Algerian football clubs in African competitions

Football clubs from Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Algeria) have been the most successful in Africa. since 1970, twenty-four Algerian clubs have evolved into African competitions. They can participate each year according to their results during the previous season in the various national competitions, during the sixties no Algerian club engages. The African football competitions are relatively recent and that there was only the African Cup of Champion Clubs, the first edition of which dates from the year 1964. This can be explained first by the fact that at that time most African countries recently gained independence. Everyone was not at the same level in terms of football, on the other hand there were also other football competitions whose geographical scope was restricted and represented only part of the African continent. These well established since the early sixties, the continental dimension of a test was still difficult to admit and tolerate, moreover the first editions will be organized and won by countries in the center and East of the continent African.

Several Algerian clubs have participated in these competitions, some even several times, but only JS Kabylie and ES Setif have crossed the symbolic threshold of 100 matches in African Cups, it is also the two most titled clubs with 7 and 3 titles respectively, in addition to the C1, JS Kabylie has the particularity of being the only Algerian team to have also won the C2 and the C3 (competition that no longer exists), only the CAF Confederation Cup and the African Football League misses its list. ES Setif for its part and the only team that won the C1 new formula launched since 1997. JS Kabylie with its thirty participations in all competitions is the club with the most participations before ES Setif, which has fourteen. the period that began with the victory of MC Algiers in 1976) until the late eighties (victory of JS Kabylie in 1990), is the most prolific for the Algerian clubs that won four titles and achieved two finals. This period will see even Algerian football achieve three consecutive finals in African Cup champion clubs in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

Then it's nothingness, some clubs will frequently reach the quarter-finals see the semi-finals of an African competition; while others will make episodic appearances where only the participation seems to be their results. Despite the unrest that Algeria experienced (the "black decade" of the Algerian Civil War), his football succeeds somehow to survive even if it regresses somewhat. This is partly due to the good results of JS Kabylie who managed during the nineties to stay at the level of his rivals Maghreb, chaining a victory in 1990 in the Champions Clubs' Cup (and a half final lost in 1996), a victory in the African Cup of football cup winners in 1995 as well as a participation in a CAF Super Cup in 1996.

Overview

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African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League

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African Cup of Champions Clubs

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PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, TR : Third round, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners

Team 1970 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
JS Kabylie QF W FR SR SF
MC Alger W QF SR QF
RC Kouba QF
GC Mascara QF
CR Belouizdad FR
Team 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
JS Kabylie SR W SR SF
MC Oran RU QF SF
ES Sétif SR W
MO Constantine SR
US Chaouia SR

CAF Champions League

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PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, GS : Group stage, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners,     Disqualified

Team 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
USM Alger GS SF GS SR FR PR
ES Sétif FR GS SR
JS Kabylie FR GS GS SR FR SF
MC Alger FR GS
CS Constantine FR
CR Belouizdad GS FR
ASO Chlef FR GS
JSM Béjaïa FR
USM El Harrach SR
Team 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
USM Alger RU SF GS
ES Sétif SR W GS GS SF QF
JS Kabylie GS QF
MC Alger GS QF
CS Constantine QF
CR Belouizdad QF QF QF
JS Saoura PR GS
JSM Béjaïa SR
MC El Eulma GS
MO Béjaïa SR

Statistics by club

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As of 3 June 2023
# Team Q Pld W D L GF GA GD Best Finish
1 JS Kabylie 17 122 62 21 39 152 103 +47 Winners
2 ES Sétif 12 94 40 27 27 146 108 +38 Winners
3 USM Alger 9 80 37 19 24 132 82 +50 Runners-up
4 MC Alger 8 60 25 14 21 94 76 +18 Winners
5 CR Belouizdad 6 50 20 11 19 61 52 −9 Quarter-finals
6 MC Oran 3 24 13 2 9 37 27 +10 Runners-up
7 CS Constantine 2 14 6 3 5 16 14 +2 Quarter-finals
8 ASO Chlef 2 14 5 5 4 17 15 +2 Group Stage
9 MC El Eulma 1 12 3 2 7 10 15 −5 Group Stage
10 JS Saoura 2 12 4 5 3 11 11 +0 Group Stage
11 JSM Béjaïa 2 10 2 5 3 8 8 +0 Second Round
12 GC Mascara 1 6 2 1 3 7 8 −1 Quarter-finals
13 MO Béjaïa 1 6 2 1 3 5 7 −3 Second Round
14 RC Kouba 1 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 Quarter-finals
15 MO Constantine 1 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 Second Round
16 USM El Harrach 1 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 Second Round
17 US Chaouia 1 4 2 0 2 3 4 −1 Second Round

CAF Confederation Cup

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PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, PoR : Play-off round, GS : Group stage, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners

Team 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
ES Sétif RU PoR FR GS
MC Alger FR FR PR QF
CR Belouizdad FR PoR PoR FR
USM Alger PoR SR QF
JS Kabylie GS GS PoR
JSM Béjaïa FR SR PoR
ASO Chlef FR SR SR
NA Hussein Dey PoR GS
MC Oran SR SR
CS Constantine SR SR
MO Béjaïa RU
Paradou AC GS
CA Batna PR
USM Bel Abbès FR
Team 2021 2022 2023 2024
ES Sétif GS
JS Kabylie RU PoR
JS Saoura GS SR
USM Alger W
ASO Chlef

African Cup Winners' Cup

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PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, TR : Third round, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners,     Disqualified.

Team 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
USM Alger QF QF
MC Alger SR
MO Constantine SR
NA Hussein Dey RU SF
CR Belouizdad QF
MC Oran SR SR
ES Sétif QF
DNC Alger QF
WKF Collo SR
USM El Harrach FR
RC Relizane FR
Team 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
USM Alger QF FR SF
JS Kabylie QF W
NA Hussein Dey SR
CR Belouizdad SF
MC Oran QF
ES Sétif SF
USM Bel Abbès SR
WA Tlemcen FR FR
CR Béni Thour SR

Algerian clubs in African Finals

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Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
1976   Hafia FC 3–0   MC Alger Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry 30,000
  MC Alger 3–0   Hafia FC Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 80,000
MC Alger won 4–1 on penalties (3–3 on aggregate)*
1981   JE Tizi-Ouzou 4–0   Vita Club Stade 1er Novembre, Tizi-Ouzou 20,000
  Vita Club 0–1   JE Tizi-Ouzou Stade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa 30,000
JE Tizi-Ouzou won 5–0 on aggregate
1988   Iwuanyanwu Nationale 1–0   Entente de Sétif Liberty Stadium, Ibadan 25,000
  Entente de Sétif 4–0   Iwuanyanwu Nationale Stade 17 Juin, Constantine 55,000
Entente de Sétif won 4–1 on aggregate
1989   Raja Casablanca 1–0   MC Oran Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca 50,000
  MC Oran 1–0   Raja Casablanca Stade 19 Juin, Oran 45,000
Raja Casablanca won 4–2 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)*
1990   JS Kabylie 1–0   Nkana Red Devils Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 70,000
  Nkana Red Devils 1–0   JS Kabylie Independence Stadium, Lusaka 35,000
JS Kabylie won 5–3 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)*
2014   AS Vita Club 2–2   ES Sétif Stade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa 40,000
  ES Sétif 1–1   AS Vita Club Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida 35,000
ES Sétif won by the away goal (3–3 on aggregate)#
2015   USM Alger 1–2   TP Mazembe Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers 15.000
  TP Mazembe 2–0   USM Alger Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi 18.000
TP Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate
Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2009   ES Setif 2–0   Stade Malien Stade 8 Mai 1945, Setif 25,000
  Stade Malien 2–0   ES Setif Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako 35,000
Stade Malien won 3–2 on penalties (2–2 on aggregate)*
2016   MO Béjaïa 1–1   TP Mazembe Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa 15,000
  TP Mazembe 4–1   MO Béjaïa Stade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi 18,000
TP Mazembe won 5–2 on aggregate
2020–21   Raja Casablanca 2–1   JS Kabylie Stade de l'Amitié, Cotonou 0 (close doors)
2022–23   Young Africans 1–2   USM Alger National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
  USM Alger 0–1   Young Africans Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers
USM Alger won on away goals
Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance Notes
1996   Orlando Pirates CL 1 – 0   JS Kabylie CWC FNB Stadium 20,000 [1]
2015   ES Sétif CL 1 – 1   Al Ahly CAF Stade Mustapha Tchaker 15,000 [2]

CAF Cup (Defunct)

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Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2000
Details
  Ismaily SC 1 – 1   JS Kabylie Ismailia Stadium, Ismaïlia 25,000
  JS Kabylie 0 – 0   Ismaily SC Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 90,000
JS Kabylie won by away goal after 1 – 1 on aggregate
2001
Details
  ES Sahel 2 – 1   JS Kabylie Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse
  JS Kabylie 1 – 0   ES Sahel Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 80,000
JS Kabylie won by away goal after 2 – 2 on aggregate
2002
Details
  JS Kabylie 4 – 0   Tonnerre KC Yaoundé Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 80,000
  Tonnerre KC Yaoundé 1 – 0   JS Kabylie Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé 30,000
JS Kabylie won 4 – 1 on aggregate
Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
1978
Details
  MA Hussein Dey 1 – 3   Horoya AC Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers
  Horoya AC 2 – 1   MA Hussein Dey Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry
Horoya AC won 5 – 2 on aggregate
1995
Details
  Julius Berger FC 1 – 1   JS Kabylie Lagos National Stadium, Surulere
  JS Kabylie 2 – 1   Julius Berger FC Stade 5 Juillet, Algiers 45,000
JS Kabylie won 3 – 2 on aggregate
Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
1989   ES Sétif 2–0   Al-Sadd Stade 17 Juin, Constantine
  Al-Sadd 1–3   ES Sétif Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
ES Sétif won 5–1 on aggregate

Non-CAF competition

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The 1982 African Super Cup is a match which took place on January 25, 1982 during the Tournament of Fraternity in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. JS Kabylie won this trophy against the Cameroonians of Union Douala. The newspaper France Football commented on this event of the birth of the brand new African Super Cup.[3]

African achievements

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Total standings of African Cup participations (1963 to 2022–23)

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Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA CSC CCL CCWC CAC CCC
Pa. Pld Pa. Pld Pa. Pld Pa. Pld Pa. Pld
1 JS Kabylie 213 107 38 68 265 184 2 2 17 122 2 14 4 30 5 45
2 ES Sétif 145 61 37 47 219 162 1 1 12 94 2 12 5 36
3 USM Alger 145 69 34 42 233 143 9 80 5 25 1 6 4 34
4 MC Alger 84 35 18 31 123 101 8 60 1 4 4 20
5 CR Belouizdad 79 32 20 27 96 76 6 50 2 10 4 20
6 MC Oran 48 19 10 19 70 52 3 20 3 12 2 8 2 8

Trophies

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# Team CCL CAC CCWC CCC CSC AACC Total
1 JS Kabylie 2 3 1 - 1 - 7
2 ES Sétif 2 - - - 1 1 4
3 USM Alger - - - 1 1 - 2
4 MC Alger 1 - - - - - 1

References

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  1. ^ "Past Competitions - 1995". CAF. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  2. ^ "ES Setif claim trophy after Ahly penalty heartache". CAF. 2015-02-21.
  3. ^ "Tournament of Fraternity 1982".