The 2024–25 season will be the 62th season of competitive association football in Algeria.
National teams On November 18, 2024, Walid Sadi President of the Algerian Football Federation, entered the new Nadir Larbaoui government as Minister of Sports, succeeding Abderrahmane Hammad.
Algeria men's national football team
Kits
Results and fixtures Friendlies
2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
Algeria U-20
Algeria U-17
Algeria women's national football team
CAF competitions CAF Champions League
Qualifying rounds
First round
Second round
Group stage
Group A
Group C
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
CAF Confederation Cup
Qualifying rounds
First round
Second round
Group stage
Group A
Group C
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals
CAF Women's Champions League
UNAF Qualifiers
Promotion and relegation Pre-season League Promoted to league Relegated from league Ligue 1 Olympique Akbou ES Mostaganem ES Ben Aknoun US Souf Ligue 2 MC Saïda JS El Biar JS Djijel US Chaouia US Béchar Djedid MB Rouissat AS Aïn M'lila E Sour El Ghozlane MC El Eulma WA Boufarik Olympique de Médéa JS Guir Inter Régions CAS Abdelmoumen O Sidi Ben Adda JS Tixeraïne MS Cherchell A El Eulma IRB Sedrata NRC Boudjelbana MC El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh USM Tindouf CRB Djemaa IB Laghouat
League season
Ligue Professionnelle 1
On June 27, 2024, The federal office approved the calendar for the 2024–25 Ligue 1 season with the aim of ending on May 31, 2025. The first round is scheduled for September 14, this delay is motivated both by an extended end of the 2023–24 season but also by the holding of early presidential elections which will take place on September 7, 2024. However, the Ligue de Football Professionnel decided to postpone the start of the Ligue 1 by a week, on September 21. Following urgent requests from certain clubs, the Algerian Football Federation has decided to increase the number of foreign players in the Ligue 1. After having formally passed through the technical college chaired by Rabah Saâdane, the FAF ratified the increase in the number of foreigners per club from 3 to 5. However, that there is a provision intended to serve as a safeguard for the license of a foreign player or coach to be validated, the club must pay the federation a deposit equivalent to 12 months salary. This is to protect against any financial dispute.
The Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 will see the introduction of Video assistant referee this season. VAR will be used from the first round of the Ligue 1. The VAR will not be able to be used for all matches because several stadiums do not meet standards, making it impossible to install the necessary equipment. The FAF received the first fully equipped stations, in accordance with an agreement duly signed with the Portuguese company Medialuso, following a call for tenders for a rental. The rest of the equipment should be received. In addition to the equipment, the Portuguese company has also sent five technicians who will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the devices.
Ligue 2
On July 18, 2024, the FAF published the 2024–25 regulatory provisions concerning the Ligue 2. The Algerian championship of the 2nd division called Championnat de football ligue 2. It is contested by 32 clubs in two groups. Centre-east and Centre-west Each group is composed of 16 clubs. At the end of the last day of Ligue 2, the 3 clubs ranked last in each group are relegated to the Inter Régions. The commitment fees for the 2024–25 season are in the order of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dinars covering all categories. The start of the 2024–25 season of the Ligue 2 is set for Friday, September 20, announced the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur (LNFA), in a press release published on the official website.
Inter-Régions Division
National Cups Algerian Cup
Super Cup
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 USM Alger Juan Carlos Garrido End of contract 14 June 2024 Pre-season Nabil Maâloul 13 July 2024 ASO Chlef Chérif Hadjar End of contract 14 June 2024 Samir Zaoui 15 July 2024 CR Belouizdad Marcos Paquetá End of contract 6 July 2024 Corentin Martins 16 July 2024 CS Constantine Abdelkader Amrani End of contract 29 June 2024 Kheïreddine Madoui 19 July 2024 JS Kabylie Abdelkader Bahloul End of contract 15 June 2024 Abdelhak Benchikha 30 June 2024 Paradou AC Abdelkarim Saber Cherif End of contract 15 June 2024 Radhi Jaïdi 15 July 2024 USM Khenchela Moufdi Cherdoud End of contract 15 June 2024 Hatem Missaoui 4 August 2024 ES Sétif Ammar Souayah Mutual consent 9 July 2024 Rédha Bendris 10 July 2024 JS Saoura Fouad Bouali Sacked 15 June 2024 Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani 25 July 2024 MC El Bayadh Abdelhaq Belaid Sacked 15 June 2024 Fouad Bouali 14 August 2024 Olympique Akbou Mourad Karouf End of contract 15 July 2024 Moez Bouakaz 29 July 2024 ES Mostaganem Rédha Bendris End of contract 15 June 2024 Chérif Hadjar 1 July 2024 JS Saoura Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Mutual consent 15 September 2024 15th Moustapha Djallit 15 September 2024 JS Saoura Moustapha Djallit Caretaker manager 20 November 2024 10th Mourad Okbi 20 November 2024 MC Oran Youcef Bouzidi Sacked 5 October 2024 7th Éric Chelle 9 October 2024 CR Belouizdad Corentin Martins Mutual consent 14 October 2024 13th Abdelkader Amrani 16 October 2024 Paradou AC Radhi Jaïdi Resigned 26 October 2024 15th Billel Dziri 28 October 2024 USM Khenchela Hatem Missaoui Sacked 30 October 2024 12th Chérif Hadjar 11 November 2024 ES Mostaganem Chérif Hadjar Mutual consent 11 November 2024 9th Slimane Raho 14 November 2024 MC El Bayadh Fouad Bouali Mutual consent 12 November 2024 15th Lotfi Amrouche 14 November 2024 US Biskra Mounir Zeghdoud Mutual consent 19 November 2024 13th Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani 26 November 2024 Olympique Akbou Moez Bouakaz Resigned 30 November 2024 6th Mounir Zeghdoud 3 December 2024 MC Alger Patrice Beaumelle Mutual consent 16 December 2024 6th Khaled Ben Yahia 17 December 2024 ES Mostaganem Slimane Raho Resigned 26 December 2024 15th Nadir Leknaoui 30 December 2024 NC Magra Lyamine Bougherara Mutual consent 27 December 2024 13th Fouad Bouali 12 January 2025 JS Kabylie Abdelhak Benchikha Resigned 3 January 2025 1st Josef Zinnbauer 20 January 2025 Olympique Akbou Mounir Zeghdoud Sacked 5 January 2025 11th Denis Lavagne 10 January 2025 MC Oran Éric Chelle Resigned 12 January 2025 10th Abdelkader Amrani 6 February 2025 US Biskra Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Resigned 10 January 2025 15th Lyamine Bougherara 14 January 2025 ES Sétif Rédha Bendris Sacked 21 January 2025 4th Nabil Kouki 21 January 2025 CR Belouizdad Abdelkader Amrani Resigned 24 January 2025 6th Sead Ramović 5 February 2025 USM Alger Nabil Maâloul Sacked 12 February 2025 3rd Marcos Paquetá 14 February 2025 USM Khenchela Chérif Hadjar Resigned 18 February 2025 13th
Deaths
13 August 2024: Sid Ahmed Belkedrouci, 73, GC Mascara, MC Oran and USM Bel Abbès midfielder. 11 September 2024: Malick Touré, 28, US Biskra, MO Béjaïa and ES Sétif left winger. 13 September 2024: Mouloud Terzi, JS Kabylie. 15 October 2024: Belaïd Lacarne, 83, Former referee and president of the Algerian Football Federation. 29 October 2024: M’hamed Bouhella, 70, ASO Chlef forward. 8 November 2024: Rachid Mekhloufi, 88, former Algeria national football team player, coach and president of the Algerian Football Federation. 16 November 2024: Hamid Merakchi, 48, ES Mostaganem, MC Alger, WA Tlemcen, MC Oran, USM El Harrach and WA Mostaganem forward. 10 December 2024: Mahieddine Khalef, 80, JS Kabylie and NA Hussein Dey, former Algeria national football team coach. 12 December 2024: Youcef Bouzidi, 67, NA Hussein Dey, MO Béjaïa, US Biskra, JS Kabylie and MC Oran coach. 22 March 2025: Djamel Menad, 64, CR Belouizdad, JS Kabylie and USM Alger forward. 27 April 2025: Noureddine Hamiti, 82, CR Belouizdad midfielder.
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