2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Explained

Competition:	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season:	2017–18
Dates:	25 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
Winners:	CS Constantine
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	CS Constantine JS Saoura
Continentalcup2:	Confederation Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	NA Hussein Dey USM Bel Abbès
League Topscorer:	Oussama Darfalou (18 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	MC Oran 5-0 US Biskra (17 March 2018)Paradou AC 5-0 O Médéa (12 Mai 2018)
Biggest Away Win:	Paradou AC 1-5 MC Alger (07 April 2018)
Highest Scoring:	USM Bel Abbès 2-5 MC Oran (17 February 2018) ES Sétif 5-2 USM Blida (20 April 2018)
Matches:	240
Total Goals:	527
Longest Wins:	6 matches JS Saoura
Longest Unbeaten:	22 matches NA Hussein Dey
Longest Winless:	15 matches CR Belouizdad
Longest Losses:	4 matches USM Blida CR Belouizdad Paradou AC
Prevseason:	2016–17
Nextseason:	2018–19
Updated:	27 May 2018

The 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 56th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league.

Teams

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.All Derby matches between CR Belouizdad, MC Alger, NA Hussein Dey, USM Alger, USM El Harrach and Paradou AC will be played on July 5, 1962 Stadium which seats 64,000 spectators.

Team	Stadium	Capacity
CR Belouizdad	20 August 1955 Stadium
CS Constantine	Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium
DRB Tadjenanet	Smaïl Lahoua Stadium
ES Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium
JS Kabylie	1 November 1954 Stadium
JS Saoura	20 August 1955 Stadium
MC Alger	Stade 5 Juillet 1962
MC Oran	Ahmed Zabana Stadium
NA Hussein Dey	20 August 1955 Stadium
Olympique de Médéa	Lyes Imam Stadium
Paradou AC	Omar Hamadi Stadium
US Biskra	18 February Stadium
USM Alger	Omar Hamadi Stadium
USM Bel Abbès	24 February 1956 Stadium
USM Blida	Mustapha Tchaker Stadium
USM El Harrach	1 November 1954 Stadium

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Managerial changes during the 2017-18 campaign.

During the season

Foreign players

This season saw the cancellation of the law on the recruitment of foreign players.^{[1] [2]}

Club	Player 1	Player 2
CR Belouizdad	Soumaila Sidibe
CS Constantine	Ousmane Sylla^[3]	Moctar Cissé^[4]
DRB Tadjenanet	Kodjo Dousse
ES Sétif	Franck Obambou^[5]
JS Kabylie	Steve Ekedi^[6]
JS Saoura	Jean Jules Bapidi	Mohamed Al Ghanodi
MC Alger	Barnabas Imenger^[7]	Ibrahim Amada^[8]
NA Hussein Dey	Mehdi Ouertani
Paradou AC	Mohamed Sangaré^[9]
US Biskra	Boubacar Bagili Ronel Kangou	Abdellah Sy
USM Alger	Soumaila Sidibe^[10]	Reda Hajhouj

Results

League table

Result table

Clubs season-progress

Top scorers

	Goalscorer	Team	Goals
1	Oussama Darfalou	USM Alger	18
2	Lamine Abid	CS Constantine	16
3	Samy Frioui	USM Blida	15
4	Moustapha Djallit	JS Saoura	12
5	Zakaria Naidji	Paradou AC	11
6	Walid Derrardja	MC Alger	10
Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif	JS Saoura
8	Hamza Banouh	USM El Harrach (4), ES Sétif (5)	9
8	Mohamed Tiaïba	MC Oran	8
Mehdi Benaldjia	JS Kabylie
Sofiane Bendebka	MC Alger
Abderrahmane Bourdim	JS Saoura

Updated to games played on 19 May 2018
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

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

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
			4–2		^[11]
			3–3		^[12]
			5–2		^[13]
			4–1		^[14]

Clean sheets

• Only goalkeepers who played all 90 minutes of a match are taken into consideration.

Updated to games played on 4 February 2017

See also

• 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
• 2017–18 Algerian Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: Algeria bans hiring foreign players . worldfootball.net . 24 October 2017.
2. Web site: Ligue 1 : Les critères pour le recrutement des joueurs étrangers . dzfoot.com . 24 October 2017.
3. Web site: Transferts : Ousmane Jr Sylla rejoint le CS Constantine . dzfoot.com . 16 July 2017.
4. Web site: Moctar Cissé : ‘‘Tout faire pour remporter des titres’’ . lestrepublicain.com . 7 September 2017.
5. Web site: ES Sétif : Le Gabonais Obambou signe un contrat de trois ans . footalgerien.com . 27 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170803173241/http://www.footalgerien.com/index.php/2017/07/25/es-setif-le-gabonais-obambou-signe-un-contrat-de-trois-ans/ . 3 August 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
6. Web site: Le Camerounais Ekedi 8e recrue . depechedekabylie.com . 31 July 2017.
7. Web site: MC Alger : Le Nigérian Barnabas Imenger Junior cinquième recrue . footalgerien.com . 31 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170731154852/https://www.footalgerien.com/index.php/2017/07/30/mc-alger-le-nigerian-barnabas-imenger-junior-cinquieme-recrue/ . 31 July 2017 . dead . dmy-all .
8. Web site: MCA : Amada dernière recrue du Mouloudia . competition.dz . 8 September 2017.
9. Web site: Transferts : Deux recrues pour le Paradou AC . dzfoot.com . 31 July 2017.
10. Web site: Transferts : Sidibé finalement Usmiste . dzfoot.com . 31 July 2017.
11. Web site: JS Saoura 4 DRB Tadjenanet 2. 28 October 2017. soccerway.com.
12. Web site: JS Kabylie 3 MC Oran 3. 15 December 2017. soccerway.com.
13. Web site: ES Sétif 5 USM Blida 2. 20 April 2018. soccerway.com.
14. Web site: MC Alger 1 JS Saoura 4. 19 May 2018. soccerway.com.