The League Algiers Football Association, also called League Algiers Football or League of Algiers was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the colonial football to Algiers; She paused for a moment due to World War II, then resumed in 1946. Eventually it will cease all activities in 1962 after the end of the War of Algeria who devoted the independence of the Algeria and which led to the mass exodus of settlers to France signifier abandonment of sports clubs run by the "settlers" and their structures.
Affiliated to the French Football Federation with four other leagues in North Africa that are leagues: the Constantine of Oran of Tunisia and Morocco; League Algiers so possessed as his four sisters the status of "league" or "Championship" amateur, and had four divisions that corresponded to the seventh, sixth, fifth and fourth division of French football.
These leagues so were the main football regions in North Africa from cutting the French colonial administration. They were very structured and very hierarchical and organized competitions for all age categories in addition to a so-called "corporate" (or category Championship "corporate" or company), the highest level was called Division of Honor .
History
League participation 36 clubs have participated. Note: from 1920–21 to 1955–56 season. 36 seasons: AS Saint Eugène, FC Blida 35 seasons: Association Sportive Boufarik, Gallia Sports Algiers 26 seasons: RU Alger 22 seasons: GS Orléansville, Olympique d'Hussein-Dey, Red Star Algiers 21 seasons: Racing Club Maison-Carrée (1954), US Ouest-Mitidja 20 seasons: MC Alger (1956) 19 seasons: Union Sportive Blida (1947) 11 seasons: USM Blida (1956) 9 seasons: Olympique de Marengo 7 seasons: Sporting Club Union El Biar, Stade Guyotville 5 seasons: Racing Club Algiers (1927) 4 seasons: Association Sportive de Montpensier (1929) 3 seasons: Club Sportif Algiers (1923) 2 seasons: Elan Bab El Oued (1928), Football Club d'El Affroun (1927), Olympique de Tizi-Ouzou (1939), Stary Standard Club (1922) 1 season: Association Sportive Algiers (1921), Etoile Stary Marine Algiers (1922), Marine Sportive Algiers (1923), Jeunesse sportive de Mouzaiaville (1927),USM Marengo (1952), ASPTT Alger (1955).
Champions of Honor Division (DH) of the League Algiers DH Championship League Algiers Centre Football Association (LAFA) Lahcène Belahoucine, "'The Saga of Algerian football,'" page 67, Hibr Editions, Algiers, 2010
Season Team Season Team Season Team Season Team 1920–1921 Season FC BlidaThis is the club: Football Club Blida also known Football Club Blidéen 1930–1931 Season AS Boufarik This is the team: Sports Association Boufarik 1940–1941 Season Not Played (War) 1950–1951 Season GS Algiers This is the team: Gallia Sport Algiers which can also be written in GSA 1921–1922 Season FC Blida 1931–1932 Season GS Algiers 1941–1942 Season AS Boufarik 1951–1952 Season AS Saint EugèneThis is the club: saint-eugénoise sports Association athletic Association also called Saint-Eugène 1922–1923 Season FC Blida 1932–1933 Season AS Boufarik 1942–1943 Season AS Saint Eugène 1952–1953 Season FC Blida 1923–1924 Season FC Blida 1933–1934 Season RU AlgiersThis is the team: Racing Universitaire d'Alger which can be written as RUA 1943–1944 Season AS Saint Eugène 1953–1954 Season GS Algiers 1924–1925 Season AS Boufarik 1934-1935 Season RU Algiers 1944-1945 season Unassigned This season AS Saint-Eugene and MC Alger ended tied for first place (ASSE's still ahead in goal difference) to separate the competitions according to the regulations, the Algiers League decided to organize a replay to determine a champion. Unfortunately as the festivities of the end of the World War II coincided with the end of the season, the meeting did not take place and so the unallocated basis. 1954–1955 Season GS Algiers 1925–1926 Season US Blida This is the team: Blida Sports Union also called Union SportiveBlidéene 1935–1936 Season AS Saint Eugène 1945-1946 Season RU Algiers 1955–1956 Season GS Orléansville This is club: Athletic Grouping Orléansville also called Groupement Sportif Orléansvillois 1926–1927 Season GS Orléansville 1936–1937 Season GS Algiers 1946–1947 Season GS Algiers 1956–1957 Season AS Saint Eugène 1927–1928 Season GS Algiers 1937–1938 Season AS Boufarik 1947–1948 Season O Hussein-Dey This is the team: Olympic Hussein Dey, which can also be written in OHD 1957–1958 Season GS Algiers 1928–1929 Season FC Blida 1938–1939 Season RU Algiers 1948–1949 Season O Hussein-Dey 1958–1959 Season O Hussein-Dey 1929–1930 Season AS Saint Eugène 1939–1940 Season Not Played (War) 1949–1950 Season O Hussein-Dey 1959–1960 Season (training CFA)
Titles by club
Club Winners Winning seasons GS Algiers 1927–28, 1931–32, 1936–37, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1957–58 AS Saint Eugène 1929–30, 1935–36, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1951–52, 1956–57 FC Blida 1920–21, 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1928–29, 1952–53 AS Boufarik 1924–25, 1932–33, 1930–31, 1937–38, 1941–42 O Hussein-Dey 1947–48, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1958–59 RU Algiers 1933–34, 1934–35, 1938–39, 1945–46 GS Orléansville 1926–27, 1955–56 US Blida 1925–26
See also Forconi Cup Coupe de France
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