1997–98 Algerian Championnat National

Algerian Championnat National

Season	1997–98
Champions	USM El Harrach
Matches played	112
Goals scored	222 (1.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Hamid Merakchi (7 goals)
Biggest home win	CR Belouizdad 5 - 0 MO Constantine WA Tlemcen 5 - 0 CR Belouizdad
Biggest away win	ES Sétif 1 - 3 USM Alger MO Constantine 0 - 2 CA Batna CR Belouizdad 0 - 2 USM El Harrach
Highest scoring	MC Oran 5 - 2 CA Batna MC Oran 5 - 2 US Chaouia
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997-1998 Algerian Championnat National was the 36th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with CS Constantine as the defending champions, The Championnat started on January 1, 1997. and ended on June 29, 1998.

Team summaries

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Algerian Division 2 1997-1998

USM Annaba JSM Béjaïa NA Hussein Dey

JSM Tébessa CA Bordj Bou Arreridj E Sour El Ghozlane

JSM Tiaret GC Mascara RC Kouba

ASM Oran SA Mohammadia IRB Hadjout

Teams relegated to Algerian Division 2 1998-1999

• No relegated

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM El Harrach (Q)	14	6	7	1	17	7	+10	25	Qualified for the championship final
2	CS Constantine	14	7	4	3	16	11	+5	25
3	WA Tlemcen (Q)	14	6	3	5	17	12	+5	21	1999 African Cup Winners' Cup
4	MC Oran	14	5	3	6	20	19	+1	18
5	CA Batna	14	4	6	4	14	14	0	18
6	CR Belouizdad	14	5	2	7	17	19	−2	17
7	MO Constantine	14	4	3	7	11	19	−8	15
8	US Chaouia	14	2	6	6	9	18	−9	12

Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Result table

Home ╲ Away	CAB	CRB	CSC	MCO	MOC	USC	UEH	WAT
CA Batna		2–0	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0
CR Belouizdad	0–0		1–0	4–2	5–0	2–0	0–2	2–0
CS Constantine	2–0	2–1		1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	2–1
MC Oran	5–2	1–0	0–3		3–0	5–2	0–0	1–2
MO Constantine	0–2	3–1	0–3	2–0		1–0	1–1	1–1
US Chaouia	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–0		2–2	0–0
USM El Harrach	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		3–1
WA Tlemcen	2–0	5–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0

Updated to games played on November 2014.
Source: rsssf
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (Q)	14	6	7	1	16	10	+6	25	Qualified for the championship final
2	JS Kabylie	14	6	4	4	14	11	+3	22
3	ES Mostaganem	14	6	3	5	20	16	+4	21
4	ES Sétif	14	4	6	4	15	15	0	18
5	MC Alger	14	3	7	4	8	11	−3	16
6	AS Aïn M'lila	14	2	9	3	8	11	−3	15
7	WA Boufarik	14	1	9	4	11	12	−1	12
8	USM Blida	14	1	9	4	9	13	−4	12

Source: rsssf
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Result table

Home ╲ Away	AS Aïn M'lila	ESS	ESM	JSK	MCA	UAL	USB	WAB
AS Aïn M'lila		2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
ES Sétif	3–1		1–0	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–0
ES Mostaganem	1–1	2–2		2–1	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–1
JS Kabylie	2–0	2–1	2–0		3–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
MC Alger	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	2–0	0–0
USM Alger	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–0	0–0		1–1	3–2
USM Blida	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1		1–1
WA Boufarik	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0

Updated to games played on November 2014.
Source: rsssf
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Championship final

USM El Harrach v USM Alger

29 June 1998 15:00

USM El Harrach	3 – 2	USM Alger
Diab  69' Boutaleb  73' (pen.) Benchikha  80'		36' Zouani  65' Manga

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Attendance: +40.000

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

External links

• 1997–98 Algerian Championnat National