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CR Belouizdad in African football

CR Belouizdad, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on four occasions, the Confederation Cup on four occasions and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup on two occasions.

CR Belouizdad in African football
Amir Sayoud the best scorer in the club
ClubCR Belouizdad
Most appearancesSofiane Bouchar 42
Top scorerAmir Sayoud 11
First entry1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Latest entry2023–24 CAF Champions League

History edit

CR Belouizdad whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, CR Belouizdad have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CR Belouizdad have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. the first match was against ASC Jeanne d'Arc and ended in victory for CR Belouizdad 5–3 but in the second leg, CR Belouizdad did not move to Senegal for unknown reasons. As for the biggest win result was in 1996 against Horoya AC 5–2, and biggest loss was in 2001 against ASEC Mimosas 7–0, The best participation was in 1996 in the African Cup Winners' Cup, when the team reached the semi-finals and was eliminated against AC Sodigraf.

After a difficult season that did not end due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.[1] it was announced that CR Belouizdad had won the league title for the first time in 20 years and returned to participate in the CAF Champions League Qualifying to the group stage was easy by beating Al Nasr and Gor Mahia back and forth.[2][3] where the draw was placed in a difficult group with Mamelodi Sundowns, TP Mazembe and Al Hilal.[4] Despite the difficult start but in the last two rounds CR Belouizdad managed to win against TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns to qualify for the quarter-finals.[5] to face Espérance de Tunis and defeat by penalty kicks 3–2.[6]

CAF competitions edit

CR Belouizdad results in CAF competition
Season Competition Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
1970 Cup of Champions Clubs First round   ASC Jeanne d'Arc 5–3 canc.2 5–3
1979[7] Cup Winners' Cup Second round   Al-Nasr 4–2 1–0 5–2
Quarterfinals   Horoya AC 0–3 1–3 1–6
1996[8] Cup Winners' Cup First round   Horoya AC 5–2 0–2 5–4
Second round   AS Douanes 2–0 0–0 2–0
Quarter-finals   Pretoria City FC Walkover
Semi-finals   AC Sodigraf 1–1 0–1 1–2
2001[9] Champions League First round   Al-Ahly 2–0 1–1 3–1
Second Round   Al-Merrikh 3–0 0–2 3–2
Group stage   Petro Atlético 0–1 1–2 4th place
  Al Ahly 0–1 0–1
  ASEC Mimosas 1–1 0–7
2002[10] Champions League First round   ASC Jeanne d'Arc 1–1 0–1 1–2
2004[11] Confederation Cup First round   Etoile Guinee 2–1 0–1 2–2 (a)
2010[12] Confederation Cup Preliminary Round   Tersanah 2–1 1–1 3–2
First round   FAR Rabat 1–0 1–1 2–1
Second Round   Amal Atbara 2–0 0–1 2–1
Second Round of 16   Djoliba AC 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
2018[13] Confederation Cup Preliminary Round   Onze Créateurs 2–0 1–1 3–1
First round   Nkana 3–0 0–1 3–1
Second Round   ASEC Mimosas 0–0 0–1 0–1
2019–20 Confederation Cup Preliminary Round   AS CotonTchad 2–0 2–0 4–0
First round   Pyramids 0–1 1–1 1–2
2020–21 Champions League Preliminary Round   Al Nasr 2–0 2–0 4–0
First round   Gor Mahia 6–0 2–1 8–1
Group stage   TP Mazembe 2–0 0–0 2nd place
  Mamelodi Sundowns 1–5

[note 1]

2–0
  Al Hilal 1–1 0–0
Quarter-finals   Espérance de Tunis 2–0 0–2 2–2 (2–3 p)
2021–22 Champions League First round   Akwa United 2–0 0–1 2–1
Second round   ASEC Mimosas 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a)
Group stage   Étoile du Sahel 2–0 0–0 2nd place
  Espérance de Tunis 1–1 1–2
  Jwaneng Galaxy 4–1 2–1
Quarter-finals   Wydad AC 0–1 0–0 0–1
2022–23 Champions League First round   Bo Rangers 3–0 0–0 3–0
Second round   Djoliba 2–0 1–2 3–2
Group stage   Zamalek 2–0 1–0 2nd place
  Espérance de Tunis 0–1 0–0
  Al Merrikh 1–0 0–1
Quarter-finals   Mamelodi Sundowns 1–4 1–2 2–6
2023–24 Champions League Second round   Bo Rangers 3–1 3–1 6–2
Group stage   Young Africans 3–0 0–4 3rd place
  Medeama 3–0 1–2
  Al Ahly 0–0 0–0
2 CR Belcourt withdrew

Non-CAF competitions edit

Non-CAF competition record
Season Competition Round Opposition Score
1970 Maghreb Champions Cup Semifinals   Wydad AC 0–0 (2–1 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
Final   CS Sfaxien 2–2 (4–3 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
1971 Maghreb Champions Cup First leg   Espérance de Tunis 2–2 (Tunis)
Second leg   Espérance de Tunis 3–2 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
First leg   FAR de Rabat 3–0 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
Second leg   FAR de Rabat 1–1 (Rabat)
1972 Maghreb Champions Cup Semifinals   RS Settat 2–1 (Casablanca)
Final   CS Sfaxien 2–1 (Casablanca)
1973 Maghreb Champions Cup Semifinals   AD Marocaines 0–0 (4–3 p) (Tunis)
Final   Étoile Sportive du Sahel 0–2 (Tunis)
1989 Arab Cup Winners' Cup Group stage   Kuwait SC 0–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
  Al-Hilal Omdurman 0–1 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
  Zamalek SC 2–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
1995 Arab Club Champions Cup Group stage   Al-Nassr 1–0 (Riyadh)
  Al-Wehdat 1–0 (Riyadh)
  Kazma 1–0 (Riyadh)
  Al-Wehda 5–0 (Riyadh)
Semifinals   Espérance de Tunis 0–1 (King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh)
2012–13 UAFA Club Cup Second round   Steal Nouvel FC 0–3[B] (Sima, Comoros)
5–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
Quarter-finals   Ismaily SC 1–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
1–1 (1–4 p) (30 June Stadium, Cairo)
  • ^ a b
    CR Belouizdad did not play the first leg and the result was awarded 3–0 to Steal Nouvel FC.

    • Statistics edit

    By season edit

    Information correct as of 1 March 2024.
    Key
    CR Belouizdad record in African football by season
    Season Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Round
    1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs 1 1 0 0 5 3 +2 R1
    1979 African Cup Winners' Cup 4 2 0 2 6 8 −2 QF
    1996 African Cup Winners' Cup 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 SF
    2001 CAF Champions League 10 2 2 6 8 16 −8 Grp
    2002 CAF Champions League 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 R1
    2004 CAF Confederation Cup 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 R1
    2010 CAF Confederation Cup 8 3 4 1 8 5 +3 SR16
    2018 CAF Confederation Cup 6 2 2 2 6 3 +3 R2
    2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup 4 2 1 1 5 2 +3 R1
    2020–21 CAF Champions League 12 7 3 2 20 9 +11 QF
    2021–22 CAF Champions League 12 5 3 4 15 10 +5 QF
    2022–23 CAF Champions League 12 5 2 5 12 10 +2 QF
    2023–24 CAF Champions League 8 4 2 2 13 8 +5 Grp
    Total 87 36 22 29 109 84 +25

    By competition edit

    In Africa edit

    As of 1 March 2024:

    CAF competitions
    Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
    Champions League 7 57 24 13 20 74 60 2023–24
    CAF Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) 2 10 4 2 4 14 14 1996
    CAF Confederation Cup 4 20 8 7 5 21 12 2019–20
    Total 13 87 36 22 29 109 84

    Non-CAF competitions edit

    Non-CAF competitions
    Competition Seasons Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Last season played
    Arab Champions League 2 9 5 2 2 15 7 2012–13
    Arab Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1989
    Maghreb Champions Cup (defunct) 4 10 4 5 1 15 11 1973
    Total 7 22 10 8 4 32 19

    Statistics by country edit

    Statistics correct as of game against Medeama on March 1, 2024

    CAF competitions edit

    Country Club P W D L GF GA GD
      Angola Petro Atlético 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
    Subtotal 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2
      Botswana Jwaneng Galaxy 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4
    Subtotal 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4
      Chad AS CotonTchad 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
    Subtotal 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4
      DR Congo TP Mazembe 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
    AC Sodigraf 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1
    Subtotal 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1
      Egypt Al Ahly 4 0 2 2 0 2 −2
    Pyramids 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1
    Zamalek 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3
    Subtotal 8 2 3 3 4 4 +0
      Ivory Coast ASEC Mimosas 4 0 2 2 1 9 −8
    Subtotal 4 0 2 2 1 9 −8
      Ghana Medeama 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
    Subtotal 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2
      Guinea Etoile Guinee 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
    Horoya AC 4 1 0 3 6 10 −4
    Subtotal 6 2 0 4 8 12 −4
      Kenya Gor Mahia 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7
    Subtotal 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7
      Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1
    AS Douanes 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
    Subtotal 6 2 2 2 8 7 +1
      Libya Al-Ahly 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
    Tersanah 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
    Al-Nasr 4 4 0 0 9 2 +7
    Subtotal 8 6 2 0 15 5 +10
      Mali Djoliba AC 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1
    Onze Créateurs 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
    Subtotal 6 2 3 1 7 4 +3
      Morocco FAR Rabat 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1
    Wydad AC 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
    Subtotal 4 1 2 1 2 2 +0
      Nigeria Akwa United 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1
    Subtotal 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1
      South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns 4 1 0 3 5 11 −6
    Subtotal 4 1 0 3 5 11 −6
      Sierra Leone Bo Rangers 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7
    Subtotal 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7
      Sudan Amal Atbara 2 1 0 1 2 1 +1
    Al-Merrikh 4 2 0 2 4 3 +1
    Al Hilal 2 0 2 0 1 1 +0
    Subtotal 8 3 2 3 7 5 +2
      Tanzania Young Africans 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1
    Subtotal 2 1 0 1 3 4 −1
      Tunisia Espérance 6 1 2 3 4 6 −2
    Étoile du Sahel 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2
    Subtotal 8 2 3 3 6 6 +0
      Zambia Nkana 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
    Subtotal 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2
    Total 87 36 22 29 109 84 +25

    Non-CAF competitions edit

    Result summary by country
    Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
      Comoros 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1
      Egypt 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2
      Jordan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
      Kuwait 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1
      Morocco 5 2 3 0 6 2 +4
      Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
      Sudan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
      Tunisia 6 2 2 2 9 10 −1
      Yemen 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5
    Total 22 10 8 4 32 19 +13

    African competitions goals edit

    Statistics correct as of game against Medeama on March 1, 2024

    Hat-tricks edit

    N Date Player Match Score Time of goals
    1 4 May 1979 Hocine Ben Miloudi CR Belouizdad – Al-Nasr SC Benghazi 4–2 7', 52', 64'
    2 1996 Ishak Ali Moussa CR Belouizdad – Horoya AC 5–2
    3 26 December 2020 Amir Sayoud CR Belouizdad – Gor Mahia 6–0 6', 20'p, 52'
    4 2 October 2023 Leonel Wamba CR Belouizdad – Bo Rangers 3–1 78'p, 80', 90'

    Two goals one match edit

    N Date Player Match Score
    1 11 April 1970 Hacène Lalmas CR Belcourt – AS Jeanne d'Arc 5–3
    2 27 May 2001 Ishak Ali Moussa CR Belouizdad – Al-Merrikh 3–0
    3 26 February 2022 Kheireddine Merzougui Jwaneng Galaxy – CR Belouizdad 0–2
    4 17 September 2023 Oussama Darfalou Bo Rangers – CR Belouizdad 1–3

    Non-CAF competitions goals edit

    List of All-time appearances edit

    This List of All-time appearances for CR Belouizdad in African competitions contains football players who have played for CR Belouizdad in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 20 or more appearances.

    Gold Still playing competitive football in CR Belouizdad.[note 2]

    # Name Position CL1 CCC SC TOTAL Date of first cap Debut against Date of last cap Final match against
    1   Sofiane Bouchar CB 35 9 – 44 9 Feb 2018 Onze Créateurs — —
    2   Chouaib Keddad CB 36 4 – 40 10 Aug 2019 AS CotonTchad — —
    3   Zakaria Draoui DM 33 5 – 38 9 Feb 2018 Onze Créateurs 22 Apr 2023 Mamelodi Sundowns
    4   Mokhtar Belkhiter RB 35 – – 35 29 Nov 2020 Al Nasr — —
    5   Housseyn Selmi DM 30 4 – 34 10 Aug 2019 AS CotonTchad — —
    6   Mohamed Islam Bakir LW 32 – – 32 6 Jan 2021 Gor Mahia — —
    7   Houssem Eddine Mrezigue DM 30 – – 30 6 Dec 2020 Al Nasr 1 Apr 2023 Espérance de Tunis
    8   Mohamed Islam Belkhir LW 31 – – 31 5 Mar 2021 Al Hilal — —
    9   Chemseddine Nessakh LB 20 4 – 24 10 Aug 2019 AS CotonTchad 23 Apr 2022 Wydad AC

    African and arab opponents by cities edit

    Notes edit

    1. ^ The CR Belouizdad v Mamelodi Sundowns match, originally scheduled to be played at Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers on 24 February 2021, was postponed due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed by Algeria on travelers from South Africa out of concern of the variant 501.V2.[14] The match was later rescheduled to be played outside Algeria on 28 February 2021 at National Stadium, Dar es Salaam (Tanzania).[15]
    2. ^ Statistics correct as of game against Medeama on March 1, 2024.

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