Algerian Cup Explained

Algerian Cup
Arabic: كأس الجزائر
Organiser:Algerian Football Federation
Region: Algeria
Founded:1962
Number Of Teams:64 (2018–19)
Domestic Cup:Algerian Super Cup
Qualifier For:CAF Confederation Cup
Current Champions:CR Belouizdad (9th title)
Most Successful Club:CR Belouizdad
(9 titles)
Broadcasters:EPTV
Website:Official
Current:2023–24 Algerian Cup

The Algerian Cup (Arabic: كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup (Arabic: كأس الجمهورية), is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993.

The most successful club in this competition are CR Belouizdad with nine trophies. The record for consecutive wins in the competition is only two, several teams have achieved such USM Alger, CR Belouizdad, MC Oran, JS Kabylie and MC Algiers. However, ES Sétif are the only to achieve this twice. ASO Chlef are the current title holders.

History

Before the country's independence, there were several football competitions running on the same system as the Algeria Cup. When the France decided to develop the sport in the colonies, including football, settlers created a number of agencies for the promotion of the sport. To make it more attractive, several types of competitions' cutting So were born.

Colonial Period

It already existed at that time, in the late fifties, a similar competition called "Algeria Cup football", which was played solely between Algerian clubs but settlers. To get there, one must understand that this was the result of a long process of both sports, political and historical.

When football appeared in North Africa, it was not structured enough for organizing major football competitions. At the beginning of, small football challenges appear 1904 and 1905 and criterium in 1911 and 1912. These small competitions désignèrent unofficial champions because regulatory bodies came much later in France (USFSA in 1913 and FFFA in 1919) where chaos reigned for several football federations coexisted.

North Africa was then divided into five regions each had a football league. So we had the Morocco Football League Association or LMFA for Morocco; the League of Oran Football Association or LOFA for Oran ut; the League Algiers Football Association or LAFA for Algiers ois; the Constantine Ligue de Football Association or LCFA for Constantine; and Tunisian Football League Association or LTFA for Tunisia.

Each of these leagues organized football championships (between 1920 and 1959) on different levels including the highest honor was called Division (DH). Meanwhile, a larger football competition appears during the year 1921 called North African Championship. This competition was governed by the Union of North African football leagues created the same year, and included all the champions of honor division of North African football leagues. The winner was crowned "Champion of North Africa" and saw himself put an art object. It retained its trophy season and saw the honor of defending his due by being automatically qualified for the next edition accompanied by another club in the league.

Regional colonial cups

The Oran Cup (1926-1957)

The Oran Cup was a competition organized by the League of Oran Football Association.

The football Forconi Cup (1946-1957)

The Forconi Cup was a competition organized by the League Algiers Football Association model cut , and departmental or regional dimension. At that time Algiers was a Department French covering more than 170.000 km2 including the cities of Algiers of Aumale of Blida of Médéa of Miliana of Orléansville and Tizi Ouzou. Founded in 1946 at the end of World War II, this competition took place until 1957. This was the only dimension of cutting departmental football in North Africa in the colonial era. The competition was named Cup Forconi in memory of Edmond Forconi, Vice-President of the Algiers League at this time, after he died as a result of his war wounds. This departmental cut was also very popular because it concerned all teams affiliated to the Algiers League whatever their levels. From 1946 until 1957, the winner of this competition will receive a trophy saw that he kept one season and also had the honor of defending his due but at the stage of final quarters of the competition the next edition. If this system was designed in this way is that the reason was obvious; the winner was also referred to the North African Cup, thus allowing him to devote himself fully to this competition without worrying about the preliminary rounds for the next edition of the Forconi Cup. The competition will disappear as a result of the disappearance of the North African Cup combined with the independence of the Morocco and Tunisia during 1956.

After independence

The 5 July 1962, Algeria gained independence after seven and a half years of war. This is the end of an entire sporting world with the end of football competitions organized by 'settlers'. The clubs 'settlers' stopped in their towers and the clubs Muslim respawn. The page of football history colonial turned definitively in North Africa as Algeria, another begins, the football Algerian.

Creating the Algerian Cup

At independence, many football tournaments are held around the country in order to celebrate the country's independence. Behind the scenes, we are active as can be to organize what became the country's first football championship. It was still only a regional championship called "Criterium". All the football system in Algeria of rethinking. However, the main regional leagues were kept, which were renamed Western Region (former League of Oran), Central Region (former League of Algiers) and East Region (former League Constantine). Each of these leagues organized the winners of the playoffs at the end of play-off to qualify for the finals to determine the first champion of Algeria nationwide.

Alongside the championship, the young Algerian Football Federation chaired by Dr. Mohand Amokrane Maouche, launches another nationwide competition. This was to allow all affiliated clubs to compete in a competition type cutting nationally. It is based on his neighbors and on what was already being done elsewhere in the world, especially in Europe, was born the first Algerian Cup.

Algerian Cup winners and finalists

See also: List of Algerian Cup finals.

The record for most wins of the tournament by a club is 9, held by CR Belouizdad.

Six clubs have won consecutive Algerian Cups on more than one occasion: ES Sétif (1963, 1964 and 1967, 1968), CR Belouizdad (1969, 1970), MC Oran (1984, 1985), JS Kabylie (1992, 1994), USM Alger (2003, 2004), MC Alger (2006, 2007).

Five clubs have won the Algerian Cup as part of a League and Cup double, namely CR Belouizdad (1966, 1969, 1970), ES Setif (1968, 2012), MC Alger (1976), JS Kabylie (1977, 1986) and USM Alger (2003).

Mahieddine Meftah holds the record for most Algerian Cup winner's medals, with seven: Two with JS Kabylie (1992 and 1994) and five with USM Alger (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004). The record for most winner's medals for a manager is Abdelkader Amrani Five times with four different clubs they are WA Tlemcen (1998), ASO Chlef (2005,2023), MO Béjaïa (2015) and CR Belouizdad (2019).

Performance by club

RankClubWinnersRunners-upWinning YearsRunner-up Years
1941966, 1969, 1970, 1978, 1995, 2009, 2017, 2019, 20241988, 2003, 2012, 2023
2891981, 1988, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 20131969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980, 2006, 2007
3821971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 2006, 2007, 2014, 20162013, 2024
4811963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1980, 1989, 2010, 20122017
5561977, 1986, 1992, 1994, 20111979, 1991, 1999, 2004, 2014, 2018
6421975, 1984, 1985, 19961998, 2002
7WA Tlemcen231998, 20021974, 2000, 2008
8USM El Harrach211974, 19872011
ASO Chlef212005, 20231992
10USM Bel Abbès201991, 2018-
111419791968, 1977, 1982, 2016
121119821984
JSM Béjaïa1120082019
14MC Saïda101965-
Hamra Annaba101972-
CR Béni Thour102000-
MO Béjaïa102015-
18MO Constantine03-1964, 1975, 1976
19ES Mostaganem02-1963, 1965
02-1981, 1983
CA Batna02-1997, 2010
22RC Kouba01-1966
JSM Skikda01-1967
CRE Constantine01-1985
01-1986
01-1987
MSP Batna01-1990
AS Ain M'lila01-1994
Olympique de Médéa01-1995
USM Blida01-1996
SC Mécheria01-2001
USM Sétif01-2005
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj01-2009
RC Arbaâ01-2015

Medals

Each club in the final receives 30 winners or runners-up medals to be distributed among players, staff, and officials.

Sponsorship

PeriodSponsorName
1962–2006No main sponsorAlgerian Cup
2006–2008DjezzyDjezzy Algerian Cup
2008–2009ATM MobilisMobilis Algerian Cup
2009–2013NedjmaNedjma Algerian Cup
2013–2014OoredooOoredoo Algerian Cup
2014–ATM MobilisMobilis Algerian Cup

Finals venues and host cities

Venue
  1. hosted
Last finalCity
  1. hosted
Stade du 5 Juillet372024Algiers46
20 August 1955 Stadium91971Algiers46
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium62019Blida9
24 February 1956 Stadium11981Sidi Bel-Abbes1
1 November 1954 Stadium11984Batna1
Ahmed Zabana Stadium11992Oran1
19 May 1956 Stadium12002Annaba1
Miloud Hadefi Stadium12023Oran1

Records

Most common finals matchups

  1. of finals
TeamWonTeamWon
5MC Alger1971, 1973, 2006, 2007USM Alger2013
5USM Alger1988, 2003CR Belouizdad1969, 1970, 1978
2USM Alger1999, 2004JS Kabylie
2USM Bel Abbès1991, 2018JS Kabylie
2JS Kabylie1977NA Hussein Dey1979
2MC OranWA Tlemcen1998, 2002
2ES Sétif2012CR Belouizdad2017

Individual records

Players

(at least 5 titles)

PlayerTitlesWinning YearsClubs
Mahieddine Meftah71992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004JS Kabylie (2), USM Alger (5)
Tarek Hadj Adlane61988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001USM Alger (4), JS Kabylie (2)
Billel Dziri51997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004all with USM Alger
Mohamed Hamdoud51997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004all with USM Alger
Hocine Achiou51997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004all with USM Alger
Rabah Deghmani51997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004all with USM Alger
Farid Djahnine51997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004all with USM Alger
Tarek Ghoul51997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004all with USM Alger
Mounir Zeghdoud51999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008USM Alger (4), JSM Béjaïa (1)

See also

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