The Algerian Women's Championship is the top flight of women's association football in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

. It is the women's equivalent of the Ligue 1, but not professional.

History

The first women's football club formed in Algeria is COS Tiaret in 1975. And since 1990, several women's other clubs began to appear. So it's decide that the first Algerian women's championship began in 1998.

2011/12 teams

• Affak Relizane
• ASE Algiers-Centre
• CLT Belouizdad
• FC Bejaia
• JF Khroub
• FC Constantine
• COS Tiaret

• ESF Constantine
• AS Oran-Centre
• USF Bejaia
• ASFW Bejaia
• FSR Skiskda (promoted)
• Etoile Oran (promoted)
• l'UM Djelfa (promoted)

Format

The teams play a double round-robin. The season usually starts in October and lasts until June.

Champions

The list of champions and runners-ups:

Year	Champions	Runners-up
1999	JS Kabylie	ASE Algiers-Centre
2000	ASE Algiers-Centre
2001	ASE Algiers-Centre
2002	JS Kabylie
2003	ASE Algiers-Centre
2004	ASE Algiers-Centre
2005	ASE Algiers-Centre	Intissar Oran
2006	ASE Algiers-Centre	COS Tiaret
2007	ASE Algiers-Centre	JS Kabylie
2008	ASE Algiers-Centre	Affak Relizane
2009	ASE Algiers-Centre	Affak Relizane
2010	ASE Algiers-Centre	Affak Relizane
2011	Affak Relizane	ASE Algiers-Centre

Most successful clubs

#	Club	Champions	Runners-Up	Winning Seasons	Runners-Up Seasons
1	ASE Algiers-Centre	10	2	2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010	1999,2011
2	APDSF Tizi-Ouzou (ex. JS Kabylie)	2	1	1999, 2002	2007
3	Affak Relizane	1	3	2011	2008, 2009, 2010
4	COS Tiaret	0	1		2006
-	Intissar Oran	0	1		2005

External links

• Algerian Football Federation
• Algeria (Women), List of Champions - rsssf.com