2012–13 in Algerian football

The 2012–13 season will be the 52nd season of competitive association football in Algeria.

Football in Algeria

Season	2012–13
Men's football
Ligue 1	ES Sétif
Ligue 2	CRB Aïn Fakroun
Amateur	US Chaouia USMM Hadjout A Bou Saâda
Algerian Cup	USM Alger
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Promotion and relegation

National teams

Algeria national football team

2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

15 June 2012	Algeria	4 – 1	Gambia	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Kadir  1' Slimani  6', 52' Soudani  65'	Report	Gassama  15'	Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

9 September 2012	Libya	0 – 1	Algeria	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca (Morocco)^3
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Soudani  88'	Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

14 October 2012	Algeria	2 – 0	Libya	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Soudani  6' Slimani  7'	Report		Referee: Aboubacar Bangoura (Guinea)

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Key to colors in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ivory Coast (A)	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
Togo (A)	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Tunisia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
Algeria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Source:
(A) Advanced to the quarterfinals.

All times South African Standard Time (UTC+2)

22 January 2013	Tunisia	1 – 0	Algeria	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
20:00	Msakni  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

26 January 2013	Algeria	0 – 2	Togo	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
20:00		Report	Adebayor  31' Wome  90+5'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

30 January 2013	Algeria	2 – 2	Ivory Coast	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
19:00	Feghouli  64' (pen.) Soudani  70'	Report	Drogba  77' Bony  81'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Algeria	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15		—	1–0	3–1	4–0
Mali	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		2–1	—	2–2	1–1
Benin	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8		1–3	1–0	—	2–0
Rwanda	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2		0–1	1–2	1–1	—

Source:

2 June 2012	Algeria	4–0	Rwanda	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Feghouli  26' Soudani  31', 82' Slimani  79'	Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

10 June 2012	Mali	2–1	Algeria	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)[note 1]
19:00 UTC±0	N'Diaye  30' Maïga  81'	Report	Slimani  6'	Attendance: 5,847 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

26 March 2013	Algeria	3–1	Benin	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Feghouli  10' Taïder  59' Slimani  90+2'	Report	Gestede  26'	Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

9 June 2013	Benin	1–3	Algeria	Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo
16:00 UTC+1	Gestede  31'	Report	Slimani  38', 42' Ghilas  78'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

16 June 2013	Rwanda	0–1	Algeria	Stade Amahoro, Kigali
15:30 UTC+2		Report	Taïder  51'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)

International Friendlies

14 November 2012	Algeria	0 – 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
18:00		Report	Svraka  90+2'	Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Algerian women's national football team

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Sétif (C)	30	18	5	7	55	27	+28	59	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	USM El Harrach[lower-alpha 1]	30	17	6	7	38	22	+16	57
3	CS Constantine	30	13	13	4	37	20	+17	52	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
4	USM Alger[lower-alpha 2]	30	15	6	9	32	15	+17	51
5	MC Alger[lower-alpha 3]	30	15	8	7	33	24	+9	50
6	CR Belouizdad	30	11	11	8	32	26	+6	44
7	JS Kabylie	30	11	8	11	32	31	+1	41
8	MC El Eulma	30	9	13	8	29	27	+2	40
9	JS Saoura	30	10	8	12	28	26	+2	38
10	ASO Chlef	30	10	8	12	26	29	−3	38
11	JSM Béjaïa	30	9	11	10	28	32	−4	38
12	MC Oran	30	8	10	12	33	41	−8	34
13	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	30	7	12	11	20	26	−6	33
14	CA Batna (R)	30	6	8	16	20	46	−26	26	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	WA Tlemcen (R)	30	6	6	18	19	43	−24	24
16	USM Bel-Abbès (R)	30	5	7	18	18	45	−27	22

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2013. Source: DZFoot
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) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. USM El Harrach, the 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up, withdrew after the draw was held.[2] Sporting Praia Cruz, the 2013 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship champion, were allowed by the CAF to replace them in the draw.[3]
2. USM Alger, the 2012–13 Algerian Cup winner, withdrew before the start of the competition.
3. In a match between USM El Harrach and MC Alger the last refused to play in the Stade 1er Novembre 1954, but the LFP refused to change the pitch, Despite the presence of USM El Harrach, the referees and supporters, but the Mouloudia team did not attend. the club will receive a penalty, according to Article 84 of the Disciplinary Code of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), "a match lost by penalty. Defalcation of three (03) points, One million dinars (1,000,000 dinars) fine for the club. "The offending club will be deprived of its compensation due for television rights.[4][5]

Ligue Professionnelle 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CRB Aïn Fakroun (P)	30	17	6	7	43	25	+18	57	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2	RC Arbaâ (P)	30	16	9	5	33	22	+11	57
3	MO Béjaïa (P)	30	17	5	8	41	20	+21	56
4	ES Mostaganem	30	15	7	8	44	33	+11	52
5	USM Blida	30	13	9	8	44	27	+17	48
6	ASM Oran	30	13	5	12	32	28	+4	44
7	NA Hussein Dey	30	11	10	9	38	21	+17	43
8	AS Khroub	30	11	7	12	38	32	+6	40
9	MC Saïda	30	9	11	10	22	24	−2	38
10	USM Annaba	30	10	10	10	23	22	+1	40
11	AB Merouana	30	11	4	15	24	34	−10	37
12	Olympique de Médéa	30	9	9	12	22	26	−4	36
13	MSP Batna	30	9	9	12	28	34	−6	36
14	MO Constantine (R)	30	8	9	13	28	40	−12	33	2013–14 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
15	SA Mohammadia (R)	30	7	11	12	27	43	−16	32
16	CR Témouchent (R)	30	2	3	25	14	73	−59	9

Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur

Groupe Est

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	US Chaouia (P)	26	17	4	5	38	17	+21	55	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2	NRB Touggourt	26	13	3	10	28	26	+2	42
3	US Biskra	26	12	5	9	34	27	+7	41
4	WA Ramdane Djamel	26	11	6	9	29	21	+8	39
5	Hamra Annaba	26	10	9	7	34	30	+4	39
6	USM Aïn Beïda	26	11	5	10	32	32	0	38
7	DRB Tadjenanet	26	10	7	9	29	28	+1	37
8	USM Khenchela	26	10	7	9	28	28	0	37
9	NC Magra	26	10	6	10	30	27	+3	36
10	JSM Skikda	26	9	6	11	26	36	−10	33
11	US Tébessa	26	9	3	14	26	31	−5	30
12	AS Ain M'lila	26	9	3	14	23	34	−11	30
13	E Collo	26	8	5	13	23	35	−12	29
14	JS Djijel (R)	26	6	5	15	17	35	−18	23	2013–14 Inter-Régions Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Groupe Centre

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	A Bou Saâda (P)	26	14	8	4	45	23	+22	50	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2	RC Kouba	26	13	4	9	37	30	+7	43
3	WR M'Sila	26	11	6	9	25	25	0	39
4	IB Lakhdaria	26	9	9	8	23	20	+3	36
5	JSM Chéraga	26	9	7	10	36	32	+4	34
6	Paradou AC	26	9	7	10	33	32	+1	34
7	E Sour El Ghozlane	26	10	4	12	26	29	−3	34
8	NARB Réghaïa	26	9	6	11	30	32	−2	33
9	MC Mekhadma	26	9	6	11	35	38	−3	33
10	ESM Koléa	26	7	12	7	28	31	−3	33
11	WA Boufarik	26	8	9	9	20	24	−4	33
12	USM Chéraga	26	9	6	11	23	29	−6	33
13	IB Khémis El Khechna	26	9	5	12	30	42	−12	32
14	AS Bordj Ghédir (R)	26	9	5	12	32	36	−4	32	2013–14 Inter-Régions Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Groupe Ouest

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	USMM Hadjout (P)	26	15	8	3	42	19	+23	53	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2	IRB Maghnia	26	11	7	8	26	25	+1	40
3	JSM Tiaret	26	10	8	8	38	36	+2	38
4	MB Hassasna	26	9	11	6	31	31	0	38
5	OM Arzew	26	11	5	10	38	29	+9	38
6	ES Berrouaghia	26	9	7	10	31	34	−3	34
7	US Remchi	26	9	6	11	37	37	0	33
8	RCB Oued Rhiou	26	8	9	9	27	27	0	33
9	WA Mostaganem	26	7	10	9	28	26	+2	31
10	RC Relizane	26	8	7	11	21	29	−8	31
11	IS Tighennif	26	7	10	9	26	37	−11	31
12	GC Mascara	26	7	9	10	26	23	+3	30
13	CC Sig	26	8	6	12	20	25	−5	30
14	JSA Emir Abdelkader (R)	26	6	11	9	22	35	−13	29	2013–14 Inter-Régions Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Notes

1. Mali's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Algeria was played at a neutral venue due to continued political instability in Mali.[1]

References

1. "Mali-Algeria now in Ouagadougou". supersport.com. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
2. "Risque de lourdes sanctions pour l'USM El Harrach" (in French). La Tribune. 28 December 2013. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
3. "Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz safou-se" (in Portuguese). Téla Nón. 16 January 2014.
4. "USMH - MCA : Le Mouloudia sans conviction à El Harrach". planetesport.dz. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
5. "Le MCA boycotte le match face à l'USM Harrach". slateafrique.com. Retrieved 27 November 2017.