2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 was the 61st season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. A total of 16 teams contested the league. It began on 26 August 2022 and concluded on 15 July 2023.^[1]

Season2022–23

Dates26 August 2022 – 15 July 2023

ChampionsCR Belouizdad

RelegatedRC Arbaâ
HB Chelghoum Laïd

Quick facts Season, Dates ...

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
Season	2022–23
Dates	26 August 2022 – 15 July 2023
Champions	CR Belouizdad
Relegated	RC Arbaâ HB Chelghoum Laïd
Champions League	CR Belouizdad CS Constantine
Confederation Cup	USM Alger ASO Chlef
Matches	240
Goals	516 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Seif Zine Toumi Mohamed Souibaâh (13 goals)
Biggest home win	JS Saoura 5–0 HB Chelghoum Laïd (29 November 2022)
Biggest away win	HB Chelghoum Laïd 0–6 MC El Bayadh (9 April 2023)
Highest scoring	NC Magra 5–2 HB Chelghoum Laïd (15 July 2023)
Longest winning run	CR Belouizdad USM Khenchela (5 matches)
Longest unbeaten run	CR Belouizdad (19 matches)
Longest winless run	HB Chelghoum Laïd (30 matches)
Longest losing run	HB Chelghoum Laïd (14 matches)
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 15 July 2023.

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Teams

16 teams contest the league. MC El Bayadh and USM Khenchela were promoted from the 2021–22 Algerian Ligue 2.^[2]

Algiers

Algiers teams
CRB
MCA
PAC
USMA

Locations of teams for the 2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Algiers Province clubs

Stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

More information Team, Home city ...

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
ASO Chlef	Chlef	Tahar Zoughari Stadium Mohamed Boumezrag Stadium	30,000 18,000
CR Belouizdad	Algiers	20 August 1955 Stadium	10,000
CS Constantine	Constantine	Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium	13,000
ES Sétif	Sétif	8 May 1945 Stadium	25,000
HB Chelghoum Laïd	Chelghoum Laïd	11 December 1961 Stadium	10,000
JS Kabylie	Tizi Ouzou	1 November 1954 Stadium	20,000
JS Saoura	Béchar	20 August 1955 Stadium	20,000
MC Alger	Algiers	Salem Mabrouki Stadium Omar Benrabah Stadium	12,000 8,000
MC El Bayadh	El Bayadh	Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium	15,000
MC Oran	Oran	Ahmed Zabana Stadium	40,000
NC Magra	Magra	Boucheligue Brothers Stadium	8,000
Paradou AC	Algiers	Omar Benrabah Stadium	8,000
RC Arbaâ	Larbaâ	Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium	5,000
US Biskra	Biskra	18 February Stadium	24,000
USM Alger	Algiers	Omar Benrabah Stadium	8,000
USM Khenchela	Khenchela	Amar Hamam Stadium	5,000

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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer
ASO Chlef	Lyamine Bougherara	Abdelkader Boussaid	Joma
CR Belouizdad	Nabil Kouki	Sofiane Bouchar	Umbro
CS Constantine	Kheïreddine Madoui	Brahim Dib	KSC
ES Sétif	Hossam El Badry	Abdelmoumene Djabou	Offside
HB Chelghoum Laïd	Toufik Rouabah	Amir Karaoui	Rina
JS Kabylie	José Riga	Badreddine Souyad	Hummel
JS Saoura	Nacif Beyaoui	Adel Bouchiba	Umbro
MC Alger	Faruk Hadžibegić	Ayoub Abdellaoui	Joma
MC El Bayadh	Abdelhakem Benslimane	Belaid Kouar	Macron
MC Oran	Omar Belatoui	Mohamed Lagraâ	Macron
NC Magra	Azzedine Rahim	Hmida Salah	Macron
Paradou AC	Francisco Chaló	Kheireddine Boussouf	Macron
RC Arbaâ	Faiçal Kebbiche	Mohamed Billal Rait	Hummel
US Biskra	Cherif Hadjar	Nacereddine Khoualed	Rina
USM Alger	Boualem Charef	Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche	Kappa
USM Khenchela	Nabil Neghiz	Abdelhakim Sameur	Joma

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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
MC Alger	Khaled Ben Yahia	End of contract	10 June 2022^[3]	Pre-season	Faruk Hadžibegić	16 July 2022^[4]
JS Kabylie	Ammar Souayah	End of contract	11 June 2022^[5]	Pre-season	José Riga	22 June 2022^[6]
ES Sétif	Darko Novic	End of contract	17 June 2022^[7]	Pre-season	Hossam El Badry	14 July 2022^[8]
MC Oran	Abdelkader Amrani	Resigned	22 June 2022^[9]	Pre-season	Omar Belatoui	29 August 2022^[10]
NC Magra	Lassaad Maamar	End of contract	22 June 2022^[11]	Pre-season	Bouziane Rahmani	30 June 2022^[12]
CR Belouizdad	Marcos Paquetá	End of contract	26 June 2022^[13]	Pre-season	Nabil Kouki	4 July 2022^[14]
JS Saoura	Moustapha Djallit	End of caretaker spell	13 July 2022	Pre-season	Nacif Beyaoui	13 July 2022^[15]
CS Constantine	Kheïreddine Madoui	Resigned	20 July 2022^[16]	Pre-season	Kais Yâakoubi	28 July 2022^[17]
USM Khenchela	Farouk Djanhaoui	End of contract	21 May 2022	Pre-season	Nabil Neghiz	28 July 2022^[18]
US Biskra	Youcef Bouzidi	End of contract	11 June 2022	Pre-season	Cherif Hadjar	29 July 2022^[19]
HB Chelghoum Laïd	Cherif Hadjar	End of contract	11 June 2022	Pre-season	Toufik Rouabah	24 August 2022^[20]
ASO Chlef	Samir Zaoui	End of contract	11 June 2022^[21]	Pre-season	Lyamine Bougherara	30 July 2022^[22]
CS Constantine	Kais Yâakoubi	Sacked	30 July 2022^[23]	Pre-season	Kheïreddine Madoui	13 August 2022^[24]
NC Magra	Bouziane Rahmani	Resigned	30 July 2022	Pre-season	Azzedine Rahim	30 July 2022^[25]
USM Alger	Jamil Benouahi	Sacked	3 August 2022^[26]	Pre-season	Boualem Charef	4 August 2022^[27]
JS Kabylie	José Riga	Sacked	6 September 2022^[28]	16th	Abdelkader Amrani	13 September 2022^[29]
MC Alger	Faruk Hadžibegić	Mutual consent	10 September 2022^[30]	11th	Faouzi Benzarti	25 September 2022^[31]
NC Magra	Azzedine Rahim	Resigned	11 September 2022^[32]	11th	Samir Jouili	19 September 2022^[33]
JS Saoura	Nacif Beyaoui	Resigned	22 September 2022^[34]	5th	Moufdi Cherdoud	26 September 2022^[35]
HB Chelghoum Laïd	Toufik Rouabah	Resigned	27 September 2022^[36]	16th	El Hadi Khezzar	11 October 2022^[37]
HB Chelghoum Laïd	El Hadi Khezzar	Resigned	18 October 2022^[38]	16th	Foudil Salem	18 October 2022
MC El Bayadh	Abdelhakem Benslimane	Mutual consent	2 October 2022^[39]	8th	Cherif Hadjar	9 October 2022^[40]
US Biskra	Cherif Hadjar	Mutual consent	3 October 2022^[41]	7th	Youcef Bouzidi	7 October 2022^[42]
JS Saoura	Moufdi Cherdoud	Sacked	22 October 2022^[43]	14th	Moustapha Djallit	22 October 2022^[44]
ES Sétif	Hossam El Badry	Mutual consent	20 November 2022^[45]	4th	Khaled Lemmouchia	27 November 2022^[46]
JS Kabylie	Abdelkader Amrani	Mutual consent	1 December 2022^[47]	15th	Miloud Hamdi	2 December 2022^[48]
ASO Chlef	Lyamine Bougherara	Resigned	7 December 2022^[49]	13th	Abdelkader Amrani	22 January 2023^[50]
US Biskra	Youcef Bouzidi	Mutual consent	17 December 2022^[51]	10th	Mohamed Boutadjine	17 December 2022
USM Alger	Boualem Charef	Mutual consent	25 December 2022^[52]	7th	Abdelhak Benchikha	25 December 2022^[53]
USM Alger	Francisco Chaló	Mutual consent	2 January 2023^[54]	14th	Nadhir Leknaoui	9 January 2023^[55]
ES Sétif	Khaled Lemmouchia	End of caretaker spell	8 January 2023	6th	Chiheb Ellili	8 January 2023^[56]
MC Alger	Faouzi Benzarti	Mutual consent	15 February 2023^[57]	5th	Patrice Beaumelle	3 March 2023^[58]
ES Sétif	Chiheb Ellili	Mutual consent	19 February 2023^[59]	6th	Billel Dziri	25 February 2023^[60]
CS Constantine	Kheïreddine Madoui	Resigned	26 February 2023^[61]	2nd	Lyamine Bougherara	27 March 2023^[62]
JS Saoura	Moustapha Djallit	Mutual consent	25 March 2023^[63]	6th	Mustapha Sebaâ	25 March 2023^[64]
JS Saoura	Mustapha Sebaâ	Sacked	27 March 2023^[65]	6th	Mounir Zeghdoud	17 April 2023^[66]
NC Magra	Samir Jouili	Mutual consent	24 April 2023^[67]	13th	Azzedine Aït Djoudi	1 May 2023^[68]
JS Kabylie	Miloud Hamdi	Sacked	1 May 2023^[69]	15th	Youcef Bouzidi	1 May 2023^[70]

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Foreign players

More information Club, Player 1 ...

Club	Player 1	Player 2
ASO Chlef	Slim Jendoubi	Gape Mohutsiwa
CR Belouizdad	Leonel Wamba	Anayo Iwuala
CS Constantine	Marcellin Koukpo
ES Sétif	~~Duval Wapiwo~~ Nkembe Enow	~~Godwin Chika~~
HB Chelghoum Laïd
JS Kabylie	Lamine Ouattara	~~Zakaria Sanogo~~ Semir Smajlagić
JS Saoura	~~Alkhaly Bangoura~~
MC Alger	Joseph Esso	~~Victor Mbaoma~~ Razafindranaivo Koloina
MC El Bayadh
MC Oran
NC Magra
Paradou AC
RC Arbaâ
US Biskra
USM Alger	Zakaria Alharaish	~~Hamed Belem~~ Tumisang Orebonye
USM Khenchela	Tosin Omoyele	Maxwell Baakoh

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League table

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	CR Belouizdad (C)	30	18	10	2	44	21	+23	64	Qualification for CAF Champions League
2	CS Constantine	30	14	8	8	39	26	+13	50	Qualification for CAF Champions League
3	MC Alger	30	12	11	7	21	20	+1	47
4	MC El Bayadh	30	13	7	10	34	25	+9	46
5	JS Saoura	30	11	9	10	32	25	+7	42
6	ES Sétif	30	11	9	10	38	32	+6	42
7	ASO Chlef	30	11	9	10	36	31	+5	42	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup^[a]
8	USM Khenchela	30	12	6	12	29	29	0	42
9	Paradou AC	30	11	8	11	35	33	+2	41
10	MC Oran	30	11	8	11	27	34	−7	41
11	USM Alger	30	11	7	12	31	30	+1	40	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup^[b]
12	US Biskra	30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	40
13	NC Magra	30	11	7	12	35	36	−1	40
14	JS Kabylie	30	10	9	11	35	26	+9	39
15	RC Arbaâ (R)	30	10	6	14	39	43	−4	36	Relegation to Ligue 2
16	HB Chelghoum Laïd (R)	30	0	4	26	11	76	−65	4	Relegation to Ligue 2

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Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: the-sports.org
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

[a]
ASO Chlef qualified for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup by winning the 2022–23 Algerian Cup.
[b]
USMA Alger qualified for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup as the title holders.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ASO ...

Home \ Away	ASO	CRB	CSC	ESS	HBCL	JSK	JSS	MCA	MCEB	MCO	NCM	PAC	RCA	USB	USMA	USMK
ASO Chlef		0–1	3–2	4–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
CR Belouizdad	1–0		2–1	1–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	2–0
CS Constantine	3–0	0–0		2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	3–0	3–1
ES Sétif	1–0	1–1	0–0		4–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–2
HB Chelghoum Laïd	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–4		0–2	0–2	0–1	0–6	1–2	0–5	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–2
JS Kabylie	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	1–0		1–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
JS Saoura	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	5–0	2–2		2–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0
MC Alger	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0
MC El Bayadh	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–0
MC Oran	0–0	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1
NC Magra	4–2	0–0	2–1	0–1	5–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0		1–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Paradou AC	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	3–1		1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1
RC Arbaâ	0–3	0–4	1–2	3–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	5–1	1–3		2–0	2–1	5–1
US Biskra	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–0
USM Alger	1–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		2–0
USM Khenchela	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–1

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Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: the-sports.org
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

More information Team ╲ Round, ASO Chlef ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
ASO Chlef	6	5	6	8	4	5	4	6	6	10	10	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	8	10	12	12	10	10	10	11	13	13	11	7
CR Belouizdad	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
CS Constantine	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
ES Sétif	8	4	4	4	5	7	9	11	7	5	5	3	3	5	6	3	6	5	6	6	6	4	5	7	3	3	4	6	7	6
HB Chelghoum Laïd	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
JS Kabylie	11	15	15	14	15	13	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	11	13	10	12	10	14
JS Saoura	4	8	9	5	8	10	12	9	10	8	7	6	6	4	5	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	8	5	6	6	3	5	6	5
MC Alger	15	13	11	9	10	6	5	3	5	3	3	4	5	3	4	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	5	4	7	4	4	3
MC El Bayadh	12	7	5	6	7	8	7	10	12	13	11	12	10	13	11	11	13	11	12	12	9	9	7	6	7	7	6	3	3	4
MC Oran	13	12	13	12	14	12	14	13	9	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10
NC Magra	10	11	12	13	12	14	13	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	13	13	11	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	14	13
Paradou AC	5	9	8	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	12	9
RC Arbaâ	3	6	7	10	6	4	6	8	8	11	13	9	11	10	12	12	10	13	9	11	13	10	11	12	14	14	15	15	15	15
US Biskra	9	10	10	7	9	9	11	7	11	9	9	10	9	7	9	9	11	10	11	9	10	11	12	11	12	10	11	10	13	12
USM Alger	7	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	5	4	6	3	4	3	6	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	7	9	11
USM Khenchela	14	16	16	15	13	11	8	5	4	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	10	8	7	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	5	8

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	Leader
	2022–23 CAF Champions League
	Relegation to Algerian Ligue 2

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: the-sports.org

Clubs season-progress

More information Team ╲ Round, ASO Chlef ...

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
ASO Chlef	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	W
CR Belouizdad	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W
CS Constantine	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	W
ES Sétif	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	D	D
HB Chelghoum Laïd	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
JS Kabylie	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L
JS Saoura	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	D
MC Alger	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W
MC El Bayadh	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	L
MC Oran	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	L	W	L
NC Magra	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W
Paradou AC	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W
RC Arbaâ	W	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	L
US Biskra	D	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W
USM Alger	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L
USM Khenchela	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L

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Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: the-sports.org
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics

Top scorers

More information Rank, Goalscorer ...

Rank	Goalscorer	Club	Goals
1	Seif Zine Toumi	RC Arbaâ	13
1	Mohamed Souibaâh	ASO Chlef	13
3	Sofiane Bayazid	USM Khenchela	12
3	Dadi El Hocine Mouaki	JS Kabylie	12

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Updated to games played on 15 July 2023.
Source: soccerway.com

Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Nkembe Enow	ES Sétif	HB Chelghoum Laïd*	0–4	6 June 2023	^[71]
Sofiane Bayazid	USM Khenchela*	CR Belouizdad	4–0	10 July 2023	^[72]

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Monthly awards

More information Month, Number of rounds ...

Month	Number of rounds	Player of the Month
Month	Number of rounds	Player	Club	Ref
August–September	5	Belhadj Chekal	CS Constantine	^[73]
October	4	Sofiane Bayazid	USM Khenchela	^[74]
November–December	6	Ahmed Kendouci	ES Sétif	^[75]
February–March	5	Ghiles Guenaoui	ES Sétif	^[76]
April–May	4	Kouceila Boualia	JS Kabylie
June–July	6

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More information Goalkeeper, Defenders ...

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Coach
Alexis Guendouz	Ahmed Maamri Ayoub Abdlaoui Zinnedine Belaid Saadi Redouani	Dib Brahim Oussama Chita Zakariya Draoui	Dadi Mouaki Soubie Mohamed Amine Aymen Belkassim Bouzida

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2022–23 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1

Teams

Stadiums

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Foreign players

League table

Results

Positions by round

Clubs season-progress

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Monthly awards

See also

References

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