North African Cup

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

The North African Cup is an old football competition organized in 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
FranceAlgeria
CDJ Oran
1 – 0 FranceAlgeria
GS Alger
1931–32
Details
FranceAlgeria
RU Alger
2 – 1 Morocco
US Morocco
1932–33
Details
FranceAlgeria
CDJ Oran
2 – 1 Morocco
US Morocco
Stade Alenda, Oran
1933–34
Details
FranceAlgeria
CDJ Oran
2 – 0 Morocco
US Morocco
1934–35
Details
FranceAlgeria
CDJ Oran
4 – 2 Morocco
US Morocco
1935–36
Details
Tunisia
Italia Tunis
1 – 0 Morocco
Olympic Morocco
1936–37
Details
FranceAlgeria
RU Alger
2 – 0 FranceAlgeria
GS Alger
1937–38
Details
Morocco
Olympic Marocco
1 – 0 AlgeriaFrance
GS Alger
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1938–39
Details
Morocco
SA Marrakech
2 – 0 Morocco
CS Morocco
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1939–40 not held[n 1]
1940–41
Details
FranceAlgeria
ASM Oran
3 – 0 FranceAlgeria
RU Alger
Stade Alenda, Oran
1941–42
Details
Morocco
SA Marrakech
1 – 0 FranceAlgeria
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
Details
Morocco
US Morocco
2 – 1 FranceAlgeria
Olympic Hussein Dey
1947–48
Details
Morocco
US Athlétique
6 – 0 FranceAlgeria
AS Saint-Eugène
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1948–49
Details
Morocco
Wydad AC
2 – 1 Morocco
US Athlétique
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1949–50
Details
FranceAlgeria
AS Saint-Eugène
4 – 3 FranceAlgeria
SC Bel-Abbès
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1950–51
Details
FranceAlgeria
SC Bel-Abbès
1 – 0 Morocco
Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1951–52
Details
FranceAlgeria
FC Blida
3 – 1 Morocco
Racing AC
1952–53
Details
Morocco
US Morocco
2 – 0 Morocco
Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1953–54
Details
FranceAlgeria
USSC Témouchent
1 – 0 FranceAlgeria
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1954–55
Details
FranceAlgeria
SC Bel-Abbès
5 – 2
(aet)
FranceAlgeria
GS Alger
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1955–56
Details
FranceAlgeria
SC Bel-Abbès
not played [n 2] FranceAlgeria
USM Bel-Abbès

Performance by club

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

* Match not played

Performance by nation

Num League Winners Runners-up
1 AlgeriaFrance Oran department 8 3
2 Morocco Morocco 7 10
3 AlgeriaFrance Algiers department 4 7
4 Tunisia Tunisia 1 0
5 AlgeriaFrance 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.

ULNA Super Cup

The North-African Super Cup pits the winner of the North-African Cup and his runner-up against the winner of North African Championship and his runner-up.

Champions of the Super Cup (ULNA).

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.