2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
Season	2017–18
Dates	25 August 2017 – 15 May 2018
Champions	MO Béjaïa
Promoted	MO Béjaïa; AS Aïn M'lila
Relegated	GC Mascara; CA Batna; CRB Aïn Fakroun
Matches played	240
Goals scored	506 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ismaïl Belkacemi; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 4–0 MC Saïda; JSM Skikda 4–0 CRB Aïn Fakroun; AS Aïn M'lila 5–1 A Bou Saâda; ASM Oran 5–1 JSM Skikda; WA Tlemcen 5–1 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
Biggest away win	ASM Oran 1–4 AS Aïn M'lila JSM Skikda 1-4 MO Béjaïa
Highest scoring	MO Béjaïa 4–2 GC Mascara; RC Relizane 3–3 JSM Béjaïa; AS Aïn M'lila 5–1 A Bou Saâda; ASM Oran 5–1 JSM Skikda; WA Tlemcen 5–1 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj; CA Batna 4–2 MC El Eulma
Longest winning run	6 matches; JSM Béjaïa
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches; ASO Chlef
Longest winless run	11 matches; CA Batna
Longest losing run	5 matches; GC Mascara
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 15 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 will be the 54th season of the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 since its establishment, and its eighth season under its current title. A total of 16 teams will contest the league.^[1]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016–17 season.

To Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2

Relegated from Ligue 1

Promoted from Championnat National Amateur

From Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2

Promoted to Ligue 1

Relegated to Championnat National Amateur

Team overview

Stadiums and locations

2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 is located in Algeria

Locations of teams in the 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2

Team	Manager	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Kit manufacturer
Amel Bou Saâda	Noureddine Bounâas	Bou Saâda	Stade Mokhtar Abdelatif	8,000	Joma
ASM Oran	Salem Laoufi	Oran	Stade Habib Bouakeul	20,000	Sarson
ASO Chlef	El Hadi Khezzar	Chlef	Stade Mohamed Boumezrag	18,000	Macron
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Lamine Bougherara	Bordj Bou Arréridj	Stade 20 Août 1955	15,000	Joma
CRB Aïn Fakroun	Mourad Karouf	Aïn Fakroun	Stade Allag Abderrahmane	9,000	Joma
GC Mascara	Kadaoui Mohamed	Mascara	Stade de l'Unité Africaine	22,000	Joma
JSM Béjaïa	Mounir Zeghdoud	Béjaïa	Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine	17,500	NAFO
JSM Skikda	Messaoud Khalout	Skikda	Stade 20 Août 1955	30,000	Legea
MC El Eulma	Abdelkrim Latrèche	El Eulma	Stade Messaoud Zougar	25,000	KCS
MC Saïda	Mohamed Benchouia	Saïda	Stade 13 Avril 1958	25,000	Joma
RC Relizane	Kada Aïssa	Relizane	Stade Tahar Zoughari	30,000	Joma
CA Batna	Aziz Abbès	Batna	November 1, 1954 Stadium	20,000	Joma
MO Béjaïa	Mustapha Biskri	Béjaïa	Maghrebi Unity Stadium	17,500	Macron
RC Kouba	Nabil Medjahed	Kouba	Omar Benhaddad Stadium	10,000	Joma
AS Aïn M'lila	Cherif Hadjar	Aïn M'lila	Stade des Frères Demane Debbih	7,000	Joma
WA Tlemcen	Kheireddine Kherris	Tlemcen	Stade Akid Lotfi	25,000	Sarson

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MO Béjaïa (P)	30	17	9	4	39	17	+22	60	2018–19 Professional League 1
2	AS Aïn M'lila (P)	30	17	3	10	44	34	+10	54
3	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj (P)	30	16	5	9	40	27	+13	53
4	JSM Béjaïa	30	16	5	9	39	30	+9	53
5	ASO Chlef	30	11	13	6	30	22	+8	46
6	JSM Skikda	30	13	3	14	31	33	−2	41^[a]
7	ASM Oran	30	11	8	11	31	34	−3	41
8	MC Saïda	30	11	7	12	23	28	−5	40
9	RC Relizane	30	10	9	11	29	32	−3	39
10	A Bou Saâda	30	10	8	12	26	31	−5	38
11	RC Kouba	30	11	5	14	31	38	−7	38
12	WA Tlemcen	30	10	7	13	26	27	−1	37
13	MC El Eulma	30	10	7	13	33	38	−5	37
14	GC Mascara (R)	30	9	7	14	32	37	−5	34	2018–19 League of Amateurs
15	CA Batna (R)	30	8	7	15	27	35	−8	31
16	CRB Aïn Fakroun (R)	30	6	5	19	26	44	−18	23

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2018. Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ JSM Skikda were deducted 1 point.

Result table

Home \ Away	ABS	AAM	ASMO	ASC	CAB	CABBA	CRBAF	GCM	JBE	JSMS	MCEE	MCS	MOB	RCK	RCR	WAT
A Bou Saâda		2–3	0–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–2
AS Aïn M'lila	5–1		2–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1
ASM Oran	0–0	1–4		1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1
ASO Chlef	0–0	1–0	2–0		2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0
CA Batna	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1		0–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	1–0
CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–0		2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	3–2	1–0	2–1
CRB Aïn Fakroun	3–0	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–1	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	0–1
GC Mascara	1–2	3–2	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1		2–1	1–2	3–0	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0
JSM Béjaïa	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–0		2–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0
JSM Skikda	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–1		1–0	1–0	1–4	1–2	2–0	1–0
MC El Eulma	2–0	0–1	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–1	4–1	2–1		2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
MC Saïda	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0		0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
MO Béjaïa	1–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–0	2–2	3–1
RC Kouba	2–1	2–2	2–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–1		2–1	2–1
RC Relizane	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–3	2–1	3–1	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–0
WA Tlemcen	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2018. Source: DZFoot
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Clubs season-progress

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
A Bou Saâda	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W
AS Aïn M'lila	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L
ASM Oran	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W
ASO Chlef	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	L
CA Batna	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W
CRB Aïn Fakroun	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L
JSM Béjaïa	D	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	D
JSM Skikda	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L
GC Mascara	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W
MC El Eulma	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	W
MC Saïda	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D
MO Béjaïa	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	D
RC Relizane	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	W
RC Kouba	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L
WA Tlemcen	L	L	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	L	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2018. Source: Clubs Season-Progress
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Positions by round

As of 15 May 2018

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
A Bou Saâda	15	16	16	14	15	12	13	13	11	10	13	12	14	12	10	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	10	9	9	10	12	12	10
AS Aïn M'lila	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	2	2	2
ASM Oran	12	2	7	5	5	5	7	6	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	11	11	9	8	7
ASO Chlef	6	9	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	5	6	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5
CA Batna	12	4	6	8	9	7	10	10	10	13	11	13	12	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	14	13	14	15	15	15	15
CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	12	10	8	10	11	11	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	4	5	4	3	3	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	3	4	3
CRB Aïn Fakroun	8	10	14	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16
GC Mascara	6	12	13	16	16	16	16	14	13	11	12	11	11	10	9	9	10	12	13	11	12	13	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14
JSM Béjaïa	4	8	3	6	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	4
JSM Skikda	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	6	3	3	5	4	4	2	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
MC El Eulma	1	7	9	11	10	10	12	12	14	12	14	14	16	13	15	14	13	14	14	13	14	12	13	13	14	13	12	11	13	13
MC Saïda	14	6	10	7	8	6	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	12	13	14	11	10	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	8
MO Béjaïa	12	4	4	3	2	1	2	2	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
RC Kouba	8	13	12	12	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	13	15	13	11	12	13	12	14	11	11	11	12	12	10	9	10	9	9
RC Relizane	4	15	11	9	7	8	5	7	6	6	6	6	5	3	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	11	11
WA Tlemcen	15	14	15	14	12	13	11	11	12	14	9	10	10	9	11	10	11	10	11	12	13	14	12	11	11	12	13	13	10	12

	Leader
	Promotion to Professional League 1
	Relegation to League of Amateurs

Source: DZfoot.com (in French)

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals^[2]
1	Ismail Belkacemi	MO Béjaïa	13
2	Salih Sahbi	AS Aïn M'lila	12
3	Hocine Metref	RC Kouba	11
	Youcef Laouafi	MC El Eulma
	Abdelouahid Belgherbi	JSM Béjaïa
6	Hichem Mokhtar	JSM Skikda	10
6	Aimen Mahious	JSM Skikda	10

Media coverage

Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Media Coverage
Country	Television Channel	Matches
Algeria	EPTV Terrestre	1 Match per round
Algeria	Dzair TV	1 or 2 Match per round

References

^ "Calendrier sur le site de la LFP". lfp.dz. Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "L2 : Classement des buteurs (saison 2017-2018)" (in French). footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

External links

[table_hth_JSMS0.50752056506813-2] JSM Skikda were deducted 1 point.

[1] "Calendrier sur le site de la LFP". lfp.dz. Archived from the original on 2017-07-28. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[3] "L2 : Classement des buteurs (saison 2017-2018)" (in French). footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

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