2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
# 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 49th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 since its establishment in 1962. A total of 16 teams contested the league, with MC Alger as the defending champions. The league started on September 24, 2010. and ended on July 8, 2011.

On June 21, 2011, ASO Chlef were officially crowned champions after second-placed CR Belouizdad lost to USM El Harrach. In doing so, they won their first Algerian league title in the club's history. At the bottom, USM Annaba, CA Bordj Bou Arréridj and USM Blida were relegated to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

## Overview

At the start of the season, the name of the league was changed to Ligue Professionnelle 1 from Algerian Championnat National to reflect the professionalization of the league.

### Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from 2009–10 Algerian Championnat National 2

* MC Saïda

Teams relegated to 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2

* CA Batna
* MSP Batna
* NA Hussein Dey

### Stadiums

| Team | Location | Stadium | Stadium capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| AS Khroub | El Khroub | Stade Abed Hamdani | 8,000 |
| ASO Chlef | Chlef | Stade Mohamed Boumezrag | 17,000 |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | Bordj Bou Arreridj | Stade 20 Août 1955 | 18,000 |
| CR Belouizdad | Algiers | Stade 20 Août 1955 | 21,000 |
| ES Sétif | Sétif | Stade 8 Mai 1945 | 25,000 |
| JS Kabylie | Tizi Ouzou | Stade 1er Novembre | 20,000 |
| JSM Béjaïa | Béjaïa | Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine | 24,000 |
| MC Alger | Algiers | Stade 5 Juillet 1962 | 76,000 |
| MC El Eulma | El Eulma | Stade Messaoud Zougar | 25,000 |
| MC Oran | Oran | Stade Ahmed Zabana | 45,000 |
| MC Saïda | Saïda | Stade 13 Avril 1958 | 20,000 |
| USM Alger | Algiers | Stade Omar Hammadi | 15,000 |
| USM Annaba | Annaba | Stade 19 Mai 1956 | 56,000 |
| USM Blida | Blida | Stade Mustapha Tchaker | 35,000 |
| USM El Harrach | Algiers | Stade 1er Novembre | 8,000 |
| WA Tlemcen | Tlemcen | Stade Akit Lotfi | 30,000 |

### Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| AS Khroub | Zoheïr Djelloul | | | |
| ASO Chlef | Meziane Ighil | | | |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | Ladislas Lozano | Sid Ahmed Belouahem | Patrick | Nedjma |
| CR Belouizdad | Miguel Angel Gamondi | | Sarson | Nedjma |
| ES Sétif | Giovanni Dellacasa | Khaled Lemmouchia | KCS | |
| JS Kabylie | Rachid Belhout | Lamara Douicher | Erreà | Nedjma |
| JSM Béjaïa | Fouad Bouali | Brahim Zafour | Uhlsport | Nedjma |
| MC Alger | Noureddine Zekri | Réda Babouche | Joma | Djezzy |
| MC El Eulma | Abdelkrim Bira | | | Nedjma |
| MC Oran | Tahar Cherif El-Ouazzani | Kada Kechamli | Adidas | Nedjma |
| MC Saïda | Toufik Rouabah | | | |
| USM Alger | Hervé Renard | | | |
| USM Annaba | Mustapha Biskri | | | Nedjma |
| USM Blida | Mokhtar Assas | Lounès Gaouaoui | | |
| USM El Harrach | Boualem Charef | | Soca Sport | Boulabe |
| WA Tlemcen | Mohamed Henkouche | | | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ES Sétif | Noureddine Zekri | Contract terminated | 18 August 2010 | Pre-season | Giovanni Solinas | ? | Pre-season |
| USM Annaba | Abdelkader Amrani | Resigned | 2 November 2010 | 15th | Mustapha Biskri | 2 November 2010 | 15th |
| JS Kabylie | Alain Geiger | Resigned | 13 December 2010 | 8th | Rachid Belhout | | |
| USM Alger | Noureddine Saâdi | Contract terminated | 13 December 2010 | 9th | Hervé Renard | 21 February 2011 | 10th |
| ES Sétif | Gianni Solinas | Resigned | 22 December 2010 | | Gianni Dellacasa | 13 January 2011 | |
| MC Alger | Alain Michel | Contract terminated | 9 March 2011 | 14th | Noureddine Zekri | 11 March 2011 | 14th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ASO Chlef (C) | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 63 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round |
| 2 | JSM Béjaïa | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League preliminary round |
| 3 | ES Sétif | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 47 | Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round |
| 4 | USM El Harrach | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 46 | |
| 5 | CR Belouizdad | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 45 | |
| 6 | MC Saïda | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 33 | 35 | −2 | 42 | |
| 7 | MC Oran | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 41 | |
| 8 | AS Khroub | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 39 | |
| 9 | USM Alger | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 38 | |
| 10 | MC Alger | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 37 | |
| 11 | JS Kabylie | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 37 | |
| 12 | WA Tlemcen | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 37 | |
| 13 | MC El Eulma | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 40 | −8 | 36 | |
| 14 | USM Annaba (R) | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 36 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 15 | CA Bordj Bou Arreridj (R) | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 46 | −25 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |
| 16 | USM Blida (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 29 | Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2 |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ASK | ASC | CBA | CRB | ESS | JSK | JBE | MCA | MCEE | MCO | MCS | UAL | USMA | USB | UEH | WAT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| AS Khroub | | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| ASO Chlef | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| CA Bordj Bou Arreridj | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| CR Belouizdad | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 7–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| ES Sétif | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| JS Kabylie | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| JSM Béjaïa | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| MC Alger | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| MC El Eulma | 2–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| MC Oran | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| MC Saïda | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–2 |
| USM Alger | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| USM Annaba | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| USM Blida | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| USM El Harrach | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| WA Tlemcen | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | |

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | El Arbi Hillel Soudani | ASO Chlef | 18 |
| 2 | Yannick N'Djeng | JSM Bejaïa | 14 |
| 3 | Hamza Boulemdaïs | MC El Eulma | 11 |
| 3 | Salim Boumechra | USM El Harrach | 11 |
| 3 | Noureddine Daham | USM Alger | 11 |
| 3 | Mohamed Messaoud | ASO Chlef | 11 |
| 7 | Ramzi Bourakba | CR Belouizdad | 10 |
| 7 | Islam Slimani | CR Belouizdad | 10 |
| 9 | Abdelmalek Mokdad | MC Alger | 9 |
| 10 | Seddik Berradja | MC Oran | 8 |
| 10 | Mohamed Boualem | USM El Harrach | 8 |
| 10 | Nabil Hemani | ES Sétif | 8 |
| 13 | Anwar Mohamed Boudjakdji | WA Tlemcen | 7 |
| 13 | Ahmed Gasmi | JSM Bejaïa | 7 |
| 13 | Laïd Madouni | MC Saïda | 7 |
| 13 | Hocine Metref | ES Sétif | 7 |
| 17 | Farès Hamiti | JS Kabylie | 6 |
| 17 | Zahir Zerdab | JSM Béjaïa | 6 |
| 19 | Yassine Akkouche | MC Saïda | 5 |
| 19 | Mohamed Amine Aoudia | JS Kabylie | 5 |
| 19 | Toufik Benamokrane | MC El Eulma | 5 |
| 19 | Mohamed Cheraïtia | MC Saïda | 5 |
| 19 | Abdelmoumene Djabou | ES Sétif | 5 |
| 19 | Lamouri Djediat | ASO Chlef | 5 |
| 19 | Abdelkader Harizi | USM Blida | 5 |
| 19 | Mohamed Rabie Meftah | JSM Béjaïa | 5 |
| 19 | Chemseddine Nessakh | JS Kabylie | 5 |
| 19 | Nouri Ouznadji | USM Alger | 5 |
| 19 | Aboubaker Rebih | CR Belouizdad | 5 |
| 19 | Abdelhak Sameur | WA Tlemcen | 5 |
