The League Algiers Football Association, also called League Algiers Football or League of Algiers was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the colonial football to Algiers; She paused for a moment due to World War II, then resumed in 1946. Eventually it will cease all activities in 1962 after the end of the War of Algeria who devoted the independence of the Algeria and which led to the mass exodus of settlers to France signifier abandonment of sports clubs run by the "settlers" and their structures.
| Founded | 1919 |
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| Folded | 1962 due to fall of France after 38 seasons |
| Country |  France  Algeria |
| Number of teams | varied |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Domestic cup(s) | Forconi Cup Coupe de France |
| Last champions | O Hussein Dey (1958–59) |
| Most championships | Gallia Sport d'Alger (8) |
Affiliated to the French Football Federation with four other leagues in North Africa that are leagues: the Constantine of Oran of Tunisia and Morocco; League Algiers so possessed as his four sisters the status of "league" or "Championship" amateur, and had four divisions that corresponded to the seventh, sixth, fifth and fourth division of French football.
These leagues so were the main football regions in North Africa from cutting the French colonial administration. They were very structured and very hierarchical and organized competitions for all age categories in addition to a so-called "corporate" (or category Championship "corporate" or company), the highest level was called Division of Honor .
History
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League participation
edit36 clubs have participated. Note: from 1920–21 to 1955–56 season.
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Champions of Honor Division (DH) of the League Algiers
edit- DH Championship League Algiers Centre Football Association (LAFA) [1]
| Season | Team | Season | Team | Season | Team | Season | Team |
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| 1920–1921 Season | FC Blida[2] | 1930–1931 Season | AS Boufarik [3] | 1940–1941 Season | Not Played (War) | 1950–1951 Season | GS Alger [4] |
| 1921–1922 Season | FC Blida | 1931–1932 Season | GS Algiers | 1941–1942 Season | AS Boufarik | 1951–1952 Season | AS Saint Eugène[5] |
| 1922–1923 Season | FC Blida | 1932–1933 Season | AS Saint Eugène | 1942–1943 Season | AS Saint Eugène | 1952–1953 Season | FC Blida |
| 1923–1924 Season | FC Blida | 1933–1934 Season | RU Algiers[6] | 1943–1944 Season | AS Saint Eugène | 1953–1954 Season | GS Algiers |
| 1924–1925 Season | AS Boufarik | 1934-1935 Season | RU Algiers | 1944-1945 season | Unassigned [7] | 1954–1955 Season | GS Algiers |
| 1925–1926 Season | US Blida [8] | 1935–1936 Season | AS Saint Eugène | 1945-1946 Season | RU Algiers | 1955–1956 Season | GS Orléansville [9] |
| 1926–1927 Season | GS Orléansville | 1936–1937 Season | GS Algiers | 1946–1947 Season | GS Algiers | 1956–1957 Season | AS Saint Eugène |
| 1927–1928 Season | GS Algiers | 1937–1938 Season | AS Boufarik | 1947–1948 Season | O Hussein-Dey [10] | 1957–1958 Season | GS Algiers |
| 1928–1929 Season | FC Blida | 1938–1939 Season | RU Algiers | 1948–1949 Season | O Hussein-Dey | 1958–1959 Season | O Hussein-Dey |
| 1929–1930 Season | AS Saint Eugène | 1939–1940 Season | Not Played (War) | 1949–1950 Season | O Hussein-Dey | 1959–1960 Season | (training CFA) |
Titles by club
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| Club | Winners | Winning seasons |
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| GS Alger | 8
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1927–28, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58 |
| AS Saint Eugène | 7
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1929–30, 1932–33, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1951–52, 1956–57 |
| FC Blida | 6
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1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1928–29, 1952–53 |
| AS Boufarik | 4
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1924–25, 1930–31, 1937–38, 1941–42 |
| O Hussein-Dey | 4
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1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1958–59 |
| RU Alger | 4
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1933–34, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1945–46 |
| GS Orléansville | 2
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1926–27, 1955–56 |
| US Blida | 1
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1925–26 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lahcène Belahoucine, "'The Saga of Algerian football,'" page 67, Hibr Editions, Algiers, 2010
- ^ This is the club: Football Club Blida also known Football Club Blidéen
- ^ This is the team: Sports Association Boufarik
- ^ This is the team: Gallia Sport Algiers which can also be written in GSA
- ^ This is the club: saint-eugénoise sports Association athletic Association also called Saint-Eugène
- ^ This is the team: Racing Universitaire d'Alger which can be written as RUA
- ^ This season AS Saint-Eugene and MC Alger ended tied for first place (ASSE's still ahead in goal difference) to separate the competitions according to the regulations, the Algiers League decided to organize a replay to determine a champion. Unfortunately as the festivities of the end of the World War II coincided with the end of the season, the meeting did not take place and so the unallocated basis.
- ^ This is the team: Blida Sports Union also called Union SportiveBlidéene
- ^ This is club: Athletic Grouping Orléansville also called Groupement Sportif Orléansvillois
- ^ This is the team: Olympic Hussein Dey, which can also be written in OHD