2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Football league season

USM El Harrach
USM Blida
US Biskra

Champions LeagueCS Constantine
JS SaouraConfederation CupNA Hussein Dey
USM Bel AbbèsMatches played240Goals scored527 (2.2 per match)Top goalscorerOussama Darfalou
(18 goals)Biggest home winMC Oran 5-0 US Biskra
(17 March 2018) Paradou AC 5-0 O Médéa
(12 Mai 2018)Biggest away winParadou AC 1-5 MC Alger
(07 April 2018)Highest scoringUSM Bel Abbès 2-5 MC Oran
(17 February 2018) ES Sétif 5-2 USM Blida
(20 April 2018)Longest winning run6 matches
JS SaouraLongest unbeaten run22 matches
NA Hussein DeyLongest winless run15 matches
CR BelouizdadLongest losing run4 matches
USM Blida
CR Belouizdad
Paradou AC

← 2016–17

2018–19 →

All statistics correct as of 27 May 2018.

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.

Teams

Algiers

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

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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	Qualification for the 2018–19 Champions League
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]	Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
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:

^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head results.
^ ^a ^b Ranked on head-to-head results.
^ 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]
^ ^a ^b ^c 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	5–2	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

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
6	Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	JS Saoura	10
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

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

Notes

References

^ "Algeria bans hiring foreign players". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Ligue 1 : Les critères pour le recrutement des joueurs étrangers". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
^ "Transferts : Ousmane Jr Sylla rejoint le CS Constantine". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
^ "Moctar Cissé : Tout faire pour remporter des titres". lestrepublicain.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
^ "ES Sétif : Le Gabonais Obambou signe un contrat de trois ans". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ "Le Camerounais Ekedi 8e recrue". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "MC Alger : Le Nigérian Barnabas Imenger Junior cinquième recrue". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
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^ "FAF : Confirmation de la sanction pour l'USMBA". dzfoot.com. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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^ "MC Alger 1 JS Saoura 4". soccerway.com. 19 May 2018.

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2023–24	ASO Chlef CR Belouizdad CS Constantine ES Ben Aknoun ES Sétif JS Kabylie JS Saoura MC Alger MC El Bayadh MC Oran NC Magra Paradou AC US Biskra USM Alger USM Khenchela US Souf
Former	AS Aïn M'lila AS Khroub ASM Oran CA Batna CA Bordj Bou Arréridj CMB Thénia CRB Aïn Fakroun DRB Tadjenanet ES Collo ES Guelma ES Mostaganem E Sour El Ghozlane GC Mascara HAMRA Annaba HB Chelghoum Laïd JH Djazaïr JS Bordj Ménaïel JS Djijel JSM Béjaïa JSM Skikda JSM Tiaret MC El Eulma MC Saïda MO Béjaïa MO Constantine MSP Batna NA Hussein Dey Olympique de Médéa OMR El Annasser RC Arbaâ RCG Oran RC Kouba RC Relizane SA Mohammadia SCM Oran US Chaouia USM Aïn Beïda USM Annaba USM Bel Abbès USM Blida USM El Harrach USM Sétif USMM Hadjout US Santé US Tébessa WA Boufarik WA Mostaganem WA Tlemcen

2023–24

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Competition

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National teams

men	Results ('17, '18) 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF third round 2018 African Nations Championship qualification
women	2018 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament 2018 African U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament

Ligue 1

Ligue 2

CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
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DNA

Groupe Est	ASB Maghnia CRB Sendjas CRB Ben Badis ESM Koléa RCB Oued Rhiou ES Mostaganem SKAF Khemis Miliana SCM Oran OM Arzew SA Mohammadia MB Hassasna IS Tighennif IRB El Kerma US Remchi USMM Hadjout
Groupe Centre	CRB Dar El Beïda CR Béni Thour IB Lakhdaria JS Djijel JS Hai El Djabel CRB Aïn Oussera IB Khémis El Khechna MC Mekhadma NARB Réghaïa RC Arbaâ WA Boufarik US Oued Amizour US Beni Douala ES Ben Aknoun WR M'Sila
Groupe Ouest	AS Khroub AB Chelghoum Laïd AB Merouana CRB Kais CR Village Moussa E Collo JSM Tébessa Hamra Annaba HB Chelghoum Laïd MO Constantine NC Magra NRB Touggourt US Chaouia USM Annaba USM Khenchela USM Aïn Beïda

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