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Scoring charts1 May 2027
Alimi Sikiru is the division’s leading scorer
5 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. JS Saoura have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
Alimi Sikiru is the division's player of the month — 8.52
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a JS Saoura man on 8.52 with 7 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
Ben Ahmed Kohili is the month's best young player — 8.20
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.20 over the month and 5 goal contributions, from a Paradou player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 May 2027
Ammar El Orfi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what MC El Bayadh can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
Nobody made more than Mustapha Soukkou this month
3 assists, 7.96, and a Paradou player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 May 2027
Glody Likonza has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around USM Alger they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
Best marks in the division for Alimi Sikiru — 8.52
8.52 on average across 4 matches for JS Saoura. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
4 in 4 for CS Constantine. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
4 in 4 for USM Alger. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 May 2027
5 goals in 4 appearances for Paradou leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 May 2027
No place for Samir Aïboud in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Samir Aïboud has his answer from USM Khenchela; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Aimen Mahious is the division’s leading scorer
4 goals in 3 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. JS Kabylie have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Player of the month: Ahmed Hassan — 8.44
Everybody in the division was measured and a CS Constantine man came out on top: 8.44 across the month and 5 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Dramane Kamagaté is the month's best young player — 7.25
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.25 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a MC El Bayadh player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Apr 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at MB Rouissat, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
The division’s top provider is Billal Messaoudi — 8.53
3 assists across the month from a JS Kabylie player marked 8.53. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Apr 2027
Only the photograph left for Merwane Khelif
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Merwane Khelif will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around MC Alger the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
Best marks in the division for Billal Messaoudi — 8.53
8.53 on average across 3 matches for JS Kabylie. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
3 in 3 for CS Constantine. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
3 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
2 goals in 3 appearances for CS Constantine leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Apr 2027
3 in 3 for JS Kabylie. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Market1 Apr 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Kamel Chergui has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at USM Khenchela.
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Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Riad Benayad is the division’s leading scorer
7 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. ES Setif have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Marked 8.26 across it, 9 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. ES Setif have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Ben Ahmed Kohili is the month's best young player — 8.18
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.18 over the month and 6 goal contributions, from a Paradou player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Mar 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Mar 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at ES Ben Aknoun, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Mar 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. JS Kabylie have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Mar 2027
The deal that would have taken Ilyes Chetti to MB Rouissat has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to USM Alger with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Abderrahmane Bacha leads the division for assists — 7.87
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Paradou player marked 7.87, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Highest marks in the league belong to a ES Setif man
Riad Benayad averaged 8.26 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
A productive month at MC Oran — 6 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Farid Boulaya up among the month's scorers
A productive month at USM Alger — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
4 in 4 for ES Setif. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
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Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 3 appearances for CR Belouizdad.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Everybody in the division was measured and a MC Oran man came out on top: 7.86 across the month and 4 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Market1 Feb 2027
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. USM Alger have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Young player of the month: Ben Ahmed Kohili — 7.46
7.46 across the month and 4 goal contributions from a Paradou player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Feb 2027
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at USM Alger, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Feb 2027
The bid was some way short and CR Belouizdad did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
The division’s top provider is Lofti Boussouar — 7.59
5 assists across the month from a CR Belouizdad player marked 7.59. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.37 across 3 matches for CR Belouizdad.
Market1 Feb 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. USM Alger will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
4 goals in 5 appearances for ES Setif, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for USM Alger leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
4 goals in 5 appearances for MC Alger leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Alimi Sikiru is the division’s leading scorer
5 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. JS Saoura have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Player of the month: Alimi Sikiru — 8.41
Everybody in the division was measured and a JS Saoura man came out on top: 8.41 across the month and 5 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Paradou
Ben Ahmed Kohili was marked 7.53 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Jan 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
3 assists across the month from a USM Alger player marked 7.88. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Highest marks in the league belong to a JS Saoura man
Alimi Sikiru averaged 8.41 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for CS Constantine leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for ASO Chlef leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
3 in 4 for USM Alger. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Market1 Jan 2027
Zakaria Naïdji is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at MC Alger has been clear about where Zakaria Naïdji stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market1 Jan 2027
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
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Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Player of the month: Alimi Sikiru — 9.03
Everybody in the division was measured and a JS Saoura man came out on top: 9.03 across the month and 6 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for CS Constantine
João Pedro was marked 6.83 and had a hand in 0 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Dec 2026
Ammar El Orfi hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what MC El Bayadh can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
The division’s top provider is Lofti Boussouar — 7.79
4 assists across the month from a CR Belouizdad player marked 7.79. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Alimi Sikiru is the division's best-marked player — 9.03
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 9.03 across 3 matches for JS Saoura.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
5 goals in 3 appearances for CS Constantine leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
5 goals in 3 appearances for JS Saoura leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
5 goals in 3 appearances for ES Setif leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
3 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Market1 Dec 2026
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at MC Oran has been clear about where Moulay Abdelaziz stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market1 Dec 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at ES Setif, another week without a signature from Mohamed Aïdara.
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Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
8 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. MC Oran have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Everybody in the division was measured and a MC Oran man came out on top: 8.98 across the month and 9 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Young player of the month: Mohamed Zaalouk — 7.05
7.05 across the month and 2 goal contributions from a ES Mostaganem player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
The division’s top provider is Ismail Saadi — 7.17
5 assists across the month from a JS Saoura player marked 7.17. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Nov 2026
Dadi Mouaki hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what CS Constantine can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Mohamed Benyettou is the division's best-marked player — 8.98
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.98 across 4 matches for MC Oran.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
3 goals in 4 appearances for Olympique Akbou leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Farid Boulaya up among the month's scorers
A productive month at USM Alger — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
5 goals in 4 appearances for CR Belouizdad leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
3 goals in 4 appearances for MC Alger, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Market1 Nov 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Abdelatif Ramdane has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at MC Alger.
Market1 Nov 2026
11 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
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Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 3 appearances for MC Alger.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Zakaria Naïdji is the division's player of the month — 8.69
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a MC Alger man on 8.69 with 6 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Mohamed Zaalouk is the month's best young player — 7.56
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.56 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a ES Mostaganem player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Oct 2026
Hadji Chekal hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what CS Constantine can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Billal Messaoudi leads the division for assists — 7.68
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a JS Kabylie player marked 7.68, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Zakaria Naïdji is the division's best-marked player — 8.69
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.69 across 3 matches for MC Alger.
Market1 Oct 2026
ASO Chlef say no — this time
The offer from El Dakhleya for Redouane Zerdoum was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market1 Oct 2026
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Adel Bouzida reports back to Paradou with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
3 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
4 goals in 3 appearances for JS Kabylie leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
3 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
2 goals in 3 appearances for ES Mostaganem, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
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Market1 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what MC El Bayadh can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Sep 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market1 Sep 2026
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
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Market1 Aug 2026
11 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Market1 Aug 2026
Tarek Bouabta is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at ASO Chlef has been clear about where Tarek Bouabta stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market1 Aug 2026
“Ambitious players need ambitious projects. Draw your own conclusions.” Yacine Goudjil’s representative said it with a smile, and made sure everyone wrote it down.