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

governing body A governing body is a group of people that has the authority to exercise governance over an organization or political entity. The most formal is a government, a body whose sole responsibility and authority is to make binding decisions in a taken ...

that runs the major

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and ski ...

football leagues in Algeria. It was founded in 2010 and serves under the authority of the Algerian Football Federation. The president of the league is Mohamed Mechrara. The league is responsible for overseeing, organizing, and managing the top two leagues in Algeria, Ligue 1 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 Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur commonly known as the LNFA, is an Algerian governing body that runs the second-highest division in the Algerian football league system. It was founded in 2010 and serves under the authority of the Algerian Footb ...

External links

Official LFP site
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