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League of Oran Football Association

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League of Oran Football Association
Founded1919
Folded1962 due to fall of France
after 38 seasons
CountryFranceAlgeria French Algeria
ConfederationFrance FFF
Number of clubsvaried
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)Oran Cup
Coupe de France
Last championsUSSC Témouchent
(1960–61)
Most championshipsSC Bel Abbès (15)

The League of Oran Football Association, also called League of Oran or simply LOFA for a short was an organization of soccer in Algeria to the French colonial era. Founded in 1920 in order to develop the colonial football to Oran; She paused for a moment due to World War II, then resumed in 1946. Eventually it will cease all activities in 1962 after the end of the War of Algeria who devoted the independence of the Algeria and which led to the mass exodus of settlers to France signifier abandonment of sports clubs run by the "settlers" and their structures.

Affiliated to the French Football Federation with four other leagues in North Africa that are leagues: the Algiers of Constantine of Tunisia and Morocco; League of Oran so possessed as his four sisters the status of "league" or "Championship" amateur, and had four divisions that corresponded to the seventh, sixth, fifth and fourth division of French football.

These leagues so were the main football regions in North Africa from cutting the French colonial administration. They were very structured and very hierarchical and organized competitions for all age categories in addition to a so-called "corporate" (or category Championship "corporate" or company), the highest level was called Division of Honor .

History

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Oran League

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The Oran League is champions of Honor Division (DH) of the French league system. It concerne the north west of Algeria, called west of Algeria or Oranie.

Finals

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1ère Série - CRO / USFASA

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Season Winner Runner-up
1900–01 CA Oran
1901–02 SC Oran CA Oran
1902–03 SC Oran CA Oran
1903–04 SC Oran CA Oran
1904–05 SC Oran
1905–06 SC Oran
1906–07 CDJ Oran
1907–08 CA Oran GC Oran
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11 SC Bel Abbès
1911–12 SC Bel Abbès CA Oran
1912–13 SC Bel Abbès CA Oran
1913–14 CDJ Oran FC Oran
1914–15 canceled due to the World War I
1915–16 CS Oran
1916–17 CS Oran V. Mostaganem
1917–18
1918–19 AS Marine d'Oran SC Bel Abbès
1919–20 AS Marine d'Oran SC Bel Abbès

Division d'honneur LOFA / ULNAF / FFF

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Season Winner Runner-up
1920–21 AS Marine d'Oran SC Bel Abbès
1921–22 SC Bel Abbès AS Marine d'Oran
1922–23 SC Bel Abbès AS Marine d'Oran
1923–24 SC Bel Abbès AS Marine d'Oran
1924–25 SC Bel Abbès
1925–26 SC Bel Abbès
1926–27 SC Bel Abbès
1927–28 SC Bel Abbès
1928–29 AS Marine d'Oran SC Bel Abbès
1929–30 CDJ Oran SC Bel Abbès
1930–31 GC Oran JP Bel Abbès
1931–32 CDJ Oran USM Oran
1932–33 USM Oran AS Marine d'Oran
1933–34 CDJ Oran USM Oran
1934–35 USM Oran SC Bel Abbès
1935–36 GC Oran IS Mostaganem
1936–37 CDJ Oran SC Bel Abbès
1937–38 CDJ Oran SS Marsa
1938–39* CDJ Oran AS Marine d'Oran
1939–40* AS Marine d'Oran USM Bel Abbès
1940–41* AS Marine d'Oran USM Oran
1941–42 CDJ Oran GC Oran
1942–43* USM Oran
1943–44* USM Oran
1944–45* USM Oran
1945–46* FC Oran CDJ Oran
1946–47 SC Bel Abbès CDJ Oran
1947–48 FC Oran SC Bel Abbès
1948–49 USM Oran AS Marsa
1949–50 USM Oran SC Bel Abbès
1950–51 GC Mascara USM Oran
1951–52 SC Bel Abbès USM Oran
1952–53 SC Bel Abbès USSC Témouchent
1953–54 SC Bel Abbès USSC Témouchent
1954–55 SC Bel Abbès USM Oran
1955–56 SC Bel Abbès USM Bel Abbès

Division d'honneur LOFA / FFF

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Season Winner Runner-up
1956–57 SC Bel Abbès
1957–58 SC Bel Abbès SC Bel Abbès
1958–59 CAL Oran SC Bel Abbès
1959–60 AS Marsa USSC Témouchent
1960–61 USSC Témouchent AGS Mascara
1961–62 Cancelled
*: No League of Oran played from 1939 to 1941 and from 1943 to 1946 because World War II (1939–1945), Critérium de Guerre Tournament in place but apparently counted for the League of Oran.
From the 1956-57 season, muslim clubs ended their participations in any competition.

Titles by club

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Rank Club Winners Winning seasons
1 SC Bel Abbès 15 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1947, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958
2 CDJ Oran 7 1930, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942
USM Oran 7 1933, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1950
4 AS Marine d'Oran 3 1921, 1929, 1941
5 GC Oran 2 1931, 1936
FC Oran 2 1946, 1948
7 GC Mascara 1 1951
CAL Oran 1 1959
AS Marsa 1 1960
USSC Témouchent 1 1961

FNAFA Oran League (1925–1929)

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In 1925 the Oran with some Oranian clubs left the Oran Football Association League (LOFA) in protest at the management of the league, they gave birth to the Federation of North African Football Association (FNAFA) whose headquarters was in Oran. The headquarters of the league will be divided between the two cities of Oran and Sidi Bel Abbès until the final and total transfer of the LOFA management to Oran in 1930.[1]

Below the table finals:

Season Winner Runner-up
1925–26 AS Marine d'Oran
1926–27 AS Marine d'Oran
1927–28 CDJ Oran CA Oran
1928–29 AS Eckmühl CDJ Oran

Oran Cup

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References

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  1. ^ "Oran, le football et la mer à l'époque coloniale". preo.u-bourgogne.fr (in French). Didier Rey. 24 May 2024.
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