2018–19 in Algerian football

The 2018–19 season will be the 56th season of competitive association football in Algeria. The national team became African champions for the second time, by winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations helds in Egypt.[1][2]

Football in Algeria

Season	2018–19
Men's football
National	Est Centre Ouest
Inter-Régions	Est Centre-Est Centre-Ouest Ouest
Régional I	Alger Blida Constantine Annaba Batna Oran Saida Ouargla Béchar
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Promotion and relegation

National teams

Algeria national football team

Kits

Home

Away

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Goalkeeper 3

2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	6	3	2	1	9	4	+5	11	Final tournament		—	2–0	1–1	1–0
2	Benin	6	3	1	2	5	6	−1	10			1–0	—	1–0	2–1
3	Gambia	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6			1–1	3–1	—	0–1
4	Togo	6	1	2	3	4	8	−4	5			1–4	0–0	1–1	—

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

International Friendlies

27 December 2018 Friendly	Qatar	0–1	Algeria	Doha, Qatar
15:00 (AST)		Report	Bounedjah  57'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium

26 March 2019 Friendly	Algeria	1–0	Tunisia	Blida, Algeria
20:45 (CET)	Bounedjah  70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Samir Guezzaz (Morocco)

11 June 2019 Friendly	Algeria	1–1	Burundi	Doha, Qatar
19:00 (CET)	Bounedjah  66'	Report	M'Bolhi  75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Jassim bin Hamad Stadium

16 June 2019 Friendly	Algeria	3–2	Mali	Doha, Qatar
21:00 (AST)	Bounedjah  41' Belaïli  76' (pen.) Delort  81'	Report	Diaby  20' (pen.) Sacko 68'	Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium

2019 Africa Cup of Nations

23 June 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria	2–0	Kenya	Cairo, Egypt
22:00	Bounedjah  34' Mahrez  43'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 8,071 Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

27 June 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Senegal	0–1	Algeria	Cairo, Egypt
19:00		Report	Belaïli  49'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 25,765 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

1 July 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Tanzania	0–3	Algeria	Cairo, Egypt
21:00		Report	Slimani  34' Ounas  39', 45+1'	Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 8,921 Referee: Andofetra Rakotojaona (Madagascar)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	3	3	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
3	Kenya	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Tanzania	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

7 July 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria	3–0	Guinea	Cairo, Egypt
21:00	Belaïli  24' Mahrez  57' Ounas  82'	Report		Stadium: 30 June Stadium Attendance: 8,205 Referee: Bernard Camille (Seychelles)

11 July 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Ivory Coast	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Algeria	Suez, Egypt
18:00	Kodjia  62'	Report	Feghouli  20'	Stadium: Suez Stadium Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)
	Penalties
	Kessié Cornet Bony Gradel Dié		Bensebaini Slimani Delort Ounas Belaïli

14 July 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria	2–1	Nigeria	Cairo, Egypt
21:00	Troost-Ekong  40' (o.g.) Mahrez  90+5'	Report	Ighalo  72' (pen.)	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

19 July 2019 Africa Cup of Nations	Senegal	0–1	Algeria	Cairo, Egypt
21:00		Report	Bounedjah  2'	Stadium: Cairo International Stadium Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	15	8	7	49	29	+20	53	Qualification for Champions League
2	JS Kabylie	30	15	7	8	38	25	+13	52
3	Paradou AC	30	14	6	10	38	24	+14	48	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	JS Saoura	30	13	8	9	33	22	+11	47	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
5	ES Sétif	30	13	6	11	34	24	+10	45
6	MC Alger	30	11	10	9	35	36	−1	43	Qualification for Arab Club Champions Cup
7	CS Constantine	30	10	10	10	30	24	+6	40
8	CR Belouizdad	30	10	11	9	28	27	+1	38[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for Confederation Cup[lower-alpha 2]
9	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	30	9	10	11	22	24	−2	37
10	MC Oran	30	8	12	10	33	38	−5	36[lower-alpha 3]
11	NA Hussein Dey	30	9	9	12	22	29	−7	36[lower-alpha 3]
12	AS Aïn M'lila	30	7	15	8	20	30	−10	36[lower-alpha 3]
13	USM Bel Abbès	30	9	8	13	24	39	−15	35
14	MO Béjaïa (R)	30	7	12	11	23	36	−13	33	Relegation to Ligue 2
15	DRB Tadjenanet (R)	30	7	10	13	26	38	−12	31[lower-alpha 4]
16	Olympique de Médéa (R)	30	7	10	13	21	31	−10	31[lower-alpha 4]

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. CR Belouizdad were deducted 3 points.
2. CR Belouizdad are Algerian Cup winners.
3. Head-to-head: MC Oran 7 points; NA Hussein Dey 5 points; AS Aïn M'lila 3 points.
4. Head-to-head: DRB Tadjenanet 4 points; Olympique de Médéa 1 point.

Ligue Professionnelle 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	US Biskra (R)	30	16	7	7	39	28	+11	55	2019–20 Professional League 1
2	NC Magra (P)	30	16	9	5	37	25	+12	53
3	ASO Chlef	30	14	10	6	35	23	+12	52
4	WA Tlemcen	30	15	7	8	44	29	+15	52
5	RC Relizane	30	15	5	10	27	17	+10	50
6	MC El Eulma	30	11	8	11	29	26	+3	41
7	A Bou Saâda	30	10	9	11	32	31	+1	39
8	USM Annaba (P)	30	11	6	13	19	24	−5	39
9	JSM Béjaïa	30	10	8	12	31	32	−1	38
10	JSM Skikda	30	10	8	12	22	25	−3	38
11	USM El Harrach (R)	30	7	15	8	22	24	−2	36
12	MC Saïda	30	8	12	10	26	30	−4	36
13	ASM Oran	30	8	11	11	37	34	+3	35
14	ES Mostaganem (P)	30	8	11	11	29	37	−8	35	2019–20 League of Amateurs
15	RC Kouba	30	4	14	12	18	33	−15	26
16	USM Blida (R)	30	3	8	19	15	44	−29	17

Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2018. Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Women's football

References

1. "Algeria celebrate second title". fifa.com. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
2. "Algeria deserved their Afcon triumph". theguardian.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.