| Algerian football champions |
|---|
|
| Founded |
| 1962 |
| Number of teams |
| 18 |
| Current champions |
| CR Belouizdad |
| Country |
 Algeria
|
| Most successful club |
| JS Kabylie (14-time champions) |
The Algerian football champions are the winners of the primary football league in Algeria, Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The league is contested on a round robin basis and the championship is awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season. Algerian football league, first established in 1962, originally contained fifty two teams. Ligue 1 is contested by 16 teams; the three lowest-placed teams are relegated to the Ligue 2 and replaced by the top three teams in that division. Of the founding teams in Algerian football league