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| Organiser(s) | Algerian Football Federation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1962 |
| Region |  Algeria |
| Teams | 64 |
| Qualifier for | CAF Confederation Cup |
| Domestic cup | Algerian Super Cup |
| Current champions | USM Alger (9th title) |
| Most championships | USM Alger CR Belouizdad (9 titles) |
| Broadcaster | EPTV |
| Website | Official |
 2025–26 Algerian Cup | |
TheAlgerian Cup (Arabic:كأس الجزائر), also known as theRepublic Cup (Arabic:كأس الجمهورية), is an annualknockoutfootball competition inAlgerian football, organized by theAlgerian Football Federation.
The competition was founded in 1962 and is open to all eligible clubs of the Algerian football league system,. The winners automatically qualify for both theCAF Confederation Cup and theAlgerian Super Cup the following year. If they have already qualified for CAF Confederation Cup through their league position, the Confederation Cup spot is given to the highest-placed team in the league who has not yet qualified.
USM Alger andCR Belouizdad are the most successful clubs in the competition, having won 9 titles. USM Alger have contested the most finals with 18 finals. USM Alger are also the most recent winners, having defeated rivals CR Belouizdad in the 2025 final held at theNelson Mandela Stadium.
Before the country's independence, there were several football competitions running on the same system as the Algeria Cup. When theFrance decided to develop[citation needed] the sport in the colonies, settlers created a number of agencies for the promotion of the sport.
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 inNorth Africa, it was not structured enough for organizing major football competitions. At the beginning, small football challenges appear1904 and1905 and criterium in1911 and1912. These small competitions désignèrent unofficial champions because regulatory bodies came much later in France (USFSA in1913 andFFFA in1919) where chaos reigned for several football federations coexisted.
North Africa was then divided into five regions each had a football league. So we had theLeague of Oran Football Association (LOFA) forDepartment of Oran; theLeague Algiers Football Association (LAFA) forDepartment of Algiers; theLeague of Constantine Football Association (LCFA) forDepartment of Constantine; theMorocco Football League Association (LMFA) forMorocco; andTunisian Football League Association (LTFA) forTunisia.
Each of these leagues organized football championships (between1920 and1959) on different levels including the highest honor was called Division (DH ). Meanwhile, a larger football competition appears during the year1921 calledNorth African Championship. This competition was governed by theUnion of North African football leagues 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.
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TheOran Cup was a competition organized by theLeague of Oran Football Association.
TheForconi Cup was a competition organized by theLeague Algiers Football Association model cut, and departmental or regional dimension. At that timeAlgiers was aDepartment French covering more than 170.000 km2 including the cities ofAlgiers ofAumale ofBlida ofMédéa ofMiliana ofOrléansville andTizi Ouzou. Founded in1946 at the end ofWorld War II, this competition took place until1957. This was the only dimension of cutting departmental football inNorth Africa in the colonial era. The competition was namedCup Forconi in memory of Edmond Forconi, Vice-President of theAlgiers 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 theAlgiers League whatever their levels. From1946 until1957, 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 theNorth 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 theMorocco andTunisia during 1956.
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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 historycolonial turned definitively inNorth Africa asAlgeria, another begins, the footballAlgerian.
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 renamedWestern Region (former League of Oran),Central Region (former League of Algiers) andEast 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 youngAlgerian Football Federation chaired by Dr. Mohand Amokrane Maouche, launches another nationwide competition. This was to allow all affiliated clubs to compete in a competition typecutting nationally. It is based on his neighbors and on what was already being done elsewhere in the world, especially inEurope, was born the first Algerian Cup.
The record for most wins of the tournament by a club is 9, held byUSM Alger andCR Belouizdad.
Six clubs have won consecutive Algerian Cups on more than one occasion:ES Sétif (1963, 1964 and 1967, 1968),CR Belouizdad (1969, 1970),MC Oran (1984, 1985),JS Kabylie (1992, 1994),USM Alger (2003, 2004),MC Alger (2006, 2007).
Five clubs have won the Algerian Cup as part of aLeague and Cup double, namelyCR Belouizdad (1966, 1969, 1970),ES Setif (1968, 2012),MC Alger (1976),JS Kabylie (1977, 1986) andUSM Alger (2003).
Mahieddine Meftah holds the record for most Algerian Cup winner's medals, with seven: Two with JS Kabylie (1992 and1994) and five with USM Alger (1997,1999,2001,2003 and2004). The record for most winner's medals for a manager isAbdelkader Amrani Five times with four different clubs they areWA Tlemcen (1998),ASO Chlef (2005,2023),MO Béjaïa (2015) andCR Belouizdad (2019).
Each club in the final receives 30 winners or runners-up medals to be distributed among players, staff, and officials.
| Period | Sponsor | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1962–2006 | No main sponsor | Algerian Cup |
| 2006–2008 | Djezzy | Djezzy Algerian Cup |
| 2008–2009 | ATM Mobilis | Mobilis Algerian Cup |
| 2009–2013 | Nedjma | Nedjma Algerian Cup |
| 2013–2014 | Ooredoo | Ooredoo Algerian Cup |
| 2014– | ATM Mobilis | Mobilis Algerian Cup |
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(at least 5 titles)
| Player | Titles | Winning years | Clubs |
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| Mahieddine Meftah | 7 | 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | JS Kabylie (2), USM Alger (5) |
| Tarek Hadj Adlane | 6 | 1988, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001 | USM Alger (4), JS Kabylie (2) |
| Billel Dziri | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | all with USM Alger |
| Mohamed Hamdoud | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | all with USM Alger |
| Hocine Achiou | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | all with USM Alger |
| Rabah Deghmani | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | all with USM Alger |
| Farid Djahnine | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | all with USM Alger |
| Tarek Ghoul | 5 | 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 | all with USM Alger |
| Mounir Zeghdoud | 5 | 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008 | USM Alger (4), JSM Béjaïa (1) |
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