdul Razak	JS Kabylie	7	0	0.35
	Billel Bensaha	DRB Tadjenanet		2	0.27
	Youcef Bechou	CR Belouizdad		0	0.3
	Abderrahmane Meziane	USM Alger		0	0.29

Updated to games played on 26 May 2019
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Abdelmoumene Djabou	ES Sétif*	AS Ain M'lila	4–0	30 January 2019	[3]

Clean sheets

^* Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played in August 2018

Presidential elections Protests 2019

Immediately after the announcement of several parties in the social networking sites on the events of Friday, February 22 against the fifth term of the current President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, LFP announced the suspension of a match between MC Alger vs MC Oran for round 22 and JSM Bejaia vs Paradou AC in the Algerian Cup.^[4] On 24 February 2019, The match between the CR Belouizdad vs DRB Tadjenanet were suspended, Which was to play on Tuesday, also has been delayed 3 games In addition, the matches USM Alger vs Paradou AC of Ligue 1 23rd day, US Biskra vs JSM Skikda and ASM Oran vs RC Relizane of Ligue 2 24th day, initially fixed for Friday 1 March are staggered to Saturday 2 March.^[5][6] A day later, another match was suspended in the Ligue 1 between USM Bel Abbès and JS Saoura, in Ligue 2 Also postponed another match ASO Chlef vs JSM Bejaia.^[7] To be the sixth match postponed since the beginning of the demonstrations.

See also

• 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
• 2018–19 Algerian Cup

Notes