CR Belouizdad in African football

CR Belouizdad, an Algerian professional association football club, has gained entry to Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions on several occasions. They have represented Algeria in the Champions League on three occasions, the Confederation Cup on four separate occasions, the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup two separate occasions.

CR Belouizdad in African football

Club	CR Belouizdad
First entry	1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Latest entry	2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup

History

CR Belouizdad whose team has regularly taken part in Confederation of African Football (CAF) competitions. Qualification for Algerian clubs is determined by a team's performance in its domestic league and cup competitions, CR Belouizdad have regularly qualified for the primary African competition, the African Cup, by winning the Ligue Professionnelle 1. CR Belouizdad have also achieved African qualification via the Algerian Cup and have played in the former African Cup Winners' Cup. the first match was against ASC Jeanne d'Arc and ended in victory for CR Belouizdad 5–3 but in the second leg, CR Belouizdad did not move to Senegal for unknown reasons. As for the biggest win result was in 1996 against Horoya AC 5–2, and biggest loss was in 2001 against ASEC Mimosas 7–0, The best participation was in 1996 in the African Cup Winners' Cup, when the team reached the semi-finals and was eliminated against AC Sodigraf.

CAF competitions

CR Belouizdad results in CAF competition

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
1970	Cup of Champions Clubs	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	5–3	canc.^2	5–3
1979[1]	Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Al-Nasr	4–2	1–0	5–2
		Quarterfinals	Horoya AC	0–3	1–3	1–6
1996[2]	Cup Winners' Cup	First round	Horoya AC	5–2	0–2	5–4
		Second round	AS Douanes	2–0	0–0	2–0
		Quarter-finals	Pretoria City FC	Walkover
		Semi-finals	AC Sodigraf	1–1	0–1	1–2
2001[3]	Champions League	First round	Al-Ahly	2–0	1–1	3–1
		Second Round	Al-Merrikh	3–0	0–2	3–2
		Group stage	Petro Atlético	0–1	1–2	4th place
			Al Ahly	0–1	0–1
			ASEC Mimosas	1–1	0–7
2002[4]	Champions League	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	1–1	0–1	1–2
2004[5]	Confederation Cup	First round	Etoile Guinee	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2010[6]	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	Tersanah	2–1	1–1	3–2
		First round	FAR Rabat	1–0	1–1	2–1
		Second Round	Amal Atbara	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second Round of 16	Djoliba AC	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
2018[7]	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	Onze Créateurs	2–0	1–1	3–1
		First round	Nkana	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Second Round	ASEC Mimosas	0–0	0–1	0–1
2019–20	Confederation Cup	Preliminary Round	AS CotonTchad	2–0	2–0	4–0
		First round	Pyramids	0–1	1–1	1–2

² CR Belcourt withdrew

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competition record

Season	Competition	Round	Opposition	Score
1970	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	Wydad AC	0–0 (2–1 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Final	CS Sfaxien	2–2 (4–3 p) (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
1971	Maghreb Champions Cup	First leg	Espérance de Tunis	2–2 (Tunis)
		Second leg	Espérance de Tunis	3–2 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		First leg	FAR de Rabat	3–0 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Second leg	FAR de Rabat	1–1 (Rabat)
1972	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	RS Settat	2–1 (Casablanca)
		Final	CS Sfaxien	2–1 (Casablanca)
1973	Maghreb Champions Cup	Semifinals	AD Marocaines	0–0 (4–3 p) (Tunis)
		Final	Étoile Sportive du Sahel	0–2 (Tunis)
1989	Arab Cup Winners' Cup	Group stage	Kuwait SC	0–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Al-Hilal Omdurman	0–1 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
			Zamalek SC	2–0 (Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium, Jeddah)
1995	Arab Club Champions Cup	Group stage	Al-Nassr	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Al-Wehdat	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Kazma	1–0 (Riyadh)
			Al-Wehda	5–0 (Riyadh)
		Semifinals	Espérance de Tunis	0–1 (King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh)
2012–13	UAFA Club Cup	Second round	Steal Nouvel FC	0–3^[B] (Sima, Comoros) 5–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers)
		Quarter-finals	Ismaily SC	1–1 (August 20, 1955 Stadium, Algiers) 1–1 (1–4 p) (30 June Stadium, Cairo)

^ ^{a b}

CR Belouizdad did not play the first leg and the result was awarded 3–0 to Steal Nouvel FC.

Statistics

By season

Information correct as of 29 September 2019.

Key

Pld = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Grp = Group stage

PR = Preliminary round R1 = First round R2 = Second round SR16 = Second Round of 16 R16 = Round of 16 QF = Quarter-final SF = Semi-final

Key to colours and symbols: W Winners RU Runners-up

CR Belouizdad record in African football by season

Season	Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Round
1970	African Cup of Champions Clubs	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2	R1
1979	African Cup Winners' Cup	4	2	0	2	6	8	−2	QF
1996	African Cup Winners' Cup	6	2	2	2	8	6	+2	SF
2001	CAF Champions League	10	2	2	6	8	16	−8	Grp
2002	CAF Champions League	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	R1
2004	CAF Confederation Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	R1
2010	CAF Confederation Cup	8	3	4	1	8	5	+3	SR16
2018	CAF Confederation Cup	6	2	2	2	6	3	+3	R2
2019–20	CAF Confederation Cup	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3	R1
Total		43	15	12	16	49	47	+2

By competition

In Africa

As of 29 September 2019:

CAF competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Champions League	3	14	3	3	8	14	23	2002
CAF Cup Winners' Cup	2	10	4	2	4	14	14	1996
CAF Confederation Cup	4	20	8	7	5	21	12	2019–20
Total	9	43	15	12	16	49	47

Non-CAF competitions

Non-CAF competitions
Competition	Seasons	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Last season played
Arab Champions League	2	9	5	2	2	15	7	2012–13
Arab Cup Winners' Cup	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1989
Maghreb Champions Cup	4	10	4	5	1	15	11	1973
Total	7	22	10	8	4	32	19

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against Pyramids on September 29, 2019

CAF competitions

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Angola	Petro Atlético	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Chad	AS CotonTchad	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
DR Congo	AC Sodigraf	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Egypt	Al Ahly	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2
	Pyramids	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		4	0	1	3	1	4	−3
Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Subtotal		4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Guinea	Etoile Guinee	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Horoya AC	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4
Subtotal		6	2	0	4	8	12	−4
Senegal	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1
	AS Douanes	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	8	7	+1
Libya	Al-Ahly	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
	Tersanah	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Al-Nasr	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Subtotal		6	4	2	0	11	5	+6
Mali	Djoliba AC	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Onze Créateurs	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		4	1	3	0	4	2	+2
Morocco	FAR Rabat	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Sudan	Amal Atbara	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
	Al-Merrikh	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	5	3	+2
Zambia	Nkana	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Total		43	15	12	16	49	47	+2

Non-CAF competitions

Result summary by country

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Comoros	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1
Egypt	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Jordan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Kuwait	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Morocco	5	2	3	0	6	2	+4
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Sudan	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Tunisia	6	2	2	2	9	10	−1
Yemen	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Total	22	10	8	4	32	19	+13

African competitions goals

Statistics correct as of game against Pyramids on September 29, 2019

Position	Player	TOTAL	CCL	CCC	CWC
1	Ishak Ali Moussa	4	4	–	–
2	Amir Sayoud	3	–	3	–
3	Hacène Lalmas	3	3	–	–
4	Fadel Settara	1	1	–	–
=	Mohamed Talis	1	1	–	–
=	Fayçal Badji	1	1	–	–
=	Kouider Boukessassa	1	1	–	–
=	Youcef Bechou	1	–	1	–
=	Sofiane Bouchar	1	–	1	–
=	Sid Ali Lakroum	1	–	1	–
=	Mohamed Benkablia	1	–	1	–
=	Mokhtar Lamhene	1	–	1	–
=	Zakaria Draoui	1	–	1	–
=	Ahmed Gasmi	1	–	1	–
=	Hamza Belahouel	1	–	1	–
=	Soufyane Mebarki	1	–	1	–
=	Seddik Berradja	1	–	1	–
=	Islam Slimani	1	–	1	–
=	Mohamed El Amine Aouad	1	–	1	–
=	Youcef Saïbi	1	–	1	–
=	Fayçal Badji	1	–	1	–
=	Boussaïd	1	–	1	–
=	Ibrahim Bousehaba	1	–	1	–
=	Sofiane Younès	1	–	1	–
Totals		31	11	20	0

Two goals one match

N	Date	Player	Match	Score
1	27 May 2001	Ishak Ali Moussa	CR Belouizdad – Al-Merrikh	3–0

Non-CAF competitions goals

P Player Goals = Boudjenoune 4 = Selmi Djillali 4 = Islam Slimani 2 = Hacène Lalmas 2 = Mehdi Benaldjia 1

P Player Goals = Amar Ammour 1 = Pascal Angan 1 = Mokhtar Khalem 1 = Achour Hacène 1

P Player Goals = Onome Sodje 1 = Mustapha Dahleb 1 = Sofiane Harkat 1 = Chekroun 1

African and arab opponents by cities

Le Caire

N'Djaména

Conakry

Omdurman

Bamako

Luanda

Tripoli

Kinshasa

Abidjan

Rabat

Atbara

Dakar

Benghazi

Tunis

Casablanca

Riyadh

Sfax

Al-Wehdat

Kuwait City

Sanaa

Ismaïlia

Sima

References

1. "1979 African Cup Winners' Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
2. "1996 African Cup Winners' Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
3. "2001 CAF Champions League". rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
4. "2002 CAF Champions League". rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
5. "2004 CAF Confederation Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
6. "2010 CAF Confederation Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
7. "2018 CAF Confederation Cup". rsssf.com. Retrieved 9 July 2017.