The Algerian Super Cup (Arabic: كأس الجزائر الممتازة) is an Algerian football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Algerian League and the Algerian Cup. The first edition was held in 1981 and then again in 1992, 1994 and 1995 before being scrapped. The game returned in 2006 but would be scrapped again after the 2007 edition, returning once again in 2013.

Algerian Super Cup
Organising bodyAlgerian Football Federation
Founded1981
Folded2019
RegionAlgeria
Number of teams2
Last championsCR Belouizdad (2nd title)
(2019)
Most championshipsMC Alger (3 titles)
TV partnersEPTV
Websitewww.lfp.dz
Current: 2019 Algerian Super Cup

The current holders are CR Belouizdad, who beat USM Alger in the 2019 final, played in November 2020. MC Alger is the most successful club in the competition, having won the trophy three times.

History

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The Algerian Super Cup is a recent competition of Algerian football. This is an event that takes place on a single meeting between the winners of the Algerian Cup and Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Usually the meeting is domiciled in Stade 5 Juillet 1962 of Algiers, the national stadium of Algeria.

In 1971 was programmed a gala match between the champion MC Oran and the cup winner MC Alger in Oran under the name of "Trophée des Champions", however this game was canceled.

In 1972 was held in Algiers between MC Alger the champion and USM Alger the runner-up of the Algerian cup, which replaced HAMRA Annaba the winner.

In 1973, a week before the start of the championship, a match was organized between the JS Kabylie reigning Algerian champion and the MC Alger winner of the Algerian Cup at the Stade du 5-Juillet-1962. JS Kabylie won this match by 3 goals to 2.[1]

By aligning with other football nations, the Algerian Football Federation organized in 1981, a new competition called "Super Cup" during which the national champion and Cup winner in Algeria the same season clashed at Algiers to obtain this 1 trophy. This first edition was marked by the victory of RC Kouba 1st winner of this competition with a score of 3 goals to 1 facing the USM Alger. This competition will be played actively until 1995 until its latest edition with a different winner every year. However, the Super had not the popular fervor as expected given the context of social and political crisis in the country.

In 2006 a wealthy sponsor, the company "Ring", the official representative of Nokia in Algeria had the idea to bring up to date the competition. Given the sponsorship agreements between the two partners, FAF Ring and to promote this challenge on a contract period of 4 years, the meeting was to be held each 1 November after season for obtaining 2 titles. This year was not chosen at random, as the supporters of the two titles that are Algerian Cup and Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 were respectively MC Algiers and JS Kabylie, are the two most famous and most successful clubs of the Algerian football. However, it was agreed that this would always be the FAF that would organize the competition and "Ring" unique sponsor.

Finally after the year 2007, the test was again abandoned for various reasons. Editing 2008, which was to place between the two clubs into Kabyle national titles such as the JS Kabylie and JSM Bejaia was canceled due to the Kabyle but normally the package declaration the trophy returns to bougiotes despite the vain protests interested but it did not change anything. In 2009 the ES Sétif defending champions and CR Belouizdad Cup winner met the same fate because of the busy schedule of the FAF which priority was focused on possible qualification of the national team for World Cup in South Africa.

It was not until the year 2013 to review the competition again but this time co-organized by the Federation and league professional football, with the participants as ES Sétif and USM Alger.

Winners

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Results:.[2][3][4]

Key to the table
Match was won during extra time
Match was won on a penalty shoot-out

Champions' Trophy (unofficial)

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1971 MC Oran
Winner of 1970–71 Championnat National
canceled MC Alger
Winner of 1970–71 Algerian Cup
Stade du 19 Juin,
Oran
1972 USM Alger
finalist of 1971–72 Algerian Cup
4 – 2 MC Alger
Winner of 1971–72 Championnat National
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers

Trophy of champions (unofficial)

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1973 JS Kabylie
Winner of 1972–73 Championnat National
3 – 2 MC Alger
Winner of 1972–73 Algerian Cup
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers

Algerian Super Cup

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Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue
1981 RC Kouba
Winner of 1980–81 Championnat National
3 – 1 USM Alger
Winner of 1980–81 Algerian Cup
20 August 1955 Stadium,
Algiers
1992 JS Kabylie
Winner of 1991–92 Algerian Cup
2 – 2
[n 1]
MC Oran
Winner of 1991–92 Championnat National
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers
1994 US Chaouia
Winner of 1993–94 Championnat National
1 – 0 JS Kabylie
Winner of 1993–94 Algerian Cup
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers
1995 CR Belouizdad
Winner of 1994–95 Algerian Cup
1 – 0 JS Kabylie
Winner of 1994–95 Championnat National
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers
2006 MC Alger
Winner of 2005–06 Algerian Cup
2 – 1 JS Kabylie
Winner of 2005–06 Championnat National
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers
2007 MC Alger
Winner of 2006–07 Algerian Cup
4 – 0 ES Sétif
Winner of 2006–07 Championnat National
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers
2013
[note 1]
USM Alger
Winner of 2012–13 Algerian Cup
2 – 0 ES Sétif
Winner of 2012–13 Ligue Professionnelle 1
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium,
Blida
2014 MC Alger
Winner of 2013–14 Algerian Cup
1 – 0 USM Alger
Winner of 2013–14 Ligue Professionnelle 1
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium,
Blida
2015 ES Sétif
Winner of 2014–15 Ligue Professionnelle 1
1 – 0 MO Béjaïa
Winner of 2014–15 Algerian Cup
Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium,
Constantine
2016 USM Alger
Winner of 2015–16 Ligue Professionnelle 1
2 – 0 MC Alger
Winner of 2015–16 Algerian Cup
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium,
Blida
2017 ES Sétif
Winner of 2016–17 Ligue Professionnelle 1
0 – 0
[n 2]
CR Belouizdad
Winner of 2016–17 Algerian Cup
Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium,
Constantine
2018 USM Bel Abbès
Winner of 2017–18 Algerian Cup
1 – 0 CS Constantine
Winner of 2017–18 Ligue Professionnelle 1
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium,
Blida
2019 CR Belouizdad
Winner of 2018–19 Algerian Cup
2 – 1 USM Alger
Winner of 2018–19 Ligue Professionnelle 1
Stade du 5 Juillet,
Algiers
From 2020 to 2024 no Super Cup
2025

Performance by club

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Club Winners Runners-up Winning seasons Runners-up seasons
MC Alger 3 1 2006, 2007, 2014 2016
USM Alger 2 3 2013, 2016 1981, 2014, 2019
ES Sétif 2 2 2015, 2017 2007, 2013
CR Belouizdad 2 1 1995, 2019 2017
JS Kabylie 1 3 1992 1994, 1995, 2006
RC Kouba 1 1981
US Chaouia 1 1994
USM Bel Abbès 1 2018
MC Oran 1 1992
MO Béjaïa 1 2015
CS Constantine 1 2018

Venues

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Multiple guest and neutral hosts
Ground Hosts Years
Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
6
1992, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2019
Mustapha Tchaker Stadium, Blida
4
2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
Chahid Hamlaoui Stadium, Constantine
2
2015, 2017
20 August 1955 Stadium, Algiers
1
1981

Winning managers

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Year Date Club Coach
1981 20 August RC Kouba   Abdelkader Zerrar
1992 1 November JS Kabylie   Noureddine Saâdi
1994 8 September US Chaouia   Said Hadj Mansour
1995 31 August CR Belouizdad  
2006 1 November MC Alger   François Bracci
2007 1 November MC Alger   Enrico Fabbro
2014 11 January USM Alger   Hubert Velud
2014 9 August MC Alger   Boualem Charef
2015 1 November ES Sétif   Kheïreddine Madoui
2016 1 November USM Alger   Mustapha Aksouh
2017 1 November ES Sétif   Kheïreddine Madoui
2018 1 November USM Bel Abbès   Youcef Bouzidi
2019 21 November CR Belouizdad   Franck Dumas

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Played in 2014
  1. ^ Extra time was played in the final match. JS Kabylie won 6–5 on penalties.
  2. ^ No extra time was played in the final match. ES Sétif won 4–2 on penalties.

References

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  1. ^ Result of the match published in "El Moudjahid", 9th year, n° 2552, page 1.
  2. ^ Super Coupe
  3. ^ "Le MCA en Supercoupe d'Algérie". sebbar.kazeo.com (in French). Rachid Sebbar. 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ Result of the match published in "El Moudjahid", 9th year, n° 2552, page 1.