1997–98 Algerian Championnat National
# 1997–98 Algerian Championnat National

The 1997–98 Algerian Championnat National was the 36th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with CS Constantine as the defending champions, The Championnat started on January 1, 1997. and ended on June 29, 1998.

## Team summaries

### Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Algerian Division 2 1997-1998

* USM Annaba
* JSM Béjaïa
* NA Hussein Dey
* JSM Tébessa
* CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
* E Sour El Ghozlane
* JSM Tiaret
* GC Mascara
* RC Kouba
* ASM Oran
* SA Mohammadia
* IRB Hadjout

Teams relegated to Algerian Division 2 1998-1999

* No relegated

## Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | USM El Harrach (Q) | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 25 | Qualified for the championship final |
| 2 | CS Constantine | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 25 | |
| 3 | WA Tlemcen (Q) | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 21 | 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup |
| 4 | MC Oran | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 18 | |
| 5 | CA Batna | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 | |
| 6 | CR Belouizdad | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 17 | |
| 7 | MO Constantine | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 15 | |
| 8 | US Chaouia | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 12 | |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | CAB | CRB | CSC | MCO | MOC | USC | UEH | WAT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| CA Batna | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| CR Belouizdad | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 4–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| CS Constantine | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| MC Oran | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| MO Constantine | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| US Chaouia | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| USM El Harrach | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| WA Tlemcen | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | USM Alger (Q) | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 25 | Qualified for the championship final |
| 2 | JS Kabylie | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 22 | |
| 3 | ES Mostaganem | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 21 | |
| 4 | ES Sétif | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 18 | |
| 5 | MC Alger | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 16 | |
| 6 | AS Aïn M'lila | 14 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 15 | |
| 7 | WA Boufarik | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 12 | |
| 8 | USM Blida | 14 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 12 | |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | AAM | ESS | ESM | JSK | MCA | UAL | USB | WAB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AS Aïn M'lila | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| ES Sétif | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| ES Mostaganem | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| JS Kabylie | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| MC Alger | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| USM Alger | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| USM Blida | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| WA Boufarik | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
