2015–16 in Algerian football

Football in Algeria
Season2015–16
Men's football
Ligue 1USM Alger
Ligue 2Olympique de Médéa
AmateurEst US Biskra
Centre WA Boufarik
Ouest GC Mascara
Inter-RégionsOuest IRB Maghnia
Centre Ouest MB Rouisset
Centre Est US Beni Douala
Est AB Chelghoum Laid
Algerian CupMC Alger
Super CupES Sétif
← 2014–15 Algeria 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season will be the 55th season of competitive association football in Algeria.

Competitions

Competition Winner Details Match Report
Ligue 1 USM Alger 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue 2 Olympique de Médéa 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
LNF Amateur US Biskra 2015–16 LNF Amateur Est
LNF Amateur WA Boufarik 2015–16 LNF Amateur Centre
LNF Amateur GC Mascara 2015–16 LNF Amateur Ouest
Inter-Régions IRB Maghnia 2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Ouest
Inter-Régions MB Rouisset 2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Centre Ouest
Inter-Régions US Beni Douala 2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Centre Est
Inter-Régions AB Chelghoum Laid 2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Est
Régional I DRB Baraki 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Alger
Régional I OS Ouenza 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Annaba
Régional I 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Batna
Régional I 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Blida
Régional I 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Constantine
Régional I JR Sidi Brahim 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Oran
Régional I IRB Aflou 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Ouargla
Régional I 2015–16 Ligue Régional I Saïda
Algerian Cup MC Alger 2015–16 Algerian Cup
Super Cup ES Sétif 2015 Super Cup

International competitions

Men's

Team / Competition CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
ES Sétif Group stage
in progress 		Did not qualify
MO Béjaïa Second round
eliminated by
Egypt Zamalek SC 		Group stage
in progress
MC Oran Did not qualify Second round
eliminated by
Morocco Kawkab Marrakech
CS Constantine Did not qualify Second round
eliminated by
Egypt Misr Lel-Makkasa SC

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Ligue 1
Ligue 2
Ligue DNA

National teams

Algeria national football team

Main article: Algeria national football team

2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Algeria 6 5 1 0 25 5 +20 16 Final tournament
2  Ethiopia 6 3 2 1 11 14 −3 11
3  Seychelles 6 1 1 4 5 11 −6 4
4  Lesotho 6 1 0 5 5 16 −11 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
13 June 2015 (2015-06-13) Algeria  4–0  Seychelles Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1 Slimani 21'
Soudani 34', 47'
Bentaleb 89'		 Report Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)
6 September 2015 (2015-09-06) Lesotho  1–3  Algeria Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
15:00 UTC+2 Mokhahlane 38' Report Ghoulam 32'
Soudani 85', 90+1'		 Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)
25 March 2016 (2016-03-25) Algeria  7–1  Ethiopia Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1 Feghouli 23', 47'
Slimani 31', 90+2'
Brahimi 72'
Taïder 74'
Ghezzal 80'		 Report Kebede 84' Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)
29 March 2016 (2016-03-29) Ethiopia  3–3  Algeria Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
17:00 UTC+3 Kebede 28', 49'
Fekadu 64'		 Report Slimani 43'
Mandi 62'
Ghoulam 85' (pen.)		 Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)
2 June 2016 (2016-06-02) Seychelles  0–2  Algeria Stade Linité, Victoria
18:00 UTC+4 Report Benzia 41'
Soudani 60'		 Referee: El Fadil Mohamed (Sudan)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF second round

14 November 2015 (2015-11-14) Tanzania  2–2  Algeria Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
16:30 UTC+3 Maguri 43'
Samatta 55'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)		 Slimani 72', 75' Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)
17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Algeria  7–0  Tanzania Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
19:15 UTC+1 Brahimi 1'
Ghoulam 23', 59' (pen.)
Mahrez 43'
Slimani 49' (pen.), 75'
Medjani 72'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (CAF)		 Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

International Friendlies

Algerian women's national football team

Main article: Algeria women's national football team

2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

First round
6 March 2016 (2016-03-06) Algeria  1–0  Ethiopia Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
16:00 Zerrouki 60' Report[1][2] Attendance: 300
Referee: Aissatou Inter Keita (Guinea)
26 March 2016 (2016-03-26) Ethiopia  1–1  Algeria Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
Abera 34' Report[3] Zerrouki 85' Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)
Second round
8 April 2016 (2016-04-08) Algeria  2–2  Kenya Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
Bouhenni-Benziane 28', 89' Report[4] Sekouane 78' (o.g.)
Adoum 84'		 Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Alcidia Maria Silva dos Santos (Cape Verde)
12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) Kenya  1–1  Algeria MISC Kasarani, Nairobi
Mango 75' Report Bouhenni-Benziane 22' Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Main article: 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 USM Alger (C) 30 17 7 6 49 31 +18 58 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 JS Saoura 30 12 12 6 39 25 +14 48 Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
3 JS Kabylie 30 12 9 9 27 27 0 45[a] Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
4 CR Belouizdad 30 11 12 7 40 29 +11 45[a]
5 ES Sétif 30 11 11 8 31 19 +12 44[b]
6 MO Béjaïa 30 11 11 8 33 23 +10 44[b]
7 DRB Tadjenanet 30 11 10 9 32 30 +2 43
8 CS Constantine 30 11 9 10 26 32 −6 42
9 USM El Harrach 30 10 11 9 28 27 +1 41
10 MC Oran 30 9 13 8 40 35 +5 40[c]
11 NA Hussein Dey 30 10 10 10 31 35 −4 40[c] Qualification for the Arab Club Championship group stage
12 MC Alger 30 8 14 8 28 26 +2 38 Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
13 RC Relizane 30 8 12 10 36 35 +1 36[d]
14 USM Blida (R) 30 7 15 8 20 29 −9 36[d] Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2
15 RC Arbaâ (R) 30 4 7 19 31 55 −24 19
16 ASM Oran (R) 30 5 3 22 21 54 −33 18
Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b JS Kabylie ahead of CR Belouizdad on head-to-head record: JSK–CRB 1–0, CRB–JSK 1–1.
  2. ^ a b ES Sétif ahead of MO Béjaïa on head-to-head record: ESS–MOB 0–0, MOB–ESS 0–0.
  3. ^ a b MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0.
  4. ^ a b RC Relizane ahead of USM Blida on head-to-head record: RCR–USB 5–2, USB–RCR 1–0.

Ligue Professionnelle 2

Main article: 2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Olympique de Médéa (P) 30 16 6 8 32 22 +10 54 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2 CA Batna (P) 30 13 11 6 27 17 +10 50
3 USM Bel Abbès (P) 30 12 13 5 27 18 +9 49
4 Paradou AC 30 11 13 6 39 25 +14 46
5 MC El Eulma 30 10 10 10 28 25 +3 40
6 JSM Skikda 30 10 10 10 35 33 +2 40
7 A Bou Saâda 30 11 7 12 29 31 −2 40
8 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 30 9 12 9 30 28 +2 39
9 CRB Aïn Fakroun 30 10 9 11 22 21 +1 39
10 AS Khroub 30 10 9 11 34 36 −2 39
11 MC Saïda 30 10 9 11 29 32 −3 39
12 ASO Chlef 30 10 8 12 30 31 −1 38
13 JSM Béjaïa 30 9 11 10 25 29 −4 38
14 US Chaouia (R) 30 9 10 11 26 29 −3 37 2016–17 Championnat National Amateur
15 OM Arzew (R) 30 10 7 13 28 41 −13 37
16 USMM Hadjout (R) 30 4 7 19 22 45 −23 19
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2016. 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

Main article: 2015–16 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur

Group Est

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 GC Mascara (P) 30 18 7 5 37 24 +13 61 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2 RCB Oued Rhiou 31 16 11 4 34 17 +17 59
3 CRB Ben Badis 30 14 10 6 37 28 +9 52
4 ESM Koléa 30 14 8 8 46 34 +12 50
5 SA Mohammadia 30 12 8 10 32 31 +1 44
6 SCM Oran 30 10 12 8 37 33 +4 42
7 ES Mostaganem 30 10 11 9 46 38 +8 41
8 ASB Maghnia 30 11 7 12 46 43 +3 40
9 WA Mostaganem 30 10 8 12 45 48 −3 38
10 US Remchi 30 8 12 10 25 24 +1 36
11 CRB Sendjas 30 7 12 11 35 33 +2 33
12 SKAF Khemis Miliana 30 9 6 15 35 42 −7 33
13 WA Tlemcen 30 8 9 13 29 40 −11 33
14 MB Hassasna 30 8 8 14 37 54 −17 32
15 JSM Tiaret (R) 30 8 8 14 36 41 −5 32 2016–17 Inter-Régions Division
16 IS Tighennif (R) 30 8 2 20 28 55 −27 26
Source: lnf-amateur.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group Centre

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 WA Boufarik (P) 30 15 10 5 44 29 +15 55 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2 CR Béni Thour 30 14 11 5 34 25 +9 53
3 NARB Réghaïa 30 15 7 8 39 23 +16 52
4 MC Mekhadma 30 13 7 10 44 34 +10 46
5 USF Bordj Bou Arreridj 30 11 8 11 36 32 +4 41
6 RC Boumerdes 30 9 11 10 27 27 0 38
7 US Oued Amizour 30 10 8 12 17 19 −2 38
8 IB Khémis El Khechna 30 10 8 12 25 31 −6 38
9 WR M'Sila 30 10 8 12 33 41 −8 38
10 JS Hai El Djabel 30 10 8 12 39 50 −11 38
11 IB Lakhdaria 30 10 7 13 42 42 0 37
12 CRB Dar El Beïda 30 10 7 13 33 35 −2 37
13 JS Djijel 30 9 10 11 31 35 −4 37
14 USM Chéraga 30 9 8 13 25 38 −13 35
15 RC Kouba 30 8 10 12 32 41 −9 34
16 JSM Chéraga (R) 30 7 12 11 34 33 +1 33 2016–17 Inter-Régions Division
Source: lnf-amateur.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group West

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 US Biskra (P) 30 18 8 4 48 17 +31 62 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2 USM Annaba 30 15 10 5 40 18 +22 55
3 E Collo 30 13 9 8 40 34 +6 48
4 NC Magra 30 12 10 8 34 27 +7 46
5 MO Constantine 30 12 8 10 36 32 +4 44
6 NRB Touggourt 30 9 11 10 30 32 −2 38
7 AS Ain M'lila 30 11 6 13 28 33 −5 39
8 Hamra Annaba 30 10 8 12 30 36 −6 38
9 USM Khenchela 30 10 7 13 33 40 −7 37
10 AB Merouana 30 9 9 12 28 32 −4 36
11 CR Village Moussa 30 6 17 7 25 30 −5 35
12 HB Chelghoum Laïd 30 9 8 13 32 38 −6 35
13 ES Guelma 30 8 11 11 32 38 −6 35
14 USM Aïn Beïda 30 10 5 15 23 36 −13 35
15 JSM Tébessa 30 8 10 12 27 33 −6 34
16 MSP Batna (R) 30 7 9 14 28 37 −9 30 2016–17 Inter-Régions Division
Source: lnf-amateur.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Inter-Régions Division

Main article: 2015–16 Inter-Régions Division

Groupe Ouest

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 IRB Maghnia (P) 28 20 6 2 52 9 +43 66 2016–17 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
2 CR Témouchent 28 18 3 7 52 20 +32 57
3 USM Oran 28 14 8 6 48 32 +16 50
4 CRB Hennaya 28 14 5 9 50 25 +25 47
5 IRB El Kerma 28 13 8 7 48 28 +20 47
6 MB Sidi Chahmi 28 13 5 10 42 28 +14 44
7 CRB Sfisef 28 12 6 10 31 28 +3 42
8 HB El Bordj 28 13 2 13 43 38 +5 41
9 JSA Emir Abdelkader 28 11 7 10 46 27 +19 40
10 CC Sig 28 9 10 9 41 29 +12 37
11 ZSA Témouchent 28 9 7 12 36 44 −8 34
12 JS Sig 28 9 6 13 41 47 −6 33
13 USM Tindouf 28 7 6 15 42 50 −8 27
14 NRB Bethioua 28 5 6 17 25 64 −39 21
15 ES Araba (R) 28 0 1 27 10 138 −128 1 2016–17 Ligue Régional I
16 SC Mecheria (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: lirf.org.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Groupe Centre Ouest

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 MB Rouissat (P) 30 20 6 4 54 20 +34 66 2016–17 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
2 CRB Aïn Oussera 30 17 8 5 43 25 +18 59
3 MBC Oued Sly 30 13 9 8 48 32 +16 48
4 ARB Ghris 30 11 11 8 37 32 +5 44
5 USB Tissemsilt 30 12 7 11 49 44 +5 43
6 SC Aïn Defla 30 13 4 13 44 45 −1 43
7 IRB Laghouat 30 10 9 11 34 35 −1 39
8 WAB Tissemsilt 30 11 6 13 37 42 −5 39
9 ESB Dahmouni 30 11 4 15 34 44 −10 37
10 CRB Boukadir 30 8 12 10 33 35 −2 36
11 Hydra AC 30 9 9 12 29 34 −5 36
12 ORB Oued Fodda 30 9 9 12 25 30 −5 36
13 FCB Frenda 30 11 2 17 35 56 −21 35
14 MB Hassi Messaoud 30 10 4 16 27 43 −16 34
15 IRB Sougueur (R) 30 9 7 14 32 37 −5 34 2016–17 Ligue Régional I
16 IRB Ain El Hadjar (R) 30 9 7 14 24 31 −7 34
Source: lirf.org.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Groupe Centre Est

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 US Beni Douala (P) 30 18 9 3 50 25 +25 63 2016–17 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
2 ES Ben Aknoun 30 16 9 5 44 20 +24 57
3 AS Bordj Ghédir 30 14 5 11 40 30 +10 47
4 WA Rouiba 30 12 7 11 42 29 +13 43
5 OMR El Annasser 30 10 13 7 34 27 +7 43
6 CA Kouba 30 10 11 9 38 37 +1 41
7 ES Berrouaghia 30 11 7 12 33 31 +2 40
8 FC Bir El Arch 30 11 7 12 26 34 −8 40
9 CRB Ouled Djellal 30 11 6 13 42 37 +5 39
10 USM Sétif 30 9 12 9 37 35 +2 39
11 NRB Achir 30 10 9 11 32 31 +1 39
12 IRB Berhoum 30 10 9 11 27 29 −2 39
13 CRB Ain Djasser 30 11 5 14 37 38 −1 38
14 JS Azazga 30 9 10 11 41 41 0 37
15 NRB Ouled Derradj (R) 30 10 6 14 32 38 −6 36 2016–17 Ligue Régional I
16 AHM Hassi Messaoud (R) 30 3 5 22 18 91 −73 14
Source: lirf.org.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Groupe Est

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AB Chelghoum Laïd (P) 30 20 5 5 46 19 +27 65 2016–17 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
2 CRB Kais 30 16 5 9 49 30 +19 53
3 AB Barika 30 12 11 7 39 38 +1 47
4 IRB El Hadjar 30 12 9 9 35 27 +8 45
5 ESB Besbes 30 13 6 11 21 26 −5 45
6 NRB Teleghma 30 11 11 8 44 32 +12 44
7 ES Bouakeul 30 11 10 9 46 30 +16 43
8 WM Tebessa 30 12 6 12 46 41 +5 42
9 IRB Robbah 30 11 7 12 29 37 −8 40
10 NASR El Fedjoudj 30 9 12 9 35 29 +6 39
11 NT Souf 30 10 9 11 37 34 +3 39
12 NRB Grarem 30 9 9 12 32 30 +2 36
13 WA Ramdane Djamel 29 9 8 12 34 38 −4 35
14 ASC Ouled Zouaia 30 10 5 15 34 47 −13 35
15 NRB El Kala (R) 30 6 7 17 23 55 −32 25 2016–17 Ligue Régional I
16 NRB Chrea (R) 29 3 10 16 26 63 −37 19
Source: lirf.org.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Ligue Régional I

Ligue Régionale Ouargla

Women's football

Competitions

Competition Winner Details Match Report
W-Championship 2015–16 Algerian Women's Championship
W-Championship D2 2015–16 Algerian Women's Championship D2 - East
W-Championship D2 2015–16 Algerian Women's Championship D2 - Centre
W-Championship D2 2015–16 Algerian Women's Championship D2 - West
Algerian Women's Cup Afak Relizane 2015–16 Algerian Women's Cup

Notes

References

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