2018–19 in Algerian football

Football in Algeria
Season	2018–19
Men's football
Ligue 1	USM Alger
Ligue 2	US Biskra
DNA	Est AS Khroub; Centre RC Arbaâ; Ouest OM Arzew
Régional I	Alger ; Blida ; Constantine ; Annaba ; Batna ; Oran ; Saida ; Ouargla ; Béchar
Algerian Cup	CR Belouizdad
Super Cup	USM Bel Abbès
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season will be the 56th season of competitive association football in Algeria. The national team became African champions for the second time, by winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations held in Egypt.^[1]^[2]

National teams

Algeria national football team

Kits

Home

Away

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

27 December 2018 Friendly	Qatar	0–1	Algeria	Doha, Qatar
15:00 (AST)		Report	Bounedjah 57'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium

26 March 2019 Friendly	Algeria	1–0	Tunisia	Blida, Algeria
20:45 (CET)	Bounedjah 70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

11 June 2019 Friendly	Algeria	1–1	Burundi	Doha, Qatar
19:00 (CET)	Bounedjah 66'	Report	M'Bolhi 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

16 June 2019 Friendly	Algeria	3–2	Mali	Doha, Qatar
21:00 (AST)	Bounedjah 41' Belaïli 76' (pen.) Delort 81'	Report	Diaby 20' (pen.) Sacko 68'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Final tournament
2	Benin	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10	Final tournament
3	Gambia	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6
4	Togo	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 2	Gambia	1–1	Algeria	Bakau
16:30 UTC+0	Ceesay 49'	Report	Bounedjah 47'	Stadium: Independence Stadium Referee: Youssef Essrayri (Tunisia)

12 October 2018 (2018-10-12) 3	Algeria	2–0	Benin	Blida
20:45 UTC+1	Bensebaini 20' Bounedjah 73'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Sékou Ahmed Touré (Guinea)

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16) 4	Benin	1–0	Algeria	Cotonou
16:05 UTC+1	D'Almeida 16'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Amitié Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) 5	Togo	1–4	Algeria	Lomé
16:00 UTC+0	Fo-Doh Laba 55'	Report	Mahrez 13', 30' Attal 28' Bounedjah 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Municipal Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

22 March 2019 (2019-03-22) 6	Algeria	1–1	Gambia	Blida
20:45 UTC+1	Abeid 42'	Report	Danso 90+2'	Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

Raising big concerns over Algeria in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Thus, Algeria was not expected to contend for the trophy, but was nonetheless expected to proceed at least to the quarter-finals. In spite of criticisms of Belmadi, Algeria topped group C won all three matches including a 1–0 victory over 2018 FIFA World Cup's participant Senegal.^[3] Algeria's solid performance continued with a 3–0 win over Guinea in the round of sixteen;^[4] before they overcame Ivory Coast in a hard-fought encounter which they won in a penalty shootout 4–3, after having drawn 1–1 after 120 minutes.^[5] The Algerians then went on to defeat Nigeria 2–1 with a dying minute's free kick shot by Riyad Mahrez.^[6] Facing Senegal once again in the final, Baghdad Bounedjah scored the only goal of the game as Algeria won 1–0, earning them their second title since 1990. This made Algeria the second North African side after Egypt to win more than one AFCON trophy.^[7]

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	3	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Kenya	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Tanzania	3	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

23 June 2019 (2019-06-23)	Algeria	2–0	Kenya	Cairo
22:00	Bounedjah 34' (pen.) Mahrez 43'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 8,071^[8] Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

27 June 2019 (2019-06-27)	Senegal	0–1	Algeria	Cairo
19:00		Report	Belaïli 49'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 25,765^[9] Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

1 July 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tanzania	0–3	Algeria	Cairo
21:00		Report	Slimani 35' Ounas 39', 45+1'	Stadium: Al Salam Stadium Attendance: 8,921^[10] Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

knockout stage

Round of 16

7 July 2019 (2019-07-07)	Algeria	3–0	Guinea	Cairo
21:00	Belaïli 24' Mahrez 57' Ounas 82'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 8,205^[11] Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

Quarter-finals

11 July 2019 (2019-07-11)	Ivory Coast	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Algeria	Suez
18:00	Kodjia 62'	Report	Feghouli 20'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Attendance: 8,233^[12] Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
	Penalties
	Kessié Cornet Bony Gradel Dié		Bensebaini Slimani Delort Ounas Belaïli

Semi-finals

14 July 2019 (2019-07-14)	Algeria	2–1	Nigeria	Cairo
21:00	Troost-Ekong 40' (o.g.) Mahrez 90+5'	Report	Ighalo 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Attendance: 49,775^[13] Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

Final

19 July 2019

21:00

Senegal	0–1	Algeria
	Report	Bounedjah 2'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 75,000^[14]

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

CAF competitions

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

First round

CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

First round

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Pos	Team v t e	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	Qualification for Champions League
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	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
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:

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

Ligue Professionnelle 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	US Biskra (R)	30	16	7	7	39	28	+11	55	2019–20 Professional League 1
2	NC Magra (P)	30	16	9	5	37	25	+12	53
3	ASO Chlef (P)	30	14	10	6	35	23	+12	52
4	WA Tlemcen	30	15	7	8	44	29	+15	52
5	RC Relizane	30	15	5	10	27	17	+10	50
6	MC El Eulma	30	11	8	11	29	26	+3	41
7	A Bou Saâda	30	10	9	11	32	31	+1	39
8	USM Annaba	30	11	6	13	19	24	−5	39
9	JSM Béjaïa	30	10	8	12	31	32	−1	38
10	JSM Skikda	30	10	8	12	22	25	−3	38
11	USM El Harrach	30	7	15	8	22	24	−2	36
12	MC Saïda	30	8	12	10	26	30	−4	36
13	ASM Oran	30	8	11	11	37	34	+3	35
14	ES Mostaganem (R)	30	8	11	11	29	37	−8	35	2019–20 League of Amateurs
15	RC Kouba (R)	30	4	14	12	18	33	−15	26
16	USM Blida (P)	30	3	8	19	15	44	−29	17

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2018. Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division Nationale Amateur

Group West

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2024. Source: lnf-amateur.dz
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.

Group Centre

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2024. Source: lnf-amateur.dz
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.

Group East

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts

Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2024. Source: lnf-amateur.dz
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.

National Cups

Algerian Cup

Final

June 8, 2019

17:00

CR Belouizdad	2–0	JSM Béjaïa
Sayoud 76' Bousseliou 90+5'	Report

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Mohamed Saïdi^[15]

Super Cup

1 November 2018

17:00

CS Constantine	0–1
	Report	Lamara 90+4' (pen.)

Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida

Referee: Mohamed Saïdi^[16]

Women's football

Algerian Women's Championship

Algerian Women's Championship D2

Algerian Women's Cup

Deaths

References

↑ "Algeria celebrate second title". fifa.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
↑ "Algeria deserved their Afcon triumph". theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
↑ "Senegal 0–1 Algeria: 3 Reasons why the Teranga Lions lost | African Cup of Nations 2019". www.sportskeeda.com. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: Algeria 3–0 Guinea". 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
↑ "Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast 1–1 Algeria (AET – Algeria win 4–3 on pens)". BBC Sport. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
↑ Burnton, Simon (14 July 2019). "Algeria 2–1 Nigeria: Africa Cup of Nations semi-final – as it happened". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
↑ "Algeria celebrate second Afcon title after beating Senegal". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
↑ "Algeria vs. Kenya". ESPN. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
↑ "Senegal vs. Algeria". ESPN. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
↑ "Tanzania vs. Algeria". ESPN. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
↑ "Algeria vs. Guinea". ESPN. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
↑ "Ivory Coast vs. Algeria". ESPN. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
↑ "Algeria vs. Nigeria". ESPN. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
↑ "Senegal vs. Algeria". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
↑ "Coupe 2019 : La finale arbitrée par Saïdi Mohamed". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
↑ "Désignation des Arbitres du Match de Supercoupe D'Algérie 2017/2018". faf.dz. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[table_hth_CRB0.65509694100129-15] CR Belouizdad were deducted 3 points.

[table_note_res_CUP0.65509694100129-16] CR Belouizdad are Algerian Cup winners.

[table_hth_MCO0.65509694100129-17] 1 2 3 Head-to-head: MC Oran 7 points; NA Hussein Dey 5 points; AS Aïn M'lila 3 points.

[table_hth_DRB0.65509694100129-18] 1 2 Head-to-head: DRB Tadjenanet 4 points; Olympique de Médéa 1 point.

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[2] "Algeria deserved their Afcon triumph". theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[3] "Senegal 0–1 Algeria: 3 Reasons why the Teranga Lions lost | African Cup of Nations 2019". www.sportskeeda.com. 28 June 2019. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[4] "Africa Cup of Nations: Algeria 3–0 Guinea". 7 July 2019. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[5] "Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast 1–1 Algeria (AET – Algeria win 4–3 on pens)". BBC Sport. 11 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019.

[6] Burnton, Simon (14 July 2019). "Algeria 2–1 Nigeria: Africa Cup of Nations semi-final – as it happened". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.

[7] "Algeria celebrate second Afcon title after beating Senegal". BBC Sport. 19 July 2019. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2019.

[8] "Algeria vs. Kenya". ESPN. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[9] "Senegal vs. Algeria". ESPN. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[10] "Tanzania vs. Algeria". ESPN. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[11] "Algeria vs. Guinea". ESPN. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[12] "Ivory Coast vs. Algeria". ESPN. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[13] "Algeria vs. Nigeria". ESPN. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

[14] "Senegal vs. Algeria". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-08-18.

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[Saïdi-20] "Désignation des Arbitres du Match de Supercoupe D'Algérie 2017/2018". faf.dz. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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