2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 60th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 18 teams contested the league. It began on 8 October 2021 and concluded on 17 June 2022.[1]

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2021–22
Dates22 October 2021 – 17 June 2022
ChampionsCR Belouizdad
RelegatedOlympique de Médéa
NA Hussein Dey
RC Relizane
WA Tlemcen
Champions LeagueCR Belouizdad
JS Kabylie
Confederation CupJS Saoura
USM Alger
Matches played306
Goals scored692 (2.26 per match)
Top goalscorerSamy Frioui
(17 goals)
Biggest home winES Sétif 7–0 RC Relizane
(10 May 2022)
Biggest away winRC Relizane 0–8 CR Belouizdad
(27 May 2022)
Highest scoringMC Alger 8–2 RC Relizane
(13 March 2022)
Longest winning runUSM Alger
(6 matches)
Longest unbeaten runMC Oran
(14 matches)
Longest winless runWA Tlemcen
(14 matches)
Longest losing runOlympique de Médéa
(12 matches)
All statistics correct as of 17 June 2022.

Teams

18 teams contest the league. HB Chelghoum Laïd and RC Arbâa were promoted from the 2020–21 Ligue 2.

Locations of teams for the 2021–22 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
ASO ChlefChlefMohamed Boumezrag Stadium18,000
CR BelouizdadAlgiers20 August 1955 Stadium10,000
CS ConstantineConstantineRamadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium13,000
ES SétifSétif8 May 1945 Stadium25,000
HB Chelghoum LaïdChelghoum Laïd11 December 1961 Stadium10,000
JS KabylieTizi Ouzou1 November 1954 Stadium20,000
JS SaouraBéchar20 August 1955 Stadium20,000
MC AlgerAlgiersStade 5 Juillet 196264,000
MC OranOranAhmed Zabana Stadium40,000
NA Hussein DeyAlgiers20 August 1955 Stadium10,000
NC MagraMagraBoucheligue Brothers Stadium8,000
Olympique de MédéaMédéaImam Lyes Stadium12,000
Paradou ACAlgiersOmar Benrabah Stadium8,000
RC ArbaâLarbaâIsmaïl Makhlouf Stadium5,000
RC RelizaneRelizaneTahar Zoughari Stadium30,000
US BiskraBiskra18 February Stadium24,000
USM AlgerAlgiersOmar Hamadi Stadium12,000
WA TlemcenTlemcenColonel Lotfi Stadium18,000

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturer
ASO Chlef Samir Zaoui Mohamed Roufid ArabMacron
CR Belouizdad Marcos Paquetá Chemseddine NessakhAdidas
CS Constantine Cherif Hadjar Zidane MebarakouMacron
ES Sétif Nabil Kouki Abdelmoumene DjabouOffside
HB Chelghoum Laïd Meziane Ighil Achref AïbLegea
JS Kabylie Henri Stambouli Rédha BensayahJoma
JS Saoura Kais Yakoubi Adel BouchibaMacron
MC Alger Khaled Ben Yahia Abderahmane HachoudJoma
MC Oran Azzedine Aït Djoudi Mohamed LagraâCuippssi
NA Hussein Dey Karim Zaoui Faouzi YayaKCS
NC Magra Aziz Abbès Akram DemaneMacron
Olympique de Médéa Lotfi Sellimi Sid Ali LakroumKCS
Paradou AC Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Tarek BouabtaMacron
RC Arbaâ Abdelhakim Boufennara Mohamed Billal RaitKCS
RC Relizane Lyamine Bougherara Mustapha ZaidiSarson
US Biskra Youcef Bouzidi Nacereddine KhoualedRina
USM Alger Denis Lavagne Mohamed Lamine ZemmamoucheKappa
WA Tlemcen Kamel Bouhellal Ahmida ZenasniKelme

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of
departure
Date of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of
appointment
USM Alger Mounir ZeghdoudEnd of contract25 August 2021Pre-season Denis Lavagne25 August 2021[2]
CS Constantine Yacine ManaaEnd of caretaker spell25 August 2021Pre-season Chérif Hadjar25 August 2021[3]
JS Kabylie Karim KacedEnd of caretaker spell25 August 2021Pre-season Henri Stambouli25 August 2021[4]
CR Belouizdad Zoran ManojlovićEnd of contract25 August 2021[5]Pre-season Marcos Paquetá23 September 2021[6]
MC Alger Saber BensmainEnd of caretaker spell25 August 2021Pre-season Khaled Ben Yahia1 September 2021 [7]
WA Tlemcen Abdelkader AmraniEnd of contract25 August 2021Pre-season Kamel Bouhellal7 September 2021[8]
MC Oran Abdelatif BouazzaEnd of caretaker spell25 August 2021Pre-season Azzedine Aït Djoudi8 September 2021[9]
JS Saoura Moustapha DjallitEnd of caretaker spell25 August 2021Pre-season Kais Yâakoubi14 September 2021[10]
HB Chelghoum Laïd Idris BenmessaoudEnd of contract25 August 2021Pre-season Meziane Ighil20 September 2021[11]
US Biskra Azzedine Aït DjoudiEnd of contract25 August 2021Pre-season Youcef Bouzidi28 September 2021[12]
NA Hussein Dey Abdelkader YaïcheEnd of contract25 August 2021Pre-season Karim Zaoui28 September 2021[13]
Olympique de Médéa Noureddine MaroukEnd of contract25 August 2021Pre-season Lotfi Sellimi7 October 2021[14]
JS Kabylie Henri StambouliMutual consent26 October 2021[15]Pre-season Ammar Souayah2 November 2021[16]
WA Tlemcen Kamel BouhellalMutual consent13 November 2021[17]13th Meziane Ighil14 December 2021[18]
MC Oran Azzedine Aït DjoudiResigned13 November 2021[19]12th Moez Bouakaz20 November 2021[20]
HB Chelghoum Laïd Meziane IghilMutual consent20 November 2021[21]16th Aziz Abbès25 December 2021[22]
NC Magra Aziz AbbèsResigned9 December 2021[23]18th Lassaad Maamar13 December 2021[24]
NA Hussein Dey Karim ZaouiResigned23 December 2021[25]10th Chérif Abdeslam23 December 2021[26]
USM Alger Denis LavagneSacked24 December 2021[27]9th Azzedine Rahim24 December 2021[28]
RC Arbaâ Abdelghani BoufennaraSacked4 January 2022[29]16th Faiçal Kebbiche4 January 2022[30]
RC Relizane Lyamine BougheraraResigned10 January 2022[31]13th Noureddine Meguenni10 January 2022
WA Tlemcen Meziane IghilSacked15 January 2022[32]13th Sid Ahmed Slimani17 January 2022[33]
Olympique de Médéa Lotfi SellimiMutual consent25 January 2022[34]11th Karim Zaoui14 February 2022[35]
NA Hussein Dey Chérif AbdeslamResigned5 February 202215th Mohamed Mekhazni6 March 2022[36]
USM Alger Azzedine RahimEnd of caretaker spell9 February 20223rd Zlatko Krmpotić9 February 2022[37]
MC Oran Moez BouakazSacked10 February 2022[38]13th Abdelkader Amrani11 February 2022[39]
Paradou AC Tahar Chérif El-OuazzaniResigned16 February 2022[40]3rd Boško Gjurovski20 March 2022[41]
CS Constantine Chérif HadjarResigned16 February 2022[42]7th Kheïreddine Madoui1 March 2022[43]
HB Chelghoum Laïd Aziz AbbèsResigned23 February 2022[44]14th Imad Mehal23 February 2022
ES Sétif Nabil KoukiMutual consent28 February 2022[45]6th Rédha Bendris28 February 2022[46]
NA Hussein Dey Mohamed MekhazniResigned15 March 2022[47]15th Lyamine Bougherara15 March 2022[48]
JS Saoura Kais YakoubiMutual consent9 April 2022[49]2nd Moustapha Djallit9 April 2022
ES Sétif Rédha BendrisEnd of caretaker spell17 April 20229th Darko Nović17 April 2022[50]
USM Alger Zlatko KrmpotićSacked18 April 2022[51]3rd Jamil Benouahi18 April 2022[52]
HB Chelghoum Laïd Imad MehalEnd of caretaker spell20 April 202214th Chérif Hadjar20 April 2022
Paradou AC Boško GjurovskiResigned9 May 2022[53]3rd Francisco Chaló10 May 2022[54]

Foreign players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2
ASO Chlef Yaya Banhoro Ousseini Soumaila
CR Belouizdad
CS Constantine Marcellin Koukpo
ES Sétif Ibrahim Bodabous Daniel Lomotey
HB Chelghoum Laïd
JS Kabylie Mujib Kassim
Lamine Ouattara
Yacouba Doumbia
JS Saoura Adam Salamba
MC Alger Joseph Esso Isla Daoudi Diomande
MC Oran Tony Abega
NA Hussein Dey
NC Magra
Olympique de Médéa
Paradou AC Allan Okello
RC Arbaâ
RC Relizane
US Biskra
USM Alger Kwame Opoku Hamed Belem
WA Tlemcen

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1CR Belouizdad (C)3421765422+3270Qualification for CAF Champions League
2JS Kabylie34161354020+2061
3JS Saoura3417985923+3660Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4USM Alger34151274522+2357
5CS Constantine34151094629+1755
6Paradou AC34166124336+754[a]
7ES Sétif34159104324+1954[a]
8MC Alger34131293624+1251
9ASO Chlef341311103831+750[b]
10US Biskra341311103632+450[b]
11MC Oran34101683229+346
12HB Chelghoum Laïd341112114041−145
13NC Magra34136153136−545
14RC Arbaâ341013114045−543
15Olympique de Médéa (R)34106183253−2136Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2
16NA Hussein Dey (R)3457223366−3322
17RC Relizane (R)3448223187−5620
18WA Tlemcen (R)3434271372−5913
Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayASOCRBCSCESSHBCLJSKJSSMCAMCONAHDNCMOMPACRCARCRUSBUSMAWAT
ASO Chlef1–21–00–11–01–12–21–11–10–00–00–10–02–01–02–02–14–0
CR Belouizdad3–11–11–00–10–11–01–03–01–01–22–12–01–12–02–01–03–0
CS Constantine2–01–21–03–32–11–03–00–12–11–01–01–01–14–00–01–15–0
ES Sétif0–02–21–01–01–10–02–10–15–10–23–00–13–17–02–03–11–0
HB Chelghoum Laïd1–00–01–11–01–30–02–00–00–12–02–03–01–11–13–10–03–1
JS Kabylie0–10–01–30–01–02–10–11–03–23–01–02–01–13–01–11–12–0
JS Saoura2–20–12–01–15–01–00–02–05–01–04–04–10–06–02–01–06–0
MC Alger1–22–10–02–01–00–22–00–02–02–10–01–01–08–21–10–12–0
MC Oran1–00–02–10–02–20–02–11–00–02–10–12–41–11–12–22–15–0
NA Hussein Dey0–23–51–40–02–12–21–21–42–10–10–10–20–13–51–21–13–1
NC Magra2–01–01–10–22–00–10–00–00–01–02–01–31–24–11–01–01–0
Olympique de Médéa1–20–02–11–43–30–00–30–01–01–23–10–14–32–01–11–31–0
Paradou AC1–01–31–11–06–20–01–01–10–01–13–12–11–23–01–00–11–0
RC Arbaâ0–01–20–13–10–00–01–21–01–13–11–14–23–12–10–52–00–0
RC Relizane4–50–81–10–11–21–41–20–00–22–11–22–10–23–31–10–02–1
US Biskra2–10–12–01–12–00–12–10–02–22–11–02–11–01–01–00–00–0
USM Alger1–12–02–01–01–10–00–01–10–01–04–14–02–14–03–13–02–0
WA Tlemcen0–20–20–20–11–40–12–30–21–02–21–00–21–32–10–00–30–3
Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: the-sports.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
ASO Chlef141716151414141213131112151712111111101110101099987999999
CR Belouizdad121396874211231111111111111111111111
CS Constantine1314107568475525766799987756656688765
ES Sétif777101095867656554577678887798757677
HB Chelghoum Laïd16161716171615161414131613151516141414141414141414141414141212131212
JS Kabylie10121111111111111010997678856444332222222222
JS Saoura1845452644463332222222223545343333
MC Alger3623989533344425685333445466567888
MC Oran5101212121213141515151314161113131212131211121212111112111111111111
NA Hussein Dey946971010101111121111101314151515151615161616161616161616161616
NC Magra15151518181816171817171516131612121013121313111111121211121314141413
Olympique de Médéa11538623788101010111415161616161516151515151515151515151515
Paradou AC6252236322112243344755564333434556
RC Arbaâ17181817161517131216161412121010101311101112131313131313131413121314
RC Relizane18111413131312151612141717141717171717171717171717171717171717171717
US Biskra211111115678888996889991010101010101010101010
USM Alger8384347999879997433566678879875444
WA Tlemcen491314151718181718181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Leader
2022–23 CAF Champions League
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup
2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2
Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: the-sports.org

Clubs season-progress

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
ASO ChlefLLDDDDLWLDWLLLWWWDWLWWDWDWWWDLDWDL
CR BelouizdadLDWWDWWWWWDLWWWLWWWWDWWDWWLLDWDWLW
CS ConstantineLDWWWDDWLWWWLDDWLLLDWDWWLWWDLDLDWW
ES SétifWDDDDWWLWLWWDWDWLLDWLLLWWLLWWWLDDW
HB Chelghoum LaïdLLDDLDDLWDDLWLDLWWLDLWDWLLDWWWWDWD
JS KabylieDDDDLDDWWDWWWWLLWWDWDWWDWWLDDWWWLD
JS SaouraWLWDWDWLWWDLWWDWDWWDWLDLLDWLWLWDWW
MC AlgerWDWDLWDWWWDDDWWLLLWWWDDDLWLWDLLLDD
MC OranWLLDLDLDDDLWDLWLWWDLWDDWDWDDDWDDWD
NA Hussein DeyDWDDWLLDLLLWDLLLLLWLLDLLWLLDLLLLLL
NC MagraLDLLLLWLLWLWLWLWWWLDLWWWDDLWLLDDWW
Olympique de MédéaDWWLWWDLLLLLLLLLLLLWDLWDWLWLWWLDLD
Paradou ACWWLWWLDWWWWLLWLWLDDWWWDLWWWDLWLLLD
RC ArbaâLLDDDDLWDLLWWLWWDLWDDLDDDLWDWLWWDL
RC RelizaneLWLDLDDLLWLLDWLLLLDDLDLLLLLLLLWLDL
US BiskraWWWLWDWDLLDDWLWLWWLDDLLLDLWWDDWDDW
USM AlgerDWLWWDDLDLWWDDWWWWLDDDDDDLWLWWWWWL
WA TlemcenWLLLLLLDDLDLLLLWLLDLLLLLLWLLLLLLLL
Updated to match(es) played on 17 June 2022. Source: the-sports.org
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankGoalscorerClubGoals
1 Samy FriouiMC Alger17
2 Ahmed Nadhir BenboualiParadou AC14
Yousri BouzokParadou AC
4 Abou Sofiane BaleghRC Relizane13
5 Hichem MokhtarUS Biskra12
Belaid HamidiJS Saoura
6 Marcellin KoukpoCS Constantine11
Kheireddine MerzouguiCR Belouizdad
9 Rédha BensayahJS Kabylie10
Mehdi BoubakourRC Arbaâ
Mohamed El Siddik BaaliOlympique de Médéa
Aimen LahmeriJS Saoura

Updated to games played on 17 June 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Belaid HamidiJS Saoura*RC Relizane6–02 November 2021[55]
Samy Frioui5MC Alger*RC Relizane8–213 March 2022[56]
Karim AribiCR Belouizdad*NA Hussein Dey5–327 March 2022[57]
Abdelmalek OukilRC Arbaâ*Paradou AC3–16 May 2022[58]
Abou Sofiane Balegh4RC Relizane*NA Hussein Dey5–321 May 2022[59]
Ramdane HitalaNC Magra*RC Relizane4–110 June 2022[60]

5 – Player scored five goals.4 – Player scored four goals.

Monthly awards

MonthNumber
of rounds
Player of the Month
PlayerClubRef
October-November5 Ahmed Nadir BenboualiParadou AC[61]
December5 Farid ChaâlMC Alger[62]
January6 Belaid HamidiJS Saoura[63]
February-March7 Lamine OuattaraJS Kabylie[64]
April5 Ahmed Nadir BenboualiParadou AC[65]
May-June6 Abdelmalek OukilRC Arbaâ[66]

See also

References