ULNA Champions League
The Last Trophy (1946-1956)
Founded1920
Abolished1956
RegionNorth Africa
Number of teams6 teams
Last championsAlgeriaFrance ESFM Guelma
Most successful club(s)AlgeriaFrance SC Bel Abbès (7 times)

The North African Championship, commonly referred as ULNA Champions League is an old football competition organized in North Africa since 1920 to 1956, it pits only the champions of the North African Leagues against each other at the end of the season to set the African Champion. It disappears at the end of the 1955-1956 edition.[1]

Winners of unofficial edition

Was organized by the Union of French Athletic Sports Societies (UFASS).

Winners of the official competition

Was organized by the Union of North-African Football Leagues, hosted by the FIFA.

Year Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
1920 Tunisia
Racing Club Tunis
2 – 1 Algeria
AS Marine Oran
..., Algiers
1921 Algeria
AS Marine Oran
3 – 1 Algeria
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1922 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 1 Algeria
RC Philippeville
..., Philippeville
1923 Algeria
FC Blida
1 – 0 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1924 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 1 Algeria
FC Blida
..., Algiers
1925 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
2 – 0 Tunisia
Stade Gaulois Tunis
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1926 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0 Tunisia
SC Tunis
..., Tunis
1927 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
3 – 0 Algeria
JS Philippeville
Stade des Oliviers, Sidi Bel Abbès
1928 Algeria
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2
(aet)
Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1929 Algeria
FC Blida
1 – 0
(aet)
Algeria
Gallia Sports Alger
..., Algiers
1930 Algeria
AS Saint Eugène
3 – 0 Morocco
OM Rabat
Stade Belvédère, Rabat
1931 Algeria
CDJ Oran
3 – 2
(aet)
Morocco
CS Marocain
Stade Alenda, Oran
1932 Morocco
USM Casablanca
4 – 1 Algeria
Gallia Club Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1933 Morocco
USM Casablanca
3 – 0 Algeria
USM Oran
Stade Alenda, Oran
1934 Morocco
USM Casablanca
2 – 0 Tunisia
US Tunis
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1935 Algeria
RU Alger
2 – 1 Algeria
USM Oran
..., Algiers
1936 Algeria
Gallia Club Oran
5 – 0 Algeria
AS Saint Eugène
Stade Alenda, Oran
1937 Algeria
Gallia Sports Alger
3 – 2 Algeria
CDJ Oran
..., Algiers
1938 Algeria
JAC Bône
3 – 1 Morocco
USM Casablanca
Stade Municipal Paul Pantaloni, Bône
1939 Algeria
RU Alger
2 – 1 Morocco
USM Casablanca
..., Algiers
1940 not held [n 1]
1941 not held [n 1]
1942 Morocco
USM Casablanca
4 – 1 Algeria
CDJ Oran
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1943 not held [n 1]
1944 not held [n 1]
1945 not held [n 1]
1946 Algeria
FC Oran
2 – 1 Morocco
USM Casablanca
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1947 Algeria
Gallia Sports Alger
2 – 0 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
..., Algiers
1948 Morocco
Wydad AC
4 – 2 Morocco
USA Casablanca
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1949 Morocco
Wydad AC
3 – 0 Algeria
MO Constantine
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1950 Morocco
Wydad AC
4 – 0 Algeria
USM Oran
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1951 Algeria
Gallia Sports Alger
1 – 0 Tunisia
CS Hammam-Lif
..., Algiers
1952 Morocco
USM Casablanca
2 – 0 Algeria
AS Saint Eugène
..., Algiers
1953 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
4 – 0 Algeria
FC Blida
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1954 Algeria
SC Bel Abbès
6 – 1 Tunisia
CS Hammam-Lif
Stade Vincent Monréal, Oran
1955 Algeria
ESFM Guelma
2 – 1
(aet)
Morocco
Wydad AC
Stade Philip, Casablanca
1956 not held

Winners by team

Num Club Winners Runners-up
1 Algeria SC Bel Abbès 7 (1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1953, 1954) 3 (1923, 1928, 1947)
2 Morocco USM Casablanca 5 (1932, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1952) 3 (1938, 1939, 1946)
3 Algeria Gallia Sport d'Alger 4 (1928, 1937, 1947, 1951) 1 (1929)
4 Morocco Wydad AC 3 (1948, 1949, 1950) 1 (1955)
5 Algeria FC Blida 2 (1923, 1929) 3 (1921, 1924, 1953)
6 Algeria RU Alger 2 (1935, 1939) 0
7 Algeria AS Saint Eugène 1 (1930) 2 (1936, 1952)
Algeria CDJ Oran 1 (1931) 2 (1937, 1942
9 Algeria Gallia Club Oran 1 (1936) 1 (1932)
10 Tunisia Racing Club Tunis 1 (1920) 0
Algeria AS Marine Oran 1 (1921) 0
Algeria JAC Bône 1 (1938) 0
Algeria FC Oran 1 (1946) 0
Algeria ES Guelma 1 (1955) 0
15 Algeria USM Oran 0 3 (1933, 1935, 1950)
16 Morocco USA Casablanca 0 2 (1948, 1949)
Tunisia CS Hammam-Lif 0 2 (1951, 1954)
18 Algeria RC Philippeville 0 1 (1922)
Tunisia Stade Gaullois Tunis 0 1 (1925)
Tunisia SC Tunis 0 1 (1926)
Algeria JS Phillipville 0 1 (1927)
Morocco OM Rabat 0 1 (1930)
Morocco Stade Marocain 0 1 (1931)
Tunisia US Tunisienne 0 1 (1934)
NTB:

Winners by nation

Num Nation Winners Runners-up
1 AlgeriaFrance Oran (department) 11 9
2 AlgeriaFrance Alger (department) 9 7
3 Morocco Morocco 8 7
4 AlgeriaFrance Constantine (department) 2 2
5 Tunisia Tunisia 1 2

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The competition were cancelled because of the Second World War
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