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2024 Algerian Cup final
	Match programme cover
Event	2023–24 Algerian Cup
Date	July 5, 2024
Venue	Stade du 5 Juillet
Referee	Mustapha Ghorbal
Weather	Mostly sunny; 26 °C (79 °F); 68% humidity
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The 2024 Algerian Cup final was the 57th final of the Algerian Cup. After mentioning a date in May, rumors spoke of June 22, a week after the last day of Ligue 1, then June 29. Finally, the symbolic date of July 5 was chosen for the final. It will take place at 5 p.m. at Stade du 5 Juillet.^[2] CR Belouizdad winning 1-0 against MC Alger, becomes the most successful club in the Algerian Cup with nine titles.^[3]^[4]

Route to the final

MC Alger

Round of 64	NRB Teleghma	0–2	MC Alger
Round of 32	CR Zaouia	1–4	MC Alger
Round of 16	USM Khenchela	1–2	MC Alger
Quarter-finals	WA Tlemcen	0–2	MC Alger
Semifinals	MC Alger	2–1 (a.e.t.)	CS Constantine

CR Belouizdad

Round of 64	JS Kabylie	0–2	CR Belouizdad
Round of 32	CR Belouizdad	2–1	AS Khroub
Round of 16	CR Belouizdad	2–0	Olympique Akbou
Quarter-finals	CR Belouizdad	3–3 (4–2 p)	ES Mostaganem
Semifinals	CR Belouizdad	0–0 (3–1 p)	USM Alger

Match

Pre-match

MC Alger and CR Belouizdad face each other for the first time in the final and both are looking to win the ninth title.^[5] MC Alger will have the opportunity to crown its magnificent season by winning the final of the Algerian Cup.^[5] After winning the championship for the eighth time in its history, the Dean can make a little more history at the end of this final by joining, for the second time, the closed circle of clubs which managed to make the Cup-Championship double. The Greens and Reds had already managed to achieve the treble in 1976. The last time that MCA won the Algerian Cup was in 2016 against NA Hussein Dey.^[5] As for CR Belouizdad, Ligue 1 champion four times in a row since 2020, finished second in the championship this season behind MC Alger. This final is an opportunity for the Reds and Whites to save their season by ending it with a title. Their last coronation in the Algerian Cup dates back to 2019.^[5]

The final match of the 57th edition of the Algerian Cup, scheduled for Friday, July 5, will be held in the presence of Video assistant referee (VAR), the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) announced on its official website. The president of the Algerian Cup Commission, Lahcene Timbuktu, presented a presentation on the preparations for the “Dame Coupe” final, during the meeting of the Federal Bureau of the FAF, extended to the national leagues, held under the presidency of the boss of the FAF, Walid Sadi at the National Technical Center (CTN) of Sidi Moussa.^[6] On 30 June 2024, The Federal Arbitration Commission of the (FAF) named Mustapha Ghorbal as the referee for the final, including assistant referees Antar Boulfelfel and Adel Abane. Ghada Mehat served as the fourth official, while Lahlou Benbraham acted as the Video assistant referee. Asma Feriel Ouahab were appointed as assistant VAR officials.^[1]

Summary

Match details

July 5, 2024

17:00

MC Alger	0–1	CR Belouizdad
	Report	Keddad 42'

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal^[1]

MC Alger

CR Belouizdad


GK	1	Abdelatif Ramdane
CB	4	Djamel Benlamri	87'
CB	5	Ayoub Abdellaoui (c)
CB	14	Hamza Mouali
CB	20	Réda Halaïmia		90'
MF	12	Mohamed Zougrana		90'
MF	6	Mohamed Benkhemassa	21'
MF	21	Larbi Tabti		78'
FW	24	Zakaria Naidji
FW	7	Sofiane Bayazid		67'
FW	10	Youcef Belaïli	21'
Substitutes:
GK	16	Oussama Litim
DF	17	Kamel Hamidi		90'
MF	25	Badreddine Touki
DF	19	Ayoub Ghezala
DF	27	Abdelkader Menezla		90'
FW	41	Mehdi Boucherit		67'
FW	18	Khayreddine Merzougui		78'
Manager :
Patrice Beaumelle


GK	1	Alexis Guendouz
DF	2	Chouaib Keddad
DF	18	Sofiane Bouchar (c)
DF	3	Houcine Benayada
DF	24	Naoufel Khacef	21'
MF	6	Raouf Benguit		90+6'
MF	38	Akram Bouras	47'	90'
MF	10	Ishak Boussouf		82'
MF	15	Housseyn Selmi
FW	42	Leonel Wamba
FW	11	Abderrahmane Meziane
Substitutes:
GK	26	Redouane Maachou
DF	4	Mouad Hadded		90'
DF	20	Youcef Laouafi		90+6'
DF	22	Mokhtar Belkhiter
MF	21	Houssem Eddine Mrezigue
FW	19	Mohamed Islam Belkhir
FW	17	Merouane Zerrouki		82'
Manager :
Marcos Paquetá

Assistant referees:^[1]
Antar Boulfelfel
Adel Abane
Fourth official:^[1]
Ghada Mehat
Reserve referee:^[1]
Hamaidi Mohammed
Video assistant referee:^[1]
Lahlou Benbraham
Assistant video assistant referees:^[1]
Asma Feriel Ouahab

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time^{[note 1]}

Media coverage

2024 Algerian Cup Final Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel
Algeria	EPTV Channels
Egypt	NileSport
Kuwait	Kuwait Television
Oman	Oman Sports TV
Qatar	Alkass Sports Channels

Notes

^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.