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2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Season
15 August 2019 – 14 March 2020
CR Belouizdad
None
CR BelouizdadMC Alger
ES SétifJS Kabylie
172
375 (2.18 per match)
Abdennour Belhocini (10 goals)
ES Sétif 4–0 AS Aïn M'lila(7 December 2019)MC Oran 4–0 USM Alger (5 October 2019)CR Belouizdad 4–0 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (3 January 2020)
Paradou AC 0–3 JS Kabylie (12 September 2019)JS Kabylie 0–3 CR Belouizdad(24 September 2019)MC Alger 0–3 JS Kabylie(13 November 2019)NA Hussein Dey 0–3 ASO Chlef(8 January 2020)
NA Hussein Dey 4–3 ES Sétif (23 September 2019)
CR Belouizdad(4 matches)
ES Sétif (10 matches)
ASO Chlef(5 matches)
Paradou AC(3 matches)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 15 March 2020.

The 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 58th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league. The Ligue Professionnelle 1 kicked off on August 15, 2019, this time without an official sponsorship for the first time since 2008–09, Mobilis ATM did nothing to renew the contract. On September 17, at the Extraordinary General Assembly of Algerian Football Federation, it unanimously endorses the change of the competition system by increasing the number of clubs from 16 to 18, as for the second division to 32 clubs from two groups Central East and Central West from 16 clubs also became the number of professional clubs 18 instead of 32 starting from the season 2020–21. On September 30, at the monthly statutory meeting held in Ouargla. After debate and exchanges between the members, the Federal Office opted for the variant favoring the relegation of two clubs of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the promotion of four clubs of the League 2 to the upper tier.

On March 15, 2020, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) decided to halt the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. On July 29, 2020, the LFP declared that season is over and CR Belouizdad to be the champion, the promotion of four teams from the League 2, and scraping the relegation for the current season.

16 teams contest the league. US Biskra, NC Magra and ASO Chlef were promoted from the 2018–19 Ligue 2.

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
AS Aïn M'lila	Aïn M'lila	Zoubir Khelifi Touhami Stadium	8,000
ASO Chlef	Chlef	Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium	18,000
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
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
NA Hussein Dey	Algiers	20 August 1955 Stadium	10,000
NC Magra	Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium	25,000
Paradou AC	Algiers	Omar Hamadi Stadium	10,000
US Biskra	Biskra	18 February Stadium	24,000
USM Alger	Algiers	Omar Hamadi Stadium	10,000
USM Bel Abbès	Sidi Bel Abbès	24 February 1956 Stadium	45,000

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
AS Aïn M'lila	Azzedine Ait Djoudi	Rabah Ziad	Macron
ASO Chlef	Samir Zaoui	Abdelkader Kaibou	Adidas
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Franck Dumas	Toufik Zerara	Umbro
CR Belouizdad	Abdelkader Amrani	Chemseddine Nessakh	Adidas
CS Constantine	Denis Lavagne	Sid Ali Lamri	Joma
ES Sétif	Kheïreddine Madoui	Akram Djahnit	Joma
JS Kabylie	Hubert Velud	Walid Bencherifa	Adidas
JS Saoura	Moez Bouakaz	Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	Joma
MC Alger	Bernard Casoni	Sofiane Bendebka	Puma SE
MC Oran	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani	Zine El Abidine Sebbah	Kelme
NC Magra	Karim Zaoui	Hossam Hebal	Joma
NA Hussein Dey	Arezki Remane	Mohamed Seddik Mokrani	Uhlsport
Paradou AC	Francisco Chaló	Mustapha Bouchina	Macron
US Biskra	Nadir Leknaoui	Adel Lakhdari	Hummel
USM Alger	Billel Dziri	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	Joma
USM Bel Abbès	Younes Ifticène	Abdennour Belhocini	Kelme

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner ofdeparture	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date ofappointment
JS Saoura	Moez Bouakaz	Sacked	6 August 2019	Pre-season	Moustapha Djallit	12 August 2019
USM Bel Abbès	Younes Ifticène	Resigned	16 August 2019	16th	Abdelkader Yaiche	8 September 2019
JS Saoura	Moustapha Djallit	End of caretaker spell	13 September 2019	11th	Lyamine Bougherara	13 September 2019
NC Magra	Karim Zaoui	Resigned	15 September 2019	8th	َEl Hadi Khezzar	24 September 2019
MC Oran	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani	Resigned	1 October 2019	7th	Bachir Mecheri	2 October 2019
ES Sétif	Kheirredine Madoui	Resigned	12 October 2019	12th	Nabil Kouki	26 October 2019
NA Hussein Dey	Arezki Remmane	Sacked	26 October 2019	14th	Lakhdar Adjali	5 November 2019
MC Alger	Bernard Casoni	Sacked	8 December 2019	2nd	Mohamed Mekhazni	8 December 2019
JS Saoura	Lyamine Bougherara	Sacked	24 December 2019	10th	Meziane Ighil	2 January 2020
CS Constantine	Denis Lavagne	Sacked	24 December 2019	7th	Karim Khouda	30 December 2019
CR Belouizdad	Abdelkader Amrani	Resigned	28 December 2019	1st	Franck Dumas	13 January 2020
AS Aïn M'lila	Azzedine Ait Djoudi	Resigned	30 December 2019	9th	Lyamine Bougherara	8 January 2020
NA Hussein Dey	Lakhdar Adjali	Sacked	8 January 2020	14th	Azzedine Ait Djoudi	14 January 2020
NC Magra	El Hadi Khezzar	Sacked	14 January 2020	16th	Hadj Merine	14 January 2020
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Franck Dumas	Resigned	14 January 2020	9th	Moez Bouakaz	15 January 2020
JS Kabylie	Hubert Velud	Sacked	17 January 2020	5th	Jean-Yves Chay	17 January 2020
JS Kabylie	Jean-Yves Chay	End of caretaker spell	28 January 2020	3rd	Yamen Zelfani	28 January 2020
MC Alger	Mohamed Mekhazni	End of caretaker spell	5 February 2020	2nd	Nabil Neghiz	5 February 2020
USM Alger	Billel Dziri	Resigned	26 February 2020	9th	Mounir Zeghdoud	3 March 2020
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Moez Bouakaz	Sacked	26 February 2020	13th	Billel Dziri	2 March 2020
NA Hussein Dey	Azzedine Ait Djoudi	Resigned	26 February 2020	16th	Fouad Bouali	3 March 2020

Club	Player 1	Player 2
AS Aïn M'lila	Ousmane Sylla	Rooney Eva
ASO Chlef	Massiré Dembélé	Rahim Osumanu
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Ghislain Guessan Mohamed Abdelrhman Yousif	Isla Daoudi Diomande
CR Belouizdad	Boubacar Hainikoye Soumana	Kouame Noël N’Guessan
CS Constantine	Dylan Bahamboula Zakaria Alharaish	Mahamadou Traoré Abdallah Imhamed Al-Orfi
ES Sétif	Malick Touré
JS Kabylie	Abdul Razak Fiston Mohamed Abdussalam Tubal	Masoud Juma Oussama Darragi
JS Saoura	Thomas Ulimwengu
MC Alger	Rooney Eva	Mehdi Ouertani
MC Oran	Vivien Assie Koua
NA Hussein Dey	Mohamed Dellahi Yali	Moayed Al Gritli
NC Magra
Paradou AC	Allan Okello
US Biskra	Moctar Cissé
USM Alger	Muaid Ellafi
USM Bel Abbès


2020–21 CAF Champions League
2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup

Rank	Goalscorer	Club	Goals
1	Abdennour Belhocini	USM Bel Abbès	10
Mohamed Tiaiba	AS Aïn M'lila
Lamine Abid	CS Constantine
4	Samy Frioui	MC Alger	9
5	Abdelkrim Zouari	USM Alger	7
Houssam Ghacha	ES Sétif
Yousri Bouzok	Paradou AC

Updated to games played on 15 March 2020

Source: soccerway.com

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Redouane Zerdoum	NA Hussein Dey*	ES Sétif	4–3	23 September 2019
Abdennour Belhocini	USM Bel Abbès*	NC Magra	3–1	17 February 2020

Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played in August 2018

2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2019–20 Algerian Cup

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