# 1998–99 Algerian Championnat National

The 1998–99 Algerian Championnat National was the 37th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 28 teams contested the league, with USM El Harrach as the defending champions, The Championnat started on September 10, 1998. and ended on May 31, 1999.

## Team summaries
### Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Algerian Division 2 1998-1999
* No Promotion
Teams relegated to Algerian Division 2 1999-2000
* ES Mostaganem
* JSM Tiaret
* GC Mascara
* RC Kouba
* ASM Oran
* CS Constantine
* AS Aïn M'lila
* USM El Harrach
* NA Hussein Dey
* JSM Tébessa
Teams relegated to Algerian Division 3 1999-2000
* US Chaouia
* CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
* E Sour El Ghozlane
* SA Mohammadia
* WA Boufarik
* IRB Hadjout

## Group A
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | JS Kabylie (Q) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 49 | 16 | +33 | 52 | Qualified for the championship final |
| 2 | USM Annaba (Q) | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 47 | play-offs for the Arab Cup |
| 3 | MO Constantine | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 45 | |
| 4 | CA Batna | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 42 | |
| 5 | ES Sétif | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 42 | |
| 6 | JSM Béjaïa | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 41 | |
| 7 | CS Constantine (R) | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 40 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 8 | AS Aïn M'lila (R) | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 37 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 9 | USM El Harrach (R) | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 33 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 10 | NA Hussein Dey (R) | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 33 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 11 | JSM Tébessa (R) | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 33 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 12 | US Chaouia (R) | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 31 | 1999-00 Division 3 |
| 13 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj (R) | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 15 | 1999-00 Division 3 |
| 14 | E Sour El Ghozlane (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 45 | −32 | 12 | 1999-00 Division 3 |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | AAM | CAB | CBA | CSC | ESS | ESEG | JSK | JBE | JSMT | MOC | NAH | USC | USMA | UEH |
| AS Aïn M'lila | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| CA Batna | 5–0 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 1–1 | 1–4 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| CS Constantine | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 |
| ES Sétif | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| E Sour El Ghozlane | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| JS Kabylie | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 6–0 | | 3–2 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 |
| JSM Béjaïa | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| JSM Tébessa | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| MO Constantine | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| US Chaouia | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| USM Annaba | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 3–1 |
| USM El Harrach | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |

## Group B
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MC Alger (Q) | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 56 | Qualified for the championship final |
| 2 | CR Belouizdad (Q) | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 53 | play-offs for the Arab Cup |
| 3 | WA Tlemcen | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 50 | |
| 4 | USM Alger (Q) | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 44 | 2000 African Cup Winners' Cup |
| 5 | MC Oran | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 43 | |
| 6 | USM Blida | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 42 | |
| 7 | ES Mostaganem (R) | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 8 | JSM Tiaret (R) | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 29 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 9 | GC Mascara (R) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 28 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 10 | RC Kouba (R) | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 28 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 11 | ASM Oran (R) | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 28 | 1999-00 Division 2 |
| 12 | SA Mohammadia (R) | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 27 | 1999-00 Division 3 |
| 13 | WA Boufarik (R) | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 49 | −33 | 16 | 1999-00 Division 3 |
| 14 | USMM Hadjout (R) | 26 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 44 | −30 | 12 | 1999-00 Division 3 |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | ASMO | CRB | ESM | GCM | UHA | JSMT | MCA | MCO | RCK | SAM | UAL | USB | WAB | WAT |
| ASM Oran | | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–5 |
| CR Belouizdad | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| ES Mostaganem | 5–2 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| GC Mascara | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| USMM Hadjout | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| JSM Tiaret | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| MC Alger | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| MC Oran | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 |
| RC Kouba | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| SA Mohammadia | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| USM Alger | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| USM Blida | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| WA Boufarik | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–3 |
| WA Tlemcen | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | |