League of Oran Football Association explained

League of Oran Football Association
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Country: French Algeria
Confed: FFF
Founded:1919
Folded:1962 due to fall of France
after 38 seasons
Teams:varied
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Oran Cup
Coupe de France
Champions:USSC Témouchent
Season:1960–61
Most Successful Club:SC Bel Abbès (15)

The League of Oran Football Association, also called League of Oran or simply LOFA for a short was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the colonial football to Oran; 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 Algiers of Constantine of Tunisia and Morocco; League of Oran 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 .

Oran League

The Oran League is champions of Honor Division (DH) of the French league system. It concerne the north west of Algeria, called west of Algeria or Oranie.

Finals

1ère Série - / USFASA

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1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07CDJ Oran
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11SC Bel Abbès
1911–12SC Bel Abbès
1912–13SC Bel Abbès
1913–14CDJ Oran
1914–15align=center colspan=2canceled due to the World War I
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19SC Bel Abbès
1919–20SC Bel Abbès

Division d'honneur LOFA / ULNAF / FFF

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1920–21SC Bel Abbès
1921–22SC Bel Abbès
1922–23SC Bel Abbès
1923–24SC Bel Abbès
1924–25SC Bel Abbès
1925–26SC Bel Abbès
1926–27SC Bel Abbès
1927–28SC Bel Abbès
1928–29SC Bel Abbès
1929–30CDJ OranSC Bel Abbès
1930–31JP Bel Abbès
1931–32CDJ OranUSM Oran
1932–33USM Oran
1933–34CDJ OranUSM Oran
1934–35USM OranSC Bel Abbès
1935–36
1936–37CDJ OranSC Bel Abbès
1937–38CDJ Oran
1938–39CDJ Oran
1939–40USM Bel Abbès
1940–41USM Oran
1941–42CDJ Oran
1942–43USM Oran
1943–44USM Oran
1944–45USM Oran
1945–46CDJ Oran
1946–47SC Bel AbbèsCDJ Oran
1947–48SC Bel Abbès
1948–49USM Oran
1949–50USM OranSC Bel Abbès
1950–51GC MascaraUSM Oran
1951–52SC Bel AbbèsUSM Oran
1952–53SC Bel Abbès
1953–54SC Bel Abbès
1954–55SC Bel AbbèsUSM Oran
1955–56SC Bel AbbèsUSM Bel Abbès

Division d'honneur LOFA / FFF

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1956–57SC Bel Abbès
1957–58SC Bel AbbèsSC Bel Abbès
1958–59SC Bel Abbès
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62align=center colspan=2Cancelled

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No League of Oran played from 1939 to 1941 and from 1943 to 1946 because World War II (1939–1945), Critérium de Guerre Tournament in place but apparently counted for the League of Oran.

From the 1956-57 season, muslim clubs ended their participations in any competition.

Titles by club

RankClubWinnersWinning seasons
1 15 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
align=center rowspan=22 7 1930, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942
7 1933, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950
4 3 1921, 1929, 1941
align=center rowspan=25 2 1931, 1936
2 1946, 1948
align=center rowspan=47 1 1951
1 1959
1 1960
1 1961

FNAFA Oran League (1925–1929)

In 1925 the Oran with some Oranian clubs left the Oran Football Association League (LOFA) in protest at the management of the league, they gave birth to the Federation of North African Football Association (FNAFA) whose headquarters was in Oran. The headquarters of the league will be divided between the two cities of Oran and Sidi Bel Abbès until the final and total transfer of the LOFA management to Oran in 1930[1] .

Below the table finals:

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1925–26
1926–27
1927–28CDJ Oran
1928–29AS EckmühlCDJ Oran

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Oran, le football et la mer à l’époque coloniale. fr. preo.u-bourgogne.fr. Didier Rey. 24 May 2024.