CR Belouizdad in African football

Amir Sayoud the best scorer in the club
Club	CR Belouizdad
Most appearances	Sofiane Bouchar 42
Top scorer	Amir Sayoud 11
First entry	1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs
Latest entry	2023–24 CAF Champions League

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 four occasions, the Confederation Cup on four occasions and the now-defunct Cup Winners' Cup on two occasions.

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.

After a difficult season that did not end due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Algeria.^[1] it was announced that CR Belouizdad had won the league title for the first time in 20 years and returned to participate in the CAF Champions League Qualifying to the group stage was easy by beating Al Nasr and Gor Mahia back and forth.^[2][3] where the draw was placed in a difficult group with Mamelodi Sundowns, TP Mazembe and Al Hilal.^[4] Despite the difficult start but in the last two rounds CR Belouizdad managed to win against TP Mazembe and Mamelodi Sundowns to qualify for the quarter-finals.^[5] to face Espérance de Tunis and defeat by penalty kicks 3–2.^[6]

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[7]	Cup Winners' Cup	Second round	Al-Nasr	4–2	1–0	5–2
		Quarterfinals	Horoya AC	0–3	1–3	1–6
1996[8]	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[9]	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[10]	Champions League	First round	ASC Jeanne d'Arc	1–1	0–1	1–2
2004[11]	Confederation Cup	First round	Etoile Guinee	2–1	0–1	2–2 (a)
2010[12]	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[13]	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
2020–21	Champions League	Preliminary Round	Al Nasr	2–0	2–0	4–0
		First round	Gor Mahia	6–0	2–1	8–1
		Group stage	TP Mazembe	2–0	0–0	2nd place
			Mamelodi Sundowns	1–5 [note 1]	2–0
			Al Hilal	1–1	0–0
		Quarter-finals	Espérance de Tunis	2–0	0–2	2–2 (2–3 p)
2021–22	Champions League	First round	Akwa United	2–0	0–1	2–1
		Second round	ASEC Mimosas	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		Group stage	Étoile du Sahel	2–0	0–0	2nd place
			Espérance de Tunis	1–1	1–2
			Jwaneng Galaxy	4–1	2–1
		Quarter-finals	Wydad AC	0–1	0–0	0–1
2022–23	Champions League	First round	Bo Rangers	3–0	0–0	3–0
		Second round	Djoliba	2–0	1–2	3–2
		Group stage	Zamalek	2–0	1–0	2nd place
			Espérance de Tunis	0–1	0–0
			Al Merrikh	1–0	0–1
		Quarter-finals	Mamelodi Sundowns	1–4	1–2	2–6
2023–24	Champions League	Second round	Bo Rangers	3–1	3–1	6–2
		Group stage	Young Africans	3–0	–
			Medeama	–	–
			Al Ahly	–	–

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)

Statistics

Statistics by country

Statistics correct as of game against Al Ahly on December 8, 2023

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
Botswana	Jwaneng Galaxy	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	6	2	+4
Chad	AS CotonTchad	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
DR Congo	TP Mazembe	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
	AC Sodigraf	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	3	2	+1
Egypt	Al Ahly	3	0	1	2	0	2	−2
	Pyramids	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1
	Zamalek	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		7	2	2	3	4	4	+0
Ivory Coast	ASEC Mimosas	4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Subtotal		4	0	2	2	1	9	−8
Ghana	Medeama	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		1	0	0	1	1	2	−1
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
Kenya	Gor Mahia	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	8	1	+7
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	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7
Subtotal		8	6	2	0	15	5	+10
Mali	Djoliba AC	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1
	Onze Créateurs	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		6	2	3	1	7	4	+3
Morocco	FAR Rabat	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	Wydad AC	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Subtotal		4	1	2	1	2	2	+0
Nigeria	Akwa United	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	1	2	−1
South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6
Subtotal		4	1	0	3	5	11	−6
Sierra Leone	Bo Rangers	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	9	2	+7
Sudan	Amal Atbara	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
	Al-Merrikh	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1
	Al Hilal	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0
Subtotal		8	3	2	3	7	5	+2
Tanzania	Young Africans	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Tunisia	Espérance	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2
	Étoile du Sahel	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		8	2	3	3	6	6	+0
Zambia	Nkana	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Total		84	35	21	28	106	80	+26

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 Al Ahly on December 8, 2023

Position Player TOTAL CCL CCC CWC 1 Amir Sayoud 11 8 3 – 2 Ishak Ali Moussa 7 4 – 3 = Leonel Wamba 5 5 – – 4 Karim Aribi 4 4 – – 5 Kheireddine Merzougui 3 3 – – = Mohamed Islam Belkhir 3 3 – – = Youcef Bechou 3 2 1 – = Chouaib Keddad 3 3 – – = Sofiane Bouchar 3 3 – – 10 Hamza Belahouel 2 1 1 – = Hacène Lalmas 2 2 – – = Marcellin Koukpo 2 2 – – = Chemseddine Nessakh 2 2 – – = Ahmed Gasmi 2 1 1 – = Zakaria Draoui 2 2 – – = Miloud Rebiaï 2 2 – – = Oussama Darfalou 2 2 – – = Abderrahmane Meziane 2 2 – – = Raouf Benguit 2 2 – – 20 Fadel Settara 1 1 – – = Mohamed Talis 1 1 – – = Fayçal Badji 1 1 – – = Kouider Boukessassa 1 1 – – = Sofiane Bouchar 1 – 1 – = Sid Ali Lakroum 1 – 1 – = Mohamed Benkablia 1 – 1 – = Mokhtar Lamhene 1 – 1 –

Position Player TOTAL CCL CCC CWC = Zakaria Draoui 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 – = Maecky Ngombo 1 1 – – = Abdelkader Belharrane 1 1 – – = Larbi Tabti 1 1 – – = Mohamed Islam Bakir 1 1 – – = Housseyn Selmi 1 1 – – = Abderrahmane Bourdim 1 1 – – = Hicham Khalfallah 1 1 – – = Khaled Bousseliou 1 1 – – = Houssem Eddine Mrezigue 1 1 – – = Mokhtar Kalem 1 1 – – = Meziane 1 1 – – = Selmi 1 1 – – = Lamin Jallow 1 1 – – = Own Goals 1 1 – – Totals 88 68 20 0

Non-CAF competitions goals

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

P Player Goals = Pascal Angan 1 = Mokhtar Khalem 1 = Onome Sodje 1 = Mustapha Dahleb 1 = Sofiane Harkat 1 = Achour Hacène 1

P Player Goals = Mouad Hadded 1 = Aimen Bouguerra 1 = Mohamed Islam Belkhir 1 = Chekroun 1

List of All-time appearances

This List of All-time appearances for CR Belouizdad in African competitions contains football players who have played for CR Belouizdad in African football competitions and have managed to accrue 20 or more appearances.

Gold Still playing competitive football in CR Belouizdad.^{[note 2]}

#	Name	Position	CL1	CCC	SC	TOTAL	Date of first cap	Debut against	Date of last cap	Final match against
1	Sofiane Bouchar	CB	33	9	–	42	9 Feb 2018	Onze Créateurs	29 Apr 2023	Mamelodi Sundowns
2	Zakaria Draoui	DM	33	5	–	38	9 Feb 2018	Onze Créateurs	22 Apr 2023	Mamelodi Sundowns
3	Chouaib Keddad	CB	33	4	–	37	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	—	—
4	Mokhtar Belkhiter	RB	33	–	–	33	29 Nov 2020	Al Nasr	—	—
5	Housseyn Selmi	DM	27	4	–	31	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	—	—
6	Houssem Eddine Mrezigue	DM	30	–	–	30	6 Dec 2020	Al Nasr	1 Apr 2023	Espérance de Tunis
7	Mohamed Islam Bakir	LW	29	–	–	29	6 Jan 2021	Gor Mahia	—	—
8	Mohamed Islam Belkhir	LW	29	–	–	29	5 Mar 2021	Al Hilal	—	—
9	Chemseddine Nessakh	LB	20	4	–	24	10 Aug 2019	AS CotonTchad	23 Apr 2022	Wydad AC

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

Nairobi

Pretoria

Lubumbashi

Sousse

Jwaneng

Uyo

Johannesburg

Bo

Dar es Salam

Casablanca

Tarkwa

Kuwait City

Abu Dhabi

Notes

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