The Ligue de Football Professionnel (, ( ar, رابطة كرة القدم المحترفة) ''Professional Football League''), commonly known as the LFP, is an Algerian governing body that runs the major professional

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leagues in Algeria. It was founded in 2010 and serves under the authority of the

Algerian Football Federation The Algerian Football Federation (AFF); ( ar, الاتحادية الجزائرية لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Algeria. It was formed in 1962 and was based in the capital Algiers. It has jurisdiction on the Algerian ...

. The president of the league is Mohamed Mechrara. The league is responsible for overseeing, organizing, and managing the top two leagues in Algeria,

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and is also responsible for the 32 professional football clubs that contest football in Algeria (20 in Ligue Pro. 1, 12 in Ligue 2, and two in the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur).

External links

Official LFP site
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