CR Belouizdad
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| Full name | Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad الشباب الرياضي لبلوزداد |
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| Nickname(s) | Laakiba |
| Founded | 5 July 1962 as Chabab Riadhi Belcourt |
| Ground | Stade 20 Août 1955 |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| President | El Hadj Mohamed |
| Head Coach | Ezzaki Badou |
| League | Ligue Professionnelle 1 |
| 2015–16 | 4th |
| Website | Club home page |
Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad (Arabic: الشباب الرياضي لبلوزداد; commonly referred to as CR Belouizdad or Chabab Belouizdad or simply Belouizdad) is a professional football club based in the Mohamed Belouizdad district, Algiers, that currently competes in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top flight of Algerian Football, and won its last title in the 2000–01 season. The club has competed in the top division for a record 53 seasons (playing just one season in the second tier).
The club was formed in 1962 as Chabab Riadhi de Belcourt, after the merger of two former clubs from the same district (the Widad Riadhi de Belcourt and the Club Athéltique de Belcourt).
The club is one of the most successful clubs in Algerian football, having won the domestic league title six times, the Algerian Cup six times, the Maghreb Champions Cup a record three times, one League Cup and one Super Cup.
In 2010, CR Belouizdad obtained professional status following a reform of the championship to professionalize the Algerian football. The club won his first title of champion of Algeria three years after its creation at the end of the 1964–1965 season.
The club's home ground is Stade 20 Août 1955, where they have played since their establishment, and its regular kit colours are white shirts and socks with red shorts.
CR Belouizdad have produced several notable players, mostly during its dynastic run in the 1960s and 1970s.
The club was founded in 1962 (following the independence of Algeria). It was born out of a merger of two former clubs from the same district; 'Widad Riadhi Belcourt' (former club of the rue de Lyon) and the 'Athletic Club de Belcourt' . These two former clubs were known for playing football competitions in the French colonial era, and both were affiliated to the 'FFFA' (French Football Federation) and the 'FLOT' '(Algiers Ligue de Football Association).
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