North African Cup

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North African Cup
Trophy of North African Cup (1930–1956)
Founded1930
Abolished1956
RegionNorth Africa (ULNA)
Last championsAlgeriaFrance SC Bel Abbès
Most successful club(s)CDJ 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]

Winners of the North African Cup

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Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
1930–31
Details
France
CDJ Oran
1 – 0 France
Gallia Sports d'Alger
1931–32
Details
France
RU Alger
2 – 1 Morocco
USM Casablanca
1932–33
Details
France
CDJ Oran
2 – 1 Morocco
USM Casablanca
Stade Alenda, Oran
1933–34
Details
France
CDJ Oran
2 – 0 Morocco
USM Casablanca
1934–35
Details
France
CDJ Oran
4 – 2 Morocco
USM Casablanca
1935–36
Details
Tunisia
Italia de Tunis
1 – 0 Morocco
ISO Marocaine (Casablanca)
1936–37
Details
France
RU Alger
2 – 0 France
Gallia Sports d'Alger
1937–38
Details
Morocco
ISO Marocaine (Casablanca)
1 – 0 France
Gallia Sports d'Alger
1938–39
Details
Morocco
SA Marrakech
2 – 0 Morocco
Stade Marocain
1939–40 not held[n 1]
1940–41
Details
France
AS Marine Oran
3 – 0 France
RU Alger
Stade Alenda, Oran
1941–42
Details
Morocco
SA Marrakech
1 – 0 France
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
USM Casablanca
2 – 1 France
Olympique Hussein Dey
1947–48
Details
Morocco
US Athlétique Casablanca
6 – 0 France
AS Saint-Eugène (Algiers)
1948–49
Details
Morocco
Wydad AC Casablanca
2 – 1 Morocco
US Athlétique Casablanca
1949–50
Details
France
AS Saint-Eugène (Algiers)
4 – 3 France
SC Bel-Abbès
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1950–51
Details
France
SC Bel-Abbès
1 – 0 Morocco
Wydad AC Casablanca
..., Casablanca
1951–52
Details
France
FC Blidéen
3 – 1 Morocco
Racing AC Casablanca
1952–53
Details
Morocco
USM Casablanca
2 – 0 Morocco
Wydad AC Casablanca
1953–54
Details
France
USSC Témouchent
1 – 0 France
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1954–55
Details
France
SC Bel-Abbès
5 – 2
(aet)
France
Gallia Sports d'Alger
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran 20,000
1955–56
Details
France
SC Bel-Abbès
not played [n 2] France
USM Bel-Abbès

Winners by team

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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

Winners by league

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

Notes and references

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e The competition were cancelled because 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

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  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.
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