The 2021 Algerian League Cup final was the 5th final of the Algerian League Cup. The final took place on August 10, 2021, at Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers with kick-off at 19:00 between NC Magra and JS Kabylie. The match ended with JS Kabylie winning 4–1 on penalties, which is the first title in the club’s history in this competition and guarantees participation in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.
Road to the final
NC Magra Preliminary round NC Magra 3–0 CS ConstantineRound of 16 CR Belouizdad 0–0 NC MagraQuarter-finals NC Magra 2–1 JS SaouraSemifinals NC Magra 2–1 (a.e.t.) USM AlgerJS Kabylie Round of 16 JS Kabylie 2–0 NA Hussein DeyQuarter-finals US Biskra 0–2 JS KabylieSemifinals JS Kabylie 1–0 WA Tlemcen
Match Pre-match 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. JS Kabylie’s career was not difficult, and on the way to the final where they eliminated NA Hussein Dey, US Biskra and WA Tlemcen, unlike NC Magra who played against big clubs, CS Constantine, CR Belouizdad, JS Saoura, and finally USM Alger. the match led by international referee Mustapha Ghorbal and 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.
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Match details
GK 16 Zakaria BouhalfayaCB 5 Rachid Meghazi CB 22 Mohamed Achref Aib RB 2 Kheir Eddine Ali Haïmoud LB 25 Salah Hmida DM 24 Mohammed Essaid Bourahla DM 13 Ayache Ziouache AM 15 Aziz Fegaâs ST 6 Hadj Bouguèche LW 26 Abdesslem Bouchouareb RW 7 Akram Demane (c) Substitutes : GK 12 Abdelmalek Necir LB 61 ِAbdelhamid Driss LB 27 Brahim Salah Eddine Bernou DM 19 Walid Belhamri LW 43 Mohamed Benkablia LW 11 Nadhir Korichi CF 10 Naoufel Righi Manager : Aziz Abbès GK 25 Oussama BenbotRB 31 Ahmed Mohamed Kerroum CB 2 Ahmed Ait Abdessalem CB 5 Badreddine Souyad LB 22 Walid Bencherifa (c) DM 13 Aziz Benabdi DM 19 Malik Raiah AM 7 Mohamed Benchaira RW 14 Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam ST 48 Kouceila Boualia LW 17 Rédha Bensayah Substitutes : GK 30 Abdelatif Ramdhane LB 3 Abdelmoumen Chikhi CB 4 Bilal Tizi Bouali LW 8 Juba Oukaci ST 12 Ali Haroun LW 20 Fouad Ghanem FW 15 Massinissa Nezla Manager : Denis Lavagne
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Mohamed Serradj Brahim El Hamlaoui Fourth official: Abdelmoumen TouabtiMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to five may be used.
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