1963 Championnat National 1 final

The 1963 Championnat National 1 Final was the first final of the Algerian Championnat after the country's independence. The match took place on June 16, 1963, at Stade d'El Anasser in Algiers with kick-off at 15:00. USM Alger beat MC Alger 3-0 to win their first Algerian Championnat.

1963 Championnat National 1 Final
Bentifour, coach of the USM Alger receives from the hands of Ben Bella president, the first trophy Algerian football championship, under the gaze of President of the FAF the Dr Maouche (left) and Minister of Defense Houari Boumedienne (right)
Event1962–63 Algerian Championnat National
DateJune 16, 1963
VenueStade d'El Anasser, Algiers
Attendance20.000
1964

Critériums d'Honneur edit

Groupe I edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 MC Alger 18 13 3 2 49 13 +36 47 Qualification to a final group, promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
2 JS Kabylie 18 13 3 2 50 15 +35 47 Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
3 USM Maison-Carrée 18 10 4 4 48 18 +30 42
4 RS Alger 18 10 1 7 32 25 +7 39 Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2)
5 JS Bordj Ménaïel 18 6 7 5 32 24 +8 37
Source: rsssf.com

Groupe V edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 USM Alger 18 16 1 1 75 6 +69 51 Qualification to a final group, promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
2 USM Marengo 18 10 5 3 40 18 +22 43 Promoted for 1963–64 Honor Division
3 USM Blida 18 10 3 5 57 12 +45 41
4 RC Arbaâ 18 10 3 5 46 26 +20 41
5 USH Alger 18 8 6 4 28 18 +10 40 Promoted for 1963–64 Pre Honor Division (D2)
Source: rsssf.com

Final rankings (Algiers) edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 USM Alger 4 4 0 0 15 3 +12 12 Qualification to a national tournament
2 MC Alger 4 3 0 1 9 2 +7 10 Qualification to a national tournament
3 AS Orléansville 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 8
4 NA Hussein Dey 4 1 0 3 7 12 −5 6
5 OM Saint-Eugène 4 0 0 4 3 15 −12 4
Source: rsssf.com

Championnat Algiers Final edit

USM Alger2 – 1MC Alger
Meziani   16'
Rebih   38'
  8' Lâagoun
Referee: Benzellat

Semi-finals edit

MC Alger4 – 0SCM Oran
Hahad   25' (pen.)
Oualiken   40', 50', 60'
Attendance: 20.000
Referee: Mohammedi

USM Alger2 – 2.[1]USM Bône
Salah  
Bernaoui  
  ?
  ?
Attendance: 20.000

Pre-match edit

A mini tournament is organized between these clubs to designate the county champion. USM Alger finally prevail in the final two goals to one against MC Alger and will enter the final round with winners from other regions. The runner accompany because it was decided that the central region for the first two teams qualify criterion.

A tournament is held between the winners of these regional criteriums, a sort of "play-off" whose goal is to identify the first "Champion of Algeria football." In the semi-final draw to give USM Alger match against USM Bône and MC Alger facing SCM Oran. In the first meeting, Bône little bow face to Algiers by the rule of the many corners obtained in a scoreless game after a goal everywhere. In the other match, the mouloudia wins against the Oran on the final score four goals to nil. At the end of the tournament, the first title was awarded to USM Alger, MC Alger winner by three goals to nil. The two losers of the semifinals fought for third place, and that's USM Bône who prevailed over the SCM Oran by four goals to one.

Details edit

USM Alger3 - 0MC Alger
Ben Tifour   54'
Rebih   73'
Bernaoui   85'
Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Mohamed Mezahi (LRF Constantine)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
USM Alger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MC Alger
GK 1   Djamel El Okbi
DF ?   Mohamed Madani
MF ?   Mohamed Djemâa
DF ?   Achour Salah
DF ?   Rachid Aftouche
MF ?   Boubekeur Belbekri
MF ?   Ghazi Djermane
MF 6   Freddy Zemmour
FW 10   Hamid Bernaoui
FW 9   Krimo Rebih
FW 11   Abdelaziz Ben Tifour (c)
Manager :
  Abdelaziz Ben Tifour
GK 1   Abderrahmane Boubekeur
?   Nouredine Mazari
?   Boualem Atbi
?   Ahmed Maârouf
?   Naâmane
?   Ali Azzouz
?   Ahmed Lâagoun
?   Abdeldjalil Dahmoune
FW ?   Omar Hahad (c)
FW ?   Amokrane Oualiken
?   Zidane
Manager :
  Saïd Haddad

Assistant referees:
Benjadi

Fourth official:

Match rules
  • 90 minutes.

References edit

  1. ^ USM Alger requires corners 7-6 semi-final between USM Alger and USM Bône ended on a 2-2 draw. The rule penalties not yet in force in 1963, the two teams were broken by the number of corners awarded during the game. The USM Alger won the semi-final with 7 corners against 6 for the USM Annaba