2017–18 MC Oran season

MC Oran
2017–18 season
Chairman	Ahmed "Baba" Belhadj
Head coach	Moez Bouakaz; (from 28 June 2017); (until 19 May 2018)
Stadium	Stade Ahmed Zabana, Oran
Ligue 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mohamed Tiaïba (7 goals); All: ; Mohamed Tiaïba (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	45,000 (vs. USM El Harrach, 23 February 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

In the 2017–18 season, MC Oran competed in the Ligue 1 for the 52nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Non-competitive edit

Pre-season edit

Mid-season edit

Overview edit

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	12	9	9	40	37	+3	040.00	—	5th	26 August 2017	19 May 2018
Algerian Cup	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	066.67	Round of 64	Round of 16	28 December 2017	3 February 2018
Total	33	14	9	10	42	38	+4	042.42

Updated to match played 19 May 2018
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	JS Saoura	30	16	6	8	38	27	+11	54	Qualification for the 2018–19 Champions League
3	NA Hussein Dey	30	11	16	3	36	24	+12	49	Qualification for the 2018–19 Confederation Cup
4	MC Oran	30	12	9	9	40	37	+3	45
5	MC Alger	30	12	8	10	41	32	+9	44	Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup
6	USM Alger	30	11	9	10	43	35	+8	42^[a]	Qualification for 2018–19 Arab Club Champions Cup

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:

^ Ranked on head-to-head results.

Results summary edit


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	9	9	40	34	+6	45	8	5	2	22	8	+14	4	4	7	18	26	−8

Last updated: 12 June 2018.
Source: Competitive matches

Results by round edit

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W
Position	1	8	8	3	5	4	5	6	7	7	4	6	5	6	6	5	4	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	6	4

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Win Draw Loss

26 August 2017 Round 1	MC Oran	3–0	USM Blida	Oran
17:00	Mekkaoui 73' Aouad 87' Souibaâh 90' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Algérie 3		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

7 September 2017 Round 2	Paradou AC	1–0	MC Oran	Bologhine
18:00	Bouabta 13'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

16 September 2017 Round 3	MC Oran	0–0	NA Hussein Dey	Oran
17:00		Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

22 September 2017 Round 4	DRB Tadjenanet	0–1	MC Oran	Tadjenanet
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	90+1' Frifer	Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

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

14 October 2017 Round 6	USM El Harrach	2–3	MC Oran	Belouizdad
16:00	Mellel 52' (pen.) Banouh 57'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Algérie 3	23' Bentiba 89' Souibaâh 90+3' Aouad	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

17 October 2017 Round 7	MC Oran	0–0	MC Alger	Oran
17:00		Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

21 October 2017 Round 8	US Biskra	2–2	MC Oran	Biskra
16:00	Berbache 15' El Okbi 32' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: None	19', 67' (pen.) Tiaïba	Stadium: El Alia Sports Complex Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

27 October 2017 Round 9	MC Oran	1–2	ES Sétif	Oran
16:00	Toumi 62'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Algérie 3	1', 84' Haddouche	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

7 November 2017 Round 10	CR Belouizdad	0–0	MC Oran	Belouizdad
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

11 November 2017 Round 11	MC Oran	2–0	Olympique de Médéa	Oran
17:00	Boubekeur 56' (o.g.) Toumi 67'	Soccerway report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

17 November 2017 Round 12	CS Constantine	1–0	MC Oran	Constantine
17:00	Abid 58'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

2 December 2017 Round 13	MC Oran	1–1	USM Alger	Oran
16:00	Toumi 80'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	75' Darfalou	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

8 December 2017 Round 14	MC Oran	1–0	JS Saoura	Oran
16:00	Saïd 25'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Algérie 3		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Lyés Bekouassa

15 December 2017 Round 15	JS Kabylie	3–3	MC Oran	Tizi Ouzou
16:00	Djabout 65', 70', 87'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	9' Gharbi 18' Tiaïba 60' Frifer	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Merzak Halalchi

6 January 2018 Round 16	USM Blida	0–1	MC Oran	Blida
15:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None	90+3' Gharbi	Stadium: Brakni Brothers Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

20 January 2018 Round 17	MC Oran	1–0	Paradou AC	Oran
16:00	Toumi 80'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Merzoug Brahimi

26 January 2018 Round 18	NA Hussein Dey	1–1	MC Oran	Belouizdad
16:00	Alati 90+3' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3	19' Toumi	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui

10 February 2018 Round 19	MC Oran	3–2	DRB Tadjenanet	Oran
16:00	Chibane 38', 61' Gharbi 83'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	42' (pen.) Maroci 80' Belmokhtar	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

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	MC Oran	1–0	USM El Harrach	Oran
16:00	Chibane 70'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

12 March 2018 Round 22	MC Alger	4–0	MC Oran	Algiers
18:00	Nekkache 4' Bendebka 19' Souibaâh 46' Balegh 90'	Soccerway report Live TV: Al-Kass Sports / EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: July 5, 1962 Stadium Referee: Said Aouina

17 March 2018 Round 23	MC Oran	5–0	US Biskra	Oran
16:00	Tiaïba 11', 65' Chibane 38' (pen.), 45+3' Gharbi 72'	Soccerway report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

31 March 2018 Round 24	ES Sétif	4–1	MC Oran	Sétif
17:00	Rebiai 5' Haddouche 24' (pen.) Aït Ouamar 35' Banouh 84'	Soccerway report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie	40' Tiaïba	Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

13 April 2018 Round 25	MC Oran	0–3	CR Belouizdad	Oran
16:00		Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie / Algérie 3	35', 78' Draoui	Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Boubekeur Zouaoui
Note: The game was suspended in the 81st minute, it was decided to give lost match to MC Oran (who had lost 0-2 anyway), with a score of 0-3 for CR Belouizdad, more than 200.000 DA of fine as well as the privation of the share due due to the rights of television for the match in question.^[1]

20 April 2018 Round 26	Olympique de Médéa	2–0	MC Oran	Médéa
16:00	Bouchiba 77' (pen.) Hamidi 90+2'	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

24 April 2018 Round 27	MC Oran	1–1	CS Constantine	Aïn Témouchent^{[note 1]}
16:00	Tiaïba 87'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	17' (pen.) Abid	Stadium: Omar Oucief Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Farouk Mial

28 April 2018 Round 28	USM Alger	3–1	MC Oran	Bologhine
16:00	Darfalou 65' (pen.), 69' (pen.) Benyahia 83'	Soccerway report Live TV: Canal Algérie	6' Chibane	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

12 May 2018 Round 29	JS Saoura	1–0	MC Oran	Béchar
16:00	Bourdim 90' (pen.)	Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Amine Sekhraoui

19 May 2018 Round 30	MC Oran	2–1	JS Kabylie	Aïn Témouchent^{[note 1]}
16:00	Mekkaoui 21' Benamara 61'	Soccerway report Live TV: None	72' Mesbahi	Stadium: Omar Oucief Stadium Attendance: 0 (close doors) Referee: Ibrir

Algerian Cup edit

28 December 2017 Round of 64	MC Oran	1–0	MCB Oued Sly	Oran
17:00	Tiaïba 63'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium Referee: Malik Aït Ameur

13 January 2018 Round of 32	NRB Teleghma	0–1	MC Oran	Mila
14:00		Report Live TV: None	73' Toumi	Stadium: Belkacem Belaïd Stadium Referee: Ibrir, Chelali, Benaceur

3 February 2018 Round of 16	MO Béjaïa	1–0	MC Oran	Béjaïa
16:00	Salhi 81'	[ Report] Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

Squad information edit

Playing statistics edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abderaouf Natèche	30	0	30	0	0	0
Defenders
15	DF	ALG	Zine El-Abidine Sebbah	22	0	22	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Zineddine Mekkaoui	28	2	28	2	0	0
19	DF	ALG	Adel Lakhdari	3	0	3	0	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Mourad Bendjelloul	9	0	9	0	0	0
5	DF	ALG	Slimane Allali	11	0	11	0	0	0
27	DF	ALG	Réda Halaïmia	28	0	28	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Fayçal Abdat	12	0	12	0	0	0
	DF	ALG	Abderrahmane Blaha	5	0	5	0	0	0
Midfielders
28	MF	ALG	Sabri Gharbi	23	4	23	4	0	0
	MF	ALG	Zakaria Mansouri	12	2	12	2	0	0
24	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat	25	0	25	0	0	0
25	MF	ALG	Rachid Ferrahi	18	0	18	0	0	0
21	MF	ALG	Omar Boudoumi	8	0	8	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Aouad	23	2	23	2	0	0
14	MF	ALG	Abdelhafid Benamara	11	1	11	1	0	0
23	MF	ALG	Djamel Mimoun	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Youcef Guertil	1	0	1	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW	ALG	Mohamed Bentiba	20	1	20	1	0	0
11	FW	ALG	Mohamed Tiaïba	20	8	20	8	0	0
20	FW	ALG	Mohamed Toumi	21	6	21	6	0	0
29	FW	ALG	Mustapha Saïd	12	1	12	1	0	0
13	FW	ALG	Walid Hamidi	3	0	3	0	0	0
52	FW	ALG	Boumediene Freifer	18	3	18	3	0	0
	FW	ALG	Youcef Chibane	11	6	11	6	0	0
12	FW	ALG	Abderezzak Belal	17	1	17	1	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Souibaâh	12	2	12	2	0	0

Last updated: 12 June 2018
Source: fr.soccerway.com

Goalscorers edit

Squad list edit

As of August 25, 2017. 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	Abderaouf Natèche (captain)
4	DF	ALG	Mourad Bendjelloul
5	DF	ALG	Slimane Allali
6	DF	ALG	Takfarinas Ouchène
7	FW	ALG	Amine Lamali
8	FW	ALG	Mohamed Bentiba
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Souibaâh
10	MF	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Aouad
11	FW	ALG	Mohamed Tiaïba
12	FW	ALG	Abderezzak Belal
13	FW	ALG	Walid Hamidi
14	MF	ALG	Abdelhafid Benamara
15	DF	ALG	Zine El-Abidine Sebbah
16	GK	ALG	Bachir Della Krachai
17	DF	ALG	Zineddine Mekkaoui


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	ALG	Noureddine Hassani
19	DF	ALG	Adel Lakhdari
20	MF	ALG	Mohamed Toumi
21	MF	ALG	Omar Boudoumi
22	MF	ALG	Noureddine Gaïd
23	MF	ALG	Djamel Mimoun
24	MF	ALG	Hamza Heriat
25	MF	ALG	Rachid Ferrahi
27	DF	ALG	Réda Halaïmia
28	MF	ALG	Sabri Gharbi
29	MF	ALG	Mustapha Saïd
46	DF	ALG	Farouk Kouachi
49	DF	ALG	Abderrahmane Blaha
52	FW	ALG	Boumediene Freifer
58	MF	ALG	Youcef Guertil

Transfers edit

In edit

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
30 June 2017	DF	Zineddine Mekkaoui	RC Relizane	Free transfer (Released)	^[2]
30 June 2017	FW	Mohamed Tiaïba	Al-Markhiya	Free transfer (Released)	^[2]
4 July 2017	MF	Amine El Amalli	USM Bel-Abbès	Free transfer	^[3]
9 July 2017	DF	Adel Lakhdari	MO Béjaïa	Free transfer	^[4]
21 July 2017	FW	Saber Gharbi	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	^[5]
7 January 2018	FW	Youcef Chibane	ES Sétif	Loan	^[6]
9 January 2018	FW	Zakaria Mansouri	Paradou AC	Undisclosed

Out edit

First Team
Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
1 July 2017	MF	Abdallah Bencheikh	US Biskra	Free transfer	^[7]
20 July 2017	FW	Hicham Chérif	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	^[8]
30 July 2017	MF	Mourad Delhoum	USM El Harrach	Free transfer	^[9]
21 December 2017	FW	Mohamed Souibaâh	MC Alger	Free transfer (Released)	^[10]

Notes & references edit

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b MC Oran play away from home and behind closed doors because of the violence in a meeting in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against CR Belouizdad.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "LFP : Le MCO interdit de jouer à Zabana cette saison". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "MC Oran : Signature de Mekkaoui et Tiaiba". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
^ "El Amalli Amine signe 2 ans au MCOran". sport.observalgerie.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Lakhdari Adel signe 2 ans au MCOran". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "Saber Gharbi signe pour deux saisons au MCOran". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "MC Oran : Youcef Chibane première recrue, en attendant d'autres arrivées". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
^ "Hamidi, Bencheikh et Chaouti signent à l'USBiskra". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "Mohamed Hichem Cherif signe au NAHD". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ "USM Harrach : Baïteche, Banouh et Delhoum, nouvelles recrues". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
^ "MC Alger : Souibaah première recrue hivernale". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

[table_hth_UAL0.86198195901792-1] Ranked on head-to-head results.

[MC_Oran-3] MC Oran play away from home and behind closed doors because of the violence in a meeting in the Ligue Professionnelle 1 against CR Belouizdad.^[1]

[dzfoot.com-2] "LFP : Le MCO interdit de jouer à Zabana cette saison". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

[renouvellent-4] "MC Oran : Signature de Mekkaoui et Tiaiba". dzfoot.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

[5] "El Amalli Amine signe 2 ans au MCOran". sport.observalgerie.com. Retrieved 23 July 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "Lakhdari Adel signe 2 ans au MCOran". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

[7] "Saber Gharbi signe pour deux saisons au MCOran". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

[8] "MC Oran : Youcef Chibane première recrue, en attendant d'autres arrivées". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.

[9] "Hamidi, Bencheikh et Chaouti signent à l'USBiskra". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

[10] "Mohamed Hichem Cherif signe au NAHD". sport.observalgerie.com. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

[11] "USM Harrach : Baïteche, Banouh et Delhoum, nouvelles recrues". footalgerien.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2017.

[12] "MC Alger : Souibaah première recrue hivernale". footalgerien.com. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

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