2021 Algerian League Cup Final
# 2021 Algerian League Cup Final

The 2021 Algerian League Cup Final was the 5th final of the Algerian League Cup. The final took place on August 10, 2021, at Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers with kick-off at 19:00 between NC Magra and JS Kabylie. The match ended with JS Kabylie winning 4–1 on penalties, which is the first title in the club’s history in this competition and guarantees participation in the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup.

## Road to the final

| Preliminary round | NC Magra | 3–0 | CS Constantine |
| - | - | - | - |
| Round of 16 | CR Belouizdad | 0–0 2 – 4 (pen.) | NC Magra |
| Quarter-finals | NC Magra | 2–1 | JS Saoura |
| Semifinals | NC Magra | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | USM Alger |
| Round of 16 | JS Kabylie | 2–0 | NA Hussein Dey |
| Quarter-finals | US Biskra | 0–2 | JS Kabylie |
| Semifinals | JS Kabylie | 1–0 | WA Tlemcen |

## Match

### Pre-match

Twenty-two years after the last version of the Algerian League Cup that was played in the 1999–2000 season and because of the cancellation of the Algerian Cup, an exception only for this season due to COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria, the final played between JS Kabylie and NC Magra both of them have never reached the final before. JS Kabylie’s career was not difficult, and on the way to the final where they eliminated NA Hussein Dey, US Biskra and WA Tlemcen, unlike NC Magra who played against big clubs, CS Constantine, CR Belouizdad, JS Saoura, and finally USM Alger. the match led by international referee Mustapha Ghorbal and the match was expected to be broadcast on Télévision Algérienne, but due to the great fires that Algeria witnessed especially in the Kabylie region, it was decided not to broadcast the match neither on Télévision Algérienne nor on Radio Algeria, JS Kabylie decided to enter With black badges to mourn the victims who were in the dozens.

## Match details

| GK | 16 | Zakaria Bouhalfaya |
| - | - | - |
| CB | 5 | Rachid Meghazi |
| CB | 22 | Mohamed Achref Aib |
| RB | 2 | Kheir Eddine Ali Haïmoud |
| LB | 25 | Salah Hmida |
| DM | 24 | Mohammed Essaid Bourahla | 86' |
| DM | 13 | Ayache Ziouache | | 64' |
| AM | 15 | Aziz Fegaâs |
| ST | 6 | Hadj Bouguèche | | 58' |
| LW | 26 | Abdesslem Bouchouareb | 22' | 88' |
| RW | 7 | Akram Demane (c) | | 107' |
| Substitutes : ||
| GK | 12 | Abdelmalek Necir |
| LB | 61 | ِAbdelhamid Driss |
| LB | 27 | Brahim Salah Eddine Bernou | | 107' |
| DM | 19 | Walid Belhamri | | 58' |
| LW | 43 | Mohamed Benkablia | | 64' |
| LW | 11 | Nadhir Korichi | | 88' |
| CF | 10 | Naoufel Righi |
| Manager : ||
| Aziz Abbès ||
| GK | 25 | Oussama Benbot |
| RB | 31 | Ahmed Mohamed Kerroum | 110' |
| CB | 2 | Ahmed Ait Abdessalem |
| CB | 5 | Badreddine Souyad |
| LB | 22 | Walid Bencherifa (c) | 110' |
| DM | 13 | Aziz Benabdi |
| DM | 19 | Malik Raiah | 83' |
| AM | 7 | Mohamed Benchaira |
| RW | 14 | Mohamed Tubal Abdussalam | 80' |
| ST | 48 | Kouceila Boualia |
| LW | 17 | Rédha Bensayah | 80' |
| Substitutes : ||
| GK | 30 | Abdelatif Ramdhane |
| LB | 3 | Abdelmoumen Chikhi | 110' |
| CB | 4 | Bilal Tizi Bouali |
| LW | 8 | Juba Oukaci | 80' |
| ST | 12 | Ali Haroun | 83' |
| LW | 20 | Fouad Ghanem | 80' |
| FW | 15 | Massinissa Nezla | 110' |
| Manager : ||
| Denis Lavagne ||

* MATCH OFFICIALS
* Assistant referees:
* Mohamed Serradj
* Brahim El Hamlaoui
* Fourth official:
* Abdelmoumen Touabti
