2015–16 MC Alger season

MC Alger
2015–16 season
Chairman	Abdelkrim Raissi
Head coach	Artur Jorge; (until 8 October 2015); Meziane Ighil; (from 13 October 2015); (until 6 February 2016); Kamel Amrouche (C); (from 6 February 2016)
Stadium	Stade Omar Hamadi
Ligue 1	12th
Algerian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abderahmane Hachoud (6); Kheiredine Merzougi (6); All: ; Abderahmane Hachoud (8)
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

In the 2015–16 season, MC Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 45th season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record								Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Competition	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Ligue 1	30	8	14	8	28	26	+2	026.67	—	12th	13 August 2015	27 May 2015
Algerian Cup	6	6	0	0	8	1	+7	100.00	Round of 64	Winners	19 December 2015	1 May 2016
Total	36	14	14	8	36	27	+9	038.89

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	MC Oran	30	9	13	8	40	35	+5	40^[a]
11	NA Hussein Dey	30	10	10	10	31	35	−4	40^[a]	Qualification for the Arab Club Championship group stage
12	MC Alger	30	8	14	8	28	26	+2	38	Qualification for the Confederation Cup preliminary round
13	RC Relizane	30	8	12	10	36	35	+1	36^[b]
14	USM Blida (R)	30	7	15	8	20	29	−9	36^[b]	Relegation to Ligue Professionnelle 2

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2016. 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:

^ ^a ^b MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0.
^ ^a ^b RC Relizane ahead of USM Blida on head-to-head record: RCR–USB 5–2, USB–RCR 1–0.

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	14	8	28	26	+2	38	6	8	1	20	11	+9	2	6	7	8	15	−7

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	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	H
Result	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	D	D	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D
Position	12	5	7	9	5	3	4	3	3	4	6	5	6	3	3	5	4	4	5	6	6	7	10	8	10	11	12	10	12	12

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

13 August 2015 Round 1	MC Alger	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Bologhine
18:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Necib, Etchali, Brahim

22 August 2015 Round 2	RC Relizane	1–2	MC Alger	Relizane
18:00	Manucho 75'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	6' Gourmi 64' Hachoud	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

29 August 2015 Round 3	MC Alger	0–0	JS Saoura	Bologhine
18:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Benouza, Ghomari, Abad

12 September 2015 Round 4	USM Blida	1–0	MC Alger	Blida
18:00	Noubli 62'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Mustapha Tchaker Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Houasnia, Bouakrinet, Tazrout

17 September 2015 Round 5	MC Alger	2–0	ASM Oran	Bologhine
18:00	Merzougi 32', 71'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Zouaoui, Tamen, Boulfelfel

28 September 2015 Round 6	USM El Harrach	0–1	MC Alger	Algiers
18:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / beIN Sports / Algérie 3	9' Aouedj	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Abid Charef, Gourari, Etchaiali

4 October 2015 Round 7	MC Alger	2–3	DRB Tadjenanet	Bologhine
18:00	Merzougui 16' Bouhenna 53'	Report Live TV: None	37' Guitoune 69', 86' Chibane	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Bachir, Abed, Brahem

16 October 2015 Round 8	MC Alger	3–1	JS Kabylie	Bologhine
17:00	Merzougi 65' (pen.) Gourmi 79' Karaoui 88'	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Al Kass Sports	33' Diawara	Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Boukouassa, Hamlaoui, Tazrout

24 October 2015 Round 9	NA Hussein Dey	2–1	MC Alger	Algiers
16:00	Allali 41' Ouhadda 45'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	69' Merzougi	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Houasnia, Salaouandji, Bourouba

29 October 2015 Round 10	MC Alger	3–3	RC Arbaâ	Algiers
18:00	Abid 21' Karaoui 56' Hachoud 66'	Report Live TV: None	73' Yettou 82' Guessan 90' Mahsas	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Bouzrar, Semsoum, Idir

21 November 2015 Round 12	MC Alger	1–0	MC Oran	Bologhine
16:00	Merzougi 35'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Arab, Beyout, Hamlaoui

28 November 2015 Round 13	CS Constantine	1–1	MC Alger	Constantine
16:00	Bezzaz 50'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	76' Karaoui	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Saïdi, Etchiali, Miraoui

12 December 2015 Round 14	MC Alger	1–0	MO Béjaïa	Bologhine
16:00	Hachoud 77' (pen.)	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Abid Charef, Tamen, Boulfelfel

22 December 2015 Round 11	USM Alger	0–0	MC Alger	Algiers
18:00		Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Benouza, Gourari, Omari

26 December 2015 Round 15	ES Sétif	0–0	MC Alger	Sétif
16:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Ben Brahem, Brahim, Alaoua

16 January 2016 Round 16	CR Belouizdad	1–0	MC Alger	Belouizdad
15:00	Derrag 88'	Report Live TV: / Al Kass Sports / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boukouassa, Bachiri, Bounoua

23 January 2016 Round 17	MC Alger	1–0	RC Relizane	Bologhine
16:00	Abid 32'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Referee: Boukhalfa, Zerhouni, Allaoua

30 January 2016 Round 18	JS Saoura	2–1	MC Alger	Béchar
18:00	Bapidi 24' Maâziz 52'	Report Live TV: None	55' Chita	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bassiri, Hadj Said, Bourchiou

5 February 2016 Round 19	MC Alger	0–0	USM Blida	Bologhine
16:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Bahloul, Bounoua, Saïdi

12 February 2016 Round 20	ASM Oran	0–0	MC Alger	Oran
15:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Habib Bouakeul Referee: Achouri, Benhamou, Hamidi

26 February 2016 Round 21	MC Alger	0–0	USM El Harrach	Algiers
16:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ghorbal, Etchiali, Hadj Said

12 March 2016 Round 22	DRB Tadjenanet	0–0	MC Alger	Tadjenanet
15:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Benouza, Benali, Ayed

19 March 2016 Round 23	JS Kabylie	2–1	MC Alger	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Diawara 35', pen.' Mebarki 78'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	24', pen.' Abid	Stadium: Stade 1er Novembre 1954 Referee: Abid-Charef, Gourari, Boulfelfel

1 April 2016 Round 24	MC Alger	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
17:00		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Arab, Bioud, Hamlaoui

9 April 2016 Round 25	RC Arbaâ	3–1	MC Alger	Larbaâ
16:00	Taib 5' Yettou 7' Guessan 63'	Report Live TV: None	14' Gourmi	Stadium: Stade Ismaïl Makhlouf Referee: Zouaoui, Kechida, Hakim

22 April 2016 Round 26	MC Alger	2–2	USM Alger	Algiers
17:00	Hachoud 79', 87'	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports	26' Nadji 67' Darfalou	Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Alaoua

26 April 2016 Round 27	MC Oran	0–0	MC Alger	Oran
17:00		Report Live TV: beIN Sports / TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Arab, Bioud, Meghlout

13 May 2016 Round 28	MC Alger	3–0	CS Constantine	Bologhine
17:30	Derrardja 21' Gourmi 44' Boucherit 90+4'	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Al Kass Sports / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Ghorbal, Etchali, Hadj Saïd

20 May 2016 Round 29	MO Béjaïa	2–0	MC Alger	Béjaïa
17:30	Zerdab 50', 67'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Maghrébine Referee: Zouaoui, Kechida, Halitim

27 May 2016 Round 30	MC Alger	2–2	ES Sétif	Bologhine
17:30	Derrardja 18' Hachoud 32'	Report Live TV: None	52' (pen.) Nemdil 90+1' Mekdache	Stadium: Stade Omar Hammadi Referee: Mial, Semsoum, Idir

Algerian Cup

17 December 2015 Round of 64	MC Alger	2–0	USM Oran	Belouizdad
17:00	Derrardja 32', 46'	Report		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Arab, Bioud, Hamlaoui

8 January 2016 Round of 32	MC Alger	1–0	US Biskra	Bologhine
16:00	Merzougui 40'	Report		Stadium: Stade Omar Hamadi Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ghorbal, Zerhouni, Benali

20 February 2016 Round of 16	RC Relizane	1–2	MC Alger	Relizane
15:00	Djerrar 88' (pen.)	Report	Aouedj 18' Gourmi 78'	Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Abid Charef, Boulfelfel, Itchiali

5 March 2016 Quarter-finals	ARB Ghriss	0–2	MC Alger	Mascara
16:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3	13' Gourmi 70' (o.g.) Baghdad	Stadium: Stade de l'Unité Africaine Referee: Necib, Benaceur, Hamlaoui

16 April 2016 Semi-finals	MC Alger	3–0	US Tébessa	Algiers
16:00	Zeghdane 4' Abid 25' (pen.) Hachoud 64'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Al Kass Sports		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Referee: Ghorbal, Itchiali, Hadj Said

1 May 2016 Final	MC Alger	1–0	NA Hussein Dey	Algiers
16:30	Hachoud 81'	Report Live TV: beIN Sports / Canal Algérie / Al Kass Sports / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 5 Juillet 1962 Attendance: 60.000 Referee: Mohamed Benouza

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ALG	Faouzi Chaouchi	35	0	29	0	6	0
30	GK	ALG	Jonathan Matijas	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	DF	ALG	Redouane Bachiri	18	0	14	0	4	0
16	DF	ALG	Abdelghani Demmou	26	0	24	0	2	0
21	DF	ALG	Toufik Zeghdane	25	1	19	0	6	1
27	DF	ALG	Abderahmane Hachoud	32	8	27	6	5	2
29	DF	ALG	Rachid Bouhenna	25	1	21	1	4	0
42	DF	ALG	Sofiane Ben Braham	21	0	18	0	3	0
46	DF	ALG	Youssef Oudina	4	0	3	0	1	0
22	DF	ALG	Ayoub Azzi	23	0	18	0	5	0
5	MF	ALG	Abdelmalek Mokdad	25	0	20	0	5	0
6	MF	ALG	Mehdi Kacem	25	0	19	0	6	0
8	MF	ALG	Karim Hendou	7	0	6	0	1	0
11	MF	ALG	Yahia Khiter	12	0	11	0	1	0
14	MF	ALG	Amir Karaoui	26	3	21	3	5	0
44	MF	ALG	Oussama Chita	14	1	11	1	3	0
45	MF	ALG	Samir Chaouchi	1	0	1	0	0	0
86	MF	ALG	Mouhamed Amine Bramki	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ALG	Khaled Gourmi	35	6	29	4	6	2
	MF	ALG	Antar Boucherit	16	1	12	1	4	0
	MF	ALG	Hichem Chérif El Ouazzani	9	0	9	0	0	0
11	FW	ALG	Sid Ahmed Aouedj	34	2	28	1	6	1
17	FW	ALG	Walid Derrardja	26	4	22	2	4	2
18	FW	ALG	Kheiredine Merzougi	17	7	16	6	1	1
91	FW	ALG	Lamine Abid	22	4	19	3	3	1
96	FW	ALG	Koceila Kasdi	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ALG	Mohamed Amachi	1	0	1	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
15	DF	CMR	Patrick Ngoula	3	0	3	0	0	0
25	MF	BRA	Roberson de Arruda Alves	4	0	4	0	0	0
9	FW	ETH	Saladin Said	6	0	5	0	1	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

Players

As of 15 August 2015^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ALG	Faouzi Chaouchi
5	MF	ALG	Abdelmalek Mokdad
6	MF	ALG	Mehdi Kacem
7	FW	ALG	Khaled Gourmi
8	MF	ALG	Karim Hendou
9	FW	ETH	Saladin Said
11	MF	ALG	Yahia Khiter
11	FW	ALG	Sid Ahmed Aouedj
13	DF	ALG	Redouane Bachiri
14	MF	ALG	Amir Karaoui
15	DF	CMR	Patrick Ngoula
16	DF	ALG	Abdelghani Demmou
17	FW	ALG	Walid Derrardja
18	FW	ALG	Kheiredine Merzougi


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
21	DF	ALG	Toufik Zeghdane
22	MF	ALG	Ayoub Azzi
25	MF	BRA	Roberson (on loan from Juventude)
27	DF	ALG	Abderahmane Hachoud
29	DF	ALG	Rachid Bouhenna
30	GK	ALG	Jonathan Matijas
42	DF	ALG	Sofiane Ben Braham
44	MF	ALG	Oussama Chita
45	MF	ALG	Samir Chaouchi
46	DF	ALG	Youssef Oudina
86	MF	ALG	Mouhamed Amine Bramki
91	FW	ALG	Lamine Abid (on loan from USM El Harrach)
96	FW	ALG	Koceila Kasdi

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
2 June 2015	DF	Rachid Bouhenna	CS Constantine	Free transfer	^[5]
2 June 2015	MF	Abdelmalek Mokdad	RC Arbaâ	Undisclosed	^[6]
8 June 2015	GK	Jonathan Matijas	USM Bel-Abbès	€40,000	^[7]
11 June 2015	FW	Kheiredine Merzougi	RC Relizane	Undisclosed	^[8]
18 June 2015	DF	Abdelghani Demmou	ES Sétif	Undisclosed	^[9]
30 June 2015	MF	Mehdi Kacem	RC Arbaâ	Return from loan
15 July 2015	FW	Saladin Said	Al Ahly SC	Free transfer	^[10]
26 July 2015	FW	Lamine Abid	USM El Harrach	Loan one year
28 July 2015	FW	Walid Derrardja	MC El Eulma	€250,000	^[11]

Out

References

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^ "MC Alger : Meziane Ighil limogé". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "Présentation – MC Alger – 2014/2015". DZfoot.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
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^ "Mokdad, deuxième recrue". djazairess.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
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^ "Kheireddine Merzougui, quatrième recrue". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "Demou signe un contrat de deux ans". lexpressiondz.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "Saladin Said signe au Mouloudia d'Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ "MC ALGER : WALID DERRARDJA, LA HUITIÈME RECRUE". 2022mag.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[table_hth_MCO0.57787618254212-4] MC Oran ahead of NA Hussein Dey on head-to-head record: MCO–NAH 1–0, NAH–MCO 1–0.

[table_hth_RCR0.57787618254212-5] RC Relizane ahead of USM Blida on head-to-head record: RCR–USB 5–2, USB–RCR 1–0.

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[2] "MC Alger : Meziane Ighil à la tête des Vert et Rouge". radioalgerie.dz. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[3] "MC Alger : Meziane Ighil limogé". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[6] "Présentation – MC Alger – 2014/2015". DZfoot.com. Retrieved 2015-07-10.

[7] "MC Alger : Bouhenna première recrue". elwatan.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[8] "Mokdad, deuxième recrue". djazairess.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[9] "Transferts : Jonathan Matijas signe au MC Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[10] "Kheireddine Merzougui, quatrième recrue". depechedekabylie.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[11] "Demou signe un contrat de deux ans". lexpressiondz.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[12] "Saladin Said signe au Mouloudia d'Alger". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

[13] "MC ALGER : WALID DERRARDJA, LA HUITIÈME RECRUE". 2022mag.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.

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