North African Championship Explained

ULNA Champions League
Founded:1920
Abolished:1956
Region:North Africa
Number Of Teams:6 teams
Current Champions: ESFM Guelma
Most Successful Club: SC Bel Abbès (7 times)

The North African Championship, commonly referred as ULNA Champions League is an old football competition organized in North Africa since 1920 to 1956, it pits only the champions of the North African Leagues against each other at the end of the season to set the African Champion. It disappears at the end of the 1955-1956 edition.[1]

Winners of unofficial edition

Was organized by the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies (UFASS).

Winners of the official competition

Was organized by the Union of North-African Football Leagues, hosted by the FIFA.

YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance
1920
Racing Club Tunis
2 – 1
AS Marine Oran
..., Algiers
1921
AS Marine Oran
3 – 1
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1922
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 1
RC Philippeville
..., Philippeville
1923
FC Blida
1 – 0
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1924
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 1
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1925
SC Bel Abbès
2 – 0
Stade Gaulois Tunis
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1926
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0
SC Tunis
..., Tunis
1927
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0
JS Philippeville
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1928
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2
(aet)

SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1929
FC Blida
1 – 0
(aet)

Gallia Sports Alger
..., Algiers
1930
AS Saint Eugène
3 – 0
OM Rabat
Stade Belvédère, Rabat
1931
CDJ Oran
3 – 2
(aet)

CS Marocain
Stade Alenda, Oran
1932
USM Casablanca
4 – 1
Gallia Club Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1933
USM Casablanca
3 – 0
USM Oran
Stade Alenda, Oran
1934
USM Casablanca
2 – 0
US Tunis
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1935
RU Alger
2 – 1
USM Oran
..., Algiers
1936
Gallia Club Oran
5 – 0
AS Saint Eugène
Stade Alenda, Oran
1937
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2
CDJ Oran
..., Algiers
1938
JAC Bône
3 – 1
USM Casablanca
Stade Municipal Paul Pantaloni, Bône
1939
RU Alger
2 – 1
USM Casablanca
..., Algiers
1940align=center colspan=5not held [2]
1941align=center colspan=5not held
1942
USM Casablanca
4 – 1
CDJ Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1943align=center colspan=5not held
1944align=center colspan=5not held
1945align=center colspan=5not held
1946
FC Oran
2 – 1
USM Casablanca
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1947
Gallia Sports Alger
2 – 0
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1948
Wydad AC
4 – 2
USA Casablanca
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1949
Wydad AC
3 – 0
MO Constantine
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1950
Wydad AC
4 – 0
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1951
Gallia Sports Alger
1 – 0
CS Hammam-Lif
..., Algiers
1952
USM Casablanca
2 – 0
AS Saint Eugène
..., Algiers
1953
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 0
FC Blida
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1954
SC Bel Abbès
6 – 1
CS Hammam-Lif
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1955
ESFM Guelma
2 – 1
(aet)

Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1956align=center colspan=5not held

Winners by team

NumClubWinnersRunners-up
1 SC Bel Abbès7 (1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1953, 1954)3 (1923, 1928, 1947)
2 USM Casablanca5 (1932, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1952)3 (1938, 1939, 1946)
3 Gallia Sport d'Alger4 (1928, 1937, 1947, 1951)1 (1929)
4 Wydad AC3 (1948, 1949, 1950)1 (1955)
5 FC Blida2 (1923, 1929)3 (1921, 1924, 1953)
6 RU Alger2 (1935, 1939)0
align=center rowspan=27 AS Saint Eugène1 (1930)2 (1936, 1952)
CDJ Oran1 (1931)2 (1937, 1942
9 Gallia Club Oran1 (1936)1 (1932)
align=center rowspan=510 Racing Club Tunis1 (1920)0
AS Marine Oran1 (1921)0
JAC Bône1 (1938)0
FC Oran1 (1946)0
ES Guelma1 (1955)0
15 USM Oran03 (1933, 1935, 1950)
align=center rowspan=216 USA Casablanca02 (1948, 1949)
CS Hammam-Lif02 (1951, 1954)
align=center rowspan=718 RC Philippeville01 (1922)
Stade Gaullois Tunis01 (1925)
SC Tunis01 (1926)
JS Phillipville01 (1927)
OM Rabat01 (1930)
Stade Marocain01 (1931)
US Tunisienne01 (1934)

NTB:

Winners by nation

NumNationWinnersRunners-up
1 Oran (department)119
2 Alger (department)97
3 Morocco87
4 Constantine (department)22
5 Tunisia12

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.afd.fr/en/regional-office/north-africa
  2. The competition were cancelled because of the Second World War