North African Championship

Last updated
ULNA Champions League
Challenge Louis Rivet.jpg
The Last Trophy (1946-1956)
Founded1920
Abolished1956
Region North Africa
Number of teams6 teams
Last champions Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of France.svg ESFM Guelma
Most successful club(s) Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of France.svg SC Bel Abbès (7 times)

The North African Championship, commonly referred as ULNA Champions League is an old football competition organized in North Africa since 1920 to 1956, it pits only the champions of the North African Leagues against each other at the end of the season to set the African Champion. It disappears at the end of the 1955-1956 edition. [1]

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Winners of unofficial edition

Was organized by the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies (UFASS).

Winners of the official competition

Was organized by the Union of North-African Football Leagues, hosted by the FIFA.

YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance
1920 Flag of Tunisia.svg
Racing Club Tunis
2 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Marine Oran
..., Algiers
1921 Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Marine Oran
3 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1922 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
RC Philippeville
..., Philippeville
1923 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blida
1 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1924 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1925 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
2 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Stade Gaulois Tunis
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1926 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
SC Tunis
..., Tunis
1927 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
JS Philippeville
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1928 Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2
(aet)
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1929 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blida
1 – 0
(aet)
Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports Alger
..., Algiers
1930 Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Saint Eugène
3 – 0 Flag of Morocco.svg
OM Rabat
Stade Belvédère, Rabat
1931 Flag of Algeria.svg
CDJ Oran
3 – 2
(aet)
Flag of Morocco.svg
CS Marocain
Stade Alenda, Oran
1932 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
4 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Club Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1933 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
USM Oran
Stade Alenda, Oran
1934 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
2 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
US Tunis
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1935 Flag of Algeria.svg
RU Alger
2 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
USM Oran
..., Algiers
1936 Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Club Oran
5 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Saint Eugène
Stade Alenda, Oran
1937 Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2 Flag of Algeria.svg
CDJ Oran
..., Algiers
1938 Flag of Algeria.svg
JAC Bône
3 – 1 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
Stade Municipal Paul Pantaloni, Bône
1939 Flag of Algeria.svg
RU Alger
2 – 1 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
..., Algiers
1940not held [n 1]
1941not held [n 1]
1942 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
4 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
CDJ Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1943not held [n 1]
1944not held [n 1]
1945not held [n 1]
1946 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Oran
2 – 1 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1947 Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports Alger
2 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1948 Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC
4 – 2 Flag of Morocco.svg
USA Casablanca
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1949 Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
MO Constantine
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1950 Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC
4 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1951 Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports Alger
1 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
CS Hammam-Lif
..., Algiers
1952 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
2 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Saint Eugène
..., Algiers
1953 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blida
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1954 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
6 – 1 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
CS Hammam-Lif
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1955 Flag of Algeria.svg
ESFM Guelma
2 – 1
(aet)
Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1956not held

Winners by team

NumClubWinnersRunners-up
1 Flag of Algeria.svg SC Bel Abbès 7 (1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1953, 1954)3 (1923, 1928, 1947)
2 Flag of Morocco.svg USM Casablanca5 (1932, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1952)3 (1938, 1939, 1946)
3 Flag of Algeria.svg Gallia Sport d'Alger4 (1928, 1937, 1947, 1951)1 (1929)
4 Flag of Morocco.svg Wydad AC 3 (1948, 1949, 1950)1 (1955)
5 Flag of Algeria.svg FC Blida 2 (1923, 1929)3 (1921, 1924, 1953)
6 Flag of Algeria.svg RU Alger 2 (1935, 1939)0
7 Flag of Algeria.svg AS Saint Eugène 1 (1930)2 (1936, 1952)
Flag of Algeria.svg CDJ Oran 1 (1931)2 (1937, 1942
9 Flag of Algeria.svg Gallia Club Oran1 (1936)1 (1932)
10 Flag of Tunisia.svg Racing Club Tunis1 (1920)0
Flag of Algeria.svg AS Marine Oran1 (1921)0
Flag of Algeria.svg JAC Bône1 (1938)0
Flag of Algeria.svg FC Oran1 (1946)0
Flag of Algeria.svg ES Guelma 1 (1955)0
15 Flag of Algeria.svg USM Oran 03 (1933, 1935, 1950)
16 Flag of Morocco.svg USA Casablanca02 (1948, 1949)
Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Hammam-Lif 02 (1951, 1954)
18 Flag of Algeria.svg RC Philippeville01 (1922)
Flag of Tunisia.svg Stade Gaullois Tunis01 (1925)
Flag of Tunisia.svg SC Tunis01 (1926)
Flag of Algeria.svg JS Phillipville01 (1927)
Flag of Morocco.svg OM Rabat01 (1930)
Flag of Morocco.svg Stade Marocain 01 (1931)
Flag of Tunisia.svg US Tunisienne01 (1934)
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Winners by nation

NumNationWinnersRunners-up
1 Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of France.svg Oran (department) 119
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of France.svg Alger (department) 97
3 Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco 87
4 Flag of Algeria.svg Flag of France.svg Constantine (department) 22
5 Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia 12

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The competition were cancelled because of the Second World War
  1. "North Africa Regional Office".

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