Algeria gained independence in 1962 and the first national league as an independent country was played 1962/63. The table has been composed using material from RSSSF. * indicate points deducted. See the notes below the table. You are free to copy this document but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning.
1. JS Kabylie (Tizi-Ouzou) 36 1050 510 284 256 1484 881 1813* 2. MC Oran 38 1110 455 315 340 1459 1164 1677* 3. CR Belouizdad (Alger) 36 1051 408 302 341 1262 1051 1525* 4. MC Alger 34 991 376 320 295 1231 1043 1447* 5. ES Setif 32 930 362 268 300 1101 967 1354 6. NA Hussein Dey (Alger) 28 824 322 246 256 954 777 1210* 7. ASM Oran 28 846 266 256 324 866 981 1053* 8. USM Alger 24 677 282 183 212 839 694 1026* 9. USM El Harrach 25 747 258 244 245 719 687 1017* 10.WA Tlemcen 23 689 254 177 258 747 723 935* 11.USM Annaba 17 526 177 154 195 565 600 685 12.CA Batna 20 556 183 136 237 547 699 685 13.AS Ain M'lila 17 517 178 146 193 413 510 680 14.MO Constantine 17 478 185 106 187 531 554 661 15.USM Blida 17 482 164 152 166 538 514 642* 16.RC Kouba 17 500 158 147 195 532 576 621 17.USM Sidi Bel-Abbés 17 498 150 147 201 492 605 596* 18.CS Constantine 17 474 150 132 192 451 576 582 19.JS Bordj Menaiel 13 418 136 138 144 410 425 546 20.ASO Chlef 12 388 124 136 128 374 398 508 21.GC Mascara 12 378 124 94 160 419 523 465* 22.WA Boufarik 12 355 106 101 148 339 425 419 23.WKF Collo 9 296 102 90 104 273 291 396 24.JSM Tiaret 11 330 99 94 137 308 375 391 25.USM Ain Beïda 8 260 99 60 101 260 289 354* 26.US Chaouia (Oum El-Bouaghi)9 250 85 65 100 235 283 317* 27.CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 7 206 69 50 87 181 234 257 28.JSM Béjaïa 7 198 62 59 77 170 213 245 29.RCB Relizane 5 170 57 56 57 188 194 227 30.HAMR Annaba 6 172 58 48 66 207 217 222 31.ESM Guelma 8 210 53 56 101 150 261 214* 32.DNC Alger 6 178 47 56 75 193 224 197 33.ES Guelma 6 152 48 33 71 185 249 177 34.USM Sétif 4 120 41 24 55 134 156 145* 35.DNC El Asnam 4 108 36 28 44 106 118 135* 36.WA Mostaganem 4 120 35 31 54 133 182 131* 37.Naphte Riadhi Alger 3 90 33 28 29 128 95 127 38.Skikda 3 86 24 25 37 74 108 97 39.CSS Kouba 3 74 23 24 27 109 113 93 40.Paradou AC (Hidra) 2 60 19 17 24 67 70 74 41.MB Saida 2 68 16 25 27 65 88 73 42.OMR El Annasser 2 60 17 20 23 64 69 71 43.RCG Oran 2 56 16 18 22 63 78 66 44.ES Mostaganem 2 40 15 12 13 51 47 57 45.JSM Tébessa 1 26 8 9 9 25 35 33 46.SA Mohammedia 1 26 6 9 11 22 33 27 47.Jijel Sarie Daim 1 30 6 6 18 27 48 24 48.USM Khenchela 1 30 4 9 17 28 53 21 49.IR Saha 1 30 5 6 19 18 50 21 50.US Biskra 1 30 3 11 16 13 39 20 51.IRB Hadjout 1 26 1 9 16 14 44 12 52.ES Sour El Ghozlan 1 26 3 3 20 13 45 12
General note: None of the pointsdeductions before 1990/91 have been officially confirmed. The number of points from games won, drawn and lost indicates pointsdeductions though.
1962/63 - 1964/65: Tables missing.
1965/66: 1 more win than loss, odd number of draws.
1965/66: USM Sétif 2 points deducted, Mostaganem 5 points deducted. Unknown for what infractions.
1966/67, 1968/69-1969/70: Tables missing.
1970/71: One more goal scored than conceded.
1972/73: Two more goals scored than conceded.
1972/73: MC Oran one point deducted. Unknown for what.
1973/74: 40 (!) more goals scored than conceded.
1973/74: JS Kabylie one point deducted and Tlemcen four points deducted. Unknown for what.
1974/75: Table very incomplete and therefore not counted.
1976/77: One more goal scored than conceded.
1978/79: Six more goals conceded than scored.
1979/80: GC Mascara, DNC Asnam & ESM Guelma each one point deducted. Unknown what for.
1979/80: Five more goals scored than conceded.
1980/81: Seven more goals scored than conceded.
1980/81: DNC Asnam withdrew. All matches declared null and void.
1981/82: One more win than loss and odd number of draws. 34 more goals scored than conceded.
1982/83: Two more games won than lost. 19 more goals conceded than scored.
1982/83: MP Oran, USM El Harrach & ASC Oran each had one point deducted; NA Hussein-Day had two points deducted. Reason unknown.
1983/84: Three more goals scored than conceded.
1985/86: Nine more goals scored than conceded. One more lost than won.
1986/87: Two more goals conceded than scored.
1987/88: One more win than loss, odd number of draws. Sixteen more goals scored than conceded.
1990/91: USM Sidi Bel-Abbés one point deducted for not playing the awaygame to ASC Oran. Apparently no goals were set against USM Sidi Bel Abbés, just a loss.
1992/93: One game between AS Ain M'lila and USM Annaba was left unplayed.
1996/97: Eight more goals conceded than scored.
1996/97: USM Ain Beida had three points deducted. Unknown for what infraction.
1997/98: CS Constantine had one point deducted more not playing a game vs. MO Constantine. In addition CSC had that game set to 0-3 against them.
1997/98: The season only started in January 1988 and the teams only played 14 games each (15 for two teams).
1997/98: The goaldifference is for some teams uncertain in group B.
1997/98: A third place playoff between CS Constantine and JS Kabylie was cancelled as none of the teams showed.
1997/98 & 1998/99: Championship played in two groups with Championship playoff.
1998/99: The game WA Tlemcen vs. WA Boufarik was abandoned after 20 minutes and never replayed. It was declared null and void.
2001/02: CR Belouizdad had 1 point deducted for not showing up in round 3 vs. JS Kabylie; 0-3 was set against them.
2001/02: MC Alger had 1 point deducted for walking off in round 29 vs. CA Batna.
2001/02: USM Blida had 2 points deducted due to conflict between club and Brazilian player Sergio (decision by FIFA).
2001/02: MC Oran -ES Sétif was reported 2-0 but must have been awarded or finished with a win for ES Sétif. I have awarded the game 3-0 to ES Sétif as the author José Batalha suggests.
20003/04: MC Oran 1 point deducted as penalty for the occurrences in round 8 game vs. NA Hussei-Dey. MC Oran turned up with two teams, led by two different coaches, following internal strife within the club, and forcing the referee to call off the match. The same was set to 0-3 against MC Oran.
2004/05: US Chaouia (Oum El-Bouaghi) had three points deducted for using an ineligible player in the home game to WA Tlemcen.
2005/06: USM Alger had three points deducted for not showing up for the 2nd half in the awaygame to JS Kabylie. The game was set to 0-3 against USM Alger.
JS Kabylie (Tizi-Ouzou) previously JE Tizi-Ouzou and JS Kawkabi.
MC Oran previously MP Oran.
CR Belouizdad (Alger) previously CM Belcourt.
MC Alger previously MP Alger.
ES Sétif a.k.a Entente Sétif. Previously EP Sétif and EO Sétif.
NA Hussein-Dey (Alger) previously MA Hussein-Dey (Alger).
ASM Oran previously ASC Oran.
USM Alger previously USK Alger.
WA Tlemcen previously WM Tlemcen.
CA Batna previously CN Batna. Records include them of Batna (1 30 9 9 12 40-40 36).
RC Kouba previously RS Kouba.
USM Blida records include that of Blida (1 30 10 8 12 34-38 38).
USM Sidi Bel-Abbés previously USM Bel-Abbés.
CS Constantine previously CM Constantine.
ASO Chlef previously DNC Chlef?
WKF Collo a.k.a. Entente Collo.
RCB Relizane records include them of IRB Relizane (2 72 27 20 25 75-88 101).
DNC Alger a.k.a. JH Djezair Algiers.
USM Sétif a.k.a. Wifak Sétif.
DNC El Asnam records include them of AS El Asnam (3 78 27 19 32 82-82 100).
WA Mostaganem records include them of Mostaganem (1 30 6 6 18 29-61 19 (-5)).
MB Said records include them of Saida (1 30 11 7 12 43-46 40).
RCG Oran previously SCM Oran? (The latters record: 1 30 12 12 6 41-36 48).