2013–14 in Algerian football

Football in Algeria
Season	2013–14
Men's football
Ligue 1	ES Sétif
Ligue 2	USM Bel-Abbès
Amateur	ESM Koléa; RC Relizane; DRB Tadjenanet
Inter-Régions	SKAF Kemis Miliana; SCM Oran; CR Village Moussa; JS Djijel
Algerian Cup	MC Alger

The 2013–14 season will be the 53rd season of competitive association football in Algeria.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

National teams

Algeria national football team

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

10 September 2013	Algeria	1 – 0	Mali	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Soudani 50'	Report		Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

12 October 2013	Burkina Faso	3 – 2	Algeria	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou
16:00 UTC±0	Pitroipa 45+2' D. Koné 65' Bancé 86' (pen.)	Report	Feghouli 50' Medjani 68'	Attendance: 31,000 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

19 November 2013	Algeria	1 – 0	Burkina Faso	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
19:15 UTC+1	Bougherra 49'	Report		Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

International Friendlies

14 August 2013	Algeria	2 – 2	Guinea	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30	Guedioura 11' Djabou 24'	Report	56', 60' Cissé	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ali Lemghirfi (Tunisia)

5 March 2014	Algeria	2 – 0	Slovenia	Blida
18:00	45+2' Soudani 55' Taïder	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

31 May 2014 Friendly	Algeria	3–1	Armenia	Sion, Switzerland
17:00	13' Belkalem 21' Ghilas 41' Slimani	Report	Sarkisov 46'	Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 14.000 Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland)

4 June 2014 Friendly	Algeria	2–1	Romania	Geneva, Switzerland
19:30	21' Bentaleb 65' Soudani	Report	Chipciu 28'	Stadium: Stade de Genève Attendance: 20.000 Referee: Nikolaj Hänni (Switzerland)

Algerian women's national football team

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C)	30	20	8	2	49	21	+28	68	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	JS Kabylie^[a]	30	15	9	6	39	21	+18	54
3	ES Sétif	30	15	8	7	40	27	+13	53	Qualification for the Champions League first round
4	MC El Eulma	30	13	9	8	38	28	+10	48	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
5	USM El Harrach^[b]	30	13	8	9	34	27	+7	47
6	MC Alger	30	13	6	11	26	25	+1	45	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
7	RC Arbaâ^[c]	30	12	8	10	33	32	+1	44
8	ASO Chlef	30	11	10	9	29	19	+10	43	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
9	JS Saoura	30	12	7	11	38	36	+2	43
10	CS Constantine	30	10	11	9	30	31	−1	41
11	MO Béjaïa	30	10	6	14	29	35	−6	36
12	MC Oran	30	9	8	13	33	40	−7	35
13	CR Belouizdad	30	9	5	16	26	33	−7	32
14	JSM Béjaïa (R)	30	7	7	16	24	44	−20	28	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (R)	30	4	9	17	23	47	−24	21
16	CRB Aïn Fakroun (R)	30	5	5	20	16	39	−23	20

Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2014. Source: DZFoot
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ JS Kabylie, the 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up, was suspended by the CAF for two years due to the death of Albert Ebossé during their league home match against USM Alger.^[1]^[2] On 11 February 2015, the CAS overturned the suspension.^[3] However, their replacement MC El Eulma continued to represent Algeria in the 2015 CAF Champions League.
^ USM El Harrach would have qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round by finishing fourth in the 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, but due to the penalty imposed on them by CAF after their withdrawal from the 2014 CAF Champions League, they could not participate.
^ RC Arbaâ would have qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round by finishing seventh in the 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, after the elimination of the USM El Harrach but were unable to participate because they were not adopted by the CAF as a professional team.

Ligue Professionnelle 2

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	USM Bel Abbès (P)	30	15	10	5	40	21	+19	55	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2	NA Hussein Dey (P)	30	14	11	5	29	18	+11	53
3	ASM Oran (P)	30	13	13	4	30	18	+12	52
4	US Chaouia	30	15	6	9	32	26	+6	51
5	Olympique de Médéa	29	14	8	7	34	22	+12	50
6	USM Blida	30	13	8	9	34	25	+9	47
7	WA Tlemcen	30	12	8	10	28	21	+7	44
8	A Bou Saâda	30	10	9	11	31	32	−1	39
9	AS Khroub	30	10	7	13	42	35	+7	37
10	MC Saïda	30	9	10	11	27	30	−3	37
11	CA Batna	30	9	10	11	23	29	−6	37
12	USMM Hadjout	30	11	6	13	26	31	−5	39
13	AB Merouana	30	9	8	13	23	29	−6	35
14	MSP Batna (R)	30	7	12	11	15	23	−8	33	2013–14 Championnat National Amateur
15	USM Annaba (R)	30	6	11	13	17	31	−14	29
16	ES Mostaganem (R)	30	2	3	25	16	53	−37	9

Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur

Groupe Est

Groupe Centre

Groupe Ouest

Inter-Régions Division

Groupe Ouest

Groupe Centre Est

Groupe Centre Ouest

Groupe Est

Ligue Régional I

Ligue Régionale Ouargla

Women's football

Diary of the season

Deaths

12 June 2014: Nabil Hemani, 34, OMR El Annasser, JS Kabylie, ES Sétif and CS Constantine forward.^[4]

Retirements

Notes

References

^ "Affaire Ebossé, La JS Kabyle suspendue deux années par la CAF" (in French). Goal.com. 21 September 2014.
^ "JS Kabylie given two year Caf ban over Ebosse death". BBC Sport. 22 September 2014.
^ "JS Kabylie win appeal against ban imposed after death of Ebosse". BBC Sport. 11 February 2015.
^ "Disparition tragique de Nabil Hemani". DZfoot. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2025.

[table_note_JSK0.34882650959716-4] JS Kabylie, the 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up, was suspended by the CAF for two years due to the death of Albert Ebossé during their league home match against USM Alger.^[1]^[2] On 11 February 2015, the CAS overturned the suspension.^[3] However, their replacement MC El Eulma continued to represent Algeria in the 2015 CAF Champions League.

[table_note_UEH0.34882650959716-5] USM El Harrach would have qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round by finishing fourth in the 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, but due to the penalty imposed on them by CAF after their withdrawal from the 2014 CAF Champions League, they could not participate.

[table_note_RCA0.34882650959716-6] RC Arbaâ would have qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round by finishing seventh in the 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, after the elimination of the USM El Harrach but were unable to participate because they were not adopted by the CAF as a professional team.

[1] "Affaire Ebossé, La JS Kabyle suspendue deux années par la CAF" (in French). Goal.com. 21 September 2014.

[2] "JS Kabylie given two year Caf ban over Ebosse death". BBC Sport. 22 September 2014.

[3] "JS Kabylie win appeal against ban imposed after death of Ebosse". BBC Sport. 11 February 2015.

[7] "Disparition tragique de Nabil Hemani". DZfoot. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2025.

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