Sporting Club de Bel-Abbès, known as SC Bel-Abbès or simply SCBA for a short, is a French

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club founded in 1906 in

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. It's considered as the most successful North African club before 1962 under the French colonisation.

History

The club was founded on 1906 by Georges Lhermine (who became the first president of the club) and Edmond Veith in

. It holds the record for the most titles won in North Africa under French colonisation. The club was dissolved in 1962 after the independence of Algeria.

Stadium

The club played in Stade Paul André (ex. Stade des Oliviers). After 1962 the stadium was renamed Three Amarouch Brothers Stadium (Stade des Trois Frères Amarouch). It have a capacity of 7,000 places.

Achievements

National

* League of Oran :Champion (15): 1921–22, 1922–23, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1946–47, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58 *Algerian Championship CFA :Champion (1): 1960 :Runner-up: 1961 *Algerian Cup (FFF) :Winner (3): 1958, 1959, 1960.

Regional

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 ...

:Champion (7): 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1953, 1954 :Runner-up (3): 1923, 1928, 1947 *

North African Cup The North African Cup was a football competition involving the then French territories of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia from 1930 to 1956. The tournament was contested between the clubs of five leagues, with Morocco and Tunisia contributing one lea ...

:Champion (2): 1951, 1955 :Runner-up (2): 1950, 1956

Notable players

* Robert Gomez * André Liminana * Joseph Rodriguez *

Emmanuel Aznar Emmanuel Aznar (23 December 1915 – 4 October 1970) was a French footballer. Career Anzar, a left-footed wing half with a ferocious shot, played a total of 169 games and scored 118 goals for Olympique de Marseille. However this figure includes ...

* Sauveur Rodriguez * Slimane Benyamina * Djillali Aber * Joseph "Jobic" Lepage * Amato Olmiccia *Marion * Serge Guttierez *Cascalès *Di Orio * Georges Taillepierre * Hubert Gros * Saïd Amara *Yung *Ploner

External links

Club profile
– ''Footballdatabase'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Bel-Abbès, CS Football clubs in Algeria Defunct football clubs in Algeria Association football clubs established in 1906 Association football clubs disestablished in 1962 1906 establishments in Algeria