# 2019–20 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

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.

## Teams

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

### Stadiums

    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 |

### Personnel and kits

| 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 |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| 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 |

### Foreign players

| 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 | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | CR Belouizdad (C) | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 40 | 1.90 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 2 | MC Alger | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 37 | 1.76 | Qualification for Champions League |
| 3 | ES Sétif | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 37 | 1.68 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 4 | JS Kabylie | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 36 | 1.64 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
| 5 | CS Constantine | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 23 | +9 | 34 | 1.55 | |
| 6 | USM Alger | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 22 | +3 | 32 | 1.52 | |
| 7 | JS Saoura | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 33 | 1.50 | |
| 8 | AS Aïn M'lila | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 32 | 1.45 | |
| 9 | MC Oran | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 30 | 1.36 | |
| 10 | Paradou AC | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 26 | 1.30 | |
| 11 | USM Bel Abbès | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 26 | 1.24 | |
| 12 | ASO Chlef | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 25 | 1.19 | |
| 13 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 25 | 1.14 | |
| 14 | US Biskra | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 21 | 0.95 | |
| 15 | NA Hussein Dey | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 27 | −13 | 19 | 0.86 | |
| 16 | NC Magra | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 19 | 0.86 | |
* 1 2 USM Alger were deducted 3 points due to their withdrawal in their game against MC Alger. The decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. On August 28, 2020, after postponing several times the final decision was made without appeal, which is to return the three points and repeat the match.
* 1 2 3 4 Head-to-head points: Magra 3, Hussein Day 0

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASA | ASO | CBA | CRB | CSC | ESS | JSK | JSR | MCA | MCO | NAH | NCM | PAC | USB | UAL | UBA |
| AS Ain M'lila | | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| ASO Chlef | | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 2–2 | | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | | | 2–0 |
| CR Belouizdad | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | | |
| CS Constantine | | | 2–2 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | |
| ES Sétif | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | | | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| JS Kabylie | 1–0 | 4–1 | | 0–3 | | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 2–0 |
| JS Saoura | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| MC Alger | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | | | | |
| MC Oran | 3–1 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | | | 1–1 |
| NC Magra | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | | 0–0 | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Paradou AC | 4–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | | | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| US Biskra | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–3 | | 2–3 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| USM Alger | 3–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | | | |
| USM Bel Abbès | | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

## 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 |
| AS Ain M'lila | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| ASO Chlef | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| CR Belouizdad | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CS Constantine | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| ES Sétif | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| JS Kabylie | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| JS Saoura | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| MC Alger | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| MC Oran | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| NA Hussein Dey | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
| NC Magra | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Paradou AC | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| US Biskra | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| USM Alger | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 7 |
| USM Bel Abbès | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
* Leader
* 2020–21 CAF Champions League
* 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup

## 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 |
| AS Ain M'lila | D | D | L | W | D | D | D | W | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | L | W | W | W |
| ASO Chlef | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | D | |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | D | W | W | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | D | W | D | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| CR Belouizdad | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L | D | D | W | L | D | W | D | W | L | W | D | |
| CS Constantine | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | W |
| ES Sétif | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D |
| JS Kabylie | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | L | W | D |
| JS Saoura | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | W |
| MC Alger | D | W | W | | W | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | L | | W | W | D | L | W |
| MC Oran | W | D | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | W | D | D | L |
| NA Hussein Dey | D | D | L | D | W | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | D | L | W | L |
| NC Magra | W | L | W | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | D | L | L |
| Paradou AC | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | W | | D | L | W | D | |
| US Biskra | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L |
| USM Alger | W | D | W | | W | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | W |
| USM Bel Abbès | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | L | W | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Goalscorer | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Abdennour Belhocini | USM Bel Abbès | 10 |
| 1 | Mohamed Tiaiba | AS Aïn M'lila | 10 |
| 1 | Lamine Abid | CS Constantine | 10 |
| 4 | Samy Frioui | MC Alger | 9 |
| 5 | Abdelkrim Zouari | USM Alger | 7 |
| 5 | Houssam Ghacha | ES Sétif | 7 |
| 5 | Yousri Bouzok | Paradou AC | 7 |
Updated to games played on 15 March 2020 Source: soccerway.com

### Hat-tricks

| 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 | |

### Clean sheets

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