The League of Oran Football Association, also called League of Oran or simply LOFA for a short was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the colonial football to Oran; She paused for a moment due to World War II, then resumed in 1946. Eventually it will cease all activities in 1962 after the end of the War of Algeria who devoted the independence of the Algeria and which led to the mass exodus of settlers to France signifier abandonment of sports clubs run by the "settlers" and their structures.

Affiliated to the French Football Federation with four other leagues in North Africa that are leagues: the Algiers of Constantine of Tunisia and Morocco; League of Oran so possessed as his four sisters the status of "league" or "Championship" amateur, and had four divisions that corresponded to the seventh, sixth, fifth and fourth division of French football.

These leagues so were the main football regions in North Africa from cutting the French colonial administration. They were very structured and very hierarchical and organized competitions for all age categories in addition to a so-called "corporate" (or category Championship "corporate" or company), the highest level was called Division of Honor .

History

Oran League The Oran League is champions of Honor Division (DH) of the French league system. It concerne the north west of Algeria, called west of Algeria or Oranie.

Finals 1ère Série - / USFASA Season Winner Runner-up1900–011901–021902–031903–041904–051905–061906–07CDJ Oran1907–081908–091909–101910–11SC Bel Abbès1911–12SC Bel Abbès1912–13SC Bel Abbès1913–14CDJ Oran1914–15canceled due to the World War I1915–161916–171917–181918–19SC Bel Abbès1919–20SC Bel Abbès

Division d'honneur LOFA / ULNAF / FFF Season Winner Runner-up1920–21SC Bel Abbès1921–22SC Bel Abbès1922–23SC Bel Abbès1923–24SC Bel Abbès1924–25SC Bel Abbès1925–26SC Bel Abbès1926–27SC Bel Abbès1927–28SC Bel Abbès1928–29SC Bel Abbès1929–30CDJ OranSC Bel Abbès1930–31JP Bel Abbès1931–32CDJ OranUSM Oran1932–33USM Oran1933–34CDJ OranUSM Oran1934–35USM OranSC Bel Abbès1935–361936–37CDJ OranSC Bel Abbès1937–38CDJ Oran1938–39CDJ Oran1939–40USM Bel Abbès1940–41USM Oran1941–42CDJ Oran1942–43USM Oran1943–44USM Oran1944–45USM Oran1945–46CDJ Oran1946–47SC Bel AbbèsCDJ Oran1947–48SC Bel Abbès1948–49USM Oran1949–50USM OranSC Bel Abbès1950–51GC MascaraUSM Oran1951–52SC Bel AbbèsUSM Oran1952–53SC Bel Abbès1953–54SC Bel Abbès1954–55SC Bel AbbèsUSM Oran1955–56SC Bel AbbèsUSM Bel Abbès

Division d'honneur LOFA / FFF Season Winner Runner-up1956–57SC Bel Abbès1957–58SC Bel AbbèsSC Bel Abbès1958–59SC Bel Abbès1959–601960–611961–62Cancelled

*: No League of Oran played from 1939 to 1941 and from 1943 to 1946 because World War II (1939–1945), Critérium de Guerre Tournament in place but apparently counted for the League of Oran. From the 1956-57 season, muslim clubs ended their participations in any competition.

Titles by club Rank Club Winners Winning seasons 1 SC Bel Abbès 15 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 2 CDJ Oran 7 1930, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942 USM Oran 7 1933, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950 4 AS Marine d'Oran 3 1921, 1929, 1941 5 GC Oran 2 1931, 1936 FC Oran 2 1946, 1948 7 GC Mascara 1 1951 CAL Oran 1 1959 AS Marsa 1 1960 USSC Témouchent 1 1961

FNAFA Oran League (1925–1929) In 1925 the Oran with some Oranian clubs left the Oran Football Association League (LOFA) in protest at the management of the league, they gave birth to the Federation of North African Football Association (FNAFA) whose headquarters was in Oran. The headquarters of the league will be divided between the two cities of Oran and Sidi Bel Abbès until the final and total transfer of the LOFA management to Oran in 1930.

Below the table finals: Season Winner Runner-up1925–261926–271927–28CDJ Oran1928–29AS EckmühlCDJ Oran

Oran Cup

References

External links Algeria - List of Champions - rsssf.com