2016–17 USM Bel-Abbès season

USM Bel Abbès
2016–17 season
Chairman	Yahia Amroun
Head coach	Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani; (from 2 June 2016)
Stadium	Stade 24 Fevrier 1956
Ligue 1	4th
Algerian Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Abou Sofiane Balegh (10); All: ; Abou Sofiane Balegh (14)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

In the 2016–17 season, USM Bel Abbès competed in the Ligue 1 for the 22nd season, as well as the Algerian Cup.

Squad list edit

Players and squad numbers last updated on 20 August 2016.^[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	GK	Nadjib Ghoul	(1985-09-12)12 September 1985 (aged 30)	CS Constantine
16	GK	Athmane Toual	(1984-07-17)17 July 1984 (aged 32)	ESM Koléa
Defenders
13	CB	Redouane Bachiri	(1982-10-27)27 October 1982 (aged 33)	MC Alger
25	CB	Farès Benabderahmane	(1987-08-11)11 August 1987 (aged 29)	RC Relizane
8	RB	Billel Benaldjia	(1988-08-23)23 August 1988 (aged 27)	DRB Tadjenanet
22	LB	Sofiane Bengoureïne	(1984-10-10)10 October 1984 (aged 31)	USM Annaba
24	LB	Redouane Cherifi	(1993-02-22)22 February 1993 (aged 23)	CA Batna
19	CB	Zakaria Khali	(1990-05-10)10 May 1990 (aged 26)	Youth system
15	RB	Mohamed Yaghni	(1988-02-22)22 February 1988 (aged 28)	USMM Hadjout
28	RB	Ahmida Zenasni	(1993-07-10)10 July 1993 (aged 23)	WA Tlemcen
Midfielders
6	DM	Ilyes Sidhoum	(1989-08-10)10 August 1989 (aged 27)	CR Belouizdad
7		Abou Sofiane Balegh	(1988-08-17)17 August 1988 (aged 28)	CR Belouizdad
10	DM	Abdessamed Bounoua	(1991-04-24)24 April 1991 (aged 25)	Youth system
18		Djamel Chettal	(1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 24)	DRB Tadjenanet
26		Amine Lamali	(1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 28)	MC El Eulma
11	AM	Bilel Herbache	(1986-01-04)4 January 1986 (aged 30)	JS Kabylie
5	AM	Larbi Tabti	(1993-04-23)23 April 1993 (aged 23)	ASM Oran
27	RW	Abdelkrim Zouari	(1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 27)	MC Saïda
20	DM	Yahia Labani	(1991-08-16)16 August 1991 (aged 25)	USMM Hadjout
Forwards
31		Abdennour Belhocini	(1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 20)	Youth system
14		Habib Bouguelmouna	(1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 27)	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj
9		Ilyes Kourbia	(1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 23)	ES Sétif

Competitions 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	14	6	10	37	33	+4	046.67	—	4th	20 August 2016	14 June 2017
Algerian Cup	5	3	2	0	8	1	+7	060.00	Round of 64	Semi-finals	26 November 2016	20 June 2017
Total	35	17	8	10	45	34	+11	048.57

Ligue 1 edit

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	MC Alger	30	14	8	8	38	27	+11	50^[a]	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Champions League
3	USM Alger	30	14	8	8	50	31	+19	50^[a]	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4	USM Bel-Abbès	30	14	6	10	37	33	+4	48
5	JS Saoura	30	12	9	9	34	30	+4	45
6	CR Belouizdad	30	12	7	11	30	25	+5	43	Qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup

Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2017. 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:

^ ^a ^b MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

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	14	6	10	37	33	+4	48	11	4	0	27	9	+18	3	2	10	10	24	−14

Last updated: 30 January 2016.
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
Result	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	L	W
Position	9	14	13	14	11	13	14	10	7	9	6	8	6	6	8	8	6	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	5	4

Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2016. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

Win Draw Loss

20 August 2016 Round 1	USM Bel Abbès	0–0	USM El Harrach	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00		Soccerway report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

27 August 2016 Round 2	CA Batna	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Batna
17:00	Attouche 90+1'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Seffouhi Referee: Merzak Halalchi

10 September 2016 Round 3	USM Bel Abbès	2–2	NA Hussein Dey	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00	Ali Amiri 20' Balegh 79'	Report Live TV: None	40' (pen.) Bendebka 53' Mokhtari	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

16 September 2016 Round 4	MC Oran	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Oran
17:45	Chérif 66'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Ahmed Zabana Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

24 September 2016 Round 5	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	ES Sétif	Sidi Bel Abbès
19:00	Khali 56' Balegh 58'	Report Live TV: None	69' Djahnit	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

1 October 2016 Round 6	CS Constantine	3–1	USM Bel Abbès	Constantine
17:00	Aoudia 7' Meghni 69' (pen.) Belkheir 90+2'	Report Live TV: None	8' Korbiaa	Stadium: Stade Mohamed Hamlaoui Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

15 October 2016 Round 7	USM Bel Abbès	1–1	JS Saoura	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00	Korbiaa 20'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie	90' Bencharif	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Rafik Achouri

21 October 2016 Round 8	CR Belouizdad	0–1	USM Bel Abbès	Belouizdad
16:00		Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / TV Tamazight 4	87' Tabti	Stadium: Stade 20 Août 1955 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

29 October 2016 Round 9	USM Bel Abbès	3–1	DRB Tadjenanet	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh 34', 45' El Amali 47'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3	31' (pen.) El Moudene	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

4 November 2016 Round 10	RC Relizane	2–0	USM Bel Abbès	Relizane
16:00	Tebbi 45' Belmokhtar 80'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade Tahar Zoughari Referee: Mohamed Boukhalfa

12 November 2016 Round 11	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	MO Béjaïa	Sidi Bel Abbès
14:30	Bouguelmouna 16', 26'	Report Live TV: None	63' Messadia	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Rafik Achouri

19 November 2016 Round 12	Olympique de Médéa	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Médéa
15:00	Bouchiba 34'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade Imam Lyes de Médéa Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

1 December 2016 Round 13	USM Bel Abbès	2–1	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh 7' Kourbia 33'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie	90' Carolus	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

10 December 2016 Round 14	USM Bel Abbès	2–0	JS Kabylie	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Benabderahmane 60' Balegh 78'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

22 December 2016 Round 15	MC Alger	3–1	USM Bel Abbès	Bologhine
17:00	Hachoud 28' Nekkache 33' Bouguèche 50'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Canal Algérie	84' Bouguelmouna	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

21 January 2017 Round 16	USM El Harrach	0–2	USM Bel Abbès	El Harrach
15:00		Report Live TV: None	49' Zouari 54' Bouguelmouna	Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Abderrezzak Arab

28 January 2017 Round 17	USM Bel Abbès	2–0	CA Batna	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Bouguelmouna 10', 35'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

3 February 2017 Round 18	NA Hussein Dey	1–2	USM Bel Abbès	Mohamed Belouizdad
16:00	Gasmi 24' (pen.)	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Canal Algérie	5' Balegh 41' Benabderahmane	Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

9 February 2017 Round 19	USM Bel Abbès	2–0	MC Oran	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Zouari 45' Balegh 58'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Merzak Halalchi

18 February 2017 Round 20	ES Sétif	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Sétif
16:00	Nadji 69'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3 / Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 8 Mai 1945 Referee: Said Aouina

24 February 2017 Round 21	USM Bel Abbès	1–0	CS Constantine	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Boucheriha 80' (o.g.)	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

4 March 2017 Round 22	JS Saoura	3–0	USM Bel Abbès	Béchar
18:00	Djallit 24', 39' Hamia 86'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: August 20, 1955 Stadium Referee: Marzouk Brahimi

11 March 2017 Round 23	USM Bel Abbès	0–0	CR Belouizdad	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00		Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4 / Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Rafik Achouri

18 March 2017 Round 24	DRB Tadjenanet	0–0	USM Bel Abbès	Tadjenanet
16:00		Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Lahoua Smaïl Stadium Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

6 May 2017 Round 25	USM Bel Abbès	2–0	RC Relizane	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh 22' (pen.) Tabti 74'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lyés Boukouassa

12 May 2017 Round 26	MO Béjaïa	1–1	USM Bel Abbès	Béjaïa
16:00	Belkacemi 45'	Report Live TV: None	52' Korbiaa	Stadium: Maghrebi Unity Stadium Referee: Yazid Ibrir

20 May 2017 Round 27	USM Bel Abbès	3–0	Olympique de Médéa	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:30	Bouguelmouna 58' Chettal 71' Zouari 90+3'	Report Live TV: None		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

7 June 2017 Round 28	USM Alger	6–2	USM Bel Abbès	Bologhine
22:00	Darfalou 9' Meftah 29' Meziane 45+1' Bourenane 58' Koudri 65' Beldjilali 77'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4	22' Zouari 90+2' (pen.) Bounoua	Stadium: Omar Hamadi Stadium Referee: Rafik Achouri

10 June 2017 Round 29	JS Kabylie	1–0	USM Bel Abbès	Tizi Ouzou
17:00	Mesbahi 36'	Report Live TV: TV Tamazight 4		Stadium: November 1, 1954 Stadium Referee: Lotfi Bekouassa

14 June 2017 Round 30	USM Bel Abbès	3–2	MC Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
22:30	Tabti 11' Balegh 14' Bouguelmouna 15'	Report Live TV: None	35' Nekkache 77' Derrardja	Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Ahmed Bouzrar

Algerian Cup edit

25 November 2016 Round of 64	RC Kouba	1–2 (a.e.t.)	USM Bel Abbès	Belouizdad
16:00	Kedjour 58'	Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre / TV Tamazight 4	Balegh 41', 116'	Stadium: Stade du 20 Août 1955 Referee: Mehdi Abid Charef

17 December 2016 Round of 32	USM Bel Abbès	2–0	RC Relizane	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh 42' Lamali 76'	Report Live TV: Canal Algérie		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Lahlou Benbraham

27 December 2016 Round of 16	USM Bel Abbès	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	USM Alger	Sidi Bel Abbès
17:00		Report Live TV: EPTV Terrestre		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Brahimi, Semsoum, Chaballah
	Penalties
	Sidhoum Benabderahmane Belhocini Cherifi Balegh Kourbia Bounoua		Benyahia Sayoud Benguit Benmoussa Meziane Abdellaoui Beldjilali

1 April 2017 Quarter-finals	USM Bel Abbès	4–0	NA Hussein Dey	Sidi Bel Abbès
16:00	Balegh 72' Zouari 76' Bouguelmouna 79', 84'	Report Live TV: Algérie 3		Stadium: Stade 24 Fevrier 1956 Referee: Said Aouina

20 June 2017 Semi-finals	CR Belouizdad	0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	USM Bel Abbès	Belouizdad
22:30		Report Live TV: Canal Algérie / TV Tamazight 4 / Al-Kass Sports		Stadium: Stade du 20 Août 1955 Referee: Said Aouina
	Penalties
	Feham Aribi Lakroum Lamhene Namani Bellaili Heriat		Benabderahmane Labani Tabti Lamali Zouari ? ?

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	Nadjib Ghoul	13	0	12	0	1	0
16	GK	ALG	Athmane Toual	20	0	17	0	3	0
	GK	ALG	Abdelkader Zarat Belmokretar	1	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
13	DF	ALG	Redouane Bachiri	25	0	21	0	4	0
25	DF	ALG	Farès Benabderahmane	25	2	20	2	5	0
8	DF	ALG	Billel Benaldjia	1	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	ALG	Sofiane Bengoureïne	5	0	4	0	1	0
24	DF	ALG	Redouane Cherifi	31	0	27	0	4	0
19	DF	ALG	Zakaria Khali	34	1	29	1	5	0
6	DF	ALG	Ilyes Sidhoum	29	0	25	0	4	0
15	DF	ALG	Mohamed Yaghni	21	0	17	0	4	0
	DF	ALG	Abderrahim Abdelli	2	0	2	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	ALG	Abou Sofiane Balegh	32	14	27	10	5	4
10	MF	ALG	Abdessamed Bounoua	33	1	28	1	5	0
18	MF	ALG	Djamel Chettal	10	1	10	1	0	0
26	MF	ALG	Amine El Amali	21	2	16	1	5	1
11	MF	ALG	Bilel Herbache	7	0	7	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Mouloud Nabil Metref	2	0	2	0	0	0
5	MF	ALG	Larbi Tabti	31	3	28	3	3	0
28	MF	ALG	Ahmida Zenasni	16	0	15	0	1	0
27	MF	ALG	Abdelkrim Zouari	14	6	12	4	2	2
Forwards
	FW	ALG	Abdennour Belhocini	8	0	6	0	2	0
14	FW	ALG	Habib Bouguelmouna	24	9	21	8	3	1
	FW	ALG	Sid Ahmed El Mahi	2	0	1	0	1	0
9	FW	ALG	Ilyes Kourbia	24	4	20	4	4	0
20	FW	ALG	Yahia Labani	24	0	20	0	4	0
Players transferred out during the season
	GK	ALG	Oussama Benbot	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ALG	Karim Hendou	10	0	9	0	1	0
	MF	ALG	Ali Amiri	9	0	8	0	1	0
	FW	ALG	Youcef Ghazali	11	1	10	1	1	0

Last updated: 11 June 2018
Source: footballdatabase.eu

Goalscorers edit

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
7	Abou Sofiane Balegh	MF	10	4	14
14	Habib Bouguelmouna	FW	8	2	10
27	Abdelkrim Zouari	MF	4	1	5
9	Ilyes Kourbia	FW	4	0	4
5	Larbi Tabti	MF	3	0	3
25	Farès Benabderahmane	DF	2	0	2
26	Amine Lamali	MF	1	1	2
10	Abdessamed Bounoua	MF	1	0	1
18	Djamel Chettal	MF	1	0	1
19	Zakaria Khali	DF	1	0	1
Own Goals			1	0	1
Totals			37	8	45

Transfers edit

In edit

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 July 2016	DF	Farès Benabderahmane	RC Relizane	Undisclosed
1 July 2016	DF	Redouane Bachiri	MC Alger	Free transfer
3 July 2016	FW	Habib Bouguelmouna	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj	Free transfer
30 December 2016	MF	Bilel Herbache	JS Kabylie	Free transfer
8 January 2017	GK	Nadjib Ghoul	CS Constantine	Free transfer
14 January 2017	DF	Billel Benaldjia	DRB Tadjenanet	Undisclosed
14 January 2017	MF	Djamel Chettal	DRB Tadjenanet	Undisclosed
15 January 2017	MF	Abdelkrim Zouari	MC Saïda	Free transfer

Out edit

References edit

^ "USMBA : Chérif El Ouazzani, nouvel entraîneur". DZFoot.com. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "USM Bel-Abbès fiche" (in French). LFP. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20.

[table_hth_UAL0.29692122307463-3] MC Alger ahead of USM Alger on head-to-head record: MCA–UAL 2–1, UAL–MCA 2–2.

[1] "USMBA : Chérif El Ouazzani, nouvel entraîneur". DZFoot.com. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[2] "USM Bel-Abbès fiche" (in French). LFP. Archived from the original on 2017-06-20.

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