CR Belouizdad in African football

CR Belouizdad in African football

Amir Sayoud the best scorer in the club
Club	CR Belouizdad
Most appearances	Sofiane Bouchar 42
Top scorer	Amir Sayoud 11
First entry	1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Latest entry	2023–24 CAF Champions League

CR Belouizdad, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on four occasions, the Confederation Cup on four occasions and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup on two occasions.

History

CR Belouizdad whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, CR Belouizdad have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CR Belouizdad have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. the first match was against ASC Jeanne d'Arc and ended in victory for CR Belouizdad 5–3 but in the second leg, CR Belouizdad did not move to Senegal for unknown reasons. As for the biggest win result was in 1996 against Horoya AC 5–2, and biggest loss was in 2001 against ASEC Mimosas 7–0, The best participation was in 1996 in the African Cup Winners' Cup, when the team reached the semi-finals and was eliminated against AC Sodigraf.

After a difficult season that did not end due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria. ^[1] it was announced that CR Belouizdad had won the league title for the first time in 20 years and returned to participate in the CAF Champions League Qualifying to the group stage was easy by beating Al Nasr and Gor Mahia back and forth. ^{[2] [3]} where the draw was placed in a difficult group with Mamelodi Sundowns, TP Mazembe and Al Hilal. ^[4] Despite the difficult start but in the last two rounds CR Belouizdad managed to win against TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns to qualify for the quarter-finals. ^[5] to face Espérance de Tunis and defeat by penalty kicks 3–2. ^[6]

CAF competitions

CR Belouizdad results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970	Cup of Champions Clubs	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	5–3	canc.2	5–3
1979 [7]	Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Al-Nasr	4–2	1–0	5–2
		Quarterfinals	Horoya AC	0–3	1–3	1–6
1996 [8]	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Horoya AC	5–2	0–2	5–4
		Second round	AS Douanes	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Quarter-finals	Pretoria City FC	Walkover
		Semi-finals	AC Sodigraf	1–1	0–1	1–2
2001 [9]	Champions League	First round	Al-Ahly	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Second Round	Al-Merrikh	3–0	0–2	3–2
		Group stage	Petro Atlético	0–1	1–2	4th place
			Al Ahly	0–1	0–1
			ASEC Mimosas	1–1	0–7
2002 [10]	Champions League	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	1–1	0–1	1–2
2004 [11]	Confederation Cup	First round	Etoile Guinee	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2010 [12]	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	Tersanah	2–1	1–1	3–2
		First round	FAR Rabat	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Second Round	Amal Atbara	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second Round of 16	Djoliba AC	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2018 [13]	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	Onze Créateurs	2–0	1–1	3–1
		First round	Nkana	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Second Round	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	0–1	0–1
2019–20	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	AS CotonTchad	2–0	2–0	4–0
		First round	Pyramids	0–1	1–1	1–2
2020–21	Champions League	Preliminary Round	Al Nasr	2–0	2–0	4–0
		First round	Gor Mahia	6–0	2–1	8–1
		Group stage	TP Mazembe	2–0	0–0	2nd place
			Mamelodi Sundowns	1–5 [note 1]	2–0
			Al Hilal	1–1	0–0
		Quarter-finals	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–3 p)
2021–22	Champions League	First round	Akwa United	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second round	ASEC Mimosas	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		Group stage	Étoile du Sahel	2–0	0–0	2nd place
			Espérance de Tunis	1–1	1–2
			Jwaneng Galaxy	4–1	2–1
		Quarter-finals	Wydad AC	0–1	0–0	0–1
2022–23	Champions League	First round	Bo Rangers	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Second round	Djoliba	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Group stage	Zamalek	2–0	1–0	2nd place
			Espérance de Tunis	0–1	0–0
			Al Merrikh	1–0	0–1
		Quarter-finals	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–4	1–2	2–6
2023–24	Champions League	Second round	Bo Rangers	3–1	3–1	6–2
		Group stage	Young Africans	3–0	0–4	3rd place
			Medeama	3–0	1–2
			Al Ahly	0–0	0–0

² CR Belcourt withdrew

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1970	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	Wydad AC	0–0 (2–1 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Final	CS Sfaxien	2–2 (4–3 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
1971	Maghreb Champions Cup	First leg	Espérance de Tunis	2–2 (Tunis)
		Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	3–2 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		First leg	FAR de Rabat	3–0 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Second leg	FAR de Rabat	1–1 (Rabat)
1972	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	RS Settat	2–1 (Casablanca)
		Final	CS Sfaxien	2–1 (Casablanca)
1973	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	AD Marocaines	0–0 (4–3 p) (Tunis)
		Final	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	0–2 (Tunis)
1989	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group stage	Kuwait SC	0–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Al-Hilal Omdurman	0–1 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Zamalek SC	2–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
1995	Arab Club Champions Cup	Group stage	Al-Nassr	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Al-Wehdat	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Kazma	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Al-Wehda	5–0 (Riyadh)
		Semifinals	Espérance de Tunis	0–1 (King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh)
2012–13	UAFA Club Cup	Second round	Steal Nouvel FC	0–3 [B] (Sima, Comoros) 5–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Quarter-finals	Ismaily SC	1–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers) 1–1 (1–4 p) (30 June Stadium, Cairo)
2023	Arab Club Champions Cup	Group stage	Raja CA	1–2 (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha)
			Al-Wahda	1–2 (Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium, Abha)
			Kuwait SC	1–1 (Damac Club Stadium, Khamis Mushait)

^ ^{a b}

CR Belouizdad did not play the first leg and the result was awarded 3–0 to Steal Nouvel FC.

Statistics

By season

Information correct as of 1 March 2024.

Key

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Grp = Group stage

PR = Preliminary round R1 = First round R2 = Second round SR16 = Second Round of 16 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final

Key to colours and symbols: W Winners RU Runners-up

CR Belouizdad record in African football by season

Season	Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Round
1970	African Cup of Champions Clubs	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	R1
1979	African Cup Winners' Cup	4	2	0	2	6	8	−2	QF
1996	African Cup Winners' Cup	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	SF
2001	CAF Champions League	10	2	2	6	8	16	−8	Grp
2002	CAF Champions League	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	R1
2004	CAF Confederation Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	R1
2010	CAF Confederation Cup	8	3	4	1	8	5	+3	SR16
2018	CAF Confederation Cup	6	2	2	2	6	3	+3	R2
2019–20	CAF Confederation Cup	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	R1
2020–21	CAF Champions League	12	7	3	2	20	9	+11	QF
2021–22	CAF Champions League	12	5	3	4	15	10	+5	QF
2022–23	CAF Champions League	12	5	2	5	12	10	+2	QF
2023–24	CAF Champions League	8	4	2	2	13	8	+5	Grp
Total		87	36	22	29	109	84	+25

By competition

In Africa

As of 1 March 2024 ^[update] :

CAF competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Champions League	7	57	24	13	20	74	60	2023–24
CAF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)	2	10	4	2	4	14	14	1996
CAF Confederation Cup	4	20	8	7	5	21	12	2019–20
Total	13	87	36	22	29	109	84

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Arab Champions League	2	9	5	2	2	15	7	2012–13
Arab Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1989
Maghreb Champions Cup (defunct)	4	10	4	5	1	15	11	1973
Total	7	22	10	8	4	32	19

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against Medeama on March 1, 2024

CAF competitions

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Angola	Petro Atlético	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Botswana	Jwaneng Galaxy	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Chad	AS CotonTchad	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
	AC Sodigraf	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	3	2	+1
Egypt	Al Ahly	4	0	2	2	0	2	−2
	Pyramids	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
	Zamalek	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		8	2	3	3	4	4	+0
Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Subtotal		4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Ghana	Medeama	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Guinea	Etoile Guinee	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Horoya AC	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	8	12	−4
Kenya	Gor Mahia	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Senegal	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1
	AS Douanes	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	8	7	+1
Libya	Al-Ahly	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
	Tersanah	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Al-Nasr	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7
Subtotal		8	6	2	0	15	5	+10
Mali	Djoliba AC	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1
	Onze Créateurs	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		6	2	3	1	7	4	+3
Morocco	FAR Rabat	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Wydad AC	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	2	2	+0
Nigeria	Akwa United	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6
Subtotal		4	1	0	3	5	11	−6
Sierra Leone	Bo Rangers	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
Sudan	Amal Atbara	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
	Al-Merrikh	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1
	Al Hilal	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0
Subtotal		8	3	2	3	7	5	+2
Tanzania	Young Africans	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	4	−1
Tunisia	Espérance	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2
	Étoile du Sahel	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		8	2	3	3	6	6	+0
Zambia	Nkana	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Total		87	36	22	29	109	84	+25

Non-CAF competitions

Result summary by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Comoros	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Egypt	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Jordan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Morocco	5	2	3	0	6	2	+4
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Sudan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Tunisia	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1
Yemen	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Total	22	10	8	4	32	19	+13

African competitions goals

Statistics correct as of game against Medeama on March 1, 2024

Position Player TOTAL CCL CCC CWC 1 Amir Sayoud 11 8 3 – 2 Ishak Ali Moussa 7 4 – 3 = Leonel Wamba 6 6 – – 4 Karim Aribi 4 4 – – 5 Kheireddine Merzougui 3 3 – – = Mohamed Islam Belkhir 3 3 – – = Youcef Bechou 3 2 1 – = Chouaib Keddad 3 3 – – = Sofiane Bouchar 3 3 – – = Raouf Benguit 3 3 – – 10 Hamza Belahouel 2 1 1 – = Hacène Lalmas 2 2 – – = Marcellin Koukpo 2 2 – – = Chemseddine Nessakh 2 2 – – = Ahmed Gasmi 2 1 1 – = Zakaria Draoui 2 2 – – = Miloud Rebiaï 2 2 – – = Oussama Darfalou 2 2 – – = Abderrahmane Meziane 2 2 – – = Lamin Jallow 2 2 – – 20 Fadel Settara 1 1 – – = Mohamed Talis 1 1 – – = Fayçal Badji 1 1 – – = Kouider Boukessassa 1 1 – – = Sofiane Bouchar 1 – 1 – = Sid Ali Lakroum 1 – 1 – = Mohamed Benkablia 1 – 1 – = Mokhtar Lamhene 1 – 1 –

Position Player TOTAL CCL CCC CWC = Zakaria Draoui 1 – 1 – = Soufyane Mebarki 1 – 1 – = Seddik Berradja 1 – 1 – = Islam Slimani 1 – 1 – = Mohamed El Amine Aouad 1 – 1 – = Youcef Saïbi 1 – 1 – = Fayçal Badji 1 – 1 – = Boussaïd 1 – 1 – = Ibrahim Bousehaba 1 – 1 – = Sofiane Younès 1 – 1 – = Maecky Ngombo 1 1 – – = Abdelkader Belharrane 1 1 – – = Larbi Tabti 1 1 – – = Mohamed Islam Bakir 1 1 – – = Housseyn Selmi 1 1 – – = Abderrahmane Bourdim 1 1 – – = Hicham Khalfallah 1 1 – – = Khaled Bousseliou 1 1 – – = Houssem Eddine Mrezigue 1 1 – – = Mokhtar Kalem 1 1 – – = Meziane 1 1 – – = Selmi 1 1 – – = Own Goals 1 1 – – Totals 91 71 20 0

Hat-tricks

N	Date	Player	Match	Score	Time of goals
1	4 May 1979	Hocine Ben Miloudi	CR Belouizdad – Al-Nasr SC Benghazi	4–2	7', 52', 64'
2	1996	Ishak Ali Moussa	CR Belouizdad – Horoya AC	5–2
3	26 December 2020	Amir Sayoud	CR Belouizdad – Gor Mahia	6–0	6', 20'p, 52'
4	2 October 2023	Leonel Wamba	CR Belouizdad – Bo Rangers	3–1	78'p, 80', 90'

Two goals one match

N	Date	Player	Match	Score
1	11 April 1970	Hacène Lalmas	CR Belcourt – AS Jeanne d'Arc	5–3
2	27 May 2001	Ishak Ali Moussa	CR Belouizdad – Al-Merrikh	3–0
3	26 February 2022	Kheireddine Merzougui	Jwaneng Galaxy – CR Belouizdad	0–2
4	17 September 2023	Oussama Darfalou	Bo Rangers – CR Belouizdad	1–3

Non-CAF competitions goals

P Player Goals = Hamid Boudjenoun 4 = Selmi Djillali 4 = Islam Slimani 2 = Hacène Lalmas 2 = Amar Ammour 1 = Mehdi Benaldjia 1

P Player Goals = Pascal Angan 1 = Mokhtar Khalem 1 = Onome Sodje 1 = Mustapha Dahleb 1 = Sofiane Harkat 1 = Achour Hacène 1

P Player Goals = Mouad Hadded 1 = Aimen Bouguerra 1 = Mohamed Islam Belkhir 1 = Salem Chekroun 1

List of All-time appearances

This List of All-time appearances for CR Belouizdad in African competitions contains football players who have played for CR Belouizdad in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 20 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in CR Belouizdad. ^{[note 2]}

#	Name	Position	CL1	CCC	SC	TOTAL	Date of first cap	Debut against	Date of last cap	Final match against
1	Sofiane Bouchar	CB	35	9	–	44	9 Feb 2018	Onze Créateurs	—	—
2	Chouaib Keddad	CB	36	4	–	40	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	—	—
3	Zakaria Draoui	DM	33	5	–	38	9 Feb 2018	Onze Créateurs	22 Apr 2023	Mamelodi Sundowns
4	Mokhtar Belkhiter	RB	35	–	–	35	29 Nov 2020	Al Nasr	—	—
5	Housseyn Selmi	DM	30	4	–	34	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	—	—
6	Mohamed Islam Bakir	LW	32	–	–	32	6 Jan 2021	Gor Mahia	—	—
7	Houssem Eddine Mrezigue	DM	30	–	–	30	6 Dec 2020	Al Nasr	1 Apr 2023	Espérance de Tunis
8	Mohamed Islam Belkhir	LW	31	–	–	31	5 Mar 2021	Al Hilal	—	—
9	Chemseddine Nessakh	LB	20	4	–	24	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	23 Apr 2022	Wydad AC

African and arab opponents by cities

Le Caire

N'Djaména

Conakry

Omdurman

Bamako

Luanda

Tripoli

Kinshasa

Abidjan

Rabat

Atbara

Dakar

Benghazi

Tunis

Casablanca

Riyadh

Sfax

Al-Wehdat

Kuwait City

Sanaa

Ismaïlia

Sima

Nairobi

Pretoria

Lubumbashi

Sousse

Jwaneng

Uyo

Johannesburg

Bo

Dar es Salam

Casablanca

Tarkwa

Kuwait City

Abu Dhabi

Notes

1. The CR Belouizdad v Mamelodi Sundowns match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers on 24 February 2021, was postponed due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Algeria on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2. ^[14] The match was later rescheduled to be played outside Algeria on 28 February 2021 at National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). ^[15]
2. Statistics correct as of game against Medeama on March 1, 2024.

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