2015–16 in Algerian football

Football in Algeria

Season	2015–16
Ligue 1	USM Alger
Super Cup	ES Sétif
← 2014–15 0000

The 2015–16 season will be the 55th season of competitive association football in Algeria.

Competitions

Competition	Winner	Details	Match Report
Ligue 1	USM Alger	2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Ligue 2		2015–16 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
LNF Amateur		2015–16 LNF Amateur Est
LNF Amateur		2015–16 LNF Amateur Centre
LNF Amateur		2015–16 LNF Amateur Ouest
Inter-Régions		2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Ouest
Inter-Régions		2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Centre Ouest
Inter-Régions		2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Centre Est
Inter-Régions		2015–16 Ligue Inter-Régions Est
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Alger
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Annaba
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Batna
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Blida
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Constantine
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Oran
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Ouargla
Régional I		2015–16 Ligue Régional I Saïda
Algerian Cup		2015–16 Algerian Cup
Super Cup	ES Sétif	2015 Super Cup

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League	Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Ligue 1	USM Blida DRB Tadjenanet RC Relizane	MC El Eulma ASO Chlef USM Bel-Abbès
Ligue 2	JSM Skikda OM Arzew Paradou AC	ESM Koléa WA Tlemcen AB Merouana
Ligue DNA	CR Beni Thour RC Boumerdès ASB Maghnia US Tebessa	WA Ramdane Djamel ES Berrouaghia CC Sig ES Araba

National teams

Algeria national football team

2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	4	3	1	0	17	5	+12	10	Final tournament
2	Ethiopia	4	1	2	1	7	12	−5	5	Possible qualification based on ranking
3	Seychelles	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
4	Lesotho (Y)	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(Y) Cannot win group, but may still qualify as one of two best second-placed teams.

Algeria  v  Seychelles

13 June 2015	Algeria	4–0	Seychelles	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Slimani  21' Soudani  34', 47' Bentaleb  89'	Report		Referee: Mohamed Hamada (Mauritania)

Lesotho  v  Algeria

6 September 2015	Lesotho	1–3	Algeria	Setsoto Stadium, Maseru
15:00 UTC+2	Mokhahlane  38'	Report	Ghoulam  32' Soudani  85', 90+1'	Referee: Jackson Pavaza (Namibia)

Algeria  v  Ethiopia

25 March 2016	Algeria	7–1	Ethiopia	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Feghouli  23', 47' Slimani  31', 90+2' Brahimi  72' Taïder  74' Ghezzal  80'	Report	Kebede  84'	Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

Ethiopia  v  Algeria

29 March 2016	Ethiopia	3–3	Algeria	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
17:00 UTC+3	Kebede  28', 49' Fekadu  64'	Report	Slimani  43' Mandi  62' Ghoulam  85' (pen.)	Referee: Davies Omweno (Kenya)

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – CAF Second Round

Tanzania  v  Algeria

14 November 2015	Tanzania	2–2	Algeria	Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam
16:30 UTC+3	Maguri  43' Samatta  55'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)	Slimani  72', 75'	Referee: Mahamadou Keita (Mali)

Algeria  v  Tanzania

17 November 2015	Algeria	7–0	Tanzania	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
19:15 UTC+1	Brahimi  1' Ghoulam  23', 59' (pen.) Mahrez  43' Slimani  49' (pen.), 75' Medjani  72'	Report (FIFA) Report (CAF)		Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Algerian women's national football team

2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

First round

Algeria  v  Ethiopia

6 March 2016	Algeria	1–0	Ethiopia	Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
16:00	Zerrouki  60'	Report[1][2]		Attendance: 300 Referee: Aissatou Inter Keita (Guinea)

Ethiopia  v  Algeria

26 March 2016	Ethiopia	1–1	Algeria	Addis Ababa Stadium, Addis Ababa
	Abera  34'	Report[3]	Zerrouki  85'	Referee: Zomadre Sonia Kore (Ivory Coast)

Second round

Algeria  v  Kenya

8 April 2016	Algeria	2–2	Kenya	Stade Omar Hamadi, Algiers
	Bouhenni-Benziane  28', 89'	Report[4]	Sekouane  78' (o.g.) Adoum  84'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Alcidia Maria Silva dos Santos (Cape Verde)

Kenya  v  Algeria

12 April 2016	Kenya	1–1	Algeria	MISC Kasarani, Nairobi
	Mango  75'	Report	Bouhenni-Benziane  22'	Referee: Suavis Iratunga (Burundi)

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	USM Alger (C, Q)	27	16	7	4	47	26	+21	55	Qualification to 2017 CAF Champions League
2	JS Saoura	27	10	11	6	36	24	+12	41
3	JS Kabylie	27	11	8	8	26	25	+1	41	Qualification to 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4	CR Belouizdad	27	10	10	7	38	28	+10	40	Qualification to 2017 Arab World Club Cup
5	MO Béjaïa	27	10	10	7	31	22	+9	40
6	DRB Tadjenanet	27	10	10	7	30	27	+3	40
7	ES Sétif	27	9	10	8	24	17	+7	37
8	MC Oran	27	8	12	7	38	33	+5	36
9	USM El Harrach	27	9	9	9	23	25	−2	36
10	NA Hussein Dey	27	9	9	9	30	34	−4	36
11	CS Constantine	27	9	9	9	23	30	−7	36
12	MC Alger (Q)	27	7	13	7	23	22	+1	34	Qualification to 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
13	RC Relizane	27	7	11	9	32	32	0	32
14	USM Blida	27	5	15	7	17	27	−10	30	Relegation to 2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	RC Arbaâ (R)	27	4	7	16	29	48	−19	19
16	ASM Oran (R)	27	5	3	19	20	49	−29	18

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2016. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Ligue Professionnelle 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympique de Médéa (P)	30	16	6	8	32	22	+10	54	2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2	CA Batna (P)	30	13	11	6	27	17	+10	50
3	USM Bel-Abbès (P)	30	12	13	5	27	18	+9	49
4	Paradou AC	30	11	13	6	39	25	+14	46
5	MC El Eulma	30	10	10	10	28	25	+3	40
6	JSM Skikda	30	10	10	10	35	33	+2	40
7	A Bou Saâda	30	11	7	12	29	31	−2	40
8	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	30	9	12	9	30	28	+2	39
9	CRB Aïn Fakroun	30	10	9	11	22	21	+1	39
10	AS Khroub	30	10	9	11	34	36	−2	39
11	MC Saïda	30	10	9	11	29	32	−3	39
12	ASO Chlef	30	10	8	12	30	31	−1	38
13	JSM Béjaïa	30	9	11	10	25	29	−4	38
14	US Chaouia (R)	30	9	10	11	26	29	−3	37	2016–17 Championnat National Amateur
15	OM Arzew (R)	30	10	7	13	28	41	−13	37
16	USMM Hadjout (R)	30	4	7	19	22	45	−23	19

Updated to games played on 6 May 2016.
Source: DZFOOT.COM
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.

Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur

Notes

References

1. "Egypt tears into Libya as Botswana find their stripes". CAF. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
2. "Qualifications de la CAN 2016 Dames (aller) : Algérie- Ethiopie (1-0)" (in French). FAF. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
3. "Late equalizer takes Algeria to final round". CAF. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
4. "CAN Dames 2016 (Qualifications) : Match nul (2-2) entre l’équipe nationale féminine et le Kénya" (in French). FAF. Retrieved 11 April 2016.