The 2020–21 season will be the 58th season of competitive association football in Algeria. The Algerian Football Federation had endorses the change of the competition system by increasing the number of clubs from 16 to 20, as for the second division to 36 clubs from two groups Central East and Central West from 18 clubs also became the number of professional clubs 18 instead of 32 starting from the season 2020–21.
National teams
Algeria men's national football team
Results and fixtures Friendlies
2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
Algeria women's national football team
Arab Women's Cup
Group B
Semi-finals
CAF competitions CAF Champions League
Qualifying rounds
Preliminary round
First round
Group stage Group B
Group D
Knockout phase
Quarter-finals
CAF Confederation Cup
Qualifying rounds
First round
Play-off round
Group stage Group A
Group B
Knockout phase
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Promotion and relegation Pre-season League Promoted to league Relegated from league Ligue 1 HB Chelghoum Laïd RC Arbaâ AS Aïn M'lila USM Bel Abbès CA Bordj Bou Arréridj JSM Skikda Ligue 2 JS Bordj Ménaïel IRB Ouargla Hamra Annaba GC Mascara USMM Hadjout MC El Bayadh AS Khroub CRB Ouled Djellal MSP Batna DRB Tadjenanet CR Beni Thour A Bou Saâda WR M'Sila USM Blida RCB Oued Rhiou US Remchi IRB El Kerma OM Arzew Inter Régions SA Mohammadia ICS Tlemcen CRB Dar Beida IRB Sougueur US Beni Douala FC Bir El Arch IRB El Hadjar CRB Aïn Fakroun US Nâama JRB Taghit IRB Nezla JS Sidi Bouaziz
League season
Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue 2
Promotion play-offs
Ligue Inter Régions
Following the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, hence the hierarchy of football levels in Algeria has been modified. The 84 participants are divided into six poles composed of regional subgroups comprising 8 clubs each (except the south-west pole), in a round-trip championship then support matches to designate the six promoted.
At the end of this competition, the two winners of each subgroup of each pole will face each other in a play-off match (playoff round), in order to determine the six clubs that are promoted to D2A. The terms of relegation to Regional I will be as follows:
If among the 12 clubs that will be relegated from Ligue 2 we will include CR Beni Thour (club making up the south-east pole), the clubs ranked badly in 8th place in the 2 subgroups of the 2 south-east and south-west poles will be relegated to the lower division, as well as the seven badly ranked in 8th place in the rest of the 8 subgroups of the 4 northern poles.
If CR Beni Thour is not among the 12 clubs that will be relegated from Ligue 2, the clubs ranked poorly in 8th place in the 2 subgroups of the 2 south-east and south-west poles will be relegated to the lower division, as well as the clubs ranked poorly in 8th place in the rest of the 8 subgroups of the 4 northern poles.
Promotion play-offs
National Cups Algerian Cup This competition was cancelled.
Algerian League Cup
Final
Twenty-two years after the last version of the Algerian League Cup that was played in the 1999–2000 season and because of the cancellation of the Algerian Cup, an exception only for this season due to COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, the final played between JS Kabylie and NC Magra both of them have never reached the final before. The match was expected to be broadcast on Télévision Algérienne, but due to the great fires that Algeria witnessed especially in the Kabylie region, it was decided not to broadcast the match neither on Télévision Algérienne nor on Radio Algeria, JS Kabylie decided to enter With black badges to mourn the victims who were in the dozens.
Algerian Super Cup
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, the final has become threatened with cancellation On October 4, The Federal Bureau decided that the final play before the start of the 2020–21 season on November 21, 2020.
Women's football Algerian Women's Championship
Algerian Women's Championship D2
Algerian Women's Cup
Managerial changes This is a list of changes of managers within Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1: TeamOutgoing managerManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate ofappointment CS Constantine Karim Khouda End of contract 24 June 2020 Pre-season Abdelkader Amrani 25 June 2020 USM Alger Mounir Zeghdoud End of contract 5 August 2020 Pre-season François Ciccolini 5 August 2020 NA Hussein Dey Fouad Bouali End of contract 25 August 2020 Pre-season Nadir Leknaoui 25 August 2020 Paradou AC Francisco Chaló End of contract 18 August 2020 Pre-season Hakim Malek 26 August 2020 MC Oran Bachir Mecheri End of contract 30 June 2020 Pre-season Bernard Casoni 31 August 2020 NC Magra Hadj Merine Resigned 16 Mars 2020 Pre-season Mohamed Bacha 6 September 2020 O Médéa Abdelghani Aouamri Resigned 12 September 2020 Pre-season Cherif Hadjar 12 September 2020 RC Relizane Youcef Bouzidi Resigned 20 September 2020 Pre-season Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani 27 September 2020 AS Aïn M'lila Lyamine Bougherara Resigned 30 September 2020 Pre-season Abdelkader Yaïche 1 October 2020 USM Bel Abbès Zine Zouaoui Resigned 30 September 2020 Pre-season Lyamine Bougherara 1 October 2020 US Biskra Noureddine Boukkazoula Resigned 30 September 2020 Pre-season Moez Bouakaz 4 October 2020 USM Alger François Ciccolini Sacked 22 November 2020 Pre-season Bouziane Benaraïbi 23 November 2020 JS Kabylie Yamen Zelfani Sacked 28 November 2020 10th Youcef Bouzidi 28 November 2020 USM Alger Bouziane Benaraïbi End of caretaker spell 5 December 2020 17th Thierry Froger 5 December 2020 USM Bel Abbès Lyamine Bougherara Resigned 6 December 2020 15th El Hachmi Benkhadda 6 December 2020 NC Magra Mohamed Bacha Sacked 21 December 2020 12th Abdelkrim Latreche 4 January 2021 JS Kabylie Youcef Bouzidi Sacked 4 January 2021 10th Denis Lavagne 8 January 2021 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Billel Dziri Resigned 9 January 2021 20th Abdenour Bousbia 9 January 2021 NA Hussein Dey Nadir Leknaoui Resigned 2 January 2021 18th Billel Dziri 12 January 2021 US Biskra Moez Bouakaz Sacked 12 January 2021 13th Azzedine Aït Djoudi 30 January 2021 WA Tlemcen Aziz Abbes Sacked 12 January 2021 18th Djamel Benchadli 21 January 2021 MC Oran Bernard Casoni Sacked 13 January 2021 6th Omar Belatoui 13 January 2021 CS Constantine Abdelkader Amrani Resigned 16 January 2021 16th Miloud Hamdi3 February 2021 Paradou AC Hakim Malek Sacked 17 January 2021 11th Pierrick Le Bert 20 January 2021 ASO Chlef Fodil Moussi End of caretaker spell 24 January 2021 10th Nadhir Leknaoui 24 January 2021 JSM Skikda Younès Ifticène Resigned 27 January 2021 19th Fouad Bouali 3 February 2021 USM Bel Abbès El Hachmi Benkhadda End of caretaker spell 31 January 2021 18th Moez Bouakaz 31 January 2021 MC Alger Nabil Neghiz Sacked 4 February 2021 5th Abdelkader Amrani 7 February 2021 MC Oran Omar Belatoui End of caretaker spell 13 February 2021 5th Kheïreddine Madoui 13 February 2021 JS Saoura Meziane Ighil Sacked 15 February 2021 3rd Moustapha Djallit 17 February 2021 ASO Chlef Nadhir Leknaoui Resigned 26 February 2021 12th Fodil Moussi 26 February 2021 AS Aïn M'lila Abdelkader Yaiche Resigned 4 March 2021 8th Fouad Chiha 20 April 2021 USM Alger Thierry Froger Sacked 7 March 2021 7th Mounir Zeghdoud 8 March 2021 ASO Chlef Fodil Moussi End of caretaker spell 11 March 2021 12th Meziane Ighil 11 March 2021 CR Belouizdad Franck Dumas Sacked 30 March 2021 10th Zoran Manojlovic 20 April 2021 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj Abdenour Bousbia End of caretaker spell 4 April 2021 20th Moufdi Cherdoud 4 April 2021 JSM Skikda Fouad Bouali Resigned 7 April 2021 19th Cherif Hadjar 16 April 2021 NC Magra Abdelkrim Latreche Resigned 9 April 2021 18th Aziz Abbès 12 April 2021 Olympique de Médéa Cherif Hadjar Resigned 12 April 2021 4th Noureddine Marouk 2 May 2021 MC Alger Abdelkader Amrani Resigned 12 April 2021 11th Nabil Neghiz 27 April 2021 ASO Chlef Meziane Ighil Sacked 11 May 2021 14th Samir Zaoui 11 May 2021 WA Tlemcen Djamel Benchadli Sacked 29 April 2021 14th Abdelkader Amrani 19 May 2021 USM Bel Abbès Moez Bouakaz Resigned 2 May 2021 18th Sid Ahmed Slimani 29 May 2021 NA Hussein Dey Billel Dziri Sacked 16 May 2021 16th Abdelkader Yaïche 28 May 2021 MC Oran Kheïreddine Madoui Resigned 13 June 2021 16th Abdelatif Bouazza 13 June 2021 AS Aïn M'lila Fouad Chiha Resigned 19 June 2021 11th Nadir Leknaoui 27 June 2021 RC Relizane Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Resigned 28 June 2021 17th Lyamine Bougherara 4 July 2021 Paradou AC Pierrick Le Bert Sacked 6 July 2021 11th Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani 6 July 2021 JS Kabylie Denis Lavagne Sacked 12 August 2021 7th Karim Kaced 12 August 2021 CS Constantine Miloud Hamdi Resigned 12 August 2021 8th Yacine Manaa 12 August 2021 MC Alger Nabil Neghiz Resigned 14 August 2021 6th Saber Bensmain 14 August 2021
Deaths
13 November 2020: Mohand Chérif Hannachi, 70, JS Kabylie central defender, who was also chairman at JS Kabylie for Twenty four years. 3 May 2021: Kamel Tchalabi, 74, USM Alger midfielder.
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