2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Explained

Competition:	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season:	2014–15
Dates:	15 August 2014 – 29 May 2015
Winners:	ES Sétif
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	ES Sétif MO Béjaïa
Continentalcup2:	Confederation Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	MC Oran RC Arbaâ
League Topscorer:	Walid Derrardja (16)
Biggest Home Win:	MC Alger 4-0 MC El Eulma (20 January 2015) USM Alger 5-1 RC Arbaâ (6 February 2015)
Biggest Away Win:	ASO Chlef 0-3 CS Constantine (22 November 2014)
Highest Scoring:	ES Sétif 5-2 ASM Oran (6 March 2015)
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	475
Longest Wins:	USM Alger (5)
Longest Unbeaten:	MO Béjaïa (9)
Longest Winless:	ASO Chlef MC Alger (11)
Longest Losses:	MC Alger (6)
Highest Attendance:	39,760 MC Oran 0-0 USM Alger (22 March 2015)
Lowest Attendance:	3,500 ASO Chlef 0-3 CS Canstantine
Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 53rd season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with USM Alger as the defending champions.^[1] Following the death of Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, the Algerian Football Federation suspended all football indefinitely.^[2] 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.^{[3] [4]}

Team summaries

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2

• ASM Oran
• NA Hussein Dey
• USM Bel-Abbès

Teams relegated to 2014-15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2

• CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
• CRB Aïn Fakroun
• JSM Béjaïa

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity
ASM Oran	Oran	Habib Bouakeul Stadium
ASO Chlef	Chlef	Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium
CR Belouizdad	Algiers	20 August 1955 Stadium
CS Constantine	Constantine	Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium
ES Sétif	Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium
JS Kabylie	Tizi Ouzou	1 November 1954 Stadium
JS Saoura	Béchar	20 August 1955 Stadium
MC Alger	Algiers	Omar Hamadi Stadium
MC El Eulma	El Eulma	Messaoud Zeghar Stadium
MC Oran	Oran	Ahmed Zabana Stadium
MO Béjaïa	Béjaïa	Maghrebi Unity Stadium
NA Hussein Dey	Hussein Dey District	20 August 1955 Stadium
RC Arbaâ	Larbaâ	Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium
USM Alger	Algiers	Omar Hamadi Stadium
USM Bel-Abbès	Sidi Bel Abbès	24 February 1956 Stadium
USM El Harrach	Algiers	1 November 1954 Stadium

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Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head coach	Captain	Manufacturer	Sponsors
	Mohamed El Morro				ATM Mobilis
	Abdelkrim Medouar				Ooredoo
	Réda Malek				Ooredoo, CNEP-Banque
	Omar Bentobal				Tassili Airlines, ATM Mobilis
	Hassan Hammar				Djezzy GSM
					Ooredoo, Peugeot
					ATM Mobilis
	Mohamed Zerouati				Enafor
	Hadj Taleb				Djezzy GSM, Sonatrach
	Arras Herrada				Ooredoo
	Ahmed Belhadj				Naftal, Ooredoo, Aigle Azur
	Mahfoud Ould Zmirli				ATM Mobilis
					Djezzy GSM, ETRHB Haddad, Sonelgaz
	Belkacem Aïda				ATM Mobilis
	Mohamed Laïb				ATM Mobilis
	Nacer Maouche				ATM Mobilis

Results

League table

RC Arbaâ was to participate in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup as a runners-up of the 2014–15 Algerian Cup in place of MO Béjaïa, because MO Béjaïa take part to 2016 CAF Champions League as a runners-up to a championship. However RC Arbaâ withdrew from the competition because that does not have a Fifa license, it was replaced by CS Constantine.^[6]

Leader week after week

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Colors = id:CSC value:green legend:CS_Constantine id:MOB value:black legend:MO_Béjaïa id:USMH value:yellow legend:USM_El_Harrach id:USMA value:red legend:USM_Alger id:ESS value:blue legend:ES_Sétif

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Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Walid Derrardja	MC El Eulma	16
2	Hamza Boulemdaïs	CS Constantine	14
3	Oussama Darfalou	RC Arbaâ	12
4	Antar Djemaouni	ASM Oran	10
	Kaled Gourmi	MC Alger	10
	Ali Rial	JS Kabylie	10
7	Lamine Abid	USM El Harrach	9
8	Zahir Zerdab	MO Béjaïa	8
9	Ibrahim Chenihi	MC El Eulma	7
	Okacha Hamzaoui	MO Béjaïa	7
	Farès Hamiti	MC El Eulma	7
	Nouri Ouznadji	NA Hussein Dey	7

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks.

Player	width=120	Club	width=125	Against	width=50	Result	Date
Hamza Boulemdaïs			4—1	13 September 2014
Walid Derrardja			3—2	18 October 2014
Abdelmalek Ziaya			3—0	14 February 2015
Sofiane Younès			5—2	6 March 2015

Media coverage

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel	Matches
align=Center		align=Center	EPTV	align=Center	3 Matches per round
align=Center		align=Center	beIN Sports Arabia	align=Center	1 Match per round
align=Center		align=Center	Al-Kass Sports Channel	align=Center	1 Match per round

See also

• 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
• 2014–15 Algerian Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Summary - Ligue 1 - Algeria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
2. News: Albert Ebosse: Player's death leads to league suspension . 25 August 2014 . BBC Sport.
3. Web site: LFP - Ligue de Football Professionnelle . 2014-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211075716/http://lfp.dz/article.php?id=5212&lg=0 . 2017-02-11 . dead .
4. Web site: LFP - Ligue de Football Professionnelle . 2014-09-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080137/http://lfp.dz/article.php?id=5227&lg=0 . 2017-02-11 . dead .
5. Web site: Summary - Ligue 1 - Algeria - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
6. Web site: Coupe de la CAF : forfait du RC Arbâa, le CS Constantine pour le remplacer . Radio Algérienne . October 15, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180501172629/http://radioalgerie.dz/news/fr/article/20151015/55361.html . May 1, 2018 . dead .