2020–21 in Algerian football

Football in Algeria

Season

2020–21

Men's football

Ligue Pro. 1

CR Belouizdad

Ligue 2

West MCB Oued Sly
Centre RC Arbaâ
East HB Chelghoum Laïd

Inter-Régions

GC Mascara
Hamra Annaba
IRB Ouargla
JS Bordj Ménaïel
MC El Bayadh
USMM Hadjout

Algerian Cup

Cancelled

← 2019–20

2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season will be the 58th season of competitive association football in Algeria. The Algerian Football Federation had endorses the change of the competition system by increasing the number of clubs from 16 to 20, as for the second division to 36 clubs from two groups Central East and Central West from 18 clubs also became the number of professional clubs 18 instead of 32 starting from the season 2020–21.^[1]

9 October 2020 Friendly	Nigeria	0–1	Algeria	Sankt Veit an der Glan, Austria
20:30 UTC+2		Report	Bensebaini 6'	Stadium: Jacques Lemans Arena Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

13 October 2020 Friendly	Mexico	2–2	Algeria	The Hague, Netherlands
21:00 UTC+2	Corona 43' D. Lainez 86'	Report	Bennacer 45' Mahrez 67'	Stadium: Cars Jeans Stadion Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands)

3 June 2021 Friendly	Algeria	4–1	Mauritania	Blida, Algeria
20:45 UTC+1	Feghouli 40', 57' Ounas 60' Bounedjah 70'	Report	Yacoub 55'	Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Ibrahim Nour El Din (Egypt)

6 June 2021 Friendly	Algeria	1–0	Mali	Blida, Algeria
20:45 UTC+1	Mahrez 56'	Report		Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Ahmed El Ghandour (Egypt)

11 June 2021 Friendly	Tunisia	0–2	Algeria	Radès, Tunisia
20:30 UTC+1		Report	Bounedjah 19' Mahrez 28'	Stadium: Stade Olympique de Radès Referee: Mohamed Maarouf Eid Mansour (Egypt)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	6	4	2	0	19	6	+13	14	Final tournament
2	Zimbabwe	6	2	2	2	6	8	−2	8	Final tournament
3	Zambia	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7
4	Botswana	6	1	1	4	2	9	−7	4

12 November 2020 3	Algeria	3–1	Zimbabwe	Algiers, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1	Bounedjah 31' Feghouli 43' Mahrez 67'	Report	Kadewere 79'	Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

16 November 2020 4	Zimbabwe	2–2	Algeria	Harare, Zimbabwe
15:00 UTC+2	Musona 43' Dube 82'	Report	Delort 34' Mahrez 38'	Stadium: National Sports Stadium Referee: Mahmood Ali Mahmood (Sudan)

25 March 2021 5	Zambia	3–3	Algeria	Lusaka, Zambia
21:00 UTC+2	Daka 34' (pen.), 80' (pen.) C. Chama 52'	Report	Ghezzal 19' Slimani 25', 55'	Stadium: National Heroes Stadium Referee: Ali Mohamed Adelaid (Comoros)

29 March 2021 6	Algeria	5–0	Botswana	Blida, Algeria
20:00 UTC+1	Mandi 24' Feghouli 58' Mahrez 64' (pen.) Bounedjah 72' Boulaya 88'	Report		Stadium: Mustapha Tchaker Stadium Referee: Jean Ouattara (Burkina Faso)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt (H)	3	2	1	0	16	2	+14	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tunisia	3	1	2	0	14	3	+11	5	Advance to knockout stage
3	Lebanon	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Sudan	3	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Jordan	2	1	1	5	4	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Palestine	2	0	2	2	8	−6	0

25 August 2021	Jordan	1–3	Algeria	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Jbarah 45'	Report	Bouhenni 34' Ramdani 65' Hadjar 71'	Stadium: Air Defense Stadium Referee: Dorsaf Ganouati (Tunisia)

28 August 2021	Algeria	4–1	Palestine	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Benaichouche 24', 58', 86' Bouhenni 80'	Report	Abedrabbo 57'	Stadium: Air Defense Stadium Referee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)

3 September 2021	Algeria	2–2 (3–4 p)	Tunisia	Cairo
21:00 UTC+2	Merrouche 45+1' Bouhenni 66'		Ayadi 6' Ellouzi 46'	Stadium: Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium Referee: Shahanda Saad Al-Maghraby (Egypt)
	Penalties
	Kendouci Arbi Aouda Ouadah Hamidèche Daoui		Ellouzi Ouni Jmaii Ayadi

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Buffles du Borgou	2–6	MC Alger	1–1	1–5
CR Belouizdad	4–0	Al Nasr	2–0	2–0

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MC Alger	2–1	CS Sfaxien	2–0	0–1
CR Belouizdad	8–1	Gor Mahia	6–0	2–1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MSD	CRB	TPM	HIL
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–2	1–0	2–0
2	CR Belouizdad	6	2	3	1	6	6	0	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–5	—	2–0	1–1
3	TP Mazembe	6	1	2	3	3	6	−3	5		1–2	0–0	—	2–1
4	Al Hilal	6	0	4	2	2	5	−3	4		0–0	0–0	0–0	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EST	MCA	ZAM	TEU
1	Espérance de Tunis	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	3–1	2–1
2	MC Alger	6	2	3	1	4	4	0	9	Advance to knockout stage	1–1	—	0–2	1–0
3	Zamalek	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		0–1	0–0	—	4–1
4	Teungueth	6	1	1	4	4	9	−5	4		2–1	0–1	0–0	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
MC Alger	1–2	Wydad AC	1–1	0–1
CR Belouizdad	2–2 (2–3 p)	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Renaissance	w/o^[A]	ES Sétif	—	—
USGN	1–4	JS Kabylie	1–2	0–2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Asante Kotoko	1–2	ES Sétif	1–2	0–0
Stade Malien	2–2 (a)	JS Kabylie	2–1	0–1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ENY	ORL	ESS	AHL
1	Enyimba	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Orlando Pirates	6	2	3	1	5	2	+3	9^[a]	Advance to knockout stage	2–1	—	0–0	3–0
3	ES Sétif	6	2	2	2	5	3	+2	8		3–0	0–0	—	1–0
4	Al Ahly Benghazi	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7		1–0	0–0	1–0	—

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Ligue 1	HB Chelghoum Laïd RC Arbaâ	AS Aïn M'lila USM Bel Abbès CA Bordj Bou Arréridj JSM Skikda
Ligue 2	JS Bordj Ménaïel IRB Ouargla Hamra Annaba GC Mascara USMM Hadjout MC El Bayadh	AS Khroub CRB Ouled Djellal MSP Batna DRB Tadjenanet CR Beni Thour A Bou Saâda WR M'Sila USM Blida RCB Oued Rhiou US Remchi IRB El Kerma OM Arzew
Inter Régions		SA Mohammadia ICS Tlemcen CRB Dar Beida IRB Sougueur US Beni Douala FC Bir El Arch IRB El Hadjar CRB Aïn Fakroun US Nâama JRB Taghit IRB Nezla JS Sidi Bouaziz

National teams

Algeria men's national football team

Results and fixtures

Friendlies

2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Algeria women's national football team

Arab Women's Cup

Group B

Semi-finals

CAF competitions

CAF Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

First round

Group stage

Group B

Group D

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

CAF Confederation Cup

Qualifying rounds

First round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Ligue 2

Promotion play-offs

Ligue Inter Régions

Promotion play-offs

National Cups

Algerian Cup

Algerian League Cup

Final

Algerian Super Cup

Women's football

Algerian Women's Championship

Algerian Women's Championship D2

Algerian Women's Cup

Managerial changes

Deaths

Notes

References

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CR Belouizdad (C)	38	22	13	3	69	27	+42	79	Qualification for Champions League
2	ES Sétif	38	21	9	8	69	32	+37	71^[a]	Qualification for Champions League
3	JS Saoura	38	20	9	9	60	30	+30	69^[b]	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	USM Alger	38	19	8	11	62	39	+23	65
5	JS Kabylie	38	17	10	11	44	33	+11	61	Qualification for Confederation Cup
6	MC Oran	38	15	15	8	51	37	+14	60
7	MC Alger	38	15	12	11	59	43	+16	57
8	CS Constantine	38	15	12	11	43	31	+12	57
9	NC Magra	38	14	10	14	38	44	−6	52
10	Olympique de Médéa	38	13	12	13	40	43	−3	51
11	Paradou AC	38	13	11	14	53	53	0	50
12	NA Hussein Dey	38	11	14	13	46	45	+1	47
13	RC Relizane	38	13	12	13	35	49	−14	47^[c]
14	US Biskra	38	11	13	14	32	46	−14	46
15	WA Tlemcen	38	12	9	17	40	47	−7	45
16	ASO Chlef	38	12	9	17	39	53	−14	45
17	AS Aïn M'lila (R)	38	13	8	17	38	53	−15	44^[d]	Relegation to Ligue 2
18	USM Bel Abbès (R)	38	9	11	18	32	58	−26	38
19	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (R)	38	4	10	24	29	67	−38	22
20	JSM Skikda (R)	38	5	3	30	17	73	−56	18

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HB Chelghoum Laïd	22	12	7	3	32	18	+14	43	Ligue 1 Playoffs
2	USM Annaba	22	11	8	3	24	8	+16	41
3	US Chaouia	22	10	8	4	36	21	+15	38
4	USM Khenchela	22	10	8	4	26	19	+7	38
5	NRB Teleghma	22	10	4	8	27	17	+10	34
6	MO Constantine	22	9	6	7	27	28	−1	33
7	CA Batna	22	9	5	8	22	19	+3	32
8	MC El Eulma	22	8	6	8	23	24	−1	30
9	AS Khroub	22	5	7	10	19	31	−12	22	Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
10	CRB Ouled Djellal	22	5	5	12	22	29	−7	20
11	MSP Batna	22	5	2	15	20	35	−15	17
12	DRB Tadjenanet	22	4	2	16	24	53	−29	14

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	RC Arbaâ	22	12	5	5	30	15	+15	41	Ligue 1 Playoffs
2	JSM Béjaïa	22	12	5	5	29	22	+7	41
3	MO Béjaïa	22	10	8	4	22	11	+11	38
4	RC Kouba	22	8	9	5	24	21	+3	33
5	WA Boufarik	22	8	9	5	22	21	+1	33
6	ES Ben Aknoun	22	7	10	5	22	14	+8	31
7	USM El Harrach	22	8	7	7	19	22	−3	31
8	IB Lakhdaria	22	7	8	7	18	16	+2	29
9	CR Beni Thour	22	8	5	9	27	26	+1	29	Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
10	A Bou Saâda	22	8	2	12	27	36	−9	26
11	WR M'Sila	22	5	2	15	22	35	−13	17
12	USM Blida	22	2	4	16	13	35	−22	10

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	MCB Oued Sly	22	15	5	2	37	12	+25	50	Ligue 1 Playoffs
2	CR Témouchent	22	14	4	4	31	14	+17	46
3	ASM Oran	22	12	6	4	30	17	+13	42
4	JSM Tiaret	22	11	6	5	38	23	+15	39
5	MC Saïda	22	9	4	9	30	28	+2	31
6	CRB Aïn Oussera	22	7	6	9	30	33	−3	27
7	SKAF Khemis Miliana	22	8	3	11	15	21	−6	27
8	SC Aïn Defla	22	6	7	9	24	35	−11	25
9	RCB Oued Rhiou	22	6	5	11	16	29	−13	23	Relegation to Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
10	US Remchi	22	6	4	12	24	33	−9	22
11	IRB El Kerma	22	4	9	9	26	31	−5	21
12	OM Arzew	22	2	5	15	21	42	−21	11

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	HB Chelghoum Laïd	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	Promotion to Ligue 1
2	RC Arbaâ	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	Promotion to Ligue 1
3	MCB Oued Sly	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	WA Mostaganem	14	9	2	3	26	12	+14	29	Play-offs
2	JS Sig	14	6	3	5	17	14	+3	21
3	JS Emir Abdelkader	14	5	4	5	16	15	+1	19
4	ES Mostaganem	14	6	1	7	15	16	−1	19
5	MB Sidi Chami	14	5	3	6	14	19	−5	18
6	Nasr Es Senia	14	5	2	7	16	22	−6	17
7	SCM Oran	14	3	7	4	17	14	+3	16
8	SA Mohammadia	14	4	4	6	13	23	−10	16	Relegation to Régionale I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	GC Mascara	14	9	4	1	29	8	+21	31	Play-offs
2	CRB Ben Badis	14	3	4	7	16	23	−7	13
3	IS Tighennif	14	3	5	6	12	17	−5	14
4	FCB Telagh	14	8	3	3	17	11	+6	27
5	IRB Maghnia	14	4	4	6	14	15	−1	16
6	ASB Maghnia	14	3	6	5	12	18	−6	15
7	MB Hessasna	14	5	3	6	17	21	−4	18
8	ICS Tlemcen	14	4	5	5	17	20	−3	17	Relegation to Régionale I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	E Sour El Ghozlane	14	9	2	3	16	9	+7	29	Play-offs
2	CB Beni Slimane	14	7	3	4	18	10	+8	24
3	CR Zaouia	14	7	3	4	13	13	0	21^[a]
4	CRB Beni Tamou	14	5	2	7	14	16	−2	17
5	JS Hai Djabel	14	4	4	6	19	20	−1	16
6	ESM Kolea	14	4	4	6	14	18	−4	16
7	ES Berrouaghia	14	4	3	7	13	17	−4	15
8	CRB Dar Beida	14	4	3	7	14	18	−4	15	Relegation to Régionale I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	USMM Hadjout	14	7	5	2	19	15	+4	26	Play-offs
2	IRB Bou Medfaa	14	7	4	3	23	12	+11	25
3	ORB Oued Fodda	14	7	3	4	15	10	+5	24
4	MS Cherchell	14	4	6	4	10	10	0	18
5	RA Ain Defla	14	3	8	3	22	20	+2	17
6	FCB Frenda	14	4	5	5	17	18	−1	17
7	WAB Tissemsilt	14	3	5	6	12	17	−5	14
8	IRB Sougueur	14	1	4	9	7	25	−18	7	Relegation to Régionale I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	JS Bordj Menaiel	14	8	4	2	17	6	+11	28	2021–22 Algerian Ligue 2
2	IB Khemis El Khechna	14	7	4	3	19	11	+8	25
3	JS Tixeraine	14	5	4	5	15	17	−2	19
4	NARB Réghaïa	14	4	7	3	10	12	−2	19
5	MB Bouira	14	5	2	7	15	15	0	17
6	JS Boumerdès	14	4	4	6	10	14	−4	16
7	RC Boumerdès	14	4	3	7	10	15	−5	15
8	US Beni Douala	14	3	4	7	12	18	−6	13	Relegation to Régionale I