2022–23 US Biskra season

US Biskra
2022–23 season
President	Abdelkader Triaa
Head coach	Cherif Hadjar; (from 29 July 2022); (until 3 October 2022); Youcef Bouzidi; (from 9 October 2022)
Stadium	18 February Stadium
Ligue 1	Pre-season
Algerian Cup	Round of 64
	← 2021–22

In the 2022–23 season, US Biskra is competing in the Ligue 1 for the sixth season, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They competing in Ligue 1, and the Algerian Cup.

Squad list

Players and squad numbers last updated on 25 August 2022.^[4]
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	Abderrahmane Bouchareb	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 23)	Youth system
13	GK	Walid Ouabdi	(1995-06-12)12 June 1995 (aged 27)	SC Aïn Defla
16	GK	Ali Bencherif	(1988-09-26)26 September 1988 (aged 34)	MO Béjaïa
Defenders
2	CB	Ahmed Redha Houhou	(2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
4	CB	Tarek Adouane	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 25)	CRB Ouled Djellal
7	RB	Merouane Boussalem	(1996-02-11)11 February 1996 (aged 26)	NA Hussein Dey
14	CB	Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha	(1993-09-28)28 September 1993 (aged 29)	CR Village Moussa
15	LB	Abdelhak Belkacemi	(1992-07-27)27 July 1992 (aged 30)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
17	RB	Bilal Boukarroum	(1993-12-19)19 December 1993 (aged 29)	JSM Skikda
20	CB	Nacereddine Khoualed	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 36)	JS Saoura
23	CB	Adel Lakhdari	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 33)	MC Oran
Midfielders
5	MF	Ali Amriche	(1998-12-08)8 December 1998 (aged 24)	CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
6	MF	Ahmed Gagaa	(1994-01-15)15 January 1994 (aged 28)	Olympique de Médéa
8	MF	Mustapha Zeghnoun	(1991-06-30)30 June 1991 (aged 31)	ASO Chlef
10	MF	Hamza Ounnas	(1988-12-18)18 December 1988 (aged 34)	USM Bel Abbès
18	MF	Mohamed Fenniri	(1998-01-20)20 January 1998 (aged 24)	Paradou AC
21	MF	Yacine Medane	(1993-02-28)28 February 1993 (aged 29)	JS Kabylie
24	MF	Noufel Ghassiri	(1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (aged 34)	Unattached
27	MF	Hamza Yadroudj	(1992-12-03)3 December 1992 (aged 30)	JS Saoura
Forwards
3	FW	Mohamed El Amine Nabi	(2000-05-09)9 May 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
9	FW	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	(1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 32)	CRB Ouled Djellal
11	FW	Chérif Siam	(1995-05-01)May 1, 1995 (aged 27)	MC Oran
19	FW	Lamine Abid	(1991-07-04)4 July 1991 (aged 31)	HB Chelghoum Laïd
22	FW	Abdelouahab Merri	(2000-03-04)4 March 2000 (aged 22)	Youth system
25	FW	Mohamed El Siddik Baâli	(1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 27)	Olympique de Médéa
26	FW	Mourad Bouraada	(1998-04-04)4 April 1998 (aged 24)	RC Kouba

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	10	2	5	3	8	9	−1	020.00	—	To be confirmed	27 August 2022	In Progress
Algerian Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00	Round of 64	To be confirmed	25 November 2022	25 November 2022
Total	11	2	5	4	10	12	−2	018.18

Updated to match played 29 November 2022
Source: Competitions

Ligue 1

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
10	MC Oran	30	11	8	11	27	34	−7	41
11	USM Alger	30	11	7	12	31	30	+1	40	Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup^[a]
12	US Biskra	30	10	10	10	30	29	+1	40
13	NC Magra	30	11	7	12	35	36	−1	40
14	JS Kabylie	30	10	9	11	35	26	+9	39

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2023. Source: the-sports.org
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:

^ USMA Alger qualified for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup as the title holders.

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
10	2	5	3	8	9	−1	11	2	4	0	7	4	+3	0	1	3	1	5	−4

Last updated: 29 November 2022.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	W	L	D		W	L		L
Position	9	10	10	7		9

Updated to match(es) played on 12 November 2022. Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 19 July 2022.^[5]

27 August 2022 Round 1	US Biskra	2–2	ES Sétif	Biskra
20:00	Baâli 37' Siam 47'	Report	Kendouci 1', 84'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Nabil Boukhalfa

3 September 2022 Round 2	MC Alger	0–0	US Biskra	Rouïba
16:45		Report		Stadium: Salem Mabrouki Stadium Referee: Mohamed Lamine Benzohra

10 September 2022 Round 3	US Biskra	0–0	JS Saoura	Biskra
20:00		Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Amine Hansal

16 September 2022 Round 4	US Biskra	1–0	MC El Bayadh	Biskra
20:00	Abid 78'	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Akram Mechairia

24 September 2022 Round 5	RC Arbaâ	2–0	US Biskra	Larbaâ
16:00	Taib 8' Zaouche 10'	Report		Stadium: Ismaïl Makhlouf Stadium Referee: Houssem Benyahia

30 September 2022 Round 6	US Biskra	1–1	NC Magra	Biskra
19:00	Baâli 90+2'	Report	Banouh 61'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

14 October 2022 Round 8	US Biskra	2–0	ASO Chlef	Biskra
18:00	Lakhdari 17' Boukarroum 25' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Hamza Bouslimani

21 October 2022 Round 9	CS Constantine	2–1	US Biskra	Constantine
15:00	Koukpo 15' Abdelhafid 47'	Report	Zeghnoun 18'	Stadium: Ramadane Ben Abdelmalek Stadium Referee: Lyes Bekouassa

10 November 2022 Round 11	USM Khenchela	1–0	US Biskra	Khenchela
15:00	Kaddour 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Amar Hamam Stadium Referee: Billel Soltani

29 November 2022 Round 12	US Biskra	1–1	JS Kabylie	Biskra
15:00	Siam 5'	Report	Mouaki 15'	Stadium: 18 February Stadium Referee: Youcef Tayeb Bouderbali

7 December 2022 Round 13	HB Chelghoum Laïd	–	US Biskra	Chelghoum Laïd
15:00				Stadium: 11 December 1961 Stadium

11 December 2022 Round 14	US Biskra	–	Paradou AC	Biskra
15:00				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

20 December 2022 Round 7	CR Belouizdad	–	US Biskra	Belouizdad
15:00		Report		Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

24 December 2022 Round 15	MC Oran	–	US Biskra	Oran
18:00				Stadium: Ahmed Zabana Stadium

28 December 2022 Round 10	US Biskra	–	USM Alger	Biskra
15:00		Report		Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 16	ES Sétif	–	US Biskra	Sétif
:				Stadium: 8 May 1945 Stadium

Round 17	US Biskra	–	MC Alger	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 18	JS Saoura	–	US Biskra	Béchar
:				Stadium: 20 August 1955 Stadium

Round 19	MC El Bayadh	–	US Biskra	El Bayadh
:				Stadium: Zakaria Medjdoub Stadium

Round 20	US Biskra	–	RC Arbaâ	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 21	NC Magra	–	US Biskra	Magra
:				Stadium: Boucheligue Brothers Stadium

Round 22	US Biskra	–	CR Belouizdad	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 23	ASO Chlef	–	US Biskra
:

Round 24	US Biskra	–	CS Constantine	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 25	USM Alger	–	US Biskra
:

Round 26	US Biskra	–	USM Khenchela	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 27	JS Kabylie	–	US Biskra	Tizi Ouzou
:				Stadium: 1 November 1954 Stadium

Round 28	US Biskra	–	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Round 29	Paradou AC	–	US Biskra	Dar El Beïda
:				Stadium: Omar Benrabah Stadium

Round 30	US Biskra	–	MC Oran	Biskra
:				Stadium: 18 February Stadium

Algerian Cup

25 November 2022 Round of 64	SKAF Khemis Miliana	3–2	US Biskra	Aïn Defla
14:00		Report	Yadroudj 26' Siam 47'	Stadium: Abdelkader Khellal Stadium Referee: Bilal Bendjahene

Squad information

Playing statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Ligue 1		Algerian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ALG	Abderrahmane Bouchareb	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	ALG	Walid Ouabdi	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	GK	ALG	Ali Bencherif	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ALG	Ahmed Redha Houhou	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ALG	Tarek Adouane	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF	ALG	Merouane Boussalem	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	ALG	Mohamed Ikbal Boufligha	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	ALG	Abdelhak Belkacemi	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	ALG	Bilal Boukarroum	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	DF	ALG	Nacereddine Khoualed	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	ALG	Adel Lakhdari	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	ALG	Ali Amriche	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ALG	Ahmed Gagaa	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ALG	Mustapha Zeghnoun	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ALG	Hamza Ounnas	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ALG	Mohamed Fenniri	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ALG	Yacine Medane	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	ALG	Noufel Ghassiri	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ALG	Hamza Yadroudj	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Amine Nabi	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ALG	Mohamed Larbi Khoualed	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ALG	Chérif Siam	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ALG	Lamine Abid	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	ALG	Abdelouahab Merri	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ALG	Mohamed El Siddik Baâli	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	FW	ALG	Mourad Bouraada	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

Last updated: 25 August 2022
Source: soccerway.com

Goalscorers

As of 29 November 2022^[update]

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

No.	Player	Pos.	L 1	AC	TOTAL
11	Cherif Siam	FW	2	1	3
25	Mohamed El Siddik Baali	FW	2	0	2
19	Lamine Abid	FW	1	0	1
23	Adel Lakhdari	DF	1	0	1
17	Bilal Boukarroum	DF	1	0	1
8	Mustapha Zeghnoun	MF	1	0	1
27	Hamza Yadroudj	MF	0	1	1
Own Goals			0	0	0
Totals			8	2	10

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Player	From club	Transfer fee	Source
26 July 2022	RB	Merouane Boussalem	NA Hussein Dey	Free transfer	^[6]
28 July 2022	FW	Lamine Abid	Unattached	Free transfer	^[7]
28 July 2022	FW	Cherif Siam	MC Oran	Free transfer
30 July 2022	MF	Ahmed Gagaa	Olympique de Médéa	Free transfer	^[8]
1 August 2022	FW	Mourad Bouraada	RC Kouba	Free transfer	^[9]
19 August 2022	LB	Abdelhak Belkacemi	HB Chelghoum Laïd	Free transfer	^[10]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To club	Transfer fee	Source
19 June 2022	FW	Hichem Mokhtar	Al-Najma SC	Free transfer	^[11]
17 August 2022	CB	Hamza Salem	US Biskra	Free transfer	^[12]

References

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^ "Ligue 1 : Hadjar quitte l'US Biskra". dzfoot.com. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
^ "Ligue 1 : Cherif Hadjar nouvel entraineur du MC El Bayadh". horizons.dz. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^ "FICHE DU CLUB: US BISKRA".
^ "Ligue 1 (2022-2023) : le calendrier du championnat dévoilé". .mediafootdz.dz. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "مروان بوسالم يوقع في اتحاد بسكرة لموسمين". annasronline.com. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
^ "عبيد يلتحق بنادي اتحاد بسكرة". elkhabar.com. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
^ "قعقع يدعم تشكيلة اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
^ "بورعدة جديد اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "اتحاد بسكرة يضمن خدمات بلقاسمي". annasronline.com. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
^ "هشام مختار يغادر الاتحاد إلى البطولة السعودية". essalamsport.com. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
^ "ES Sétif : Hamza Salem signe pour trois saisons". mediafootdz.dz. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[table_note_res_CCC20.73003883461004-5] USMA Alger qualified for the 2023–24 CAF Confederation Cup as the title holders.

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[2] "Ligue 1 : Hadjar quitte l'US Biskra". dzfoot.com. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

[3] "Ligue 1 : Cherif Hadjar nouvel entraineur du MC El Bayadh". horizons.dz. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.

[4] "FICHE DU CLUB: US BISKRA".

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[7] "مروان بوسالم يوقع في اتحاد بسكرة لموسمين". annasronline.com. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

[8] "عبيد يلتحق بنادي اتحاد بسكرة". elkhabar.com. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.

[9] "قعقع يدعم تشكيلة اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

[10] "بورعدة جديد اتحاد بسكرة". annasronline.com. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[11] "اتحاد بسكرة يضمن خدمات بلقاسمي". annasronline.com. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.

[12] "هشام مختار يغادر الاتحاد إلى البطولة السعودية". essalamsport.com. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2022.

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