North African Championship

The North African Championship, commonly referred as ULNA Champions League is an old football competition organized in North Africa since 1920 to 1956, it pits only the champions of the North African Leagues against each other at the end of the season to set the African Champion. It disappears at the end of the 1955-1956 edition.[1]

ULNA Champions League
The Last Trophy (1946-1956)
Founded1920
Abolished1956
RegionNorth Africa
Number of teams6 teams
Last championsAlgeriaFrance ESFM Guelma
Most successful club(s)AlgeriaFrance SC Bel Abbès (7 times)

Winners of unofficial edition edit

Was organized by the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies (UFASS).

Winners of the official competition edit

Was organized by the Union of North-African Football Leagues, hosted by the FIFA.

Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
1920  
Racing Club Tunis
2 – 1  
AS Marine Oran
..., Algiers
1921  
AS Marine Oran
3 – 1  
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1922  
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 1  
RC Philippeville
..., Philippeville
1923  
FC Blida
1 – 0  
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1924  
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 1  
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1925  
SC Bel Abbès
2 – 0  
Stade Gaulois Tunis
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1926  
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0  
SC Tunis
..., Tunis
1927  
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0  
JS Philippeville
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1928  
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2
(aet)
 
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1929  
FC Blida
1 – 0
(aet)
 
Gallia Sports Alger
..., Algiers
1930  
AS Saint Eugène
3 – 0  
OM Rabat
Stade Belvédère, Rabat
1931  
CDJ Oran
3 – 2
(aet)
 
CS Marocain
Stade Alenda, Oran
1932  
USM Casablanca
4 – 1  
Gallia Club Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1933  
USM Casablanca
3 – 0  
USM Oran
Stade Alenda, Oran
1934  
USM Casablanca
2 – 0  
US Tunis
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1935  
RU Alger
2 – 1  
USM Oran
..., Algiers
1936  
Gallia Club Oran
5 – 0  
AS Saint Eugène
Stade Alenda, Oran
1937  
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2  
CDJ Oran
..., Algiers
1938  
JAC Bône
3 – 1  
USM Casablanca
Stade Municipal Paul Pantaloni, Bône
1939  
RU Alger
2 – 1  
USM Casablanca
..., Algiers
1940 not held [n 1]
1941 not held [n 1]
1942  
USM Casablanca
4 – 1  
CDJ Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1943 not held [n 1]
1944 not held [n 1]
1945 not held [n 1]
1946  
FC Oran
2 – 1  
USM Casablanca
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1947  
Gallia Sports Alger
2 – 0  
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1948  
Wydad AC
4 – 2  
USA Casablanca
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1949  
Wydad AC
3 – 0  
MO Constantine
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1950  
Wydad AC
4 – 0  
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1951  
Gallia Sports Alger
1 – 0  
CS Hammam-Lif
..., Algiers
1952  
USM Casablanca
2 – 0  
AS Saint Eugène
..., Algiers
1953  
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 0  
FC Blida
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1954  
SC Bel Abbès
6 – 1  
CS Hammam-Lif
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1955  
ESFM Guelma
2 – 1
(aet)
 
Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1956 not held

Winners by team edit

Num Club Winners Runners-up
1   SC Bel Abbès 7 (1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1953, 1954) 3 (1923, 1928, 1947)
2   USM Casablanca 5 (1932, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1952) 3 (1938, 1939, 1946)
3   Gallia Sport d'Alger 4 (1928, 1937, 1947, 1951) 1 (1929)
4   Wydad AC 3 (1948, 1949, 1950) 1 (1955)
5   FC Blida 2 (1923, 1929) 3 (1921, 1924, 1953)
6   RU Alger 2 (1935, 1939) 0
7   AS Saint Eugène 1 (1930) 2 (1936, 1952)
  CDJ Oran 1 (1931) 2 (1937, 1942
9   Gallia Club Oran 1 (1936) 1 (1932)
10   Racing Club Tunis 1 (1920) 0
  AS Marine Oran 1 (1921) 0
  JAC Bône 1 (1938) 0
  FC Oran 1 (1946) 0
  ES Guelma 1 (1955) 0
15   USM Oran 0 3 (1933, 1935, 1950)
16   USA Casablanca 0 2 (1948, 1949)
  CS Hammam-Lif 0 2 (1951, 1954)
18   RC Philippeville 0 1 (1922)
  Stade Gaullois Tunis 0 1 (1925)
  SC Tunis 0 1 (1926)
  JS Phillipville 0 1 (1927)
  OM Rabat 0 1 (1930)
  Stade Marocain 0 1 (1931)
  US Tunisienne 0 1 (1934)
NTB:

Winners by nation edit

Num Nation Winners Runners-up
1    Oran (department) 11 9
2    Alger (department) 9 7
3   Morocco 8 7
4    Constantine (department) 2 2
5   Tunisia 1 2

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e The competition were cancelled because of the Second World War

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