1963 Championnat National 1 final
# 1963 Championnat National 1 final

The 1963 Championnat National 1 Final was the first final of the Algerian Championnat after the country's independence. The match took place on June 16, 1963, at Stade d'El Anasser in Algiers with kick-off at 15:00. USM Alger beat MC Alger 3-0 to win their first Algerian Championnat.

## Critériums d'Honneur

### Groupe I

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MC Alger | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 13 | +36 | 47 | Qualification to a final group, promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 15 | +35 | 47 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 3 | USM Maison-Carrée | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 18 | +30 | 42 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 4 | RS Alger | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 25 | +7 | 39 | Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2) |
| 5 | JS Bordj Ménaïel | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 37 | Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2) |

### Groupe V

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | USM Alger | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 75 | 6 | +69 | 51 | Qualification to a final group, promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 2 | USM Marengo | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 43 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 3 | USM Blida | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 12 | +45 | 41 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 4 | RC Arbaâ | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 26 | +20 | 41 | Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division |
| 5 | USH Alger | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 40 | Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2) |

## Final rankings (Algiers)

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | USM Alger | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 12 | Qualification to a national tournament |
| 2 | MC Alger | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Qualification to a national tournament |
| 3 | AS Orléansville | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | |
| 4 | NA Hussein Dey | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6 | |
| 5 | OM Saint-Eugène | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 4 | |

## Pre-match

A mini tournament is organized between these clubs to designate the county champion. USM Alger finally prevail in the final two goals to one against MC Alger and will enter the final round with winners from other regions. The runner accompany because it was decided that the central region for the first two teams qualify criterion.

A tournament is held between the winners of these regional criteriums, a sort of "play-off" whose goal is to identify the first "Champion of Algeria football." In the semi-final draw to give USM Alger match against USM Bône and MC Alger facing SCM Oran. In the first meeting, Bône little bow face to Algiers by the rule of the many corners obtained in a scoreless game after a goal everywhere. In the other match, the mouloudia wins against the Oran on the final score four goals to nil. At the end of the tournament, the first title was awarded to USM Alger, MC Alger winner by three goals to nil. The two losers of the semifinals fought for third place, and that's USM Bône who prevailed over the SCM Oran by four goals to one.

### Details

| USM Alger | MC Alger |
| - | - |

Djamel El Okbi :

| DF | ? | Mohamed Madani |
| - | - | - |
| MF | ? | Mohamed Djemâa |
| DF | ? | Achour Salah |
| DF | ? | Rachid Aftouche |
| MF | ? | Boubekeur Belbekri |
| MF | ? | Ghazi Djermane |
| MF | 6 | Freddy Zemmour |
| FW | 10 | Hamid Bernaoui |
| FW | 9 | Krimo Rebih |
| FW | 11 | Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (c) |
| Manager : |||
| Abdelaziz Ben Tifour ||||

Abderrahmane Boubekeur :

| | ? | Nouredine Mazari |
| - | - | - |
| | ? | Boualem Atbi |
| | ? | Ahmed Maârouf |
| | ? | Naâmane |
| | ? | Ali Azzouz |
| | ? | Ahmed Lâagoun |
| | ? | Abdeldjalil Dahmoune |
| FW | ? | Omar Hahad (c) |
| FW | ? | Amokrane Oualiken |
| | ? | Zidane |
| Manager : |||
| Saïd Haddad ||||
| Assistant referees: Benjadi Fourth official: | Match rules 90 minutes. |
