Algerian league champions: honours list and records
Ligue 1 Mobilis is the top tier of Algerian football, contested by 16 clubs. Since 1962-1963, the first season after independence, 64 league titles have been awarded to 15 different clubs. MC Alger are the reigning champions after winning the 2025-2026 season. Below you will find the champions season by season, the most decorated clubs and the main records, all checked as of 14 October 2026.
Algerian champions season by season since 2006-2007
Every season was cross-checked against the RSSSF list of champions, the Wikipedia honours list and the Algerian press. All twenty rows match.
Season | Champion |
|---|---|
2006-2007 | ES Sétif |
2007-2008 | JS Kabylie |
2008-2009 | ES Sétif |
2009-2010 | MC Alger |
2010-2011 | ASO Chlef |
2011-2012 | ES Sétif |
2012-2013 | ES Sétif |
2013-2014 | USM Alger |
2014-2015 | ES Sétif |
2015-2016 | USM Alger |
2016-2017 | ES Sétif |
2017-2018 | CS Constantine |
2018-2019 | USM Alger |
2019-2020 | CR Belouizdad |
2020-2021 | CR Belouizdad |
2021-2022 | CR Belouizdad |
2022-2023 | CR Belouizdad |
2023-2024 | MC Alger |
2024-2025 | MC Alger |
2025-2026 | MC Alger |
In those twenty seasons ES Sétif were crowned six times, every one of them between 2006-2007 and 2016-2017. CR Belouizdad and MC Alger have four titles each over the same stretch, and USM Alger have three.
Most successful clubs since independence
Club | Titles since 1962-1963 |
|---|---|
JS Kabylie | 14 |
CR Belouizdad | 10 |
MC Alger | 10 |
ES Sétif | 8 |
USM Alger | 8 |
MC Oran | 4 |
CS Constantine | 2 |
Eight clubs have a single title: USM Annaba (1963-1964, a different club from today's USM Annaba), NA Hussein Dey (1966-1967), RS Kouba (1980-1981), GCR Mascara (1983-1984), MO Constantine (1990-1991), US Chaouia (1993-1994), USM El Harrach (1997-1998) and ASO Chlef (2010-2011).
These totals include titles won under earlier names: JS Kawkabi and JE Tizi-Ouzou for JS Kabylie, CR Belcourt for CR Belouizdad, MP Alger for MC Alger, EP Sétif for ES Sétif and MP Oran for MC Oran. JS Kabylie have not won the league since 2007-2008, yet they still hold the record.
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Records and streaks
Four titles in a row: CR Belouizdad, from 2019-2020 to 2022-2023. No other club has managed it since independence.
Three titles in a row: MC Alger, from 2023-2024 to 2025-2026.
First champions of independent Algeria: USM Alger, in 1962-1963.
Best defence: MC Alger conceded 18 goals in 30 matches in 2025-2026, the lowest total in the league that season.
2025-2026: a tenth title for MC Alger
Mouloudia finished the campaign with 20 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats for 65 points, scoring 41 goals. They were handed the champions' shield on Friday 5 June 2026 after a 2-0 win over ASO Chlef on the 30th and final matchday at the Douéra stadium. That tenth title drew them level with CR Belouizdad.
MC Alger and runners-up JS Saoura are playing in this season's CAF Champions League, a competition whose full list of winners, including five Algerian triumphs, is in our CAF Champions League roll of honour. CR Belouizdad and USM Alger are in the Confederation Cup.
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