North African Championship

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North African Championship
Challenge Louis Rivet.jpg
Challenge Louis Rivet (1946-1956)
Founded1920
Abolished1956
Region North Africa (ULNA)
Last champions Flag of Algeria.svg ESFM Guelma
Most successful club(s) Flag of Algeria.svg SC Bel Abbès (7 times)
Challenge Steeg (1920-1945) Challenge Steeg.jpg
Challenge Steeg (1920-1945)

The North African Championship is an old football competition organized in North Africa since 1920 to 1956, it pits the champions of the five North African leagues against each other at the end of the season to set the North African Champion. It disappears at the end of the 1955-1956 edition after the independence of Morocco and Tunisia. [1]

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Winners of unofficial editions

Was organized by the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques.

Winners of the North African Championship

Was organized by the Union des Ligues Nord-Africaines de Football hosted by the French Football Federation.

YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance
1920-21
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Marine d'Oran
3 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blidéen
..., Algiers
1921-22
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
RC Philippeville
..., Philippeville
1922-23
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blidéen
1 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1923-24
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blidéen
..., Algiers
1924-25
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
2 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
Stade Gaulois (Tunis)
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1925-26
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
SC Tunis
..., Tunis
1926-27
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
JS Philippeville
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1927-28
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports d'Alger
3 – 2
(aet)
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1928-29
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blidéen
1 – 0
(aet)
Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports d'Alger
..., Algiers
1929-30
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Saint-Eugène (Algiers)
3 – 0 Flag of Morocco.svg
OM Rabat
Stade Belvédère, Rabat
1930-31
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
CDJ Oran
3 – 2
(aet)
Flag of Morocco.svg
Stade Marocain
Stade Alenda, Oran
1931-32
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
4 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Club d'Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1932-33
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
3 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
USM Oran
Stade Alenda, Oran
1933-34
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
2 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
US Tunisienne
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1934-35
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
RU Alger
2 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
USM Oran
..., Algiers
1935-36
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Club d'Oran
5 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Saint-Eugène (Algiers)
Stade Alenda, Oran
1936-37
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports d'Alger
3 – 2 Flag of Algeria.svg
CDJ Oran
..., Algiers
1937-38
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
JAC Bône
3 – 1 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
Stade Municipal Paul Pantaloni, Bône
1938-39
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
RU Alger
2 – 1 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
..., Algiers
1939-40not held [n 1]
1940-41not held [n 1]
1941-42
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
4 – 1 Flag of Algeria.svg
CDJ Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1942-43not held [n 1]
1943-44not held [n 1]
1944-45not held [n 1]
1945-46
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Oran
2 – 1 Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1946-47
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports d'Alger
2 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1947-48
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC Casablanca
4 – 2 Flag of Morocco.svg
US Athlétique Casablanca
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1948-49
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC Casablanca
6 – 2 Flag of Tunisia.svg
CA Bizertin
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1949-50
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC Casablanca
4 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1950-51
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
Gallia Sports d'Alger
1 – 0 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
CS Hammam-Lif
..., Algiers
1951-52
Details
Flag of Morocco.svg
USM Casablanca
2 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
AS Saint-Eugène (Algiers)
..., Algiers
1952-53
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 0 Flag of Algeria.svg
FC Blidéen
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1953-54
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
SC Bel Abbès
6 – 1 Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg
CS Hammam-Lif
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1954-55
Details
Flag of Algeria.svg
ESFM Guelma
2 – 1
(aet)
Flag of Morocco.svg
Wydad AC Casablanca
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1955-56not 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 Casablanca 3 (1948, 1949, 1950)1 (1955)
5 Flag of Algeria.svg FC Blidéen 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 (Algiers) 1 (1930)2 (1936, 1952)
Flag of Algeria.svg CDJ Oran 1 (1931)2 (1937, 1942
9 Flag of Algeria.svg Gallia Club d'Oran1 (1936)1 (1932)
10 Flag of Algeria.svg AS Marine d'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
14 Flag of Algeria.svg USM Oran 03 (1933, 1935, 1950)
15 Flag of Morocco.svg US Athlétique Casablanca02 (1948, 1949)
Flag of Tunisia.svg CS Hammam-Lif 02 (1951, 1954)
17 Flag of Algeria.svg RC Philippeville (Skikda)01 (1922)
Flag of Tunisia.svg Stade Gaullois (Tunis)01 (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 league

NumLeagueWinnersRunners-up
1 Flag of Algeria.svg League of Oran119
2 Flag of Algeria.svg League of Algiers97
3 Flag of Morocco.svg League of Morocco87
4 Flag of Algeria.svg League of Constantine22
5 Flag of Tunisia.svg League of Tunisia02

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The competition were cancelled because the Second World War
  1. https://www.afd.fr/en/regional-office/north-africa

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