A total of 16 teams contested the league, with USM Alger as the defending champions.
[1] Following the death of Albert Ebossé Bodjongo, the Algerian Football Federation suspended all football indefinitely.
[2] The league resumed on Week 3 starting 12 September 2014, with all matches on that week were preceded with a minute silence in memory of Ebossé.
[3][4] Teams promoted from 2013–14 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 Teams relegated to 2014-15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 [5] RC Arbaâ was to participate in the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup as a runners-up of the 2014–15 Algerian Cup in place of MO Béjaïa, because MO Béjaïa take part to 2016 CAF Champions League as a runners-up to a championship.
However RC Arbaâ withdrew from the competition because that does not have a Fifa license, it was replaced by CS Constantine.