Algerian Cup

Algerian Cup
كأس الجزائر
Organising body	Algerian Football Federation
Founded	1962
Region	Algeria
Number of teams	64 (2018–19)
Qualifier for	CAF Confederation Cup
Domestic cup(s)	Algerian Super Cup
Current champions	CR Belouizdad (9th title)
Most successful club(s)	CR Belouizdad; (9 titles)
Television broadcasters	EPTV
Website	Official
	2024–25 Algerian Cup

The Algerian Cup (Arabic: كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup (Arabic: كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993.

The most successful club in this competition are CR Belouizdad with nine trophies. The record for consecutive wins in the competition is only two, several teams have achieved such USM Alger, CR Belouizdad, MC Oran, JS Kabylie and MC Algiers. However, ES Sétif are the only to achieve this twice. ASO Chlef are the current title holders.

History

Before the country's independence, there were several football competitions running on the same system as the Algeria Cup. When the France decided to develop the sport in the colonies, including football, settlers created a number of agencies for the promotion of the sport. To make it more attractive, several types of competitions' cutting So were born.

Colonial Period

It already existed at that time, in the late fifties, a similar competition called "Algeria Cup football", which was played solely between Algerian clubs but settlers. To get there, one must understand that this was the result of a long process of both sports, political and historical.

When football appeared in North Africa, it was not structured enough for organizing major football competitions. At the beginning of, small football challenges appear 1904 and 1905 and criterium in 1911 and 1912. These small competitions désignèrent unofficial champions because regulatory bodies came much later in France (USFSA in 1913 and FFFA in 1919) where chaos reigned for several football federations coexisted.

North Africa was then divided into five regions each had a football league. So we had the Morocco Football League Association or LMFA for Morocco; the League of Oran Football Association or LOFA for Oran ut; the League Algiers Football Association or LAFA for Algiers ois; the Constantine Ligue de Football Association or LCFA for Constantine; and Tunisian Football League Association or LTFA for Tunisia.

Each of these leagues organized football championships (between 1920 and 1959) on different levels including the highest honor was called Division (DH ). Meanwhile, a larger football competition appears during the year 1921 called North African Championship. This competition was governed by the Union of North African football leagues created the same year, and included all the champions of honor division of North African football leagues. The winner was crowned "Champion of North Africa" and saw himself put an art object. It retained its trophy season and saw the honor of defending his due by being automatically qualified for the next edition accompanied by another club in the league.

Regional colonial cups

The Oran Cup (1926-1957)

The Oran Cup was a competition organized by the League of Oran Football Association.

The football Forconi Cup (1946-1957)

The Forconi Cup was a competition organized by the League Algiers Football Association model cut , and departmental or regional dimension. At that time Algiers was a Department French covering more than 170.000 km2 including the cities of Algiers of Aumale of Blida of Médéa of Miliana of Orléansville and Tizi Ouzou. Founded in 1946 at the end of World War II, this competition took place until 1957. This was the only dimension of cutting departmental football in North Africa in the colonial era. The competition was named Cup Forconi in memory of Edmond Forconi, Vice-President of the Algiers League at this time, after he died as a result of his war wounds. This departmental cut was also very popular because it concerned all teams affiliated to the Algiers League whatever their levels. From 1946 until 1957, the winner of this competition will receive a trophy saw that he kept one season and also had the honor of defending his due but at the stage of final quarters of the competition the next edition. If this system was designed in this way is that the reason was obvious; the winner was also referred to the North African Cup, thus allowing him to devote himself fully to this competition without worrying about the preliminary rounds for the next edition of the Forconi Cup. The competition will disappear as a result of the disappearance of the North African Cup combined with the independence of the Morocco and Tunisia during 1956.

Algerian Cup (1957-1962)

After independence

The 5 July 1962, Algeria gained independence after seven and a half years of war. This is the end of an entire sporting world with the end of football competitions organized by 'settlers'. The clubs 'settlers' stopped in their towers and the clubs Muslim respawn. The page of football history colonial turned definitively in North Africa as Algeria, another begins, the football Algerian.

Creating the Algerian Cup

At independence, many football tournaments are held around the country in order to celebrate the country's independence. Behind the scenes, we are active as can be to organize what became the country's first football championship. It was still only a regional championship called "Criterium". All the football system in Algeria of rethinking. However, the main regional leagues were kept, which were renamed Western Region (former League of Oran), Central Region (former League of Algiers) and East Region (former League Constantine). Each of these leagues organized the winners of the playoffs at the end of play-off to qualify for the finals to determine the first champion of Algeria nationwide.

Alongside the championship, the young Algerian Football Federation chaired by Dr. Mohand Amokrane Maouche, launches another nationwide competition. This was to allow all affiliated clubs to compete in a competition type cutting nationally. It is based on his neighbors and on what was already being done elsewhere in the world, especially in Europe, was born the first Algerian Cup.

Algerian Cup winners and finalists

The record for most wins of the tournament by a club is 9, held by CR Belouizdad.

Six clubs have won consecutive Algerian Cups on more than one occasion: ES Sétif (1963, 1964 and 1967, 1968), CR Belouizdad (1969, 1970), MC Oran (1984, 1985), JS Kabylie (1992, 1994), USM Alger (2003, 2004), MC Alger (2006, 2007).

Five clubs have won the Algerian Cup as part of a League and Cup double, namely CR Belouizdad (1966, 1969, 1970), ES Setif (1968, 2012), MC Alger (1976), JS Kabylie (1977, 1986) and USM Alger (2003).

Mahieddine Meftah holds the record for most Algerian Cup winner's medals, with seven: Two with JS Kabylie (1992 and 1994) and five with USM Alger (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004). The record for most winner's medals for a manager is Abdelkader Amrani Five times with four different clubs they are WA Tlemcen (1998), ASO Chlef (2005,2023), MO Béjaïa (2015) and CR Belouizdad (2019).

Performance by club

Rank	Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years	Runner-up Years
1	CR Belouizdad	9	4	1966, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1995, 2009, 2017, 2019, 2024	1988, 2003, 2012, 2023
2	USM Alger	8	9	1981, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2013	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 2006, 2007
3	MC Alger	8	2	1971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2016	2013, 2024
4	ES Sétif	8	1	1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1989, 2010, 2012	2017
5	JS Kabylie	5	6	1977, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2011	1979, 1991, 1999, 2004, 2014, 2018
6	MC Oran	4	2	1975, 1984, 1985, 1996	1998, 2002
7	WA Tlemcen	2	3	1998, 2002	1974, 2000, 2008
8	USM El Harrach	2	1	1974, 1987	2011
8	ASO Chlef	2	1	2005, 2023	1992
10	USM Bel Abbès	2	0	1991, 2018	-
11	NA Hussein Dey	1	4	1979	1968, 1977, 1982, 2016
12	JH Djazaïr	1	1	1982	1984
12	JSM Béjaïa	1	1	2008	2019
14	MC Saïda	1	0	1965	-
	Hamra Annaba	1	0	1972	-
	CR Béni Thour	1	0	2000	-
	MO Béjaïa	1	0	2015	-
18	MO Constantine	0	3	-	1964, 1975, 1976
19	ES Mostaganem	0	2	-	1963, 1965
	ASM Oran	0	2	-	1981, 1983
	CA Batna	0	2	-	1997, 2010
22	RC Kouba	0	1	-	1966
	JSM Skikda	0	1	-	1967
	CRE Constantine	0	1	-	1985
	ES Collo	0	1	-	1986
	JS Bordj Ménaïel	0	1	-	1987
	MSP Batna	0	1	-	1990
	AS Ain M'lila	0	1	-	1994
	Olympique de Médéa	0	1	-	1995
	USM Blida	0	1	-	1996
	SC Mécheria	0	1	-	2001
	USM Sétif	0	1	-	2005
	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	0	1	-	2009
	RC Arbaâ	0	1	-	2015

Medals

Each club in the final receives 30 winners or runners-up medals to be distributed among players, staff, and officials.

Sponsorship

Period	Sponsor	Name
1962–2006	No main sponsor	Algerian Cup
2006–2008	Djezzy	Djezzy Algerian Cup
2008–2009	ATM Mobilis	Mobilis Algerian Cup
2009–2013	Nedjma	Nedjma Algerian Cup
2013–2014	Ooredoo	Ooredoo Algerian Cup
2014–	ATM Mobilis	Mobilis Algerian Cup

Finals venues and host cities

Algiers

Oran

Annaba

Sidi Bel Abbès

Batna

Blida

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Host cities of the Algerian Cup

Stade du 5 Juillet hosted the final thirty seven times, the first in 1972 and the last in 2024
20 August 1955 Stadium hosted the final nine times, the first in 1963 and the last in 1971
Miloud Hadefi Stadium for the final in 2023
Ahmed Zabana Stadium hosted the final in 1992

24 February 1956 Stadium hosted the final in 1981
19 May 1956 Stadium hosted the final in 2002
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium hosted the final five times, the first in 2003 and the last in 2015
1 November 1954 Stadium hosted the final in 1984

Venue	# hosted	Last final	City	# hosted
Stade du 5 Juillet	37	2024	Algiers	46
20 August 1955 Stadium	9	1971	Algiers	46
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium	6	2019	Blida	9
24 February 1956 Stadium	1	1981	Sidi Bel-Abbes	1
1 November 1954 Stadium	1	1984	Batna	1
Ahmed Zabana Stadium	1	1992	Oran	1
19 May 1956 Stadium	1	2002	Annaba	1
Miloud Hadefi Stadium	1	2023	Oran	1

Records

Most common finals matchups

# of finals	Team	Won	Team	Won
5	MC Alger	1971, 1973, 2006, 2007	USM Alger	2013
5	USM Alger	1988, 2003	CR Belouizdad	1969, 1970, 1978
2	USM Alger	1999, 2004	JS Kabylie	–
2	USM Bel Abbès	1991, 2018	JS Kabylie	–
2	JS Kabylie	1977	NA Hussein Dey	1979
2	MC Oran	–	WA Tlemcen	1998, 2002
2	ES Sétif	2012	CR Belouizdad	2017

Individual records

Players

(at least 5 titles)

Player	Titles	Winning Years	Clubs
Mahieddine Meftah	7	1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004	JS Kabylie (2), USM Alger (5)
Tarek Hadj Adlane	6	1988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001	USM Alger (4), JS Kabylie (2)
Billel Dziri	5	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004	all with USM Alger
Mohamed Hamdoud	5	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004	all with USM Alger
Hocine Achiou	5	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004	all with USM Alger
Rabah Deghmani	5	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004	all with USM Alger
Farid Djahnine	5	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004	all with USM Alger
Tarek Ghoul	5	1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004	all with USM Alger
Mounir Zeghdoud	5	1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008	USM Alger (4), JSM Béjaïa (1)

External links

v t e Algerian Cup
Seasons	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Finals	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
History Trophy List of finals Winning managers