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Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad (Arabic: الشباب الرياضي لبلوزداد); known as CR Belouizdad or simply CRB for short, is an Algerian professional football club based in Algiers, Algeria, that plays in the Ligue Professionnelle 1, the top flight of Algerian football. The club has competed in the top division for a record 55 seasons. CRB was founded on 15 July 1962, ten days after the independence of Algeria, as Chabab Riadhi de Belcourt, by the merger of two clubs from the same district, the Widad Riadhi de Belcourt and the Club Athéltique de Belcourt, and has played at its current home ground, 20 August 1955 Stadium, ever since. CRB has traditionally worn a white home kit with the red trademark "V" on the front since its inception. The club has produced several notable players and established itself as a major force in both Algerian and Maghrebin football during the 1960s and 1970s, winning 10 major trophies in 8 seasons. CRB is one of the most successful clubs in Algeria (and has the most trophies in the capital city), having won the domestic league title ten times, the Algerian Cup a record 9 times, one Algerian League Cup, two Algerian Super Cups and the Maghreb Champions Cup a record three times but has no African title. In 2010, CRB obtained professional status following a reform of the league to professionalize the Algerian football. They won their first title of champion of Algeria at the end of the 1964–1965 season, three years after their creation.