2025–26 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

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Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season2025–26
Dates21 August 2025 – 16 May 2026
Matches73
Goals145 (1.99 per match)
Top goalscorerAbdelkader Boutiche
(5 goals)
Biggest home winMB Rouissat 3–0 ES Sétif
(19 September 2025)
Biggest away winMC El Bayadh 0–2 CS Constantine
(22 August 2025)
Longest winning runMC Alger
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runJS Saoura
(8 matches)
Longest winless runMC El Bayadh
(10 matches)
Longest losing runParadou AC
(7 matches)
All statistics correct as of 3 November 2025.

The 2025–26 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 is the 64th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contest the league. It began on 21 August 2025 and will conclude on 16 May 2025.[1]

Teams

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16 teams contest the league. ES Ben Aknoun and MB Rouissat were promoted from the 2024–25 Algerian Ligue 2.[2] [3]

Changes

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Increase from 2024–25 Algerian Ligue 2 Decrease to 2025–26 Algerian League 2
ES Ben Aknoun
MB Rouissat 		NC Magra
US Biskra

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in 2025–26 Ligue Professionnelle 1
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Algiers Province clubs
Club Location Venue Capacity
ASO Chlef Chlef Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium 18,000
CR Belouizdad Algiers Nelson Mandela Stadium[note 1] 40,000
CS Constantine Constantine Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium 22,968
ES Ben Aknoun Algiers 20 August 1955 Stadium 10,000
ES Mostaganem Mostaganem Mohamed Bensaïd Stadium 18,000
ES Sétif Sétif 8 May 1945 Stadium 25,000
JS Kabylie Tizi Ouzou Hocine Aït Ahmed Stadium 50,766
JS Saoura Béchar 20 August 1955 Stadium 20,000
MB Rouissat Rouissat 18 February Stadium 18,000
MC Alger Algiers Ali La Pointe Stadium 40,000
MC El Bayadh El Bayadh Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium 15,000
MC Oran Oran Miloud Hadefi Stadium 40,143
Olympique Akbou Akbou Maghrebi Unity Stadium 17,500
Paradou AC Algiers Omar Benrabah Stadium 8,000
USM Alger Algiers Stade du 5 Juillet[note 2] 64,000
USM Khenchela Khenchela Amar Hamam Stadium 8,000

Personnel and kits

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer
ASO Chlef Algeria Fouad Bouali Algeria Abdellah Debbari Puma
CR Belouizdad Germany Sead Ramović Algeria Abdelraouf Benguit Puma
CS Constantine Bosnia and Herzegovina Rusmir Cviko Algeria Brahim Dib KSC
ES Ben Aknoun Algeria Mounir Zeghdoud Algeria Abderahmane Hachoud Macron
ES Mostaganem Algeria Nadhir Leknaoui Algeria Djamel Benlamri Rina
ES Sétif Algeria Taoufik Rouabah Algeria Akram Djahnit Macron
JS Kabylie Germany Josef Zinnbauer Algeria Ryad Boudebouz Kappa
JS Saoura Algeria Lotfi Boudraa Algeria Adel Bouchiba Umbro
MC Alger South Africa Rhulani Mokwena Algeria Ayoub Abdellaoui Peak
MB Rouissat Algeria Abdelkader Amrani Algeria Khayreddine Merzougui Macron
MC El Bayadh Algeria Mohamed Lacet Algeria Ammar El Orfi Macron
MC Oran Spain Juan Carlos Garrido Algeria Ahmed Kerroum Macron
Olympique Akbou Algeria Lotfi Amrouche Algeria Walid Bencherifa Macron
Paradou AC Tunisia Sofiène Hidoussi Algeria Abdeldjalil Tahri Fourteen
USM Alger Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha Algeria Saâdi Radouani Macron
USM Khenchela Algeria Djilali Bahloul Algeria Abdelhakim Sameur Macron

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure 		Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
ES Ben Aknoun Algeria Mohamed Bachir Manaâ End of contract 16 May 2025 Pre-season Algeria Mounir Zeghdoud 6 July 2025[4]
MB Rouissat Algeria Abdelkader Zemmouri End of contract 17 May 2025 Algeria Abdelkader Amrani 21 July 2025[5]
CS Constantine Algeria Kheïreddine Madoui End of contract 20 June 2025[6] Bosnia and Herzegovina Rusmir Cviko 14 July 2025[7]
MC Alger Tunisia Khaled Ben Yahia End of contract 21 June 2025 South Africa Rhulani Mokwena 21 July 2025[8]
ES Sétif Tunisia Nabil Kouki Resigned 21 June 2025[9] Germany Antoine Hey 14 July 2025[10]
MC Oran Algeria Abdelkader Amrani End of contract 21 June 2025 France Hubert Velud 10 August 2025[11]
MC El Bayadh Algeria Lotfi Amrouche End of contract 21 June 2025 Algeria Cherif Hadjar 15 July 2025[12]
USM Alger Algeria Mohamed Lacet End of contract 5 July 2025 Algeria Abdelhak Benchikha 12 August 2025[13]
USM Khenchela Algeria Hocine Achiou End of contract 21 June 2025 Algeria Djilali Bahloul 15 July 2025[14]
Olympique Akbou Algeria Yacine Ouzani End of contract 21 June 2025 Algeria Lotfi Amrouche 15 July 2025[15]
JS Saoura Algeria Moustapha Djallit End of contract 21 June 2025 Algeria Lotfi Boudraa 19 July 2025[16]
ASO Chlef Algeria Samir Zaoui End of contract 21 June 2025 Algeria Fouad Bouali 21 July 2025[17]
MC Oran France Hubert Velud Resigned 18 August 2025[18] Spain Juan Carlos Garrido 8 September 2025[19]
Paradou AC Algeria Billel Dziri Sacked 12 September 2025[20] 16th Tunisia Sofiène Hidoussi 16 September 2025[21]
ES Sétif Germany Antoine Hey Sacked 2 October 2025[22] 13th Algeria Taoufik Rouabah 2 October 2025[23]
MC El Bayadh Algeria Cherif Hadjar Sacked 7 October 2025[24] 15th Algeria Mohamed Lacet 7 October 2025[24]
MB Rouissat Algeria Abdelkader Amrani Resigned 25 October 2025[25] 5th
ES Sétif Algeria Taoufik Rouabah Sacked 30 October 2025[26] 14th

Foreign players

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
ASO Chlef Liberia Edward Ledlum Togo Kokou Avotor Niger Ismael Moussa
CR Belouizdad Tunisia Mohamed Ali Ben Hammouda Albania Endri Çekiçi Albania Redon Xhixha
CS Constantine Nigeria Tosin Omoyele Senegal Mélo Ndiaye Burkina Faso Salifou Tapsoba
ES Ben Aknoun Ivory Coast Mohamed Sylla
ES Mostaganem
ES Sétif Rwanda Abeddy Biramahire Ghana Salifu Mudasiru The Gambia Gibril Sillah
JS Kabylie Ivory Coast Josaphat Arthur Bada Senegal Babacar Sarr
JS Saoura Nigeria Sikiru Alimi Ivory Coast Semelo Gueï Ivory Coast Guy Stéphane Bédi
MB Rouissat Mali Siaka Bagayoko Republic of the Congo Djigo Saïkou Ghana Hamidu Abdul Fatawu
MC Alger Burkina Faso Mohamed Zougrana Guinea Mohamed Saliou Bangoura Ivory Coast Kipré Zunon Guinea Alhassane Bangoura
MC El Bayadh
MC Oran Ghana Maxwell Baakoh Botswana Gape Mohutsiwa The Gambia Pa Omar Jobe
Olympique Akbou Mali Aly Desse Sissoko Ivory Coast Romaric Ouattara
Paradou AC Ivory Coast Youssouf Dao Madagascar Lalaïna Rafanomezantsoa Ivory Coast Samba Koné
USM Alger Democratic Republic of the Congo Glody Likonza Cameroon Che Malone Mali Aimé Tendeng Liberia Emmanuel Ernest
USM Khenchela Democratic Republic of the Congo Christopher Ngolo Gabon Essang-Matouti Cameroon Franck Etouga Ivory Coast Serge Badjo

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 MC Oran 10 5 2 3 13 9 +4 17 Qualification for CAF Champions League
2 Olympique Akbou 10 5 2 3 11 9 +2 17
3 MC Alger 6 5 1 0 8 3 +5 16 Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup[a]
4 JS Saoura 9 4 4 1 13 10 +3 16
5 JS Kabylie 8 4 3 1 11 7 +4 15
6 CR Belouizdad 8 3 4 1 10 7 +3 13
7 USM Alger 8 3 4 1 8 5 +3 13
8 MB Rouissat 9 3 4 2 10 8 +2 13
9 ES Ben Aknoun 9 3 4 2 8 7 +1 13
10 CS Constantine 10 3 3 4 12 12 0 12
11 USM Khenchela 10 2 5 3 9 10 −1 11
12 ASO Chlef 10 2 4 4 8 9 −1 10
13 ES Sétif 9 2 4 3 8 12 −4 10
14 ES Mostaganem 10 2 2 6 4 8 −4 8 Relegation to Algerian League 2
15 Paradou AC 10 2 1 7 7 12 −5 7
16 MC El Bayadh 10 0 3 7 5 17 −12 3
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2025. Source: lfp.dz
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
Notes:
  1. ^ The winners of the 2025–26 Algerian Cup will be the second representative team for the 2026–27 CAF Confederation Cup

Results

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Home \ Away ASO CRB CSC ESBA ESM ESS JSK JSS MBR MCA MCEB MCO OA PAC USMA USMK
ASO Chlef 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
CR Belouizdad 2–2 1–2 1–0
CS Constantine 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1
ES Ben Aknoun 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
ES Mostaganem 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–1
ES Sétif 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–3
JS Kabylie 1–0 4–1 0–0 1–0
JS Saoura 1–0 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–0
MB Rouissat 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0
MC Alger 1–0 3–2 2–1
MC El Bayadh 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–2
MC Oran 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1
Olympique Akbou 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Paradou AC 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0
USM Alger 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1
USM Khenchela 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2025. Source: the-sports.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
ASO ChlefDLLWDDDWLL
CR BelouizdadWDLDDDWW
CS ConstantineWLWLDDDLWL
ES Ben AknounLDWDDWWDL
ES MostaganemLWDDLWLLLL
ES SétifDDDWLLDLW
JS KabylieDDLWWWDW
JS SaouraLDWWWDWDD
MB RouissatWWLDWDDDL
MC AlgerDWWWWW
MC El BayadhLLDLDDLLLL
MC OranWLDWLWLDWW
Olympique AkbouWWDLWDLWLW
Paradou ACDLLLLLLLWW
USM AlgerDWDLDDWW
USM KhenchelaDWDDDDWLLL
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2025. Source: the-sports.org
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

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Leader
2025–26 CAF Champions League
2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to Algerian League 2
Updated to match(es) played on 3 November 2025. Source: lfp.dz

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Goalscorer Club Goals
1 Algeria Abdelkader Boutiche JS Saoura 5
2 Algeria Merouane Zerrouki ES Sétif 4
Algeria Brahim Dib CS Constantine
Algeria Abdelaziz Mouley MC Oran
Algeria Aymen Mahious JS Kabylie
4 Algeria Chahreddine Boukholda MC Oran 3
Algeria Ayoub Sadahine ASO Chlef
Algeria Chakib Aoudjane MC Oran
Algeria Mohamed Ramdaoui Paradou AC
Algeria MB Rouissat Paradou AC
Algeria Ramdane Hitala Olympique Akbou

Updated to games played on 3 November 2025.
Source: lfp.dz

Hat-tricks

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Main article: List of Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 hat-tricks

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club
September Algeria Lotfi Boudraa JS Saoura Algeria Chakib Aoujane MC Oran [27][28]

Notes

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  1. ^ CR Belouizdad played some home games at 20 August 1955 Stadium due to renovation in Nelson Mandela Stadium.
  2. ^ USM Alger played some home games at Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida due to renovation in Stade du 5 Juillet.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ligue 1 : La LFP détaille un calendrier 25/26 complet !". Dzfoot (in French). Hocine S. 10 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Ligue 2: l'ES Ben Aknoun retrouve l'élite, après l'avoir quittée il y a une année". aps.dz (in French). Redaction team. 13 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Accession historique du MB Rouissat en Ligue 1 Mobilis". Radio Algérie (in French). Radio Algérie Multimédia. 17 May 2025.
  4. ^ "ES Ben Aknoun: Zeghdoud, nouvel entraîneur". competition.dz. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ^ "MBR : L'ère Amrani commence". sport24dz.com. 22 July 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  6. ^ "CSC : Madoui annonce son départ". Competition. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  7. ^ "CSC : Cviko remplace Madoui". dzfoot.com. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  8. ^ "MCA : Mokwena, « Nous voulons que le club devienne une référence en Afrique » (vidéo)". dzfoot.com. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. ^ "ES Sétif : la démission de Kouki acceptée". competition.dz. 22 June 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  10. ^ "ES Sétif : L'entraîneur Antoine Hey signe pour une saison renouvelable". footalgerien.com. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  11. ^ "MCO : L'arivée d'Hubert Velud officialisée". dzfoot.com. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  12. ^ "MC El Bayadh: Cherif Hadjar, nouvel entraîneur". competition.dz. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  13. ^ "USMA : Le "Général" Benchikha de retour aux commandes !". dzfoot.com. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  14. ^ "USM KHENCHELA : Djilali Bahloul nouvel entraîneur". L'est Republicain. 12 July 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  15. ^ "Olympique Akbou: Amrouche, nouvel entraîneur". competition.dz. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  16. ^ "JS Saoura : Lotfi Boudraa aux commandes de la barre technique". mediafootdz.dz. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  17. ^ "ASO Chlef: Bouali, nouvel entraîneur". competition.dz. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  18. ^ "MCO : Hubert Velud quitte déjà le navire ! (vidéo)". dzfoot.com. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  19. ^ "MC Oran: Juan Carlos Garrido, nouvel entraîneur". competition.dz. 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  20. ^ "PAC: Dziri jette l'éponge". competition.dz. 12 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  21. ^ "Paradou AC : Le Tunisien Sofiane Hidoussi succède à Billel Dziri". lagazettedufennec.com. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  22. ^ "ESSétif : Fin de mission pour Antoine Hey". lapatrienews.dz. 3 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  23. ^ "ES Sétif : Rouabah succède à Antoine Hey à la veille de la 7ᵉ journée". dzfoot.com. 4 October 2025. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  24. ^ a b "MCEB: Hadjar limogé, Lacet nouvel entraîneur". competition.dz. 7 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  25. ^ "MB Rouissat: Amrani ne reviendra pas !". horizons.dz. 1 November 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  26. ^ "ESS : l'entraîneur Taoufik Rouabah limogé". competition.dz. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  27. ^ "Lotfi Boudraa named Best Coach of the Month for September". lfp.dz. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  28. ^ "Aoujane receives the Best Player of September award". lfp.dz. 19 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.