1979–80 Algerian Championnat National

Football league season

Algerian Championnat National
Season	1979–80
Champions	JE Tizi-Ouzou
Relegated	USK Alger IR Saha
Matches played	240
Goals scored	544 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nasser Bouiche (19 goals)
Biggest home win	EP Sétif 8 - 0 GCR Mascara
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 Algerian Championnat National was the 18th season of the Algerian Championnat National since its establishment in 1962. A total of 14 teams contested the league, with MP Alger as the defending champions, The Championnat started on october 5, 1979. and ended on June 13, 1980.

Team summaries

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from Algerian Division 2 1979-1980

ESM Bel-Abbès
WKF Collo

Teams relegated to Algerian Division 2 1980-1981

USK Alger
IR Saha

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	JE Tizi-Ouzou	30	15	13	2	48	22	+26	73	League Champions, qualified for African Cup
2	CM Belcourt	30	14	11	5	41	24	+17	69
3	MA Hussein Dey	30	12	10	8	45	27	+18	64
4	EP Sétif	30	14	6	10	50	30	+20	64	Algerian Cup Winner, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
5	RS Kouba	30	14	5	11	38	32	+6	63
6	MP Oran	30	10	13	7	28	27	+1	63
7	GCR Mascara	30	13	7	10	41	37	+4	62^[a]
8	MP Alger	30	10	11	9	37	33	+4	61
9	USM El Harrach	30	9	11	10	27	26	+1	59
10	ASC Oran	30	9	9	12	30	30	0	57
11	DNC Asnam	30	9	9	12	24	36	−12	57
12	ESM Guelma	30	11	4	15	31	46	−15	56
13	CN Batna	30	6	14	10	23	46	−23	56
14	DNC Alger	30	8	9	13	33	37	−4	55
15	USK Alger	30	7	11	12	30	35	−5	54^[b]	Relegated
16	IR Saha	30	5	6	19	18	50	−32	46	Relegated