# 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.

## Teams

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

### Stadiums

    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

| Team | Manager$^1$ | 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

| 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

| 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 | 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 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 9 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 37 | |
| 10 | MC Oran | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 36 | |
| 11 | NA Hussein Dey | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 36 | |
| 12 | AS Aïn M'lila | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 36 | |
| 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 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
| 16 | Olympique de Médéa (R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 31 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to Ligue 2 |
* ↑ 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.

## Results

| 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 | |

## 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 |
| USM Alger | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| JS Kabylie | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| ES Sétif | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 5 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| MC Alger | 12 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| JS Saoura | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| CS Constantine | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| MO Béjaïa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 |
| MC Oran | 6 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 10 |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| AS Ain M'lila | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| Olympique de Médéa | 13 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Paradou AC | 11 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| DRB Tadjenanet | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| USM Bel Abbès | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 |
| CR Belouizdad | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 8 |
* Leader
* 2019–20 CAF Champions League
* 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
* Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 2018-19

## 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 |
| AS Ain M'lila | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | W | D | L | D | D | L | D | D | D | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | W | W | L |
| CR Belouizdad | L | D | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | D | L | W |
| CS Constantine | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | D | W | L | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L |
| DRB Tadjenanet | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | D | L |
| ES Sétif | W | L | D | W | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W |
| JS Kabylie | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | D | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | W |
| JS Saoura | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | D | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | W | L | W | D | W | W |
| MC Alger | D | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | L | D | L | W |
| MC Oran | D | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | D | L | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W |
| MO Béjaïa | W | D | D | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L |
| NA Hussein Dey | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | L | D | L | L | L |
| Olympique de Médéa | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L |
| Paradou AC | D | D | D | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W |
| USM Alger | W | W | W | L | W | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | W | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | W |
| USM Bel Abbès | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | L |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| 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 |
| 3 | Prince Ibara | USM Alger | 9 | 1 | 0.39 |
| 3 | Rezki Hamroune | JS Kabylie | 9 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 6 | Rachid Nadji | MC Oran | 8 | 2 | 0.33 |
| 6 | Ismaïl Belkacemi | CS Constantine | 8 | 0 | 0.33 |
| 6 | Mohamed Tiaiba | AS Ain M'lila | 8 | 0 | 0.57 |
| 9 | Fiston Abdul Razak | JS Kabylie | 7 | 0 | 0.35 |
| 9 | Billel Bensaha | DRB Tadjenanet | 7 | 2 | 0.27 |
| 9 | Youcef Bechou | CR Belouizdad | 7 | 0 | 0.3 |
| 9 | Abderrahmane Meziane | USM Alger | 7 | 0 | 0.29 |
Updated to games played on 26 May 2019 Source: soccerway.com

### Hat-tricks

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

### Clean sheets

$^*$ 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

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. 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. 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. To be the sixth match postponed since the beginning of the demonstrations.