Classico algérien explained

Classico algérien
Stadiums:	Ali La Pointe Stadium MC Alger Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium JS Kabylie
First Contested:	MC Alger 7–0 JS Kabylie Forconi Cup (4 November 1951)
Most Wins:	JS Kabylie (40)
Top Scorer:	Abdeslam Bousri Mourad Aït Tahar (7)
Mostrecent:	Ligue 1 (26 May 2024)
Total:	122
Series:	JS Kabylie: 40 Drawn: 48 MC Alger: 34
Largestvictory:	Forconi Cup
Largestscoring:	Algerian Ligue Professionelle 1
Broadcasters:	EPTV Terrestre

The Classico algérien is the name given to matches between MC Alger and JS Kabylie, This name is inspired by the Spanish El Clásico between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona.

MC Alger represents the capital of the country Algiers while JS Kabylie (more titled Algerian clubs) represents Kabylia. These meetings became important, following the case n ° 107 of the disciplinary committee concerning the JSK-MCA match, which caused serious incidents on and around the field during the 1962–63 season. Indeed this case constitutes the first serious case, treated by the disciplinary commission of the very young Algerian football championship, called "critérium honneur". Heavy sanctions are imposed on the two teams, press releases are made public to the attention of the clubs of the League of Algiers and to the Algerian people as a whole in order to recall respect for the practice of this sport and also to improve the image of the country abroad. Since this affair the matches between the two clubs have been strewn with a certain rivalry where each of the two clubs must not lose to the other. Despite this painful episode in the early days of Algerian football some matches remain sporting references for supporters of both camps because they are two of the most successful clubs in Algeria whether on the continental, regional or national level.

History

MC Alger is known to be the dean of Algerian football and JS Kabylie is known to be the most successful. Both have a well-stocked record, and have been part of Algerian football folklore since the independence of Algeria. Their domination is not limited to the borders of Algeria, but also in Africa and in the Arab world. JSK with its seven African trophies and MCA, the first Algerian club to win an African cup, have often played the leading roles in international competitions. There is also the fact that these two clubs often compete for the head of the championship, but this is not the only point, there are two other causes that led to the birth of this rivalry.^[1] First of all, the two clubs have a common history since the beginnings of Algerian football. Indeed it must be remembered that during the colonial period, the JSK, a young newly created sports association, was refused subsidies from the colonial government of the time, in the town of Tizi Ouzou. He prefers to help the colonial team of the Olympique de Tizi-Ouzou which is an older formation, rather than to help the new Muslim sports association.^[2] Having no sports equipment, JS Kabylie receives help from MC Alger.^[3] This club showed them where to acquire jerseys in order to allow JSK to structure itself.^[4] The canaries which currently wear the colors yellow and green have long wore the colors red and green because of the FLN's appeal in the early years of the Algerian revolution.

All-time head-to-head results

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width=40%	Tournament	width=10%	GP	width=10%	MV	width=10%	D	width=10%	JV	width=10%	GoalM	width=10%	GoalJ
Ligue Professionnelle 1	109	30	41	38	115	146
Ligue 2	2	0	1	1	4	5
Algerian Cup	8	2	6	0	10	8
League Cup	1	0	1	0	1	1
Super Cup	1	1	0	0	2	1
Forconi Cup	2	1	0	1	7	11
TOTAL	122	34	48	40	138	171

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GP: Games Played
MV: MC Alger Victory
D: Draw
JV: JS Kabylie Victory
GoalM: MC Alger Goals
GoalJ: JS Kabylie Goals

All-Time Top Scorers

Player	Club	width=90	Ligue 1!	width=90	Algerian Cup!	width=90	League Cup!	width=90	Super Cup!	width=90	Total
Abdeslam Bousri	MC Alger	7	—	—	—	7
Mourad Aït Tahar	MC Alger, JS Kabylie	7	—	—	—	7
Mourad Tebbal	MC Alger	6	—	—	—	6
Omar Betrouni	MC Alger	6	—	—	—	6
Mokrane Baïleche	JS Kabylie	5	—	—	—	5
Rachid Baris	JS Kabylie	5	—	—	—	5
Nacer Bouiche	JS Kabylie	4	—	—	—	4
Djamel Menad	JS Kabylie	4	—	—	—	4
Tarek Hadj Adlane	JS Kabylie	4	—	—	—	4

Hat-tricks

A hat-trick is achieved when the same player scores three or more goals in one match. Listed in chronological order.

Sequence	No. of goals	Time of goals	Representing	Final score	Opponent	Tournament
.	3	24', 77', 85'	JS Kawkabi	4–1	MC Alger	Nationale I
.	3	11', 34', 85'	MP Alger	3–2	JE Tizi Ouzou	Division 1
.	3	69', 74', 80'	MC Alger	4–4	JS Kabylie	Division 1

Honours

JS Kabylie	Championship	MC Alger
	International (Official)
2		1
1	CAF Cup Winners' Cup (Defunct)	–
3	CAF Cup (Defunct)	–
1	CAF Super Cup	–
	Domestic (Official)
14		8
5		8
1		1
1		3
	Colonial era (Defunct)
–		2
–		2
	Regional (Defunct and non-official)
–		2
28	Total Aggregate	25

League matches

	Date	Home team	Score	Away team	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
1		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Abbès	Zidane
2		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Mazari	—
3		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	—	—
4		MC Alger	2 - 0	JS Kabylie	Lemoui, Oucif	—
5	21 November 1965	MC Alger	1 - 2	JS Kabylie	Berkani	Kolli
6	8 May 1966	JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Bourras,, Aouadj	Haouchine, Khalfi,
7		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	—	—
8		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Kouffi,, Karamani	Zerrouk, Betrouni
9		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Hannachi	Hassen Tahir
10		MC Alger	2 - 0	JS Kabylie	Hassen Tahir	—
11		MC Alger	1 - 2	JS Kawkabi	Hassen Tahir	Kouffi, Rafai
12		JS Kawkabi		MC Alger	Kouffi	Betrouni
13		JS Kawkabi	1 - 0	MC Alger	Derridj	—
14		MC Alger		JS Kawkabi	—	—
15		JS Kawkabi	2 - 1	MC Alger	Derridj	Bouhadda
16		MC Alger	2 - 3	JS Kawkabi	Bousri, Draoui	Dali, Iboud, Derridj
17		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kawkabi	Bencheikh	—
18		JS Kawkabi	1 - 2	MC Alger	Aouis	Mahiouz, Betrouni
19		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kawkabi	Azzouz	—
20		JS Kawkabi	2 - 3	MC Alger	Aouis, Barris	Bellemou, Bachi, Bousri
21		MC Alger	1 - 4	JS Kawkabi	Bencheikh	Baileche, Baris
22		JS Kawkabi		MC Alger	Baileche, Dali, Douadi	Bellemou, Bousri
23		JE Tizi Ouzou	2 - 3	MP Alger	Aouis, Zemmour	Betrouni
24		MP Alger	2 - 0	JE Tizi Ouzou	Bencheikh, Bousri	—
25		MP Alger		JE Tizi Ouzou	Ait Hamouda	Iboud
26		JE Tizi Ouzou	3 - 1	MP Alger	Baris, Douadi	Zenir
27		MP Alger		JE Tizi Ouzou	Mahiouz	Douadi
28		JE Tizi Ouzou		MP Alger	Makri	Belloumi
29		JE Tizi Ouzou	2 - 1	MP Alger	Larbes, Baïleche	Khellaf
30		MP Alger	2 - 1	JE Tizi Ouzou	Belloumi, Bouiche	Baris
31		MP Alger	1 - 2	JE Tizi Ouzou	Khellaf	Belahcène
32		JE Tizi Ouzou		MP Alger	Aouis	Bousri
33		JE Tizi Ouzou	2 - 1	MP Alger	Abdesslem, Belahcene	Bousri
34		MP Alger	1 - 0	JE Tizi Ouzou	Bellemou	—
35		JE Tizi Ouzou	1 - 0	MP Alger	Bouiche	—
36		MP Alger	2 - 1	JE Tizi Ouzou	Meghichi, Bouiche	Menad
37		MP Alger		JE Tizi Ouzou	—	—
38		JE Tizi Ouzou		MP Alger	Larbes	Meghichi
39		MP Alger	0 - 1	JE Tizi Ouzou	—	Bouiche
40		JE Tizi Ouzou		MP Alger	Bouiche	Sebbar
41		JE Tizi Ouzou	3 - 1	MP Alger	Menad, Ayach	Djahmoune
42		MP Alger		JE Tizi Ouzou	—	—
43		MP Alger		JE Tizi Ouzou	—	—
44		JE Tizi Ouzou		MP Alger	Menad	Belaouchet
45		JS Kabylie	1 - 0	MC Alger	Djahnit Abderrazek	—
46		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Belhouchet Khelifa	—
47		MC Alger	2 - 1	JS Kabylie	Tebbal, Hadjouri	Lazizi
48		JS Kabylie	5 - 0	MC Alger	Djahnit, Amaouche, Karouf, Medane	—
49		JS Kabylie	1 - 0	MC Alger	Djahnit	—
50		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Ghouli	Hadj Adlane
51		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Mourad Aït Tahar	Boukhtouchène
52		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	—	—
53		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	—	—
54		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Benmessahel, Maza	Hadj Adlane, Moussouni
55		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Amrouche	Tebbal Mourad
56		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Zitouni, Tebbal	Mahieddine Meftah, Menad, Hadj Adlane
57		MC Alger	3 - 0	JS Kabylie	Aït Tahar, Fodil Dob	—
58		JS Kabylie	0 - 1	MC Alger	—	Benali
59		JS Kabylie	1 - 0	MC Alger	Ould Rabah	—
60		MC Alger	2 - 5	JS Kabylie	Mourad Aït Tahar, Tebbal	Fatahine, Moussouni, Meftah Benhamlat, Boubrit
61		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Rahmouni	—
62		JS Kabylie	2 - 1	MC Alger	Gasmi	Diab
63		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Boukaf Fayçal	Khadir
64		MC Alger	0 - 2	JS Kabylie	—	Moussouni, Abaci
65		JS Kabylie	4 - 1	MC Alger	Raho, Bendahmane Moussouni, Mounir Dob	Merakchi
66		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	—	—
67		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Faïsca	—
68		MC Alger	4 - 1	JS Kabylie	Dellalou, Chaouch, Naceri, Amrane	Saïb
69		JS Kabylie	2 - 1	MC Alger
70		JS Kabylie	6 - 1	MC Alger	Belkaid, Endzanga, Berguiga Zafour, Djillali	Chaouch
71		MC Alger	2 - 1	JS Kabylie	Ouahid, Deham	Endzanga
72		JS Kabylie	2 - 1	MC Alger	Berguiga, Oussalah	Largot
73		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Bouguèche	Yacef
74		JS Kabylie	1 - 0	MC Alger	Hemani	—
75		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	—	—
76		MC Alger	0 - 2	JS Kabylie	—	Saïbi, Galoul
77		JS Kabylie	1 - 0	MC Alger	Bensaïd	—
78		MC Alger	2 - 1	JS Kabylie	Amroune, Boumechra	Ouznadji
79		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Bensaïd	Amroune
80		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Bouguèche	—
81		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	—	—
82		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Boudebouda	Hamiti
83		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	—	—
84		JS Kabylie	1 - 0	MC Alger	Boulemdaïs	—
85		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	—	—
86		JS Kabylie	0 - 1	MC Alger	—	Yaâlaoui
87		MC Alger	3 - 1	JS Kabylie	Djallit, Yachir	Rial
88		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Yahia-Chérif	—
89		JS Kabylie	3 - 0	MC Alger	Rial, Bencherifa, Ebossé Bodjongo	—
90		MC Alger	2 - 4	JS Kabylie	Berchiche, Hachoud	Rial, Yesli, Ferguene, Khodja
91		JS Kabylie	1 - 2	MC Alger	Ziti	Ben Braham, Djallit
92		MC Alger	3 - 1	JS Kabylie	Merzougi, Gourmi, Karaoui	Diawara
93		JS Kabylie	2 - 1	MC Alger	Diawara,	Abid
94		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	—	—
95		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Derrardja	Boulaouidet
96		MC Alger	2 - 0	JS Kabylie	Derrardja	—
97		JS Kabylie	3 - 1	MC Alger	Djabout, Hammar, Benaldjia	Derrardja
98		MC Alger	0 - 5	JS Kabylie	—	Nwofor, Benyoucef, Abdul Razak, Chetti
99		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Saâdou	Frioui
100		MC Alger	0 - 3	JS Kabylie	—	Belgherbi, Hamroune, Bensayah
Cancelled
101		MC Alger	1 - 2	JS Kabylie	Frioui	Zaka, Ait Abdessalem
102		JS Kabylie	2 - 1	MC Alger	Hamroune	Abdelhafid
103		JS Kabylie	0 - 1	MC Alger	—	Zaidi
104		MC Alger	0 - 2	JS Kabylie	—	Gatal, Nezla
105		MC Alger	1 - 0	JS Kabylie	Hamoudi	—
106		JS Kabylie	2 - 0	MC Alger	Mouaki Redjem	—
107		MC Alger		JS Kabylie	Naidji	Matouti
108		JS Kabylie		MC Alger	Redouane Berkane	Merzougui

Algerian Cup results

	Date	Round	Home team	Score	Away team	Goals (home)	Goals (away)
1	4 November 1951	Round of 16	MC Alger	7 - 0	JS Kabylie	Hahad, Aliane, Aït Saâda, Kouar	—
2	21 March 1971		MC Alger	2 - 2 (corners. 6–3)	JS Kabylie	Bachi	Cheikh Djabbar
3	8 April 1973		MC Alger	2 - 1	JS Kabylie	Aizel, Draoui	Dali
4	3 March 1983		MP Alger	3 - 2	JE Tizi Ouzou	Ghrib, Mahiouz, Bencheikh	Belahcène, Baris
5	24 February 1989		JE Tizi Ouzou	2 - 2 (pen. 4–2)	MP Alger	Bouiche, Addene	Belhouchet, Meghichi
6	28 December 2012		MC Alger	0 - 0 (pen. 7–6)	JS Kabylie	—	—
7	1 May 2014		JS Kabylie	1 - 1 (pen. 4–5)	MC Alger	Rial	Rial
8	1 April 2017		MC Alger	0 - 0 (pen. 3–1)	JS Kabylie	—	—
9	13 April 2018		JS Kabylie	0 - 0 (pen. 5–4)	MC Alger	—	—

Shared player history

Players who have played for both clubs

Mourad Aït Tahar (JS Kabylie 1987–94 & 1997–99, MC Alger 1994–97)
Mounir Dob (MC Alger 1994–95, JS Kabylie 2000–03)
Fodil Dob (MC Alger 1994–2002, JS Kabylie 2002–03)
Karim Braham Chaouch (MC Alger 2001 & 2002–06, JS Kabylie 2009)
Koceila Berchiche (JS Kabylie 2008–11 & 2015–17, MC Alger 2014–15)
Nabil Yaâlaoui (JS Kabylie 2010–11, MC Alger 2011–14)
Sid Ali Yahia-Chérif (JS Kabylie 2009–11, MC Alger 2013–14)
Farouk Belkaïd (JS Kabylie 1998–2005, MC Alger 2006–08)
Lounés Bendahmane (JS Kabylie 2000–06, MC Alger 2006–07)
Toufik Zeghdane (MC Alger 2013–16, JS Kabylie 2019–20)
Abdelmalek Mokdad (MC Alger 2009–11 & 2015–17, JS Kabylie 2012–13)
Sofiane Younès (MC Alger 2005–09 & 2012, JS Kabylie 2010–11)

Noureddine Daham (JS Kabylie 2002–03, MC Alger 2004–06)
Nabil Saâdou (JS Kabylie 2017–20, MC Alger 2020–present)
Toufik Addadi (JS Kabylie 2019–20, MC Alger 20–present)
Mehdi Benaldjia (JS Kabylie 2017–18, MC Alger 2018–present)
Ibrahim Amada (JS Kabylie 2011, MC Alger 2017–19)
Sid Ahmed Aouadj (JS Kabylie 2013–14, MC Alger 2014–17)
Mohamed Seguer (JS Kabylie 2010, MC Alger 2016–18)
Faouzi Chaouchi (JS Kabylie 2006–09, MC Alger 2011–13 & 2014–18)
Hocine Metref (JS Kabylie 2011–12, MC Alger 2012–14)
Mohamed Derrag (JS Kabylie 2007–09, MC Alger 2009–11)

Played for one, managed the other

Djamel Menad (as player JS Kabylie, as manager MC Alger)

Coaches who managed both clubs

Noureddine Saâdi (JS Kabylie 1992–94 & 2018, MC Alger 2003 & 2006)
Alain Geiger (JS Kabylie 2010, MC Alger 2013)

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 results

See main article: Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.

	69–70	70–71	71–72	72–73	73–74	74–75	75–76	76–77	77–78	78–79	79–80	80–81	81–82	82–83	83–84	84–85	86–87	87–88	88–89	89–90	90–91	91–92
No. of teams	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
align=LEFT	MC Alger	bgcolor=silver	2	3	bgcolor=gold	1	3	5	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	1	5	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	1	8	5	10	4	4	18	9	13	bgcolor=silver	2	3	5	7
align=LEFT	JS Kabylie	6	7	9	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	1	7	3	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	1	3	bgcolor=gold	1	6	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=gold	1	4	13

	92–93	93–94	94–95	95–96	96–97	97–98	98–99	99–00	00–01	01–02	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
No. of teams	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
align=LEFT	MC Alger	7	7	5	8	6	5	bgcolor=gold	1	11	14	15	4	3	6	11	7	5	bgcolor=gold	1	10	6	5	7	11
align=LEFT	JS Kabylie	3	3	bgcolor=gold	1	5	8	4	bgcolor=silver	2	6	3	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	bgcolor=gold	1	bgcolor=silver	2	3	11	9	7	bgcolor=silver	2	13

	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22
No. of teams	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
align=LEFT	MC Alger	12	bgcolor=silver	2	5	6	bgcolor=silver	2	7
align=LEFT	JS Kabylie	3	11	11	bgcolor=silver	2	4	5	bgcolor=silver	2

References

Notes

Bibliography

Book: Adnane, Naïm . « 40 ans de Football, l'histoire exemplaire d'un club algérien » : Tome I (1946-1976): De la JSK à la JET, ENAP, Alger, 1987 p. 62 à 70 . ENAP . 1987 .
Book: Zani, Abderrahmane . « Les associations sportives d'Algérie » : (1867-1952), ANEP, Alger, 2003, p. 52 & 99 . ANEP . 2003 .

Notes and References

Adnane, Naïm, p. 63.
Adnane, Naïm, p. 17.
Adnane, Naïm, pp. 18–19.
Adnane, Naïm, p. 22.