# 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1was the 55th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

## Teams
### Stadiums

| Team | Stadium | Capacity |
| CA Batna | Mustapha Seffouhi Stadium | 5,000 |
| CR Belouizdad | 20 August 1955 Stadium | 15,000 |
| CS Constantine | Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium | 35,000 |
| DRB Tadjenanet | Smaïl Lahoua Stadium | 9,000 |
| ES Sétif | 8 May 1945 Stadium | 25,000 |
| JS Kabylie | 1 November 1954 Stadium | 25,000 |
| JS Saoura | 20 August 1955 Stadium | 20,000 |
| MC Alger | Omar Hamadi Stadium | 17,000 |
| MC Oran | Ahmed Zabana Stadium | 40,000 |
| MO Béjaïa | Maghrebi Unity Stadium | 25,000 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 20 August 1955 Stadium | 15,000 |
| Olympique de Médéa | Lyes Imam Stadium | 12,000 |
| RC Relizane | Tahar Zoughari Stadium | 30,000 |
| USM Alger | Omar Hamadi Stadium | 17,000 |
| USM Bel-Abbès | 24 February 1956 Stadium | 45,000 |
| USM El Harrach | 1 November 1954 Stadium | 8,000 |

## Personnel and kits
### Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2016-17 campaign.

#### During the season
### Foreign players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 |
| CS Constantine | Manucho | |
| ES Sétif | Azongha Tembeng Abenego | Ibrahim Amada |
| JS Saoura | Jean Jules Bapidi | |
| MO Béjaïa | Morgan Betorangal | Soumaila Sidibe |
| USM Alger | Carolus Andriamatsinoro | Ghislain Guessan |
| NA Hussein Dey | Mohamed Coumbassa | Mehdi Ouertani |
| USM El Harrach | Mohamed Coumbassa | |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | ES Sétif (C) | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 57 | Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | MC Alger | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 50 | Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | USM Alger | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 50 | Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 4 | USM Bel-Abbès | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 48 | |
| 5 | JS Saoura | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 45 | |
| 6 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 43 | Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 7 | MC Oran | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 40 | |
| 8 | NA Hussein Dey | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 40 | Qualification for 2017 Arab Club Championship |
| 9 | CS Constantine | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 39 | |
| 10 | DRB Tadjenanet | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 39 | |
| 11 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 38 | |
| 12 | Olympique de Médéa | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 38 | |
| 13 | USM El Harrach | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 36 | |
| 14 | RC Relizane (R) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 36 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 15 | CA Batna (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 25 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 16 | MO Béjaïa (R) | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 18 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
* 1 2 MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.
* 1 2 MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0 however goal difference in the first leg MCO (+7) NAH (+2).
* 1 2 DRB Tadjenanet ahead of CS Constantine on head-to-head record: CSC–DRB 4–2, DRB–CSC 1–0.
* 1 2 JS Kabylie ahead of Olympique de Médéa on head-to-head record: JSK–OMM 0–1, OMM–JSK 1–2.
* 1 2 RC Relizane ahead of USM El Harrach on head-to-head record: RCR–UEH 0–0, UEH–RCR 0–0 however goal difference in the first leg RCR (−8) UEH (−1).
* ↑ RC Relizane were deducted 3 points.
* ↑ MO Béjaïa recorded a match lost by penalty against JS Saoura because they were reduced to less than 7 players (Art. 84 Regulation of the Ligue Professionnelle 1 / Art 89 Disciplinary Code). In addition, the Bejaia club was deprived of their share of the television rights for this match. It was also punished by a deduction of 1 point and a fine of 100,000 DA.

### Result table

| Home \ Away | CAB | CRB | CSC | DRBT | ESS | JSK | JSSR | MCA | MCO | MOB | NAH | OM | UAL | USMB | UEH | RCR |
| CA Batna | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| CR Belouizdad | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| CS Constantine | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| DRB Tadjenanet | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| ES Sétif | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| JS Kabylie | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| JS Saoura | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| MC Alger | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| MC Oran | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| MO Béjaïa | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Olympique de Médéa | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| USM Alger | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 6–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 |
| USM Bel Abbès | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| USM El Harrach | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 |
| RC Relizane | 5–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |

## Positions by round

| 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 |
| ES Sétif | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MC Alger | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USM Alger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| USM Bel Abbès | 9 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| JS Saoura | 14 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| CR Belouizdad | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| MC Oran | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| CS Constantine | 5 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
| DRB Tadjenanet | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 |
| JS Kabylie | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 |
| Olympique de Médéa | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| USM El Harrach | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| RC Relizane | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| CA Batna | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| MO Béjaïa | 14 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
* Leader
* 2018 CAF Champions League or 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
* Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2017-18

## 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 |
| CA Batna | L | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L |
| CR Belouizdad | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | D |
| CS Constantine | D | L | D | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W |
| DRB Tadjenanet | W | D | D | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D | W |
| ES Sétif | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | L |
| JS Kabylie | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | D |
| JS Saoura | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | D | D | L | W | L | W | W | L |
| MC Alger | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| MC Oran | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L |
| MO Béjaïa | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D |
| NA Hussein Dey | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | D |
| Olympique de Médéa | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D |
| RC Relizane | L | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | W |
| USM Alger | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | W | L | W |
| USM Bel-Abbès | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | L | L | W |
| USM El Harrach | D | L | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | D | L | D | D |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| R. | Goalscorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Ahmed Gasmi | NA Hussein Dey | 14 |
| 2 | Mohamed Amine Hamia | Olympique de Médéa & CR Belouizdad | 13 |
| 3 | Mourad Benayad | RC Relizane | 11 |
| 4 | Abousoufiane Balegh | USM Bel-Abbès | 10 |
| 5 | Ahmed Messadia | MO Béjaïa | 9 |
| 5 | Moustapha Djallit | JS Saoura | 9 |
| 5 | Mohamed Meftah | USM Alger | 9 |
| 7 | Abderrahmane Meziane | USM Alger | 8 |
| 7 | Rachid Nadji | ES Sétif | 8 |
| 7 | Akram Djahnit | ES Sétif | 8 |
| 7 | Habib Bouguelmouna | USM Bel-Abbès | 8 |
| 7 | Oussama Darfalou | USM Alger | 8 |
Updated to games played on 14 June 2017 Source: soccerway.com

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
| Oussama Darfalou | USM Alger | JS Saoura | 5–2 | 14 June 2017 | |

### Clean sheets

| R. | Player | Club | Matches | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Moustapha Zeghba | USM El Harrach | 28 | 16 |
| 2 | Abderaouf Natèche | MC Oran | 30 | 12 |
| 3 | Hamza Bousseder | RC Relizane | 22 | 11 |
| 3 | Malik Asselah | JS Kabylie | 28 | 11 |
| 5 | Nadjib Ghoul | USM Bel-Abbès | 18 | 9 |
| 5 | Houari Djemili | JS Saoura | 27 | 9 |
$^*$ Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration. Updated to games played on 23 June 2017

### Statistics referees

| R. | Name | Matches | | | | First match | Last match |
| 1 | Lyés Bekouassa | 27 | 105 | 1 | 1 | 20 August 2016 | 10 June 2017 |
| 2 | Abderrezzak Arab | 19 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 20 August 2016 | 20 May 2017 |
| 3 | Lahlou Benbraham | 18 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 20 August 2016 | 13 May 2017 |
| 4 | Rafik Achouri | 17 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 27 August 2016 | 7 June 2017 |
| 5 | Mohamed Boukhalfa | 14 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 August 2016 | 6 May 2017 |
| 6 | Said Aouina | 13 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 27 August 2016 | 14 June 2017 |
| 7 | Mustapha Ghorbal | 13 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 20 August 2016 | 10 June 2017 |
| 8 | Mehdi Abid Charef | 12 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 27 August 2016 | 14 June 2017 |
| = | Ahmed Bouzrar | 12 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 20 August 2016 | 14 June 2017 |
| = | Merzak Halalchi | 12 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27 August 2016 | 7 June 2017 |

## Media coverage

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage :
| Country | Television Channel | Matches |
| Algeria | Algerian TV (local) Canal Algérie Algeria 3 Algeria 4 | 5 Matches per round |
| Qatar | beIN Sports Arabia | 1 Match per round |
| Qatar | Al-Kass Sports Channel | Derbies Only |