# 2004–05 Algerian Championnat National

The 2004–05 Algerian Championnat National was the 43rd season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with JS Kabylie as the defending champions, The Championnat started on August 20, 2004. and ended on June 13, 2005.

## Team summaries
### Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Algerian Division 2 2004–2005
* Paradou AC
* CA Batna
* US Biskra
Teams relegated to Algerian Division 2 2005–2006
* OMR El Annasser
* GC Mascara
* US Chaouia

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | USM Alger (C) | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 27 | +28 | 67 | Qualification for the 2006 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 54 | Qualification for the 2006 CAF Champions League |
| 3 | MC Alger | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 49 | Qualification for the 2005–06 Arab Champions League |
| 4 | NA Hussein Dey | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 43 | Qualification for the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 5 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 43 | Qualification for the 2005–06 Arab Champions League |
| 6 | USM Blida | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 29 | +7 | 42 | |
| 7 | ASO Chlef | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 41 | Qualification for the 2006 CAF Confederation Cup |
| 8 | CS Constantine | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 40 | |
| 9 | MC Oran | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | WA Tlemcen | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 38 | |
| 11 | ES Sétif | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 38 | |
| 12 | USM Annaba | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 37 | |
| 13 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 36 | |
| 14 | OMR El Annasser (R) | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 34 | −3 | 35 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 15 | GC Mascara (R) | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 30 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 16 | US Chaouia (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 49 | −33 | 22 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | ASC | CBA | CRB | CSC | ESS | GCM | JSK | MCA | MCO | NAH | OMREA | USC | UAL | USMA | USB | WAT |
| ASO Chlef | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| CR Belouizdad | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| CS Constantine | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| ES Sétif | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 5–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| GC Mascara | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| JS Kabylie | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 6–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| MC Alger | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| MC Oran | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| OMR El Annasser | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| US Chaouia | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| USM Alger | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| USM Annaba | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| USM Blida | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 2–0 |
| WA Tlemcen | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hamid Berguiga | JS Kabylie | 18 |
| 2 | Billel Dziri | USM Alger | 11 |
| 3 | Noureddine Daham | MC Alger | 11 |
| 4 | Nabil Hemani | OMR El Annasser | 11 |
| 5 | Adel El Hadi | USM Annaba | 10 |
| 6 | Sofiane Daoud | MC Oran | 10 |
| 7 | Hocine Fenier | CS Constantine | 10 |
| 8 | Stéphane Nankop | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 10 |
| 9 | Samir Alliche | NA Hussein Dey | 10 |
| 10 | Farid Touil | USM Blida | 9 |
| 11 | Karim Braham Chaouch | MC Alger | 9 |
| 12 | Yacine Boulaïncer | WA Tlemcen | 8 |
| 13 | El Yacine Derradj | ES Sétif | 8 |
| 14 | Michael Eneramo | USM Alger | 7 |
| 15 | Hamza Yacef | NA Hussein Dey | 7 |
| 16 | Redouane Benzerga | MC Oran | 7 |