2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 is the 62nd season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contest the league. It began on 15 September 2023 and will conclude on 14 June 2024.^[1][2] The league was suspended on 18 October for three weeks in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza during the Gaza war.^[3]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season	2023–24
Dates	15 September 2023 – 14 June 2024
Champions	MC Alger
Relegated	ES Ben Aknoun US Souf
Champions League	MC Alger CR Belouizdad
Confederation Cup	CS Constantine USM Alger
Matches played	240
Goals scored	556 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ismaïl Belkacemi Youcef Belaïli (14 goals)
Biggest home win	JS Saoura 6–0 US Souf (26 April 2024) Paradou AC 6–0 US Souf (26 May 2024)
Biggest away win	US Biskra 0–5 Paradou AC (6 October 2023)
Highest scoring	MC Alger 6–3 ASO Chlef (15 March 2024) US Souf 4–5 MC El Bayadh (23 March 2024)
Longest winning run	MC Alger (8 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	MC Alger (15 matches)
Longest winless run	US Souf (13 matches)
Longest losing run	US Souf (13 matches)
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 14 June 2024.

Teams

16 teams contest the league. US Souf and ES Ben Aknoun were promoted from the 2022–23 Algerian Ligue 2.^[4][5]

ASO CSC ESS JSK JSS MCEB MCO NCM USB USMK USS Algiers Algiers teams CRB ESBA MCA PAC USMA Locations of teams for the 2023–24 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

CRB ESBA MCA PAC USMA Algiers Province clubs

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
ASO Chlef	Chlef	Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium	18,000
CR Belouizdad	Algiers	20 August 1955 Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet	10,000 64,000
CS Constantine	Constantine	Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium	10,000 22,968
ES Ben Aknoun	Algiers	20 August 1955 Stadium	10,000
ES Sétif	Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium	25,000
JS Kabylie	Tizi Ouzou	1 November 1954 Stadium	20,000
JS Saoura	Béchar	20 August 1955 Stadium	20,000
MC Alger	Algiers	Omar Benrabah Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet	8,000 64,000
MC El Bayadh	El Bayadh	Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium	15,000
MC Oran	Oran	Miloud Hadefi Stadium Ahmed Zabana Stadium	40,143 40,000
NC Magra	Magra	Boucheligue Brothers Stadium	8,000
Paradou AC	Algiers	Omar Benrabah Stadium	8,000
US Biskra	Biskra	18 February Stadium	24,000
USM Alger	Algiers	Omar Benrabah Stadium Stade du 5 Juillet	8,000 64,000
USM Khenchela	Khenchela	Amar Hamam Stadium	8,000
US Souf	El Oued	1 November 1954 Stadium	7,200

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
ASO Chlef	Chérif Hadjar	Abdelkader Boussaid	Umbro
CR Belouizdad	Marcos Paquetá	Chouaib Keddad	Puma
CS Constantine	Abdelkader Amrani	Brahim Dib	KSC
ES Ben Aknoun	Billel Dziri	Abdelkrim Oukali	Joma
ES Sétif	Ammar Souayah	Drice Chaabi	Offside
JS Kabylie	Abdelkader Bahloul	Kouceila Boualia	Kappa
JS Saoura	Fouad Bouali	Adel Bouchiba	Umbro
MC Alger	Patrice Beaumelle	Ayoub Abdellaoui	Puma
MC El Bayadh	Abdelhaq Belaid	Belaid Kouar	Macron
MC Oran	Youcef Bouzidi	Mourad Benayad	Macron
NC Magra	Lyamine Bougherara	Mohammed Bourahla	Macron
Paradou AC	Abdelkarim Saber Cherif	Toufik Moussaoui	Macron
US Biskra	Mounir Zeghdoud	Nacereddine Khoualed	Puma
USM Alger	Juan Carlos Garrido	Zineddine Belaïd	Macron
USM Khenchela	Moufdi Cherdoud	Abdelhakim Sameur	Hummel
US Souf	Samir Chibane	Djilani Hadj Saad	Adidas

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
CR Belouizdad	Nabil Kouki	End of contract	16 July 2023	Pre-season	Sven Vandenbroeck	19 July 2023[6]
JS Saoura	Mounir Zeghdoud	End of contract	16 July 2023	Pre-season	Cherif Hadjar	25 July 2023[7]
US Souf	Réda Bendriss	End of contract	16 July 2023	Pre-season	Omar Belatoui	31 July 2023[8]
ES Sétif	Billel Dziri	End of contract	16 July 2023	Pre-season	Abdelkader Amrani	6 August 2023[9]
ASO Chlef	Abdelkader Amrani	End of contract	16 July 2023[10]	Pre-season	Abdelkader Yaiche	12 August 2023[11]
US Biskra	Mohamed Boutadjine	End of contract	16 July 2023	Pre-season	Mounir Zeghdoud	13 August 2023[12]
MC El Bayadh	Cherif Hadjar	End of contract	16 July 2023	Pre-season	Abdennour Hamici	13 August 2023[13]
NC Magra	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	Sacked	16 July 2023	Pre-season	Aziz Abbès	13 August 2023[14]
USM Khenchela	Nabil Neghiz	End of contract	16 July 2023[15]	Pre-season	Mourad Okbi	19 August 2023[16]
MC Oran	Omar Belatoui	End of contract	16 July 2023[17]	Pre-season	Kheïreddine Madoui	26 August 2023[18]
ES Sétif	Abdelkader Amrani	Mutual consent	12 September 2023[19]	Pre-season	Franck Dumas	13 September 2023[20]
Paradou AC	Nadhir Leknaoui	Resigned	13 September 2023[21]	Pre-season	Corentin Martins	15 September 2023[22]
NC Magra	Aziz Abbès	Resigned	25 September 2023[23]	16th	Farouk Janhaoui	30 September 2023[24]
JS Kabylie	Youcef Bouzidi	Mutual consent	1 October 2023[25]	6th	Rui Almeida	14 October 2023[26]
MC El Bayadh	Abdennour Hamici	Mutual consent	2 October 2023[27]	12th	Abdelhaq Belaid	2 October 2023[28]
CS Constantine	Lyamine Bougherara	Mutual consent	3 October 2023[29]	10th	Abdelkader Amrani	21 October 2023[30]
CR Belouizdad	Sven Vandenbroeck	Mutual consent	8 October 2023[31]	11th	Marcos Paquetá	15 October 2023[32]
ASO Chlef	Abdelkader Yaiche	Resigned	9 October 2023[33]	4th	Kais Yaâkoubi	25 October 2023[34]
USM Alger	Abdelhak Benchikha	Resigned	9 October 2023[35]	16th	Juan Carlos Garrido	17 October 2023[36]
ES Ben Aknoun	Abdennour Bousbia	Resigned	11 October 2023[37]	15th	Billel Dziri	11 October 2023[38]
USM Khenchela	Mourad Okbi	Mutual consent	13 November 2023[39]	4th	Nadhir Leknaoui	15 November 2023[40]
JS Saoura	Cherif Hadjar	Resigned	20 November 2023[41]	11th	Nacif Beyaoui	22 November 2023[42]
US Souf	Omar Belatoui	Resigned	26 November 2023[43]	15th	Samir Chibane	4 January 2024[44]
USM Khenchela	Nadhir Leknaoui	Mutual consent	18 December 2023[45]	11th	Yamen Zelfani	14 February 2024[46]
NC Magra	Farouk Janhaoui	Sacked	20 December 2023	12th	Atef Bettira	20 December 2023[47]
ASO Chlef	Kais Yaâkoubi	Resigned	10 January 2024[48]	10th	Chérif Hadjar	15 January 2024[49]
MC Oran	Kheïreddine Madoui	Resigned	11 January 2024[50]	15th	Youcef Bouzidi	16 January 2024[51]
JS Kabylie	Rui Almeida	Sacked	25 January 2024[52]	9th	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	25 January 2024[53]
MC El Bayadh	Abdelhaq Belaid	Mutual consent	6 February 2024[54]	10th	El Hadi Khezzar	10 February 2024[55]
ES Sétif	Franck Dumas	Resigned	9 February 2024[56]	4th	Ammar Souayah	10 February 2024[57]
NC Magra	Atef Bettira	Resigned	14 February 2024	13th	Lyamine Bougherara	10 February 2024[58]
JS Saoura	Nacif Beyaoui	Resigned	17 February 2024[59]	11th	Fouad Bouali	3 March 2024[60]
MC El Bayadh	El Hadi Khezzar	Resigned	19 March 2024[61]	11th	Larbi Morsli	1 April 2024[62]
Paradou AC	Corentin Martins	Mutual consent	31 March 2024[63]	6th	Abdelkarim Saber Cherif	31 March 2024
USM Khenchela	Yamen Zelfani	Resigned	4 April 2024[64]	9th	Moufdi Cherdoud	2 May 2024[65]
JS Kabylie	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	Mutual consent	8 April 2024[66]	9th	Abdelkader Bahloul	8 April 2024[67]
MC El Bayadh	Larbi Morsli	Resigned	23 May 2024[68]	11th	Abdelhaq Belaid	23 May 2024[69]

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
ASO Chlef	Gape Mohutsiwa	Yawo Agbagno
CR Belouizdad	Leonel Wamba	Mamadou Samake	Lamin Jallow
CS Constantine	Nkembe Enow	Andre Ulrich Zanga	Axel Méyé
ES Ben Aknoun
ES Sétif	Souleymane Coulibaly	Moriba Diarra	Abdou Salam Jiddou
JS Kabylie	Essang Matouti	Simon Msuva	Mamadou Traore
JS Saoura	Michael Oghwiche	Carl Wunda
MC Alger	Youssouf Dao	Mohamed Zougrana	Romaric Ouattara
MC El Bayadh
MC Oran	Maxwell Baakoh
NC Magra
Paradou AC	Christ Toulouenga	Gosim Elenga
US Biskra
USM Alger	Tumisang Orebonye Leonel Ateba	Sékou Konaté	Abdoulaye Kanou
USM Khenchela	Tosin Omoyele	Maxwell Baakoh Diadié Samadiaré	Djabel Manishimwe Moussa Coulibaly
US Souf	Mohammed Al-Ghunaymi

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MC Alger (C)	30	19	8	3	55	20	+35	65	Qualification for CAF Champions League
2	CR Belouizdad	30	15	8	7	37	20	+17	53
3	CS Constantine	30	15	8	7	46	30	+16	53	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	30	15	4	11	40	32	+8	49
5	ES Sétif	30	14	6	10	37	37	0	48
6	Paradou AC	30	11	9	10	36	22	+14	42
7	JS Kabylie	30	10	12	8	33	27	+6	42
8	ASO Chlef	30	11	8	11	41	40	+1	41
9	JS Saoura	30	11	7	12	34	37	−3	40
10	USM Khenchela	30	11	6	13	33	39	−6	39
11	MC El Bayadh	30	10	8	12	29	30	−1	38
12	NC Magra	30	9	11	10	30	32	−2	38
13	MC Oran	30	9	9	12	26	33	−7	36
14	US Biskra	30	9	9	12	25	34	−9	36
15	ES Ben Aknoun (R)	30	8	8	14	32	37	−5	32[a]	Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2
16	US Souf (R)	30	2	1	27	22	86	−64	7[b]

Source: the-sports.org
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. ES Ben Aknoun awarded 3–0 win against US Souf.^[70]
2. US Souf lost 3–0 win against ES Ben Aknoun by penalty.^[70]

Results

Home \ Away	ASO	CRB	CSC	ESBA	ESS	JSK	JSS	MCA	MCEB	MCO	NCM	PAC	USB	USMA	USMK	USS
ASO Chlef		0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	4–1	2–0
CR Belouizdad	0–1		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	4–0	0–1	2–3	2–0
CS Constantine	3–1	1–1		1–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	3–0
ES Ben Aknoun	2–2	1–1	0–1		1–0	2–3	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–1
ES Sétif	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0
JS Kabylie	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1		1–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2
JS Saoura	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–0	3–2		0–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	6–0
MC Alger	6–3	0–0	2–0	4–0	5–3	1–1	4–0		2–0	3–2	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–0
MC El Bayadh	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0		0–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	4–0
MC Oran	1–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	4–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	2–0		0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
NC Magra	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–0
Paradou AC	2–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0		0–0	1–0	2–0	6–0
US Biskra	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–5		1–0	2–1	3–1
USM Alger	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–5	1–0		3–0	3–0
USM Khenchela	2–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–0		2–0
US Souf	0–2	0–3	3–4	0–3	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–4	4–5	0–0	0–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	2–5

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: the-sports.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
ASO Chlef	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	W
CR Belouizdad	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W
CS Constantine	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	W	L
ES Ben Aknoun	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L
ES Sétif	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	W
JS Kabylie	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	D	W
JS Saoura	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L
MC Alger	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W
MC El Bayadh	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W
MC Oran	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	L
NC Magra	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L
Paradou AC	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W
US Biskra	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L
USM Alger	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	W
USM Khenchela	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L
US Souf	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: the-sports.org
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

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
ASO Chlef	3	2	2	5	8	5	8	6	6	6	10	12	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	9	10	12	10	8
CR Belouizdad	2	1	1	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2
CS Constantine	9	9	11	8	3	7	7	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	3
ES Ben Aknoun	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15
ES Sétif	10	10	5	9	5	8	12	12	13	10	5	4	5	8	6	5	5	8	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
JS Kabylie	4	4	7	6	10	12	13	9	8	9	11	11	9	10	8	7	7	6	8	8	9	11	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7
JS Saoura	5	3	3	7	7	11	6	8	4	4	4	8	10	7	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	9	10	8	8	8	8	7	6	9
MC Alger	1	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
MC El Bayadh	6	11	13	10	11	4	4	4	7	7	7	6	8	9	10	11	9	9	9	11	9	10	11	10	11	12	13	11	14	11
MC Oran	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	13
NC Magra	11	15	12	11	9	6	5	10	11	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	10	11	10	11	12
Paradou AC	7	5	8	4	2	2	3	3	5	5	6	5	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
US Biskra	12	8	10	15	13	10	10	11	12	8	8	10	11	11	11	8	10	10	10	9	10	7	9	9	9	11	12	14	13	14
USM Alger	13	7	9	13	12	13	11	7	10	11	13	9	7	5	4	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
USM Khenchela	8	12	6	3	6	9	9	13	9	12	9	7	4	6	7	9	8	7	6	7	7	8	8	11	10	13	9	9	9	10
US Souf	15	16	16	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Leader
	2024–25 CAF Champions League
	2024–25 CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2024. Source: the-sports.org

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Goalscorer	Club	Goals	Penalty	Assists
1	Youcef Belaïli	MC Alger	14	4	12
	Ismaïl Belkacemi	USM Alger		2	2
3	Brahim Dib	CS Constantine	12	9	8
	Yawo Agbagno	ASO Chlef		0	0
5	Zakaria Naidji	MC Alger	11	0	7
6	Leonel Wamba	CR Belouizdad	10	2	0
	Hamza Demane	NC Magra		1	0

Updated to games played on 14 June 2024.
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Youcef Belaïli	MC Alger	US Souf*	3–4	25 November 2023	[71]
Zakaria Naidji	MC Alger*	USM Khenchela	3–0	16 December 2023	[72]
Mounder Temine	CS Constantine	MC Oran*	1–4	11 January 2024	[73]
Adil Boulbina	Paradou AC*	US Souf	6–0	26 May 2024	[74]
Tosin Omoyele	USM Khenchela	US Souf*	2–5	7 June 2024	[75]
Ismaïl Belkacemi	USM Alger*	US Souf	3–0	11 June 2024	[76]