North African Champions Cup
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The North African Champions Cup was a football competition involving the then French territories of 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...

, Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 and Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...

.

It was played between the champions of the Tunisian and Moroccan leagues and the 3 Algerian regional leagues. Morocco did not enter their champions until the 1928/29 season. In 1956  the cup was re-named the Algerian Champions Cup as Morocco and Tunisia both became independent of France in that year and left the cup.

Winners of unofficial editions

  • 1911/12 FC Blidéen (Blida
    Blida
    Blida is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name Blida, i.e...

    )
  • 1912-19 not known
  • 1919/20 Racing Club (Tunis
    Tunis
    Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....

    )

Winners of the North African Champions Cup

  • 1920/21 AS Marine (Oran)
  • 1921/22 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1922/23 FC Blidéen (Blida)
  • 1923/24 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1924/25 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1925/26 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1926/27 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1927/28 Gallia Sports (Alger)
  • 1928/29 FC Blidéen (Blida)
  • 1929/30 AS Saint Eugène (Alger)
  • 1930/31 Club des Joyeusetés (Oran)
  • 1931/32 US Marocaine (Casablanca
    Casablanca
    Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

    )
  • 1932/33 US Marocaine (Casablanca)
  • 1933/34 US Marocaine (Casablanca)
  • 1934/35 Racing Universitaire (Alger)
  • 1935/36 Gallia Club (Oran)
  • 1936/37 Gallia Sports (Alger)
  • 1937/38 Jeunesse AC Bône
  • 1938/39 Racing Universitaire (Alger)
  • 1939/40 not held
  • 1940/41 not held
  • 1941/42 US Marocaine (Casablanca)
  • 1942/43 not held
  • 1943/44 not held
  • 1944/45 not held
  • 1945/46 not held (FC Oran won unofficial tournament)
  • 1946/47 Gallia Sports (Alger)
  • 1947/48 Wydad Casablanca
  • 1948/49 Wydad Casablanca
  • 1949/50 Wydad Casablanca
  • 1950/51 Gallia Sports (Alger)
  • 1951/52 US Marocaine (Casablanca)
  • 1952/53 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1953/54 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1954/55 ESFM Guelma
    ES Guelma
    Espérance Sportive de Guelma, better known as ES Guelma, is an Algerian football club based in Guelma founded in 1939. The club currently plays in the Regionale 1 division of the Ligue Regionale de Football de Annaba, the fourth highest tier in Algerian football...

  • 1955/56 not held

Winners of Algerian Champions Cup

  • 1956/57 not held
  • 1957/58 Gallia Sports Alger
  • 1958/59 Olympique Hussein-Dey
  • 1959/60 SC Bel-Abbès (Sidi-bel-Abbès)
  • 1960/61 AS Saint Eugène (Alger)
  • 1961/62 abandoned
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