League Algiers Football Association Explained

League Algiers Football Association
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Founded:1919
Folded:1962 due to fall of France
after 38 seasons
Teams:varied
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Forconi Cup
Coupe de France
Champions:O Hussein Dey
Season:1958–59
Most Successful Club:Gallia Sport d'Alger (8)

The League Algiers Football Association, also called League Algiers Football or League of Algiers was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the colonial football to Algiers; She paused for a moment due to World War II, then resumed in 1946. Eventually it will cease all activities in 1962 after the end of the War of Algeria who devoted the independence of the Algeria and which led to the mass exodus of settlers to France signifier abandonment of sports clubs run by the "settlers" and their structures.

Affiliated to the French Football Federation with four other leagues in North Africa that are leagues: the Constantine of Oran of Tunisia and Morocco; League Algiers so possessed as his four sisters the status of "league" or "Championship" amateur, and had four divisions that corresponded to the seventh, sixth, fifth and fourth division of French football.

These leagues so were the main football regions in North Africa from cutting the French colonial administration. They were very structured and very hierarchical and organized competitions for all age categories in addition to a so-called "corporate" (or category Championship "corporate" or company), the highest level was called Division of Honor .

League participation

36 clubs have participated.Note: from 1920–21 to 1955–56 season.

  • 36 seasons: AS Saint Eugène, FC Blida
  • 35 seasons: AS Boufarik, GS Alger
  • 26 seasons: RU Alger
  • 22 seasons: GS Orléansville, Olympique d'Hussein-Dey, RS Alger
  • 21 seasons: RC Maison-Carrée, US Ouest-Mitidja
  • 20 seasons: MC Alger
  • 19 seasons: US Blida
  • 11 seasons: USM Blida
  • 9 seasons: Olympique de Marengo
  • 7 seasons: SCU El-Biar, Stade Guyotville
  • 5 seasons: AS Montpensier, Racing Club Algérois
  • 3 seasons: CS Algérois
  • 2 seasons: Elan Bab El Oued, FC El Affroun, Olympique de Tizi-Ouzou, Stary Standard Club
  • 1 season: ASPTT Alger, AS Algérois, AS Douéra, Etoile Stary Marine Algérois, JS Mouzaiaville, Marine Sportive Algérois, Olympique de Rouiba, OM Ruisseau, RAS Algérois, Stade Algérois, US Algérois, USM Alger, USM Marengo

Champions of Honor Division (DH) of the League Algiers

Season Team Season Team Season Team Season Team
1920–1921 Season FC Blida[2] 1930–1931 Season AS Boufarik [3] 1940–1941 Season Not Played (War)1950–1951 SeasonGS Alger [4]
1921–1922 Season 1931–1932 Season GS Algiers 1941–1942 Season AS Boufarik AS Saint Eugène[5]
1922–1923 Season 1932–1933 Season 1942–1943 Season FC Blida
1923–1924 Season 1933–1934 Season RU Algiers[6] 1943–1944 Season GS Algiers
1924–1925 Season AS Boufarik 1934-1935 Season 1944-1945 season Unassigned [7] GS Algiers
1925–1926 Season US Blida [8] 1935–1936 Season 1945-1946 Season GS Orléansville [9]
1926–1927 Season GS Orléansville 1936–1937 Season GS Algiers 1946–1947 Season GS Algiers 1956–1957 Season AS Saint Eugène
1927–1928 Season GS Algiers 1937–1938 Season AS Boufarik O Hussein-Dey [10] 1957–1958 Season GS Algiers
1928–1929 Season 1938–1939 Season 1948–1949 Season O Hussein-Dey 1958–1959 Season O Hussein-Dey
1929–1930 Season 1939–1940 Season Not Played (War) 1949–1950 SeasonO Hussein-Dey 1959–1960 Season (training CFA)

Titles by club

ClubWinnersWinning seasons
GS Alger1927–28, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58
AS Saint Eugène1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1951–52, 1956–57
FC Blida1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1928–29, 1952–53
AS Boufarik1924–25, 1930–31, 1937–38, 1941–42
O Hussein-Dey1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1958–59
RU Alger1933–34, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1945–46
GS Orléansville1926–27, 1955–56
US Blida1925–26

See also

Notes and References

  1. Lahcène Belahoucine, "'The Saga of Algerian football,'" page 67, Hibr Editions, Algiers, 2010
  2. This is the club: Football Club Blida also known Football Club Blidéen
  3. This is the team: Sports Association Boufarik
  4. This is the team: Gallia Sport Algiers which can also be written in GSA
  5. This is the club: saint-eugénoise sports Association athletic Association also called Saint-Eugène
  6. This is the team: Racing Universitaire d'Alger which can be written as RUA
  7. This season AS Saint-Eugene and MC Alger ended tied for first place (ASSE's still ahead in goal difference) to separate the competitions according to the regulations, the Algiers League decided to organize a replay to determine a champion. Unfortunately as the festivities of the end of the World War II coincided with the end of the season, the meeting did not take place and so the unallocated basis.
  8. This is the team: Blida Sports Union also called Union SportiveBlidéene
  9. This is club: Athletic Grouping Orléansville also called Groupement Sportif Orléansvillois
  10. This is the team: Olympic Hussein Dey, which can also be written in OHD