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Union Sportive de Biskra, known as US Biskra or simply USB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Biskra. The club was founded in 1934 and the club colours are green and black. Their home stadium, 18 February Stadium, has a capacity of 35,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Chabab Aurès de Batna, known as CA Batna or CAB for short, is an Algerian football club based in Batna, founded in 1932. The club colours are red and blue. Their home stadium, 1 November 1954 Stadium, has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The club is currently playing the Algerian Ligue 2.
Entente Sportive Sétifienne, known as Entente de Sétif, commonly referred to as ES Sétif or ESS for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Sétif. The club was founded in 1958 and its colours are black and white. Their home stadium, the 8 May 1945 Stadium, has a capacity of 18,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, known as Championnat National de Première Division or Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the Algerian football league system. Administered by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, it is contested by 16 clubs, with the two lowest-placed teams at the end of each season being relegated to the Ligue 2 and replaced by the top two teams in that division. In 2009 it was known as Championnat d'Algérie D1 Nedjma and from 2010 to 2014, it was known as Ligue Professionnelle 1 Nedjma as it is sponsored by Kuwaiti telecommunications company Nedjma. From 2014, the league is officially known as Ligue Professionnelle 1 Mobilis as it is sponsored by Algerian telecommunications company Mobilis.
Mouloudia Olympic of Constantine, known as MO Constantine or simply MOC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Constantine, founded in December 1939 by the reformer Abd al Hamid Ben Badis. The club colors are white and blue. Their home stadium, Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium, has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. The club currently plays in the Algerian Ligue 2.
The Algerian Super Cup is an Algerian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Algerian League and the Algerian Cup. The first edition was held in 1981 and then again in 1992, 1994 and 1995 before being scrapped. The game returned in 2006 but would be scrapped again after the 2007 edition, returning once again in 2013.
Union Sportive des Chaouia,, known as US Chaouia or simply USC for short, is an Algerian football club based in Oum El Bouaghi. The club was founded in 1936 and its colors are yellow and black. Their home stadium, Hassouna Zerdani Stadium, has a capacity of some 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue 2.
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Union Sportive de la Médina Bel Abbès, known as USM Bel Abbès or simply USMBA for short, is an Algerian football club located in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, that was founded in 1933 and its colors are green and red. Their home stadium, 24 February 1956 Stadium, has a capacity of 45,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Inter-Régions Division.
Nedjm Chabab Magra, known as NC Magra or NCM for short, is an Algerian football club based in the city of Magra in the M'Sila Province. The club was founded in 1998 and its colours are Blue and white. Their home stadium, Boucheligue Brothers Stadium, has a capacity of 5,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
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In the 2013–14 season, MC Alger competed in Ligue 1 for the 43rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It was their 11th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They remained in Ligue 1, and went on to win the Algerian Cup. Because of the events of the Algerian Cup final last season club president Omar Gharib was given a life ban, Faouzi Chaouchi and Réda Babouche two years and coach Djamel Menad one year.
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The 2018 Algerian Super Cup was the 12th edition of the Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 and 2017–18 Algerian Cup competitions. It is known as the Mobilis Supercoupe d'Algérie 2018 due to the start of a sponsorship deal with Mobilis ATM The match was played on November 1, 2018 at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida. between 2017-18 Ligue 1 winners CS Constantine and 2017–18 Algerian Cup winners USM Bel Abbès.
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