1998 Championnat National 1 final

1998 Division 1 final Stade 5 Juillet 1962.jpg Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers hosted the final 1997–98 Division 1 USM El Harrach 3 USM Alger 2 June 29, 1998 Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Algiers Mohamed Benouza 1964 1999 The 1998 Division 1 final was the third final of the Algerian Championnat. The match took place on June 29, 1998, at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers with kick-off at 14:00. USM El Harrach beat USM Alger 3-0 to win their first Algerian Championnat. Venues Stade 5 Juillet 1962 The 5 July 1962 Stadium (ar ملعب 5 جويلية 1962), (the name refers to 5 July 1962, the day Algeria declared independence), is a football and athletics stadium located in Algiers, Algeria. The stadium was inaugurated in 1972 with a capacity of 95,000. It served as the main stadium of the 1975 Mediterranean Games, the 1978 All-Africa Games, the 2004 Pan Arab Games, and the 2007 All-Africa Games. The stadium was one of two venues of the 1990 African Cup of Nations (the other venue was the 19 May 1956 Stadium in Annaba). It hosted 9 matches of the tournament, including the final match, which had a second record attendance of 105,302 spectators. In the final match, the home team Algeria defeated Nigeria 1–0 to win the tournament. Division 1 Group A main WDL Group A Q UHA USM El Harrach CSC CS Constantine WAT WA Tlemcen MCO MC Oran CAB CA Batna CRB CR Belouizdad MOC MO Constantine USC US Chaouia 6 7 1 17 7 Q 7 4 3 16 11 6 3 5 17 12 Q 5 3 6 20 19 4 6 4 14 14 5 2 7 17 19 4 3 7 11 19 2 6 6 9 18 #D0F0C0 Qualified for the championship final QF #97deff 1999 African Cup Winners' Cup ACWC 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf Group B main WDL Group B Q UAL USM Alger JSK JS Kabylie ESM ES Mostaganem ESS ES Sétif MCA MC Alger AAM AS Aïn M'lila WAB WA Boufarik UBL USM Blida 6 7 1 16 10 Q 6 4 4 14 11 6 3 5 20 16 4 6 4 15 15 3 7 4 8 11 2 9 3 8 11 1 9 4 11 12 1 9 4 9 13 #D0F0C0 Qualified for the championship final QF 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete rsssf Championship final Summary This is the third final in history and the first since 1964. USMA previously played the first final in 1963 against MC Alger. At the beginning of the first half, USM Alger took control of the course of the half and the most dangerous opportunity was for Mahieddine Meftah after he committed a foul that hit the crossbar. In the 36th minute Mohamed Manga played the ball across the USM El Harrach penalty area which ended up being hit by Redha Zouani, who managed to direct a header towards goal but straight at Ould Mata. At the last minute Ryad Bencheikha earned a penalty kick but goalkeeper Farid Belmellat was saved it, ending the first half with a score of 1–0 for l'USMA, with USM El Harrach playing defensively to prevent USM Alger from gaining momentum. In the second half and in the 65th minute Zouani playing a low cross towards Manga in the penalty area who managed to tuck the ball into the net to make it 2–0. In the last twenty minutes, USM El Harrach achieved the remontada, scoring the first goal in the 69th minute through Rafik Diab. Four minutes later Ammar Boutaleb equalized the score from a penalty kick, and in the 80th minute Bencheikha scored the third goal. In the last minute USMA won a penalty kick which was taken by Mounir Zeghdoud, but Ould Mata saved it and the match was brought to an end with USM El Harrach winning 3–2 achieving the first title in its history. Details 29 June 1998 15:00 3 – 2 ReportRésultat de la finale championnat d'Algérie 1997-1998, paru dans "Le Matin", N° 1948 daté du mardi 30 juin 1998, page 22 et El Watan daté du mardi 30 juin 1998, page 14. USM El Harrach USM Alger Diab 69Boutaleb 73 pen.Benchikha 80 Zouani 36Manga 65 Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers Mohamed Benouza _blackcollar FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 000000 FFFF00 USM El Harrach _black_stripes _red stripes _black_stripes FF0000 000000 FF0000 FF0000 USM Alger GK1 ALG Slimane Ould Mata ALG Hichem Yahia ALG Kamel Benaissi 27 ALG Sid Ali Kasri ALG Toufik Kabri 15 ALG Rafik Diab ALG Nacereddine Meraga 61 ALG Khaled Lounici (c) 37FW ALG Azeddine Fekid17 ALG Mustapha Kerrache 64FW11 ALG Ryad Bencheikha 81 84Substitutes :FW ALG Mohamed Rahem 61FW ALG Ammar Boutaleb 64FW ALG Mohamed Ould Ameur 84 ALG Othmane Amirat ALG Hakim Diguer ALG Mourad BoukellalGB ALG El-Hadi LamraniManager :ALG Mustapha Heddane GK1 ALG Farid BelmellatDF5 ALG Mounir ZeghdoudDF4 ALG Fayçal Hamdani (c) 87DF6 ALG Mahieddine MeftahDF2 ALG Mohamed HamdoudDF ALG Foued Smati 58MF3 ALG Rachid BoumrarMF8 ALG Billel DziriMF ALG Farid Djahnine 81FW10 ALG Redha Zouani 68FW7 NGR Mohamed Manga 37Substitutes :DF ALG Abdelouahab Tizarouine 87FW ALG Tarek Hadj Adlane 68MF ALG Nabil Mehdaoui 81GK ALG Ait AmroucheMF ALG Samir SloukiaMF ALG Sid Ahmed MarcelMF ALG Hamid Aït BelkacemManager :ALG Younès Ifticen Assistant referees: Oukil Briksi Fourth official: Mohamed YoubiMatch rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used. References External links 1997–98 Algerian Championnat National Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 finals 1 Algeria Category:USM Alger matches