ES Sétif and USM Alger are considered among the most successful Algerian football teams, especially since the beginning of the era of professionalism 2010–11 season.

The matches between the two teams were not much because of the repeated fall of the clubs to the second division, but in the 1988 ES Sétif won the African Cup of Champions Clubs for the first time, while playing in the second division against Iwuanyanwu Nationale of Nigeria and after the defeat in the First leg 1–0, they achieved an overwhelming victory in the Second leg 4–0 in a match that took place at Stade du 17 Juin in Constantine, After that, they met with Al Sadd SC in the final of the Afro-Asian Club Championship, and won the title, which is the only one of its kind in the history of Algerian football.

the president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mohamed Raouraoua, has been speaking since his inauguration as the federation's president in Professionalism,[3] USM Alger become the first professional club in Algeria businessman Ali Haddad became the majority share owner after investing 700 million Algeria dinars to buy an 83% ownership in the club.

[6] In 2014 ES Sétif achieved their first CAF Champions League title in their new version as the first Algerian team a year later.

USM Alger reached the final but failed to achieve its first continental title after it was defeated against TP Mazembe.

[10] On 28 February 2018 Ali Haddad replaced his brother Rabouh as a post general manager by former international and former ES Setif player and president Abdelhakim Serrar.

[14][15] On June 9, 2022 Madjid Bougherra manager of the Algeria A' national team decided to lay off the players for one day.

[16] USM Alger player Billel Benhammouda on the road between Douaouda and Bou Ismaïl, he had a fatal traffic accident.

[21] On June 3, 2023, USMA became the first Algerian winners of the CAF Confederation Cup and the first international title in its history, after its victory against Young Africans.

[25] On September 15, 2023, USM Alger won its second continental title after winning the CAF Super Cup against Al Ahly, and it is the second of its kind for Algeria since the creation of the competition in 1993, after the first for ES Setif.