2014–15 USM Bel-Abbès season

In the 2014–15 season, USM Bel-Abbès is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 21st season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

USM Bel-Abbès

2014–15 season
President	Abdelhakim Serrar (from 31 May 2014)[1] (until 30 September 2014) Yahia Amroun (from 1 October 2014)[2]
Head coach	Jean-Guy Wallemme (from 25 June 2014)[3] (until 6 January 2015)[4] Boualem Charef (from 8 January 2015)[5] (until 17 February 2015)[6]
Stadium	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Ligue 1	16th
Algerian Cup	Round of 32
Top goalscorer	League: Hocine Achiou (4) All: Sofiane Choubani (4) Hocine Achiou (4)

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 18 August 2014.[7]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Squad No.	Nationality	Position	Name	Date Of Birth (Age)	Moving from
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Jonathan Matijas	6 January 1990 (aged 24)	Songkhla United
18		GK	Abennour Argoub	18 June 1990 (aged 24)	Youth system
30		GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	10 February 1982 (aged 32)	CR Belouizdad
Defenders
55			Mohamed Yaghni	22 February 1988 (aged 26)	USMM Hadjout
4			Bassirou Bamba	20 July 1990 (aged 24)	Al-Merrikh
24			Redouane Cherifi	22 February 1993 (aged 21)	CA Batna
16			Fayçal Abdat	20 October 1986 (aged 27)	CR Belouizdad
19			Zakaria Khali	10 May 1990 (aged 24)	Youth system
22			Sofiane Bengoureïne	10 October 1984 (aged 29)	USM Annaba
			Dieumerci Vua	18 May 1988 (aged 26)	K.V. Turnhout
Midfielders
31			Abdessamed Bounoua	24 April 1991 (aged 23)	Youth system
5			Merouane Abdelbasset Guerriche	13 June 1992 (aged 22)	Youth system
			Hacène El Okbi	17 August 1989 (aged 24)	ES Sétif
10			Hocine Achiou	27 April 1979 (aged 35)	MC Oran
7			Sofiane Choubani	29 March 1990 (aged 24)	US Ivry
11			Belkacem Niati	8 February 1988 (aged 26)	JSM Béjaïa
Forwards
9			Jessy Mayele	11 February 1991 (aged 23)	FC Dordrecht
23			Youcef Ghazali	24 January 1988 (aged 26)	WA Tlemcen
17			Mohamed Bennai	4 July 1988 (aged 26)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
27			Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou	14 December 1985 (aged 28)	JS Saoura
			Hamid Djaouchi	19 December 1994 (aged 19)	MC Alger

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 1	30	8	9	13	19	28	−9	026.67	N/A	16th	16 August 2014	29 May 2015
Algerian Cup	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00	Round of 64	Round of 32	13 December 2014	5 January 2015
Total	32	9	9	14	22	30	−8	028.13

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	MC Alger	30	10	9	11	33	31	+2	39[lower-alpha 1]
13	JS Kabylie	30	11	6	13	35	35	0	39[lower-alpha 1]
14	MC El Eulma (R)	30	11	5	14	40	36	+4	38	2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2
15	ASO Chlef (R)	30	8	12	10	24	28	−4	36
16	USM Bel Abbès (R)	30	8	9	13	19	28	−9	33

Updated to match(es) played on 29 May 2015. Source: DZFoot
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) total goals; 6) fairplay ranking; 7) playoff
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. JSS: 9 points; MCA: 6 points; JSK: 3 points

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	8	9	13	19	28	−9	33	7	4	4	15	13	+2	1	5	9	4	15	−11

Last updated: 29 December 2014.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	L
Position	6	11	14	13	10	14	11	11	7	9	6	8	7	7	12	12	14	11	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	16	16	16	16

Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2014. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

16 August 2014 1	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	ASM Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00	Choubani  51'	Report	56' Djemaouni	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Benacer

6 September 2014 2	ES Sétif	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Sétif
20:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Haci

13 September 2014 3	USM Bel Abbès	0–2	JS Kabylie	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00		Report	7' Rial  40' Youcef Khodja	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Achouri, Amri, Bougherara

20 September 2014 4	CR Belouizdad	1–1	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
19:00	Obélé  14'	Report	62' Niati	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Messaoudi

27 September 2014 5	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	RC Arbaâ	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:45	Achiou  42'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bouchama, Aouina, Kéchida

2 October 2014 6	USM El Harrach	2–0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
16:00	Abid  4' Benachour  34'	Report		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Abid Charef, Boulfelfel, Maghlout

18 October 2014 7	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	MC Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:00	Bouguèche  48' Abdat  90'	Report	54' Sylla	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Arab, Mehira, Bioud

25 October 2014 8	CS Constantine	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Constantine
17:45		Report		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Salaouadji

1 November 2014 9	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	MC Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Achiou  7'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bekoussa, Benoua, Rachedi

7 November 2014 10	USM Alger	2–0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
19:00	Boudebouda  13', 71' Benkhemassa  15' Ferhat  90+4'	Report	35' Abdat  39' Guerriche  57' Yaghni	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 12.000 Referee: Aouina, Benaïssa, Chenaoua, Sekhraoui

22 November 2014 11	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	MC El Eulma	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:00	Abdat  60' Ghezzali  88'	Report	45' Chenihi	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Hillalchi, Doulache, Tazrout

29 November 2014 12	USM Bel Abbès	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Meghlou, Benacer

6 December 2014 13	ASO Chlef	1–1	USM Bel Abbès	Chlef
16:00	Obaje  61'	Report	20' Tigana	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag Referee: Bouchama, Bourahla, Saadi

20 December 2014 14	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	JS Saoura	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Achiou  38'	Report	7' Aoudou	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Amalou, Azrine, Bourouba

30 December 2014 15	MO Bejaia	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Bejaia
18:00	Sidibe  4'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Benrouane

20 January 2015 16	ASM Oran	2–1	USM Bel Abbès	Oran
17:00	Belalem  37' Djemaouni  45+2'	Report	90+5' Achiou	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Houasnia, Boulekrinet, Badache

24 January 2015 17	USM Bel Abbès	1–2	ES Sétif	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Ogbi Benhadouche  69'	Report	51', 55' Delhoum	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

31 January 2015 18	JS Kabylie	0–1	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
16:00		Report	90+1' Ogbi Benhadouche	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Arab, Boulfelfel, Biodh

7 February 2015 19	USM Bel Abbès	0–1	CR Belouizdad	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Report	2' Galin	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Mial, Semssoum, Idir

14 February 2015 20	RC Arbaâ	2–0	USM Bel Abbès	Larbaâ
15:00	Bouaïcha  21' Mokdad  85'	Report		Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Benbraham, Chaballah, Allaoua

27 February 2015 21	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	USM El Harrach	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Choubani  2' Mayele  19'	Report	57' Bouguèche	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Zouaoui, Aouina, Kechida

7 March 2015 22	MC Alger	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
16:00	Gourmi  63'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bahloul, Amri, Bougherara

20 March 2015 23	USM Bel Abbès	2–0	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Khali  15', 67'	Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bichari, Salouadji, Baioud

28 March 2015 24	MC Oran	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Oran
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Bekouassa, Bounoua, Rachedi

14 April 2015 25	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Ghazali  63' Guerriche  33' Cherifi  64'	Report Live TV: None	35' El Orfi  58' Benmoussa  67' Abdellaoui	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Necib, Maghlout, Beioud

25 April 2015 26	MC El Eulma	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	El Eulma
17:00	Derrardja  74'	Report		Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar Referee: Arab, Bazine, Hamlaoui

9 May 2015 27	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
17:00	Boukhenchouche  72' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Aouina, Benaissa, Bazine

16 May 2015 28	USM Bel Abbès	0–0	ASO Chlef	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Abid Charef, Tamine, Boulfelfel

23 May 2015 29	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Béchar
17:00	Bapidi Fils  75' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Bichari, Gourari, Salhaouadji

29 May 2015 30	USM Bel Abbès	1–3	MO Béjaïa	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Abdat  26' (pen.)	Report	19' Yaya  74' Salhi  76' Zerdab	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Boukouassa, Azerine, Bourouba

Algerian Cup

December 13, 2014 Round of 64	USM Bel Abbès	3–1	ES Araba	Sidi Bel Abbes
14:00	El Okbi  17' (pen.) Choubani  32', 38'	Report	Benhamou  59'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Brahim, Rouag, Belbachir

26 December 2014 Round of 32	CS Constantine	1–0 (a.e.t.)	USM Bel Abbès	Constantine
16:00	Voavy  114'			Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Benbraham, Alaoua, Cheballa

5 January 2015 Replay	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Blida
16:00	Sameur  35'	Report		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Referee: Mohamed Bichari

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK		Abdennour Argoub	1	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Jonathan Matijas	24	0	24	0	0	0
	GK		Ahmed Walid Chouih	7	0	6	0	1	0
Defenders
	DF		Fayçal Abdat	31	3	30	3	1	0
	DF		Zakaria Khali	16	1	15	1	1	0
	DF		Sid Ahmed Abbaci	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Bassirou Bamba	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF		Mohamed Bounouara	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF		Dieumerci Vua	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF		Mohamed Yaghni	26	0	24	0	2	0
	DF		Sofiane Bengoureïne	16	0	15	0	1	0
	DF		Redouane Cherifi	27	0	26	0	1	0
Midfielders
	MF		Belkacem Niati	9	1	7	1	2	0
	MF		Riad Gharrich	24	0	22	0	2	0
	MF		Ahmed Gagaâ	14	0	14	0	0	0
	MF		Abdessamed Bounoua	21	0	20	0	1	0
	MF		Hervé Tchami	6	0	6	0	0	0
	MF		Sofiane Choubani	22	4	20	2	2	2
	MF		Sid Ahmed El Mahi	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF		Hocine Achiou	23	4	23	4	0	0
Forwards
	FW		Youcef Ghazali	25	2	25	2	0	0
	FW		Hacène El Okbi	30	3	28	2	2	1
	FW		Mohamed Abdelaziz Tchikou	13	0	12	0	1	0
	FW		Mohamed Lamine Kassem	7	0	5	0	2	0
	FW		Mohamed Noureddine Bennai	14	0	12	0	2	0
	FW		Jessy Mayele	11	1	11	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
	DF		Jugurtha Domrane	13	0	12	0	1	0
	MF		Zakaria Benhocine	13	0	13	0	0	0
	FW		Hadj Bouguèche	17	1	15	1	2	0
	FW		Moussa Tigana	7	1	7	1	0	0

Last updated: 11 June 2018
Source: footballdatabase.eu

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
10		Hocine Achiou	MF	4	0	4
7		Sofiane Choubani	MF	2	2	4
16		Fayçal Abdat	DF	3	0	3
10		Hacène El Okbi	MF	2	1	3
23		Youcef Ghazali	FW	2	0	2
19		Zakaria Khali	DF	1	0	1
9		Jessy Mayele	FW	1	0	1
11		Belkacem Niati	MF	1	0	1
		Moussa Tigana	FW	1	0	1
		Hadj Bouguèche	FW	1	0	1
Own Goals				1	0	1
Totals				19	3	22

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
20 May 2014	GK	Jonathan Matijas	Songkhla United	Free transfer	[8]
1 July 2014	FW	Moussa Tigana	Maghreb de Fès	Free transfer	[9]
1 July 2014	DF	Redouane Cherifi	CA Batna	28,000 €
1 July 2014	DF	Mohamed Yaghni	USMM Hadjout	Free transfer
1 July 2014	DF	Bassirou Bamba	Al-Merrikh	Free transfer
1 July 2014	MF	Hacène El Okbi	ES Sétif	Free transfer
4 July 2014	GK	Ahmed Walid Chouih	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer
4 July 2014	DF	Fayçal Abdat	CR Belouizdad	Undisclosed
31 July 2014	FW	Hadj Bouguèche	MC Alger	Free transfer	[10]
15 January 2015	DF	Jessy Mayele	FC Dordrecht	Free transfer	[11]
15 January 2015	DF	Dieumerci Vua	KV Turnhout	Free transfer	[11]

References

1. "USM Bel Abbès : Serrar, nouveau président du club". djazairess.com. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
2. "Yahia Amroun. Nouveau président de l'USMBA". djazairess.com. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
3. "Ligue 1 de football : le Français Jean-Guy Wallemme nouvel entraîneur de l'USM Bel Abbès". djazairess.com. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
4. "Ligue 1 de football/USMB : le contrat de Jean-Guy Wallemme résilié, Charef pour lui succéder (direction)". djazairess.com. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
5. "Wallemme s'en va et Charef lui succède". djazairess.com. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
6. "Ligue 1 : Boualem Charef quitte l'USM Bel Abbes". DZFoot.com. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
7. APS (April 27, 2012). "USM Bel-Abbès fiche" (in French). DZFoot. Archived from the original on June 4, 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
8. "Un gardien franco-algéro-croate signe à Bel Abbes". DZFoot.com. 20 May 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
9. "Moussa Tigana a rejoint finalement Sidi Bel-Abbès". liberte-algerie.com. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
10. "Bouguèche s'engage avec l'USMBA". djazairess.com. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
11. "Transfert : un Congolais et un Néerlandais signent à l'USM Bel Abbès". djazairess.com. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2020.