2015–16 USM Bel-Abbès season

In the 2015–16 season, USM Bel-Abbès is competing in the Ligue 2 for the 16th season, as well as the Algerian Cup. They will be competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

USM Bel-Abbès

2015–16 season
Chairman	Belkacem Aïda
Head coach	Moez Bouakaz (from 28 June 2015)[1]
Stadium	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Ligue 2	3rd
Algerian Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Youcef Ghazali (4) Nouri Ouznadji (4) All: Mohamed Bennai (5)

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ligue 2	30	12	13	5	27	18	+9	040.00	N/A	3rd	14 August 2015	6 May 2016
Algerian Cup	5	3	1	1	6	3	+3	060.00	Round of 64	Semi-finals	19 December 2015	14 April 2016
Total	35	15	14	6	33	21	+12	042.86

Ligue 2

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Olympique de Médéa (P)	30	16	6	8	32	22	+10	54	2016–17 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1
2	CA Batna (P)	30	13	11	6	27	17	+10	50
3	USM Bel Abbès (P)	30	12	13	5	27	18	+9	49
4	Paradou AC	30	11	13	6	39	25	+14	46
5	MC El Eulma	30	10	10	10	28	25	+3	40

Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2016. Source: DZFOOT.COM
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted.

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	12	13	5	27	18	+9	49	9	5	1	16	7	+9	3	8	4	11	11	0

Last updated: 31 January 2015.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D
Position	11	5	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

Updated to match(es) played on 31 January 2015. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 August 2015 Round 1	Paradou AC	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
17:00		Report[2] Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Dzair TV		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi

21 August 2015 Round 2	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	US Chaouia	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:30	Balegh  66'	Report[3] Live TV: EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

28 August 2015 Round 3	JSM Skikda	2–2	USM Bel Abbès	Skikda
17:30	Cheniguer  10' Senigra  69'	Report[4]	Abdat  49' Labani  90'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955

11 September 2015 Round 4	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	CRB Aïn Fakroun	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:00	Bounoua  82'	Report[5]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

19 September 2015 Round 5	MC El Eulma	0–1	USM Bel Abbès	El Eulma
18:00		Report[6]	Touil  67'	Stadium: Stade Messaoud Zougar

28 September 2015 Round 6	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	Amel Bou Saâda	Sidi Bel Abbès
18:00	Touil  63'	Report[7]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

3 October 2015 Round 7	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	3–1	USM Bel Abbès	Bordj Bou Arréridj
17:30	Zerguine  28' Attafen  37' Hadiouche  90'	Report[8]	Djediat  23'	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium

16 October 2015 Round 8	USM Bel Abbès	2–0	USMM Hadjout	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Ghazali 43' Benai  90+4'	Report[9]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Brahimi, Samsoum, Cheballah

23 October 2015 Round 9	OM Arzew	0–4	USM Bel Abbès	Arzew
16:00		Report[10]	Ghazali  35' Ouznadji  49', 50', 55'	Stadium: Stade Menaouer Kerbouci

31 October 2015 Round 10	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	Olympique de Médéa	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Ghazali  54'	Report[11]	Banouh  90'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

6 November 2015 Round 11	ASO Chlef	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Chlef
16:00		Report[12]		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Boumezrag

20 November 2015 Round 12	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	MC Saïda	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Ouznadji  4'	Report[13]	Sayah  45'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

28 November 2015 Round 13	JSM Béjaïa	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Béjaïa
15:00		Report[14]		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine

11 December 2015 Round 14	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	AS Khroub	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh  12' Djediat  28'	Report[15]	Aliouane  72'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

24 December 2015 Round 15	CA Batna	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Batna
15:00		Report[16]		Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954

15 January 2016 Round 16	USM Bel Abbès	0–0	Paradou AC	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00		Report[17]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

22 January 2016 Round 17	US Chaouia	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Oum El Bouaghi
15:00	Demane  21'	Report[18]		Stadium: Stade Hassouna Zerdani

29 January 2016 Round 18	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	JSM Skikda	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Bennai  39'	Report[19]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

5 February 2016 Round 19	CRB Aïn Fakroun	1–1	USM Bel Abbès	Aïn Fakroun
16:00	Ziad  31'	Report[20]	Bounoua  89'	Stadium: Stade Allag Abderrahmane

12 February 2016 Round 20	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	MC El Eulma	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Bennai  3'	Report[21]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

26 February 2016 Round 21	Amel Bou Saâda	0–1	USM Bel Abbès	Bou Saâda
15:00		Report[22]	Balegh  58'	Stadium: Stade Mokhtar Abdelatif

8 March 2016 Round 22	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Ghazali  14'	Report[23]	Zerguine  3'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

12 March 2016 Round 23	USMM Hadjout	1–1	USM Bel Abbès	Hadjout
15:00	Zitouni  24'	Report[24]	Mekehout  32'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962

18 March 2016 Round 24	USM Bel Abbès	0–1	OM Arzew	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00		Report[25]	Baouche  64'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

1 April 2016 Round 25	Olympique de Médéa	2–0	USM Bel Abbès	Médéa
16:00	Hamia  17' Addadi  40'	Report[26]		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes

8 April 2016 Round 26	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	ASO Chlef	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Khali  34' Bounoua  53'	Report[27]	Semahi  77'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

19 April 2016 Round 27	MC Saïda	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Saïda
16:00		Report[28]		Stadium: Stade 13 Avril 1958

22 April 2016 Round 28	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	JSM Béjaïa	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Mekehout  90'	Report[29]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

29 April 2016 Round 29	AS Khroub	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	El Khroub
16:00	Djahel  6'	Report[30]		Stadium: Stade Abed Hamdani

6 May 2016 Round 30	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	CA Batna	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Daham  90'	Report[31]	Bouharbit  18'	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956

Algerian Cup

19 December 2015 Round of 64	JS Azzaba	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	USM Bel Abbès	Skikda
14:15	Cheniguer  43'	Report[32]	Balegh  23'	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Hansal, Chila, Rahmouni

8 January 2016 Round of 32	SCM Oran	0–1	USM Bel Abbès	Oran
16:00		Report[33]	Bennai  90'	Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Saïdi, Hadj Saïd, Miraoui

20 February 2016 Round of 16	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	DRB Tadjenanet	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Bennai  73'	Report[34]		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Mial, Bounoua, Selaouadji

4 March 2016 Quarter-finals	ES Sétif	1–3	USM Bel Abbès	Sétif
16:00	Ziaya  48' (pen.)	Report[35] Live TV: Algérie 3	Mekehout  78' (pen.), 88' Ghezzali  85'	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Boukouassa, Ibrahim, Rachedi

14 April 2016 Semi-finals	NA Hussein Dey	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
17:00	Mbingui  90'	Report[36] Live TV: Algérie 3 / Al Kass Sports		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Necib, Tamen, Meghlout

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 2		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
	GK		Mohamed Ghalem	25	0	25	0	0	0
	GK		Athmane Toual	10	0	5	0	5	0
Defenders
	DF		Mohamed Amine Aouamri	33	0	28	0	5	0
	DF		Fayçal Abdat	33	1	28	1	5	0
	DF		Zakaria Khali	19	1	16	1	3	0
	DF		Mohamed Yaghni	30	0	26	0	4	0
	DF		Hichem Aoulmi	2	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Ahmida Zenasni	13	0	12	0	1	0
	DF		Sofiane Bengorine	15	0	13	0	2	0
	DF		Redouane Cherifi	22	0	19	0	3	0
Midfielders
	MF		Ahmed Mekehout	23	4	18	2	5	2
	MF		Ilyes Sidhoum	31	0	27	0	4	0
	MF		Yahia Labani	25	1	21	1	4	0
	MF		Abdessamed Bounoua	29	3	25	3	4	0
	MF		Lamouri Djediat	24	2	23	2	1	0
	MF		Abou El Kacem Hadji	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Amine El Amali	15	1	12	0	3	1
	MF		Walid Hanifi	4	0	4	0	0	0
Forwards
	FW		Youcef Ghazali	17	4	16	4	1	0
	FW		Noureddine Daham	10	1	8	1	2	0
	FW		Nouri Ouznadji	22	4	19	4	3	0
	FW		Mohamed Noureddine Bennai	27	5	23	3	4	2
	FW		Abou Sofiane Balegh	25	4	21	3	4	1
	FW		Lahouari Touil	23	2	20	2	3	0
Players transferred out during the season
	MF		Abderrahmane Ensaad	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Mohamed Amine Bekakcha	5	0	5	0	0	0

Last updated: 19 November 2017
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 2	AC	TOTAL
		Mohamed Noureddine Bennai	FW	3	2	5
		Youcef Ghazali	FW	4	0	4
		Nouri Ouznadji	FW	4	0	4
		Abou Sofiane Balegh	FW	3	1	4
		Ahmed Mekehout	MF	2	2	4
		Abdessamed Bounoua	MF	3	0	3
		Lahouari Touil	FW	2	0	2
		Lamouri Djediat	MF	2	0	2
		Fayçal Abdat	DF	1	0	1
		Zakaria Khali	DF	1	0	1
		Yahia Labani	MF	1	0	1
		Amine El Amali	MF	0	1	1
		Noureddine Daham	FW	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				27	6	33

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
7 July 2015	MF	Ahmida Zenasni	WA Tlemcen	Free transfer	[37]

References

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33. "Round of 32 SCM Oran 0–1 USM Bel Abbès". footballdatabase.eu.
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