The Algerian Cup ( ar, كأس الجزائر) also known the Republic Cup ( ar, كأس الجمهورية), is a

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competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993. The most successful clubs in this competition are

USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its co ...

CR Belouizdad Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad S.s.p.a (Classical Arabic: الشّباب الرّياضيّ لبلوزداد, English Translation: Sporting Club of Belouizdad), known as ''Chabab Belouizdad'' or ''CR Belouizdad'' or simply ''CRB'' for short, is a ...

ES Setif Es, ES, or similar may refer to: Arts and entertainment * An alternate name for the musical note E♭ (E-flat) * ''E's'', a manga series by Satoru Yuiga * ''Es'' (film), the German title of ''It'', a 1966 West German film directed by Ulrich Scham ...

and

MC Alger Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

with eight trophies for each. The record for consecutive wins in the competition is only two, several teams have achieved such

, MC Oran, JS Kabylie and

MC Algiers Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home sta ...

. However, ES Sétif are the only to achieve this twice.

are the current title holders.

History

Before the country's independence, there were several football competitions running on the same system as the Algeria Cup. When the France decided to develop the sport in the colonies, including football, settlers created a number of agencies for the promotion of the sport. To make it more attractive, several types of competitions' cutting '' So were born.

Colonial Period

It already existed at that time, in the late fifties, a similar competition called "Algeria Cup football", which was played solely between Algerian clubs but settlers. To get there, one must understand that this was the result of a long process of both sports, political and historical. When football appeared in North Africa, it was not structured enough for organizing major football competitions. At the beginning of, small football challenges appear

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and

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and criterium in

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and

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. These small competitions désignèrent unofficial champions because regulatory bodies came much later in France (

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and FFFA in

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) where chaos reigned for several football federations coexisted. North Africa was then divided into five regions each had a football league. So we had the Morocco Football League Association or LMFA for Morocco; the

League of Oran Football Association The League of Oran Football Association, also called League of Oran or simply LOFA for a short was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the '' colonial football '' to Oran; She pa ...

or LOFA for

Oran Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...

ut; the

League Algiers Football Association The League Algiers Football Association, also called League Algiers Football or League of Algiers was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the '' colonial football '' to Algiers; S ...

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for

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

ois; the

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or LCFA for

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; and Tunisian Football League Association or LTFA for Tunisia. Each of these leagues organized football championships (between

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and

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) on different levels including the highest honor was called Division (DH ). Meanwhile, a larger football competition appears during the year

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called

North African Championship The North African Championship was a football competition involving the territories of French Algeria, French protectorate of Morocco and French protectorate of Tunisia. It was played between the champions of the Tunisian, the Moroccan footb ...

. This competition was governed by the

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created the same year, and included all the champions of honor division of North African football leagues. The winner was crowned "Champion of North Africa" and saw himself put an art object. It retained its trophy season and saw the honor of defending his due by being automatically qualified for the next edition accompanied by another club in the league.

Regional colonial cups

The Oran Cup (1926-1957)

The Oran Cup was a competition organized by the

The football Forconi Cup (1946-1957)

The

Forconi Cup The Forconi Cup, also called Coupe Edmond Forconi was an Organized in 1942 to 1962, open to all clubs affiliated to the League Algiers Football Association. Regional level as for all Algiers department, the competition to determine the qualified ...

was a competition organized by the

model '' cut '', and departmental or regional dimension. At that time

was a

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French covering more than 170.000 km2 including the cities of

of Aumale of Blida of Médéa of Miliana of

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and Tizi Ouzou. Founded in

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at the end of World War II, this competition took place until

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. This was the only dimension of cutting departmental football in North Africa in the colonial era. The competition was named ''Cup Forconi'' in memory of Edmond Forconi, Vice-President of the Algiers League at this time, after he died as a result of his war wounds. This departmental cut was also very popular because it concerned all teams affiliated to the Algiers League whatever their levels. From

until

, the winner of this competition will receive a trophy saw that he kept one season and also had the honor of defending his due but at the stage of final quarters of the competition the next edition. If this system was designed in this way is that the reason was obvious; the winner was also referred to the North African Cup, thus allowing him to devote himself fully to this competition without worrying about the preliminary rounds for the next edition of the Forconi Cup. The competition will disappear as a result of the disappearance of the North African Cup combined with the independence of the Morocco and Tunisia during 1956.

Algerian Cup (1957-1962)

After independence

Trophées des Coupes d'Algérie 1963 et 1964

The 5 July 1962, Algeria gained independence after seven and a half years of war. This is the end of an entire sporting world with the end of football competitions organized by 'settlers'. The clubs 'settlers' stopped in their towers and the clubs '' Muslim '' respawn. The page of football history ''colonial'' turned definitively in North Africa as Algeria, another begins, the football Algerian.

Creating the Algerian Cup

At independence, many football tournaments are held around the country in order to celebrate the country's independence. Behind the scenes, we are active as can be to organize what became the country's first football championship. It was still only a regional championship called "Criterium". All the football system in Algeria of rethinking. However, the main regional leagues were kept, which were renamed ''Western Region'' (former League of Oran), ''Central Region'' (former League of Algiers) and ''East Region'' (former League Constantine). Each of these leagues organized the winners of the playoffs at the end of '' play-off '' to qualify for the finals to determine the first champion of Algeria nationwide. Alongside the championship, the young

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 ...

chaired by Dr. Mohand Amokrane Maouche, launches another nationwide competition. This was to allow all affiliated clubs to compete in a competition type ''cutting'' nationally. It is based on his neighbors and on what was already being done elsewhere in the world, especially in Europe, was born the first Algerian Cup.

Algerian Cup winners and finalists

The record for most wins of the tournament by a club is 8, held by

and ES Sétif six clubs have won consecutive Algerian Cups on more than one occasion: ES Sétif (1963, 1964 and 1967, 1968),

(1969, 1970), MC Oran (1984, 1985), JS Kabylie (1992, 1994),

(2003, 2004),

(2006, 2007). Five clubs have won the Algerian Cup as part of a League and Cup double, namely

(1966, 1969, 1970),

(1968, 2012),

(1976), JS Kabylie (1977, 1986) and

(2003).

Mahieddine Meftah Mahieddine "Tchico" Meftah (born 25 September 1968 in Tizi Ouzou) is a former Algerian national footballer. He is one of the most capped Algerian player (with 77 national caps). Honours Club ; JS Kabylie * Ligue 1 (3): 1988-89, 1989-90, 1994 ...

holds the record for most Algerian Cup winner's medals, with seven: Two with JS Kabylie (

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) and five with USM Alger (

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and

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). The record for most winner's medals for a manager is Abdelkader Amrani Four times with four different clubs they are WA Tlemcen (

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), ASO Chlef (

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), MO Béjaïa (

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