2017–18 USM Bel-Abbès season

In the 2017–18 season, USM Bel-Abbès is competing in the Ligue 1 for the 23rd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

USM Bel-Abbès

2017–18 season
Chairman	Abdelghani El Hannani
Head coach	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
Stadium	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Ligue 1	10th
Algerian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Abdennour Belhocini (6) All: Abdennour Belhocini (6) Habib Bouguelmouna (6)

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 August 2017.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Nat.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1		GK	Nadjib Ghoul	12 September 1985 (aged 31)	CS Constantine
16		GK	Athmane Toual	17 July 1984 (aged 33)	ESM Koléa
30		GK	Abdelkader Zarat Belmokhtar	28 August 1995 (aged 21)	Youth system
Defenders
25		CB	Farès Benabderahmane	11 August 1987 (aged 30)	RC Relizane
22		LB	Sofiane Bengoureïne	10 October 1984 (aged 32)	USM Annaba
19		CB	Zakaria Khali	10 May 1990 (aged 27)	Youth system
15		LB	Nabil Lamara	15 August 1993 (aged 24)	Olympique de Médéa
20		RB	Abderrahim Abdelli	9 August 1996 (aged 21)	Youth system
4		CB	Nour El Islam Salah	17 March 1993 (aged 24)	Unattached
2		RB	Samir Zerrouki	4 September 1993 (aged 23)	?
24		CB	Anes Abbas	7 October 1996 (aged 20)	Youth system
Midfielders
10		DM	Abdessamed Bounoua	24 April 1991 (aged 26)	Youth system
27		RW	Abdelkrim Zouari	14 July 1989 (aged 28)	MC Saïda
29		DM	Yahia Labani	16 August 1991 (aged 26)	USMM Hadjout
28		AM	Sid Ahmed El Mahi	28 February 1996 (aged 21)	Youth system
12		DM	Malek Ferhat	7 March 1989 (aged 28)	MO Béjaïa
6			Mohamed Lagraâ	7 November 1986 (aged 30)	JS Saoura
26			Mouloud Nabil Metref	29 July 1996 (aged 21)	Youth system
5		AM	Larbi Tabti	23 April 1993 (aged 24)	ASM Oran
Forwards
18			Djamel Chettal	23 May 1992 (aged 25)	DRB Tadjenanet
7			Abdennour Belhocini	18 August 1996 (aged 21)	Youth system
14			Habib Bouguelmouna	12 December 1988 (aged 28)	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
8			Hamza Belahouel	8 June 1993 (aged 24)	ES Mostaganem
			Dhira El Habib Bouchentouf	26 November 1998 (aged 18)	Youth system
9			Ameur Bouguettaya	21 July 1995 (aged 22)	Youth system
17			Billel Mebarki	10 January 1988 (aged 29)	USM El Harrach
21			Mohamed Seguer	7 September 1985 (aged 31)	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	12	7	11	32	31	+1	040.00	N/A	10th	26 August 2017	19 May 2018
Algerian Cup	6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	083.33	Round of 64	Winners	29 December 2017	1 May 2018
Total	36	17	8	11	41	33	+8	047.22

Updated to match played 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	ES Sétif	30	10	10	10	35	30	+5	40
9	DRB Tadjenanet	30	10	7	13	33	41	−8	37[lower-alpha 1]
10	USM Bel Abbès[lower-alpha 2]	30	12	7	11	32	31	+1	37[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup
11	JS Kabylie	30	8	12	10	34	39	−5	36[lower-alpha 3]
12	CR Belouizdad	30	7	15	8	24	27	−3	36[lower-alpha 3]

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. 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.
Notes:

1. Ranked on head-to-head results.
2. USM Bel Abbès were deducted 6 points. FIFA's decision was taken at its meeting on 9 June 2017, ordering the club to pay the amount due to the player Jessy Mayele as well as a fine of CHF 15,000 (15,000 Swiss francs).[1]
3. Ranked on head-to-head results.

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	7	11	32	31	+1	43	7	3	5	18	15	+3	5	4	6	14	16	−2

Last updated: 13 June 2018.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	D
Position	14	11	12	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	10	9	7	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	13	10	9	9	10

Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2018. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

25 August 2017 Round 1	CR Belouizdad	2–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Belouizdad
17:00	Lakroum  58' Hamia  69'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

9 September 2017 Round 2	USM Bel-Abbès	2–1	Olympique de Médéa	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Bounoua  35' (pen.) Bouguelmouna  76'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	49' Koulkheir	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Rafik Achouri

15 September 2017 Round 3	CS Constantine	1–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Constantine
17:45	Cissé  43' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Merzak Halalchi

3 October 2017 Round 4	USM Bel-Abbès	2–0	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Bounoua  21' Belhocini  45+1'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Said Aouina

29 September 2017 Round 5	MC Oran	1–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Oran
17:00	Toumi  90+1'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	62' Tabti	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

12 October 2017 Round 6	USM Bel-Abbès	4–1	JS Kabylie	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:45	Belhocini  22', 26' Belahouel  71' Kherbache  90'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	47' (pen.) Boukhenchouche	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

17 October 2017 Round 7	USM Blida	2–2	USM Bel-Abbès	Blida
16:00	Aissa El Bey  15' Frioui  72'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	54' Zouari  65' Belhocini	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

21 October 2017 Round 8	USM Bel-Abbès	0–1	Paradou AC	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00		Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	53' Ben Khelifa	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Rafik Achouri

28 October 2017 Round 9	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Belouizdad
17:00	Oukkal  66'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	63' (o.g.) Merbah	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Amine Hansal

3 November 2017 Round 10	USM Bel-Abbès	1–1	DRB Tadjenanet	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00	Bouguelmouna  10'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	31' Attouche	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

11 November 2017 Round 11	JS Saoura	1–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Béchar
18:00	Djallit  30'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mohamed Saïdi

17 November 2017 Round 12	USM El Harrach	1–2	USM Bel-Abbès	Algiers
15:00	Bouguèche  70'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	10', 61' Zouari	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Farouk Mial

2 December 2017 Round 13	USM Bel-Abbès	1–1	MC Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Khali  67'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	37' (pen.) Hachoud	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Said Aouina

9 December 2017 Round 14	US Biskra	2–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Biskra
15:00	Berbache  3' Chaouti  69'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	13' Khali	Stadium: El Alia Sports Complex Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

16 December 2017 Round 15	USM Bel-Abbès	2–1	ES Sétif	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Belhocini  44' Bouguelmouna  47'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	17' Nadji	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

6 January 2018 Round 16	USM Bel-Abbès	1–0	CR Belouizdad	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Belhocini  4'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

20 January 2018 Round 17	Olympique de Médéa	0–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Médéa
15:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None	85' Bellahouel	Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

26 January 2018 Round 18	USM Bel-Abbès	1–2	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Bouguelmouna  86'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	13' Arroussi  56' Abid	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

9 February 2018 Round 19	USM Alger	1–2	USM Bel-Abbès	Algiers
17:00	Hajhouj  14'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	75' Seguer  85' Tabti	Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

17 February 2018 Round 20	USM Bel-Abbès	2–5	MC Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Zouari  24' (pen.) Bouguettaya  85'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	6' Bentiba  22', 38' Mansouri  69' Belal  86' Frifer	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

23 February 2018 Round 21	JS Kabylie	2–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Hammar  15' (pen.) Benaldjia  56'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	72' Seguer	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

10 March 2018 Round 22	USM Bel-Abbès	1–0	USM Blida	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Bouguelmouna  52'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

15 March 2018 Round 23	Paradou AC	0–1	USM Bel-Abbès	Bologhine
17:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None	35' Abdelli	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

30 March 2018 Round 24	USM Bel-Abbès	0–1	NA Hussein Dey	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	23' Khacef	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

7 April 2018 Round 25	DRB Tadjenanet	1–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Tadjenanet
16:00	Fourloul  21'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

20 April 2018 Round 26	USM Bel-Abbès	0–1	JS Saoura	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	85' (pen.) Yahia-Chérif	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Farouk Mial

24 April 2018 Round 27	USM Bel-Abbès	1–0	USM El Harrach	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Zouari  61'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

27 April 2018 Round 28	MC Alger	1–2	USM Bel-Abbès	Bologhine
16:00	Derrardja  57'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	19' Metref  59' Bouguettaya	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

12 May 2018 Round 29	USM Bel-Abbès	0–0	US Biskra	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Redouane Necib

19 May 2018 Round 30	ES Sétif	0–0	USM Bel-Abbès	Sétif
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Hamza Boucetta

Algerian Cup

29 December 2017 Round of 64	USM Bel-Abbès	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Sidi Bel Abbès
15:00		Report		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

13 January 2018 Round of 32	CRB Kaïs	0–2	USM Bel-Abbès	El Khroub
14:00		Report	14' Zouari  41' Bouguelmouna	Stadium: Abed Hamdani Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

3 February 2018 Round of 16	USM Bel-Abbès	2–1	US Biskra	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Khali  7' Benabderahmane  71'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre	47' El Hocine	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Bahloul

3 March 2018 Quarter-finals	USM Bel-Abbès	2–1	JS Saoura	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Seguer  61' Belahouel  86'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	28' Yahia-Chérif	Stadium: February 24, 1956 Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

14 April 2018 Semi-finals	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	CR Zaouia	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Tabti  90+3'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Algérie 3		Stadium: 24 February Stadium Referee: Redouane Necib

1 May 2017 Final	JS Kabylie	1–2	USM Bel Abbès	Algiers
16:00	Djerrar  56'	Report	Belahouel  2', 49'	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef [2]

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Nadjib Ghoul	15	0	15	0	0	0
16	GK		Athmane Toual	19	0	14	0	5	0
30	GK		Abdelkader Zarat Belmokhtar	2	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
	DF		Anes Abbas	2	0	1	0	1	0
20	DF		Abderrahim Abdelli	19	1	14	1	5	0
25	DF		Farès Benabderahmane	30	1	24	0	6	1
22	DF		Sofiane Bengoureïne	4	0	4	0	0	0
	DF		Lakhdar Benketaf	1	0	1	0	0	0
19	DF		Zakaria Khali	32	3	27	2	5	1
15	DF		Nabil Lamara	32	0	26	0	6	0
4	DF		Nour El Islam Salah	8	0	5	0	3	0
2	DF		Samir Zerrouki	23	0	20	0	3	0
Midfielders
10	MF		Abdessamed Bounoua	31	2	26	2	5	0
	MF		Sid Ahmed El Mahi	2	0	1	0	1	0
12	MF		Malek Ferhat	3	0	3	0	0	0
29	MF		Yahia Labani	12	0	10	0	2	0
6	MF		Mohamed Lagraâ	31	0	25	0	6	0
	MF		Mouloud Nabil Metref	11	1	9	1	2	0
5	MF		Larbi Tabti	26	3	22	2	4	1
27	MF		Abdelkrim Zouari	33	6	27	5	6	1
Forwards
	FW		Adel Amarouche	1	0	1	0	0	0
7	FW		Abdennour Belhocini	24	6	21	6	3	0
8	FW		Hamza Belahouel	27	5	21	2	6	3
	FW		Dhira El Habib Bouchentouf	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	FW		Habib Bouguelmouna	29	6	24	5	5	1
	FW		Ameur Bouguettaya	14	1	11	1	3	0
	FW		Billel Mebarki	10	1	8	1	2	0
	FW		Djamel Chettal	5	0	5	0	0	0
21	FW		Mohamed Seguer	10	3	8	2	2	1
Players transferred out during the season
	DF		Walid Boubekeur Senigra	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Mohamed Ismail Kherbache	7	1	7	1	0	0
	FW		Abderrahim Mamache	11	0	10	0	1	0
	FW		Walid Sbia	4	0	4	0	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
7		Abdennour Belhocini	FW	6	0	6
14		Habib Bouguelmouna	FW	5	1	6
27		Abdelkrim Zouari	MF	5	1	6
8		Hamza Belahouel	FW	2	3	5
19		Zakaria Khali	DF	2	1	3
5		Larbi Tabti	MF	2	1	3
21		Mohamed Seguer	FW	2	1	3
10		Abdessamed Bounoua	MF	2	0	2
20		Abderrahim Abdelli	DF	1	0	1
25		Farès Benabderahmane	DF	0	1	1
		Mouloud Nabil Metref	MF	1	0	1
11		Mohamed Ismail Kherbache	MF	1	0	1
		Ameur Bouguettaya	FW	1	0	1
		Billel Mebarki	FW	1	0	1
Own Goals				0	0	0
Totals				32	9	41

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
15 July 2017	GK	Malek Ferhat	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	[3]
13 January 2018	FW	Mohamed Seguer	MC Alger	Free transfer (Released)	[4]
13 January 2018	MF	Yahia Labani	US Biskra	Free transfer	[4]
13 January 2018	MF	Billel Mebarki	USM El Harrach	Free transfer	[4]
13 January 2018	DF	Nour El Islam Salah	Unattached	Free transfer	[4]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
22 June 2017	DF	Redouane Cherifi	USM Alger	Free transfer	[5][6]
4 July 2017	MF	Amine El Amalli	MC Oran	Free transfer	[7]
8 July 2017	MF	Ilyes Sidhoum	ES Sétif	Free transfer	[8]
13 July 2017	RB	Ahmida Zenasni	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[9][10]
13 July 2017	MF	Yahia Labani	CR Belouizdad	Free transfer	[11][10]
13 July 2017	FW	Abou Sofiane Balegh	MC Alger	Free transfer	[12]

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