2020–21 Algerian League Cup

2020–21 League Cup
Logo of the 2020–21 edition
Tournament details
Country	Algeria
Dates	20 April – 10 August 2021
Teams	20
Final positions
Champions	JS Kabylie (1st title)
Runner-up	NC Magra
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	37 (1.95 per match)
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The 2020–21 Algerian League Cup was the 4th season of the Algerian League Cup. The competition was open to all 20 clubs participating in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Twenty years after it came back again due to the cancellation of the Algerian Cup. JS Kabylie won their first league cup title and qualified to the 2021–22 CAF Confederation Cup. ^{[1] [2]}

The FAF presented two variants to the members of the Federal Bureau who opted for the following system:

• The clubs concerned: the 20 teams of professional Ligue 1.
• The period of progress: this competition will start at the end of the first leg and after the transfer the mercato.
• The 4 clubs entered in the African Cups: in this case CR Belouizdad, MC Alger, ES Sétif and JS Kabylie, are exempt from the preliminary round.
• Eight clubs out of the remaining 16 will be drawn to play a preliminary round which will allow four teams to qualify.
• The four qualified clubs, plus the four exempted as well as the eight remaining, will play in the round of 16 after a draw.
• The following rounds will be contested in a classic way with a quarter-final, semi-finals and a final.
• The first club drawn will receive on its own ground and behind closed doors.

The competition started on 16 April 2021.

The Preliminary round and Round of 16 draw took place on 10 April at 11:00 a.m local time at Algerian Football Federation headquarters. The four Algerian teams engaged in continental competition MC Alger, CR Belouizdad, JS Kabylie and ES Sétif were exempted from this round. ^{[3] [4]}

CA Bordj Bou Arréridj v MC Oran

16 April 2021	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	0–0 ( a.e.t.) (2–3 p)	MC Oran	Bordj Bou Arréridj
22:30		Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Youcef Gamouh
	Penalties
	Sebie Hammouche Bousmaha Rahba Gagaâ		Ezzemani Bentiba Guertil Fourloul

US Biskra v Paradou AC

30 April 2021	US Biskra	0–0 ( a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Paradou AC	Biskra
15:30				Stadium: Stade du 18 Février Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Abdelmoumen Touabti
	Penalties
	Boukaroum Dakhia Renaï Lakhdari Khoualed		Zorgane Messibah Kadri Mouali Bouabta

CR Belouizdad v NC Magra

8 May 2021	CR Belouizdad	0–0 ( a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	NC Magra	Algiers
22:30				Stadium: Stade du 5 Juillet Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Mohamed Saïdi
	Penalties
	Djerrar Merzougui Nessakh Belahouel		Bouguèche Righi Kabri Fegas

MC Oran v WA Tlemcen

5 June 2021	MC Oran	0–0 ( a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	WA Tlemcen	Oran
17:00		Report		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Attendance: 0 [a] Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef
	Penalties
	Motrani Ezzemani Bounoua		Aichi Amiri Nezouani Belaribi

10 August 2021

19:00

NC Magra	2–2 ( a.e.t.)	JS Kabylie
Demane 11' Korichi 93'		Boualia 37' Haroun 120'
Penalties
Fegaâs Korichi Belhamri	1–4	Souyad Ghanem Benchaira Boualia

Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers

Attendance: 0 ^[a]

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal ^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Billel Messaoudi	JS Saoura	2
	Hamza Banouh	NA Hussein Dey
	Merouane Boussalem	NA Hussein Dey
	Mohamed Tubal	JS Kabylie
	Tawfiq Elghomari	Olympique de Médéa
5	25 players		1