1963 Championnat National 1 Final

The 1963 Championnat National 1 Final was the first final of the Algerian Championnat after the country's independence. The match took place on June 16, 1963, at Stade d'El Anasser in Algiers with kick-off at 15:00. USM Alger beat MC Alger 3-0 to win their first Algerian Championnat.

1963 Championnat National 1 Final
Bentifour, coach of the USM Alger receives from the hands of Ben Bella president, the first trophy Algerian football championship, under the gaze of President of the FAF the Dr Maouche (left) and Minister of Defense Houari Boumedienne (right)
Event1962–63 Algerian Championnat National
USM Alger MC Alger
3 0
DateJune 16, 1963
VenueStade d'El Anasser, Algiers
Man of the MatchAbdelaziz Ben Tifour
Attendance20.000

Critériums d'Honneur

Groupe I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 MC Alger 18 13 3 2 49 13 +36 47 Qualification to a final group, promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
2 JS Kabylie 18 13 3 2 50 15 +35 47 Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
3 USM Maison-Carrée 18 10 4 4 48 18 +30 42
4 RS Alger 18 10 1 7 32 25 +7 39 Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2)
5 JS Bordj Ménaïel 18 6 7 5 32 24 +8 37
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Groupe V
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 USM Alger 18 16 1 1 75 6 +69 51 Qualification to a final group, promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
2 USM Marengo 18 10 5 3 40 18 +22 43 Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
3 USM Blida 18 10 3 5 57 12 +45 41
4 RC Arbaâ 18 10 3 5 46 26 +20 41
5 USH Alger 18 8 6 4 28 18 +10 40 Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2)
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Final rankings (Algiers)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 USM Alger 4 4 0 0 15 3 +12 12 Qualification to a national tournament
2 MC Alger 4 3 0 1 9 2 +7 10 Qualification to a national tournament
3 AS Orléansville 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 8
4 NA Hussein Dey 4 1 0 3 7 12 −5 6
5 OM Saint-Eugène 4 0 0 4 3 15 −12 4
Source: rsssf.com

Championnat Algiers Final
USM Alger2 – 1MC Alger
Meziani  16'
Rebih  38'		  8' Lâagoun
Referee: Benzellat

Semi-finals
MC Alger4 – 0SCM Oran
Hahad  25' (pen.)
Oualiken  40', 50', 60'
Attendance: 20.000
Referee: Mohammedi
USM Alger2 – 2.[1]USM Bône
Salah
Bernaoui 		?
?
Attendance: 20.000

Pre-match

A mini tournament is organized between these clubs to designate the county champion. USM Alger finally prevail in the final two goals to one against MC Alger and will enter the final round with winners from other regions. The runner accompany because it was decided that the central region for the first two teams qualify criterion.

A tournament is held between the winners of these regional criteriums, a sort of "play-off" whose goal is to identify the first "Champion of Algeria football." In the semi-final draw to give USM Alger match against USM Bône and MC Alger facing SCM Oran. In the first meeting, Bône little bow face to Algiers by the rule of the many corners obtained in a scoreless game after a goal everywhere. In the other match, the mouloudia wins against the Oran on the final score four goals to nil. At the end of the tournament, the first title was awarded to USM Alger, MC Alger winner by three goals to nil. The two losers of the semifinals fought for third place, and that's USM Bône who prevailed over the SCM Oran by four goals to one.

Details
USM Alger3 - 0MC Alger
Ben Tifour  54'
Rebih  73'
Bernaoui  85'		 report
Attendance: 20.000
USM Alger
MC Alger
GK1 Djamel El Okbi
DF? Mohamed Madani
MF? Mohamed Djemâa
DF? Achour Salah
DF? Rachid Aftouche
MF? Boubekeur Belbekri
MF? Ghazi Djermane
MF6 Freddy Zemmour
FW10 Hamid Bernaoui
FW9 Krimo Rebih
FW11 Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (c)
Manager :
Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
GK1 Abderrahmane Boubekeur
? Mazari
? Atbi
? Ahmed Maârouf
? Naâmane
? Azzouz
? Ahmed Lâagoun
? Abdeldjalil Dahmoune
FW? Omar Hahad (c)
FW? Amokrane Oualiken
? Zidane
Manager :
Saïd Haddad

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:

    MAN OF THE MATCH

    MATCH RULES

    References
    1. USM Alger requires corners 7-6 semi-final between USM Alger and USM Bône ended on a 2-2 draw. The rule penalties not yet in force in 1963, the two teams were broken by the number of corners awarded during the game. The USM Alger won the semi-final with 7 corners against 6 for the USM Annaba
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