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
Season2018–19
Dates10 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsUSM Alger
3rd Ligue 1 title
8th Algerian title
RelegatedMO Béjaïa
DRB Tadjenanet
Olympique de Médéa
Champions LeagueUSM Alger
JS Kabylie
Confederation CupParadou AC
CR Belouizdad
Matches played240
Goals scored476 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorerZakaria Naidji
(20 goals)
Biggest home winUSM Alger 5-1 MO Béjaïa
(15 October 2018)
Biggest away winMC Alger 0-5 JS Kabylie
(16 September 2018)
Highest scoringOlympique de Médéa 2-4 MO Béjaïa
(11 August 2018)
Longest winning run4 matches
JS Kabylie
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
USM Alger
Longest winless run11 matches
AS Ain M'lila
Longest losing run4 matches
DRB Tadjenanet
CR Belouizdad
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2019.

Teams

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

Stadiums

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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

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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

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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

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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. ^ a b c Head-to-head: MC Oran 7 points; NA Hussein Dey 5 points; AS Aïn M'lila 3 points.
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head: DRB Tadjenanet 4 points; Olympique de Médéa 1 point.

Results

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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

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
USM Alger421112211121111111111111111111
JS Kabylie1094731122212322222222223333222
ES Sétif167523454333233335377675655455
NA Hussein Dey51298645334544656788888888888911
MC Alger12559791178545576443545454447676
JS Saoura94849101285667644564666567564544
CS Constantine71061046346776788756434746776767
MO Béjaïa3333888117881111121091113151315151515141515161414
MC Oran61313151113961010108999111099910101013121314121310
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj811121214121414911131213131310121112109999910101089
AS Ain M'lila2122577911111110101112131412111213121310131112111012
Olympique de Médéa1371011121110121213121312101112910101112131414151416141616
Paradou AC11811612561013998857887753332222333
DRB Tadjenanet141414161314131314141414141515151514131411141112111211151515
USM Bel Abbès151515131515151515151515151414141315141516161616161613131113
CR Belouizdad16161614161616161616161616161616161616161411121110999128
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

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
AS Ain M'lilaWWDDLDLDLDDWDLDDLDDDDDDWLWLWWL
CR BelouizdadLDDWLLLLDLWDLWLDDDDWWWDWWWDDLW
CS ConstantineDDWLWDWLDLDWDDLWWLWWDLWLDLWLDL
CA Bordj Bou ArreridjDDLDLWDDWLDDLLWWLDLWWDWLWDDLWL
DRB TadjenanetLLLLWDWDLLDLDDWWLDDLWLWDWLDLDL
ES SétifWLDWWDDLWWWLWLLLWLWLLWLWDDDWLW
JS KabylieDDWDWWWWDWDLLWLWWWDLDLWLLWLWWW
JS SaouraDWLWLLLWWDDDWWDLDWLWLWDLWLWDWW
MC AlgerDWDLWLLWDWWDDLDWWDLWDWLWLDLDLW
MC OranDLDLWLWWLDDLDDLLDWDDLLDLWLDWDW
MO BéjaïaWDDWLLDLLDDLDLWDLLLDLDDDWLWDWL
NA Hussein DeyDLWDWWDDWLLWDLWLLDWLWDDLWLDLLL
Olympique de MédéaLWDLLWDDDDDLDWDDWDLLLLLWLWLWLL
Paradou ACDDDWLWLLLWDWDWLLDWWWWWWWLWLLLW
USM AlgerWWWLWDWWDWLWWDWLWDWDWDLLLDWLDW
USM Bel AbbèsLLLWLDDDLDDLDWWWLLDLLDLWLWWWWL
Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2019. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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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

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

Clean sheets

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* 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

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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

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Ligue 1 et 2 : Coup d'envoi de la saison 2018-2019 les 10 et 11 août". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. ^ 2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021
  3. ^ "ES Sétif 4 AS Ain M'lila 0". soccerway.com. 30 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Ligue 1 (J22) : MC Alger - MC Oran reporté aussi". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. ^ "LFP : Un troisième match reporté, d'autres décalés". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Manifestations contre le 5e mandat : le calendrier footballistique fortement perturbé". tsa-algerie.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  7. ^ "LFP : Troisième vague de reports de matchs". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 February 2019.