North African Cup

North African Cup
Trophy of North African Cup (1930–1956)
Founded1930
Abolished1956
RegionNorth Africa (ULNA)
Last champions SC Bel Abbès
Most championshipsCDJ Oran (4 times)

The North African Cup is an old football competition organized in French North Africa since 1930. It was dissolved after the 1956 edition, due to the independence of Morocco and Tunisia. After the independence of Morocco and Tunisia from France, three Algerian leagues remained participating in the cup, Algiers, Constantine and Oran.[1][2][3]

Records and statistics

List of finals

Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
1930–31
Details

CDJ Oran
1 – 0
GS Alger
1931–32
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RU Alger
2 – 1
USM Casablanca
1932–33
Details

CDJ Oran
2 – 1
USM Casablanca
Stade Alenda, Oran
1933–34
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CDJ Oran
2 – 0
USM Casablanca
1934–35
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CDJ Oran
4 – 2
USM Casablanca
1935–36
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Italia Tunis
1 – 0
Olympique Marocain
1936–37
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RU Alger
2 – 0
GS Alger
1937–38
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Olympique Marocain
1 – 0
GS Alger
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1938–39
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SA Marrakech
2 – 0
Stade Marocain
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1939–40 not held[n 1]
1940–41
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ASM Oran
3 – 0
RU Alger
Stade Alenda, Oran
1941–42
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SA Marrakech
1 – 0
CDJ Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1942–43 not held[n 1]
1943–44 not held[n 1]
1944–45 not held[n 1]
1945–46 not held[n 1]
1946–47
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US Morocco
2 – 1
Olympic Hussein Dey
1947–48
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US Athlétique
6 – 0
AS Saint-Eugène
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1948–49
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Wydad AC
2 – 1
US Athlétique
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1949–50
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AS Saint-Eugène
4 – 3
SC Bel-Abbès
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1950–51
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SC Bel-Abbès
1 – 0
Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1951–52
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FC Blida
3 – 1
Racing AC
1952–53
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USM Casablanca
2 – 0
Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1953–54
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USSC Témouchent
1 – 0
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1954–55
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SC Bel-Abbès
5 – 2
(aet)

GS Alger
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1955–56
Details

SC Bel-Abbès
not played [n 2]
USM Bel-Abbès

Performance by club

Num Club Winners Runners-up
1 CDJ Oran 4 (1931, 1933, 1934, 1935) 1 (1942)
2 USM Casablanca 2 (1947, 1953) 4 (1932, 1933, 1934, 1935)
3 SC Bel Abbès 2 (1951, 1955) 2 (1950, 1956*)
4 RU Alger 2 (1932, 1937) 0
SA Marrakech 2 (1939, 1942) 0
6 Wydad AC 1 (1949) 2 (1951, 1953)
7 ISO Marocaine (Casablanca) 1 (1938) 1 (1936)
US Athlétique Casablanca 1 (1948) 1 (1949)
AS Saint-Eugène (Algiers) 1 (1950) 1 (1948)
10 Italia de Tunis 1 (1936) 0
AS Marine Oran 1 (1941) 0
FC Blidéen 1 (1952) 0
USSC Témouchent 1 (1954) 0
15 Gallia Sports d'Alger 0 4 (1931, 1937, 1938, 1955)
16 Stade Marocain 0 1 (1939)
Olympique Hussein Dey 0 1 (1947)
Racing AC Casablanca 0 1 (1952)
USM Oran 0 1 (1954)
USM Bel-Abbès 0 1 (1956*)

* Match not played

Performance by nation

Num League Winners Runners-up
1 Oran department 8 3
2 Morocco 7 10
3 Algiers department 4 7
4 Tunisia 1 0
5 Constantine department 0 0
In the 1955/56 edition, two teams from the department of Oran went to the final; however it was not played. So normally the department of Oran is ranked in the first place with 8 winners and four runners-up.

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e The competition were cancelled because of the Second World War
  2. ^ USMBA refused to play after the captain of SCBA had been cleared to play the match in spite of his expulsion in an earlier match

References

  1. ^ "الرئيسية".
  2. ^ "Club de Derb Jeunesse d'Oran | Algérie".
  3. ^ "L'Associaion" Sentiers des amateurs" ( Derb el Houet) et les deux clubs "JIL IBDAA" et "TAOUKT HAMAMA" font fusion pour le developpement de qualité des arts bélabésiens". 16 November 2012.