Algerian Ligue 2

The Algerian Ligue 2, also called Ligue 2, formerly known as Ligue Professionnelle 2 and Championnat National 2, is the second highest division overall in the Algerian football league system. Administered by the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur, it is contested by 32 clubs, divided into two groups with the two champions of each group promoted to Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the bottom 3 teams of each group relegated to the Inter-Régions Division. It was professional from 2010 to 2020.

Algerian Ligue 2

Organising body	Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
Founded	1963
Country	Algeria
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Number of clubs	32
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Ligue Professionnelle 1
Relegation to	Inter-Régions Division
Domestic cup(s)	Algerian Cup Algerian Super Cup
Current champions	ES Ben Aknoun MB Rouissat (2024–25)
Most championships	CS Constantine USM Bel-Abbès (6 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	FIFA+
Website	Official
Current: 2024–25 Ligue 2

History

The league was created in 1962, when Algeria became an independent nation, and has been played in a number of different formats.

In 2010, the league became fully professional.^[1] Prior to the start of the 2010 season, the name of the league was changed to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 to reflect the professionalization of the league.^[2]

On 15 December 2011, six clubs from the league were sanctioned by the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) for not responding to their set deadline (7 December 2011) in solving the disputes between their players. The following clubs were banned from recruiting any player during the winter transfer window: US Biskra, RC Kouba, MO Bejaia, CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, USM Annaba and MO Constantine. The clubs were also informed that, if the disputes are not resolved within a period of one month they would further be sanctioned with a deduction of points.^[3] In the 2020-21 season, the level returned to its amateur format and were played between 36 teams in three groups of 12 teams, with play-offs between the champions of each group. The winners and the runners-up of the play-offs were promoted to the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the bottom four teams of each group relegated to the Inter-Régions Division.^[4] In the 2021-22 season, the format changed again, with 32 teams divided into two groups of 16. The champions of each group promote to the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the bottom four teams of each group relegate to the Inter-Régions Division.

Competition name

Logo of the Ligue Professionnelle 2

Period	Name
1962–1963	Critérium Régional
1963–1964	Promotion d'Honneur
1964–1966	Division d'Honneur
1966–1971	National II
1971–1977	Régional
1977–1979	Division 2
1979–1984	National 2
1984–1988	Régional
1988–1998	National 2
1998–1999	Division 1
1999–2000	National 1
2000–2010	Division 2
2010–2020	Ligue 2 Professionnelle
2020–present	Ligue 2

Clubs participating for the 2024–25 season

The following 32 clubs will compete in Ligue 2 during the 2024–25 season.^[5]

Group Centre-west Team Home city Stadium Capacity ASM Oran Oran Habib Bouakeul Stadium 18,000 CR Témouchent Aïn Témouchent Omar Oucief Stadium 11,500 ES Ben Aknoun Ben Aknoun Mohamed Larbi Abada 500 ESM Koléa Koléa Mohamed Mouaz Stadium 8,000 GC Mascara Mascara The African Unity Stadium 22,000 JS El Biar El Biar Abderrahmane Ibrir Stadium 5,000 JSM Tiaret Tiaret Ahmed Kaïd Stadium 30,000 MCB Oued Sly Oued Sly Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium 18,000 MC Saïda Saïda Saïd Amara Stadium 20,000 NA Hussein Dey Algiers 20 August 1955 Stadium 10,000 RC Arbaâ Larbaâ Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium 5,000 RC Kouba Kouba Mohamed Benhaddad Stadium 10,000 SC Mécheria Mécheria 20 August 1955 Stadium 10,000 SKAF Khemis Miliana Khemis Miliana Mohamed Belkebir Stadium 8,000 US Bechar Djedid Béchar 20 August 1955 Stadium 20,000 WA Mostaganem Mostaganem Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium 18,000

Group Centre-east Team Home city Stadium Capacity AS Khroub El Khroub Abed Hamdani Stadium 8,000 CA Batna Batna 1 November 1954 Stadium 20,000 HB Chelghoum Laïd Chelghoum Laïd 11 December 1961 Stadium 10,000 IB Khémis El Khechna Khemis El-Khechna Abdelkader Zerrouki Stadium 8,000 IRB Ouargla Ouargla 13 February Stadium 18,000 JS Bordj Ménaïel Bordj Menaïel Salah Takdjerad Stadium 7,000 JS Djidjel Jijel Hocine Rouibah Stadium 30,000 MB Rouissat Ouargla 13 February Stadium 18,000 MO Constantine Constantine Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium 8,000 MSP Batna Batna 1 November 1954 Stadium 20,000 NRB Teleghma Teleghma Bachir Khabaza Stadium 5,000 Olympique de Magrane Magrane 1 November 1954 Stadium 7,200 US Chaouia Oum El Bouaghi Hassouna Zerdani Stadium 5,000 USM Annaba Annaba 19 May 1956 Stadium 56,000 USM El Harrach El Harrach 1 November 1954 Stadium 6,000 US Souf El Oued 1 November 1954 Stadium 7,200

Previous seasons

Season	Groups	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1962–63
1963–64	Oranie	USM Oran DH	Nadjah AC DH	FR Mascara
	Algérois	RC Kouba DH	GSA Hydra DH	SC Affreville
	Constantinois	AS Ain M'lila DH	CS Constantine DH	CA Batna
1964–65	Oranie	SCM Oran P	GC Mascara	CR Témouchent
	Algérois	RC Kouba P	OM Ruisseau	JS Kabylie
	Constantinois	JSM Skikda P	AS Ain M'lila	CS Constantine
1965–66	Oranie	USM Bel Abbès N2	CR Témouchent N2	JSM Tiaret
	Algérois	MC Alger N2	USM Alger N2	WA Boufarik
	Constantinois	JS Djidjelli N2	AS Khroub N2	CS Constantine
1966–67	–	JSM Skikda P	USM Bel Abbès P	MSP Batna
1967–68	–	MC Alger P	JS Djidjelli P	CR Témouchent
1968–69	–	JS Kabylie P	USM Alger P	JSM Tiaret
1969–70	Gr. Center-west	JSM Tiaret P	GC Mascara	ES Mostaganem
	Gr. Center-east	CS Constantine P	MSP Batna	WO Rouiba
1970–71	Gr. Center-west	WA Tlemcen P	ASM Oran P	JS El Biar
	Gr. Center-east	USM Annaba P	MO Constantine P	USM Khenchela
1971–72	Gr. West	GC Mascara P	MC Saïda	ES Mostaganem
	Gr. Center	USM Blida P	WA Boufarik	USM El Harrach
	Gr. East	Jijel SD P	MSP Batna	USM Khenchela
1972–73	Gr. West	WA Tlemcen P	MC Saïda	ES Mostaganem
	Gr. Center	WA Boufarik P	USM Alger	IMR El Harrach
	Gr. East	IR Sétif P	ES Guelma	USM Khenchela
1973–74	Gr. West	GC Mascara[a]	MC Saïda P	SCM Oran
	Gr. Center	USM Alger P	IMR El Harrach	US Santé
	Gr. East	USM Khenchela P	JSM Skikda	ES Guelma
1974–75	Gr. West	ASM Oran P	WA Tlemcen	SCM Oran
	Gr. Center	USM El Harrach P	AR El Harrach	OS Alger
	Gr. East	CA Batna P	AS Ain M'lila	AS Khroub
1975–76	Gr. West	RCG Oran P	USM Oran	JSM Tiaret
	Gr. Center	Asnam SO P	USM Blida	CS DNC Alger
	Gr. East	USM Ain Beida P	ES Guelma	AS Ain M'lila
1976–77	Gr. West	ASM Oran P	WA Tlemcen	USM Bel Abbès
	Gr. Center	CS DNC/ANP Alger P	WA Rouiba	USM Blida
	Gr. East	CS Constantine P	USM Khenchela	HAMRA Annaba
1977–78	Gr. West	ESM Bel Abbès	GCB Mascara	IRB Relizane
	Gr. Center	OMR El Annasser	NR Blida	IRB El Harrach
	Gr. East	ESM Guelma	USM Khenchela	CRE Constantine
1978–79	Gr. West	GCB Mascara P	ESM Bel Abbès	NT Tlemcen
	Gr. Center	IR Saha P	SR El Khemis	WO Boufarik
	Gr. East	ESM Guelma P	USM Khenchela	WKF Collo
1979–80	Gr. Center-west	ESM Bel Abbès P	NT Tlemcen	MB Saïda
	Gr. Center-east	WKF Collo P	CM Constantine	NRB Khroub
1980–81	Gr. Center-west	USK Alger P	ARB Arbaa	RCM Relizane
	Gr. Center-east	IRB Aïn Béïda P	JS Djijel	AB Aïn M'lila
1981–82	Gr. Center-west	WO Boufarik P	WM Tlemcen	OM Médéa
	Gr. Center-east	ESM Guelma P	ASC Bordj Bou Arreridj	JS Djijel
1982–83	Gr. Center-west	ASO Chlef P	OM Médéa	WM Tlemcen
	Gr. Center-east	JS Bordj Ménaïel P	USM Annaba	ISM Aïn Beïda
1983–84	Gr. Center-west	JCM Tiaret P	WM Tlemcen P	OM Médéa
	Gr. Center-east	AM Aïn M'lila P	USM Annaba P	ISM Aïn Beïda
1984–85	Gr. West	RCM Relizane P	CRB Sfisef	ESO Mostaganem
	Gr. Center	JH Djazaïr P	NR Blida	USK Alger
	Gr. East	ISM Aïn Béïda P	IRB Sétif	MB Skikda
1985–86	Gr. West	MB Saïda P	JCM Tiaret	CCB Sig
	Gr. Center	MP Alger P	USK Alger	OM Médéa
	Gr. East	CM Constantine P	MB Skikda	ASC Bordj Bou Arreridj
1986–87	Gr. West	JCM Tiaret P	CCB Sig	ESM Bel Abbès
	Gr. Center	USK Alger P	USM Blida	ISM Koléa
	Gr. East	MB Skikda P	MO Constantine	NRB Khroub
1987–88	Gr. West	US Bel Abbès P	Ghali de Mascara	Chabab de Mecheria
	Gr. Center	Raed de Kouba P	Union de Blida	Olympique de Médéa
	Gr. East	Mouloudia de Constantine P	Mouloudia de Batna	Chabab de Constantine
1988–89	–	Entente de Sétif P	Jeunesse de Belcourt P	Widad de Tlemcen
1989–90	–	WA Tlemcen P	CS Constantine P	MB Batna
1990–91	–	NA Hussein Dey P	ES Guelma P	USM Blida
1991–92	Gr. West	WRB Mostaganem P	GC Mascara	CC Sig
	Gr. Center	USM Blida P	ASO Chlef	USM Alger
	Gr. East	IRB Oum El-Bouaghi P	CS Constantine	USM Ain Beida
1992–93	Gr. West	USM Bel Abbès P	JSM Tiaret	GC Mascara
	Gr. Center	WA Boufarik P	E Sour El Ghozlane	IR Ouled Naïl
	Gr. East	CA Batna P	MSP Batna	CS Constantine
1993–94	Gr. West	GC Mascara P	ASM Oran	CC Sig
	Gr. Center	ASO Chlef P	USM Alger	IRB Hadjout
	Gr. East	CS Constantine P	ES Collo	MSP Batna
1994–95	Gr. West	ASM Oran P	ES Mostaganem	CC Sig
	Gr. Center	USM Alger P	RC Kouba	OM Médéa
	Gr. East	USM Aïn Beïda P	ES Sétif	MSP Batna
1995–96	Gr. West	WA Mostaganem P	GC Mascara	CRB Mazouna
	Gr. Center	NA Hussein Dey P	OM Ruisseau	OM Médéa
	Gr. East	MO Constantine P	JSM Tébessa	ES Sétif
1996–97	Gr. West	ES Mostaganem P	ASM Oran	CRB Mecheria
	Gr. Center	USM Blida P	JS Bordj Menaïel	OM Ruisseau
	Gr. East	ES Sétif P	USM Annaba	USM Khenchela
1997–98	Gr. West	SA Mohammadia P	GC Mascara P	ASM Oran P
	Gr. Center	NA Hussein Dey P	RC Kouba P	IRB Hadjout P
	Gr. East	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj P	JSM Tébessa P	JSM Béjaïa P
1998–99[b]	Gr. West	WA Mostaganem N1	CC Sig	MC Saïda
	Gr. Center	JS Bordj Menaïel N1	ESM Boudouaou	ASO Chlef
	Gr. East	HB Chelghoum Laïd N1	MSP Batna	CB Mila
	Gr. South	CR Beni Thour N1	CRB Mecheria	No 3rd place[c]
1999–00	–	ASM Oran P	CS Constantine	USM El Harrach
2000–01	Gr. Center-west	RC Kouba P	ES Mostaganem	USM Bel Abbès
	Gr. Center-east	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj P	US Biskra	NA Hussein Dey
2001–02	Gr. Center-west	ASO Chlef P	USM Bel Abbès	ES Mostaganem
	Gr. Center-east	NA Hussein Dey P	CS Constantine	OMR El Annasser
2002–03	Gr. Center-west	MC Alger P	USM Bel Abbès	USM El Harrach
	Gr. Center-east	US Chaouia P	CS Constantine	JSM Skikda
2003–04	Gr. West	GC Mascara P	ASM Oran	USM Bel Abbès
	Gr. Center	OMR El Annasser P	USM El Harrach	Paradou AC
	Gr. East	CS Constantine P	MO Constantine	MC El Eulma
2004–05	–	US Biskra P	Paradou AC P	CA Batna P
2005–06	–	OMR El Annasser P	JSM Béjaïa P	ASM Oran P
2006–07	–	USM Annaba P	AS Khroub P	MC Saïda P
2007–08	–	MC El Eulma P	MSP Batna P	RC Kouba P
2008–09	–	WA Tlemcen P	MC Oran P	CA Batna P
2009–10	–	MC Saïda P	ASM Oran P	ES Mostaganem P
2010–11	–	CS Constantine P	NA Hussein Dey P	CA Batna P
2011–12	–	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj P	JS Saoura P	USM Bel-Abbès P
2012–13	–	CRB Aïn Fakroun P	RC Arbaâ P	MO Béjaïa P
2013–14	–	USM Bel Abbès P	NA Hussein Dey P	ASM Oran P
2014–15	–	USM Blida P	DRB Tadjenanet P	RC Relizane P
2015–16	–	Olympique de Médéa P	CA Batna P	USM Bel-Abbès P
2016–17	–	Paradou AC P	USM Blida P	US Biskra P
2017–18	–	MO Béjaïa P	AS Aïn M'lila P	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj P
2018–19	–	US Biskra P	NC Magra P	ASO Chlef P
2019–20	–	Olympique de Médéa P	JSM Skikda P	WA Tlemcen P
2020–21	Gr. West	MCB Oued Sly	CR Témouchent	ASM Oran
	Gr. Center	RC Arbaâ P	JSM Bejaia	MO Bejaia
	Gr. East	HB Chelghoum Laïd P	USM Annaba	US Chaouia
2021–22	Gr. Center-west	MC El Bayadh P	CR Témouchent	RC Kouba
	Gr. Center-east	USM Khenchela P	JS Bordj Ménaïel	NRB Teleghma
2022–23	Gr. Center-west	ES Ben Aknoun P	ES Mostaganem	JSM Tiaret
	Gr. Center-east	US Souf P	AS Khroub	NRB Teleghma
2023–24	Gr. Center-west	ES Mostaganem P	RC Kouba	WA Mostaganem
	Gr. Center-east	Olympique Akbou P	MSP Batna	JS Bordj Ménaïel
2024–25	Gr. Center-west	ES Ben Aknoun P	RC Kouba	JS El Biar
	Gr. Center-east	MB Rouissat P	USM El Harrach	JS Djijel
2025–26	Gr. Center-west	... P
	Gr. Center-east	... P

Notes:

• In ^P are the teams who were promoted to Ligue 1
• In ^DH are the teams who were promoted to a new division 2 (Division d'Honneur)
• In ^N2 are the teams who were promoted to a new division 2 (National 2)
• In ^N1 are the teams who were promoted to a new division 2 (National 1)
• In Bold are the teams who won the Championship play–offs.

Performances by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years	Runner-up years
CS Constantine	6	7	1969–70, 1976–77, 1985–86, 1993–94, 2003–04, 2010–11	1963–64, 1979–80, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2002–03
USM Bel Abbès	6	4	1965–66, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1987–88, 1992–93, 2013–14	1966–67, 1978–79, 2001–02, 2002–03
GC Mascara	5	7	1971–72, 1973–74, 1978–79, 1993–94, 2003–04	1964–65, 1969–70, 1977–78, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1997–98
USM Blida	4	6	1971–72, 1991–92, 1996–97, 2014–15	1975–76, 1977–78, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 2016–17
WA Tlemcen	4	5	1970–71, 1972–73, 1989–90, 2008–09	1974–75, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1983–84
USM Alger	4	5	1973–74, 1980–81, 1986–87, 1994–95	1965–66, 1968–69, 1972–73, 1985–86, 1993–94
ASM Oran	4	5	1974–75, 1976–77, 1994–95, 1999–00	1970–71, 1993–94, 1996–97, 2003–04, 2009–10
RC Kouba	4	3	1963–64, 1964–65, 1987–88, 2000–01	1994–95, 1997–98, 2023–24
NA Hussein Dey	4	2	1990–91, 1995–96, 1997–98, 2001–02	2010–11, 2013–14
ASO Chlef	4	1	1975–76, 1982–83, 1993–94, 2001–02	1991–92
MC Alger	4	0	1965–66, 1967–68, 1985–86, 2002–03	–
USM Aïn Beïda	4	0	1975–76, 1980–81, 1984–85, 1994–95	–

Relegated and promoted teams

Relegated teams (from Ligue 1 to Ligue 2)

Season	Clubs
2010–11	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj, USM Annaba, USM Blida
2011–12	AS Khroub, MC Saïda, NA Hussein Dey
2012–13	CA Batna, USM Bel-Abbès, WA Tlemcen
2013–14	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, CRB Aïn Fakroun, JSM Béjaïa
2014–15	ASO Chlef, MC El Eulma, USM Bel-Abbès
2015–16	ASM Oran, RC Arbaâ, USM Blida
2016–17	RC Relizane, CA Batna, MO Béjaïa
2017–18	US Biskra, USM El Harrach, USM Blida
2018–19	MO Bejaia, Olympique de Médéa, DRB Tadjenanet
2019–20	No relegation
2020–21	AS Aïn M'lila, USM Bel Abbès, CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, JSM Skikda
2021–22	Olympique de Médéa, NA Hussein Dey, RC Relizane, WA Tlemcen
2022–23	RC Arbaâ, HB Chelghoum Laïd
2023–24	ES Ben Aknoun, US Souf
2024–25

Relegated teams (from Ligue 2 to the Third Division)

Season	Clubs
2010–11	CR Témouchent, JSM Skikda
2011–12	US Biskra, RC Kouba, Paradou AC
2012–13	CR Témouchent, MO Constantine, SA Mohammadia
2013–14	ES Mostaganem, MSP Batna, USM Annaba
2014–15	AB Merouana, ESM Koléa, WA Tlemcen
2015–16	OM Arzew, US Chaouia, USMM Hadjout
2016–17	WA Boufarik, RC Arbaâ, AS Khroub
2017–18	GC Mascara, CA Batna, CRB Aïn Fakroun
2018–19	ES Mostaganem, RC Kouba, USM Blida
2019–20	No relegation
2020–21	AS Khroub, CRB Ouled Djellal, MSP Batna, DRB Tadjenanet, CR Beni Thour, A Bou Saâda, WR M'Sila, USM Blida, RCB Oued Rhiou, US Remchi, IRB El Kerma, OM Arzew
2021–22	MO Bejaia, JSM Béjaïa, CRB Aïn Oussera, USMM Hadjout, USM Bel Abbès, CA Bordj Bou Arréridj, IB Lakhdaria, SC Aïn Defla[6]
2022–23	MC Saïda, US Chaouia, WA Tlemcen, HAMRA Annaba, JSM Skikda, RC Relizane
2023–24	AS Aïn M'lila, E Sour El Ghozlane, MC El Eulma, WA Boufarik, Olympique de Médéa, JS Guir
2024–25	IRB Ouargla, MCB Oued Sly, Olympique Magrane, US Souf, SC Mécheria, SKAF Khemis Miliana

Promoted teams (from the Third Division to Ligue 2)

Season	Clubs
2010–11	JS Saoura, MO Béjaïa
2011–12	CRB Aïn Fakroun, CR Témouchent, RC Arbaâ
2012–13	A Bou Saâda, US Chaouia, USMM Hadjout
2013–14	DRB Tadjenanet, ESM Koléa, RC Relizane
2014–15	JSM Skikda, OM Arzew, Paradou AC
2015–16	GC Mascara, US Biskra, WA Boufarik
2016–17	AS Aïn M'lila, RC Kouba, WA Tlemcen
2017–18	ES Mostaganem, NC Magra, USM Annaba
2018–19	AS Khroub, RC Arbaâ, OM Arzew
2019–20	CRB Ouled Djellal, MO Constantine, MSP Batna, CA Batna, US Chaouia, USM Khenchela, HB Chelghoum Laïd, NRB Teleghma, CR Beni Thour, WA Boufarik, ES Ben Aknoun, CRB Aïn Oussera, IB Lakhdaria, WR M'Sila, RC Kouba, USM Blida, CR Témouchent, IRB El Kerma, MCB Oued Sly, RCB Oued Rhiou, SC Aïn Defla, JSM Tiaret, US Remchi, SKAF Khemis Miliana[7]
2020–21	JS Bordj Ménaïel, GC Mascara, HAMRA Annaba, IRB Ouargla, MC El Bayadh, USMM Hadjout
2021–22	IB Khémis El Khechna, E Sour El Ghozlane, AS Khroub, ES Mostaganem, SC Mécheria, US Souf[8]
2022–23	ESM Koléa, JS Guir, MSP Batna, Olympique Akbou, Olympique de Magrane, WA Mostaganem[9]
2023–24	JS Djijel, JS El Biar, MC Saïda, US Chaouia, MB Rouissat, US Béchar Djedid
2024–25	CRB Adrar, CR Beni Thour, JS Tixeraïne, MO Béjaïa, NRB Beni Oulbane, WA Tlemcen

Top scorers

Season	Top scorer	Club	Goals
2004–05	Rachid Amrane	ASM Oran	20
2005–06	Sofiane Hanister	ASM Oran	15
2006–07	Adel El Hadi Cheikh Hamidi	USM Annaba MC Saïda	19
2007–08	Farès Fellahi	MC El Eulma	24
2008–09	Youcef Ghazali	WA Tlemcen	15
2009–10	Kamel Kherkhache	AB Merouana	16
2010–11	Salim Hanifi	RC Kouba	17
2011–12	Abdelhak Motrani	JS Saoura	16
2012–13	Farès Amrane	MO Béjaïa	19
2013–14	Hocine Achiou	USM Bel-Abbès	12
2014–15	Kheiredine Merzougi	RC Relizane	17[10]
2015–16	Mohamed Amine Hamia	Olympique de Médéa	14
2016–17	Adel Djabout	US Biskra	14
2017–18	Ismail Belkacemi	MO Béjaïa	12
2018–19	Brahim Benachour	US Biskra	12[11]
2019–20	Tawfik El Ghomari	Olympique de Médéa	10
2020–21	Belkacem Yadadene	HB Chelghoum Laïd	19
2021–22	Abdelmalek Meftahi	WA Boufarik	19