The Coupe de la Ligue, known outside France as the French League Cup, is a knockout cup competition in French football organized by the Ligue de Football Professionnel. The tournament was established in 1994 and, unlike the Coupe de France, is only open to professional clubs in France which play in country's top three football divisions, though only four professional clubs currently play in the Championnat National.
Association Sportive Madinet d'Oran, known as ASM Oran or ASMO for short, is an Algerian football club based in Oran and founded in 1933. The club colours are green and white. Their home stadium, Stade Habib Bouakeul, has a capacity of 15,000 spectators. The club plays in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2. The club is famous for its youth program, which has produced many Algerian talents over the years. Because of this, the club is nicknamed El-Madrassa.
Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie, known as JS Kabylie or JSK, is an Algerian football club based in Tizi Ouzou. The club was founded in 1946 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade du 1er Novembre 1954, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Mouloudia Club Oranais, known as Mouloudia d'Oran, commonly referred to as MC Oran or MCO for short, is a football club based in Oran, Algeria. Founded in 1946, the club was known as Mouloudia Chaâbia Ouahrania from 1971 to 1977, Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Oran from 1977 to 1987 and Mouloudia d'Oran from 1987 to 1989. The club colours are red and white. Their home stadium, Ahmed Zabana Stadium, has a capacity of 40,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Football in Algeria is the country's most popular sport. The country's top domestic league is organised into two national divisions, the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2, overseen by the Algerian Football Federation.
The Algeria national rugby union team represents Algeria in rugby union. The team is administered by the Algerian rugby Federation (FAR). The first match they competed in was on the 24th February 2007, in a game in Tunis against the Tunisia national rugby union team. While almost all current national team players play for clubs in the French championship, there are some national players who practice the sport in Australia, New Zealand, Romania and England. The first coach of the Algeria national rugby union team was Morad Kellal.
Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura, known simply as JS Saoura or JSS for short, is an Algerian football club based in the town of Méridja in the Béchar Province. The club was founded in 2008 and its colours are green and yellow. Their home stadium, Stade 20 Août 1955, has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Carolus Andriamatsinoro is a Malagasy international football player. Carolus plays mainly as a striker for Al-Adalh FC.
The 2013 African U-20 Championship officially known as the Orange African U-20 Championship, Algeria 2013 was the 19th edition of the African U-20 Championship. The competition was held in Algeria in the cities of Oran and Aïn Témouchent from March 16 to 30 March 2013. The semifinalists will participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Baghdad Bounedjah is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays for Qatar Stars League side Al Sadd and the Algeria national team as a striker.
The 2012–13 Algerian Cup is the 49th edition of the Algerian Cup. The winner will qualify to the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup. ES Sétif are the defending champions, having beaten CR Belouizdad 2–1 in the previous season's final.
The 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 will be the 51st season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams will contest the league, with USM Alger as the defending champions. Following the death of Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, the Algerian Football Federation suspended all football indefinitely. The league resumed on Week 3 starting 12 September 2014, with all matches on that week were preceded with a minute silence in memory of Ebossé.
The 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 will be the 53rd season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams will contest the league.
Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida is the current exclusive home stadium for the Algeria national football team. This has been the case since it was opened in 2002, Algeria have however also played many of their home games away from Tchaker throughout their history, both in friendly matches and for competitive tournaments.
The 1975 Algerian Cup Final was the 13th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on June 19, 1975, at July 5 Stadium in Algiers. MC Oran beat MO Constantine 2–0 to win their first Algerian Cup.
The 2017 Algerian Super Cup was the 11th edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2016–17 Algerian Cup competitions. It is known as the Mobilis Supercoupe d'Algérie 2017 due to the start of a sponsorship deal with Mobilis ATM The match was played on November 1, 2017 at Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui in Constantine. between 2016-17 Ligue 1 winners ES Sétif and 2016–17 Algerian Cup winners CR Belouizdad.
