Football clubs from Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 (Algeria) have been the most successful in Africa. since 1970, twenty-four Algerian clubs have evolved into African competitions. They can participate each year according to their results during the previous season in the various national competitions, during the sixties no Algerian club engages. The African football competitions are relatively recent and that there was only the African Cup of Champion Clubs, the first edition of which dates from 1964. This can be explained first by the fact that at that time most African countries recently gained independence. Everyone was not at the same level in terms of football, on the other hand there were also other football competitions whose geographical scope was restricted and represented only part of the African continent. These well established since the early sixties, the continental dimension of a test was still difficult to admit and tolerate, moreover the first editions will be organized and won by countries in the center and East of the continent African.
Several Algerian clubs have participated in these competitions, some even several times, but only JS Kabylie and ES Setif have crossed the symbolic threshold of 100 matches in African Cups, it is also the two most titled clubs with 7 and 3 titles respectively, in addition to the C1, JS Kabylie has the particularity of being the only Algerian team to have also won the C2 and the C3 (competition that no longer exists), only the CAF Confederation Cup and the African Football League misses its list. ES Setif for its part and the only team that won the C1 new formula launched since 1997. JS Kabylie with its thirty participations in all competitions is the club with the most participations before ES Setif, which has fourteen. the period that began with the victory of MC Algiers in 1976) until the late eighties (victory of JS Kabylie in 1990), is the most prolific for the Algerian clubs that won four titles and achieved two finals. This period will see even Algerian football achieve three consecutive finals in African Cup champion clubs in 1988, 1989 and 1990.
Then it's nothingness, some clubs will frequently reach the quarter-finals see the semi-finals of an African competition; while others will make episodic appearances where only the participation seems to be their results. Despite the unrest that Algeria experienced (the "black decade" of the Algerian Civil War), his football succeeds somehow to survive even if it regresses somewhat. This is partly due to the good results of JS Kabylie who managed during the nineties to stay at the level of his rivals Maghreb, chaining a victory in 1990 in the Champions Clubs' Cup (and a half final lost in 1996), a victory in the African Cup of football cup winners in 1995 as well as a participation in a CAF Super Cup in 1996.
Overview African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League African Cup of Champions Clubs PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, TR : Third round, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners
Team 1970 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985JS Kabylie – – – QF – – W FR SR SF –MC Alger – W QF – SR QF – – – – – RC Kouba – – – – – – – QF – – –GC Mascara – – – – – – – – – – QFCR Belouizdad FR – – – – – – – – – – Team 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996JS Kabylie SR – – – W SR – – – – SFMC Oran – – – RU – – – QF SF – –ES Sétif – SR W – – – – – – – –MO Constantine – – – – – – SR – – – –US Chaouia – – – – – – – – – SR –
CAF Champions League PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, GS : Group stage, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners, Disqualified
Team1997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012USM Alger GS – – – – – SF GS SR FR PR – – – – –ES Sétif – – – – – – – – – – – FR – GS SR –JS Kabylie – – – – – – – – FR GS GS SR FR SF – – MC Alger – – – FR – – – – – – – – – – GS – CS Constantine – FR – – – – – – – – – – – – – – CR Belouizdad – – – – GS FR – – – – – – – – – – ASO Chlef – – – – – – – – – – – – FR – – GS JSM Béjaïa – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FR USM El Harrach – – SR – – – – – – – – – – – – – Team20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026USM Alger – – RU – SF – – GS – – – – – –ES Sétif SR W GS GS – SF – – – QF – – – –JS Kabylie – – – – – – – GS – – QF – – GSMC Alger – – – – – GS – – QF – – – QF GSCS Constantine – – – – – – QF – – – – FR – –CR Belouizdad – – – – – – – – QF QF QF GS GS –JS Saoura – – – – PR – GS – – – – – – –JSM Béjaïa SR – – – – – – – – – – – – –MC El Eulma – – GS – – – – – – – – – – –MO Béjaïa – – – SR – – – – – – – – – –
Statistics by club
#TeamBest finish 1JS Kabylie 17122622139152103+49style="background:gold;" 2ES Sétif 1294402727146108+38style="background:gold;" 3USM Alger 98037192413282+50style="background:silver;" 4MC Alger 8602514219476+18style="background:gold;" 5CR Belouizdad 6502011196152−9 6MC Oran 32413293727+10style="background:silver;" 7CS Constantine 2146351614+2 8ASO Chlef 2145541715+2 9MC El Eulma 1123271015−5 10JS Saoura 2124531111+0 11JSM Béjaïa 21025388+0 12GC Mascara 1621378−1 13MO Béjaïa 1621357−3 14RC Kouba 16213610−4 15MO Constantine 1421143+1 16USM El Harrach 1420287+1 17US Chaouia 1420234−1
CAF Confederation Cup PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, PoR : Play-off round, GS : Group stage, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners
Team 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020ES Sétif – – – – – RU – PoR FR GS – – – – – – –MC Alger – – FR FR – – – – – – PR – QF – – –CR Belouizdad FR – – – – – PoR – – – – – – – PoR – FRUSM Alger – PoR – – – – – – – SR – – – – QF – –JS Kabylie – – – – GS – – GS – – – – – PoR – – –JSM Béjaïa – – – – FR SR – – – PoR – – – – – – –ASO Chlef – – FR SR – – – – – – – SR – – – – –NA Hussein Dey – – PoR – – – – – – – – – – – – GS –MC Oran – SR – – – – – – – – – – SR – – – –CS Constantine – – – – – – – – – – SR – SR – – – –MO Béjaïa – – – – – – – – – – – – RU – – – –Paradou AC – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – GSCA Batna – – – – – – – PR – – – – – – – – –USM Bel Abbès – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – FR –Team 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026ES Sétif GS – – – – –JS KabylieRU PoR – – – –JS Saoura – GS SR – – –USM Alger – – W SF QF WASO Chlef – – – FR – –CS Constantine – – – – SF –CR Belouizdad – – – – – SF
African Cup Winners' Cup PR : Preliminary round, FR : First round, SR : Second round, TR : Third round, QF : Quarter-finals, SF : Semi-finals, RU : Runners-up, W : Winners, Disqualified.
Team1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990USM Alger – – – – – QF – – – – – – QF –MC Alger – – – – – – – SR – – – – – – MO Constantine SR – – – – – – – – – – – – – NA Hussein Dey – RU – SF – – – – – – – – – – CR Belouizdad – – QF – – – – – – – – – – – MC Oran – – – – – – – – SR SR – – – – ES Sétif – – – – QF – – – – – – – – – DNC Alger – – – – – – QF – – – – – – – WKF Collo – – – – – – – – – – SR – – – USM El Harrach – – – – – – – – – – – FR – – RC Relizane – – – – – – – – – – – – – FRTeam1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003USM Alger – – – – – – – QF – FR – SF – JS Kabylie – – QF – W – – – – – – – – NA Hussein Dey – – – SR – – – – – – – – – CR Belouizdad – – – – – SF – – – – – – – MC Oran – – – – – – QF – – – – – – ES SétifSF – – – – – – – – – – – – USM Bel Abbès – SR – – – – – – – – – – – WA Tlemcen – – – – – – – – FR – – – FRCR Béni Thour – – – – – – – – – – SR – –
Algerian clubs in African Finals African Cup of Champions Clubs / CAF Champions League YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance1976 Hafia FC3–0 MC AlgerStade du 28 Septembre, Conakry30,000 MC Alger3–0 Hafia FCStade 5 Juillet, Algiers80,000MC Alger won 4–1 on penalties (3–3 on aggregate)*1981 JE Tizi-Ouzou4–0 Vita ClubStade 1er Novembre, Tizi-Ouzou20,000 Vita Club0–1 JE Tizi-OuzouStade du 20 Mai, Kinshasa30,000JE Tizi-Ouzou won 5–0 on aggregate1988 Iwuanyanwu Nationale1–0 Entente de SétifLiberty Stadium, Ibadan25,000 Entente de Sétif4–0 Iwuanyanwu NationaleStade 17 Juin, Constantine55,000Entente de Sétif won 4–1 on aggregate1989 Raja Casablanca1–0 MC OranStade Mohamed V, Casablanca50,000 MC Oran1–0 Raja CasablancaStade 19 Juin, Oran45,000Raja Casablanca won 4–2 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)*1990 JS Kabylie1–0 Nkana Red DevilsStade 5 Juillet, Algiers70,000 Nkana Red Devils1–0 JS KabylieIndependence Stadium, Lusaka35,000JS Kabylie won 5–3 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)*2014 AS Vita Club2–2 ES SétifStade Tata Raphaël, Kinshasa40,000 ES Sétif1–1 AS Vita ClubStade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida35,000ES Sétif won by the away goal (3–3 on aggregate)#2015 USM Alger1–2 TP MazembeStade Omar Hamadi, Algiers15.000 TP Mazembe2–0 USM AlgerStade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi18.000 TP Mazembe won 4–1 on aggregate
CAF Confederation Cup YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance2009 ES Setif2–0 Stade MalienStade 8 Mai 1945, Setif25,000 Stade Malien2–0 ES SetifStade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako35,000Stade Malien won 3–2 on penalties (2–2 on aggregate)*2016 MO Béjaïa1–1 TP MazembeStade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa15,000 TP Mazembe4–1 MO BéjaïaStade TP Mazembe, Lubumbashi18,000TP Mazembe won 5–2 on aggregate2020–21 Raja Casablanca2–1 JS KabylieStade de l'Amitié, Cotonou0 (close doors)2022–23 Young Africans1–2 USM AlgerNational Stadium, Dar es Salaam USM Alger0–1 Young AfricansStade du 5 Juillet, AlgiersUSM Alger won on away goals2025–26 USM Alger1–0 ZamalekStade du 5 Juillet, Algiers50,000 Zamalek1–0 USM AlgerCairo International Stadium, Cairo46,200USM Alger won 8–7 on penalties (1–1 on aggregate)*
CAF Super Cup YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendanceNotes1996 Orlando Pirates CL1 – 0 JS Kabylie CWCFNB Stadium2015 ES Sétif CL1 – 1 Al Ahly CAFStade Mustapha Tchaker
CAF Cup (defunct) YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance2000Details Ismaily SC1 – 1 JS KabylieIsmailia Stadium, Ismaïlia25,000 JS Kabylie0 – 0 Ismaily SCStade 5 Juillet, Algiers90,000JS Kabylie won by away goal after 1 – 1 on aggregate2001Details ES Sahel2 – 1 JS KabylieStade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse JS Kabylie1 – 0 ES SahelStade 5 Juillet, Algiers80,000JS Kabylie won by away goal after 2 – 2 on aggregate2002Details JS Kabylie4 – 0 Tonnerre KC YaoundéStade 5 Juillet, Algiers80,000 Tonnerre KC Yaoundé1 – 0 JS KabylieStade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé30,000JS Kabylie won 4 – 1 on aggregate
African Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance1978Details MA Hussein Dey1 – 3 Horoya ACStade 5 Juillet, Algiers Horoya AC2 – 1 MA Hussein DeyStade du 28 Septembre, ConakryHoroya AC won 5 – 2 on aggregate1995Details Julius Berger FC1 – 1 JS KabylieLagos National Stadium, Surulere JS Kabylie2 – 1 Julius Berger FCStade 5 Juillet, Algiers45,000JS Kabylie won 3 – 2 on aggregate
Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct) YearHome teamScoreAway teamVenueAttendance1989 ES Sétif 2–0 Al-Sadd Stade 17 Juin, Constantine Al-Sadd1–3 ES Sétif Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, DohaES Sétif won 5–1 on aggregate
African Super Cup (non-CAF competition) The 1982 African Super Cup is a match which took place on January 25, 1982 during the Tournament of Fraternity in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. JE Tizi-Ouzou (JS Kabylie) won this trophy against the Cameroonians of Union Douala. The newspaper France Football commented on this event of the birth of the brand new African Super Cup. DateTeam nameScoreTeam nameVenueReferences25 January 1982 JE Tizi-Ouzou 1981 CL winner1–1 (JE Tizi-Ouzou wins 4–3 on penalties) Union Douala 1981 CWC winnerFelix Houphouet Boigny Stadium (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
African achievements
Total standings of African Cup participations (1963 to 2025–26)