2014–15 Algerian Cup

2014–15 Algerian Cup
	كأس الجزائر
Country	Algeria
Dates	12 December 2014 – 1 May 2015
Teams	64 (as of first national round)
Defending champions	MC Alger (7)
Champions	MO Béjaïa
Runners-up	RC Arbaâ
Matches played	48
Goals scored	128 (2.67 per match)
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 Algerian Cup is the 51st edition of the Algerian Cup. The winner will qualify to the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup. MC Alger are the defending champions, having beaten JS Kabylie 1–1 (5-4) in the previous season's final.

Round of 64

The round of 64 was held on 12 and 13 December 2014.^[1]

December 13, 2014	US Boukhadara	0 – 0 (a.e.t) (5 – 4 p)	US Oued Amizour	Stade Colonel Chabou Abdelkader, Annaba
14 h 00		Repport		Referee: Boulahbib, Benhamza, Kirani

December 13, 2014	AHM Hassi Messaoud	1 – 0	RC Relizane	Olympic Ouargla Stadium, Ouargla
14 h 00	Berrabah 45+3'	Repport		Attendance: 600 Referee: Tiouri, Dif, Saâdoune

December 12, 2014	NRB El Achir	1 – 0	OM Arzew	Stade 20 Août 1955, Bordj Bou Arréridj
14 h 30	Amer 31'	Repport		Referee: Hansal, Ikhlef, Kadem

December 13, 2014	MC El Eulma	3 – 2 (a.e.t)	A Bou Saada	Stade Messaoud Zougar, El Eulma
14 h 00	Kara 86' Derrardja 90+4' (pen.) Kadri 105'	Repport	8' Mesbah 65' Laâraf	Referee: Necib, Mekhlouf, Benaceur

December 12, 2014	MO Béjaïa	1 – 1 (a.e.t) (4 – 3 p)	JS Saoura	Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa
16 h 00	Okacha Hamzaoui 90'	Repport	33' Jean Bapidi	Attendance: 0 Referee: Ghorbal, Serradj, Charchar

December 23, 2014	MO Constantine	1 – 3	ES Sétif	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine
16 h 00	Korichi 82'	Repport	20' (pen.) Benyettou 28', 34' Younès	Attendance: Gherbal, Cherchar, Siradj

December 13, 2014	CRB Ouled Abdelkader	1 – 4	USM Alger	Stade Mohamed Boumezrag, Chlef
14 h 00	Roudouane 89' Roudouane 85'	Repport	11' Boudebouda 49' Andria 74', 84' Nadji 90+2' Seguer	Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Sekhraoui, Hammou, Saïdani

December 13, 2014	CR Zoubiria	0 – 1	ASO Chlef	Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa, Médéa
14 h 00		Repport	19' (pen.) Tedjar	Referee: Bouslimani, Touil, Remouche

December 12, 2014	MSP Batna	0 – 1	RC Arbaâ	Stade 1er Novembre 1954, Batna
14 h 30		Repport	89' Darfalou	Referee: Benouza, Omari, Ayad

December 13, 2014	JS Kabylie	3 – 1	CRB Dar El Beida	Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers
16 h 00	Yadroudj 34', 46' Si Ammar 89'	Repport	80' Zerrouk	Attendance: 0 Referee: Abid Charef, Atrous, Boulefelfel

December 12, 2014	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 1	AS Marsa	Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers
16 h 00	Mourad Benayad 57', 75'	Repport	46' Tchamba	Referee: Rahmine, Benaissa, Kechida

December 15, 2014	USM Blida	1 – 2	CR Belouizdad	Stade Mohamed Boumezrag, Chlef
16 h 00	Badarane 83' (pen.)	Repport	60' (pen.), 79' Bougueroua	Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Bouhassoun, Bounoua, Rachedi

December 12, 2014	CRB Aïn Fakroun	1 – 0	O Tizi Rached	Stade Hassouna Zerdani, Oum El Bouaghi
14 h 30	Daira 73'	Repport		Referee: Ghoul, Siaffa, Boughaba

December 13, 2014	CS Constantine	2 – 1 (a.e.t)	MC Alger	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine
16 h 00	Boulemdaïs 23' (pen.) Guerabis 98'	Repport	9' (o.g.) Bouba	Attendance: 30.000 Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

December 13, 2014	ASM Oran	2 – 1	NRB Touggourt	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
14 h 00	Djemaouni 19', 32'	Repport	Bendakiche	Attendance: 300 Referee: Bouzerar, Yahi, Messaoudi

December 12, 2014	CA Kouba	2 – 1	AB Merouana	Stade Omar Benhaddad, Kouba
14 h 30	Kacem 75' Chikh Adléne 98'	Repport	33' Bekhti	Referee: Nader, Messali, Belhocine

December 13, 2014	AS Khroub	1 – 2	MC Oran	Stade Abed Hamdani, El Khroub
14 h 00	Bouhekkak 69'	Repport	3' Hicham Chérif 52' Nekkache	Referee: Helalchi, Boulekrinet, Doulèche

December 13, 2014	NSB Bouda	0 – 2	MB Hassasna	Adrar Olympic Stadium, Adrar
14 h 00		Repport	2' Fekira 73' Brahimi	Referee: Daâlache, Ghazal, Ziani

December 12, 2014	USM Oran	1 – 0	ES Mostaganem	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
16 h 00	Hmaida 8'	Repport		Attendance: 500 Referee: Bachir, Hadj Saïd, Abid

December 12, 2014	Hamra Annaba	0 – 2	USM Chéraga	Stade Colonel Chabou Abdelkader, Annaba
14 h 30		Repport	39' Hadj Kaci 55' Khemmouche	Referee: Guitoum, Halitim, Djerrad

December 13, 2014	US Chaouia	2 – 1 (a.e.t)	MB Hassi Messaoud	Stade Hassouna Zerdani, Oum El Bouaghi
14 h 00	Demene 57' Lamhene 115'	Repport	34' Rouighi	Referee: Aït Ameur, Rahmoune, Azzouz

December 12, 2014	O Médéa	3 – 0	JS Emir Abdelkader	Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa, Médéa
14 h 30	Drifel 47', 59' Belekhdar 89' (o.g.)	Repport		Referee: Brahim, Aidaoui, Hamraoui

December 13, 2014	USM El Harrach	8 – 2	US Tighenif	Stade 1er Novembre 1954, Algiers
14 h 00	Laribi 2' Amada 10' (pen.) Tiaiba 27' (pen.) Boumechra 25', 51', 80' Harrag 73' Hattabi 75'	Repport	55' Abderezak 57' Meziane	Attendance: 2.000 Referee: Bahloul, Saâdi, Benmira

December 12, 2014	ES Guelma	1 – 1 (a.e.t) (5 – 4 p)	ERB Ouled Moussa	Stade Souidani Boujemaa, Guelma
14 h 30	Idou 42'	Repport	56' Bouhsane	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Ibrir, Dilmi, Mezaache

December 13, 2014	NB El Kala	1 – 2	MC Saida	Stade El Hadjar, El Hadjar
14 h 00	Benyounes 88'	Repport	60' Soudani 77' Motrani	Referee: Bouchouyou, Behat, Mehamel

December 13, 2014	USM Bel-Abbès	3 – 1	ES Araba	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956, Sidi Bel Abbes
14 h 00	Ogbi 17' (pen.) Choubani 32', 38'	Repport	59' Benhamou	Referee: Brahim, Rouag, Belbachir

December 12, 2014	ESM Koléa	3 – 0	CRB Tircine	Stade Mohamed Mouaza, Koléa
14 h 30	Brinis 2' Kaboul 17' (pen.) Abdou 44'	Repport		Referee: Yahia, Amrane, Benadda

December 13, 2014	JSM Béjaïa	5 – 4 (a.e.t)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa
14 h 00	Yahia-Chérif 17', 32', 102' Zeghli 48', 52'	Repport	52' Attafen 56' (pen.) Zerguine 67' Zerrouki 75' Hamadache	Referee: Aouina, Benaissati, Chenaoua

December 13, 2014	CA Batna	2 – 0	ES Souk Ahras	Stade 1er Novembre 1954, Batna
14 h 00	Fezzani 39', 44'	Repport		Referee: Zouaoui, Rouina, Benrouane

December 12, 2014	DRB Tadjenanet	2 – 1	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Stade Municipal de Tadjenanet, Tadjenanet
14 h 30	Omrani 54' Boulainine 64'	Repport	88' (pen.) Oultache	Attendance: 0 Referee: Bouchama, Bezah, Benhamouda

December 13, 2014	ES Bechar Djedid	0 – 3	USM Sétif	Stade 20 Août 1955, Béchar
14 h 00		Repport	17' Touaoula 52', 78' Bouzit	Referee: Rezgane, Hallam, Benali

December 12, 2014	NT Souf	0 – 0 (a.e.t) (4 – 2 p)	US Beni Douala	Stade 1er Novembre 1954, El Oued
14 h 30		Repport		Referee: Kheddara, Chelli, Baba

Round of 32

December 27, 2014	NRB El Achir	3 – 0	NT Souf	Stade 20 Août 1955, Bordj Bou Arréridj
14 h 00	Herizi 60' Adjaz 75', 85'	Repport		Referee: Brahim, Rouag, Yamani

December 27, 2014	AHM Hassi Messaoud	1 – 3	RC Arbaâ	Olympic Ouargla Stadium, Ouargla
14 h 00	Tahra 32'	Repport	20' Ferhani 47' Bouaicha 77' Darfalou	Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Benrouane

December 27, 2014	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 0	USM Cheraga	Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers
14 h 00	Madi 20' Ouhadda 90+4'	Repport		Referee: Hallalchi, Douleche, Tazrout

December 27, 2014	ES Sétif	3 – 2	O Médéa	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
16 h 00	Benhamla 22' Gasmi 51' Lamri 78'	Repport	50', 69' Boulaouidet	Referee: Bouslimani, Rimouche, Belbachir

December 26, 2014	ES Guelma	0 – 1	US Chaouia	Stade Souidani Boujemaa, Guelma
14 h 30		Repport	87' Demane	Referee: Bessiri, Serradj, Bourechou

December 27, 2014	MC Oran	3 – 0	USM Oran	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
16 h 00	Bezzaz 59' (pen.) Nessakh 73' Nekkache 90+2'	Repport		Referee: Arab, Bazine, Beyoud

December 26, 2014	ESM Koléa	1 – 0 (a.e.t)	US Boukhadara	Stade Mohamed Mouaza, Koléa
14 h 30	Ladraâ 108'	Repport		Attendance: 4.000 Referee: Bousaid, Amrane, Benadda

December 26, 2014	DRB Tadjenanet	1 – 1 (a.e.t) (7 – 6 p)	CR Belouizdad	Stade Municipal de Tadjenanet, Tadjenanet
14 h 30	Boutebba 42'	Repport	90+2' Khelili	Attendance: 10.000 Referee: Saïdi, Lebchirene, Rezguene

December 27, 2014	CA Kouba	0 – 0 (a.e.t) (5 – 4 p)	MB Hessasna	Stade Omar Benhaddad, Kouba
14 h 00		Repport		Referee: Bouhou, Bourehla, saàdi

December 26, 2014	MC Saida	0 – 1 (a.e.t)	CRB Aïn Fakroun	Stade 13 Avril 1958, Saïda
14 h 30		Repport	119' Mancer	Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

December 27, 2014	CA Batna	0 – 1	MO Béjaïa	Stade 1er Novembre 1954, Batna
14 h 00		Repport	57' Yaya	Referee: Abid Charef, Etchialy, Tamen

December 26, 2014	USM Alger	2 – 0	USM El Harrach	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
16 h 00	Chafaï 40' Andria 74' Khoualed 18' Bouchema 82' Koudri 86'	Repport	31' Mazari 32' Mebarki 66' Kara 83' Boumechra 86' Harrag 90+1' Ziane Cherif	Attendance: 18.000 Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

December 26, 2014	CS Constantine^[3]	1 – 0 (a.e.t)	USM Bel-Abbès	Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui, Constantine
16 h 00	Voavy 114'	Repport		Attendance: 15.000 Referee: Benbraham,Alaoua, Cheballa

January 5, 2015 Replay	CS Constantine	1 – 0	USM Bel-Abbès	Stade Mustapha Tchaker, Blida
16 h 00	Sameur 35'	Repport		Attendance: 20.000

December 27, 2014	MC El Eulma	2 – 2 (a.e.t) (1 – 4 p)	JS Kabylie	Stade Messaoud Zougar, El Eulma
16 h 00	Bouzama 10' Hamiti 70' (pen.)	Repport	6' Khodja 26' Aiboud	Referee: Boukhalfa, Benali, Zerhouni
		Penalties
	Derrardja Hamiti Maïza		Abdul-Raheem Mekehout Ziti [[]]

December 26, 2014	JSM Bejaia	1 – 1 (a.e.t) (8 – 9 p)	ASO Chlef	Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine, Béjaïa
16 h 00	Zeghli 28'	Repport	19' Smahi	Referee: Houasnia, Badache, Boulekrinet

December 26, 2014	ASM Oran	2 – 1	USM Sétif	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
16 h 00	Benchaâbane 8'Laroui 67' (o.g.)	Repport	31' Bouzit	Referee: Aouina, Benaissa, Chenaoua

Round of 16

February 20, 2015	CRB Aïn Fakroun	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	RC Arbaâ	Stade Hassouna Zerdani, Oum El Bouaghi
15 h 00		Repport	109' Mokdad	Referee: Bichari, Guourari, Salaouandji

February 20, 2015	JS Kabylie	1 – 0	CS Constantine	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
16 h 00	Ihadjadène 9'	Repport		Attendance: 16.000 Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Benacer

February 21, 2015	NA Hussein Dey	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	DRB Tadjenanet	Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers
15 h 00	Guebli 13' (pen.) Ndouasel 109'	Repport	41' Benaldjia	Referee: Benbrahem, Allaoua, Yahi

February 20, 2015	ASM Oran	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 2 p)	US Chaouia	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
16 h 00	Aouad 52'	Repport	14' Moussi	Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Bourouba

February 10, 2015	ES Sétif	1 – 0	ESM Koléa	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
17 h 00	Ziaya 82'	Repport		Referee: Oukil, Serradj, Cherchar

March 10, 2015	USM Alger	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	ASO Chlef	Stade Omar Hammadi, Bologhine
14 h 30	Boudebouda 32'	Repport	60' Djediat

February 21, 2015	MC Oran	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 4 p)	MO Bejaia	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
14 h 00		Repport		Referee: Abid-Charef, Tamen, Boulfelfel

February 20, 2015	NRB El Achir	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 3 p)	CA Kouba	Stade 20 Août 1955, Bordj Bou Arréridj
15 h 00		Repport		Referee: Bouchama, Bourahla, Saâdi

Quarter-finals

14 March 2015	ASM Oran	2 – 2 (5 – 6 p)	MO Bejaia	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
		Repport		Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

24 March 2015	NRB El Achir	0 – 3	ASO Chlef	Stade 20 Août 1955, Bordj Bou Arréridj
		Repport

13 March 2015	NA Hussein Dey	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (1 – 3 p)	RC Arbaâ	Stade 20 Août 1955, Algiers
16 h 00	Ndouassel 81'	Repport	Zeddam 90+4'	Referee: Redouane Necib, Tamen, Meghlout
		Penalties
	Metref Boukhenchouche Bendebka		Mokdad Seddiki Darfalou El Moudene

10 March 2015	ES Sétif	2 – 1	JS Kabylie	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
17:00	Gasmi 41' Dahar 46'	Repport	Ziti 8'	Referee: Bichari, Brahim, Salaouadji

Semi-finals

10 April 2015	ES Sétif	1 – 1 (5 – 6 p)	MO Béjaïa	Stade 8 Mai 1945, Sétif
	Mellouli 1'	[ Repport]	Mebarakou 9'	Attendance: 25,000

11 April 2015	RC Arbaâ	0 – 0 (3 – 0 p)	ASO Chlef
		[ Repport]		Attendance: 15.000

Final

2 May 201516:00

MO Béjaïa	1 – 0	RC Arbaâ
Zerdab 43'

Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mohamed Bichari

MO Béjaïa

RC Arbaâ


	1	Smaïl Mansouri
	46	Abdelkader Messaoudi	85'
	5	Zidane Mebarakou
	31	Salim Benali
	2	Amir Aguid
	99	Nassim Dehouche (c)		90'
	15	Soumaila Sidibé
	32	Zahir Zerdab
	10	Faouzi Yaya		82'
	18	Faouzi Rahal
	9	Okacha Hamzaoui		63'
Substitutes:
	28	Yassine Salhi		63'
	70	Oumar N'Diaye		82'
	7	Djamel Eddine Chatal		90'
Coach:
		Abdelkader Amrani


	31	Ahmed Fellah
	64	Houari Ferhani
	25	Hamza Zeddam (c)	90+2'
	5	Mohamed Reda Maarif		63'
	24	Nasreddine Zaalani
	18	Farid Daoud		46'
	8	Abdelmalek Mokdad
	88	Elyes Seddiki	75'
	55	Nassim Yettou
	13	Oussama Darfalou
	21	Djamel Bouaicha		54'
Substitutes:
	78	Mehdi Kacem		45'
	9	Morgan Bitorgal		54'
	27	Abdellah El Mouaden		63'
Coach:
		Mohamed Mihoubi

References

↑ http://www.dzfoot.com/2014/12/01/coupe-dalgerie-2015-programme-des-132e-de-finale-57204.php
↑ The team of CSC won the match 1-0 aftra extra time, but the team of USMBA presented reservations about the incorporation of 3 foreign players simultaneously by the CSC, contrary to regulations. And by decision of the Disciplinary Committee, the match will be played in neutral ground later.
↑ The team of CSC won the match 1-0 aftra extra time, but the team of USMBA presented reservations about the incorporation of 3 foreign players simultaneously by the CSC, contrary to regulations. And by decision of the Disciplinary Committee, the match will be played in neutral ground later.

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[1] ttp://www.dzfoot.com/2014/12/01/coupe-dalgerie-2015-programme-des-132e-de-finale-57204.php

[2] The team of CSC won the match 1-0 aftra extra time, but the team of USMBA presented reservations about the incorporation of 3 foreign players simultaneously by the CSC, contrary to regulations. And by decision of the Disciplinary Committee, the match will be played in neutral ground later.

[3] The team of CSC won the match 1-0 aftra extra time, but the team of USMBA presented reservations about the incorporation of 3 foreign players simultaneously by the CSC, contrary to regulations. And by decision of the Disciplinary Committee, the match will be played in neutral ground later.

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