Biography

Football in Algeria
Season	2012–13
Men's football
Ligue 1	ES Sétif
Ligue 2	CRB Aïn Fakroun
Amateur	US Chaouia; USMM Hadjout; A Bou Saâda
Algerian Cup	USM Alger

The 2012–13 season will be the 52nd season of competitive association football in Algeria.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

National teams

Algeria national football team

2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

15 June 2012	Algeria	4 – 1	Gambia	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Kadir 1' Slimani 6', 52' Soudani 65'	Report	Gassama 15'	Referee: Slim Jedidi (Tunisia)

9 September 2012	Libya	0 – 1	Algeria	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca (Morocco)³
18:00 UTC+1		Report	Soudani 88'	Referee: Badara Diatta (Senegal)

14 October 2012	Algeria	2 – 0	Libya	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Soudani 6' Slimani 7'	Report		Referee: Aboubacar Bangoura (Guinea)

2013 Africa Cup of Nations

Key to colors in group tables
Top two placed teams advanced to the quarterfinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ivory Coast	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Togo	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Tunisia	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4
4	Algeria	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

22 January 2013

17:00

Ivory Coast	2–1	Togo
Y. Touré 8' Gervinho 88'	Report	J. Ayité 45+2'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 2,000^[1]

Referee: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

22 January 2013

20:00

Tunisia	1–0	Algeria
Msakni 90+1'	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 10,000^[1]

Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

26 January 2013

17:00

Ivory Coast	3–0	Tunisia
Gervinho 21' Y. Touré 87' Ya Konan 90'	Report

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 20,000^[1]

Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

26 January 2013

20:00

Algeria	0–2	Togo
	Report	Adebayor 31' Wome 90+5'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 35,000^[1]

Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

30 January 2013

19:00

Algeria	2–2	Ivory Coast
Feghouli 64' (pen.) Soudani 70'	Report	Drogba 77' Bony 81'

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg

Attendance: 5,000^[1]

Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

30 January 2013

19:00

Togo	1–1	Tunisia
Gakpé 13'	Report	Mouelhi 30' (pen.)

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Attendance: 7,500^[1]

Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

All times South African Standard Time (UTC+2)

22 January 2013	Tunisia	1 – 0	Algeria	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
20:00	Msakni 90+1'	Report		Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

26 January 2013	Algeria	0 – 2	Togo	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
20:00		Report	Adebayor 31' Wome 90+5'	Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)

30 January 2013	Algeria	2 – 2	Ivory Coast	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg
19:00	Feghouli 64' (pen.) Soudani 70'	Report	Drogba 77' Bony 81'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Eric Otogo-Castane (Gabon)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Algeria	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9	15	Third round	—	1–0	3–1	4–0
Mali	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8		2–1	—	2–2	1–1
Benin	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8		1–3	1–0	—	2–0
Rwanda	6	0	2	4	3	11	−8	2		0–1	1–2	1–1	—

Source: ^[2]

2 June 2012	Algeria	4–0	Rwanda	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Feghouli 26' Soudani 31', 82' Slimani 79'	Report		Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Bakary Gassama (Gambia)

10 June 2012	Mali	2–1	Algeria	Stade du 4-Août, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)^{[note 1]}
19:00 UTC±0	N'Diaye 30' Maïga 81'	Report	Slimani 6'	Attendance: 5,847 Referee: Daniel Bennett (South Africa)

26 March 2013	Algeria	3–1	Benin	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
20:30 UTC+1	Feghouli 10' Taïder 59' Slimani 90+2'	Report	Gestede 26'	Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Rajindraparsad Seechurn (Mauritius)

9 June 2013	Benin	1–3	Algeria	Stade Charles de Gaulle, Porto-Novo
16:00 UTC+1	Gestede 31'	Report	Slimani 38', 42' Ghilas 78'	Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Néant Alioum (Cameroon)

16 June 2013	Rwanda	0–1	Algeria	Stade Amahoro, Kigali
15:30 UTC+2		Report	Taïder 51'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Yakhouba Keita (Guinea)

International Friendlies

14 November 2012	Algeria	0 – 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers
18:00		Report	Svraka 90+2'	Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Algerian women's national football team

League season

Ligue Professionnelle 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	ES Sétif (C)	30	18	5	7	55	27	+28	59	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
2	USM El Harrach^[a]	30	17	6	7	38	22	+16	57	Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round
3	CS Constantine	30	13	13	4	37	20	+17	52	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
4	USM Alger^[b]	30	15	6	9	32	15	+17	51	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
5	MC Alger^[c]	30	15	8	7	33	24	+9	50
6	CR Belouizdad	30	11	11	8	32	26	+6	44
7	JS Kabylie	30	11	8	11	32	31	+1	41
8	MC El Eulma	30	9	13	8	29	27	+2	40
9	JS Saoura	30	10	8	12	28	26	+2	38
10	ASO Chlef	30	10	8	12	26	29	−3	38
11	JSM Béjaïa	30	9	11	10	28	32	−4	38
12	MC Oran	30	8	10	12	33	41	−8	34
13	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	30	7	12	11	20	26	−6	33
14	CA Batna (R)	30	6	8	16	20	46	−26	26	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	WA Tlemcen (R)	30	6	6	18	19	43	−24	24
16	USM Bel-Abbès (R)	30	5	7	18	18	45	−27	22

Updated to match(es) played on 21 May 2013. 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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ USM El Harrach, the 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up, withdrew after the draw was held.^[4] Sporting Praia Cruz, the 2013 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship champion, were allowed by the CAF to replace them in the draw.^[5]
^ USM Alger, the 2012–13 Algerian Cup winner, withdrew before the start of the competition.
^ In a match between USM El Harrach and MC Alger the last refused to play in the Stade 1er Novembre 1954, but the LFP refused to change the pitch, Despite the presence of USM El Harrach, the referees and supporters, but the Mouloudia team did not attend. the club will receive a penalty, according to Article 84 of the Disciplinary Code of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), "a match lost by penalty. Defalcation of three (03) points, One million dinars (1,000,000 dinars) fine for the club. "The offending club will be deprived of its compensation due for television rights.^[6]^[7]

Ligue Professionnelle 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	CRB Aïn Fakroun (P)	30	17	6	7	43	25	+18	57	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2	RC Arbaâ (P)	30	16	9	5	33	22	+11	57
3	MO Béjaïa (P)	30	17	5	8	41	20	+21	56
4	ES Mostaganem	30	15	7	8	44	33	+11	52
5	USM Blida	30	13	9	8	44	27	+17	48
6	ASM Oran	30	13	5	12	32	28	+4	44
7	NA Hussein Dey	30	11	10	9	38	21	+17	43
8	AS Khroub	30	11	7	12	38	32	+6	40
9	MC Saïda	30	9	11	10	22	24	−2	38
10	USM Annaba	30	10	10	10	23	22	+1	40
11	AB Merouana	30	11	4	15	24	34	−10	37
12	Olympique de Médéa	30	9	9	12	22	26	−4	36
13	MSP Batna	30	9	9	12	28	34	−6	36
14	MO Constantine (R)	30	8	9	13	28	40	−12	33	2013–14 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur
15	SA Mohammadia (R)	30	7	11	12	27	43	−16	32
16	CR Témouchent (R)	30	2	3	25	14	73	−59	9

Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur

Groupe Est

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	US Chaouia (P)	26	17	4	5	38	17	+21	55	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2	NRB Touggourt	26	13	3	10	28	26	+2	42
3	US Biskra	26	12	5	9	34	27	+7	41
4	WA Ramdane Djamel	26	11	6	9	29	21	+8	39
5	Hamra Annaba	26	10	9	7	34	30	+4	39
6	USM Aïn Beïda	26	11	5	10	32	32	0	38
7	DRB Tadjenanet	26	10	7	9	29	28	+1	37
8	USM Khenchela	26	10	7	9	28	28	0	37
9	NC Magra	26	10	6	10	30	27	+3	36
10	JSM Skikda	26	9	6	11	26	36	−10	33
11	US Tébessa	26	9	3	14	26	31	−5	30
12	AS Ain M'lila	26	9	3	14	23	34	−11	30
13	E Collo	26	8	5	13	23	35	−12	29
14	JS Djijel (R)	26	6	5	15	17	35	−18	23	2013–14 Inter-Régions Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Groupe Centre

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	A Bou Saâda (P)	26	14	8	4	45	23	+22	50	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2	RC Kouba	26	13	4	9	37	30	+7	43
3	WR M'Sila	26	11	6	9	25	25	0	39
4	IB Lakhdaria	26	9	9	8	23	20	+3	36
5	JSM Chéraga	26	9	7	10	36	32	+4	34
6	Paradou AC	26	9	7	10	33	32	+1	34
7	E Sour El Ghozlane	26	10	4	12	26	29	−3	34
8	NARB Réghaïa	26	9	6	11	30	32	−2	33
9	MC Mekhadma	26	9	6	11	35	38	−3	33
10	ESM Koléa	26	7	12	7	28	31	−3	33
11	WA Boufarik	26	8	9	9	20	24	−4	33
12	USM Chéraga	26	9	6	11	23	29	−6	33
13	IB Khémis El Khechna	26	9	5	12	30	42	−12	32
14	AS Bordj Ghédir (R)	26	9	5	12	32	36	−4	32	2013–14 Inter-Régions Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Groupe Ouest

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	USMM Hadjout (P)	26	15	8	3	42	19	+23	53	2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
2	IRB Maghnia	26	11	7	8	26	25	+1	40
3	JSM Tiaret	26	10	8	8	38	36	+2	38
4	MB Hassasna	26	9	11	6	31	31	0	38
5	OM Arzew	26	11	5	10	38	29	+9	38
6	ES Berrouaghia	26	9	7	10	31	34	−3	34
7	US Remchi	26	9	6	11	37	37	0	33
8	RCB Oued Rhiou	26	8	9	9	27	27	0	33
9	WA Mostaganem	26	7	10	9	28	26	+2	31
10	RC Relizane	26	8	7	11	21	29	−8	31
11	IS Tighennif	26	7	10	9	26	37	−11	31
12	GC Mascara	26	7	9	10	26	23	+3	30
13	CC Sig	26	8	6	12	20	25	−5	30
14	JSA Emir Abdelkader (R)	26	6	11	9	22	35	−13	29	2013–14 Inter-Régions Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Inter-Régions Division

Groupe Ouest

Groupe Centre Est

Groupe Centre Ouest

Groupe Est

Ligue Régional I

Ligue Régionale Ouargla

Women's football

Diary of the season

Deaths

Retirements

Notes

^ Mali's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Algeria was played at a neutral venue due to continued political instability in Mali.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2013 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference soccer365 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Mali-Algeria now in Ouagadougou". supersport.com. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
^ Ramzi, Adil (2013-12-28). "Risque de lourdes sanctions pour l'USM El Harrach". La Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
^ Veiga, Abel (2014-01-16). "Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz safou-se" (in Portuguese). Téla Nón. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
^ "USMH – MCA : Le Mouloudia sans conviction à El Harrach". Planète Sport. 2012-05-20. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
^ "Le MCA boycotte le match face à l'USM Harrach". SlateAfrique. 2013-05-21. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-27.

[table_note_UEH0.13125590101409-7] USM El Harrach, the 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 runner-up, withdrew after the draw was held.^[4] Sporting Praia Cruz, the 2013 São Tomé and Príncipe Championship champion, were allowed by the CAF to replace them in the draw.^[5]

[table_note_UAL0.13125590101409-8] USM Alger, the 2012–13 Algerian Cup winner, withdrew before the start of the competition.

[table_note_MCA0.13125590101409-11] In a match between USM El Harrach and MC Alger the last refused to play in the Stade 1er Novembre 1954, but the LFP refused to change the pitch, Despite the presence of USM El Harrach, the referees and supporters, but the Mouloudia team did not attend. the club will receive a penalty, according to Article 84 of the Disciplinary Code of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF), "a match lost by penalty. Defalcation of three (03) points, One million dinars (1,000,000 dinars) fine for the club. "The offending club will be deprived of its compensation due for television rights.^[6]^[7]

[mali-at-neutral-venue-4] Mali's opening home match in the World Cup qualifiers against Algeria was played at a neutral venue due to continued political instability in Mali.^[3]

[espn_2013_afcon-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "2013 African Nations Cup Fixtures and Results". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2013.

[soccer365-2] Cite error: The named reference soccer365 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[mali-venue-3] "Mali-Algeria now in Ouagadougou". supersport.com. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012.

[5] Ramzi, Adil (2013-12-28). "Risque de lourdes sanctions pour l'USM El Harrach". La Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2019-09-30.

[6] Veiga, Abel (2014-01-16). "Sporting Clube da Praia Cruz safou-se" (in Portuguese). Téla Nón. Retrieved 2023-12-17.

[9] "USMH – MCA : Le Mouloudia sans conviction à El Harrach". Planète Sport. 2012-05-20. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-27.

[10] "Le MCA boycotte le match face à l'USM Harrach". SlateAfrique. 2013-05-21. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-27.

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