Algeria gained independence in 1962 and the first championship as an independent country was played 1962/63. The table is based on tables found at RSSSF and Wikipedia. You are free to copy this document in non-commercial circumstances but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning. TEAM S GP W D L GF GA P PD 1 JS Kabylie (Tizi-Ouzou) 45 1327 622 372 333 1797 1121 2237 -1 2 MC Oran 49 1420 563 408 449 1817 1535 2094 -3 3 CR Belouizdad (Alger) 49 1420 561 411 448 1753 1419 2093 -1 4 ES Sétif 46 1332 534 379 419 1628 1373 1980 -1 5 MC Alger 45 1311 510 418 383 1616 1354 1947 -1 6 NA Hussein Dey (Alger) 37 1074 400 321 353 1235 1084 1519 -2 7 USM Alger 34 975 408 263 304 1227 986 1484 -3 8 USM El Harrach 31 931 334 296 301 938 872 1297 -1 9 ASM Oran 31 920 289 274 357 935 1073 1140 -1 10 WA Tlemcen 28 844 303 212 329 904 920 1117 -4 11 RC Kouba 28 792 261 231 300 934 929 1014 12 USM Annaba 22 682 233 192 257 737 793 891 13 USM Blida 24 690 217 212 261 719 768 861 -2 14 ASO Chlef 19 604 214 193 197 635 601 835 15 MO Constantine 22 612 228 140 244 695 764 824 16 CA Batna 22 622 202 152 268 592 780 758 17 USM Sidi Bel-Abbès 20 584 170 177 237 546 711 686 -1 18 AS Aïn M'lila 17 518 176 150 192 413 509 678 19 CS Constantine 18 512 165 156 191 501 584 650 -1 20 JSM Béjaïa 14 414 144 126 144 427 441 558 21 ES Guelma 16 460 146 121 193 510 666 558 -1 22 JS Bordj Ménail 13 418 136 138 144 410 425 546 23 WA Boufarik 14 423 127 122 174 404 516 503 24 CA Bordj Bou Arréridj 13 392 124 101 167 345 456 472 -1 25 GC Mascara 12 378 124 95 159 429 522 466 -1 26 JSM Tiaret 12 360 105 106 149 338 413 421 27 WKF Collo 9 296 101 90 105 273 292 393 28 USM Aïn Béïda 8 260 98 61 101 260 288 352 -3 29 HAMR Annaba 10 268 92 75 101 345 345 351 30 MC Saida 11 316 85 96 135 327 434 351 31 US Chaouia 9 250 86 64 100 235 284 322 32 MC El Eulma 6 186 65 56 65 207 206 251 33 RCB Relizane 5 170 58 54 58 183 187 228 34 DNC Alger 6 178 47 56 75 193 224 197 35 AS Khroub 5 156 48 49 59 146 192 193 36 MSP Batna 4 126 40 33 53 126 150 153 37 ASO El Asnam 4 108 37 28 43 106 118 138 -1 38 USM Sètif 4 120 34 27 59 128 203 127 -2 39 OMR El Anasser 3 100 26 39 35 89 99 117 40 ES Mostaganem 4 98 32 25 41 116 148 116 -5 41 WA Mostaganem 3 90 29 25 36 104 122 112 42 JSM Skikda 3 86 24 25 37 74 108 97 43 JS Saoura 2 60 22 15 23 67 62 81 44 JS Djidjel 3 74 21 15 38 70 111 78 45 Paradou AC 2 60 19 17 24 67 70 74 46 SCM Oran 2 52 15 17 20 61 87 62 47 USM Khenchla 2 60 15 14 31 52 93 59 48 RC Arba 1 30 12 8 10 33 32 44 49 ESM Bel-Abbès 1 28 10 8 10 35 36 38 50 MO Béjaïa 1 30 10 6 14 29 35 36 51 JSM Tébessa 1 26 8 9 9 25 25 33 52 SA Mohammadia 1 26 6 9 11 22 33 27 53 ESM Guelma 1 28 8 1 19 27 38 25 54 US Santé 1 30 5 6 19 18 50 21 55 CRB Ain-Fakroun 1 30 5 5 20 16 39 20 56 US Biskra 1 30 3 11 16 13 39 20 57 RCG Oran 1 26 4 6 16 22 42 18 58 IRB Hadjout 1 26 1 9 16 14 44 12 59 ES Sour El Ghozlane 1 26 3 3 20 13 45 12Notes
None of the points-deductions before 1990/91 have been officially confirmed. The number of points from games won, drawn and lost indicates points-deductions though. 1962/63 and 1963/64: No tables have been found. No unified league. 1965/66: USM Sétif two points deducted, Mostaganem five points deducted. Unknown for what infractions. 1972/73: MC Oran one point deducted. Unknown for what. 1973/74: JS Kabylie one point deducted and Tlemcen four points deducted. Unknown for what. 1979/80: GC Mascara, DNC Asnam and ESM Guelma each one point deducted. Unknown what for. 1980/81: DNC Asnam withdrew. All matches declared null and void. 1982/83: MP Oran, USM El Harrach and ASC Oran each had one point deducted; NA Hussein-Day had two points deducted. Reason unknown. 1990/91: USM Sidi Bel-Abbés one point deducted for not playing the awaygame to ASC Oran. Apparently no goals were set against USM Sidi Bel Abbés just a loss. 1992/93: One game between AS Ain M'lila and USM Annaba was left unplayed. 1996/97: USM Ain Beida had three points deducted. Unknown for what infraction. 1997/98: CS Constantine had one point deducted more not playing a game vs. MO Constantine. In addition CSC had that game set to 0-3 against them. 1997/98: The season only started in January 1988 and the teams only played 14 games each (15 for two teams). 1997/98: A third place playoff between CS Constantine and JS Kabylie was cancelled as none of the teams showed. 1997/98 & 1998/99: Championship played in two groups with Championship playoff. 1998/99: The game WA Tlemcen vs. WA Boufarik was abandoned after 20 minutes and never replayed. It was declared null and void. 2001/02: CR Belouizdad had one point deducted for not showing up in round 3 vs. JS Kabylie. Belouizdad also had 0-3 against them. 2001/02: MC Alger had one point deducted for walking off in round 29 vs. CA Batna. 2001/02: USM Blida had two points deducted due to conflict between club and Brazilian player Serginho (FIFA decision). 2001/02: MC Oran vs. ES Sétif was reported 2-0 but must have been awarded or finished with a win for ES Sétif. I have awarded the game 3-0 to ES Sétif. 2003/04: MC Oran had one point deducted as penalty for the occurrences in round eight when they turned up with two teams in the homegame to NA Hussein-Day. The game was awarded 0-3. 2004/05: US Chaouia (Oum El-Bouaghi) had three points deducted for using an ineligible player in the home game to WA Tlemcen. 2005/06: USM Alger had three points deducted for not showing up for the 2nd half in tha awaygame to JS Kabylie. The game was set to 0-3 against USM Alger. 2007/08: ES Sétif had one point deducted for a no-show in round 26. 2008/09: CA Bordj Bou Arréridj had one point deducted for a no-show in round 21. CA Batna prev. CN. CR Belouizdad a.k.a. Chabab Belcourt. Prev. CM Belcourt. CS Constantine prev. CM. ES Sétif a.k.a. Entente Sétif. Prev. EP and EO, respectively. JS Kabylie prev. JE and JS Kawkabi, respectively. MC Alger prev. MP. MC Oran prev. MP. NA Hussein-Day prev. MA. RC Kouba prev. RS. RCB Relizane prev. IRB. USM Alger prev. USK. WA Tlemcen prev. WM. WKF Collo prev. Entente Collo.
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